Category: Stuff & Things
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What’s in Your Tea? – Orange Peel
When sourcing your orange peels, be aware that they pick up pesticides! After hearing about major tea companies crafting teas with unacceptable pesticide levels, and orange peko being the top, I delved into to check if there is any way to retain the flavor while eliminating the chemical – No verified safe methods have been…
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Be Sure to Verify Direct Deposit Info With CRA
It’s Tax Time! – Be sure to update/verify your direct deposit info! What happens if it’s not correct? Well it will try to deposit into your old account, then once it bounces back, the CRA will wipe your old Direct Deposit info from the their website, however, there is no indication from the CRA that…
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The world is Changing – We Can’t Hold it Still
Humans have this things stuck in our heads that if we can hold the world still, nothing will change. Wrong – the world has been changing under our feet since the first recorded map. I first ran across these maps when researching the ‘Mud flood‘ from an offhand reference in an piece of old world…
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12 Million From the Federal Government for Loblaws??
I briefly worked for Loblaws, only to realize that they cared little if not at all for the workers stocking your groceries. (Read my experience here) This morning, I was shocked to learn that the Federal government is giving them 12 mil – FOR FRIDGES! For a company that reported a 18.5 billion gross last…
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Politicians Can Access Our Data Without Having To Disclose A THING
With elections fast approaching and the proverbial magnifying glass is pulled onto politicians, it’s been brought to light the fact that there are no boundaries when it comes to our information!!! Thanks to Open Media, a site that has brought forward many chilling issues over the last few years, they’ve blown this issue wide open…
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Carbonation – Does it Really Suck the Calcium Out of Your Bones?
I’m sure many of you have heard that carbonation is bad for you, the reason being it sucks your bones dry of calcium, but did you know that there is little truth to this claim? While many health articles actually still claim this, upon further investigation into these ‘studies’, it’s not actually carbonation that causes…
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Cellunlocker.com – Automation Takes Over Another Service
Don’t get me wrong, I love the idea of having automated services! But when your site sports customer support Mon – Fri 10am to 6pm PST and after a week of trying to contact you with no response, I’m a bit pissed, especially since their price has gone up by another 5 dollars since the…
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Resetting Windows Photo Viewer
For those of you who liked Windows Photo Viewer and bought Windows 10, you were more then likely sadly disappointed with their slower clunky replacement that glitches often. In some cases, it won’t open at all, leaving you with two options: Option 1: Reset Photo Viewer or Option 2: Revert back to the old Photo…
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**SPAM/SCAM** 17023595643
When I said hello, they immediately hung up, red flag 1. When I called them back on POPTOX I got this message: “Thank you for returning our call regarding your property. To speak to a representative press 1, to be removed from the mailing list press 9.” I pressed 1, it immediately replayed the message.…
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