captaintrolley Posted February 10, 2022 Report Share Posted February 10, 2022 55 minutes ago, T3G said: Asked her out for coffee today... she said yes! Excellent. Congratulations. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captaintrolley Posted February 11, 2022 Report Share Posted February 11, 2022 Had a fantastic swim at Kinsmen pool today. Monday and Wednesday were amazing too. The water was deliciously cool and perfect for a workout. Normally the water in that particular basin is too warm and I usually end up feeling crappy. Still I think back to when the pool was closed for months on end due to covid, I am still grateful to have a pool to swim in. I can't wait for my regular haunt to open. The manager said they are still on time for opening in October 2022. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayside Observer Posted February 13, 2022 Report Share Posted February 13, 2022 Bye bye Hunter Harrison. Hello steaks. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captaintrolley Posted February 27, 2022 Report Share Posted February 27, 2022 Sort of an FML / FY moment. I died inside when I found out last week that Rogers is going to decommission their 3G cell network by Dec. 2025. Still three years off, but I really love my Nokia C3-00 phone and really don't need anything fancier and dread having to learn a new device all over again. Anyhow, I bought a new phone so I will be prepared when the time comes. And I am going to need A LOT of help with it when the time comes to use it. I will probably fire it up in the autumn of 2025. I feel sorry for the unsuspecting Rogers representative when I do wander into the store with my new beast. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captaintrolley Posted March 1, 2022 Report Share Posted March 1, 2022 On 2/27/2022 at 1:43 PM, captaintrolley said: Anyhow, I bought a new phone so I will be prepared when the time comes. And I am going to need A LOT of help with it when the time comes to use it. I will probably fire it up in the autumn of 2025. I feel sorry for the unsuspecting Rogers representative when I do wander into the store with my new beast. Curiosity got the better of me and I fired up the new beast. Surprised it had juice right away, didn't even have to charge it (yet). Anyhow, poked around in settings, set up 'dark theme', set up time zone., date, time, adjusted the touch sensitivity level, lengthened the interval that the phone shuts down (from 30 seconds to two minutes). Also added in my contacts. So yeah, pretty much good to go for 2025. It still keeps asking me to connect to WiFi to finish setting up.. not sure what for. Maybe it will get tired of asking me and just stop it. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T3G Posted March 23, 2022 Report Share Posted March 23, 2022 Got a promotion at work! As of next month I'm a low level supervisor for the cashiers department, freed at long last from pulling contractor deliveries. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captaintrolley Posted March 28, 2022 Report Share Posted March 28, 2022 Getting a small Income Tax Refund this year. Anything is better than nothing (or having to pay). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. S. Bach Posted March 28, 2022 Report Share Posted March 28, 2022 Mine was a little over $900, I have since adjusted the withholding so I get about $50 more each month. I had initially increased it in case those stimulus checks became taxable; they did not, so back to "getting more each month". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captaintrolley Posted March 28, 2022 Report Share Posted March 28, 2022 5 hours ago, J. S. Bach said: Mine was a little over $900, I have since adjusted the withholding so I get about $50 more each month. I had initially increased it in case those stimulus checks became taxable; they did not, so back to "getting more each month". I just requested 15% tax be withheld from my work pension. So hopefully that will do the trick. I had to claim Death Benefits this time, likely that put me closer to 'the edge'. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTAmissions1 Posted March 31, 2022 Report Share Posted March 31, 2022 Had two subscriptions up for renewal that have been paid this week. Both were supposed to charge me the higher price, but instead charged me the old price for the annual subscription. To be specific, Disney Plus and PC Optimum Insiders. Both subscriptions did give notice that a price increase would take effect by a certain date last year effective on the next renewal. I guess their system didn't update to account for the new price which was around $119/year each. Save myself some money and maintain my services. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captaintrolley Posted March 31, 2022 Report Share Posted March 31, 2022 Got a pole feeder set up for the bird feeders. As much as I really liked the feeders on the balcony ledge, so did the pigeons. This way the little ones can fed and the pigeons can't gain a foothold on these. The base is too small for their big feet, and they will swing away under their weight. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captaintrolley Posted April 3, 2022 Report Share Posted April 3, 2022 Had a small chickadee make a few visits to my feeder. Hopefully more will follow suit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captaintrolley Posted April 9, 2022 Report Share Posted April 9, 2022 So I do these online surveys, mostly for fits and giggles. I get surveys from Ekos, Leo (formerly Leger), and Maru (formerly Angus Reid). Anyhow, today I get an email from Maru that I have been randomly selected to win their monthly draw for $100.00. (in the form of various virtual or physical gift cards). I will opt for a physical card since I don't use virtual cards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captaintrolley Posted April 12, 2022 Report Share Posted April 12, 2022 Thrilled that the 124 Street Farmers Market has added a THIRD location to their roster. This summer in addition to 124 Street and 108 Ave on Thursdays and 102 Ave on Sundays, they will now have a Saturday location at Manchester Square (right across from my building) starting June 04 - Oct. 08, 2022. ♥♥♥ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captaintrolley Posted May 3, 2022 Report Share Posted May 3, 2022 My new feeder set up has not been attracting very many birds, the odd purple finch or chickadee here and there. Today I hear a commotion, and about six purple finches have descended onto my new feeder system and all jockeying for position on the various perches. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captaintrolley Posted May 5, 2022 Report Share Posted May 5, 2022 Donated my 132nd pint of blood today. It's been about 4 years since I've donated. I was about a year overdue and just about to donate when covid hit. So, between that and being super busy with stuff after mom passed away, I just really hadn't the time or the energy. So today I am back in the game. ♥ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayside Observer Posted May 6, 2022 Report Share Posted May 6, 2022 On 3/27/2022 at 10:13 PM, captaintrolley said: Getting a small Income Tax Refund this year. Anything is better than nothing (or having to pay). Apparently tax refunds are lower across the board this year. The carbon tax rebate got moved out of the income refund to be distributed quarterly starting this July. The first one was supposed to be this April but it's going to be doubled up in the July deposit. With that being deposited separately, it's caused income tax refunds to drop for anyone who was claiming and getting the carbon tax rebate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captaintrolley Posted May 21, 2022 Report Share Posted May 21, 2022 Beautiful cool, rainy day yesterday. Took advantage of the condition to get the outside windows washed. I'm glad I did, today is much too windy to do anything outdoors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captaintrolley Posted May 21, 2022 Report Share Posted May 21, 2022 On 4/8/2022 at 6:09 PM, captaintrolley said: So I do these online surveys, mostly for fits and giggles. I get surveys from Ekos, Leo (formerly Leger), and Maru (formerly Angus Reid). Anyhow, today I get an email from Maru that I have been randomly selected to win their monthly draw for $100.00. (in the form of various virtual or physical gift cards). I will opt for a physical card since I don't use virtual cards. It was quite the procedure to exchange the Virtual card for an actual Physical card, but I got it done. They subtracted $5.00 for S&H etc, still $95.00 is not too shabby. ANYHOW, I've been doing these surveys for a very long time, maybe 12-15 years. You get points for doing the surveys, which can be redeemed for 'rewards'. In the beginning they used to just send you a $50.00 cheque each time you reached 5000 points. Then after a while they switched to this virtual nonsense and I stopped redeeming my points. Well today, after doing a survey and before logging out of the main page, I decided to check my rewards points. I had almost 20,000. So I redeemed 5000 points for a $50.00 Virtual Visa card which I will exchange for a physical card since I think I know how to do this now. The agent at their 1-800 number is very helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatcoinz Posted May 21, 2022 Report Share Posted May 21, 2022 Well I got my breakfast for free. So my work opened a tab at Tim Hortons where you can get free coffee and one donut according to company email. The staff at Tim's had no clue what's going on so they just let me have three donuts and my coffee for free even though I wanted to pay for my donuts. I told I'd pay them back next time for the extra donuts. So probably tomorrow and if they refuse, I'll drop a few bucks to the donation bin. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loud-Invero Posted May 21, 2022 Report Share Posted May 21, 2022 Weather related: Eastern Ontario and Eastern Québec are projected to have storms that may produce tornados. So far, Ontario's first confirmed tornado (landspout) occurred just last week, east of Ottawa (Casselman, ON). At this rate, this looks like it's gonna be a very active season which for my hobby, is quite welcoming as 2021 was a weak storm season. As of me writing this, many parts of Eastern Québec are under a tornado watch. Side note: apparently Environment Canada used the alert ready system in Toronto for a severe thunderstorm warning. That is the first time I have ever seen use of the Alert Ready system for something that is meteorological, but wasn't a tornado. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captaintrolley Posted May 31, 2022 Report Share Posted May 31, 2022 Bought a new small hopper feeder for my new Bird Feeder pole system. I hope it works out to attract more birds. My 'little ones' have pretty much all disappeared when I had to take everything down because of the immense pigeon problem here at the condo. With the pole system, the feeders hang, so they swing and the pigeons can't get a firm foothold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayside Observer Posted June 11, 2022 Report Share Posted June 11, 2022 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captaintrolley Posted July 2, 2022 Report Share Posted July 2, 2022 Got totally soaked to the T-Bone in the rain today. Loving every minute of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captaintrolley Posted July 5, 2022 Report Share Posted July 5, 2022 Lots of gorgeous rain today. Got soaked to the coffee shop and back. Enjoyed every bit of it. So much better than 'heat domes'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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