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Mendalla said:
We are now finally free to announce that there is now a Mrs. Little M. I've kind of alluded to it before but we have finally announced to our families so I figure I am safe to mention it here as well. She's also from London but they actually met as classmates in Ottawa. She's a Muslim of Pakistani descent, so they were married by an imam and my son is now a practicing (not sure about believing, but practicing) Muslim as well.
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Congrats on the extended family! Did they keep the wedding really small?
 
JayneWonders said:
Great to hear good news , @Mendalla

Looks like i am headed with youngest son to the states to do hospital support for family member.

What should be plans for a fun roadtrip, followed by wedding is turning out to be anything but.
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I hope you and your son can enjoy each other's company with the trip even though it isn't the fun trip and things go well for the family member.
 
Our local Home Depot has all plants 50% off. Thinking of my devastated garden, I bought a bunch. Coming home, I noticed on the receipt that it showed one plant, without the rebate applied, that I didn’t even buy. So I returned to the store to inquire what that $20 charge was. Explained it to the cashier, they sent me to get a refund. And I did! Only in Canada can this happen. Definitely would not have been believed in Germany- they would have assumed that I bought a plant, left it at home and came back to get money back….
Or is this an Atlantic Canada thing?
Were listening in to some coworkers who were talking about their time working in Alberta. Both agreed that in everyday life, Albertans are just not friendly ( or not like Atlantic Canadians). However, also mentioned that Toronto might be similar. Maybe it’s just a “big city thing”.
 
Mrs.Anteater said:
Our local Home Depot has all plants 50% off. Thinking of my devastated garden, I bought a bunch. Coming home, I noticed on the receipt that it showed one plant, without the rebate applied, that I didn’t even buy. So I returned to the store to inquire what that $20 charge was. Explained it to the cashier, they sent me to get a refund. And I did! Only in Canada can this happen. Definitely would not have been believed in Germany- they would have assumed that I bought a plant, left it at home and came back to get money back….
Or is this an Atlantic Canada thing?
Were listening in to some coworkers who were talking about their time working in Alberta. Both agreed that in everyday life, Albertans are just not friendly ( or not like Atlantic Canadians). However, also mentioned that Toronto might be similar. Maybe it’s just a “big city thing”.
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I've been refunded for things I didn't get before, so not just Atlantic Canada :)
 
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Mrs.Anteater said:
Our local Home Depot has all plants 50% off. Thinking of my devastated garden, I bought a bunch. Coming home, I noticed on the receipt that it showed one plant, without the rebate applied, that I didn’t even buy. So I returned to the store to inquire what that $20 charge was. Explained it to the cashier, they sent me to get a refund. And I did! Only in Canada can this happen. Definitely would not have been believed in Germany- they would have assumed that I bought a plant, left it at home and came back to get money back….
Or is this an Atlantic Canada thing?
Were listening in to some coworkers who were talking about their time working in Alberta. Both agreed that in everyday life, Albertans are just not friendly ( or not like Atlantic Canadians). However, also mentioned that Toronto might be similar. Maybe it’s just a “big city thing”.
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At our store, particularly if the customer has the receipt, we tend to assume that WE were the ones who made the error, and we refund that kind of thing (particularly in the $20 or less range) very cheerfully. But I don't think Toronto vendors are that kind, although I loved window shopping through the produce on display in Chinatown yesterday afternoon. Plumcots that would cost you $5 something at NF for a little bag of 6 - not necessarily perfectly ripe, and kinda small. Twice the size, juicy, perfect, 5/$1. Grapes, cherries, $.99/lb. Vegetables! Oh, my. Sometimes I convince myself I could live down there again, and just walk everywhere and take the TTC.
 
So, I had the most amazing day yesterday. Picked up my daughter, headed down to Vaughn/Pioneer Village station for cheap day parking and TTC trip to theatre, the Princess of Wales on King Street. In the end, we were a few mins late, but had time for bathroom break (so no necessity at intermission) and she seated us in a suitable break in about 5 mins (we had edge seats, thank goodness). Wonderful show - Hades Town, a musical based on Greek myths writ kinda today (well, maybe dustbowl 1930s). Both of us wore long-ish red dresses. She in black over the knee socks and fancy black runners, me in red toes, and red comfy sandals (Skechers). Have to dress for the city. She has a light wool plaid wrap, me a batique-y shawl. The show is amazing, the music is magical, the cast is stunning (I am going to be dreaming of Hades for weeks), the choreography is beautifully athletic, the voices were great. And I sodding love that theatre. And we both had a pleasant glass of Merlot at the intermission.

We strolled towards Spadina after the show. Sniffed and ogled the fruit and the vegetables at the market. Found a hand-made ramen restaurant with an LCBO license, so a beer, had the yummiest of noodles, drank lager. Then TTC'd back to car, which took us a while to find. Do you know how many small black 4-cylinder type cars exist in the world? How many black Subaru Imprezas? Thank all the gods, ultimately, for beeps, and roof racks. Fine drive home. Just a perfect day with one of my favourite people, then stopped on way home to deliver lottery tickets to another fav person. Some days are just perfect days. However, my car suspension needs doing, after months of warning...so there are sometimes clouds in silver linings, LOL.
 
Good morning! The chaos of family health situations, the joy of family weddings, the fun of time spent with family, and everything in between; bargain plants and honest merchants; we bring it all here to the Coffee Cart. We gather round to support, rejoice with, and grieve with, as needed, and also partake in hot beverages and goodies. All is ready, all are welcome.

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Honesty is said to be one of the greatest virtues ... yet many do not believe in virtue as it is not that good in winning circles ... thus counterpoints!

When the bubble of sol bursts ... where do the contents go? They were just stinking thoughts ... they were the other nothing in essence! Resembles a double negative ... quirky? Gone like a shot in the dark ... Black Poesy? Transient ... said to be hard to view ... because of the extremes and poles ... no justice!

They spoke of that awakening on a news program today of how politics had penetrated the medium of the halls of justice and it now resembles Valhalla ... a flipp 'ð ode!
 
Mrs.Anteater said:
Our local Home Depot has all plants 50% off. Thinking of my devastated garden, I bought a bunch. Coming home, I noticed on the receipt that it showed one plant, without the rebate applied, that I didn’t even buy. So I returned to the store to inquire what that $20 charge was. Explained it to the cashier, they sent me to get a refund. And I did! Only in Canada can this happen. Definitely would not have been believed in Germany- they would have assumed that I bought a plant, left it at home and came back to get money back….
Or is this an Atlantic Canada thing?
Were listening in to some coworkers who were talking about their time working in Alberta. Both agreed that in everyday life, Albertans are just not friendly ( or not like Atlantic Canadians). However, also mentioned that Toronto might be similar. Maybe it’s just a “big city thing”.
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It depends on the town and the community. I suspect it also depends on how much the newcomer seems to be like the people in the community. There are very welcoming neighbourhoods in Calgary and very cold neighbourhoods. Dane with rural communities across the country. Finally, it depends on the vibe sent off by the newcomer.
 
jimkenney12 said:
It depends on the town and the community. I suspect it also depends on how much the newcomer seems to be like the people in the community.
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With the big chains, though, a lot is just policy. The big boxes build their rep on customer service so tend to be fairly forgiving about returns, cashier errors, and such, I find, unless you're someone who is habitually trying to get refunds.
 
Greetings. I started my day laying in bed, listening to the radio and playing games on my phone. Thats usually a civilized way to begin the day. Today the radio had news and interviews that focused on climate change, extreme weather, fires and floods......all gloom and doom. I've shut off my brain in front of last night's Big Brother episode. Now I'm watching Challenge USA, a new to me show. I think I'll stay away from the news today.
 
Well, I cleaned 20' or so of gutter this afternoon (all I can reach with the step ladder), and you've never seen hands quite so black, lol. Also cut down all of the sumac seedlings, with the idea that I could use the lawn mower on some more weed patches tomorrow (well, it was going to be this afternoon, but time is vanishing, I have a sunburn and I'm scratched).

Yes, even the CBC news is a bit doom and gloomish today. I, too, am going to avoid.
 
What happens if an entire populace shuts out the bad news and accepts only good news? Does it have an essential effect on that abstract thing called psyche and cause an unconscious state ... maybe just a black zone about life?
 
Luce NDs said:
What happens if an entire populace shuts out the bad news and accepts only good news? Does it have an essential effect on that abstract thing called psyche and cause an unconscious state ... maybe just a black zone about life?
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A brief break from the news is not shutting out bad news.

I've just made some hummous and am back to reading my book.
 
And I had sesame oil ramen with shrimp for dinner, as big guy got called away.

And I don't think I've actually missed any news today; it's not persistent on CBC music. I do hope that Hawaii fares better with reparations than did Puerto Rico a few years ago. And I am so tired of trivial U.S. political drama. And it's not like the climate hasn't been going to s**t for 50 years and anyone was actually listening.

Oh, and the book I'm reading? A sorta whodunnit co-written by Jodi Picoult. Bit of a page turner.
 
BetteTheRed said:
I do hope that Hawaii fares better with reparations than did Puerto Rico a few years ago.
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Hawaii has the advantage of being a full state, so has representation in both houses and votes for President. Part of Puerto Rico's problem was lack of pull in Washington DC and therefore lack of concern in Washington DC. So I suspect Hawaii will fare better, but let's not forget Katrina. Louisiana had full statehood and it was still a nightmare.
 
BetteTheRed said:
Oh, and the book I'm reading? A sorta whodunnit co-written by Jodi Picoult. Bit of a page turner.
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I finished my book. It was a historical fiction by Trudy Morgan Cole called Such Miracles and Mischiefs. It is the second of thtee. I liked it better than the first. I look forward to the release of the third.
 
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