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Just wondering if anyone has any experience with the aforementioned Hankook tires on their MYP (or in general for Hankook?).

Still have one more season or so left on my 2020 tires but want to be ready when the time comes.

So, inspired by Bluey, I started playing a new water-based game with my son and daughter, for the past few months, who absolutely love it.

Welcome to "Crocodile" (it's inspired by Australia, after all!)

1. Dad is at one end of the water with one of the child's toys sitting next to him on the edge of tub or pool.
2. Child magically turns dad into an animal (Crocodile was the first one), so dad magically turns into a very sleepy crocodile protecting his "treasure" with his eyes closed.
3. Child has to sneak past to retrieve their toy from the crocodile, who sleeps rather restlessly, and occasionally flexes/snaps it's jaws (dads arms) as noise and ripples disturb it's otherwise tranquil slumber.

Of course I give them a few "scares", then let them grab the toy, to the tune of much giggling.

We've also done

• jellyfish (fingers floating lazily on the water), no stinging, but these jellies tickle!
• hippo (snoozing with mouth under water, breathing through nose blowing bubbles)
• ducky (two fingers clicking together), not super scary.
• and monkey (mostly just noise).

Anyway, as usual, thanks to Bluey for getting dad thinking outside the box to play with his kids even more.

So rental advocates are calling for maximum temperatures as well as minimums.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-heat-wave-august-2023-rental-housing-rules-1.6935647

So by this logic if there’s a maximum permissible temperature, if I have AC installed in the rental unit it must run at whatever level is necessary 24/7 to not exceed that maximum temperature at any time, even if it adds hundreds of dollars a month to the renter’s utility bill?

Nobody would want to put someone’s health at risk by letting it get too hot.

Is that really what tenants want? Because I sure wouldn’t have wanted that kind of bill when I was renting, I would’ve just preferred a cheap fan I could turn on or maybe a home brew swamp cooler.

Or are they just clumsily wanting landlords to supply ACs with rental units now, which will drive prices even higher even before electrical upgrades….

Not sure if they want plentiful housing, affordable housing, or nicely outfitted suites.

Renters may pick 1 of the above options only.

I’d guess they’d go for about $150,000 a piece if you built blocks of them. The lower unit is probably cheaper without the rooftop access.

And yes, this is the future of home ownership here, not single detached living.

Got a note back from the IG creator. Rents for about $850 a month and is just north of downtown Tokyo.

So off to Japan for a month and it appears that my EDC is going to suffer as Japanese law prohibits people carrying any sort of edged tool unless they need it for their work. Kinda sucks for a country known around the world for crafting sharp blades.

Apparently any sort of run-in with law enforcement pretty much guarantees a bad time if you have so much as a Swiss Army knife with you. Keeping in your hotel is fine, but walking around with it is not.

Makes me a bit (lot) sad. I’ve EDCed a small Kershaw or Benchy with me for the better part of the last 5 years or so.

Backup plan is going to be a flashlight or two. Those aren’t prohibited. Probably a Hank light and a tiny rechargeable I can keep in my pocket.

Got some extreme warm weather coming and I'm going to be out of town for a while. Can't trust the inlaws staying here to do anything server related.

Anyone know of a plugin or script to automatically shutdown if the system temp is too high?

So I'm trying to find time to meet up with a friend of mine, and the only mutually workable time seems to be during the Obon holiday, which they described as "a nightmare" for travel.

I've been to Japan a number of times and speak relatively well, however I've never happened to be there during Obon before.

Is travel a total non-starter, or does it just require extra planning and booking everything well in advance? My route would be from Tokyo to Niigata, then back again on the Shinkansen.

Did anyone else head to the Central Park Canada Day event yesterday? I went for a couple of hours and was generally quite happy (didn’t stay for the fireworks though).

Pros:

• Great location for an event, easy access from Patterson skytrain
• Lots of room to sit and listen to the music and view fireworks
• Didn’t see any troublemakers. Everything was very family friendly.

Cons:

• Needed twice the number of food trucks/stalls. I left to go have dinner rather than waiting in one of the massive non-moving lineups. Next time I’ll bring takeout with me.
• Starting at 6:30 was too late. Why not make it all afternoon/evening and have more entertainment and events to participate in.

Was curious what was left, so I took the drone down today for a quick look...

Not much left - too bad, I used to love going to the pool while it was snowing and watching the snowfall from the hot tub, or while floating in the pool.

The Lower Mainland’s last drive-in movie theatre may not be closing after all, as councillors in the Township of Langley are looking at saving the Twilight Drive-In.

Mayor Eric Woodward says he met with the operators of the drive-in, and says he discovered how important it is to the local economy.

Looking for some really good instant Chai Tea mix in the lower mainland. I've been going down to Trader Joe's to get their spiced Chai powder, which I really like, but it's sort of expensive and a long way to go.

Any ideas for brands and locations to pick it up that are local? Doesn't need to be super-authentic, just tasty and easy to make without extra perishable ingredients - powdered milk with sugar and spices is totally fine, just want something I can keep in my desk drawer at work instead of feeding Starbucks.

Wow, once the warm weather hits, the solicitors come out of the woodwork. I've had window cleaners, gutter fixers, painters, and of course religious types knocking on my door like crazy for the past 2 weeks.

If they can't be bothered to visit during poor weather, they can't really be that serious, can they? Especially the religious types.