Chayyyysus. Meanwhile. I'm out here failing PWT2.
Posts by Charles Bernard
Babe what's wrong? You haven't touched your chicken scotia.
"This year the kids can manage the maple syrup farming", and other lies I tell myself.
Goose Bay is lovely, but I had no complaints about a 24 hour stopover in Halifax. ๐
Epilogue. That was surprisingly hassle-free...
One of the Citadel reenactors was on my BMQ. He showed up with crisper drill than most of the instructors and an outstanding moustache.
Oh wow, that's an amazing setting!
And critically you don't have to walk uphill at the end of the night! ๐
The Halifax Citadel. Saw Our Lady Peace and the Tragically Hip there. And the kind curator at the Army museum let me brandish an AK47.
I should say, those were separate visits.
"Why does your note to the Tooth Fairy ask her name? Isn't it just 'Tooth Fairy'?"
Twin A: "That's her job. I want to know her real name. It's probably something like Jennifer."
*squints at chart*
"Houston, what the hell is a 'Newport Pagnell'?"
@andrewhunterm.bsky.social In some parts of Canada, this scene is arguably a more accurate predictor of impending poor weather than the Environment Canada forecast.
Question 2: To minimize packaging waste, you opt for the 39 pack. What time do you call the ambulance such that it reaches you right when the clog hits?
One of the kids just casually dropped "if we need to move and you and mom go shopping for a new house while I'm at school, can you please try to find one with a bowling alley?"
Maybe they watched too much HGTV with my parents over the break...
Counterpoint: if you don't stop, you'll eventually go all the way around and it's problem solved.
There's plane ticket money, then there's private jet money, then there's "operating your single-engine four-seater out of Dulles and parking at the Saarinen terminal" money.
Bawnjoorno.
Oh. Hello there.
Shrug. I bought a used EV. It had been a lease and the returnee leased the newest model of the same car.
OBD2 dongle and a scan app reported 98% battery state of health. Good enough for me.
Thanks for doing this again Jarvis. A literal light in the darkness. Happy spring!
I am apparently now "targeted ads for European river cruises in my podcasts" years old.
Quick! What kind of scientist would you want to be?
Going to be a big summer for middle aged men with heat pumps and solar panels.
Twin A: "I found this. What is it?"
"Oh, that's my parking pass, so they let me park at work."
"Can't you just leave the car in the parking lot and go inside?"
If he follows his parents into the RCMP training academy, is he a depotbaby?
Fun fact: you can email literally anyone when you're talking up one of their staff. They'll even thank you for it.
Text 1: "Air Canada welcomes you to your layover!"
Text 2: "Twin B has strep."
Text 3: "This is an alert that there is a gastro outbreak at the daycare."
I liked you better the first time.
A forecast showing highs of -21 with windchill -33, and lows -28 with windchill -43. "Frostbite in minutes."
Lousy Smarch weather.