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  1. crankcall

    Where to get a puppy?

    The Aussie part is a working dog , they want a job , busy and active when outdoors. And smart , if you want it to be that dog will be VERY trainable . Excellent choice . This is our current pair , boxer / Carolina dingo cross , adopted in Georgia ( that’s a three beer story) and the golden...
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    Coffee

    Its an OK espresso , we use Lavazza Crema beans which are not an espresso bean so it will never be perfect, but its not bitter or sour . We arent coffee snobs , we like what we like. I went to this machine because it does 15? coffees with little effort , all adaquet, none perfection. If I had...
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    Coffee

    I have peed on the side of every 400 series hyway in Ontario, taking an xxl tims along would then include looking for a place to take a dump. I dont know how you guys can put that much coffee in your system at once .
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    Cheapskates Corner

    excellent point , between house/cars/bike/boats , we spend a fortune on insurance. Bit of shopping can take a hundred bucks out pretty easily. My service fees for bank accts add up fast and I pay almost no attention . Lets not talk about my financial planners service fees , he track days a 911...
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    We Know you Ride, But do you Shoot?

    Alberta has formally prepared a plan to ban the ban for federal gun buyback on tbe stance gun ownership is a provincial law and the federal plan violates the rights of Albertans to arm themselves . The federal plan is unraveling slowly . If I had to guess the feds are trying to figure out how...
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    The "Official" Watch Thread and all Things Horological

    They are cool , I’m just too conservative to wear one . Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com
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    Cheapskates Corner

    In retail that’s known as blind product , people will drive two hours to save fifty cents on oil ( look at GTAM thread history) and pay triple for a bulb without even thinking about it . My circle of friends has started a wine chat where we look for lcbo clearance or end of lines and product...
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    Coffee

    My justification for the Jura machine , it’s completely programable so I have a sturdier grind and longer press through than my wife , we each have a button with our name on it . We can use the same beans and both get what we want . Yes it’s a little over the top , but when it’s one cup in the...
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    Coffee

    Coffee is very important over here , Jura S eight super automatic , makes a fantastic Americano and with a button wife gets a cappuccino’s, we use Lavazza creamy beans exclusively, after decades we agree on a bean. I keep a Nespresso on the boat , tbe aluminum pods don’t get buggered in the...
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    Marinating Steak

    @backmarkerducati , you pretty much nailed it . Sometimes a lower end cut is priced too well not to give it a go . And pepper and salt on that will be horrible chewy experience. You can eat the whole cow or just ten pounds , Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com
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    Smart watches

    if they have apple phones , apple watches just make sense. Otherwise Garman is very good , pricing is all over the map , Sail stores had some good black friday stuff . I do think with kids its important to get them the tech they WANT to use . I'm very specific when it comes to the things I want...
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    We Know you Ride, But do you Shoot?

    In the hundred year history of our gun club ( shotgun only) there have been two accidents involving old guys that should have quit. But the point here is accidents , nothing planned and zero criminal intent . Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com
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    Help shopping for skis

    I bought my mid week Glen Eden pass , I’m back to very mid level rec skiis with a very deep parabolic side cut , they almost initiate their own turns . I’ve packed up the giant slalom skiis , there are only about three runs in Ontario to enjoy them , after years of beating my brains out thinking...
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    Has the city lost it's mind...

    At the risk of sounding like old stock Canadian , my family were immigrants , two hundred and fifty yrs ago, I guess we blended in . Growing up we had a large community near us of newer Italians , they opened businesses and built or bought homes , threw great picnics . When I moved it was near...
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    COVID and the housing market

    It’s not just a rich vs poor gap, there are people with legitimate reasons they cannot go to work in any job that would be high pay , health issues , handicap challenges , whatever . They deserve help. Third generation in subsidized housing ? That needs an intervention. Sent from my iPhone...
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    Has the city lost it's mind...

    And renown and awarded author of the book “ the inconvenient Indian” just found out he has zero Cherokee ancestry and has been mislead his whole life . Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com
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    Marinating Steak

    Pretty hard to beat Costco for value . Highland farms in Hamilton is a close second , you can also get some good sales if you watch for it . Oakvilles Finest Butcher on Speers rd will get you the best prime and AAA available but it will cost you a fortune ( if you don’t do it often it’s pretty...
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    Marinating Steak

    There are literally a couple hundred recipes . My go to is a version of chimmichuri an Argentinian thing , whole bunch of celantro all chopped fine , mix with a bunch of mashed garlic and course salt and olive oil . Slather on both sides of the steak and put it in zip lock bag for a couple hours...
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    COVID and the housing market

    Also sad is three hundred k income is one sixty ? One seventy ? Take home , taxes to the tits . You buy spare mansions because the income will never slow down . As a career commissioned sales weasel I can tell you , some months I could buy a new motorcycle for cash , some months I was lucky to...
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    Canada Post - Huge losses

    CFO gets quote of the decade, "we need to do some things differently"
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