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Ottawa will provide $10 billion in financing to upgrade and expand the Churchill Falls generating station, develop the Gull Island hydroelectric project, build transmission lines and implement a 2,000 MW onshore wind energy project in Labrador — with the exact location and other details for that wind project under consideration by Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro.

According to the federal government, altogether these projects represent the largest clean energy investment in North American history — valued at nearly $70 billion — and will nearly triple the current generating capacity of Churchill Falls, with enough power to light, heat and cool all the homes in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver combined.

Let me start by saying this is just a point of curiosity by a few technicians messing around with some tech in the shop.

Basically, we’re curious about the ability to just stick a NACS port on whatever you want, and be able to plug an EVSE with a NACS plug head into it and charge it/transfer power.

Looking to get some thoughts and input from those who have some comprehension of the PLC protocol that Tesla uses, as well as the PWM duty cycle operation of the pilot pin on the connector.

I have the option between two dirt cheap Ninjas and am trying to decide which to go with.

An older CP307C Hot & Iced Machine (approx 3 years)

A newer CFP301C Dual Brew Pro (approx 1 year)

Have three family members with the 307 that all love it, but no one with the Dual Brew (yet I haven’t seen any major complaints on it from brief research).

Any thought from owners on which I should go for?

So I’ve never been much of a coffee snob (I regularly buy my beans at Costco for Christ sake lol) but I definitely appreciate a good cup. Recently my wife and I have been looking at getting something new to replace our old basic Cuisinart drip coffee maker. We just need something that works for our morning routines, and I saw a lot of recommendations for the Aiden.

Weekends we are both home and each have a cup or two in the morning. Weekdays I leave at 530am and she is usually up and has a cup at 7am before doing morning routine with our toddler.

It seems the Aiden from my research will work for our single cup/small batch requirements, but is there something different we should be considering? Another factor is that my FAVOURITE coffee beans, my wife does not like. So at times, even if it’s a single cup or small batch, if I am really wanting my favourite, then will make two separate pots of coffee.

What should we be looking for that folks would recommend?

So I’be never been much of a coffee snob (I regularly buy my beans at Costco for Christ sake lol) but I definitely appreciate a good cup. Recently my wife and I have been looking at getting something new that works for our morning routines, and I saw a lot of recommendations for the Aiden.

Weekends we are both home and each have a cup or two in the morning. Weekdays I leave at 530am and she is usually up and has a cup at 7am before doing morning routine with our toddler.

Will the Aiden work for our single cup/small batch requirements or is there something different we should be considering? Another factor is that my FAVOURITE coffee beans my wife does not like, so at times, even if it’s a single cup or small batch, we will make two separate coffees.

What should we be looking for?

My wife has a black and white dress that had a mark on which she sprayed with a spot cleaner. She then put it in our laundry tub to soak for a bit and unfortunately forgot about it until the next morning.

And now seems to have some blue staining on the white portions of the dress, almost like tie-dye.

We took it to a local dry cleaner, who said they tried to clean it and couldn’t, but I don’t know what they tried or how much effort they actually put into it.

Does anyone happen to have any recommendations on some of the more extreme methods of trying to remove these blue tie-dye like stains from the white portions of the dress?

GE fridge with an inverter compressor. What are tell tale signs that it’s failed? Getting too hot? Not hot at all? Making a clanking noise?

Moved my fridge out to the garage and never had an issue with it before, but now the compressor isn’t turning on and the ‘yodder loop’ in the wall of the fridge going to the in door ice maker is getting quite hot. I cleaned off the condenser loop in the back of the fridge and confirmed the condenser fan is running, but still no change.

My wife had a dress that got bird poop on it so she sprayed it with some spot treatment and left it to soak in the sink but forgot about it.

The dress is black and white (soft cream white not bright white) and it looks as though some of the black has leeched onto the white in spots and looks almost like a tie dye blue on the white now.

Local dry cleaner said the colour dye transfer like that they can do nothing about. It’s a $500 dress that my wife absolutely adores so I am hoping to save it if I can.

I’ll try to get pictures posted asap but I wanted to check here if anyone has any recommendations on removing the dye transfer. I’m perfectly fine doing any and all amount of meticulous and manual labour if needed, I just want to try and save it.

It’s well known that it’s tough getting an appliance technician who works on Miele appliances.

I’m wondering on folks experience in Burlington and surrounding areas like Oakville and Hamilton on their experience in this regard prior to deciding if I want to go with Miele for my next washer/dryer purchase.

Is any of the pricing for the business centre advertised online? Also when they have the flash sales is it advertised?

Hoping to take advantage with my family of the large boxes of Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast as well as other larger bulk options we can split amongst us to immediate vac seal and freeze.

I’m a 309A licensed electrician in Ontario, however in order to be eligible for the current $5k + $5k rebates on solar and batteries, I confirmed I need to hire a *different* licensed electrical contractor to do the installation.

Does anyone have recommendations for a solar installer in Southern Ontario that they recommend that isn’t trying to push their own product/price plan/financing/etc?

Thank you all in advance.

EDIT: Picture added in comments.

Please forgive me as I’m not super knowledgeable about timber frame building, and I forgot to take a picture last night so will try and add it as soon as I get home.

A friend of mine built a 16x16 foot framework for a gazebo for our backyard. He did it in Ash, with 8x8 posts/king posts, and 8x10 beams.

From the details I got from him, he picked up the timbers last year and they were still quite “wet and heavy” and they sat outside for about 9 months over the fall and winter.

When he delivered them, I noticed there was ***a lot*** of large cracking and splitting, but I know some of that can be normal as the wood dries. It seemed a bit excessive, but I didn’t think much of it until I noticed some massive cracks in one of the mortise’s of a beam. I *barely* even touched it, and the end of the mortise literally FELL OUT. The chunk was probably about 4” cubed and felt *really* light which is now making me think did the wood dry out too much?

Anyway now my wife is freaking out about the integrity of the wood and whether it’s safe. And I wanted to ask if I should have some safety concerns here or not.

I’ll get some pictures up here asap for you guys but felt I should ask first.

Credit card template listed below.

My wife and I are currently on separate MBNA WE MC accounts and have been for years, since back when it was 2% on everything. I recently got the Roger’s Red MC for our phone bill, and noticed that it is now offering what MBNA used to.

We don’t dine out much and are cutting back, and have an EV so only spend on gas for my wife’s car which isn’t a far commute, so restaurant and gas bonuses are mostly out. Groceries tends to be a big one though.

Should I just stick with the MBNA card as my main, or start utilizing the Rogers Red as my go to on all purchases? Or is there something else out there better suited to us?

Appreciate any insight and advice 🙏

CREDIT PROFILE

* Current credit cards you are the primary account holder of:
* Player 1:
* MBNA World Elite Mastercard
* Rogers Red World Elite Mastercard
* CIBC Costco Mastercard
* Player 2:
* MBNA World Elite Mastercard
* FICO scores with source: Equifax 849
* Oldest credit card account age: 10 years
* Cards approved in the past 6 months: 1
* Cards approved in the past 12 months: 1
* Cards approved in the past 24 months: 1
* Annual income $: 250,000

CATEGORIES

* Ok with category-specific cards?: Yes
* Ok with rotating category cards?: Yes
* Estimate average monthly spend in the categories below.
* Dining $: 400
* Groceries $: 400 (Costco)
600 (Fortinos)
* Gas $: 300
* Travel $: 300
* Using abroad?: No
* Other categories or stores: Phone - Roger’s ($130/m), Internet - Cogeco ($100/m), Car/Home Insurance ($550/m)
* Other spend:
* Pay rent by card? No

MEMBERSHIPS & SUBSCRIPTIONS

* Amazon Prime member: Yes
* Costco or Sam's Club member: Costco

PURPOSE

* Purpose of next card: Cashback
* Cards being considered: