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Kemptville Creek Flooding Update

The Kemptville Creek is still at the highest level I have seen in the few years we’ve been here in North Grenville. Today we had some rain which isn’t great but it doesn’t seem to have caused any major change to the water level around Curry Park. Yes, there was an increase but [...]

Kemptville Creek Flooding

Kemptville Creek Flooding

Kemptville Creek is now flooding. A flood warning was issued on Monday by the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority. As of today, the creek is at the highest level I’ve ever seen. Of course, I’ve only been in Kemptville for a few years now so that wouldn’t be too difficult.
Things [...]

Water, water, every where, nor any drop to drink

As of today, Kemptville, Ontario can probably be described by a quote from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner:
Water, water, every where,
Nor any drop to drink

We just got notice this evening of two water related issues that are (or may be) affecting our little town:
The first is a boil water advisory (PDF link) for the town [...]

Brake Pad and Rotor Replacement 101

This weekend I attended Jeff’s brake pad and rotor replacement 101 course in his driveway.  The donor car was my 2004 Sunfire (since it needed new brake pads and rotors according to my mechanic) and the attendance was rather pathetic - Jeff was there and so was I.  Yeah, so Jeff offered to help me [...]

The Squirrel Must Die

The Damn Squirrel must die.
This morning I had a little bit of excitement as I was heading to work. As I was pulling up to the stop sign down the road, I realized that the engine was still reving quite high. I thought that maybe the car was just a little cold and the [...]

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