Comments on: The Icing on Work Standoffs

By: dave451

dave451 — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 19:58:25 +0000

You are right Megan….. The only thing the Rockler Bench Cookies are good for is a hockey puck. The way they slide around Jonathan Toews would be ecstatic

By: tsstahl

tsstahl — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 21:10:11 +0000

Dam pall cheque.
Difference, deference, deferment, different…

By: Megan Fitzpatrick

Megan Fitzpatrick — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 03:23:38 +0000

Oh dear. I obfuscated. The restaurant, Senate, has poutine on the appetizer menu, but the main courses are almost all hot dogs –if you can rightly use that term for a frank with béchamel sauce and Black Forest ham topped by a fried egg and served on brioche.

And funny you should mention puck feet — we were wondering how we could raise my little bench to a good working height for one of the WIA instructors, and pucks have been considered!

By: NoelNNY

NoelNNY — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 02:26:40 +0000

Miss Megan -

Two thoughts- one is the pucks make great “feet” on the legs of workbenches and shop made items; like those metal 4 leg type you find on contractor saws and band saws – just drill a hole dead center slightly less than the bolt diameter, drive home an appropriate length carriage bolt, and lock the down. Keeps the bench from sliding around

and #2 (and I may be misinterpreting your writing, but ” have a hankerin’ for poutine (or high-end hot dogs), confused me – I have known poutine to be a potato and gravy “delicacy” not a high end hot dog.

Or did I miss the high end hot dogs during the 6 years I drove my kids up into Canada for youth hockey tournaments? ;>)

By: kct3937

kct3937 — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 16:14:58 +0000

Things about Canada mentioned herein…
It’s not Vancouver Island; it’s Fantasy Island and we keep our politicians there to limit their destructive tendencies;
500K may be the average for houses in BC, but the lowest price in West Vancouver is about 1.3 Million ( the recent sale of my neighbour’s house);
I have twp (2) Lee valley stores within driving distance and am given a hard time for showing up at other than Saturday morning at 9 AM…they know me well;
Barf…the name of another great Canadian…this time John Candy’s character in Spaceballs; he was a MOG…Part man and part dog, but his own best friend;
Spaceballs, Standoffs…small difference.
And the significant line from Spaceballs was…May the Schwartz be with you!

Several of us know what eschew means.

By: Grung56

Grung56 — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 11:24:28 +0000

I think the
p.p.s. Fifth on my list of Canadian things is “I’m crushing your head.” I miss that show.
That might have been the sketch comedy show “Kids In the Hall” from the eighties. (Before that it was “Bob and Doug McKenzie on SCTV” but that is another story).
Also Canadian is Tim Hortons, naive politeness and spalted maple.
Perhaps not totally unique to Canada, but distinct and FYI.

By: Megan Fitzpatrick

Megan Fitzpatrick — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 19:37:31 +0000

A lovely thought…but the _average_ home price in BC is approx $500,000 more than I paid for mine (maybe if I can figure out a way for my cats to contribute to the household income).

By: jverreault

jverreault — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 19:28:19 +0000

So Megan, there are a couple of houses for sale just down the road and we have a Lee Valley store in town AND the best damn poutine joint (La Belle Patate) west of Montreal…oh, and your ticket is moot as this is BC not Quebec…

Food for thought…

Cheers

John
living in beautiful Victoria, BC on Vancouver Island
…and loving it!!

By: miathet

miathet — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:31:45 +0000

They do offer custom puck printing you know! Slap and editor competition???

By: Megan Fitzpatrick

Megan Fitzpatrick — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:53:27 +0000

And my is that some nice termite barf balanced on top!