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At least down here, even tho residential has been ridiculously high recently, commercial has been in the tank for several years. Not sure that it has actually gotten worse, as not much has changed hands. But what has sold in the last few years has been at 1/2 what it may have sold for 15-20 yrs ago. (same properties) And some (many?) of those still sit empty, as they were bought up by investors at those prices, but they are waiting for "the turn", but I'm just not sure that it is comming anytime soon, and for the reason that you mentioned. Sure, there is "all this work out there to be had", but you can't git the help to complete the volumes that you used to do, let alone take on more. So "expansion" just wouldn't be a reason to move to a different facility. I could see small shops being of more value as bigger ones tho, as this would be quite a time to go into business for yourself. If you know what you are dooing, and are willing to actually doo it yourself, and not count on hired help to doo the actual work - while you chase tail down at the watering hole, then there is a future for you out there. So the smaller properties would seem to be of more value to me. But again - not sure if much has changed hands at all the last few years. But I expect this labor shortage to remain for the next 10 yrs. I don't know what would happen to change that? Anyone that wanted to, could have made a LOT of bank in the last 2 years. If your job wasn't the type that had overtime available, there were forty-leven other places around that were begging for help, and they would have taken you in a heartbeat for as many hours as you were wanting. Half of second shift? SURE! Weekends? SURE! Those jobs are still out there yet, but I don't know that many are actively begging anymore, but have learned the reality of the market, and have been lightening their workload to better match their new/lowered capacity. But I am sure that anyone that actually wants a 2nd job, or overtime, can still git all they want - if they actually "want". BUT - if you plundered for the last 2 years, and bought stuff at accelerated pricings, and especially if you bought it on time, and are counting on "Stoopid" to last forever, then you likely will fail, and others will be happy to pick up the pcs. I have been wanting to pick up an ATV for a few years now, but honestly haven't had the time to ride one anyway. I just figgered that if the time comes when we have time to go, I can pick one up on the way to wherever we are going. 3-4 yrs ago my chum bought a brand new hold-over 570 Sportsman with fancy wheels and pwr steering for $6K out the bleeding door! BUT - we had to pick it up by EOB on 12/31.... So we had to drag a trailer with us on the way to go sledding in Colorado, and likely left a day sooner than we would have liked to - to make that happen, but eh... Try to buy that same ATV this last year? = LOL! I figger I'll be able to buy it "slightly used" next year (?) at a greatly reduced price again. I doo wonder aboot the issue of buying a machine with a lean on it tho? Just glad that I got a new sled back in '18! .

Vicariously.... .

Is it OK to drink a Molson in my driveway? I think y'all need to git a hobby.... .

I have no clue. .

Which year did you check it?

My main sledding chum actually mixes the rubber for the lions share of the torsion axles in North America for most of the last 20 yrs. He runs it for Dexter, and actually, their competition has been using such poor rubber mix, that Dexter has been selling the rubber to much of their competition for the last few years, just to try to save the good name of torsion axles. Not all have bought from them. I guess there is still a cpl of hold-outs yet. They have been running +3M # / yr, and likely blew past that this year. The RV slowdown JUST made it to his door this week. He's excited that maybe he can git some riding in this winter. Now the pressure is on me to get time as well....

Doo you back the second one in?

1 sled?

Have you had Dexter's doo this? Or other brands? .

440 fan doesn't scoot along quite as quick as an 850 Liquid. But I added a helmet light for that type of riding after dark. .

Pic of road: Doesn't matter what the road look like, the bunny huggers with ski's strapped on top of their Subaru's are still gunna go flying around you like it was July! I even took a ride in the back of an OPP cruiser, sammiched in the middle, skeered to death that we were going to end up in the drink, and there I was in the middle of the back, drowning in 2' of water! We did make it out alive obviously, but I don't run that stretch of road too fast.... .

Maybe it is an "out of country" issue? I tried it last night, and no-go then either. But it loads "complete" right away. I can reload, and it completes right away with a blank page every time. .

Link comes up as a blank page for me. (but I git the gist of it by now) .

Me and a chum spent a cpl days in a warm-up shack back in the 90's. We walked there b/c we knew there was a pot belleyed stove in there. We were glad for the [only partially crushed] empty's on the floor, so that we could cut them up and melt snow in them. .

Who is asking this? Any guys? I always find that any border agent that is giving a hard time, is some chic that apparently has a power complex. The guys see a cpl of rednecks in a truck with sleds on and don't find any concern there. Not sure how we throw up red flags to the chics? Our crossing was at The Soo as well. I crossed at Windsor - prolly 3 yrs ago aboot right now, and was going to Toronto. I had a Siemens CNC control that needed work, amnd a fella that I have dealt with via mail and internet in Toronto would doo the work for me, but I didn't want to wait for the post both ways, and besides, who knows if it would make it alive. So I drew a chick at Windsor, and I told her that I was going to T town to get my "computer worked on". "All the way to T Town to get a computer worked on?" "Yeah, well it's not your every day computer." Yeah, I got pulled over and had at least 3 if not 4 agents crawling all over my truck. ... whatever .... .

My . boy . eh? ... comming from Michigan to boot?

No?

You can leave your Wuhan Institute for Biological Warfare Flue cards home. Was up there aboot a month ago. .

Yup, looks like slush from here....

Well, don't feel too bad. There was one night when we were riding in the UP in the mid 90's and it was really late, and I'm sure that we were running on little sleep, and we just couldn't make it back to town. Started nodding off while riding through the trees wasn't a good plan, so we actually stopped for a bit to get a wink or two. (we were close to town) .

Just to place a helpfull post in this thread - after eyeballing all your pics: Since I see that you have had the moniker "Killswitch" for over a decade now, I can only guess as to the reason for the name. Helpfull hint: A rubber band under the kill switch solves unwanted killings. You can still kill it if you hold the button down, but if you happened to just bump it - it will just spit for a second and then continue. Unfortunately - a rubber band only seems to last one season these days. The quality of rubber bands has seemed to deteriorate over the years. .

I was wonderin' aboot that - on both accounts. Just couldn't tell if there was fence in there or not for sure. .

Any explanation as to why the deer just stood there?

That sounds like Brian Johnson? Who is taking the vids here?