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Welcome back! @cutekill says, "Get back to work!"

💯 There's a 386 km stretch without services on the Dalton Highway, the most northern road in Alaska (most northern road in North America actually). I was worried my R1200GS with typical road range of 400 kms wouldn't make it because the Dalton is almost entirely gravel and mud. High gear and...

Also when you're travelling and staying in places without wifi, streaming services chew up a lot of bandwidth. Especially on double header WSBK/MotoGP race weekends!

Similar case for me. The tax-free snowballing effect in my RRSP is huge at this point, and if I melted that snowball by moving it into non-reg, I'm taking a double-hit with the immediate withholding tax (and then the income tax), plus annual taxes from this point moving forward that greatly...

OP is going to Tuktoyaktuk. There are fairly regular gas stations from Toronto until you hit the Dempster Highway. The longest stretch without gas is the turnoff from the base of the Dempster at Glenboyle to Eagle Plains, which is about 370 kms. Typical distance in the remote north of the Yukon...

Give it to another traveler headed up that way. The road is full of good people looking out for one another. We've been the recipients of so much kindness and grace while out there in the world, it is only right to keep passing it forward. Even if it is in the form of a little red plastic...

You didn't win big on the "416/905" plan?

I think there's a middle ground between squirreling everything away and spending it all as it comes into your hands. Sucks to not be able to afford creature comforts or adequate healthcare later in life. For those without dependents, my advice would be to focus more on the income side rather...

Same here. My parents have always been frugal. It got them to a point where they have retired comfortably, but now unable to take themselves out of Save-Mode and switch to Draw-Down mode. I keep telling them to spend it while they're alive and that they are going to outlive their money, but...

What time of year are you going? We went up the Alcan -> Dalton Hwy to Prudhoe Bay in Alaska and through northern BC and Yukon, then down the Cassiar Hwy on the return trip. We were dawdling a bit too much and found ourselves bumping up against the winter season (late Sept). At that time, the...

Thanks for that. I knew GTAM would be the right place for good RRSP withdrawal info! :D I think I will just pay the full withdrawal tax up front. If there's a tax refund in April, I'll use it to buy a nice helmet or something...

The fee was a flat rate of $25 regardless of amount withdrawn. Charged by the brokerage. Not that substantial.

That is interesting. Might be some kind of distribution/fulfillment warehouse that they share with other brands. Was talking to Mosko Moto at the Vancouver Motorcycle Show last month and they said they are opening a fulfillment warehouse for Canada. They're going set it up in the Okanagan...

Whelp, I just initiated my first RRSP withdrawal. Feels kinda weird - living off my retirement savings. Like I'm officially old or something... It was just a small amount, just to see what the process was like with the withholding tax and everything. Was a learning experience. So... the major...

Dogs and cats all over the province will no longer be looking up at their owners an hour before feeding time going, "WTF hoooo-man?"