Recent content by ifiddles

Not a hope in hell that I would even contemplate a 1 hour commute one way...did that for 9 months at my first job out of university working for Xerox...lived in Oakville and drove to Victoria Park and Sheppard...I knew this wasn't for me when one day, I was on the 401 around the 400 and I didn't...

I've had 3 major careers...7 years in banking/finance...got tired of the rat race downtown and working for less than my staff made (I was management and not eligible for overtime pay)...switched to trucking/logistics for another 7 years...had a great time at one employer for 5 years, then...

Beauty day to be in spandex!!! LMAO Pics or it didn't happen :D

Tons of side streets in my subdivision have been reduced to 40 recently...just an observation...

It's business as usual at my school...we just finished EQAO last week so now I'm focusing on review in math and language as well as finishing off our Early Settler's/Indigenous People's unit in Social Studies...if you think the teachers have checked out, you should see some of the...

Funny you mention that...we just watched a video talking about this with regards to why the twin towers collapsed after the planes flew into them...I wasn't really paying attention but I do remember them talking about the heat generated from all the fuel onboard and how it melted the steel...

Saw this posted by a friend on FB...did a search and only a few hits came up...is this for real? If so, I don't agree with mandatory ADAS nor the 30 km/h school zones on a 24/7 basis... https://cultural-harmony.com/canadas-driving-law-overhaul-begins-july-2025/...

It's the smoke from the fires up north and out west...if you check weather apps they all have an air quality alert...apparently TO was the worst today at 175 AQI...

I think I'm going to use Google Meet...when we were teaching online, a few boards got rid of Zoom because apparently it wasn't very secure, so I'm leery of using that platform. Thanks everyone for the suggestions!

I have a work laptop and while the meeting I'm having is with my staff, it has to do with union business and I don't want to use my work Teams if I don't have to...

I have both...I'll give that a try...thanks @GreyGhost

@GreyGhost exactly why I've actually looked into these as well...I have step kids but no intention of leaving them anything (they're in the US and I didn't raise them)...hubby will get automatically get my pension and whatever else I decide to leave to him...so yeah, live large in early...

I'm using my personal computer but like I said, it just keeps taking me to my work environment (calendar, Teams that I'm a part of, chats from when we used it for online teaching during Covid shutdowns etc.)... Is Skype free to use and is it safe/secure? Edit: Just Googled Skype and...

@Evoex yes, I tried the adding an account feature...it's probably deactivated by my IT department as you said...I did edit my post to add the following: Edit: I tried using my Hotmail account to sign in as my Gmail account came back as a back up account for my Microsoft account but it took me...

I know there's a bunch of computer literate/IT guys here so maybe someone can help me...I need to set up a Teams meeting but don't want to use my work account as this is personal...I have both a Gmail and a Hotmail email address (don't really use the old Hotmail email too much though) and I...