Oh... and I hate credit card company cancelling things without attempting to contact us... happened to me more than once, unfortunately.

What firearms do you have for sale?

What firearms do you have for sale?

Im thinking of letting go of a brand new, never fired sks, and one Thomson contender, stainless reciever, with 6 barrels. A stainless 30/30 barel, a 7/30 waters barrel, a 357 magnum barrel, 445 supper mag barrel, a 25 bullberry barrel, and a match grade .22 barrel. At the moment I am having trouble finding the 445 barrel, I stuck it somewhere and cant remember where...

Oh... and I hate credit card company cancelling things without attempting to contact us... happened to me more than once, unfortunately.

Happened to me when I showed up to pay. They had suspended card due to funny activity, yet never called my cell that they had on file. Happened to me twice. Frustrating and embarrassing for naught.

Ironically, it happened to me while I was abroad for fraudulent-like activities back in Canada. This is why having two cards come in handy if you travel/work abroad regularly.

Yep, minimum two cards, a banking card and a good amount of cash. I once asked what people thought was an good amount of cash to have on them at all times and never received a response. I think six hundred is a minimum.

Gets you a room for night in a downtown hotel,, fillips of gas tank, a meal, water, a taxi ride out of dodge / city core or an insensitive to a stranger in a car.

Peppercorn... hijacking your thread here....

Clarence, not sure what the right amount is. Depends where you are I suppose. All I know is that there’s no point taking any bills bigger than $20s as it seems like most places are so dependent on credit cards that their cash float couldn’t give you change on large denominations. A few places I’ve been recently where I pulled a $50 bill resulted in the manager having to check to see if it was counterfeit (like I would easily print polymer-covered holographic bills!). I do 2 cards, plus debit plus cash too, usually about $200 but would bring more when I travel.

Peppercorn... hijacking your thread here....

Clarence, not sure what the right amount is. Depends where you are I suppose. All I know is that there’s no point taking any bills bigger than $20s as it seems like most places are so dependent on credit cards that their cash float couldn’t give you change on large denominations. A few places I’ve been recently where I pulled a $50 bill resulted in the manager having to check to see if it was counterfeit (like I would easily print polymer-covered holographic bills!). I do 2 cards, plus debit plus cash too, usually about $200 but would bring more when I travel.

Same thing has happened with me and 50 or 100 notes. I carry a mix. 50 or 100 offered to a person who I am enticing for a ride is a good one, if your looking to shelter off the streets Because you can’t hoof it home, a hotel will accept them. Most of my bills are 20’s
The other thing is, when is a stressed situation, stores will be less picky. People also get greedy in an emergency.

When traveling I also take far more in cash

Then the other challenge will be to find a store that is opened to take your cash! Lots of recent power outages caused stores to simply close as opposed to stay opened and accept cash transactions.

Then the other challenge will be to find a store that is opened to take your cash! Lots of recent power outages caused stores to simply close as opposed to stay opened and accept cash transactions.

Why it’s important to think and move fast, real fast!
All judgment calls of course but you need to think quick and take action.

Be it seeking cover from a shooter or whatever. If grid went down and I was downtown, I would immediately seek some shelter. Be it in a hotel, restaurant, office.... if I was close to my vehicle, I would try and get as far away from core as possible, but if I was unable to do so, a hotel it would be. If able to reach vehicle, I would have food and bring kit to hotel that I just rented a room at.

Would grab food from usual small hotel store, grab snacks from any other source and fill tub and coffe makers, vase... with water and see how things proceed.
Same for office tower, there’s usually some restaurant or shop within the larger ones.
There is almost always a small window one can use and that is what I would aim for and this my desire for decent amount of cash on hand.

You want to get inside and settled before things and this includes the front door, lock down.
Cash may also help get one past the office tower staff trying to keep doors secure 😯

I had this happen twice (once in Germany and another in Tobago). In both situations I had another credit card, but the second card I had in Tobago (American Express) wasn't recognized. Fortunately, I had U.S. cash or I'd be screwed. Tobago currency cannot be purchased out of the country, nor can it be cashed-in. If you want a fair rate, you're not going to get it in the public sector. The TT Dollar i's worth about 20 cents Canadian and I found myself having to pay dollar for dollar until I got to a bank (the cab drivers there are crooks).

Wow that is some fancy bike. I hope you enjoy it once it arrives. I would love if you could do a review on it.

After loosing my job close to 5 years ago, every purchase I make starts with the question: do I need it or do I want it. If the answer is want, then cash only. (or debit card). I have not found anything on line in the last 5 years that I have wanted or need to buy...or maybe I am just too cheap.

Wow that is some fancy bike. I hope you enjoy it once it arrives. I would love if you could do a review on it.

Since it will be my first electric bike, its best I dont say much on it until I have done some serious time on it and gain exerience with it.

I can say a few things on why I picked this unit. It was actually down to two types, both from Canadain distributors, one in BC and the other from Saskatchewan https://www.biktrix.com/products/biktrix-juggernaut-classic-hd . This one from Saskatchewan is a mid drive, if the prices were equal I would have gone for the mid drive unit, but for me, at this time,not doing a lot of hills or serious off road, a hub motor works just fine and saves 500 dollars.

These volbikes are selling as fast as they can import them, They are becoming relitively common, with cycling groups for these bikes forming up in Edmonton, Red Deer, and towns inbetween. Every part on the bike is non proprietory, I can source it anywhere, even if the distributor goes out of bussiness. The wiring schematic is posted right on the web site so I can do my own trouble shooting if problems develop. On some bike forums I spoke with people who have hammered out 9000- 10000 km on these bikes and the only consumables have been tires (3 sets by the time you hit 10000km).

I have been a fan of these fat tires for two reasons, First all season ability, 6 inches of snow and you plow through like nothing... greater stability on roughly graveled roads....greater stability becomes a major factor as you age. Bones dont heal as fast when your older. You need to reduce the risk of falls, you will fall anyway, from something, but reducing the frequency of falls is something you need to plan for and I find fat tires really help with that and ofcourse way less rider fatigue as the fat tires just soak up bumps and you feel nothing (or little).

Thank you for the break down in your thoughts.

Around here they are common and a cause for fights. The non electric bikers feel they shouldn't be allowed in bike lanes. The car drivers feel they just get in the way and should be in bike lanes. Surprisingly the people that ride electric bikes are quiet for the most part. Riding bikes is a large part of the culture of the city that I live in.