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I like to look at listings even when I'm not bored! :)

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I am not always bored when working....

For those who can buy a house there are a lot more options available vs renting affordability wise.

Rents in that region are lower vs Vancouver but not really affordable due to wages being lower at least in the jobs I can potentially get.

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What do you think of this low key, modest entry level home. Not my cup of tea.

https://torontolife.com/real-estate/...ughan-mansion/ (original article from 2013)

https://torontolife.com/real-estate/...esbury-avenue/ (2016 update after it didn't sell)

https://goo.gl/maps/Std6ct69bL12 (location..this area is full of 'new money' homes)

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I dont care for 1 or 3. 2 would be okay if it was move in ready, the design isnt horrible. But for a tear down not my cup of tea.

Seems like Vancouver there where a modest old house ready for tear down are over a million.

I would imagine the mansions of Vancouver are a pretty penny too.

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I'll have the house, you can have the gates.

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The gates may be worth more than some places in Moncton !!!

Pretty ghastly exterior and an interior that only the Donald may feel at home in.

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The 2nd one is very very similar to my old house in England.. internally (well, the lounge and a bedroom or two anyway, lol)! Now that's made me miss it! :D

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Can't figure out if that roof was built after or was only half built. The kitchen is right out of the 70's.

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A word about the prostate gland:

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I borrowed the gates.

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/british...c70e73ef04.png

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Its hot week. On 🔥 today.

Enviro Canada says 24 but its gotta be warmer, I do beleive they take the official temp at the airport here but closer to the water and of course away from the ramp and all the concrete.

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Temps are taken in the shade...usually at midday. In the sunlight and later in the afternoon they will be much higher. When I lived in New Jersey the hottest part of the day was between 4 and 5 pm.

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As of 1pm up to 25 but now they have a humidex reading as well which shows 30. So suppose that is why it feels so warm.

Better then my moms. 46 there. 42 in Phoenix where my sister lives and its cooler today then the past few days.

My dad in San Diego its currently 25.

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Air is smokey and smelly today. Forest fires I assume.

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https://www.cbc.ca/life/home/this-59...sale-1.4759843

A bargain..only $59 million for the prestige of living in Oakville. Is this the home of the owner of Mattamy Homes or is that another house?

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Owned by a British expat:

http://theinvidiatacollection.com/ma...chelster-hall/

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And while we are on that subject:

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One of many reasons I dislike condos.

Elevator is broken again. Broke sometime overnight.

The parkade has no stair access from inside the building. One way stair access leads out of the parkade but no way to access it from the street.

As we rent we dont have a stairwell access key so cant leave the building to go check to see if my fob will work at the parkade entrance as there are 3 doors to go through and if my fob does not work to open parkade from the street then I am stuck outside for who knows how long.

I am going to be late for work and lose money on wages because of this.

Taxi isnt an option as payday is next week.

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Finally got 1 elevator up at 630. Only 3 hours late for work.

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Sounds like a fire escape nightmare. Not sure how many stories are in your building.

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EMT, police, fire, I don't see how it's legal to lock people in a building like that. The fire marshall made me remove all the bolt and bar hardware used to secure the building at work years ago. All the exit doors have to have functioning crash (push bar) hardware so there is no deterrent to anyone leaving and little to prevent the 911 squad breaking in.
Edit: I re-read the initial post and realise the problem isn't leaving the apt. Jsmith you'll have to get a key for the stairwell or the parade from the landlord; tell him you have to be able to get to work to make his rent money.

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There is no issue exiting the building. Problem is all the stairs lead to the street. There is no stairwell that can access the parkade.

The parkade stairs lead to the street but are alarmed one way exits for emergency. You can escape from the garage but there is no way to access the parkade via stairs.

The only way to access the parkade is via elevator.

It was the same in the last 2 buildings we have lived in. Can escape the parkade via stairs to street but cannot access parkade via stairs only elevator.

Its the 3rd time in under a week the elevators have stopped working.

The building is compliant with code as there is no issue escaping the building, its getting into the building and parkade that is the issue.

Its 4 floors plus ground level retail and 3 below ground parking levels.

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Palatial !

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Downside to working weekends cant go to some of the fun events that happen around town.

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Air Canada had a plane waiting for ground crew for half hour today before a crew brought it in.

Happens often with AC and Westjet.

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It can be the pits getting up that early.....I get up at 3:30am, and out the door by 3:50am and walk into my workplace at 4:25am to clock in, luckily at that hour there is no traffic so the commute is very predicable. I work until 2:30pm home by 3:30pm and in bed by 6:15pm.

Upside is 3 days off a week.

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Money can't buy happiness.
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/british...b6ee08b7e.jpeg

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Cloud formation from the Redding, California fire.







Some video here.

https://www.sfgate.com/california-wi...s-13117049.php

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But as my old aunt used to say ‘at least you can be miserable in comfort’.

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Anyone ever eaten Turtle?

I just watched a video of catching, cleaning and cooking a snapping turtle.

Interestingly they missed out the 'killing' part but having watched I can see why. It didn't exactly look dead when :lol:

The end result looked a bit like Rabbit.

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Nope, that would be crossing my line, which is drawn - metaphorically - under frogs legs.

Have you ever eaten it?

Very astute use of the 'spoiler' tag, by the way. :thumb:

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Not turtle, no. Frogs legs and snails yes. And very nice rabbit in a restaurant near the flower market in Nice. And delicious goat in a Greek place well off the beaten track.

Now for dessert.

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AeroMexico had a plane crash Tuesday, an Embraer 190, 4 crew and all passengers survived.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/a...senger-n896521

I guess in these modern times more and more videos will appear from inside planes during an accident, suppose these videos are of some use to investigators.

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Stepson made a cake for his sister today. When he thought it would be done, he checked it only to discover it needed more time so he put it back in the oven for another 5 minutes, another 5 minutes, another 5 minutes....
Then he discovered the reason it hadn't finished was because he turned the oven off the first time.
:lol:

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Venezuelan president Maduro survived an attack by an explosive drone and claims that he was protected by God and a shield of love, and that these attacks by his enemies cannot succeed..... but on CBC news their report cites a fireman at the scene who claims the explosion was a gas cannister exploding in a nearby apartment. Looks like a politically expedient miracle.
Edit: After watching the video on RT there are 2 distinct explosions, the second occurring after the bodyguards have lifted the armoured shields around Maduro. Now I wonder if there was a drone that missed the dais but hit the apartment, detonating their cooking gas cylinder. causing the secondary explosion.
2nd edit: Or the first gas explosion triggered the detonation of the apartment dwellers' spare cylinder as well.....
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/drone-e...uela-1.4774711

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Power cut this afternoon. 3 hours without it...just beginning to worry about sleeping tonight and it came back on.

Apart from when a power line to the house was down one winter (one of the wall sockets still worked) I think that's in our top three longest outages. :thumbup: Not sure we ever exceeded 4 hours.