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Iowa. I buy as much stuff as I can in Iowa and haul it up because there is no "big box" type store within a considerable distance in Canada and Canadian prices are high. And as I write this the ice...

Over the weekend I went to the big box store that starts with a "L" to buy an AAV to hopefully improve an S trap situation under a sink. I ask the plumbing aisle clerk if they have any and he...

Back in the day when the late, great Pig Slop Award was regularly bestowed, it appeared to me that certain plumbers may have occasionally used the same while in the course of practicing their...

Pat's right. I am always relieved when religious leaders talk in terms of practicality rather than morality. The Pope should take a lesson from this one, especially on the issue of birth control.
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This article appears in today's Kenora Daily Miner and News. When I read it I came away with the impression that no one has a real clue regarding what to expect and how to handle the situation. can...

It's hard to find a good Canadian moose hunting joke these days, but here goes:

Two hunters got a pilot to fly them into the Canadian wilderness where they managed to bag two big Bull Moose.

As...

But there is a need to hunt moose, as the same provide a much needed and cost-effective protein source. The problem is that the local deer carry a brainworm parasite which somehow does not effect the...

The following newspaper aticle was written by Megan Ogilvie and is published in today's Toronto Star. It details some of the substance abuse problems on isolated reservations. Because the...

Money is always the rub. The state is more than happy to profit from my purchase of a $50 bottle of scotch and to turn me loose to pickle my liver with the same.

But if an uneducated kid living...

Is there any way that you can do a test on a sharkbite?

Or we could start a game of Clue re his disappearance. My choices: (1)Ballvalve (2)with his John Deere excavator (3)in his cousin's barnyard

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I am writing in Ballvalve's ex-wife's sister's for president. Or his cousin.

Or read a book called The Children' Blizzard by David Laskin and be glad that you are not trying to stay warm buried in a North Dakota haystack.

It's actually about 1200 feet difference:

http://geology.com/state-map/iowa.shtml#elevation

But since the high and low spots are well over 200 miles apart, you probably will not need ropes and...

"Up to six inches of snowfall . . ." Rather wimpish, Terry. It sounds a little bit like Ian when he thought he was going to blow away in a 65 mph "hurricane."

But please do drive safely.

I miss him also. I don't agree with much of what he said but he could spark a good discussion and certainly meant well.

Can we do something like this with Ian?
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/01/12/145121472/judge-declares-natalee-holloway-legally-dead?ft=1&f=1001

I don't think that the priests and bishops would take advantage of the discounts, unless the h of h's employees were under 12. That's the problem with being inherently evil-short of throwing away...

I'm with Ballvalve on this one, especially when the abuse of children is involved. The RCs, Oblates, and others who serially abused children were/are inherently evil and motivated by the same and by...

I know little about water heaters and less about electricity. I am, however, a rather frequent user of plumbers and electricians. My view on all of this is that the situation is not ideal or as...

I don't knpw whether $14k for a boiler is cheap or expensive, but I am concerned that your father is at risk for financial abuse. You may want to talk about this with a lawyer and consider whether a...

We have a Grohe that we like very much but if you have pressure problems it may not be because of the showerhead.

I am learning a lot from following this discussion, and forgive my ignorant question, but what is the logic behind UF being suitable for inground use but not suitable for inconduit use? Is there a...

Maybe Ballvalve introduced him to his cousin.

Do you have enough clearance between the "dry" side of the tub and the "innards" of the washing machine to insert a very short stainless steel or plastic carriage or flush head screw or bolt into the...