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I get it, but it still burns alittle when it costs $50 to use $20. Car washes are pissing me off lately too. $5 to start and the soap doesnt flow for the first half of the cycle. By the time it does you have just enough time to add another $5 to rinse. lol

My house has always been a duplex. It gave all our kids their first taste of independence while having a safety net. It started off with a limited number of free bag tags but that vanished quickly. No more freebies

The slight of hand by the powers that be make me sick. more so now with all the attention on spending waste. Water, sewage and waste management were all part of property taxes years ago. Someone announced property taxes were not going up one year and we suddenly had water meters and bag tags to pay for. And how the heck does it cost more for delivery of gas and electricity than the actual cost of what we use?? Isnt that like a woman wanting to be compensated for time, cloths and makeup to show up for a date?? WTF I like my bacon crisp, not burnt. My bacon seems to be burnt alot lately.

Best way to go for me just because I turn my own wrenches. When I'm ready to buy I'm also ready to go pick one up as soon as I make contact with the seller. Find the best deal, be there first with cash, negotiate and get a bill of sale for a couple grand saying "as-where is". Now your another grand ahead of the game. I do this every year and sell before the end of the season. If I still want to ride I jump on the ol' back up sled. Most years I can recover my expenses completely and had fun with a different sled each season. The grand saved pays for pre season maintenance, trail pass insurance and even fuel if you get a good deal on purchase price. Every year I tell my wife I'm done with sleds but as summer goes by I forget the pain they cause me. lol

Most guys I know bought turbo's and immediately went to work making them straight line sleds. The tinkering is the fun part, the thrill is short lived. It's like a jet ski on an inland lake. It's fun for about 10 minutes. This on the other hand, looks fun. Trust you pilot.

That would be me....and I no longer gamble. lol

For 25 years we never locked our doors and never a problem. Then the "invasion" happened. We had to replace our hardware because we couldnt find a single key to anything. Now we cant leave anything in sight. Even shovels, brooms and auto snow brushes vanish. Sad times we live in.

A buddy was a used car dealer that offered 3rd party insurer's. At the time, he said successful claims were rare and advised people to read the qualifications closely

Enron and Nortel for me. Had a small inheritance invested in Enron with other family members. Bye Bye. On the advise of a close friend I escaped Nortel for the most part. That was the end of of me ever trusting anyone but me with what little I earn in life. A close friend did well day trading and always pushed me to jump in. Poor guy was single with no kids and all but vanished into trading. Lost his mind and his friends.

Whats the ol' sayin?? Gotta have it to risk it? I'm trying to retire and be able make sure my wife is well taken care of if she were left to fend for herself. If I gambled and lost I wouldnt do well with that. I seem to feel like I never have enough to risk at my families expense. Maybe if I play the lottery?? lol

Any guess's on whats going to happen to the used market? I already see independent contractors that experienced booms during covid sell off toys recently. Some folks are starting to insulate themselves from what may be coming down the pipe. I spoke to a fella yesterday that wants his wood stove up and running again. He sold his house in the city and moved to the cottage. Said he had a good run but it was time to scale back. He owns a plumbing business and laid off everyone to downsize. Sold everything until he can establish himself in his new location as a one man operation with a mattress full of cash and no debt. Said he had a few investments that may or may not survive but he was certainly not going to invest his retirement anytime soon. I did the same back in 2008. I will never be rich, but me and mine will never need and not have. Stay rich in local trade partners for the basic needs and life will be good.

Springs are relatively inexpensive and an easy "diy" job if they indeed need to be replaced. If the dealer thinks they are fine then I would tend to trust that they dont want the liability of selling a known dangerous sled. Princess Auto sells Honey Goo thats very similar to Fluid Film at half the price. Inspect it, spray it, send it.

Nice....but too clean for what I'd do to it. lol I had a Formula deluxe until recently. Known as a sleeper sled with the electric start and reverse and hang with the best of them across the lake. I still have my old Poo XC700 SP too. I beat the old stuff up when snow is low fall and spring. Mud, gravel, rocks, stumps, they dont care. Just need a little lube on the slides once in awhile. Great fun.

We need a Yamidoo. My wife had an old Apex and I had a Yamicat zr7000. I was happy with the power of both and they sounded like muscle. I enjoy the creature comforts of new tech, but an old tripple/tripple still puts the biggest grin on my face.

Another foot or so in the last 24 hours. Took an hour to clean up 2 vehicles and no snow removal yet. I dont know how any plastics on our vehicles are still attached. The sidewalk plow leaves a mound as does the road plow. I got sick of trying to move the heavy shyte and just get a run at it for the last week.

We asked for it. Good ol fashion winter. White out's suck after you count to 30 and still cant see past your wipers, especially on roads like hwy 11. I cant count the times this year I've had to stop and push snow off my windshield while trying to get to customers with no heat. Traction mats, 100'snatch strap, come along, shovel and a bucket of stove ash in the van. Good thing about fresh powder daily is there's always snow removal equipment of some sort going by if you need a tug.

You could head out High or spence street to Carlisle, go south to bruce road 3 and pick your way over to highway6. Any roads running north/south might be nasty until you get further inland. Depends how motivated you are. Winds are still westerly 30kms. Highway 21 seems like it's been closed for a month now. Thats about how long my grandaughter has been off school. lol

Thats alot of driveway. You must hate the windy days. lol I think I burn more gas in the snowblower than my wife does in her little Honda CRV

I have a small lot in town and I cant move now, Banks at the end of the drive are ten feet tall and I already paid someone to take some snow away. lol I'm in no rush to buy another sled. I hate borrowing a sled because if it breaks I feel responsible to replace it that day so the person wont be off the trails waiting for repairs or worse...insurance. We have a big shop in the country close to the trail so we have family and friends sleds around for the winter. My wife and I had a couple out the other day to assist with suspension setup for the owners. It always makes me nervous using someone else's stuff. My wife likes to go fast and I swear she broke 100mph multiple times while road running coming home on Friday.

It's been awhile since we've had this much snow. I have to stand at the end of driveway and let my wife know when she can back out. Snow banks around town are out of control.

On a sled. I still have an ol' Polaris xcsp700 and access to other sleds. I rode an xcr650 and my wife rode an X800. She rarely rides anymore but had fun. We did alot of road running as she got tired on the way back. Plenty of snow on the roads.

I was through Meaford, Thornbury and up on the mountain behind Collingwood yesterday. Snow snow and more snow. It's been snowing here all day today and supposed to keep snowing til Tuesday night.

I used to have one of those. lol. I ran her over 18,000 miles then swapped for a low miles RXL. Ran great when it left other than it popped a plug once a week or so. RXL was about the same. Our crew lived on our sleds nearly every night.

Thats good news. I was never actually without a sled. Just sold the latest one I had purchased.

More money than brains. I was looking at a 24 left over yesterday for 24k Canadian. That one is nearly $150, 000 Canadian. I'm just busting open the crate and riding it anyway.