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Just need to know if vents are needed in two piece bathrooms by the building code of 1975? There are no baths or showers in the rooms, just a toilet and sink. The house is in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada.

We are selling the house, and the other side real estate says they are needed. I say that the house does not have to live up to the new Building code as it only needs to comply with the 1975 building code. Also, I do not believe the code of 1975 says you have to have vents in two piece bathrooms.

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I have a lhasa apso/ japanese chin that I want to breed, can you recommend some breeds that would be a good mix? Thank you

i am engaged to a guy who has a 13 year old from a previous marriage. He has a drinking problem. He drinks many nights during the week, and gets hammered on weekends. We bought a cottage next to his dad and brothers. So every friday night he heads to dad's cottage or brother's cottage and starts drinking. Neighbours drop in and he talks to them and has more beer. Stolls in at 1- 2am. Does the same on Saturday, only he starts at 2 pm. Sunday, he starts drinking again at noon, and then wants to get in the car and drive. He has his daughter one week on, one week off. I live with him part time as well. So the weeks he has his daughter, I live at his house. The weeks he doesnt have his daughter, he is supposed to be at my house. He often does not visit me, as someone dropped by and he had a few beers, or he is exhausted on the Monday from partying all weekend. He is 46 years old. I have been trying to get him to get his drinking under control, but he won't get help. I have made his problem, my problem, which is not good. Anyway, his drinking is now out of control, and he was binging for the last two weeks. First week he was pissed at work, and drank. Then he found a new job (he is union), so quit his job and decided to take a one week holiday. During this one week, he drank everyday. Drunk on the Tuesday and Thursday nights. I approached him on his drinking and his reaction was brutual. Even after this discussion, he proceeded to continue drinking on the Friday.

As a side note, his daughter arrived on the Friday night after school and was sick. He decided to stay at Dad's house drinking while I was at our cottage watching her. He strolls in at 1:15 am and gets into bed. Does not even check on he. I was pissed. I have told him it is over, and am worried for this child. Would you tell the ex about his drinking problem? I think she left him because of it, but his friends and familiy will not shed light on this.

You have a drinking problem, and are out drinking at your dad's house, and come in at 1:15 am when you said you would be home at 11. Your child is sick, and you don't check on her. I am not the child's mother. You come in tired and drunk from drinking. Your girlfriend tells you to apologize for not coming home on time. You ignore her. She tells you to sleep in the other room, and follows you there. She insists on having a conversation about the drinking. You ignore her. She threatens to break up with you if you don't talk to her. You continue to ignore her. She gets a cup of water, and pours it on your face when you are laying there with your back to her, ignoring her. Based on the water poured on you, would you think she was nuts? and then decide to break up with her? You have been together a year and a half, and are engaged.

ok, here is the background, boyfriend has a drinking problem that he wont acknowledge. We bought a cottage together next to his father and brothers. (3 different cottages). Now when we go to the cottage, he goes next door to one of the cottages and hangs out all day drinking. He comes home for dinner and then goes back to watch tv and drink. He stumbles in around 1 or 2 am. Because of this and his unwillingness to change, we had a big fight, and I put the cottage up for sale in February. The cottage has still not sold. Since February, I have been refusing to go up North with him, and since then, our relationship has gotten better. I started to almost trust him again. We have been together for a year and a half, are engaged, and working on having a child.

Ok, now to this week. His company has no work, so he quit to start at a new company. For his week off, he decided to drink all week, including getting drunk on a Tuesday and Thursday. I approached him on the Thursday about his drinking and he got all mad at me, but we worked it out. Friday night we go up North so he can see his dad for Father's day. We are at his dad's when he says, he will come home after his beer at 11 pm. He stumbles in at 1: 15 and I am pissed. I tell him I am mad, and he should apologize. He refuses to apologize or discuss it. I get mad and tell him to sleep in the other room. He goes there, and I follow and attempt to get him to talk to me. He continues to ignore me. I then tell him that if he does not roll over and talk to me, that I was walking out, and that the relationship was over. He still would not turn over and talk. So I get up and get a full glass of cold water and pour it on his face. He of course gets mad at me, and is now irate. He proceeds to the bathroom, and I follow. He then pushes me (not shoving, just pushing back on me) so he can close the bathroom door. I open the door and he is at his wits end. He then says to me that I had wrecked everything, that it was over. To which I say, geeze, didn't I already say that? So he then grabs a beer from the fridge and goes outside. His daughter is 13 and he gets her one week at a time, she just arrived that day, and was sick to her stomach. She had been on a bike trip and flew over the handlebars onto the ground. So at 11 pm, she wanted to go back to our cottage to bed. He chose to stay at his parents drinking, rather than return to the cottage to keep an eye on his daughter. That is why I left his parents house and returned to the cottage. When he arrived back at the cottage at 1:15, he did not even go in and check on her. That was one of the things that made me really mad, was his neglect of his daughter. So after I confront him and he grabs his beer and goes outside, I go over to his parent's house. While I am gone, he grabs his daughter, his and her backs, and storms off to his brother's house. I spent the night and drove back to my house today.

So again the question, what would you do in this situation? He definately has a drinking problem, he had slowed it down, but now is out of control again. He won't discuss it, and does inconsiderate things, and says that I am controlling when I get mad. So for example, I was being controlling by wanting him to come home with us. I am at my wits end with all this, and need some comments and opinions. Thanks muchly for answering. I really appreciate honest feedback.

I am attending a fertility clinic in order to find out why I am not getting pregnant. I am 42 and have been pregnant 4 times. Last time was when I was 36. The baby did not connect to the wall correctly and was slowly dying from lack of food and oxygen. The hospital "took" the baby as my life was apparently in danger. So now, I have had two ultrasounds - stomach and the "inner" ultrasound, and blood work twice. And today, I 'failed" the sono test. Apparently the tubes would not allow the saline in. The doctor said it might be a spasm blocking the tubes, or they are blocked. I do have endometriosis and have had it since I was 16 years old. It never stopped me from getting pregnant before. So since the saline "fell out of me" instead of going where it was supposed to, and my follow up appointment is not until July. I thought I would ask what people know about this test, and if anyone with a supposed "block", did not really have a block. I did see that 15% is the ratio of false determinations for Sono's. Appreciate any and all positive commentary.

I have a chevy trailblazer 2004. It was in last week for a tuneup and a new fan belt three weeks ago. Can either of these cause the water pump to die?

My 2004 Trailblazer is idling roughly. By this I mean, it idles and then sometimes feels like it is going to stall but spurts onward. Also, the truck feels like it is shaking during idle. When I accelerate from zero to 40, it feels like there is no power on the acceleration. It slowly gets up to the speed you want, once out of first, it works perfect. Drives great on the highway too. Seems to be just in zero to 40 range that there is a problem with no power. Have had a tune up and new spark plugs done, but seems worse after tune up. Tune up done at dealership. All maintenance since 2005 done exclusively at dealership.

I am trying to teach my step daughter the real meaning of xmas by taking her to the local salvation army thrift shop to buy gifts for her friends. She discovered all these cool items that are almost new and some are new still in the boxes. We are doing a recycling christmas, which means we buy a recycled gift and a new gift for our friends. She got to pick out some recycled gifts for her aunts and cousins. She was totally into it. My brother in law seemed a little odd about the idea of a recycled xmas present, so I thought I would ask the forum here.

I am looking for real online law schools that are recognized in Canada and allow you admission to the bar. Thanks.

Hi all,

Need some advice on boyfriend's drinking. We have been dating for just over a year. He is 45 and I am 42. When I first started dating him, he would drink 3-4 beers on Fridays and Saturdays. Told me he did not drink during the week. I started to notice that he was drinking during the week, and questioned him on it. He told me that since he got separated from the wife, that he started drinking during the week and was cutting back. I met him 6 months after he split with his wife of 18 years. He is now divorced and has joint custody of his 12 year old daughter. He has her one week and she has her the other week etc. I have noticed his drinking is getting heavier, and I also noticed that he drinks beer like water. He only drinks beer. His latest routine is this: comes home from work at around 3 pm and grabs a beer out of the beer fridge in his garage. His neighbours drop by and he has a beer with each of them, etc. so by 7 pm he has had 6 or more. And this during the week. We recently bought a cottage next to his parents, and brothers. Now on weekends, we go up to the cottage, and he starts drinking Friday when we arrive around 6 pm, and he drinks until 2 am. Wakes up sober, starts drinking at 2 pm and drinks again until almost 2 am again. His family drink with him, so I have no support at all on getting him to cut back. He also does not count how much he is drinking. He finishes one beer and then gets another one right away. He keeps his beer in a 'beer condom' so it won't get warm. He drinks one beer in about 10 or 15 minutes. I suspect he had 27 beers last saturday. And of course he was blotto and we had a huge fight about his drinking. He lost his temper and slammed the door as he left the room. He apologized to my father and to me, and of course promised not to 'party so much'. I am engaged to this guy, and am having serious doubts based on this incident. Especially since after this happened, not even 5 days later, he was supposed to drive to my house, but called to say that he had had 'visitors' drop in, and had drank too much to drive. He asked me if I was mad, and I told him no. I wasn't angry, I was disappointed. I feel myself pulling away from him, and am wondering if he is worth the risk. When he is not drinking, he is a great guy. He has never missed a day of work, is a great father, a good provider, a kind man. He is good to me, brings me flowers, cooks, cleans, shops etc. He treats me like an equal, and we have fun together. His drinking is the only issue, but a huge issue. I have an ex husband who had a drinking issue, and ex fiance who was a reformed drinker ( 10 years in AA when I met him), and now this one. I was setup by my female friend so I didn't actually pick this one, we just got along really well and kind of just ended up together. We were engaged within 6 months. I am holding off gettting married obviously after this weekend's incident. I should also mention his daughter is wonderful and we get along really well. Her mother was a bad mother with not a lot of maternal instincts. So this young lady is very bonded to me now, and I don't want to hurt her. I have one daughter who is 22 and doesn't realy need her mom that much. I have spent over a year bonding with this young lady, and have been more of a mom to her than her mom. I had to tell her the birds and the bees, and what happens to young ladies bodies etc. I also had to teach her to cook and clean and do her laundry etc. I think she would be devastated if we broke up. I am thinking of breaking up with him because of the drinking. We would most likely end up being good friends. So, after all this, any advice on what to do would be appreciated.