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Hopefully the all this snow we are supposed to get this week will help with the fires.

I think we can move the fire season start date back a few weeks after the snow dump we had last night. The forecast said 25 cm and I believe it. I was out snow blowing the sidewalks for some of my neighbors this morning and the snow on the sidewalks was higher than my snowblower discharge in...

Got to love the renewable energy. Knocking out of the park today.

Those scopes are nice but my old eyes need more magnification than 2.5x. I will stick with the 3-9x for now. I am not sure I can justify spending a large amount on a scope for this rifle. It is only for plinking now since I don't use full power ammo anymore. I don't want to stress this 105 year...

My Brother in law was shopping for a new vehicle last fall and found the thing. He ended up buying new. There were lots of electric cars sitting on the lots but he works out of town a lot so that wasn't a viable option.

If you can't afford a new/er vehicle then you don't get any of those safety features which I believe was the point Colin was trying to make. I'm not sure where you live but in SK/MB/Northern BC I still see lots of 80/90s vehicles driving around because people either can't afford to replace them...

Unfortunately by the time they put dual air bags, ABS, our crash protection standards and all the government required spyware/engine kill/drunk driving sensors/tire pressure sensors/back up camera etc the truck would cost $40,000 CDN or more. I would love it if they would build a truck like my...

I don't see how you can say "without provocation". The guy threatened the clerk with bodily harm. That seems like provocation to me and like Furniture said that will be the only consequences for the dirtbag since the 'justice system' in this country won't do anything.

More trouble at the PEI government owned wind farm. Electricity production way down and 10 years after construction (not operation given the history of this wind farm) it appears the wind turbines are basically junk and the taxpayers will be left holding the bag...

I think you are correct that they were government inspectors and apparently they were very through. In those days the contractors would camp out in a finished house until the inspectors signed off that everything was good so they would get paid for their work. How times have changed.

It is interesting that there is little to no inspections. My Dad was a carpenter, he worked on the reserves in Northern SK and MB building houses in the 60s and 70s. At that time there were stringent inspections. You could lose a contract for putting only 3 nails where the contract specified 4...

This is why it is so rough on equipment. All those cracks in the ice don't look like a problem but they can be quite deep and wide. You can't tell when you are driving though due to the fact they fill with snow making them seem ok until you drive over a big one. :( Once it gets too rough the...

I don't miss the Daytons at all. Collapsed spacers and sheared valve stems always made for a long day.

G2G, it doesn't matter. The ice roads beat the hell out of everything. When I used to run the ice roads in the NWT back in the 90s the first things that left Edmonton at the beginning of the season was a couple of pallets of trailer springs and a couple of pallets of welding rods. Most companies...

In case anyone else is interested in the Addley Precision SMLE scope mount I will say that it is a well engineered piece of kit. If you buy the installation kit along with the mount it can be installed on your kitchen table with nothing other than a drill and a screwdriver. The drill bit guide...

Your last point is why I have a gas fireplace that doesn't require any electricity to operate. It may only heat part of the house but it is better than nothing if the power goes out for a long period of time.

That's true, not much longer than to fill my truck. If they can get solid state batteries to work it will be a game changer. If.

True however in a home setting you will still be limited by the amount of current you can get into the house at 240V. Most houses have a 100 amp panel for the entire house, some may have 125 or 200 amp but that is about the max for normal houses. Also the neighborhood infrastructure probably...

Now back to our regularly scheduled submarine replacement discussion. I was going to reference the K class submarines and coal but it appears even they were powered by oil. :)