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I would not try machining rail track , it’s hardened so the wheels ( which are replaceable wear) and the track stays good for decades. It’s friggin hard , I would go buy the twenty five pack of zip discs on sale at CTC for ten bucks and whittle away . Does you Beaver lathe have an outboard...

Yeah , it’s Lawry , which was next door to my warehouse in Caledonia. No idea the back story ( I’m sure there’s a reason) we don’t buy his birds , we import from Spain. Makes no sense to me and I find the Spainish targets are very inconsistent ( different weights and hardness) This should...

What officially kicks off Polish party season ? My Polish friends use any day ending in a Y . Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com

My club buys them by the shipping container full , no idea what that costs for a full can of clay birds . We were buying Olin industries ( Winchester ) birds but US and well …. We have moved to target birds made in Spain. There is a manufacturer about twenty five kms from my club but there is...

I’ll be back in my woodwork shop , clay pidgeons on Wednesdays and I’m signing up for swimming lessons. I can swim , I’d like to be stronger. Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com

Ukulele’s are making a big comeback, portable and cheap . Lot of lesson classes popping up around here . And people won’t hate you like they might if you decide to learn bagpipes Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com

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Apparently bidding wars are still happening but it’s more like a skermish than a battle. Smart agents will direct the caveman game where guy will be “ must win house , woman wants house “ and get people emotionally involved in the process . It’s extremely difficult, but unless it’s a truly...

Everyone wants to be a baller , when it’s easy money . Buy , fake living in it , roll it over in two/three years and make a couple hundred K . Then the music stopped and you didn’t have a chair . Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com

My mom used to say “two kinds of people, those that understand compound interest and those that pay it “ Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com

My daughter has custom crates strapped into the rear of her SUV , her thoughts are too many dogs escape in a crash and are left wandering around confused. My dog sits on the backseat , we have done this for decades . My parents used to let us stand up in the backseat and pretend we were surfers...

There is this miracle product called plywood , and corner fasteners called gudgeons and pintles . They have been used on stake trucks and trailers for decades . They don’t look like what you built . Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com

I go the other way , I add no sugar ever . That’s just me , I sweat the onions before they go in the pot , that brings the natural sweetness forward , then I’ll add a tablespoon of baking soda . After it cooks for an hour there is no soda taste at all and you have altered the PH of the pot...

Hopefully when you downsize your LTT would be proportional to the house cost so possible savings . It’s an assumption on my part but I suspect many of these people overbought and may have been bleeding for a while . Moving out of the GTA creates a secondary issue if you work in the GTA , now you...

Word to would be chili kings , if you just buy “chili powder “ like clubhouse brand at the grocery store, your chili will be fine . If you find a Latin grocer , or even the Latin section in a Fortinos , you’ll find three or four chili powders , they go from two thousand to twenty thousand scovil...

Beans went in as a protein that was A . Cheap , B. Easy to transport ( light) and C. Last forever dry . Not required at all in an “original “ recipe . Cubed pork in a green salsa with roasted green chili peppers may be one of my favorite things . Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com

If we are going down this rabbit hole , its not Mexican at all , Chili was invented by the Texas prison system as a way to make almost rotten beef palatable. Bury the bad taste in spice. And it had no beans. Me, I like to buy ground pork, medium beef and the cheapest spicey sausage I can find...

Thats a big hole for Barrie, you would take a while to bounce back from that

The new ferry they put in service to get on and off Amherst cost about 8 million dollars per permanent resident on the Island. My buddy on Amherst said thanks lol. Useless Island trivia , the police go to the Island about twice a summer, since many farm trucks and such dont even have licence...

This is the new reality, if you need to sell and you haven’t been there five plus years , you may be taking a kicking . Even if you can get out for what you paid , Oakville land transfer tax is forty K average , lawyers , changing out service billing and moving expenses and you’ll drop an easy...