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Jan 20th 2018 | 3:26 am

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I just changed plans and we are driving from BC leaving today quickly to get through the pass tonight and hopefully beat the snow in the forecast for tomorrow.

I really don't want to have to deal with trying to put snow chains on for the first time ever....

Have a good trip!

Jan 20th 2018 | 4:44 am

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Have a fabulous time - safe travels!

Jan 20th 2018 | 5:28 am

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Bon Voyage JS!

Jan 20th 2018 | 6:23 am

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Enjoy the drive and the trip. Safe travels.

Last year I rented a car in France and had to get snow chains for it due to us going to a resort in the Alps. Ended up never needing chains and my UK and French cousins were so surprised when I said I had never used chains in Canada. Believe it or not there are YouTube videos on how to put them on. I think above about 70 km/h or so is not recommended but then you're likely driving on snow covered roads anyway.

Jan 20th 2018 | 7:44 am

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Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread

MIL flaked out on watching the house & aquariums so we have postponed leaving as its too late to leave today.

Jan 20th 2018 | 7:47 am

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MIL flaked out on watching the house & aquariums so we have postponed leaving as its too late to leave today.

Sigh.

Hope the snow stays away for you to still make the trip.. albeit later than hoped.

Jan 20th 2018 | 8:09 am

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Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread

I didn't think we had $1m+ houses in the area. I was wrong.

5250 sq ft, $1,295,000

Jan 20th 2018 | 10:43 am

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I didn't think we had $1m+ houses in the area. I was wrong.

5250 sq ft, $1,295,000

Nah, not for me thanks. All that money and they have a plastic surround bathtub?

Jan 20th 2018 | 6:24 pm

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Nah, not for me thanks. All that money and they have a plastic surround bathtub?

No lift either

Jan 20th 2018 | 11:45 pm

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I didn't think we had $1m+ houses in the area. I was wrong.

5250 sq ft, $1,295,000

That's a lot of cushions (photo 37).

Not my cup of tea house wise and to top it off it backs on to a golf course which would be the ultimate deal killer for me.

Looking at its location you'll be the taxi for your kids a lot. Public transit doesn't appear to be nearby.

Jan 21st 2018 | 12:04 am

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Not my cup of tea house wise and to top it off it backs on to a golf course which would be the ultimate deal killer for me.

Think of all those executive weekends for golfing enthusiasts you could host.

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Looking at its location you'll be the taxi for your kids a lot. Public transit doesn't appear to be nearby.

There is a bus that runs right down that road, astonishingly, every 30 minutes into Dieppe and on to the Mall. And another half hourly bus that passes the end of that road about 700m away so not as isolated as I thought at first glance.

The downside is there's a long driveway to plow, lots of grass to cut and the potential to be plagued by weeds. Maybe the odd golfball crashing through the window. "Can we have our ball back please?"

Jan 21st 2018 | 12:13 am

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The downside is there's a long driveway to plow, lots of grass to cut and the potential to be plagued by weeds. Maybe the odd golfball crashing through the window. "Can we have our ball back please?"

Where is your entrepreneur spirit? Look you collect all the golf balls that land on your property. You sell them on Kijiji or get the kids to set up a used golf ball stand. With the money you can make you can then afford to have the drive plowed, grass cut and weeds tended to.

Simples.