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Every time you lose is a lesson.
If you keep on losing, you’re not learning.

- There should be a drain by the furnace. Furnaces have pumps in them to remove water from condensation. Humidifiers and air conditioners have pumps as well. Should the pumps fail, the water may overflow out of them. You don’t want to come home at the end of the day and find a surprise swimming pool in the furnace room.

- Washer and dryers are better suited to be in the basement so that if it should leak, it won’t leak on the mainfloor or bedrooms.

- Hot water heaters need to be properly vented to have it’s gasses exit the house. Same with the fireplace.

- If a vapour barrier has stains, it could be water from a leak. Or it could be urine from an animal.

- “I have to make it right. I have to make it better than what it is”

- Not all fireplaces are the same. Some are rated to be fit into concrete/masonry enclosures. Don’t use those fireplaces inside a wooden or drywall enclosure. Combustible materials might ignite.

- Vents: The joints need to be sealed so that there is no loss in transfer; Chance of carbon monoxide leakage

- Electrical: Junction boxes should be covered so that any sparks will be contained within them and not to surrounding areas like wood or pipes. Especially gas pipes; Also remember that Junction boxes always have to be accessible. So don’t dry wall over it!

- Fireplaces: New exhaust systems are two walled alumn tubes. The inner tube is for the exhaust from the fireplace. The outer tube is to pull in oxygen from outside of the house and into the fireplace

If you don’t have the time,
then you gotta create it.

Creating it means to sacrifice.
Creating also means planning.

Although this may not make perfect sense, how else could one solve the problem?

The external (lower) tips are used to measure the diameter of an object
The internal (upper) tips are used to mesasure the diameter of an object from it’s interior

Next Sunday is the big 10k run. This is the 2nd race I’ve ever done in my life. The first one was back in May last year for a YMCA Corporate 5k run. A little over a year ago, I could barely keep a jogging for no more than 5 minutes. Now I am able to keep steady for an hour. I think I’m ready. I’ll be simply happy just to finish the race.

Maybe it’s an illusion that one could actually change the world around himself.

Perhaps the only truth is the one that says one can only change their own self and no one else.

Maybe others could change in response to that persons change… like an influence.

These days, I’ve got a lot of things going on in my life. I’ve found this quote very helpful.

‘This guy I know’ did a Mississauga Google Maps mashup that you should check out called Fun In Mississauga.

http://www.funinsauga.com/

It’s pretty basic right now but the developer is looking for feedback.

(No, I did not make this site)

The day after Labour Day, went to do a gaming pilgrimage to Funland arcade only to find out it had been shut down.

Article: Game over for Funland Arcade
http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/453843

Video: Game Over for Funland Arcade in Toronto
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxA2WRqtUkk

It’s a great article in which I’ve learned a lot about the business.

*sigh* I share the same sadness as all the other patrons…

I got much of the above information from this site:
http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/blog.php?b=2373

My other blog of Funland here…

http://lapasa.net/blog/?p=91

(01:15:53 PM) false: kristine
(01:15:56 PM) Kristine: yes?
(01:16:00 PM) false: I must dine for lunch now
(01:16:05 PM) false: on filipino takeout
(01:16:09 PM) false: and then head to the markets for 2pm
(01:16:12 PM) Kristine: LOL, you make it sound so serious, cause you never call me by my full name
(01:16:18 PM) false: I do all the time
(01:16:21 PM) false: you just tune me out
(01:16:29 PM) Kristine: remember when you called into flow and you were like I’d like to dedicate the song to Kris, its from Mark
(01:16:33 PM) Kristine: LOL, it sounded gay
(01:16:37 PM) false: hahahahahahahhaha
(01:16:40 PM) Kristine: and that’s probably why they didn’t play the song
(01:16:45 PM) false: hahahhahahahahahahahahhahaah
(01:16:51 PM) Kristine: that was funny
(01:16:54 PM) Kristine: but it was sweet