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    We Know you Ride, But do you Shoot?

    To ease my mind a little I keep my reloading stuff in explosives/flammables bags from Amazon.
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    Steps towards a simpler life

    No kids negates that issue! For a happy life you have to be happy with who you are with Happy with where you are Then a bit further down that list is happy with work. Work to live, not the other way round. Edit: doh. a bit slow on the uptake- we just see mousaka as a Greek lasagna for...
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    Steps towards a simpler life

    We bought a cheap mini chest freezer, put it in the garage and then cooked big home made meals like a lasagna or moussaka or something that we put into portions. Froze them and used them when we didn’t have a lot of time. Works out very well and is better than the stuff you buy.
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    Steps towards a simpler life

    Say no more often. Delegate work to competent people rather than micromanage.
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    RCMP and our laws are f'ed up

    Lots of gun stores have consignment sales. Have a look at SFRC online in the used section for instance. They will often be at a higher price than a private sale but it's also way less sketchy (I sold a gun in a parking lot, legally with all the i's dotted and t's crossed with PAL checked etc...
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    Anyone here a cyclist?

    I didn’t check if they ship bikes. This place has great sales on some gear right now. This road bike is $500 down from $1300 https://www.northstarbicycle.ca/product/trek-domane-al-2-379121-1.htm Edit: $150 to ship a bike.
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    Anyone here a cyclist?

    Thanks for the reminder. I used to have one but it kind of rusted away. Just ordered a new one. My wife will thank you for not having sweaty body armour draped over a sofa or the back of a door.
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    Anyone here a cyclist?

    First big mountain bike ride on my e-bike today. Getting up hills with assistance is awesome but there's still work to do. My shoulders and arms ache right now, but it's a good ache. My body armour is soaked so I need to find out how to wash them properly. Two pedal strikes and a chain ring/...
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    Anyone here a cyclist?

    Sporting life has some sale bikes. All different budgets but some limited sizes.
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    Stocks

    Hmm. Just to make things a little more complex these would be shares from a British company listed in GBP. Currently running at over $3k CDN per share once converted.
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    Anyone here a cyclist?

    Fred Flintstone stuff is a lot simpler. I had to read up on different lever attachment types last night. Silly me thought they were all the same, a band clamp type thing that's tightened.
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    Stocks

    If a family member works for a company that gives out preferentially priced shares can that family member sign over some of those shares to someone else? I'd like to give my brother some cash in exchange for shares in the company he works for at the discounted rate.
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    Anyone here a cyclist?

    Fun question. E-mountain bikes are a little different when it comes to shifting. The motors can intentionally apply a load for a short time after peddling (overdrive) which can make shifting a little different to a non motorized bike. In addition the extra torque from the motor can damage...
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    Anyone here a cyclist?

    I went through this relatively recently and then went down a rabbit hole. I also haven’t cycled in forever but getting back into it is a lot of fun. For my commuter bike I got a mail order Decathlon gravel bike and then took it to a local bike guy to make sure it was set up ok. If I do it...
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    Stocks

    Thanks for that. I did an experiment with fractional shares for Costco a while back (over 1k a share at the time) and they seemed to get filled quite quickly but perhaps that was because it was a very active stock? I'm not a baller or Rockefeller so my trades are reasonably low $amounts. I...
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