Chat-a-Thon 2017-18 Thread!

[GoodBoy]

Sorry to hear about your flooding issues! Nasty weather and today snow!


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[flemeth]

Good morning all my internet is being wonky. @danger_dan sorry about your flooding issues glad you got it fixed. The Leafs won last night what a relief looking forward for game on Thursday. Well I have lots of running around to do today before the weather change. Have an awesome Tuesday all

[Natalka]

oh, dan, that's too bad.

Good morning, all! I'm just ignoring the snow and high winds...

[Newfiescreech]

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Good Morning!
Have wonderful Tuesday Everyone .. Take good care yourselfs

[Newfiescreech]

Good morning everyone,
Looks like I'm first here this morning.

Sorry about being MIA yesterday...

Had to take the day off work yesterday.
Flooding issues in the basement and underneath the deck outside...not a good day...took 12 hours to fix...
So tired...

Have a good day everyone.

Good morning danger dan ..so sorry hear about flooding issues in your basement.. always something to interrupt our daily routine ..guess thats what makes it exciting or depressing knowing or wondering whats coming next to us .
take good care yourself and I hope NO MORE TROUBLES for long long time .

[Newfiescreech]

Good morning, everyone!!
@walkonby, I half expected that line-up of cows to start line-dancing!! HOW precious!!
@GoJays, you seem a little bitter about the weather we're having......hope it gets better for all of us, and darn soon!!

Have a lovely (or as lovely as a winter April day can be) day, everyone, stay safe if you have to go out there!

THIS made me happy this morning, I LOVE this song, always have, and this crew is adorable!!!

Good morning lynn ..hope all is well with you and your family ... hope ice storm is long over for you guys ..i see its forecasting for snow ..omg !! is spring ever going finally say its actually here ..just home it doesnt screw up my vacation plans for tomorrow.. that all flights on schedule..just might luck it wont be ..yes ..it’s awesome 👏 song ..I always enjoyed listening to it ..will you have wonderful day and i just hope your area DON’T get any Snow ❄️..take care sweetie

[dededi]

Good morning everyone!
Sorry to hear about your flooding problems Dan, hope U don't have to go through that again.

[Lynn49]

G'day, everyone!

@Newfiescreech, we did get some ice pellets and some snow but whatever landed is pretty much gone now, I heard dripping outside when we slipped out for a quick errand this morning, it's +3, so I'm every hopeful that this too, shall pass. So where are you off to tomorrow? Please tell me it's somewhere exotic, warm and lovely... I hope your flight gets off the ground and lands safely every single time!

@danger_dan, isn't this the second time you've had basement flooding? I hope you're not in for a 10k foundation dig-out this spring! Is it coming from a singlular spot down there? If so, there's a possibility of an indoor fix which we had to do in our former home that the kids are in now, no problems after that. Make certain, before you have to shell out the big bucks (which I hope you don't have to do!) that you consider all solutions, okay? Fingers cross you'll have no more problems moving forward.


We just had to take Jenny for a nail clipping this morning...oh, how that girlie suffers...she started shaking in the van, and my DH said, "She's probably shaking because she never gets into the van in the winter unless something bad is going to happen. " ....like a vet visit or nail trim. But, after she was all done, the lady asked for kisses and Jenny obliged with a few...then she was treated to a cookie and all was well with her world. Yes...life is fascinating here...

I hope you're all having a lovely day!!!

[dededi]

Still snow here in Milton!

[flemeth]

Good morning I guess everyone . Hope you had a great day yesterday. It’s already Wednesday it should be a little warmer than yesterday enjoy your day everyone

[danger_dan]

Morning gang.
Fingers crossed, all seems back to normal here.

Drive in was ok, no major delays, just a couple of slow downs. Nothing out of the norm.
The lady needs to drop off a project proposal for her office on our way home...so we need to be sure to be there before they close for the end of the day...which means I've gotta get some work done in less time than usual today.

Looks like a bit of unsettled weather for the next 48 hours, nothing like this past weekend though...and then onto double digits all next week!

Have a wonderful day peeps.

[GoJays]

Hello all. Internet issues. Child #2 using way too much of it with his stupid Fortnite game. Had to cut everyone back for the month. No online gaming, no youtube, no music. Halfway through the month and we're at 75%. Wish we could afford to go unlimited, but with a second car payment sitting in the driveway, there's no way.

[dededi]

Good morning everyone, it looks a lot brighter out there today. Can't wait for those double digit temps!!!

[danger_dan]

Hello all. Internet issues. Child #2 using way too much of it with his stupid Fortnite game. Had to cut everyone back for the month. No online gaming, no youtube, no music. Halfway through the month and we're at 75%. Wish we could afford to go unlimited, but with a second car payment sitting in the driveway, there's no way.

Priorities set.
I know what you mean about the cost for internet. We were getting so close to having to choose between internet and other expenses when we were still living the the GTA. We were on a Capped internet usage plan then too.

Luckily we're with a smaller provider now, who keep their rates comparable, but with unlimited access, albeit at a much lower speed.
Regardless, we don't notice the difference in speed, since our previous speed was ridiculously fast for simply streaming/internet streaming/browsing.

But back to your priorities set. I'm sure if you haven't already been hit by it, that you will soon...with the backlash from the younger human beings...
75% use over 50% of the month isn't completely outrageous, but it does significantly cut back your usage over the next two weeks.

Good luck managing the usages for the next two weeks @GoJays . I'm assuming you have a Wireless Router? Maybe shut it off after so much usage each day?...just a thought, I'm sure you've got it all under control.

[GoJays]

@danger_dan

I'm going to give him a chance to try to keep himself under control on his own first. I need to show him that I will trust him with other things if he can show me that he is trustworthy with this. It's give and take. I forgot to mention that last month we already went over. I never thought to keep checking my usage before because we never went over before. Imagine my shock when I opened the last month's bill and saw an extra $20 charge on it. I didn't get angry with him, but I made him pay for it and he didn't argue. He knew it was him and didn't try to blame his sister. All she uses my wifi for is homework and the odd video clip on instagram. She's such a nerd Anyway, I told him that if he continues to go over he will continue to pay.

Yes on the wireless router, but no way on shutting it off. I need MY internet!! LOL! But I don't stream, I don't youtube (much), I don't do anything that would use up that many gb in a month. But thanks for your comments, I appreciate the idea I won't go as extreme as a co-worker of mine - they actually cancelled their home internet because their oldest was spending day and night on it. Talk about extreme. I still have a firm enough handle on my tiny children that if I tell them to not do something, they don't. Or so I think.. At least with the internet I can monitor the usage and they know it.