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    COVID and the housing market

    and the mixed-use market... Cloverdale Mall started as an outdoor mall then added a roof over the walkways. Then it went fully enclosed and tarted up. Then they put on a huge addition for Target (Ouch) that is now empty. Then they decided to go the route of the Don Mills Centre by making it a...
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    Did you exercise today?

    My MD says I need to exercise more> Jumping to conclusions isn't enough. My preferred choice is bicycling but the heat and sore butt are keeping me down. A mile or two of walking per day is starting to expand my endurance. I'd like to get up to 20-30 miles a day on the bike (I used to do 100)...
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    900,000 students coming in…

    The wrench in the spokes of the above is the need for publicly traded mega corporations to make more profit every year. If they don't, share values plummet. The trickle-down effect is a bunch of low paying jobs at the bottom of the pyramid. You don't need a high school diploma to flip burgers...
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    Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?

    A lady I know agreed to an $8K shingle re-roof. When one of the workers stepped onto the roof his foot went through. Not only is the sheathing shot the rafters need to be replaced. 5X price. The previous job was done in some odd way that fed the rot.
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    Hockey players acquitted

    Know your turf. Even a kiss. https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/richard-gere-shilpa-shetty-kiss-aids-event-india-b2317670.html
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    The Bad Drivers of Ontario Thread

    @ 0:24 you can see passengers in the back seat. Collateral damage could get ugly.
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    Any machinists in the house?

    The typical 4-1/2" angle grinder is light powerful and compact and especially with the guard and side handle removed, great for working in tight quarters where having a defensive stance is difficult. The reasons I consider them tools of the devil.
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    Hockey players acquitted

    The morality lesson is that today with cameras everywhere and an internet that never forgets you have to be aware of the mindset of people that could affect your future. A couple of generations ago a divorced man couldn't get elected and gays were subhuman. Now the POTUS is a double divorced...
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    Law Enforcement - The Good, The Bad, The Ugly.....

    Stage 1) The crime is committed Stage 2) The perp is identified Stage 3) The perp is caught, often (Usually it seems) released on remand Stage 4) Trial and conviction Stage 5) Sentencing A) If the perp had any intention of straightening out their life and getting things in order they could...
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    Law Enforcement - The Good, The Bad, The Ugly.....

    If you mortgage your house to bail out a friend and the friend skips, you choose poor friends. Education is expensive.
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    Getting someone's attention

    I regularly see pedestrians ear plugged into their smart phones and focused on the screen. Basically, dumb and blind to the world around them. In cars, add tinted windows.
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    Any machinists in the house?

    A 2" cut with an angle grinder means a big angle grinder unless you work your way around the piece. Angle grinders scare me when they're used as angle cutters. They have a lot of power for something that isn't easy to hold onto.
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    Dainese sold to .... Blackrock?

    I got a translation option into English. Ownership has more links than the chain on my bike. Eventually the links connect to Blackrock and profit is the only option. Options include parting out bits, increasing prices, lowering costs, adding more tee shirts and licensing a beer brand.
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    E bikes rampaging Toronto streets

    I can't get a straight story on whether homeowners' insurance would cover a motorized bicycle. Did the rider stop and how old were they? Can juvies be sued? Was the rider at fault or did the 3 YO run out in front of the e-bike? I assume it was a father / daughter I saw yesterday, riding two-up...
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    Hockey players acquitted

    "What I could have become" is a tough fight unless they had a contract in hand. Even those could have morality clauses that don't need a guilty verdict. They might get some traction on their rights being trampled without consent.
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    Hockey players acquitted

    In so many words, Hockey Canada pleaded guilty for them.
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    Hockey players acquitted

    Everyone got into a snit over JT's brownface. Consider the location of his right pinky if the other person wasn't playing the same tune. The whole subject is subjective. Could this case affect the players futures? Definitely, but how much depends on the percentage of the population is into...
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    Jokes

    Is that a pisstol?
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    RIP Hulk Hogan

    I knew a guy that was into it and he cautioned it wasn't something you just quit without suffering consequences.
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    If you're going to do a hit and run, go big or stay in the Marina.

    I had a 20' KMV. Great boat but I never tried motocross with it
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