Random Announcements

[tody]

@goosehd Is climate change affecting the great lakes, and if so, in which way? There shouldn't much current in the lakes, right? So erosion boils down to changing water levels and wind?

Rising tides of the North sea was one factor I considered when buying a house on an island, but in the end, I chose not to care and worry too much.

[goosehd]

@tody Great question. Lake Ontario is one of the five Great Lakes and the last in the chain that connects them to each other. Lake Superior is the first of the chain with all of the lakes and their catch basins slowly draining into Lake Ontario, then into the St. Lawrence Seaway, and ultimately the Atlantic Ocean.

Over the last decade, the entire area (all five great lakes) have had increased precipitation, leading to higher water levels at each of the lakes. In 2017 and 2019 we had extraordinary amounts of rain with no way to drain it out of Lake Ontario in an expeditious manner.

The high water levels combined with wind (which has been progressively worsening) causes waves that are quite similar to what you would see in ocean environments. There have been a few instances where we have seen waves in front of our house at 2 to 3 meters high.

I've mentioned it a few times in the past of where my family and I have went without power for multiple days due to some of these storms, winds, and massive tree damage. I also lost a truck due to one of those trees crashing through it and totalling the vehicle.

I do feel that climate change is a part of this and honestly don't know if my home will be here in 50 years. To be honest without the permit to reinforce our shoreline, I wasn't sure it would be here 20 years from now.

So to answer your question, yes, it does boil down to water levels and wind.

[SKT]

@goosehd that tree must have really hated your truck…yikes.

[SKT]

@goosehd what an ordeal. I’m glad to hear you’re finally going to be able to move forward though.

[Giles]

Congratulations Dennis.....

[neph93]

Yes @goosehd perserverance is key.

A less serious, but no less welcome random announcement… I just had my first proper bacon sarnie for many bloody years. White bread, butter, HP sauce, streaky bacon.

That is all.

[DeeDee85]

@neph93 I’ve been a member of this great forum for around a year now and that’s my favourite post so far.

[ARNC]

@neph93 a bacon sandwich is a serious thing. Immensely relieved you use the correct sauce!

[AdamJ]

All hail brown sauce @neph93 @ARNC

[goosehd]

@AdamJ That's my lesson for today. I've often heard the term brown sauce used, but haven't thought about what it actually was. I never realized that brown sauce equals HP Sauce.

Used it for years...

[AdamJ]

@goosehd classic case of genericide

Yes, I had to google "what is the term for when a brand name becomes the defacto name for something"

[goosehd]

@AdamJ You shall be known henceforth as the "Professor". Two lessons today

[neph93]

In Norway it is the only brown sauce available and you can only get it in the classic glass "restaurant" bottles. Especially ironic as you generally found them in greasy spoons. I was actually brought up on Daddy's Sauce. Don't know if that even exists anymore.

[neph93]

@ARNC death to the ketchup users.

[neph93]

@DeeDee85 thank you sir! I have my moments

[Tago Mago]

skip the sauce and focus on the bacon. that's how my Grandma made them for me

[goosehd]

@neph93 ...and opening pandora's box: What do you put on french fries? Here it's either ketchup, gravy, or malt or white vinegar with generous amounts of salt to taste.

[Tago Mago]

@goosehd if I may interject: depends on what I'm eating. Fish & chips - copious amounts of malt vinegar. Pretty much everything else with chips: mayonnaise as seen here: https://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum//post/771862

[Matt]

[EdH]

@goosehd said in Random Announcements:

brown sauce equals HP Sauce

I only twigged that the HP stood for "houses of Parliament" recently. I don't know how many times I gazed at the picture of the houses of Parliament on the bloody bottle without realising this.

@goosehd said in Random Announcements:

What do you put on french fries?

No sauce, cajun spices instead or, if those aren't available, plenty of fresh ground black pepper.