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    goosehd
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    @tody
    Joined: 8 Apr 2016

    @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.

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    "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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      SKT
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      @goosehd
      Joined: 26 Aug 2019

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

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        SKT
        見習いボス
        @goosehd
        Joined: 26 Aug 2019

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

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          Giles
          IHUK Crew
          Joined: 22 Sept 2009

          Congratulations Dennis.....

          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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            neph93
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            Joined: 18 Aug 2014

            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.

            “Some of those that work forces
            Are the same that burn crosses”

            • Virginia Woolf
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              DeeDee85
              啓蒙家
              @neph93
              Joined: 5 Jun 2023

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

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                ARNC
                啓蒙家
                @neph93
                Joined: 13 Dec 2020

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

                “Every day that you survive you get a free sunset“

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                  AdamJ
                  IHUK Crew
                  Joined: 29 Jun 2017

                  All hail brown sauce @neph93 @ARNC

                  The devil is in the detail..

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                    goosehd
                    Mod Squad
                    @AdamJ
                    Joined: 8 Apr 2016

                    @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...

                    "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                      AdamJ
                      IHUK Crew
                      @goosehd
                      Joined: 29 Jun 2017

                      @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" 😂

                      The devil is in the detail..

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                        goosehd
                        Mod Squad
                        @AdamJ
                        Joined: 8 Apr 2016

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

                        "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                          neph93
                          見習いボス
                          Joined: 18 Aug 2014

                          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.

                          “Some of those that work forces
                          Are the same that burn crosses”

                          • Virginia Woolf
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                            neph93
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                            @ARNC
                            Joined: 18 Aug 2014

                            @ARNC death to the ketchup users.

                            “Some of those that work forces
                            Are the same that burn crosses”

                            • Virginia Woolf
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                              neph93
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                              @DeeDee85
                              Joined: 18 Aug 2014

                              @DeeDee85 thank you sir! I have my moments 😃

                              “Some of those that work forces
                              Are the same that burn crosses”

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                                Tago Mago
                                Mod Squad
                                Joined: 16 Jan 2021

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

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                                  goosehd
                                  Mod Squad
                                  @neph93
                                  Joined: 8 Apr 2016

                                  @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.

                                  "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                                    Tago Mago
                                    Mod Squad
                                    @goosehd
                                    Joined: 16 Jan 2021

                                    @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

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                                      Matt
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                                      Joined: 4 Oct 2011

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                                        EdH
                                        Iron Heart Deity
                                        @goosehd
                                        Joined: 2 Jan 2022

                                        @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.

                                        Take the dive...

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                                          endo
                                          見習いボス
                                          @goosehd
                                          Joined: 29 May 2020

                                          @goosehd said in Random Announcements:

                                          What do you put on french fries?

                                          tons of mayonnaise 😋

                                          si tacuisses

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