As of June 1 we are required to present a Passport or Enhanced Drivers License (EDL) to cross the border into the USA. Or are we?
Despite the fact that this change has been advertised for at least the last year, people still aren’t prepared. So what are we doing at the border to these people [...]
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Passport “Needed” To Enter USA
Published by June 3rd, 2009 in 2009, Chris and Complaints. 0 CommentsI’m faced with a dilemma regarding the newest release by The Tragically Hip. Their new album, We Are The Same, which is set for release on April 7 has leaked to the internet. Some jack ass, entrusted by the band, management, etc, has shared their copy with the world. As a fan, I will buy [...]
Do It Right, The First Time
Published by February 8th, 2009 in 2009, Chris and Complaints. 0 CommentsWhy are so many people happy to accept OK, instead of perfect? What part of the brain in a tradesperson fails to recognize that a kitchen without shelves in the cabinets is not complete? Mike Holmes (of Holmes On Homes) says it in every episode but if others did it right the first time, he [...]
Why I Don’t Like “The Home Improvement People”
Published by January 21st, 2009 in 2009, Chris and Complaints. 0 CommentsWe’re regular listeners of CFRB radio. Their morning man, Bill Carroll, regularly endorses a home reno company called “The Home Improvement People“. We want to get some additional cabinets in our kitchen, and some built-in shelves in our living room, so we gave them a call.
The sent out an estimator, and a millworker, took measurements, [...]
Burn After Reading is what they should have done with the script
Published by September 17th, 2008 in 2008, Chris, Complaints and Movies. 0 CommentsUggh…. there were a few funny spots but the even the “league of morons” featured was not enough to make this a worthwhile trip to the theatre.
Kudos to the trailer/commercial editors as they really sucked me in on this one… and it’s rare that I get this hosed on a movie not living up to [...]
So last night marked the premiere of the much hyped new 90210 and I was shocked and disappointed. I’m sure that the opening scene of a guy receiving head in the front seat of his Escalade had many parents reaching for the remotes to quickly change the channel… and I’m not sure if they’d bother [...]
Drink Outside the Box
Published by August 18th, 2008 in 2008, Big Idea, Chris, Climate Change, Complaints and Food & Wine. 1 CommentA great idea that needs to be acted on. Now.
From The New York Times
By TYLER COLMAN
Published: August 17, 2008
ITALY’S Agriculture Ministry announced this month that some wines that receive the government’s quality assurance label may now be sold in boxes. That’s right, Italian wine is going green, and for some connoisseurs, the sky might as [...]
Home Depot vs. Canadian Tire
Published by August 13th, 2008 in 2008, Chris and Complaints. 1 CommentTake care of your customers.
I own a small business and if I don’t take care of my customers, they don’t stay customers… which is why I’m amazed that customers/consumers continue to accept crap service and products. With our recent move into a new home I’ve become much more familiar with the layout of Home Depot [...]
In February Leah and I purchased a new home. At our purchase date the foundation of the house was all that existed, which provided an opportunity for us to add some custom features at a lower cost than adding them after the house was complete. Chief among these features was the wiring of speakers to [...]
Dumb kid, dumber father
Published by July 5th, 2008 in 2008, Chris, Complaints and cycling. 0 CommentsToday I was at Gears having my final pre-France bike tune-up when a father and son walked in with the sons bike. The back tire was flat and looked like it took a serious hit. The father wheeled the bike to the service counter and asked the tech, “Why is the tire flat? Isn’t the [...]
