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  1. crankcall

    Cuba...

    My wife won’t set foot in Cuba again , she found the street begging and hustling in Havana really off putting .I’ve been in Cuba a couple times and I love the place. But I can say no to beggars , you don’t go there for resort food and you need to keep your expectations in check . It’s a hard...
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    COVID and the housing market

    @ifiddles , it’s Cedar Springs , North Burlington off Cedar Springs road . They own about four hundred acres in there . Introductory seasonal house would set you back one point five mil or so . It is lovely, I was sledding up there yesterday afternoon before Super Bowl. They had their own ski...
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    Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?

    I also have the poor man’s version , hand crimpers and bags of rings @Mimico is welcome to borrow. This stuff has all come down in price lately for the basics kits . If you’re in the game you can spend thousands of electric crimpers and cutters and swedge enders , but nobody is paying me to do...
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    Cuba...

    So distance to Havana from Toronto is fourteen hundred ? miles and range on an AirBus three thirty is seven thousand miles , down and back twice, what’s the real story ? That said , buses ,taxis , food supply trucks will stop running in a week , going into Cuba right now as a tourist is a bad...
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    The Bad Drivers of Ontario Thread

    so what your saying is , it was really just a matter of time.
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    COVID and the housing market

    There are a few properties like @scubasteve's mom are in . CedarSprings community North Burlinton is similar , houses on large lots in the country, your plowing / pool / golf course are included in fees . Its a 100yr old condo corp, no mortages are allowed, if you decide to sell the property...
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    COVID and the housing market

    Ouch , that’s a big monthly tab. Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com
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    Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?

    paint the stringers to hide the shadow of where the bull nose should be , use some masking tape for sqeeze out control and pump full of DAP white caulk and call it done. Sawdust/filler and stain or finish mixed in will look like dog poo jammed in there .
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    Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?

    A. White caulking to fill the gaps B . Large pry bar and start over , those treads are all cut wrong . Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com
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    COVID and the housing market

    Moms condo is two bed , ten fifty sq ft and maintenance is just over [emoji637]k per month , they had a fifteen k assessment five yrs ago when the parking garage needed repair. It’s a well looked after building but the pool costs a small fortune and I never see anyone in it. When the time comes...
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    Stocks

    Twenty percent drop in Monopoly money . At least the Canadian dollar is backed by good intentions and butter tarts . Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com
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    COVID and the housing market

    And now people are offering ‘cash backs’ to anyone willing to take over pre close condos . One is offering five hundred k to get out of his three million condo . Thats some serious dumb money right there. Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com
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    2026 Olympics opening ceremonies

    In an international contest for wierdness , it was a winner. When I need an interpreter to tell me watch I'm watching , oy vey. The costume desiner for the Canadian parade team missed the footnote , they are atheletes , not background actors from a Dune remake.
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    Stocks

    Just watched a lady on CTV news, single mom three kids , took a one fifty LOC on her house to give to a private loan company to ‘invest’ for her. The first yr was great, now she’s not getting paid and still owes the bank . Her easy money plan stalled . From what I understand the guys going to...
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    TPMS on snow tires?

    Toyota $one hundred per sensor . That’s just robbery . Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com
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    Law Enforcement - The Good, The Bad, The Ugly.....

    they are up to 9 cops charged now , was speaking with a retired cop an hour ago . This needs to go to a public enquiry for any chance of accountability. some of the 9 will retire before this ever sees a courtroom
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    Law Enforcement - The Good, The Bad, The Ugly.....

    You can say GFY and wake up with a headache in a El Paso holding cell , or El Salvador , things are not normal enough to risk anything right now for ANYone . Unless your Billie Eilish and your mansion is on the stolen ancestral home of the tenga waga tribe , then by all means weigh in . I get...
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    The Bad Drivers of Ontario Thread

    Friend is a teacher at a local public school . A mom came in a 1pm to rage at the principal over how she had 'verbally diciplined ' her son. Principal told her if she surrendered her keys ( as visibly impaired) and walked away she could come back tomorrow am and collect them. She came back at...
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    Law Enforcement - The Good, The Bad, The Ugly.....

    Toronto Police involved on behalf of YRP . It maybe has a chance. 7 guys , one from the Guns and Gangs squad. The organized crime , corruption , interfearance with an open investigation , collution and gun charges can all be explained away as "deep undercover" . The couple of hits on...
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    COVID and the housing market

    The friendship should survive just fine , if everything is thinking like a grownup. They shouldn’t lean on you to finance their dream , and you shouldn’t over extend to make them happy . I’ve never been one to risk or over leverage the principal residence. I’ll dig out of other holes ( I’ve...
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