And a Trudeau carbon tax that increases annually will only add to household budget problems.
The cost of owning a home has gone up all across Canada, as have rents in big cities. And the bad news for would-be homeowners is the cost of living just keeps rising, too.
experts say some of the basics — housing, food, energy — are going up at a rate that threatens to overwhelm household budgets.
FOOD
Sylvain charlebois, a dalhousie university professor of Food distribution and Policy, said a recent angus reid Global survey conducted with the university's agri-food analytics
Lab found three out of every five canadians see food security and affordability as one of the most important issues in this federal election.
"the results point to how much canadians are under pressure financially," charlebois said. "Vegetables are up 18% year to year, overall we're looking at an increase (in food prices) of over 2.5%, which is actually a little higher than the core inflation rate." the costs of buying meals outside the home, common when people work outside the home, are up 4% this year, he said.
"It effects everyone every single day," charlebois said. "People are looking at prices way more than ever before. On average, the canadian household will spend anywhere between 10%-15% of its budget on food," charlebois said. "Food affordability was barely mentioned during this campaign, so absolutely I do think this is a disappointment."
HOUSING
Josh Gordon, Simon Fraser university assistant professor at the School of Public Policy, said the housing market in toronto, as in Vancouver, has decoupled from the local labour market.
In other words, it's very difficult to purchase a home on a regular salary.
Foreign investment in real estate is the main driver of this disconnect, as a substantial portion of the money available at any one time to buy a home is coming from non-resident investors, he said.
Local residents then find themselves competing with professional salaries for the so-called "cheaper" properties, he said.
"there has been a recognition in this campaign about the problems with foreign ownership," he said. "the Liberal Party has put forward some version of a vacancy tax that applies mainly to non-resident non-canadians ... and the ndp has announced the potential for a foreign-buyer tax that's applied broadly. but neither proposal addresses the dynamic of decoupling and foreign ownership nearly as effectively and aggressively as they could."
the conservative proposals, to review the mortgage stress test and allow 30-year amortization periods, shows no appetite to tackle the issue of foreign ownership, Gordon said.
ENERGY
dan Mcteague, a petroleum/ energy industry analyst, said Liberal government rebates offered in exchange for putting a carbon tax on fuels, like gasoline and natural gas, only cover the added cost if everything remains average — the temperature in winter, the number of kids in a family.
"thank you for the $300 but if this year I'm using 70 litres a week taking my four kids around, I know full well that most of us are going to wind up with less than we began with and that's likely to be disruptive and it's likely to lead to a significant problem with affordability, especially when it comes to home heating," he said.
People will also likely be expected to cover additional business costs for moving items around like food to grocery stores, he said.
Liberals would keep and increase the price of the carbon tax while offering rebates to offset the costs for the majorities, ndp would continue with the Grit plan but end the exemptions for large polluters, and the tories would kill the carbon tax.
Ever since Trudeau forced his carbon tax on Manitoba what we pay for necessities has shot up.
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But, it subsidizes China.
I notice the price of grapes has gone up so much over the last few years,
This month my monthly bank fee will go from $13.95 to $15.95 and they make it sound like it's for my greater good.
"Thank you for choosing to bank with us. We pride ourselves in listening to customers like you"
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"Thank you for choosing to bank with us. We pride ourselves in listening to customers like you"
Fees for fucking what?
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"Thank you for choosing to bank with us. We pride ourselves in listening to customers like you"
If you have under a certain amount?
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"Thank you for choosing to bank with us. We pride ourselves in listening to customers like you"
If you have under a certain amount?
Monthly and transaction fees are waived if certain balances are maintained.
Keep affordability in mind when you cast your vote.
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer built his platform around affordability, with the slogan: "It's time for you to get ahead."
The Tories say they'll provide a universal tax cut, reducing the tax rate on income under $47,630 to 13.75% from 15%, which would save a two-income family with an average salary, for example, over $850 a year.
The Conservatives' election platform promises no GST on home heating, no carbon tax, tax-free maternity benefits, new adoptive parents leave benefits, a $1,000 boost in the age credit for lowto middle-income seniors, a 15% transit tax credit for regular users, a 20% refundable tax credit for green home improvements between $1,000 and $20,000, a tax credit up to $1,000 for kids' fitness or sports activities, and a tax credit worth up to $500 for a child's arts or learning programs.
Their planned increase in the RESP grant could, if the maximum was put in, add a $250-a-year grant, the Conservatives say.
At a Toronto Sun editorial board this week, Scheer explained why he favoured broad tax cuts and targeted tax credits over the large social programs like pharmacare offered by his opponents.
About 90% of Canadians have or are eligible for some kind of pharmacare, and in general he believes government should step in when someone's needs can't otherwise be met.
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"Thank you for choosing to bank with us. We pride ourselves in listening to customers like you"
If you have under a certain amount?
Monthly and transaction fees are waived if certain balances are maintained.
This is true, but it fucks poorer people.
I was at the bank the other day, lady said "would you like to open a savings account", and I said I lived paycheck to paycheck. She said even a little would help my future, and I said "well I guess I could save some money if I didnt have to pay y'all a $10 maintenance fee each month!" lol. Well now my fee is $3 a month lol.
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"Thank you for choosing to bank with us. We pride ourselves in listening to customers like you"
If you have under a certain amount?
Monthly and transaction fees are waived if certain balances are maintained.
This is true, but it fucks poorer people.
I was at the bank the other day, lady said "would you like to open a savings account", and I said I lived paycheck to paycheck. She said even a little would help my future, and I said "well I guess I could save some money if I didnt have to pay y'all a $10 maintenance fee each month!" lol. Well now my fee is $3 a month lol.
You negotiated your fees Blazor?
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"Thank you for choosing to bank with us. We pride ourselves in listening to customers like you"
If you have under a certain amount?
Monthly and transaction fees are waived if certain balances are maintained.
This is true, but it fucks poorer people.
I was at the bank the other day, lady said "would you like to open a savings account", and I said I lived paycheck to paycheck. She said even a little would help my future, and I said "well I guess I could save some money if I didnt have to pay y'all a $10 maintenance fee each month!" lol. Well now my fee is $3 a month lol.
You negotiated your fees Blazor?
Sort of, they said I was on an old plan. I actually had it reduced to free, but they said I would have to be paperless statements, and I said no, cause I support the failing printing industry.
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That would be in your interests.
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That would be in your interests.
Printing is a dying trade, unfortunately.
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That would be in your interests.
Printing is a dying trade, unfortunately.
I remember when it was considered a good trade to get into.
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Quote from: "Blazor"
That would be in your interests.
Printing is a dying trade, unfortunately.
I remember when it was considered a good trade to get into.
Yup! Company I work for, use to have 50 employees. Now we have 5. In the past 10 years or so, nearly half of all printing companies in the US have shut down.
Those "big box" companies, that market so cheap, there is a reason why, poor craftsmanship. We are a wholesaler of one of those big box companies, partly our equipment is getting too old, and partly cause they are cheaper. We've gotten things from them where the cut is off, folding is crooked or off, color mismatch, damaged product. Had to have them print and send more. This isnt limited to that company we use either. I've seen it elsewhere. The big box companies gang up and speed rush everything through. They cant count either. Folders where the pocket glue didnt hold, on thousands of them. Had to have the whole job reprinted by them.
Stick with your local printers folks.
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That would be in your interests.
Printing is a dying trade, unfortunately.
I remember when it was considered a good trade to get into.
Yup! Company I work for, use to have 50 employees. Now we have 5. In the past 10 years or so, nearly half of all printing companies in the US have shut down.
Those "big box" companies, that market so cheap, there is a reason why, poor craftsmanship. We are a wholesaler of one of those big box companies, partly our equipment is getting too old, and partly cause they are cheaper. We've gotten things from them where the cut is off, folding is crooked or off, color mismatch, damaged product. Had to have them print and send more. This isnt limited to that company we use either. I've seen it elsewhere. The big box companies gang up and speed rush everything through. They cant count either. Folders where the pocket glue didnt hold, on thousands of them. Had to have the whole job reprinted by them.
Stick with your local printers folks.
The last time we had anything printed was my sister's fancy wedding invitations and that was almost eighteen years ago.
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Quote from: "Blazor"
That would be in your interests.
Printing is a dying trade, unfortunately.
I remember when it was considered a good trade to get into.
Yup! Company I work for, use to have 50 employees. Now we have 5. In the past 10 years or so, nearly half of all printing companies in the US have shut down.
Those "big box" companies, that market so cheap, there is a reason why, poor craftsmanship. We are a wholesaler of one of those big box companies, partly our equipment is getting too old, and partly cause they are cheaper. We've gotten things from them where the cut is off, folding is crooked or off, color mismatch, damaged product. Had to have them print and send more. This isnt limited to that company we use either. I've seen it elsewhere. The big box companies gang up and speed rush everything through. They cant count either. Folders where the pocket glue didnt hold, on thousands of them. Had to have the whole job reprinted by them.
Stick with your local printers folks.
The last time we had anything printed was my sister's fancy wedding invitations and that was almost eighteen years ago.
Seems everyone posts things on Fakebook these days. Forums and printing both are dying! The things that least restrict our freedoms!
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Quote from: "Blazor"
Quote from: "seoulbro"
Quote from: "Blazor"
That would be in your interests.
Printing is a dying trade, unfortunately.
I remember when it was considered a good trade to get into.
Yup! Company I work for, use to have 50 employees. Now we have 5. In the past 10 years or so, nearly half of all printing companies in the US have shut down.
Those "big box" companies, that market so cheap, there is a reason why, poor craftsmanship. We are a wholesaler of one of those big box companies, partly our equipment is getting too old, and partly cause they are cheaper. We've gotten things from them where the cut is off, folding is crooked or off, color mismatch, damaged product. Had to have them print and send more. This isnt limited to that company we use either. I've seen it elsewhere. The big box companies gang up and speed rush everything through. They cant count either. Folders where the pocket glue didnt hold, on thousands of them. Had to have the whole job reprinted by them.
Stick with your local printers folks.
The last time we had anything printed was my sister's fancy wedding invitations and that was almost eighteen years ago.
Seems everyone posts things on Fakebook these days. Forums and printing both are dying! The things that least restrict our freedoms!
How is the loss of printing a freedom issue?
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Quote from: "Blazor"
Quote from: "iron horse jockey"
Quote from: "Blazor"
Quote from: "seoulbro"
Quote from: "Blazor"
That would be in your interests.
Printing is a dying trade, unfortunately.
I remember when it was considered a good trade to get into.
Yup! Company I work for, use to have 50 employees. Now we have 5. In the past 10 years or so, nearly half of all printing companies in the US have shut down.
Those "big box" companies, that market so cheap, there is a reason why, poor craftsmanship. We are a wholesaler of one of those big box companies, partly our equipment is getting too old, and partly cause they are cheaper. We've gotten things from them where the cut is off, folding is crooked or off, color mismatch, damaged product. Had to have them print and send more. This isnt limited to that company we use either. I've seen it elsewhere. The big box companies gang up and speed rush everything through. They cant count either. Folders where the pocket glue didnt hold, on thousands of them. Had to have the whole job reprinted by them.
Stick with your local printers folks.
The last time we had anything printed was my sister's fancy wedding invitations and that was almost eighteen years ago.
Seems everyone posts things on Fakebook these days. Forums and printing both are dying! The things that least restrict our freedoms!
How is the loss of printing a freedom issue?
Cause you can say what you want, unlike on Fakebook.
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Quote from: "iron horse jockey"
Quote from: "Blazor"
Quote from: "seoulbro"
Quote from: "Blazor"
Quote from: "iron horse jockey"
Quote from: "Blazor"
Quote from: "seoulbro"
Quote from: "Blazor"
That would be in your interests.
Printing is a dying trade, unfortunately.
I remember when it was considered a good trade to get into.
Yup! Company I work for, use to have 50 employees. Now we have 5. In the past 10 years or so, nearly half of all printing companies in the US have shut down.
Those "big box" companies, that market so cheap, there is a reason why, poor craftsmanship. We are a wholesaler of one of those big box companies, partly our equipment is getting too old, and partly cause they are cheaper. We've gotten things from them where the cut is off, folding is crooked or off, color mismatch, damaged product. Had to have them print and send more. This isnt limited to that company we use either. I've seen it elsewhere. The big box companies gang up and speed rush everything through. They cant count either. Folders where the pocket glue didnt hold, on thousands of them. Had to have the whole job reprinted by them.
Stick with your local printers folks.
The last time we had anything printed was my sister's fancy wedding invitations and that was almost eighteen years ago.
Seems everyone posts things on Fakebook these days. Forums and printing both are dying! The things that least restrict our freedoms!
How is the loss of printing a freedom issue?
Cause you can say what you want, unlike on Fakebook.
A lot of people have been censored for what they printed.
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Quote from: "Blazor"
Quote from: "iron horse jockey"
Quote from: "Blazor"
Quote from: "seoulbro"
Quote from: "Blazor"
Quote from: "iron horse jockey"
Quote from: "Blazor"
Quote from: "seoulbro"
Quote from: "Blazor"
That would be in your interests.
Printing is a dying trade, unfortunately.
I remember when it was considered a good trade to get into.
Yup! Company I work for, use to have 50 employees. Now we have 5. In the past 10 years or so, nearly half of all printing companies in the US have shut down.
Those "big box" companies, that market so cheap, there is a reason why, poor craftsmanship. We are a wholesaler of one of those big box companies, partly our equipment is getting too old, and partly cause they are cheaper. We've gotten things from them where the cut is off, folding is crooked or off, color mismatch, damaged product. Had to have them print and send more. This isnt limited to that company we use either. I've seen it elsewhere. The big box companies gang up and speed rush everything through. They cant count either. Folders where the pocket glue didnt hold, on thousands of them. Had to have the whole job reprinted by them.
Stick with your local printers folks.
The last time we had anything printed was my sister's fancy wedding invitations and that was almost eighteen years ago.
Seems everyone posts things on Fakebook these days. Forums and printing both are dying! The things that least restrict our freedoms!
How is the loss of printing a freedom issue?
Cause you can say what you want, unlike on Fakebook.
A lot of people have been censored for what they printed.
Wouldnt stop me from handing out the gospel of truth! :laugh:
Quote from: "Blazor"
Quote from: "iron horse jockey"
Quote from: "Blazor"
Quote from: "iron horse jockey"
Quote from: "Blazor"
Quote from: "seoulbro"
Quote from: "Blazor"
Quote from: "iron horse jockey"
Quote from: "Blazor"
Quote from: "seoulbro"
Quote from: "Blazor"
That would be in your interests.
Printing is a dying trade, unfortunately.
I remember when it was considered a good trade to get into.
Yup! Company I work for, use to have 50 employees. Now we have 5. In the past 10 years or so, nearly half of all printing companies in the US have shut down.
Those "big box" companies, that market so cheap, there is a reason why, poor craftsmanship. We are a wholesaler of one of those big box companies, partly our equipment is getting too old, and partly cause they are cheaper. We've gotten things from them where the cut is off, folding is crooked or off, color mismatch, damaged product. Had to have them print and send more. This isnt limited to that company we use either. I've seen it elsewhere. The big box companies gang up and speed rush everything through. They cant count either. Folders where the pocket glue didnt hold, on thousands of them. Had to have the whole job reprinted by them.
Stick with your local printers folks.
The last time we had anything printed was my sister's fancy wedding invitations and that was almost eighteen years ago.
Seems everyone posts things on Fakebook these days. Forums and printing both are dying! The things that least restrict our freedoms!
How is the loss of printing a freedom issue?
Cause you can say what you want, unlike on Fakebook.
A lot of people have been censored for what they printed.
Wouldnt stop me from handing out the gospel of truth! :laugh:
No tech billionaire is going to silence me.
Quote from: "iron horse jockey"
Quote from: "Blazor"
Quote from: "iron horse jockey"
Quote from: "Blazor"
Quote from: "iron horse jockey"
Quote from: "Blazor"
Quote from: "seoulbro"
Quote from: "Blazor"
Quote from: "iron horse jockey"
Quote from: "Blazor"
Quote from: "seoulbro"
Quote from: "Blazor"
That would be in your interests.
Printing is a dying trade, unfortunately.
I remember when it was considered a good trade to get into.
Yup! Company I work for, use to have 50 employees. Now we have 5. In the past 10 years or so, nearly half of all printing companies in the US have shut down.
Those "big box" companies, that market so cheap, there is a reason why, poor craftsmanship. We are a wholesaler of one of those big box companies, partly our equipment is getting too old, and partly cause they are cheaper. We've gotten things from them where the cut is off, folding is crooked or off, color mismatch, damaged product. Had to have them print and send more. This isnt limited to that company we use either. I've seen it elsewhere. The big box companies gang up and speed rush everything through. They cant count either. Folders where the pocket glue didnt hold, on thousands of them. Had to have the whole job reprinted by them.
Stick with your local printers folks.
The last time we had anything printed was my sister's fancy wedding invitations and that was almost eighteen years ago.
Seems everyone posts things on Fakebook these days. Forums and printing both are dying! The things that least restrict our freedoms!
How is the loss of printing a freedom issue?
Cause you can say what you want, unlike on Fakebook.
A lot of people have been censored for what they printed.
Wouldnt stop me from handing out the gospel of truth! :laugh:
No tech billionaire is going to silence me.
Word! ac_drinks
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Quote from: "iron horse jockey"
Quote from: "Blazor"
Quote from: "iron horse jockey"
Quote from: "Blazor"
Quote from: "iron horse jockey"
Quote from: "Blazor"
Quote from: "seoulbro"
Quote from: "Blazor"
Quote from: "iron horse jockey"
Quote from: "Blazor"
Quote from: "seoulbro"
Quote from: "Blazor"
That would be in your interests.
Printing is a dying trade, unfortunately.
I remember when it was considered a good trade to get into.
Yup! Company I work for, use to have 50 employees. Now we have 5. In the past 10 years or so, nearly half of all printing companies in the US have shut down.
Those "big box" companies, that market so cheap, there is a reason why, poor craftsmanship. We are a wholesaler of one of those big box companies, partly our equipment is getting too old, and partly cause they are cheaper. We've gotten things from them where the cut is off, folding is crooked or off, color mismatch, damaged product. Had to have them print and send more. This isnt limited to that company we use either. I've seen it elsewhere. The big box companies gang up and speed rush everything through. They cant count either. Folders where the pocket glue didnt hold, on thousands of them. Had to have the whole job reprinted by them.
Stick with your local printers folks.
The last time we had anything printed was my sister's fancy wedding invitations and that was almost eighteen years ago.
Seems everyone posts things on Fakebook these days. Forums and printing both are dying! The things that least restrict our freedoms!
How is the loss of printing a freedom issue?
Cause you can say what you want, unlike on Fakebook.
A lot of people have been censored for what they printed.
Wouldnt stop me from handing out the gospel of truth! :laugh:
No tech billionaire is going to silence me.
Word! ac_drinks
I'll drink to that.
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Quote from: "iron horse jockey"
Quote from: "Blazor"
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Quote from: "Blazor"
Quote from: "iron horse jockey"
Quote from: "Blazor"
Quote from: "seoulbro"
Quote from: "Blazor"
That would be in your interests.
Printing is a dying trade, unfortunately.
I remember when it was considered a good trade to get into.
Yup! Company I work for, use to have 50 employees. Now we have 5. In the past 10 years or so, nearly half of all printing companies in the US have shut down.
Those "big box" companies, that market so cheap, there is a reason why, poor craftsmanship. We are a wholesaler of one of those big box companies, partly our equipment is getting too old, and partly cause they are cheaper. We've gotten things from them where the cut is off, folding is crooked or off, color mismatch, damaged product. Had to have them print and send more. This isnt limited to that company we use either. I've seen it elsewhere. The big box companies gang up and speed rush everything through. They cant count either. Folders where the pocket glue didnt hold, on thousands of them. Had to have the whole job reprinted by them.
Stick with your local printers folks.
The last time we had anything printed was my sister's fancy wedding invitations and that was almost eighteen years ago.
Seems everyone posts things on Fakebook these days. Forums and printing both are dying! The things that least restrict our freedoms!
How is the loss of printing a freedom issue?
Cause you can say what you want, unlike on Fakebook.
A lot of people have been censored for what they printed.
Wouldnt stop me from handing out the gospel of truth! :laugh:
No tech billionaire is going to silence me.
Word! ac_drinks
I'll drink to that.
Damn it wheres me shine..... ah there we go, cheers! (clink clink) lol.
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Quote from: "Blazor"
Quote from: "iron horse jockey"
Quote from: "Blazor"
Quote from: "seoulbro"
Quote from: "Blazor"
That would be in your interests.
Printing is a dying trade, unfortunately.
I remember when it was considered a good trade to get into.
Yup! Company I work for, use to have 50 employees. Now we have 5. In the past 10 years or so, nearly half of all printing companies in the US have shut down.
Those "big box" companies, that market so cheap, there is a reason why, poor craftsmanship. We are a wholesaler of one of those big box companies, partly our equipment is getting too old, and partly cause they are cheaper. We've gotten things from them where the cut is off, folding is crooked or off, color mismatch, damaged product. Had to have them print and send more. This isnt limited to that company we use either. I've seen it elsewhere. The big box companies gang up and speed rush everything through. They cant count either. Folders where the pocket glue didnt hold, on thousands of them. Had to have the whole job reprinted by them.
Stick with your local printers folks.
The last time we had anything printed was my sister's fancy wedding invitations and that was almost eighteen years ago.
Seems everyone posts things on Fakebook these days. Forums and printing both are dying! The things that least restrict our freedoms!
How is the loss of printing a freedom issue?
Cause you can say what you want, unlike on Fakebook.
A lot of people have been censored for what they printed.
Wouldnt stop me from handing out the gospel of truth! :laugh:
No tech billionaire is going to silence me.
Word! ac_drinks
I'll drink to that.
Damn it wheres me shine..... ah there we go, cheers! (clink clink) lol.
After this weekend with my son and his gf here, I drank a lot. Even by my standards. I am going on the wagon. No barrel wash for old Herman until Wednesday.
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After this weekend with my son and his gf here, I drank a lot. Even by my standards. I am going on the wagon. No barrel wash for old Herman until Wednesday.
Lol, my one friend is doing Sober October. My bday is this month, so Im not doing that lol, but I was thinking of doing No Booze November :laugh:
My son turns 21 in December lol.
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After this weekend with my son and his gf here, I drank a lot. Even by my standards. I am going on the wagon. No barrel wash for old Herman until Wednesday.
Lol, my one friend is doing Sober October. My bday is this month, so Im not doing that lol, but I was thinking of doing No Booze November :laugh:
My son turns 21 in December lol.
Happy birthday Blazor. December is a hard month to be sober.
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Quote from: "Herman"
After this weekend with my son and his gf here, I drank a lot. Even by my standards. I am going on the wagon. No barrel wash for old Herman until Wednesday.
Lol, my one friend is doing Sober October. My bday is this month, so Im not doing that lol, but I was thinking of doing No Booze November :laugh:
My son turns 21 in December lol.
Happy birthday Blazor. December is a hard month to be sober.
Thanks, its next Friday ac_drinks
Oh no, I'll drink in December, just not November lol. No Booze November :laugh:
I havent had a break from alcohol in a long time. I mean I skip days, but I havent skipped a week in a long time. I "may" cheat, and still have at least one beer at the fiddle jam lol.
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Quote from: "Herman"
After this weekend with my son and his gf here, I drank a lot. Even by my standards. I am going on the wagon. No barrel wash for old Herman until Wednesday.
Lol, my one friend is doing Sober October. My bday is this month, so Im not doing that lol, but I was thinking of doing No Booze November :laugh:
My son turns 21 in December lol.
Happy birthday Blazor. December is a hard month to be sober.
Thanks, its next Friday ac_drinks
Oh no, I'll drink in December, just not November lol. No Booze November :laugh:
I havent had a break from alcohol in a long time. I mean I skip days, but I havent skipped a week in a long time. I "may" cheat, and still have at least one beer at the fiddle jam lol.
I don't drink much in the winter when I am supervising rigs. I live in wellsite trailer and I am on call twenty four hours a day.
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After this weekend with my son and his gf here, I drank a lot. Even by my standards. I am going on the wagon. No barrel wash for old Herman until Wednesday.
Lol, my one friend is doing Sober October. My bday is this month, so Im not doing that lol, but I was thinking of doing No Booze November :laugh:
My son turns 21 in December lol.
Happy birthday Blazor. December is a hard month to be sober.
Thanks, its next Friday ac_drinks
Oh no, I'll drink in December, just not November lol. No Booze November :laugh:
I havent had a break from alcohol in a long time. I mean I skip days, but I havent skipped a week in a long time. I "may" cheat, and still have at least one beer at the fiddle jam lol.
I don't drink much in the winter when I am supervising rigs. I live in wellsite trailer and I am on call twenty four hours a day.
I dont blame you one bit.
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After this weekend with my son and his gf here, I drank a lot. Even by my standards. I am going on the wagon. No barrel wash for old Herman until Wednesday.
Lol, my one friend is doing Sober October. My bday is this month, so Im not doing that lol, but I was thinking of doing No Booze November :laugh:
My son turns 21 in December lol.
Happy birthday Blazor. December is a hard month to be sober.
Thanks, its next Friday ac_drinks
Oh no, I'll drink in December, just not November lol. No Booze November :laugh:
I havent had a break from alcohol in a long time. I mean I skip days, but I havent skipped a week in a long time. I "may" cheat, and still have at least one beer at the fiddle jam lol.
I don't drink much in the winter when I am supervising rigs. I live in wellsite trailer and I am on call twenty four hours a day.
I dont blame you one bit.
It's good money, it bought my land, it put my boy through university, but I don't want to be away from home anymore. Not even three months a yea. It's not the type of work you do until you are sixty five.
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After this weekend with my son and his gf here, I drank a lot. Even by my standards. I am going on the wagon. No barrel wash for old Herman until Wednesday.
Lol, my one friend is doing Sober October. My bday is this month, so Im not doing that lol, but I was thinking of doing No Booze November :laugh:
My son turns 21 in December lol.
Happy birthday Blazor. December is a hard month to be sober.
Thanks, its next Friday ac_drinks
Oh no, I'll drink in December, just not November lol. No Booze November :laugh:
I havent had a break from alcohol in a long time. I mean I skip days, but I havent skipped a week in a long time. I "may" cheat, and still have at least one beer at the fiddle jam lol.
I don't drink much in the winter when I am supervising rigs. I live in wellsite trailer and I am on call twenty four hours a day.
I dont blame you one bit.
It's good money, it bought my land, it put my boy through university, but I don't want to be away from home anymore. Not even three months a yea. It's not the type of work you do until you are sixty five.
I am getting tired of my job too. I am getting tired of Winnipeg. I am getting tired of Canada. I am cynical as hell.
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After this weekend with my son and his gf here, I drank a lot. Even by my standards. I am going on the wagon. No barrel wash for old Herman until Wednesday.
Lol, my one friend is doing Sober October. My bday is this month, so Im not doing that lol, but I was thinking of doing No Booze November :laugh:
My son turns 21 in December lol.
Happy birthday Blazor. December is a hard month to be sober.
Thanks, its next Friday ac_drinks
Oh no, I'll drink in December, just not November lol. No Booze November :laugh:
I havent had a break from alcohol in a long time. I mean I skip days, but I havent skipped a week in a long time. I "may" cheat, and still have at least one beer at the fiddle jam lol.
I don't drink much in the winter when I am supervising rigs. I live in wellsite trailer and I am on call twenty four hours a day.
I dont blame you one bit.
It's good money, it bought my land, it put my boy through university, but I don't want to be away from home anymore. Not even three months a yea. It's not the type of work you do until you are sixty five.
Its one of the reasons I never became a truck driver, gone 3 weeks a month.
Yeah you wanna enjoy life some before you die lol.
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After this weekend with my son and his gf here, I drank a lot. Even by my standards. I am going on the wagon. No barrel wash for old Herman until Wednesday.
Lol, my one friend is doing Sober October. My bday is this month, so Im not doing that lol, but I was thinking of doing No Booze November :laugh:
My son turns 21 in December lol.
Happy birthday Blazor. December is a hard month to be sober.
Thanks, its next Friday ac_drinks
Oh no, I'll drink in December, just not November lol. No Booze November :laugh:
I havent had a break from alcohol in a long time. I mean I skip days, but I havent skipped a week in a long time. I "may" cheat, and still have at least one beer at the fiddle jam lol.
I don't drink much in the winter when I am supervising rigs. I live in wellsite trailer and I am on call twenty four hours a day.
I dont blame you one bit.
It's good money, it bought my land, it put my boy through university, but I don't want to be away from home anymore. Not even three months a yea. It's not the type of work you do until you are sixty five.
Its one of the reasons I never became a truck driver, gone 3 weeks a month.
Yeah you wanna enjoy life some before you die lol.
Were you considering it Blazor?
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After this weekend with my son and his gf here, I drank a lot. Even by my standards. I am going on the wagon. No barrel wash for old Herman until Wednesday.
Lol, my one friend is doing Sober October. My bday is this month, so Im not doing that lol, but I was thinking of doing No Booze November :laugh:
My son turns 21 in December lol.
Happy birthday Blazor. December is a hard month to be sober.
Thanks, its next Friday ac_drinks
Oh no, I'll drink in December, just not November lol. No Booze November :laugh:
I havent had a break from alcohol in a long time. I mean I skip days, but I havent skipped a week in a long time. I "may" cheat, and still have at least one beer at the fiddle jam lol.
I don't drink much in the winter when I am supervising rigs. I live in wellsite trailer and I am on call twenty four hours a day.
I dont blame you one bit.
It's good money, it bought my land, it put my boy through university, but I don't want to be away from home anymore. Not even three months a yea. It's not the type of work you do until you are sixty five.
Its one of the reasons I never became a truck driver, gone 3 weeks a month.
Yeah you wanna enjoy life some before you die lol.
No money in it anymore. Specialized trucking like hauling dangerous goods short distances is better. You sleep in your own bed too.
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After this weekend with my son and his gf here, I drank a lot. Even by my standards. I am going on the wagon. No barrel wash for old Herman until Wednesday.
Lol, my one friend is doing Sober October. My bday is this month, so Im not doing that lol, but I was thinking of doing No Booze November :laugh:
My son turns 21 in December lol.
Happy birthday Blazor. December is a hard month to be sober.
Thanks, its next Friday ac_drinks
Oh no, I'll drink in December, just not November lol. No Booze November :laugh:
I havent had a break from alcohol in a long time. I mean I skip days, but I havent skipped a week in a long time. I "may" cheat, and still have at least one beer at the fiddle jam lol.
I don't drink much in the winter when I am supervising rigs. I live in wellsite trailer and I am on call twenty four hours a day.
I dont blame you one bit.
It's good money, it bought my land, it put my boy through university, but I don't want to be away from home anymore. Not even three months a yea. It's not the type of work you do until you are sixty five.
Its one of the reasons I never became a truck driver, gone 3 weeks a month.
Yeah you wanna enjoy life some before you die lol.
Were you considering it Blazor?
I did when I was a teen. Found out rules had changed, and I think you had to be 21, but companies wouldnt hire you to train unless you were 25. So, I delivered pizzas lol. And back then it was good money, not anymore.
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After this weekend with my son and his gf here, I drank a lot. Even by my standards. I am going on the wagon. No barrel wash for old Herman until Wednesday.
Lol, my one friend is doing Sober October. My bday is this month, so Im not doing that lol, but I was thinking of doing No Booze November :laugh:
My son turns 21 in December lol.
Happy birthday Blazor. December is a hard month to be sober.
Thanks, its next Friday ac_drinks
Oh no, I'll drink in December, just not November lol. No Booze November :laugh:
I havent had a break from alcohol in a long time. I mean I skip days, but I havent skipped a week in a long time. I "may" cheat, and still have at least one beer at the fiddle jam lol.
I don't drink much in the winter when I am supervising rigs. I live in wellsite trailer and I am on call twenty four hours a day.
I dont blame you one bit.
It's good money, it bought my land, it put my boy through university, but I don't want to be away from home anymore. Not even three months a yea. It's not the type of work you do until you are sixty five.
Its one of the reasons I never became a truck driver, gone 3 weeks a month.
Yeah you wanna enjoy life some before you die lol.
No money in it anymore. Specialized trucking like hauling dangerous goods short distances is better. You sleep in your own bed too.
So many rules these days too. I like my pot too much too lol.
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After this weekend with my son and his gf here, I drank a lot. Even by my standards. I am going on the wagon. No barrel wash for old Herman until Wednesday.
Lol, my one friend is doing Sober October. My bday is this month, so Im not doing that lol, but I was thinking of doing No Booze November :laugh:
My son turns 21 in December lol.
Happy birthday Blazor. December is a hard month to be sober.
Thanks, its next Friday ac_drinks
Oh no, I'll drink in December, just not November lol. No Booze November :laugh:
I havent had a break from alcohol in a long time. I mean I skip days, but I havent skipped a week in a long time. I "may" cheat, and still have at least one beer at the fiddle jam lol.
I don't drink much in the winter when I am supervising rigs. I live in wellsite trailer and I am on call twenty four hours a day.
I dont blame you one bit.
It's good money, it bought my land, it put my boy through university, but I don't want to be away from home anymore. Not even three months a yea. It's not the type of work you do until you are sixty five.
Its one of the reasons I never became a truck driver, gone 3 weeks a month.
Yeah you wanna enjoy life some before you die lol.
No money in it anymore. Specialized trucking like hauling dangerous goods short distances is better. You sleep in your own bed too.
So many rules these days too. I like my pot too much too lol.
Even though marijuana is legal in Canada, my husband's company still screens applicants for drugs and alcohol for safety sensitive positions.
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After this weekend with my son and his gf here, I drank a lot. Even by my standards. I am going on the wagon. No barrel wash for old Herman until Wednesday.
Lol, my one friend is doing Sober October. My bday is this month, so Im not doing that lol, but I was thinking of doing No Booze November :laugh:
My son turns 21 in December lol.
Happy birthday Blazor. December is a hard month to be sober.
Thanks, its next Friday ac_drinks
Oh no, I'll drink in December, just not November lol. No Booze November :laugh:
I havent had a break from alcohol in a long time. I mean I skip days, but I havent skipped a week in a long time. I "may" cheat, and still have at least one beer at the fiddle jam lol.
I don't drink much in the winter when I am supervising rigs. I live in wellsite trailer and I am on call twenty four hours a day.
I dont blame you one bit.
It's good money, it bought my land, it put my boy through university, but I don't want to be away from home anymore. Not even three months a yea. It's not the type of work you do until you are sixty five.
Its one of the reasons I never became a truck driver, gone 3 weeks a month.
Yeah you wanna enjoy life some before you die lol.
No money in it anymore. Specialized trucking like hauling dangerous goods short distances is better. You sleep in your own bed too.
So many rules these days too. I like my pot too much too lol.
Even though marijuana is legal in Canada, my husband's company still screens applicants for drugs and alcohol for safety sensitive positions.
I dont like companies that piss test, cause they dont pay me 24 hours, only 8, what I do with the rest of my day is up to me.
I understand safety, and know one does not get high or drunk at work, but after work it shouldnt matter.
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After this weekend with my son and his gf here, I drank a lot. Even by my standards. I am going on the wagon. No barrel wash for old Herman until Wednesday.
Lol, my one friend is doing Sober October. My bday is this month, so Im not doing that lol, but I was thinking of doing No Booze November :laugh:
My son turns 21 in December lol.
Happy birthday Blazor. December is a hard month to be sober.
Thanks, its next Friday ac_drinks
Oh no, I'll drink in December, just not November lol. No Booze November :laugh:
I havent had a break from alcohol in a long time. I mean I skip days, but I havent skipped a week in a long time. I "may" cheat, and still have at least one beer at the fiddle jam lol.
I don't drink much in the winter when I am supervising rigs. I live in wellsite trailer and I am on call twenty four hours a day.
I dont blame you one bit.
It's good money, it bought my land, it put my boy through university, but I don't want to be away from home anymore. Not even three months a yea. It's not the type of work you do until you are sixty five.
Its one of the reasons I never became a truck driver, gone 3 weeks a month.
Yeah you wanna enjoy life some before you die lol.
No money in it anymore. Specialized trucking like hauling dangerous goods short distances is better. You sleep in your own bed too.
So many rules these days too. I like my pot too much too lol.
Even though marijuana is legal in Canada, my husband's company still screens applicants for drugs and alcohol for safety sensitive positions.
I dont like companies that piss test, cause they dont pay me 24 hours, only 8, what I do with the rest of my day is up to me.
I understand safety, and know one does not get high or drunk at work, but after work it shouldnt matter.
They do a swab test now that can tell if you smoked marijuana in the last twelve hours.
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After this weekend with my son and his gf here, I drank a lot. Even by my standards. I am going on the wagon. No barrel wash for old Herman until Wednesday.
Lol, my one friend is doing Sober October. My bday is this month, so Im not doing that lol, but I was thinking of doing No Booze November :laugh:
My son turns 21 in December lol.
Happy birthday Blazor. December is a hard month to be sober.
Thanks, its next Friday ac_drinks
Oh no, I'll drink in December, just not November lol. No Booze November :laugh:
I havent had a break from alcohol in a long time. I mean I skip days, but I havent skipped a week in a long time. I "may" cheat, and still have at least one beer at the fiddle jam lol.
I don't drink much in the winter when I am supervising rigs. I live in wellsite trailer and I am on call twenty four hours a day.
I dont blame you one bit.
It's good money, it bought my land, it put my boy through university, but I don't want to be away from home anymore. Not even three months a yea. It's not the type of work you do until you are sixty five.
Its one of the reasons I never became a truck driver, gone 3 weeks a month.
Yeah you wanna enjoy life some before you die lol.
No money in it anymore. Specialized trucking like hauling dangerous goods short distances is better. You sleep in your own bed too.
So many rules these days too. I like my pot too much too lol.
Even though marijuana is legal in Canada, my husband's company still screens applicants for drugs and alcohol for safety sensitive positions.
I dont like companies that piss test, cause they dont pay me 24 hours, only 8, what I do with the rest of my day is up to me.
I understand safety, and know one does not get high or drunk at work, but after work it shouldnt matter.
They do a swab test now that can tell if you smoked marijuana in the last twelve hours.
Oh ok, well that sounds fair enough lol.
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I did when I was a teen. Found out rules had changed, and I think you had to be 21, but companies wouldnt hire you to train unless you were 25. So, I delivered pizzas lol. And back then it was good money, not anymore.
Pakis have taken over the tucking industry in Canada and slashed profit margins and wages.
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I did when I was a teen. Found out rules had changed, and I think you had to be 21, but companies wouldnt hire you to train unless you were 25. So, I delivered pizzas lol. And back then it was good money, not anymore.
Pakis have taken over the tucking industry in Canada and slashed profit margins and wages.
I see billboards on the highway advertising for drivers. I thought demand would have raised wages. But, if profit margins in the transport sector are shrinking.
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I did when I was a teen. Found out rules had changed, and I think you had to be 21, but companies wouldnt hire you to train unless you were 25. So, I delivered pizzas lol. And back then it was good money, not anymore.
Pakis have taken over the tucking industry in Canada and slashed profit margins and wages.
I see billboards on the highway advertising for drivers. I thought demand would have raised wages. But, if profit margins in the transport sector are shrinking.
It's a shit job that nobody wants. Owner ops for CN, Gibson's or logging companies are the only good paying jobs left in the industry.
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I did when I was a teen. Found out rules had changed, and I think you had to be 21, but companies wouldnt hire you to train unless you were 25. So, I delivered pizzas lol. And back then it was good money, not anymore.
Pakis have taken over the tucking industry in Canada and slashed profit margins and wages.
Bison trucking out of Winnipeg won't hire anyone without a turban on their head.
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I did when I was a teen. Found out rules had changed, and I think you had to be 21, but companies wouldnt hire you to train unless you were 25. So, I delivered pizzas lol. And back then it was good money, not anymore.
Pakis have taken over the tucking industry in Canada and slashed profit margins and wages.
Bison trucking out of Winnipeg won't hire anyone without a turban on their head.
TransX too.
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I did when I was a teen. Found out rules had changed, and I think you had to be 21, but companies wouldnt hire you to train unless you were 25. So, I delivered pizzas lol. And back then it was good money, not anymore.
Pakis have taken over the tucking industry in Canada and slashed profit margins and wages.
Bison trucking out of Winnipeg won't hire anyone without a turban on their head.
Ya, whatever.