Recent content by Malks

As we age it is important to have a routine that takes care of a failing memory. I have places I keep everything, just so I don't need to tear the house apart looking for stuff. Mistakes I've made once I have also leaned a bike over thinking the stand was down and locked. So far it's only...

Yeah, that's what is supposed to be in the trunk. I bought my CX3 used and that tow hook was missing. Real handy when you end up in a ditch. Tow operator had to loop a tie down strap through a front wheel and drag my car out of the ditch back in January.

I understand the reasons behind the QR code thing, but surge pricing is not new, i.e. lunch menus and dinner menus at the same restaurant. However, I'm one of those who will ask for a real paper menu. I can't stand those QR code menus because I like to look at the entire menu while deciding what...

Like this one? If you need to replace it and are close to Orangeville you can have this one for $50.

Key fobs are very convenient, until they aren't. So far🤞, I have not found myself in a situation where I shut off the car and the fob is not with me. However, I do a similar thing to myself almost every day. I wear several different jackets depending on whether I'm working, or if the weather...

I agree with the first part, but disagree that Mahomes is the best QB today. Apparently he wasn't on Superbowl Sunday! In retrospect I should have watched just to see that arrogant jerk and the rest of the team come up against a worthy opponent.

Another reason to own an old bike. My 1997 ST1100 came with two keys and no chip. When I bought my certified used car at a Mazda dealer they tried to tell me that they only had one key. I told them they would need to go and find another in their parts department or the deal was off. They agreed...

I'll probably pass on watching the game this year because I'm not a fan of either team and really don't care who wins. I really hate Mahomes and the preferential treatment KC seems to get from the officials. I also can't listen to rap or hip-hop, so the half-time show is no draw for me.

This really pisses me off. Canada Post should have been allowed to crash and burn before another bailout was promised. All this will do is prolong the inevitable and cost taxpayers yet another billion dollars. The entire operation needs to be completely torn down and rebuilt from the ground up...

My Mazda CX3 has auto on headlights, but as others have noted there are times the headlights don't come on when they really should. In those cases I always turn the full lighting package on myself. Fortunately this car also has auto off on the headlights so you can't possibly leave them on and...

No schools on Parkside as far as I remember. These cameras can be placed wherever there is a "Community Safety Zone", which can be created by the municipality pretty much anywhere they like with minimal criteria. The municipality can also set the speed limits to any artificially low number they...

I have to nominate myself in this category. On Dec 13th on my way back from skiing at Blue I needed to take evasive action to avoid a collision that would have been my fault. Had a brain fart and started across an uncontrolled intersection on 89 and didn't see the car in the eastbound right...

I recall reading somewhere the Road Watch program in Caledon was discontinued. Is it still in effect?

When we lived at a townhouse with a single driveway just long enough for one car, I bought a corded electric snow thrower and found it worked great. That little unit could shoot the snow across the roadway and saved my back. After we moved to a detached home a couple of years ago I went looking...

We had problems like this at our last house with package deliveries by CPC. It seemed like if there were more packages than space for them in the superbox, the carrier either didn't bring them on the route, or pre-selected the ones that would be put in the superbox. The rest had the cards filled...