u/ShubhaBala

Basic government question here! 2 mayoral candidates are talking about wanting independent auditors to review the budget line by line. I was listening to the Pointer podcast and they said how some city (I forgot) hired an auditor and they found out they were spending X% on staffing and it was so much money!

I work at a non-profit, so I have one particular view of what an auditor does which is just to confirm your books are accurate. So if you say you have $X in office expenses, you really do. etc.

BUT it's not like they aren't doing bookkeeping and accounting throughout the year. I can go on the Mississauga website and they have transparent budget and spending reports. They no doubt are categorizing their expenses in real time as every business and organization does.

So this audit they're talking about seems different? Like it's an assessment of whether the spending is on something worthwhile....? There's some analysis done about whether they SHOULD be spending that money or something? Can anyone explain this to me? :)

For all the talk of extending the subway, why can’t we have a functional Milton go train line which seems much easier? Anytime I want to go downtown I HAVE to go before 8:50 or take a super slow bus that only comes once an hour??? Can we have some more trains up here???? Maybe there isn’t enough population in the north?

I want to try liquid CBD with a small amount of THC as an alternative to drinking / for anxiety / for sleep.

It’s been decades since I’ve had weed and it was … whatever someone handed me ;). The few times I’ve had it since it effected me a LOT.

So I really want someone who can listen to my needs, explain the options to me in this new world of legalized cannabis, and patiently help me choose something I can add to my NA beers and try.

What shop would be good for that? I live in streetsville.

We are doing a third floor addition in our single family residence. We already know we have to have a balcony on the third floor due to the Ontario BC (window wouldn’t cut it because of the height).

My 2 questions
1- what is the minimum width for the opening for that door? Im seeing either 0.55m or maybe 2’10”??

2- can it be a sliding door?

My Cameo 3 (I think) has been slowly getting worse at this. It does cut everything, but it's like the corners / edges aren't *quite* cut right, so when I'm peeling, everytime I get to a corner I have to push down / pull it off. Once I do that, then I can peel along that whole edge.

Is this a dull blade?

I want to make a pretty simple app for my kid that would get the weather and show text that is specific to him based on the weather. It has to be for iOS.

I’d rather not use AI, but aside from that I don’t actually know how to get started as in how to actually set up the environment so I can make and test an app and then get it on his iPad.

I do have a programming background but it’s been decades and I’m a tired parent. So if it was all set up and easy enough to use I know I just need to create some if statements.

I think my kid's gotten bored of his trains, and he's autistic but with a very specific form of play which is not pretend play, not circuits, but making straight tracks (with some up and down and curved elements) and having the electric train go down it.

So I'm wondering what creative ideas folks may have to make it look more interesting? I'm thinking of like.. something to attach to the back of a train, for example, but all I can think of is a ribbon which wouldn't actually be very interesting and would probably just get caught in the wheels :)

Or anything else you think could add something interesting to the train set!

I've tried Plaid, I've tried SimpleFin, I just cannot get my budgeting apps to sync with TD Canada Trust. Do I just have to resign to manual upload??

I’m trying to either get data on button clicks or pdf downloads.

We have tag manager set up it seems. And it seems to automatically record button clicks.

What I’m struggling with is how in the engagement / event report do I find the specific button I’m looking for???

I was able to find the event for one button that went to an external url that we don’t use anywhere else. So I know it’s possible! Although even in that case it shows up as 2 different rows in the event report for some reason??

But another button goes to a Google form, and we have many links to Google forms so I see many events when I try to search Google Docs. I can’t figure out what row is the exact button I’m looking for. Thereport cuts off the event name after very few characters, even when I drill into that event, so I see it’s a Google link but nothing after that??

Toyota Camry.. about 10 years old.

The headliner is this stiff material that ends near the rear window, but doesn't touch the rear window. It has some clips in the middle of it to the roof.

The problem... my kid (disabled, strong, can't just follow directions) puts his fingers under the headliner and pulls it down. The clips just pop out, and he's going to break it.

I took it to an upholstery place today and he said that we can't glue the edge of the headliner to the roof of the car because it doesn't touch the roof.

But we have to do *something*. What are our options?

For the past few days I can’t see a breakdown of recipients or clicked links with my newsletters. I’ve tried clearing cache, incognito mode, no luck.

Is anyone else having this?

I wanted to make a little vinyl sticker for the passenger car window (it would be "turn left" and "turn right" for my minimally speaking kid who keeps shouting TURN when he's sitting in the car and I want a visual reminder for him of saying turn left and turn right).

My idea would be to put it on the outside of the passenger side window. And I bought a cricut vinyl sticker. But is this a dumb idea because when we roll down the window it could break our car / window???

I know Mississauga doesn't have any queer hair salons but are there any queer hairdressers hidden around somewhere??? Curly, short hair knowledgeable!

I need a completely non toxic citronella candle but it doesn’t have to be in a fancy jar or anything. I’m thinking a hobby candle maker could do it (and sell it to me of course). Anyone here or know somewhere I could find someone?

Is there any good iPad case anymore that is both shockproof and waterproof?

Hi!

I've spoken to 2 brokers who can help me apply for a HELOC and they aren't telling me the same thing.

Background: We own a house, no mortgage. We bought the house this year (January).

• One told me that we can avoid them having to do an appraisal if we ask for an amount that is low enough (so if we CAN get up to 65% of the value of the house, if we ask for more like 50% they'll likely not do an appraisal - or an in-person check appraisal).
• One told me that the fees are usually around $1500 which is the fee for a third party appraisal and the cost for a lawyer to register the line of credit on the title. Oddly she told me I'd ask my real estate agent lawyer for the cost estimate??? But I thought the bank just had the lawyer do the thing? Or is this because I don't already have a mortgage, now *I* have to get a lawyer to register them on the title? Or is it like banks can do it or I can do it?
• Lastly, one said I should go for the HIGHEST amount possible in order to get any lower interest rate. The highest amount is WAY higher than we'd EVER spend, but should we do that? I'm not really worried about us overspending and getting into debt. I'm a pretty anal budgeter / spender!