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    What are you reading?

    Last summer I went to France to visit my great grandfathers grave who died on May 28th 1916 - outside of Arras. First part of he trip was visiting the places he fought with the 1st Btn East Surrey Reg. (Ypres, Mons, LaCateau, on the Marne and on the Aisne). it was very humbling. The second...
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    COVID and the housing market

    LaSalle Ontario or LaSalle Quebec?
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    Marinating Steak

    I know many farmers........many white ones........no poor whites ones. Most were Dutch cattle farmers and the others were Greek poultry farmers and those guys were loaded!!!
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    Retired and back to motorcycling

    I love that bike........that is something that Honda needs to bring back
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    Installing crash bars on Triumph Tiger Sport 660

    Big shout out to Paco T for selling me the Givi crash bars for my Tiger! It was a pleasure meeting you and good luck on the balance of your CPA exams buddy!! Finding these bars was the easy part. These things are a PITA to install. The 'instructions' only show 1/2 the story and I had to damn...
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    TV shows currently watching

    The Walking Dead Fear of the Walking Dead Dead City Daryl Dixon True Detectives Shrinking Your Friends & Neighbors The Waterfront Tires (my mindless travel series - that and Letterkenny are my airplane series) Task Black Rabbit Man on the Inside The Morning Show Band of Brothers The Pacific...
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    COVID and the housing market

    Pulling an RRSP is not the way to go.......total last resort. he is going to be split roasted between the Bank and the CRA
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    COVID and the housing market

    I am downtown and houses are still moving - I have 4 houses being built on my street right now. Bungalows being sold for $1M - $1.2M and being town down for new builds. Once you get into North Burlington (Milcroft and Alton Village) it looks more like Milton South than Burlington North...
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    Marinating Steak

    Take steak out of fridge and bring to room temp (45min to 1hr). Light covering of olive oil then a bit of coarse salt, fresh ground pepper. On BBQ or stove, heat up cast iron pan put in dollop of butter and when it just starts to bubble put in the steak and cook for 3-4min per side depending...
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    COVID and the housing market

    COVID threw a wrench into the housing market. People from Toronto wanting to get out of the city and own some dirt, WFH people moving to rural areas for cheaper digs or bigger house and more land for the same price. Either one decimated the local rural housing market - how can a guy working in...
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    Risk understanding and management

    Back in the day roof hopping in NE Hamilton was a thing. Did not know of anyone falling but came close a couple of times. not sure what i was more afraid of - falling or getting caught by an angry Tiger Cat fan
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    Risk understanding and management

    Did your big brother not tell you. The ugly sister is always the fun one!
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    North American International Motorcycle Supershow - Jan 9-11, 2026

    2026.....longer day rides and a trip around Georgian Bay and the NY Finger Lakes Region Show - Looking for a summer mesh jacket (do not want to go through another summer of my leather Triumph jacket and sweating all the time), also want to pick up some type of comms to talk and listen to...
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    Riding Down Under - Tropical Cairns Australia

    My daughters are on a 8 week NZ and Australia tour and just drive from Cairns to Port Douglas to snorkel the great barrier reef. My wife and I did a 3 week NZ tour in July - from Northlands to Dunedin and Te Anau then made our way back to Auckland. The entire time I was thinking what an...
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    Moto Social events

    I went to two of the Hamilton Moto social events and they were pretty good. I have no real interest in going into GTA, and since COVID I think I have been into Toronto proper maybe 3 times and to be honest it was 3 times too many. Just cannot handle the traffic - the older I get the less FK's...
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    What did you do in your garage today..?

    Not today but in the dark nights of winter (after I put away the compound bow and climber) I am planning on installing some mods to the bike: - Givi Hand Guards (en route) - OEM heated grips (picked up today) - Crash bars (TBD)
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    Why Is Motorcycle Oil So Expensive?

    I paid $25/Qt for Castrol Power 1 and the bike takes 4 and 1/4 qts :cautious:
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    Comm's in helmets

    I am looking for something that will allow me to listen to music while riding.....what does everyone use? I am using a Shoei RF-1400
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    Share your fondest memory of motorcycling

    Hot summer nights in Hamilton where my dad would take me to the Derry Queen on Main and Holton for an ice cream on his '74 CB350. One time he also bought a Banana Split for my mom and it was my job to hold it on the ride home (I was maybe 12 at the time). Anyway a car full of teenagers were...
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    Quad Lock Black Friday Sale

    Took advantage of that already - wireless charging wired into switched power and anti-vibration mount.
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