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Growing up in a single parent home there was never enough coin to invest so knowing how to was as important as knowing how to saddle a camel. We've done alright with real estate. Some complex family issues add to the problem. Right now the investment boat has enough fuel to get us to the other...

Years ago a guy I knew had the same problem and Ma Bell was dragging her but on getting him a new number. He started telling callers the company had gone bankrupt and he was only skeleton maintenance. He let the company know after a few days and his number got changed PDQ.

What percent of the population heard dinner conversations about how to survive instead of how to get ahead? The mathematics of $100,000 at 5% against $100,000 at 10% is moot if you can barely meet the rent. How many home buyers will be mortgage free by retirement?

A scary part on large object is "Subscribing" to a parking spot. Few urban homes have parking spots and the big yachty toys are expensive to trailer. Add a couple of grand a year for land storage, lots more in the water. Maintenance is a big tab and DIY isn't always an option.

Yup PM appoints the RCMP commissionaire. If the commissionaire wants keep his/her job they make use of the heavy duty paper shredder when asked by the PM. PM appoints the cabinet who in turn appoints the directors of the CRTC. Two degrees of separation and ethics be damned. Censorship. The...

Years ago there was a Bertram on a trailer for sale in Port Credit marina. A hull kicker had opened the hatches but never bothered closing anything. It had so much rainwater in it the trailer was developing a hernia. No one from the brokerage had bothered to pull a drain plug or close the hatches.

Management fees kick the snot out of the percentages.

According to a recent YouTube video on subscriptions the average household coughs up $300 per month. It is far better for the companies if they have a steady income stream rather than the python like huge meal and nothing for years. Tesla's self drive is over $100 a month. Push back seems to...

I was working for a company that had a similar phone number as the local bank. Wrong numbers were common. A techie was working late one night and when the phone rang he answered it with the company name but the caller apparently didn't hear. Caller: "I want to know how much money I have in my...

If the lake is a reservoir they can drain it completely to keep the Trent open. It happens so rarely people forget until they get to their cottage on a mud flat.

Some parts are a horror story. 3D printing may help with some but as I understand it there were VERY few spares made. I wouldn't be surprised if some Rune entrepreneur bought them all and cashes in as the Rune owners go to Ruin.

A contractor did a siding job and when it was finished the customer started pointing out near invisible flaws to negotiate a lower price. The contractor said he'd fix the flaws and ripped off half the siding. Then he said "Now let's talk renegotiation."

There's always the huff and puff types that tell you how important they are by stating their $XX million budget. Then ask them how much of their budget is going to you. 0.001%?

Posts 37 and 39 go together. It's easy to find customers but not ones that appreciate in principle and payment. Low price, fast service, quality work. Pick any two.

I had shared space in one of those. The landlord rented the upper and lower levels separately. Drywall doesn't dampen sound. I heard the household disputes.

He missed stepping in the full oil pan (Blush)

It's hard to call the bluff of the welfare bums. Aside from the hard work, the accommodations are often trailers, not the standard we expect. Changing the ingrained attitude of a slacker isn't easy or cheap. Sabotage is an easy out but expensive for the farmer. I knew a family that got a bad...

Around that time a bunch of co-workers bought minibikes and raced them up and down the road to the Don Valley Ski Centre. The Don Valley Grand Prix.

If the boat sinks just walk to shore.

Is the railroad still across it, just below the water?