Re: Senseless Banter...

**trolleydriver** 12/16/2016, 9:55 am

Ottawa ... Parliament Hill ... Christmas Lights Show 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONv7MsYWR-M

Canadian Pacific Holiday Train ... this is at Smith Falls (about one hour from my house).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSuL_8Cl-pg

Another video taken in the same area. The train also visits locations in the USA so it flies both the Canadian and USA flags on the front of the engine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zJvKRsPa_0

**Kelejan** 12/16/2016, 10:49 am

I have not heard any news about the Holiday Train coming to our town. It came last year on the 14th December. Must check with City Hall.

If it comes in the next few days it will be very cold. Recently we have had very mild temperatures so it would have been pleasant. Now we are getting that deep cold just like most everyone else in Canada. Snow on Monday when temps rise a bit.

**donnainzone5** 12/16/2016, 11:24 am

TD,

That was so hilarious, I had to put my coffee cup down!

**sanderson** 12/16/2016, 2:09 pm

TD, Thank you for sharing the Holiday Train and Parliament videos.

**AtlantaMarie** 12/16/2016, 3:47 pm

The Parliament vid has been removed.... :-(

Pretty train, though!

**trolleydriver** 12/16/2016, 5:08 pm

AtlantaMarie wrote:The Parliament vid has been removed.... :-(

Pretty train, though!

AM ... thanks for letting me know about the vid being removed.

I've changed the link in the original post and it is here below as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONv7MsYWR-M

**sanderson** 12/17/2016, 12:37 am

I just learned that the silent Mr. Bean was first tested in Montreal, not in the English competition but in the French language competition, to test it's universality. https://www.facebook.com/mr.bean143/videos/1831076267176319/

**trolleydriver** 12/17/2016, 12:31 pm

sanderson wrote:I just learned that the silent Mr. Bean was first tested in Montreal, not in the English competition but in the French language competition, to test it's universality. https://www.facebook.com/mr.bean143/videos/1831076267176319/

Funny guy. Very Happy

**sanderson** 12/17/2016, 4:39 pm

I laughed out load when he sneezed!

**AtlantaMarie** 12/21/2016, 6:27 am

YEA Solstice!

Bring on longer days....!

**trolleydriver** 12/21/2016, 8:13 am

AtlantaMarie wrote:YEA Solstice!

Bring on longer days....!

Happy Dance Day ...

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**sanderson** 12/21/2016, 1:52 pm

CapeCoddess 12/23/2016, 12:52 pm

Wish I knew how to post vids instead of links but I don't:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9P20HuX7mo

**sanderson** 12/23/2016, 1:43 pm

CapeCoddess wrote:Wish I knew how to post vids instead of links but I don't:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9P20HuX7mo

Me, too!

**trolleydriver** 12/23/2016, 1:54 pm

sanderson wrote:
CapeCoddess wrote:Wish I knew how to post vids instead of links but I don't:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9P20HuX7mo
Me, too!

Bring up the Youtube video in your browser (I use Chrome). Right click on the video image. Choose "Copy embed code" from the list that is displayed. Paste the embed code into your forum post. All done as I did below.

has55 1/6/2017, 5:08 pm

CapeCoddess wrote:I'm getting closer and closer. I bought a refurbished 'Roku' stick for $30 from Amazon over a year ago. It plugs into the HDMI port in the back of the TV. I'm still learning how to use it. My basic cable is only $19 so I'm not in a hurry.
https://www.amazon.com/Roku-3500XB-Streaming-Certified-Refurbished/dp/B00MWCJ8VQ/ref=sr_1_10?s=tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1478619632&sr=1-10&keywords=Roku

CC

I cut the tv yesterday. now the phone is next, but found a cheaper way for my landline, that the DW wants to keep. CC, i thought of you about getting "closer and closer". I got the roku and discovered private station.

MrBooker 1/6/2017, 6:02 pm

has55 wrote:
CapeCoddess wrote:I'm getting closer and closer. I bought a refurbished 'Roku' stick for $30 from Amazon over a year ago. It plugs into the HDMI port in the back of the TV. I'm still learning how to use it. My basic cable is only $19 so I'm not in a hurry.
https://www.amazon.com/Roku-3500XB-Streaming-Certified-Refurbished/dp/B00MWCJ8VQ/ref=sr_1_10?s=tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1478619632&sr=1-10&keywords=Roku

CC
I cut the tv yesterday. now the phone is next, but found a cheaper way for my landline, that the DW wants to keep. CC, i thought of you about getting "closer and closer". I got the roku and discovered private station.

Yup.Get ooma.

**Scorpio Rising** 1/6/2017, 6:43 pm

I have been cable free since May, I think. I am not a big tv watcher, but I like the local news in the mornings, and some noise at night.

I had an antenna put on my roof. Farmer vision! Perfect! My cable bill went from $220/mo to $70 for the uber fast internet.

**trolleydriver** 1/19/2017, 8:31 am

More Canadian winter fun ...

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**trolleydriver** 1/19/2017, 8:59 am

Scorpio Rising wrote:I have been cable free since May, I think. I am not a big tv watcher, but I like the local news in the mornings, and some noise at night.

I had an antenna put on my roof. Farmer vision! Perfect! My cable bill went from $220/mo to $70 for the uber fast internet.

Here is my Fractal Digital TV Antenna purchased from Lee Valley Tools for about $14 Cdn. I mounted it "temporarily" on an ugly piece of plywood. This antenna picks up 10 Over The Air (OTA) stations with it sitting on the floor of our second floor den. It may do better if I put it in the attic.

http://www.leevalley.com/en/hardware/page.aspx?p=71364&cat=3,43597

Ooops! I see one of the connectors has come off the screw. Won't work that way. Very Happy

Here it is next to the TV for size comparison. It usually sits on the floor. There is a Roku 3 streaming device to the left of the antenna. BTW we still have cable TV but not for much longer.
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**Kelejan** 1/19/2017, 10:40 am

TD, I thought the one with the two helicopters on the ice floe was the funniest one.

**AtlantaMarie** 1/19/2017, 2:16 pm

I gotta go with the tennis one for humor!

But, boy, that would be some fancy flying to land on an iceberg.....

CapeCoddess 1/19/2017, 4:56 pm

OMG, this thread is so educational... and funny!

Hass55, that couples show is awesome! Is that a station you found on the Roku?

TD, those jokes are priceless, as is that funky antennae! The 'some assembly required' snowman photos made me lol here in the office!

Thanks, guys!
Gotta go watch the Ooma vid now...
OK, question: If the power goes out, Ooma won't work, is that right? My land line still works in power outs...

**trolleydriver** 1/19/2017, 5:31 pm

CapeCoddess wrote:OMG, this thread is so educational... and funny!

Hass55, that couples show is awesome! Is that a station you found on the Roku?

TD, those jokes are priceless, as is that funky antennae! The 'some assembly required' snowman photos made me lol here in the office!

Thanks, guys!
Gotta go watch the Ooma vid now...
OK, question: If the power goes out, Ooma won't work, is that right? My land line still works in power outs...

If the power goes out or your internet goes down then you have no Ooma phone. I still love my Ooma. We have a cell phone so that is our backup. If you are concerned about the power knocking out the Ooma box and Internet then you can buy an uninterruptible power supply that will keep things going for a while.

**sanderson** 1/19/2017, 5:54 pm

CapeCoddess wrote: The 'some assembly required' snowman photos made me lol here in the office!

My favorite, also.

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