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Scrapping a car over a head gasket seems ridiculous but when it's several thousand because the vehicle has to be dismantled to get at the gasket it hurts. Even new modules have issues and there was no guarantee on Goldwing Reg / Recs from Honda. At $400 a pop, alternator conversions were...

Your time is worth nothing to anyone. "We are experiencing a large volume of calls" BS. They are understaffed but heaven forbid they hire a few more staff and the call takers get a few seconds between calls. I spent five minutes of my time yesterday answering a survey as to why I closed my...

I ignore anything FB. A guy in, I think it was in K-W, kept seeing people eyeballing his recently purchased home. When he asked why they told him it was regarding the rental ad on FB marketplace. Someone had taken the real estate photos and made a rental add. First and last etc He contacted...

Thanks. However until bikes get electronic control modules, tweaking brakes and gears should be an owner responsibility, like fixing a flat. I used to rebuild my Sturmy Archer three speed hubs every winter. If I totally screw up I’ll give you a call.

My derailleur was a tad out of adjustment so I took it into a shop for a tune up. They made it worse. :( YouTube and DIY here I come.

The Mrs noticed an increase in the water bill and we tracked it back to a slightly leaking toilet. Shutting the valve at night showed on the meter as there were no other uses. Water was a common expense at my industrial condo and was out of line. An inspection found several toilets running...

What doesn't make sense to me is: "Tolls are collected when leaving PEI." When you go to centre Island you pay the fare to get there, return is built in. If you overspend on popcorn and rides you don't have to swim home. At the PEI bridge you're held hostage if you run out of money.

True but even ICE is getting beyond backyard fixes. Is the independent shop doomed? TBH it's more a problem of low wages than high tech. Increase wages to make assisted housing and car price problems diminish. Then the economy has to readjust and that isn't simple. The rabbit hole is deep.

Chow's committees with their diverse opinions, Ford's committees with their diverse opinions and Carney's committees with their diverse opinions equals confusion to the third power.

A friend rents out room for about that amount but it's one to a room and decent rules. I rented a room ages ago, but it was one to a room. Another place I looked at had three sets of bunk beds. I've heard of hot bunking. In the 1800's country inns rented travelers a space in a bed. I shudder to...

One big thing that bothers me about high tech vehicles is the cost of purchase and long-term battery anxiety. Housing and transportation costs are a huge part of our budgets due to the various government failures to foresee problems. Everybody pays the same for a vehicle, the fuel and...

As a reference, I repave every 20 years

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In the housing market thread I mentioned Cloverdale Mall being stuck with a no longer used Target store. Doing a walking tour of the mall today i noticed they had put in pickle ball courts. I'd heard of the sport and never thought too much of it but it's like a tamed down tennis with smaller...

The stuff I see is slippery in winter. Plus I like the patina of greying asphalt. I don't think it makes the asphalt last longer.

We don't see too many as I've been spraying with nematodes. I've noticed a few exoskeletons so they're around. Also the cicadas are singing away. Some people like them. Me, not so much.

Instead of a boring mall walk I figure I can get 3-4 KMs out of tours through Canadian Tire, Home Depot, Rona and Princess Auto. Costco is good for the miles but the food court "Calories per dollar" count is a disaster.

If you're Polish you should look Polish and nothing looks more Polish than a pierogi.

Charging the passengers and having them spend time and money fighting their case would discourage them from accepting rides from people they don't know and trust. The punk drivers would soon lose friends and peer pressure is a deterrent. I vaguely remember a found-in law but I'm not how it was...

The trouble with the mall walk is that the mall closest to us has a Timmies. Do you know how many miles it takes to walk off a ten pack of Timbits?