In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
POSTED BY: SIGNYM
UPDATED: Thursday, December 25, 2025 04:27
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Out in the rain. Things to do.
Also since Twitter dropped the way it was doing things. Does anyone understand what they mean by disabling something to unmask my browser?
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I just want to point out that if you want to see homelessness, you should come here to SoCal. Canada isn't nirvana, but it sure isn't the US either!
Los Angeles County has about 60,000 homeless people out of a population of about 10M. The greater Vancouver area has about 2,200 homeless people out of a population of 2.5M. So Los Angeles County has about 7X more homeless people on a per-person basis. And that's not counting the other counties is SoCal!
I believe that Vancouver might have a lot more homeless people than elsewhere in Canada, because it has a mild climate (for Canada, that is ... nowhere in Canada is nearly as balmy as SoCal), astronomically expensive housing (and congratulations!! again on your new place), and sadly a drug problem as the port is a major drug import point.
I'm sorry I can't help with your twitter question, as I've never been a twitter user.
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Originally posted by 1KIKI:
I just want to point out that if you want to see homelessness, you should come here to SoCal. Canada isn't nirvana, but it sure isn't the US either!
Los Angeles County has about 60,000 homeless people out of a population of about 10M. The greater Vancouver area has about 2,200 homeless people out of a population of 2.5M. So Los Angeles County has about 7X more homeless people on a per-person basis. And that's not counting the other counties is SoCal!
I believe that Vancouver might have a lot more homeless people than elsewhere in Canada, because it has a mild climate (for Canada, that is ... nowhere in Canada is nearly as balmy as SoCal), astronomically expensive housing (and congratulations!! again on your new place), and sadly a drug problem as the port is a major drug import point.
I'm sorry I can't help with your twitter question, as I've never been a twitter user.
Very true Kiki. Canada is not perfect but right now, I am very glad not to be down in the US.
Thank you for the numbers, I didn't know how they compared.
And you are right. Homeless from the rest of Canada do flock to the Lower Mainland (Vancouver area) because of the mild climate though the climate in the winter is slowly changing. Yes, the housing prices are out of control for apartment living. Makes things very hard.
Thanks but without help I would still be on the BC Housing list, I say probably.
True again. RCMP do make major busts every so often of drugs coming in. And Vancouver city does work on the drug and overdose issues.
Don't worry about the Twitter thing. I will see if I can sort it out.
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Originally posted by Brenda:Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
We've discussed this in other threads. There is a lot more money to go around when you don't have to worry at all about military spending because your friendly with big-brother-to-the-south that spends more money than the rest of the world on military.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
Yes, we have but big brother to the south has been late to help out through 2 world wars then tends to grab all the credit. Your military spending has also led to... I don't want to cause a row in here Jack. As I said before Canada's population and economy won't lend to big military spending. So we don't.
You mentioned minorities to me the other day Jack and you forget technically I am a minority. In Canada I and my family going back to my dad's mother are Metis which means Indian and French blood. The only thing that stops us from claiming any sort of status in regard to that was the fact that my grandmother was an American.
I didn't forget that your a Native. I'm just not PC. You knew what I meant, and you're not stupid so you aren't getting your feelings hurt.
The US Legacy Media is inciting race riots right now. Those who watch are getting really pissed off at each other. Those who don't aren't. It's fairly simple.
It's also fairly simple to see that Canada has a lot more of its money freed up because it has the luxury of being on the US border and has no need to spend any money on military defenses. Great for Canada.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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A/C worked great today and kept the whole house dehumidified and comfortable, even though it was 92 and gross outside.
I had it on for 7 straight hours. Not something I want to do all the time, but it won't get this hot all the time either. It maintained an even temp 20+ below the temp outside all day long, on every level of the house. Though it's dropped 9 degrees since I turned it off, it's only increased 1 degree inside, and tonight it will go lower than the current temp inside, so it shouldn't rise much.
Looking forward to testing out day two. I'm also going to do some experimenting with what is the best way to use it. The "ECO" setting won't be helpful since it bases its behavior on the ambient temperature of the room it is installed in and would not work on the whole house like it did today. However, from what I read online today about window units they don't maintain maximum efficiency and effectiveness if left on for a long straight time and you benefit from cycling the time it is on over a longer period in the day.
There is a timer function that I will have to learn how to use. That might be the best solution.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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That's good news about the A/C, SIX! Just don't have a cow when you get your electric bill.
I'm SOOO glad we sprung for solar panels. Our rates are prolly a lot higher than yurs, and we may as well make use of the infernal sunshine.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
We've discussed this in other threads. There is a lot more money to go around when you don't have to worry at all about military spending because your friendly with big-brother-to-the-south that spends more money than the rest of the world on military.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
Yes, we have but big brother to the south has been late to help out through 2 world wars then tends to grab all the credit. Your military spending has also led to... I don't want to cause a row in here Jack. As I said before Canada's population and economy won't lend to big military spending. So we don't.
You mentioned minorities to me the other day Jack and you forget technically I am a minority. In Canada I and my family going back to my dad's mother are Metis which means Indian and French blood. The only thing that stops us from claiming any sort of status in regard to that was the fact that my grandmother was an American.
I didn't forget that your a Native. I'm just not PC. You knew what I meant, and you're not stupid so you aren't getting your feelings hurt.
The US Legacy Media is inciting race riots right now. Those who watch are getting really pissed off at each other. Those who don't aren't. It's fairly simple.
It's also fairly simple to see that Canada has a lot more of its money freed up because it has the luxury of being on the US border and has no need to spend any money on military defenses. Great for Canada.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
I am watching SIX. But I know there is nothing I can do about down there.
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Okay this thing is driving me batty tonight. Not sure if it is on its last legs or just because I won't change over EDGE or Chrome.
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
That's good news about the A/C, SIX! Just don't have a cow when you get your electric bill.
I'm SOOO glad we sprung for solar panels. Our rates are prolly a lot higher than yurs, and we may as well make use of the infernal sunshine.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
#WEARAMASK
I've got to remember that I did this for the house first, and my own comfort is just the side benefit.
If you remember, I was using that furnace blower as a whole house fan last summer. It did the trick well enough and made the house moderately comfortable, but it did nothing to reduce the humidity at all and I'd leave that thing on all night, sometimes over 10 hours per day. And by the end of the day I'd still be reaching the mid to high 80's at the 2nd floor with temps over 100 in the attic and have to do it all again the following night. This shouldn't cost too much more than the $30 or so dollars extra per month to run... maybe double at worst if I'm not doing anything at all to try to be conservative with it.
I don't think it will use that much though once I learn the best way to use it, and today was a great test at 92 degrees. Got some mid-80's days coming before the 70's return, so I should be able to get a way with less than 7 hours on most days.
It's been off for 3 hours now and although it's raised 2 degrees at the 2nd floor, it feels downright chilly in my house without my shirt on and I don't need to have the boxfan on tonight when I'm sleeping (and obviously didn't need to have it on at all during the day either). And it shouldn't get any higher now since the inside and outside temps are pretty much the same and it's still supposed to go down 5 more degrees overnight.
The way I figure it, I cut $30 a month from my cable bill, and that's year round. I can put that toward the A/C in the summer and keeping the house a degree or two warmer in the winter.
I also drained out my water heater that was making a lot of knocking noises when I found out that was sediment buildup that was making it much less efficient. I used that opportunity to adjust the heat down on it because if you didn't use both the hot and cold knob together in the bathroom sink you would literally burn your hands. Between those two things I barely ever hear the heater go off anymore if I'm not showering or doing laundry, and it used to go off all the time. To be fair though, without the loud knocking that I could hear from the 2nd floor, I can't be too sure it's still not going off a lot.
It will be interesting to see my next energy bill for sure.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Originally posted by Brenda:
I am watching SIX. But I know there is nothing I can do about down there.
Don't beat yourself up over it.
There's literally nothing that any of us can do about it here either.
But like anything else, it's never nearly as bad as the sensationalist Legacy Media is making it out to be. I just went grocery shopping at the store I usually go to (where I'm the minority) and nobody gave me any shitty looks.
The Real World is usually MUCH different than anything you're going to find on the News.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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