Recent content by Gaoler

I know a guy who accessorizes his bike exclusively with stuff from aliexpress. No problems yet..

1986... On my way out the door to my Joy Division cover band audition... ;) ..wearing a skinny tie. In the garage today..? 'Looking for my %#@*&! snow shovel...!

I don't care what anyone thinks.. I still look sharp wearing my white linen Miami vice sports jacket with the sleeves half rolled up.

At least a dozen different calibers and as many or more variations/

What caliber?

I don't watch TV much at all, but I have been tuning in to the latest series of "Canada's Ultimate Challenge" ...only because one of the competitors is a co-worker of mine. 😀 *he's actually the second one of us to be on that show...

I wish I was as optimistic as you 'Ghost... The cons won't do s***. At best they'll just leave things as they are now. The Harper gov't didn't do ANYTHING with the long gun registry until they had one foot out the door and even then it was axed based on cost alone, not some "standing up for...

The feds never intend to "buy back" these firearms... There are already other classes of firearms that have been prohibited for decades that have remained in private possession. These guns are effectively under house arrest. You can keep them, you just can't take them out of your house. Owners...

So... with the OICs of late... how many newly prohibited firearms are y'all sitting on. Personally, with the latest OIC I'm up to four. Over $8000 worth if firearms I can no longer legally use.....And yet gun crime continues unchecked in this country.

Another reality is, wether you like it or not here are often collective agreements in place and contracts to be adhered to.

Here's the thing though... You either have innocent until PROVEN guilty for EVERYONE or no one. 'Seen MANY cases of guys getting suspended (with pay) and in the end it's determined they did nothing wrong. Add to that the occasional malicious persecution/suspensions launched by shady and corrupt...

My ride to BC this year will be a mix of camping and hotels. Provincial parks, municipal campgrounds, hotels, motels... 'Have done it before... Nice combination of "roughing" it and living like a human being.

I agonized a long time over switching to a modular before finally buying a Shoei Neotec. I like it. I wear it "closed" probably 50% of the time. Mostly when at highway speeds..

^^this. Last year I ended up sleeping in my car in a truck stop parking lot in White River...Lol.