Old Ironmaker

I had to Google "Pet Shop Boys" ouch. Better call P3TA.

All true Cliff. Some believe EI is a paid holiday and start scrambling to find work when it runs out. Every business I have started in the last 10 years has lost money but I haven't missed any meals.

Thread highjacking alert, sorry WD.

If anyone knows where I can source residential fixtures without water saver inserts please let me know. No matter the pressure or the flow I will never be able to get a Kramer/Jerry Seinfeld power shower with the water saver fixtures. A few fixtures I was able to pop the screens out but the shower head is useless. I sometimes take the entire shower head off to get a good blast of water on me. As for Pex, I did have a Swage Lock fitting pop off behind a wall once. It simply wasn't tight enough, my bad. I think it's all Shark Bite fittings now.

How about paying into it for 35 years and collecting zero. Shouldn't I get some tax break for being lucky?

Woodenboater I see you are from Toronto. It is Hamilton we are talking about. It is the way things are done there sometimes. Most not from there, and I don't mean transplanted from somewhere and now lives there, would understand how it works at times. It's just the way things are done. Right or wrong. That Paul Bernardo and his murdering waste of life wife eventually got arrested not through Police work but from a tip from an notorious wiseguy from Hamilton. Without that tip they may still be on the street. What's that got to do with a stolen boat, it just shows most crime is solved without the police solving it in Hamilton.

Nice to look forward to, we live right on the lake and it's going to be tough to move away some day. After last winter and getting buried here with constant lake effect squalls I just about had enough. Even had an agent out to do an appraisal. Before I knew it is was April and had the BBQ fired and walking down to the beach catching 25 pound plus Carp. I forgot all about listing it until the first water line froze last month due to my stupidity. You will love it Dave. I see you say "lease" if I'm not being too nosey how does that work? There is a community just east of us where they are on yearly leases. They have to be away from the cottages for any 6 months a year. All the services are up to the residence to arrange and pay for. The hydro infrastructure and telephone service is provided by the owner as well as road maintenance in summer. I calculated the lease cost per year would be the property tax rate if the cottage owner would pay if they owned the land.

Parnelli does the name Luker ring a bell. Or Larry Smith?

Parnelli, an excellent explanation in layman's terms. And I always thought the drywallers were speaking gibberish. Not really, just another language amongst themselves. I'm struggling with the difference laying down or standing up a sheet makes a difference to how air movement and thus fire migration is effected. I'm a bit of a slow learner, but I'll have an eureka moment soon. Excellent. Thanks.

So that's what you call a leisurely weekend in the Artic? Ever thought of going bowling? I don't get it but I know you do as well as many, many members here, that's all who counts and I'm happy for you. The sled turned out really well.

I know you are Sir. My first language is American.

Probably Roy, if spell check says it's OK well it must be OK for me too. Don't forget English is my second language.

Come on " guys". I don't think anyone says calling someone older than you by their first name is disrespectful. I said a 5 year old calling a 70 year old by his first name wasn't right in my opinion. Mr. would be appropriate until told differently. And absolutely nothing wrong with greeting a group of friends or peers as Hi guys, is very appropriate. My question was when did waiters and waitresses and others calling someone they never met "guys". I said I called everyone Sir in positions Sr. to me when I went into the workforce out of High School probably from habit. All the male teachers were all called Sir or Mr. never Bob or Dave, all the female teachers Miss, Mrs, or Ms. as the ERA was an amendment to the US constitution was going strong in the US as well as the Women's Movement therefor Ms. was popular. It was very interesting to see the gambit of opinions across the board.

Oggie, none of the aforementioned occupations are no better than younger people. They may have proved that they have the ability to attain a good respected, in most cases, position but as far as importance I think everyone is as important as the next person. Pick up a newspaper or read on the world wide web some in positions that in the past were supposed to garner immediate respect have screwed up, big time. I remember some years ago I went into my Dad's Dr's office with him and questioned some of the things he was prescribing for my Dad as well as the way he spoke down to him. My father went up one side and down the other on me afterwards saying " You can't talk to a Doctor like that!" Yes you can Dad, he is no better than you or I. He still thinks professionals are to be held in higher esteem than others. Respect is earned not based on title. One can respect the office but at the same time not have respect for the individual. Prime Minister comes to mind. This particular "professional" I do not have respect for. My father changed his tune when he found out this MD ,rightfully I must add,pulled his drivers licence without talking to him about it first.

Haaaa, touche. But I know how old you all are if you are listening Rock and Roll as old as Moses, maybe not, Rock and Roll never dies. All the nieces and nephews want to know what I'm doing with all my albums when I kick the bucket.

Pex is less likely to split after it thaws if it has frozen. You know my opinion on the 3/4 line. If you have a fairly new fixture it doesn't matter the flow you have to the fixture the water saver will kill the power shower.

I don't expect anyone to call me sir, it's this " Hi guys" we get from waitresses that is my pet peeve. I don't lose any sleep over it that why it's called a pet peeve, no big deal. As for kids calling adults their parents age by their first names, blame us, it was the children of people my age that let it pass. I have a Godson that was calling my father who was old enough to be his Grandfather, by his first name. His Father never said a word. I calmly explained to him why he should call someone 60 years older than him Mr. The kid was good with that, and for how rude that child was when he was a kid he is the most polite young men you will ever meet.

I'm with Algoma Guy here. Do they run to the hole with camera filming every time they get a hit? If they did it on purpose they should have the same thing done to them, if not, well I don't know what to say I have never heard of a bird ever pulled up a hole. And am glad no animals were harmed. As far as too close to the hole, I got blasted for saying the same thing earlier in this ice season when I said the guy was nuts for doing so.

Vodka, amazing stuff it is. Want to make your friends laugh, just pretend the machine is a human pasta roller. When I opened the file the A years worth of dash cam in Russia video came up, you have to see that. I guess in Russia the first thing the passengers do is get out of the car and run like a Bat out of Hell. Those little cars in Russia basically explode when hit. Sorry can't cut and paste for some reason Oh I know it's a Hewlett Packard piece of excrement.

Good for you FreshTrax. You don't have to be raised below the Mason Dixon to have good manners but I know the first time I went down south many years back I was amazed how polite all the people were. You buy a pack of gum and they treat you like a millionaire.

Parnelly the quote feature isn't working on this site, I can't even cut and paste. But I need you to clarify what you are saying on one of your posts. It was the post March 6 at 10:42 AM. When you say never stand the drywall sheet "up" do you mean vertically rather than horizontal. I always laid them horizontal that way I could use a 12 footer by myself. And less taping, always. Why would cracks be more frequent laying a sheet vertically? And why does fire rating affected by how the sheet was laid? Whoever said screws don't pop you need to go into some of these tract homes and see for yourself. My cousin bought a town house below the mountain in Beamsville. Screws coming out everywhere. They used finger jointed 2X3 in all non load bearing walls, finger jointed to boot. They must have gone in dripping wet too. The twisting in these 2X3's is ridiculous. There's even rust showing at these screw pops. These places went for big money too. He asked the builder why 2X3's and was told to increase interior space, what a joke. I bet some of those support walls are 2X3, I didn't measure, but dollars to donuts they are. No one was allowed to go in while being built, I did, all they can do is kick you out. That will be the day I buy a 400K townhouse and can't see how they are built. What I saw that day was nuts. For another thread, sorry Wormdunker, I mean Mr. Wormdunker. I will elaborate if WD says OK.

What genre did the Muppets put out, Punk, never did like Punk. I have a pic of my wife with purple hair and a diaper pin in her cheek. Don't know the Muppets Bruce. Only kidding, no kids so never watched the Muppets. I see we lost Billy Preston recently. Loved learning the walking on the Sun dance. Did you guys do that dance? Lennon referred to him as the 5th Beatle more than once.

A huge pet peeve of mine. It's been a few years but when was it OK for every waitress or waiter and many other " professional" people start calling their customer guys? I had a real estate salesman call us guys, man oh man, I told him we are not your "guys", he can't spit in my food. I have finally deserved to be called sir since the hair has a swash of grey on each side and the hairline is more than 4 fingers from my eye brows. I dare not tell the 17 year old I'm not your guy, they are in control of my food. I did politely ask one pimple faced child, why does everyone call their customer "guys" she told me her manager told them to it was more friendly and it helped to develop "report" with a hard T. I said report, what's report? She answered something about making the customer feel comfortable. Oh report. I started at the plant full time out of high school and called everyone sir, from the Janitor to the Superintendent until I was told to call them by their first name or Mr. One bird around 5 years older actually told me to call him Mr. Seaton, many years latter he transferred to my dept. and was one of my shift foreman and didn't remember me. I told him he could call me Mr. General Foreman. Then I reminded him I worked for him 25 years earlier. We had a good laugh. I have earned it call me sir or my wife Miss, she will love that, anything but "guys" we will still tip well. Johnny D

Ah, the Here's Your Sign guy, not You Know Yer A Redneck when. I get it now, I like that guy. You know your a redneck when there's a ribbon cutting ceremony but the Mayor couldn't attend because the second cut of hay had to be taken in. When you go into a restaurant and he seater asks " Table for 2 guys?" Here's yer sign. When did everyone become "guys"?

I'm not a fan of the game since they wore white skates in California. Every time I travel, especially in the US people always want to know how far from Toronto is Selkirk. As Toronto is the center of Canada. Usually I get, man it must be neat to live so close to the greatest hockey city in the world. I would love to see the Maple Leafs win, that would be great for the many friends I have that still have Maple Leaf bedding, that must be sexy. A few have defaced their bodies with Maple Leaf tattoos. One named his child Domie, I swear to God. The kid can't skate either. As for the troller don't feed he or she. That's what they feed on, reading and rereading what they spew out and rereading what they have caught. Actually I think it's a girl. She has more chins than a Chinese phone book. It's mouth is bigger than the Largemouth it's holding. It's about time it booked a session with Jenny Craig or she will be ready for a episode of MY 600 pound life. 1-800-calljenny, they are standing by for her call.