The "Quick-Question" Thread- please see guidelines in 1st post

[First Lady]

Originally Posted by Rathji

Anyone know of a Shredding Company that will take boxes of documents for shredding for a somewhat reasonable price?

I recently found out that Mrs Rathji has just been putting our shredding into a bin for the past few years, rather than shredding it, and I am not looking forward to running it through for hours at a time.

I use Shred It; they have always been very reasonable for pricing.
Plus they are easy to get to.

http://www.shredit.com/Calgary/Home.aspx

[DownhillGoat]

Can you still see animals at the zoo in fall/winter? Serious question, I've only been there in the summer.

[gallione11]

Why is college/university called post-secondary in Canada? I'm still a Canadian Citizen, but I moved to Oregon in 1992 and I've never heard that term until this message board.

[Ped]

Originally Posted by gallione11

Why is college/university called post-secondary in Canada? I'm still a Canadian Citizen, but I moved to Oregon in 1992 and I've never heard that term until this message board.

Grades 1-8 are primary.
Grades 9-12 are secondary
College/university is post (after)-secondary

[BEANZ]

Originally Posted by kunkstyle

Can you still see animals at the zoo in fall/winter? Serious question, I've only been there in the summer.

Yes. We are members and often take the kids in the early morning during the winter. The animals are all very visable and we enjoy the significantly or none exsistent crowds along with the attention you can get from the staff.

Boxing Day of last year was one of the coolest zoo visits we ever had. My two kids and I went immediately to the Gorilla enclosure as it was a bit cold starting out. While sitting watching the troop eat, one of the keepers came over and talked to my kids for a few minutes. After seeing how interested the kids were in the animals the keeper invited us behind the scenes. She showed us the "Bachelor Pad" were the young male Gorillas live while not in the main enclouser, then she allowed us all to feed a Gorilla by hand which was very cool.

[Ped]

Originally Posted by BEANZ

While sitting watching the troop eat one of the keepers

That must have been interesting.

[Julio]

Originally Posted by Ped

That must have been interesting.

Now this is why punctuation is so very important...

[Wormius]

Is there a solution, aside from replacing the windows in my house, to preventing frost from forming on the windows during winter? I have used the plastic shrink wrap before successfully, but I was hoping there was maybe something a bit less ungainly to apply.

My window frames aren't very conducive to the tape, since the molding is kind of a discontinuous pattern that makes it difficult to apply. Plus the venetian blinds make it a big pain too.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Wormius

Is there a solution, aside from replacing the windows in my house, to preventing frost from forming on the windows during winter? I have used the plastic shrink wrap before successfully, but I was hoping there was maybe something a bit less ungainly to apply.

My window frames aren't very conducive to the tape, since the molding is kind of a discontinuous pattern that makes it difficult to apply. Plus the venetian blinds make it a big pain too.

I think turing down you humidifier helps this problem.

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

I think turing down you humidifier helps this problem.

I don't have the humidifier turned on; we do have a lot of tropical plants, but I don't know if that would make it as bad as it is for frost. It doesn't feel noticeably humid, not like walking into the rainforest exhibit at the Calgary Zoo or anything.

Please don't suggest throwing out the plants. That would not go over well.

Would keeping the temperature up during the whole day make a difference? We have it programmed to go down to 16 while we're not at home, and then back up to 20 before we get home.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Wormius

I don't have the humidifier turned on; we do have a lot of tropical plants, but I don't know if that would make it as bad as it is for frost. It doesn't feel noticeably humid, not like walking into the rainforest exhibit at the Calgary Zoo or anything.

Please don't suggest throwing out the plants. That would not go over well.

Would keeping the temperature up during the whole day make a difference? We have it programmed to go down to 16 while we're not at home, and then back up to 20 before we get home.

my limited knowledge is exhausted......

[Jimmy Stang]

Does anyone know if Adobe Acrobat Standard (not the free reader, but the standard paid version) will allow me to mail merge documents via email with the document as a PDF attachment? Or will this require Acrobat Pro? I have read that once Acrobat is installed, a new toolbar shows up in Word, but I cannot find if this is a feature of both versions or just the pro one.

Furthermore, can this merging be done using any email client, or does it have to happen with Outlook being involved?

[Rathji]

Originally Posted by Wormius

Is there a solution, aside from replacing the windows in my house, to preventing frost from forming on the windows during winter? I have used the plastic shrink wrap before successfully, but I was hoping there was maybe something a bit less ungainly to apply.

My window frames aren't very conducive to the tape, since the molding is kind of a discontinuous pattern that makes it difficult to apply. Plus the venetian blinds make it a big pain too.

Reduce the humidity and open the blinds.

We have a circulation fan that pretty much does the trick, plus obvious things like having the fan on in the bathroom when you shower.

Originally Posted by Wormius

Would keeping the temperature up during the whole day make a difference? We have it programmed to go down to 16 while we're not at home, and then back up to 20 before we get home.

Unless the temp is high enough that is brings the temp of the window panes above the dew point, I can't see it helping much.

If you can't keep the humidity down, then I am guessing you would need to look at windows with a better R rating, but I have zero idea if that would be enough to have a serious impact.

[red sky]

Along the same lines as the last few posts. I live in a 1900 sqaure foot infill and it seems like there isn't a lot of warm air reaching my upstairs floor. The vents seem to be pumping out coldish air. Does this mean my furnace is not powerfuly enough?

[Hockeyguy15]

Originally Posted by Wormius

I don't have the humidifier turned on; we do have a lot of tropical plants, but I don't know if that would make it as bad as it is for frost. It doesn't feel noticeably humid, not like walking into the rainforest exhibit at the Calgary Zoo or anything.

Please don't suggest throwing out the plants. That would not go over well.

Would keeping the temperature up during the whole day make a difference? We have it programmed to go down to 16 while we're not at home, and then back up to 20 before we get home.

Get a de-humidifier?

[MoneyGuy]

I'm getting a new unlocked iPhone and my wife gets my old black one. I thought it might be less confusing if we had different colours. With the different sizes the colour may not matter. Do people like the white-and-silver iPhone?

[red sky]

Originally Posted by MoneyGuy

I'm getting a new unlocked iPhone and my wife gets my old black one. I thought it might be less confusing if we had different colours. With the different sizes the colour may not matter. Do people like the white-and-silver iPhone?

Won't you be just putting the phones in a case?

[Nyah]

What does 'Fata' mean? I see it used here in different contexts so I'm curious.

[Rathji]

Originally Posted by Nyah

What does 'Fata' mean? I see it used here in different contexts so I'm curious.

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgarypuck

Calgary Puckers often refer to re-posts of the same news articles or discussions as "Fatas" or "Red Hot Fatas". This came about after numerous new threads were started simultaneously to announce that former first round draft pick Rico Fata had been claimed by the New York Rangers on waivers in the 2001–02 season.

[Nyah]

^ Cool. Thanks