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Repeating myself but I bought an industrial condo in the 1990's recession for $42 a square foot. I thought I got in on the ground floor then six months later an identical unit went at auction for $26 / SF. Bigger units went for $19/SF. Mortgages were ~11% but if you had the cash or cash flow...

Unregulated trades, roofing in particular are all over the place. Good luck with quality, warranty and liability to injured workers (No WSIB) Ethics? Choose carefully, not all are bad but if something goes wrong who loses heir house?

Personally I think the market is healthier now that the flippers and gougers have thinned out. There is time to think and study. No blank cheque required. Leave the rose tinted glasses in the drawer. Like the stocks, timing has its risks but at least one can take a few days to study options to...

Honestly, that read like people insurance for a lot of Americans. Instead of high premiums and co pays they just deal with things as they come. I doubt many of them save the tax difference between here and the USA. I asked one grass roots type what he'd do if hit with a large expense and he...

We had a guy look at our mid-century bathroom reno and he quoted $13,000 plus materials for basically a new tub and tiles. When we got the written quote he had totally ignored everything we specifically asked for. If he didn't listen before he got the job would he listen after he had a...

Anything you do helps but the cost effectiveness is the issue. You can add various types of weather stripping, automatic door bottoms, drapery, etc but sometimes doing it right is long term cheaper.

Where is Elliot Ness when you really need him? (Sadly he succumbed to media enhancement as well) Seriously, The RCMP is no better. Why don't we stand up to the politicians doing the cover ups? Is it a conspiracy theory to suggest that with a huge percentage of the population being in the...

I put a sidecar on a bicycle and had trouble staying away from ditches and curbs. When riding a bicycle you keep it upright by steering in the direction it is falling. After you learn that it you don't even think about it, it's automatic. When riding on a crowned road the sidecar, and I assume...

Get used to going into ditches until you learn that it's OK to lean while going straight.

Early air cooled VWs are similar. $1600 new but now add a zero or more. Their buses are even more.

Private equity is going after the largely unregulated pet care market. PE doesn't have a good reputation for much besides profit. RSA insurance tried the pet insurance years ago and it didn't go well. IIRC they had to pay someone to take the business off their hands. Costco will handle some...

They wouldn't care unless he was wearing blue. Five or ten years later he is exonerated and gets $10M from the taxpayers, not the blue team.

Will there be a geometry problem with rigid insulation at the panel hinges as they move around the curved track? The springs have a lot of retained energy. Listen to oi oi oi. Easily a DIY job but not a hold my beer project. I assume you have an opener. Does the weight affect any safety...

Too many could be's and critical mass has too many horses already out of the barn. :(

We resent insurance when it doesn't get used. It might go down better if you had a lot of un-insured pets, so many that no one notices if one doesn't come back from a walk. :(

My daughter's cat does't have medical insurance and the last year has been very expensive due to kidney issues after 13 years of purring away. My daughter figures she's still break even, considering how much she would have spent on premiums and deductibles. A friend has a hidden fence and...

I might try putting in a new bathroom sink today. It's too bloody cold to go outside.

Owner claims he's not the only one. Years ago the neighbor of a friend did a illegal curb cut, the city noticed and restored the curb.The owner protested saying he wasn't the only one, giving the inspector a list of all the other nearby infractions. The inspector said "Thank you. It'll save me...

Kinda sucks for the fundraising but calendars are very predictable as to the number of Friday 13th there are in future years. Save some of the pogey for the slow years.

The subject appeared before but has anything happened to the laws? In one case in Toronto a person bought a property and was told the fence on one side was in the wrong spot. Once you have the paperwork you can apply to get the fence moved. The guy on the other side of the fence fought back...