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2025-11-14 19:08:03 GMT

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Maritimes is not beachfront, not socialist, and not wealthy. I'm talking Newfoundland, PEI, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick.

2025-11-14 17:39:01 GMT

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So why does this logic not apply in the maritimes, or Scandinavia, or...

2025-11-14 15:36:50 GMT

Why - WHY - do almost all new residential builds have to be in shades of black, grey, and brown?? In northern climates where the landscape is white, grey, brown and often dark for half the year, why do our houses have to match??
I really truly do not get it. Maritime regions seem to understand the need for colour, why can't we prairie folk have that too?
This is an honest question. I would love some insight from anyone in the industry.
#housing #construction #yeg #Alberta

2025-09-14 16:35:22 GMT

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10 has ADHD, and he's easily distracted. We have always read to the kids at bedtime, but with 10, when he outgrew us reading to him, he wanted a different bedtime activity. This turned into watching one particular show, but when there aren't new episodes, then he wants to do something else. It just kind of grew into a monster until I recently put my foot down. He can do a quiet activity before bed, and we will tell him when it's time to brush and change, then we'll tuck him in.
A lot of it has to do with him just wanting to do something with a parent, which is mostly ok, except that it got out of hand.

2025-09-14 00:59:53 GMT

All I wanted to do was chill with a podcast and a jigsaw puzzle. My kids decided that was the perfect spot in our decent sized house to rough house and shout. #parenting

2025-09-07 02:27:54 GMT

I resent that we still have to put in 1-1.5 hours into 10's bedtime every night. I feel like he should be old enough to do a quiet activity on his own for most of that, with us supervising the 10-20 minutes required to brush teeth and change, and for us to tuck him in.
Is this an unreasonable expectation? #parenting

2025-08-28 17:06:42 GMT

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Ah, but that's a complete sentence. "Good day" sounds kind of harsh, or like, snobby British. 🤣

2025-08-28 17:03:01 GMT

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Ok we are on the same page. My thoughts exactly. I feel like I use "bonne journée" too much, especially in person, like when we were in France. 😂 We would never sign off an email in English with "good day", so it feels kind of weird, but the small Franco part of my brain is ok with it.

2025-08-28 16:55:27 GMT

Mes ami(e)s franco - Quelle est la meilleur façon de signer un email professionnel, mais non formel?
In English, I usually use Regards, or Thank you. Not looking for more formal "Sincerely" etc.

2025-08-23 18:55:45 GMT

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2025-08-22 16:10:40 GMT

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Yeah that is kind of weird. Definitely an older person thing.

2025-08-22 15:55:37 GMT

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I don't follow. Do you mean like "Congratulations Jane."?

2025-08-10 14:21:04 GMT

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Forgive my ignorance, but since when is peaceful protest illegal? In Canada, we have very strongly upheld constitutional rights to freedoms of speech & association, which protect our right to peaceful protest. I thought the UK had similar laws. What am I missing?

2025-07-17 18:16:33 GMT

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Whenever I try to say "email" to a francophone, I always second guess which term to use and end up stumbling, often using both email and couriel, as I don't know which term they will be most familiar with. I think most will understand email, but I feel like a fake francophone using it. 🤣

2025-07-17 18:08:52 GMT

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Sometimes when that happens to me, I tap "open in browser" and can view the rest of the thread. It might be a failure of your instance to load the thread for some reason. I don't follow the other people in this thread and I can see it.

2025-07-17 18:02:50 GMT

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I think that depends where you're from. To me, "fantastique" does mean fantastic. We were just in France, and ran into a number of interesting language differences between Canadian and France French.
@npub1jay…80k8 @npub1v8g…xgqt thoughts? What does this word mean to you? Is this another weird prairie Franco thing or a Canadian Franco thing?

2025-07-15 17:42:06 GMT

This feels like a silly question, but where would I look to find a decent rain jacket in #Scotland? Specifically in the Ayr area. I know, I know, I should have brought one from home...!

2025-07-03 14:04:48 GMT

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Haha, sorry yes, it's reverse translated. It doesn't actually translate to "I beg you" in context, so I can see how my question was confusing.

2025-07-03 13:24:05 GMT

@npub1v8g…xgqt why do the French say "I beg you" for "you're welcome"?

2025-06-30 17:39:35 GMT

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The kids and many panniers, and the fact that I froze at his rapidfire French and responded in English should have clued him in sooner.

2025-06-30 17:38:50 GMT

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At the very next stop, a grumpy railway employee got on the train and admonished us in rapidfire French about the trailer bike not being allowed on the trains, and that we had too many bikes in the car. This after an incredibly difficult ride in 40c heat caused us to cut the cycling day short, hence catching the train unplanned.
I think he eventually realized the situation, after observing us for a few minutes, and as he left, offered a more polite reminder for next time. 🙄

2025-06-30 17:35:06 GMT

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We were kind of panicking, with many people watching this crazy family of 4 scrambling to catch the train... 1 lady didn't hesitate to grab my toddler's other hand to help me swing him onto the train, then she and another helped me get up after the toddler swing caused me to lose my balance and the bike topple on me - in the train doorway! 🥴 Another kind lady on the train held my bike for a couple of minutes as I caught my breath, and offered the toddler a seat... 2/

2025-06-30 17:32:04 GMT

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And as an aside, every time we've been to France, we've experienced both extreme kindness and maddening bureaucracy/grumpy people, often within minutes of each other.
Today's train adventure involved rushing to catch a train at a small rural station, not knowing/thinking to position ourselves in the centre of the platform, then making a mad dash with 3.5 bikes and a 4-year-old. I had a bike in one hand and toddler in the other... 1/

2025-06-30 17:29:27 GMT

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And think about the people who live and work here. 😢 I'm actually really impressed with French people who still manage to look so stylish despite the ridiculous heat and inevitable sweat!

2025-06-30 14:21:12 GMT

It turns out cycle touring in 40c weather is not a pleasant way to spend a holiday. Neither is trying to get kids and bikes onto French trains. We may need to reconfigure the next few days. Next summer holidays will be further north, methinks.

2025-05-30 23:18:28 GMT

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Oh wow! I don't think I'd heard about that. Or at least I don't remember. That's definitely more significant than anything I can remember in Edmonton. I can recall a few windstorms here that caused damage, but not on that level.

2025-05-30 02:09:38 GMT

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For sure. But environment Canada issues plenty of warnings, and I'm not sure high wind really merits an emergency alert?

2025-05-30 02:04:14 GMT

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Since when do we get emergency alerts for wind? I've seen them for tornado watches, but wind?

2025-05-29 02:12:21 GMT

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That's a groundhog?? It looks huge!

2025-05-22 00:31:41 GMT

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Da fuq???

2025-05-11 21:06:44 GMT

Dun Dun DUN!! It's that time again.
#gardening #lilybeetles
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2025-05-07 19:49:36 GMT

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Violets? On the lawn?? So cool. I've seeded some microclover, but I think our soil is so poor and compacted that even that might not succeed.

2025-04-04 14:41:12 GMT

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We finally signed up with a financial advisor last year who manages our investments for us. They have a whole team of people who stay on top of everything so we don't have to.

2025-03-19 14:16:49 GMT

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What the hell!
My update was that I'm not convinced now that this company is #Canadian. Emails have come from Gmail, payment seemed to go through Delaware, and a more thorough search of the website shows no actual address or phone number. Privacy policy suggests might be European??
If anyone knows anything more, please comment.
#BuyCanadian
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2025-03-19 14:12:32 GMT

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I could have sworn I just posted an update to this, but now I can't find it... 🤔

2025-03-15 18:40:03 GMT

What is a good #Canadian website for buying items designed by Canadians, like T-shirts and things? Like Red Bubble or Cafe Press. #BuyCanadian
Edit: lots of great options in the replies. I ended up ordering from https://elbowsupcanada.shop/ as they have a large selection of designs and styles/sizes. Ordered for myself and the kids, will update when I get them.

2025-03-03 18:13:56 GMT

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We need more than a few flowers. We need a Dutch-style tulip-vasion!

2025-02-18 20:06:38 GMT

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That's what I found in PEI as well. It felt like going to a pharmacy, and the lady at the counter answered questions and helped me just like a pharmacist. Whereas in Alberta, it's totally stoner skater dudes at the counter. 😂 Service still tends to be good and they seem well-informed overall, but a very different vibe. Depends on which store, too, obvs.

2025-02-01 22:42:50 GMT

I thought he had backed off this idea. Apparently not?
#BuyCanadian
Trump launches trade war against Canada with a 25% tariff on most goods | CBC News https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trump-tariffs-canada-february-1-1.7447829

2025-01-24 16:32:39 GMT

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It "should" be required, but I wouldn't say that either Musk or Trump give any serious thought to their words or actions or their consequences.

2024-12-01 22:06:41 GMT

Our Nintendo Wii died a couple of months ago, completely devastating our 10-year-old (and me, to be honest). Hubby found a Wii U on eBay, and it worked for a couple of weeks, but now also seems to have died. 😞 We've never been ones to keep up with the newest gaming tech, so this is hard. It sucks how quickly and easily these things become obsolete and how hard it is to fix them. We have tried. #parenting

2024-11-30 18:54:14 GMT

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I don't think so. I was not in a loud place and it seemed pretty clear to me.

2024-09-17 18:53:11 GMT

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Haha, c’est raisonnable. Normalement j’écris en anglais simplement parce que c’est plus facile. Mais c’est bon d’avoir quelqu’un pour me défier

2024-09-17 16:39:50 GMT

I kind of want to participate in Read In week at my kid's school, but he's in grade 5, and I think he might be mortified if I read to his class. 😂 I also have no idea what I would read to a 5th grade class. Would it be weird to read to a different class in his school? Or should I just embarrass my kid and read to his class? In FRENCH?? 🤣 (I have even less idea what to read in French!)