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  1. crankcall

    Canada Post - Huge losses

    I just saw that report , few companies could weather a loss of that category and still exist . And it’s not like the years before twenty twenty four did not see similar dunk tank incidents . If that is not enough ammo to force a rethink ( by some other management group outside CP) I can’t think...
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    This weather

    I treat almost every thing with alcohol Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com
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    This weather

    So for those that didn’t know , when the weather forcast says forty percent chance of rain means forty percent chance in your geographic zone they track , maybe not where your standing . So if you track radar on your phone you can sometimes ride around the showers . And often you just get wet...
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    Does Thin Oil Destroy Engines?

    friends Hyundia was eating 1L per 1000kms, more at hyway speeds, service manager sent her an email "its normal" , when it finally blewup while under warranty they told her , she should have had the oil consumption checked and rectified. She gave them back the service letter saying "its normal"...
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    Does Thin Oil Destroy Engines?

    I just put in what the manual calls for . The engineers and chemists went to school to sort this out . It’s not like the guy at the design center is saying “ ok let’s spec this oil so it grenades at five yrs and we sell a new car!!” , somebody figured out oil pressure with tight tolerance , flow...
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    Does Thin Oil Destroy Engines?

    Modern tolerances (CNC) and metallurgy has allowed oil to be thinner in a modern engine . It’s just science , not everyone likes science . Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com
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    COVID and the housing market

    I’m amazed how in an area where you can buy a ninety nine k house anyone is renting but you never know the other guys circumstances. When I bought a house in rural Arizona and paid one fifteen thousand cash the real estate agent was stunned , she hadn’t seen any body do that . It wouldn’t buy a...
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    This weather

    @PrivatePilot , your riding buddy that moved to NB didnt own an HD svo bagger and have a wife with an HD trike did he? We may have had the same buddy . Hope not , mine was an idiot.
  9. crankcall

    Picked up a VW

    Good looking wagon Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com
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    This weather

    Couple friends and one family has moved to sort of rural NB for essentially free houses compared to here . Winter ? F no . Summer , not so much either . It’s Kentucky without hills , just the Billy’s . Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com
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    COVID and the housing market

    My boat crew guy just bought his first house , Aldershot , he’s twenty nine and getting married next yr . I said geez , good start in a nice neighborhood . Turns out he and his brother own two rentals in Sault St Marie . He did a spread sheet of where rentals are underserved and consistent and...
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    This weather

    I almost moved to Bloomfield ( for a girl) , friends bought in Picton , a historical home for peanuts just before the boom . 15yrs and still outsiders lol. My other friends bought a hundred acre farm on the sort of protected lake side , it has a seventy foot concrete pier and a thousand ft of...
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    COVID and the housing market

    House proud and house poor are close cousins . Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com
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    This weather

    Bet you wish you owned property in Prince Edward County now . When I was dating a girl from there forty ys ago , it was dirt cheap for waterfront , then everyone ‘ discovered’ the county …. Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com
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    This weather

    Looking at Lake Ontario this morning and it’s just rocking from three days of east wind . Nothing good ever comes out of the east . This time of year it should be west breeze , every thing is backwards . Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com
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    COVID and the housing market

    Houses around me average two point four million , towns are one point two . I would not want the mortgage on any of them , but I’m in the minority. Place across the street went for two point eight . I like the numbers but I don’t see the value . Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com
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    COVID and the housing market

    My understanding is the downtown condo market is swimming in inventory. A couple projects near me ( Oakville ) appear ‘ stalled’ . Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com
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    Internet is down

    Oakville / Cogeco , no issues . Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com
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    This weather

    No it’s not just getting old , we raced sailboats last night , it was cold and miserable. We are supposed to race tomorrow night , rain and cold predicted. I’m not enjoying it like I should . I think I’m just done trying to “ make the best of it “ . Drying out riding gear , getting guns cleaned...
  20. crankcall

    This weather

    My kids in North Alberta have twenty four to twenty eight ( and fires ) but my friends going to interior BC this week are fighting snow near Kelowna. It’s not just our weather that’s a bit weird this year . Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com
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