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Small dogs can be a problem in that they can get into places larger ones can't and find things they shouldn't have. They are more susceptible to the toxins people try to feed them, chocolate, anything related to grapes, onions, garlic and a bunch of other people food.

There are some vet cost comments in the Indian sols thread, my hijack. https://www.gtamotorcycle.com/xf/threads/indian-motorcycles-sold.233653/ Private equity is taking over the market so consider the costs with an older animal. I tend to be cynical so when I hear of someone rehoming an older...

I haven't aged well and today is a recouperation day from crawling around in the attic obstacle course yesterday. What bothers me is half the medical community says to stay active and the other half tells you to stop doing fun things

To be a candidate for a Tesla truck you need a pile of money and a desire to be weird. Tesla may have used up the world's supply of rich weirdos. A yacht design book stated that if a boat was good looking enough the owner would forgive the faults. If the design was ugly he would never stop...

Our daughter got a ton of them from her grandmother but with her being a minor we had to pay the taxes that were generated. Since we had a mortgage that couldn't be written off, we got her to cash them in and we borrowed from her to pay off a big chunk of debt. Everyone won except the...

In some cases it's a reality check when a private company with a solid reputation gets bought out and slashing occurs before the tarnish appears on the reputation. Maytag could be an example. Can you blame the original fair-minded owner when after a lifetime of diligence, he gets offered a...

I wouldn't touch a flipped and tarted up house. I might not like their choice in colours of expensive stonework and workmanship is usually marginal. Use cheap thinset and tiles come off like Post-it notes. The house could look like new but there is no warrantee on anything. Bondo gets used...

Locally, some casual friends sold their bungalow for 98% of asking price in ~2 weeks. Good location and modernized. Fairly priced. They've already got a new one so good for them. I could have been tempted if it wasn't for the $300K to $400K hurdle. Another listing nearby is a financial question...

I read a short story about a company that replaced their CEO with a very realistic cyborg, letting it run the annual meeting by programming it with every corporate detail. It worked well as it answered questions on sales forecasts, growth, dividends, policies, profits and more. Then a little...

Canada Savings Bonds were discontinued in 2017 because they lost $58 million. Can you imagine CP doing any better? Paying people to bankrupt you isn't a good business plan.

It's easier to keep a customer than try to get one back. A rotating strike is more annoying that a full strike. CUPW has shot most of their toes off but doesn't seem to be running out of ammo to promote their hissy fits.

The maddening part of threads like this is that while a rider shops for an extra bike the insurance company execs shop for bigger BMWs from the multiple premiums they collect. I once had three bikes all licensed and insured. I was prepared to sign that no one else rode my bikes. They were...

Sales has its budget and service has theirs. Service doesn't do anything without getting paid. They don't care if the money comes from you or the rep that sold you the vehicle, but it comes from somewhere.

Leave the battery in the car. Eject the passengers.

Good thread. Love triangle biker style.

RBC I left them because of their disjointed robo virtual assistant. When I got a draft and some cash to clear out the account, I told the flesh and blood teller it wasn't because of her or her coworkers. It was their robo assistant. A few days later I got an email from their robo assistant...

A buddy had an appointment with his lawyer the next day but gets a call from the lawyer to cancel the appointment as the lawyer was held up out of town. Buddy got a bill from the lawyer for the long distance call.

"We are experiencing a high volume of calls but your call is important to us....blah, blah, blah." Now listen to the crappy music or worse, ads you can't escape from without losing your place in line. They aren't experiencing a high volume of calls. They are understaffed and it's more...

Part 2 on this is what do we do about repeat offenders? Multiple convictions listing DUIs, uninsured, driving suspended, careless driving, stolen car etc. The only three things that I can think of that would guarantee no future driving would be permanent incarceration, execution or some form...

The family took over the place in ~1966 including the mortgage. There was also a second mortgage of a few thousand. The house would have been built ~1960.