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  1. crankcall

    How`s your house pricing doing?..

    We had a RockFish Bluetooth speaker setup , installed USB outlet in the same room , USB Mini transformer created so much noise the RockFish would not function. My first experience with that sort of stuff , I understand it’s pretty common. Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com
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    Family friendly vacations.

    @nakkers , I’m almost impossible to offend , but I will take you up on a pint . I’ll be in Niagara area more this summer , I’ll give you advance warning . Spousal unit feeding “her “ adopted donkey Sent from my iPhone using...
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    How`s your house pricing doing?..

    We had an electrician in the house for a fairly complicated project , logistically ridiculous ceiling fan , in chatting he said the proliferation of Chinese LED light fixtures and econo dimmers have become a serious revenue source for his service work . The Amazon lighting and Home Depot...
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    Family friendly vacations.

    I’m in Turks and Caicos maybe tomorrow depending on weather . Did you know as a foreigner if you build a house you pay no property taxes ? And they have wild donkeys everywhere, and my wife loves donkeys . This could get expensive. Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com
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    Family friendly vacations.

    Florida , Cuba , and now most of Mexico is out for me . I was in DR a week ago . I speak zero Spanish but was treated well enough . Bahamas ? Exumas has never disappointed me . Could be hard on the budget . Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com
  6. crankcall

    New boats $$$$$$$$$$

    Get a corvette that does twenty knots Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com mobile app
  7. crankcall

    Cuba...

    Black market gasoline is reportedly selling for seven bucks a litre . When you make fifteen dollars a month , you’re not going far. Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com
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    New boats $$$$$$$$$$

    surprising part about Tanzer both the 26 and 22 had a very minimal wetted area below the waterline so were actually pretty quick for the tubs they looked like , ironically when tanzer stopped designing his own boats , the 25 was a JN from France and the 31 was drawn by Cuthbertson of C&C. Even...
  9. crankcall

    New boats $$$$$$$$$$

    If a boat is beautiful enough you'll forgive all its flaws. If it's ugly you'll never stop looking for them. Anything that ever left the Tanzer, Bayfield, Oday shops come to mind . Oh and Grampian , built down the street from the C&C shop and Ontario Yachts ( the Viking line) . Must have been...
  10. crankcall

    Search and Rescue

    Clever lol Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com
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    Search and Rescue

    during Covid everyone discovered we have four beaches in Oakville and they all came to the beach . Blow up toys, kayaks , canoes , people that don’t swim . Seemed every third day someone was being pulled out . Then came the wave of personal water craft and tinny fish boats with no fuel gauges...
  12. crankcall

    New boats $$$$$$$$$$

    Your confusing value vs cost vs perceived value . Rolex tells time , fellow on the highway on a Goldwing gets to the next truck stop about the same time as the guy on a CBsomething , couple in a Tanzer sailboat are enjoying the same waves and wind I am on a C&C . Sent from my iPhone using...
  13. crankcall

    Cuba...

    I’ve been twice , once when Fidel was in control and it was a very poor but proud country, then a second time after Fidel when they had started to allow private business to expand and flourish. Things in Havana were looking up . With the Americans crushing things going back won’t be in the next...
  14. crankcall

    New boats $$$$$$$$$$

    None of these expensive toys get gyro stabilizers , they weigh too much and affect the “go fast” . They are becoming increasingly popular on the hundred foot plus cruising boats , cost are coming down . We looked at basic system for our race committee boat , twenty six ft boat would take a...
  15. crankcall

    New boats $$$$$$$$$$

    They are autoclaving sailboat masts , one hundred and forty ft goes into the tunnel . Never understood how much can be spent on fun sports . Wild Oats the hundred foot Australian maxi race yacht has been spotted in Newport with newly added foils . I’m told adding foils to that boat was around a...
  16. crankcall

    We Know you Ride, But do you Shoot?

    The orientation for Hamilton is about an hour or less, you'll have a 10 min conversation with your host who will tell you the important stuff and then a walk around the grounds where they will tell you how the place "works" . They are VERY safety conscience , as a result its a very safe club. If...
  17. crankcall

    Search and Rescue

    I just learned in the fall that Canadian Coastgaurd Trenton / Prescott is responsible for the search area Niagara to past Montreal and north into Hudson Bay . That’s a massive square to look after . Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com
  18. crankcall

    The "Official" Watch Thread and all Things Horological

    Eagle Star eventually became Squale, the Copenhangen watch is quite rare and collectible , as is the Waltham . However pocket watches have just fallen off a cliff for value. You may have more for metal value than watch value . The quartz watches are mostly junk (IMO)
  19. crankcall

    Search and Rescue

    we have a marine SAR team based in Oakville , 95% of "rescues" are idiots that ran out of fuel / batteries/ or inflatbale pool toys that once out of the wind shadow of shore take off for Rochester with little sally skippering. I give annually to thier fundraisers , in case some day I'm the idiot,
  20. crankcall

    Stocks

    Predators within the ethnic community may be the worst . People trust people with similar backgrounds and are so easily taken in. These investment weasels pray on people that feel comfortable dealing with a community. Its really sad.
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