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It also acts as a filter in life … whenever you meet unkind people, you stay away from them

Whenever you meet people who would take advantage of your kindness … you kindly stay away from them

When you meet other kind people, you do your best to stay with them, live with them, work with them or encourage them

Everyone always remember a few key things in life … people remember others who were unkind to them … people also remember people who were kind to them.

Life is short and it gets shorter every moment … whatever you do in life … just be kind … because most of the people you will ever meet you will only ever know for that one moment or just for a very short time.

From an old Irish friend I’ve known for many years

Whatever you do in life, no matter the situation or circumstances … always be kind

When going out into the cold during the winter, especially if you are going on a bit of multi hour journey … poop first, even if you don’t feel like it.

When you do get that connection … go the extra step and install a ‘backwater prevention valve’ … it’s a giant one way valve that is attached to the main drain line as it leaves the house.

It allows water to always easily flow out but if it ever happens that water back flows into your house for some reason … the valve will stop any flow from entering your house.

I’ve always planned to get one but my situation is too difficult to install one.

I’m sorry but … what an absolute mess

You mentioned that your main drain is a bit higher than the floor of the basement. I have the same situation, my drain is about two feet off the floor of my concrete basement. The washing machine drain was placed to drain towards the lowest point of the main drain. Everything else in the house with a drain is in upper floors.

I’d rearrange the plumbing to build a drain as close to the four foot level as possible for the washing machine … instead of trying to build a solution 6 or 7 feet up in the air … you’re asking for trouble if you are making your washing machine drain up to a high point.

I remember once renting a place that was an old house with a brand new concrete basement … the main drain was close to ground level that went to a septic tank and field. Their solution was to install the washing machine in the basement, drain down to the floor level, then to a grey water pump unit in a big box that was 3x3x3 feet … and that pushed the water up to the main drain. I don’t think washing machines are meant to push water that high up and you will probably constantly have a bit of grey water backing down to the washing machine.

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I’m Indigenous Canadian from northern Ontario so the strongest memories for me have to do with being out on the land with my family.

My favourite smell is a combination of a campfire inside my family’s teepee in the wilderness of northern Ontario in the early spring with snow still around and the mushkeg in the middle of melting and warming. The combination of fresh cut pine wood, pine boughs next to a new camp fire, fresh goose being roasted over the flames, the musky smell of the land, smoke from the fire and the cool damp scent of the snow and ice. It all brings me back to being a kid with my family. I wish I were there now.