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[kuhltiffany]

If you can find Ring Fit, it's lots of fun!

Yet another redemption weekend to tease me into "buying" a Nintendo Switch
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And then use some Airmiles to get a game or two?
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[marchingstar]

If you can find Ring Fit, it's lots of fun!

i think it’s *much* easier to find than it was earlier in the pandemic. and it’s definitely a fun one, if you’re looking for a game that adds some activity.

i love the classic nintendo games, so my vote would be luigis mansion. super cute and fun

 

[bababear_50]

I haven't played any Sega , Nintendo games in over 20 years. I just called my youngest son and he is going to let me try his Nintendo switch.
Now I am not going to become addicted to this thing and start refusing to do housework am I?

Hugs Me

 

[Donald - my hero]

I'm not sure if anyone else got the email invite to try the PC Health app out or not BUT if you didn't it's in Google play store (sorry don't use any apple products in this house). It's an extremely painless way to rack up some points while getting some daily health tips. You do a short assessment survey and then it suggests the first segment to work thru. Each program lets you earn points, I'm currently working thru 3 weeks of mental health and if I remember to log in each day I earn 35 points!

PC HEALTH APP

 

[tinkerone]

I'm not sure if anyone else got the email invite to try the PC Health app out or not BUT if you didn't it's in Google play store (sorry don't use any apple products in this house). It's an extremely painless way to rack up some points while getting some daily health tips. You do a short assessment survey and then it suggests the first segment to work thru. Each program lets you earn points, I'm currently working thru 3 weeks of mental health and if I remember to log in each day I earn 35 points! View attachment 553547

PC HEALTH APP

Remembering to log in each day has been my issue. It should be so easy but I keep forgetting. If I had not just seen your post I would have missed today as well. Thanks for the reminder.

 

[Donald - my hero]

Remembering to log in each day has been my issue. It should be so easy but I keep forgetting. If I had not just seen your post I would have missed today as well. Thanks for the reminder.

I finally found the notification setting buried deep within the bowels of either my phone or the app itself so that i now pops up to remind me -- I have almost everything shut off because i can't stand my phone yelling at me -- even if it's set to silent or just pop up notifications or vibrate whatever. The only things i want to see when i glance at my phone is if i have a text or FB message waiting to be read, an alarm to let me know I'm almost going to miss something dreadfully unimportant and ONE.SINGLE.INSTAGRAM account that alerts me to specials at the most amazing doughnut shop in town that are usually only valid for one day.

 

[Debbie]

I'm not sure if anyone else got the email invite to try the PC Health app out or not BUT if you didn't it's in Google play store (sorry don't use any apple products in this house). It's an extremely painless way to rack up some points while getting some daily health tips. You do a short assessment survey and then it suggests the first segment to work thru. Each program lets you earn points, I'm currently working thru 3 weeks of mental health and if I remember to log in each day I earn 35 points! View attachment 553547

PC HEALTH APP

I did but ignored it. Following your example, I've downloaded it and done my first breathing exercise. Thanks for the nudge.

 

[scrappinginontario]

I downloaded the app today. Many of the 'Program Activities' have a lock on them, even Day 1. Are others experiencing this? How do I unlock Day 1 Program Activities?

 

[Pumpkin1172]

We aren't green onions fans, but once in awhile there's a recipe that calls for them. Can you tell me, what's the difference between green onions and shallots? I thought they were the same thing (naive me!)

I find shallots to be sweeter than green onion. That is is probably the only difference. They are like a mild red onion flavor. I haven't used them much, but since I have used then for the last few weeks, I am enjoying cooking with them. It is a nice change. We are LOVING them in scrambled eggs with peppers and mushrooms!!! I am definitely not a Bobby Flay or Wolfgang Puck chief, but we have not starved, and have not sent anyone to the hospital because of food poisoning yet

 

[Donald - my hero]

I downloaded the app today. Many of the 'Program Activities' have a lock on them, even Day 1. Are others experiencing this? How do I unlock Day 1 Program Activities?

I just went thru my email and it looks like it took a few days for everything to get started. I got the original invite on Dec 29th, looks like it took me until mid January because i seem to remember reading the reviews and deciding against it at first before i actually got around to downloading the app. It was at least 2 days after that before i got the email telling me to build my health profile -- take some survey type thing (now this could be due to my limited amount of daily mental energy NOT them! I can only focus for so long right now before i get exhausted. One of the rarely talked about symptoms of depression ) and then i picked which program i wanted to start on. I'm currently on day 6 of 7 for the first week but missed doing the first 2 days All of the other programmes are locked for me as well so i guess you can only work thru one at a time.

 

[scrappinginontario]

I just went thru my email and it looks like it took a few days for everything to get started. I got the original invite on Dec 29th, looks like it took me until mid January because i seem to remember reading the reviews and deciding against it at first before i actually got around to downloading the app. It was at least 2 days after that before i got the email telling me to build my health profile -- take some survey type thing (now this could be due to my limited amount of daily mental energy NOT them! I can only focus for so long right now before i get exhausted. One of the rarely talked about symptoms of depression ) and then i picked which program i wanted to start on. I'm currently on day 6 of 7 for the first week but missed doing the first 2 days All of the other programmes are locked for me as well so i guess you can only work thru one at a time.

Thanks! That was very helpful!

 

[mort1331]

I'm not sure if anyone else got the email invite to try the PC Health app out or not BUT if you didn't it's in Google play store (sorry don't use any apple products in this house). It's an extremely painless way to rack up some points while getting some daily health tips. You do a short assessment survey and then it suggests the first segment to work thru. Each program lets you earn points, I'm currently working thru 3 weeks of mental health and if I remember to log in each day I earn 35 points! View attachment 553547

PC HEALTH APP

Thats great...but just to remind all...its 1000poinys for $1. So 35 is 3.5cents.
Not sure what health questions are asked or how much detail. But please keep that in mind for your 2 cents.....or 3.5 cents.

 

[Donald - my hero]

Thats great...but just to remind all...its 1000poinys for $1. So 35 is 3.5cents.
Not sure what health questions are asked or how much detail. But please keep that in mind for your 2 cents.....or 3.5 cents.

the questions are incredibly basic, not doing much other than age, gender, height, weight, the typical COVID-19 stress questions. That's only once, the first time. Really nothing overly personal.
Then, you pick which program you want to start with and it breaks it down into days, tells you what to do doesn't monitor if you do or don't and then you hit yup i did and boom 35 points

No info going anywhere really and take zero time! I'll take a screenshot tomorrow

 

[Donald - my hero]

ok I took a ton of screenshots this morning so everyone can see that there's nothing personal at all being shared, read the info then hit the button and poof points earned. Easy peasy

 

[mort1331]

its Wed....you know what that means.,,,, I got my new appliances yesterday....hehe...
and save your offers.

 

[Donald - my hero]

its Wed....you know what that means.,,,, I got my new appliances yesterday....hehe...
and save your offers.

what appliances did you get? We're waiting for a fridge (not sure make, model or anything yet still deciding), deep freezer, dryer, washer (again still deciding) and dehumidifier ! It's part of the ontario hydro program that ended sometime in 2019 but good old COVID-19 even affected THIS. Our in house inspection kept getting postponed from mid summer 2019, to early February 2020 then March then ... had to wait for reopening that allowed for that! We heard back about 3 weeks ago we were getting all those appliances (except the washer we figured why not replace both of the laundry machines, same age) since they're all at least 25 years old and our house is completely electric heated. The rebate goes to the brick but they're very low in stock so we wait, and wait and wait. Taking the extra time to decide on the fridge (the one they'd pay for wouldn't fit in the current space so we'll pay the difference).
Crowd sourcing here, opinions on fridge and/ or washer. Only 3 musts stainless steel fridge and top load washer biggest one though is they must be energy star rated. Ready, set, GO

 

[FigmentSpark]

Side question about stainless steel. Anyone know how to get them clean? I wiped down my stainless garbage can and its all streaked. It only gets worse everytime I do it. Should I be using a special stainless cleaning product?

 

[tinkerone]

Side question about stainless steel. Anyone know how to get them clean? I wiped down my stainless garbage can and its all streaked. It only gets worse everytime I do it. Should I be using a special stainless cleaning product?

I can't give you an answer for this because I never did find one. When we moved in to this house we purchased stainless steel for fridge and stove. They always showed prints, could never make them look clean. Also, and I can't exactly blame stainless steel itself, when I had a big get together someone who was trying to help clean up took one of the sink scratch pads to the fridge to try and clean a spot. Even though it was a soft scratch pad, not a SOS type, it scratched the fridge up badly. A big circular pile of scratches.
That was the only time we ever switched out appliances before the old one died. That fridge and stove left my house in less than three years and I was never so happy.

 

[mort1331]

what appliances did you get? We're waiting for a fridge (not sure make, model or anything yet still deciding), deep freezer, dryer, washer (again still deciding) and dehumidifier ! It's part of the ontario hydro program that ended sometime in 2019 but good old COVID-19 even affected THIS. Our in house inspection kept getting postponed from mid summer 2019, to early February 2020 then March then ... had to wait for reopening that allowed for that! We heard back about 3 weeks ago we were getting all those appliances (except the washer we figured why not replace both of the laundry machines, same age) since they're all at least 25 years old and our house is completely electric heated. The rebate goes to the brick but they're very low in stock so we wait, and wait and wait. Taking the extra time to decide on the fridge (the one they'd pay for wouldn't fit in the current space so we'll pay the difference).
Crowd sourcing here, opinions on fridge and/ or washer. Only 3 musts stainless steel fridge and top load washer biggest one though is they must be energy star rated. Ready, set, GO

So fridge, stove, dishwasher,,all SS. all LG from Goemans. Cant speak enough about the level of customer service we had with them,,,great and priced great as well. Only the DW was energy star. We were able to buy on Black Friday knowing that we did not need them till now with the kitchen renos.
All appliances are wayyyyyyy backordered due to covid and plants not producing as much, and the shipping containers they come in are slow as well. Apparently GE is more behind then the others.
But every sales person we talked to warned us as well.

Side question about stainless steel. Anyone know how to get them clean? I wiped down my stainless garbage can and its all streaked. It only gets worse everytime I do it. Should I be using a special stainless cleaning product?

The new SS are smudgeproof, so hope I dont have to find out.

I can't give you an answer for this because I never did find one. When we moved in to this house we purchased stainless steel for fridge and stove. They always showed prints, could never make them look clean. Also, and I can't exactly blame stainless steel itself, when I had a big get together someone who was trying to help clean up took one of the sink scratch pads to the fridge to try and clean a spot. Even though it was a soft scratch pad, not a SOS type, it scratched the fridge up badly. A big circular pile of scratches.
That was the only time we ever switched out appliances before the old one died. That fridge and stove left my house in less than three years and I was never so happy.

As above...hope your happy now.
Side note,,,,
We were looking at the new black SS they look very sharp. But a great rep warned us and showed us a floor model. If you get a scratch in it,,,there is no repair, it shows SS under it. So the black mat is just like a top coat. SOOO glad to find that out and not make that mistake.

 

[dancin Disney style]

I have all stainless appliances....you do have to clean them with stainless cleaner. There are wipes or liquid....I prefer the wipes. You can wipe them down in any direction to remove dirt but at the end you have to wipe in long sweeping passes WITH the grain. This last part should not be done with a super wet wipe/cloth. You need to buy a good quality cleaner, the cheap ones leave streaks no matter what you do and they also can build up on the appliance. I use Weiman....it's sold everywhere.

You can also try soda water and a microfibre cloth. For certain types of stainless this will work. Put it in a spray bottle.

As to the smudgeproof.....LOL.....they still get finger marks on them. It's something you get used to though.