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Quilotoa@lemmy.cato Casual Conversation @lemm.ee•What product price raise have you really noticed with cost of living going up?English33·8 hours agoHaven’t noticed anything really. Perhaps, with the removal of the carbon tax (thus lowering the price of gas) transportation costs have edged prices down.
Quilotoa@lemmy.cato News@lemmy.world•Stop making cents: US Mint moves forward with plans to kill the penny41·2 days agoCanada got rid of the penny 12 years ago. Hardly raised an eyebrow.
So cool.
Neighbourhood tool cooperative. Some tools I use once or twice a year. It would be nice if a garage in the neighbourhood would have them to borrow.
Quilotoa@lemmy.cato Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•Celsius and Metric users of Lemmy, is there any cute tips or sayings that help generalize a measurement?34·3 days agoA good base is knowing milli is a thousandth and kilo is a 1000 1000 milligram = a gram, 1000 grams = a kilogram 1000 millililters = a liter, 1000 liters = a kiloliter 1000 millimeters = a meter, 1000 meters = a kilometer
Plus, they’re all connected. 1 gram of water is 1 milliliter and takes up 1 cubic centimeter.
Quilotoa@lemmy.cato Casual Conversation @lemm.ee•Do you or would you like to own a barrel?English3·3 days agoThey’re great for making docks.
I have no choice but to believe in it.
Quilotoa@lemmy.cato Canada@lemmy.ca•MEC back under Canadian ownership after 5 years of U.S. management61·6 days agoGlad to hear. Great store.
Quilotoa@lemmy.cato You Should Know@lemmy.world•YSK: Canada, Britain, France, Germany, Egypt, Mexico, China, Pakistan, Colombia, Brazil, Turkey, Japan, Singapore, Australia, India voted a resolution calling to end american sanctions on Cuba293·6 days agoI’m not sure why they bother with the vote. Everyone else trades and vacations in Cuba. U.S. doesn’t. Life goes on.
Quilotoa@lemmy.caOPto Woodworking@lemmy.ca•My dad's latest project. He's 98. Used a scroll saw and drill.3·8 days agoHe started woodworking as a hobby when he retired.
Quilotoa@lemmy.caOPto Woodworking@lemmy.ca•My dad's latest project. He's 98. Used a scroll saw and drill.5·8 days agoLol. He just got a girlfriend. My mom died a year ago. His girlfriend is 82. Sixteen year difference. She can’t drive so he drives her around. A guy at a senior’s apartment with a car is like a teenager with a car. He’s real popular.
Quilotoa@lemmy.caOPto Woodworking@lemmy.ca•My dad's latest project. He's 98. Used a scroll saw and drill.11·8 days agoSize of a high coffee table. It’s got a thin blade so can cut very sharp corners. He has it in his bedroom in the retirement apartments.
Quilotoa@lemmy.cato Canada@lemmy.ca•Hudson’s Bay to sell name, stripes, brands to Canadian Tire for $30 million6·9 days agoLove it. Glad to see the name staying around and glad to see it back in Canada.
Quilotoa@lemmy.caOPto Dad Jokes@lemmy.world•In 2021, the World Health Organization proved conclusively that Covid cannot be transmitted through pets, thus enabling the release of thousands of dogs that have been kept in quarantine.English14·11 days agoThey don’t make lyrics like they used to.
I solved it by memorizing the steps when I was an adult. My son solved it at 8 years old. The young take over from the old. It’s the way of things.
Quilotoa@lemmy.caOPto Today I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL that Nazi Germany had a program called Lebensborn where ideal German men and women would produce a baby and then all three would go their separate ways.English16·11 days agoSeriously? That’s incredible.
Quilotoa@lemmy.caOPto Today I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL that Nazi Germany had a program called Lebensborn where ideal German men and women would produce a baby and then all three would go their separate ways.English80·12 days agoApparently, the women volunteered, although there were some who were pressured into it.
Quilotoa@lemmy.caOPto Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world•14 nurses at the same hospital are pregnant at the same time11·13 days agoThat’s conceivable.
Pas de sweat.