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Dear Reena: Whenever I聽buy household items with thick packaging, it聽takes me a long time to remove it. Often, my scissors can鈥檛 cut through the thick plastic.

Backyard spaces get more attention these days. The trend to create outdoor rooms conducive to relaxed living continues to expand, bringing with it comfort and decor solutions that were once only used indoors.

BIRTHDAY SATURDAY: There is little doubt that you will get what you want over the coming year but is what you want the same as what you need? You need to give that question some thought before you start moving forward.

When John Badham appeared at VanCity Theatre last Saturday to celebrate the 40th anniversary of his 1977 megahit Saturday Night Fever, he was 28 years older than when he filmed Bird on a Wire in Victoria.

The Smart Fortwo, a vehicle conceived more than 20聽years ago for a shrinking world, will shrink once more with the discontinuation of the internal-combustion engine. This makes my tester, a 2017 cabrio version, the last of the breed in North America.

BIRTHDAY FRIDAY: You won鈥檛 be able to do as you please this year but if you listen to your inner voice and let it guide you in a new direction you will be able to do something that has lasting value.

What: Wild Flight: Conquest of the Skies 3D Where: Imax Victoria, Royal sa国际传媒 Museum When: Opens Friday, 10 a.m., 3 and 7 p.m. daily Tickets, info: imaxvictoria.

The 2017 Victoria Fringe Theatre Festival offers an especially bountiful harvest of home-grown theatre. We caught up with three Victoria shows that sound especially intriguing. The Taxi Driver Is Always Listening, Victoria Event Centre, Aug.

BIRTHDAY THURSDAY: Jupiter in the travel area of your chart fuels your sense of adventure but not everyone will be happy with your 鈥渉ere today, gone tomorrow鈥� approach to life this year.

BIRTHDAY WEDNESDAY: Mars in your sign links with power planet Pluto on your birthday and what that suggests is that you will have to tread carefully when dealing with people in authority.