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Congrats you two!!! Nina and I have managed to be married 42 years !! For me it was ... 3 with first spouse 28 with second spouse 11 with Nina Her's was similar.

awesome!

Confuse them? How can you confuse someone who is already confused? Ya, it's all your fault!

@Kretz ... fill out and submit another application today, then do another one tomorrow, then again the day after that, and on and on .... that should get you some action! LOL

Although I'm not riding anymore since I sold my bikes last summer, when I was riding I found that recently I was slowing down somewhat but generally I've always been a bit of an aggressive speedster. Not so much when I'm in my cage though; however, I don't like following anyone unless they're well ahead of me and staying there but if I find I'm gaining on them, I'll be looking for an opportunity to pass whether I'm on the bike or in the cage. I guess when riding the bike, I've always rode for the thrill of the ride rather than gawking at the scenery.

You're right ... I know 'dis ... and I should ... I should quit smoking too ... Vid wouldn't play on my system.

heh ... we've been on this topic so much I forgot what the original topic was about!

I know 'dis ... but try and convince Nina ... noooooo she said, we can't keep going! Get to those docks over there! She was freakin coz she's not used to boats or for that matter, heavy waves ... so I did what I was told like a good boy should in that case. I really wanted to head for the calm side (we were out about middle of the lake) but she insisted we not go there (that side is uninhabited). Oh well, it's all "water under the bridge" now (pun intended) LOL As for me, I'd have another boat in a heart beat. Love to get out and fish, explore, water ski, tubing, or just floating/sunbathing/swimming out on the water somewhere ... ya, even at 70 I still want to water ski even though I don't have the strength or stamina I should have for that activity!

ya, and a deep-V hull would have been much better. We didn't get swamped while out on the lake ... we were trying to get to a dock but I got a bit past it and couldn't turn around due to the waves so all we could do was beach the boat. That's when it got filled with water. Bottom of the hull got chewed up a bit on the rocks to the tune of $1200. Everything else was salvageable ... .just needed cleaning and put back together. We used the boat half a dozen times after that in the same year. Then we moved to where we are now and sold it in the spring of 2015.

he's talking about OAS, not CPP and he hasn't received it yet when he should have.

That SUX! Typical guvmint B/S Did you go through Service Canada or direct to whoever deals with OAS?

And it's also more desirable than our winters LOL

BOAT = Bust Out Another Thousand

We had a boat a few years ago .... got caught in a wind storm on the Shuswap and this happened ..... Wife said "NO MORE BOATS!" .... hmmmmm does a kayak count? (coz we bought two of 'em LOL)

Have you checked for a leak in the exhaust anywhere? If there's a small crack in the Y-pipe, for example, and it's sucking air, you'll get some backfiring.

In Canada we have CPP (Canada Pension Plan) & OAS (Old Age Security). A person can start getting CPP at age 60 but I believe it's 30% less than what you get at age 65. OAS automatically kicks in (assuming you apply for it beforehand) at age 65. Both Nina & I started receiving CPP around age 62 or 3 (the % drop is less than at age 60) and at age 65 we started receiving OAS. Having this extra income has allowed us to put extra money away for retirement, buy our 2013 Victory new and pay for it within 2 years, pay off my ex in a divorce settlement, maintain zero balances on our credit cards, and purchase our mobile home which, as of today, is paid for. Granted, we had to kick in some money from our incomes but a lot of these things would not have been possible without that extra money. Life is short. One never knows when their time is gonna be up. Like puc says .... better to have some than none. Enjoy life while your living has always been my motto !! I think about my ex's parents who lived a very simple life, never buying more than what was absolutely necessary, living in the same house they more or less grew up in, saving every penny they could. When they retired nothing much changed except they went to Reno a few times. By the age of 72 they had both passed on. They spent their whole life basically "without living it" only to leave everything they scrimped and saved to their 2 kids. It's ok to do that but IMO it's not ok to deprive one's self of a fulfilling life in the process.

"inexpensive" is only applicable to what we pay out of pocket. I am not disputing that and I suppose when one compares $2,000/month to $150/month, one could think of the latter being "free". But in reality what we pay out of pocket every month is only a small portion of what we really pay through taxation and I figure if we broke that down to an individual level we'd see that we're paying a LOT more per person through the taxes we pay that go to subsidize our health care system. Point being .... our health care is by far "FREE".

It's my understanding that the Value Added Tax was replaced with the Goods And Services Tax. We did not "see" the VAT but we now see the GST as it is added to the sale of every item purchased in Canada regardless who buys it. Even things imported across the border (when declared) have GST added. Those lights I bought, for example ... when I submit my declaration the guvmint will charge my credit card for the duty fees plus the GST. FWIW the duty fees on those amount to 5%. To speak more to your statement, those mirrors are $195.99 US on amazon.com. Converted to CAD they are $267.98. The Canadian amazon site lists them for $262.15 so it's apparent there is no "Value Added" tax on that. However, I do agree that our health care is subsidized thru taxation somehow. Considering the condition of many of our highways I'd guess they've taken all the gas tax and funneled it into the health care subsidy LOL (just kidding)

hahahaha ...

We'll be in FL in November thru Feb ... would love to hook up with y'all.

Good points and I can understand that. However, many things purchased off amazon.ca (the Canadian site) are sourced and shipped from USA and there is no multi-language packaging. Take these mirrors I just ordered for example. While the price difference is equal to the currency exchange, the shipping cost ($190) on the Canadian site is ridiculous and this item is sold and shipped from the exact same location. For me to bring this item across the border I would pay appx $45 in taxes and duties. That leaves $145 for actual shipping cost (190-45). Somebody is ripping me off as there ain't no way it cost that much to ship those mirrors. Oh, BTW, had I ordered it from the Canadian site, there would have been taxes added which is another 12%.

I'll be 70 in a month and a half. I'm still working and therefore I'm still covered under my employer's extended medical. That ends at age 70. I can't imagine what it would cost me to pay for that myself or even if I could get it. I know it will cost me just under $2,000 for 6 month's worth of travel insurance when we head south.

I think the saying is ... "I've got some ocean front property for sale in Utah ... or Colorado ... or Saskatchewan" LOL Regardless, if she comes through with that, you can be sure one way or 'nuther.... it won't be FREE coz nuthin that comes from guvmint is ever gonna be free! "guvmint" luv it! ... stole that from @camos LOL

Been down this road more than once but here I am again .... where you folks get the idea we Canucks have FREE healthcare is beyond me. We pay into a government health care insurance plan. Our premiums are $150/month for the two of us. It covers most things but not all. Those it doesn't cover can be very expensive. Prescriptions are not covered unless a person's income is below a certain amount which is basically poverty. Aside from that, many employers are enrolled with an extended health care provider for their employees. In many cases, the employeee pays the premium or a portion of it. This covers many of those things the government plan does not. For example, eye glasses, dentures, dental work, prescriptions, and much more. However, many of those things are not full coverage but rather, only a percentage. The individual pays out of pocket for what's not covered. So, kindly get the facts straight .... we DO NOT have FREE health care!