ster im glad your bus looks cool. im glad you coul walk thru it as well. if anyone deserves a win its you bro. keep drinking your milk as my mom would say.
Been looking at properties from the east coast to the west coast of Canada... the tiny limited access islands offer some incredible values.
The tough part is trying to crystal ball just how slow a life we’ll be content with as we get more sedentary. I Imagine hermiting on an island is pretty damn slow.
I’m weird af already... a few years of just me talking to baby goats on an island would perhaps be a step too far
Bought the 16" makita cordless saw today.. Ran2 loads of debris to the dump today for a total of 7500lbs. Never started my big saw. I am pretty happy overall.. Definitely have to prioritize Chain speed over torque but overall very happy.. Would recommend.
I know labor work is hard on the body, but kicking ass for a day and making almost $500 by running saws and driving good size loads in the truck and trailer is pretty fulfilling work compared to the bike shop.
i have five chainsaws and two are electric. but corded. i love those saws a lot and figure the battery saws would likely work quite well. but i have lots of angle grinders too and the battery ones dont work as well as corded.
i would look at milwaukee first out of personal experience bias. i own tons of dewalt power tools too but am frustrated with their track record of changing thier charging platforms. milwaukee for me has a preferable charging station and battery life record. for me. makita has let me down once too many times to continue buying their products.
i like islands, but my island life has only experienced haida gwaii, hawaii, new zealand and a buncha small ontario islands. and whatever you call new brunswick and nova scotia. haida gwaii would be awesome to retire on.
watching UFC pay per views in the middle of the day was unique. i won't ruin it but the fights were entertaining and surprising as well.
For cordless I like Milwaukee or Hilti. The rest of it is a second choice if you ask me.
SterMag: Happy you're happy with the Sterling Stool. How long until she sets sail?
i have five chainsaws and two are electric. but corded. i love those saws a lot and figure the battery saws would likely work quite well. but i have lots of angle grinders too and the battery ones dont work as well as corded.
i would look at milwaukee first out of personal experience bias. i own tons of dewalt power tools too but am frustrated with their track record of changing thier charging platforms. milwaukee for me has a preferable charging station and battery life record. for me. makita has let me down once too many times to continue buying their products.
i like islands, but my island life has only experienced haida gwaii, hawaii, new zealand and a buncha small ontario islands. and whatever you call new brunswick and nova scotia. haida gwaii would be awesome to retire on.
watching UFC pay per views in the middle of the day was unique. i won't ruin it but the fights were entertaining and surprising as well.
For cordless I like Milwaukee or Hilti. The rest of it is a second choice if you ask me.
SterMag: Happy you're happy with the Sterling Stool. How long until she sets sail?
I wanted to get into Milwaukee when I was young.... But dad was already so far bought into Makita that it didn't make sense for me to do anything but Makita to join him. Overall it's been pretty good. We have killed a single drill while drilling 1" holes in 1" steel. But that's pretty abusive.
I have given my grinder many a hot supper and my impact wrench is my absolute favorite car work tool.
Blower and weedeater are handy and easy to use so the wife can actually use them versus gas powered stuff.
Cheers... yes its super fun can’t wait to head out.
More good news dropped today, landlord found renters for our house so we’re out of it end of November... then we’ll find a furnished short term month to month rental. Likely leave January at some point. This legs going to need to marinate a while.
We were supposed to be leaving in like two or three weeks, but at this point I’ll just be happy to be doing it at all.
The thing feels open. Big. So its going to be a comfortable excursion.
Kanyes on rogan. I've come to realize and appreciate that there's brilliance in some of the music that yeezy made, and this podcast is galvanizing my opinion on the difficult relationship genius has with insanity.
Hopefully February and beyond will be decent...if they do ever open the borders we should rendezvous
Rendez-poos
Gonna be Fall 2021 at the earliest for to us head south I think as the spring and summer look like they’ll be pedal to the metal busy. This retirement life got rammajammed somehow.
You come north and we roll out the maple syrup carpet for you
Island lifer here. Retiring someplace like Hornby or Quadra Island would be nice. Powell river area would be good and is still comparatively cheap with lots of riding close by.
Island lifer here. Retiring someplace like Hornby or Quadra Island would be nice. Powell river area would be good and is still comparatively cheap with lots of riding close by.
Ferries still suck though
I just got back from a week on the Island (Vancouver Island, for those who don't know)! Unfortunately, didn't get any riding in... I had a lot of catch up reading to do on here tonight though! But speaking of Island life, yeah, I'd love to move out there too, but damn, prices are going up FAST. Everyone seems to be catching on and leaving the cities. The Comox Valley area is nice, lots of good riding around there. I'll have to check out Powell River sometime.
I’m in the Comox Valley we are definitely spoiled here that’s for sure. Luckily we got into the housing market 2 years ago and places are going for almost $100k more already.