by "CB" (jrcb)
Published 04/07/2017 at 08:08
by "CB" (jrcb)
Published 04/07/2017 at 08:08
Tags: Canadalopnik
STARS: 2
Right. Canadian Spring means chance of snow up until May 2-4. At least it’ll be 20 degrees next week. Happy Friday!
"CalzoneGolem" (calzonegolem)
04/07/2017 at 08:18, STARS: 0
We got 3" of snow on Saturday. Maine spring sounds a lot like Canadian spring.
"bob and john" (bobandjohn)
04/07/2017 at 08:19, STARS: 0
SUCK IT ITS WARM AND SUNNY IN THUNDER BAY
WELCOME TO MY LIFE IN THE PAST 4 YEARS SUCKERS
"404 - User No Longer Available" (toni-cipriani)
04/07/2017 at 08:20, STARS: 0
Back to 14 this weekend, fingers crossed, need to wax and store my car.
"gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee" (gogmorgo)
04/07/2017 at 08:21, STARS: 1
Spring doesn’t happen until May. This is that in-between season I like to call “breakup”, as in when the snow starts melting and the ice on the rivers and lakes breaks up and moves out. Spring isn’t until it quits freezing at night and the ground dries up, generally mid May to early June. I’ve seen snow every month of the year so it’s not like it’s a good indication of any kind.
"Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer" (smallbear94)
04/07/2017 at 08:31, STARS: 0
This is the in-between season I like to call “shit”. It comes between winter and summer.
"Dave the car guy , still here" (a3dave)
04/07/2017 at 08:31, STARS: 1
We got 3" today in NE Ohio. Hopefully last snow of the year.
"Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer" (smallbear94)
04/07/2017 at 08:40, STARS: 1
*Wakes up
“WHERE THE FUCK WAS THIS 2 MONTHS AGO!?!?!?”
I hate spring. I hate spring even more after a winter like this one.
"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
04/07/2017 at 09:05, STARS: 0
I can’t believe how warm it’s supposed to get over the next few days. Up to 75 freedom degrees in Detroit on Monday (it’s in the 30s right now).
"fintail" (fintail)
04/07/2017 at 09:52, STARS: 0
I hope those little trees don’t get too much larger, going to be some turf war for the roots.
Nice 1960s house, approximate value in a laundered money market, one billion dollars.
"CB" (jrcb)
04/07/2017 at 10:50, STARS: 0
There are houses in our neighbourhood going for three or four million, so you’re not far off.
"fintail" (fintail)
04/07/2017 at 10:59, STARS: 0
I can believe it. And the money is 100% on the up and up, of course.
I went to an estate sale in Vancouver last weekend, at this house:
https://www.rew.ca/properties/R2125277/550-w-29th-avenue-vancouver
Land value only, good but not the greatest area, sad in that the house had lovely old finishes which will mostly be sent to the landfill. It’s insane in Seattle right now, but not quite to north of the border levels, yet.
"CB" (jrcb)
04/07/2017 at 11:03, STARS: 0
Holy smokes. That’s insane.
"gmctavish needs more space" (gmctavish)
04/07/2017 at 12:05, STARS: 0
Oh yeah, that poor old thing is a goner. Surely to be replaced with some thrown together mcmansion crap. Can’t let surrey have all the tacky big houses.
A friend of mine just rescued a bunch of brick for his fireplace from a 7000 sq ft 1920 mansion in north van, getting totally gutted of its pristine, original interior. Gorgeous wood paneling piled in the front yard, making way for drywall and mdf.
"fintail" (fintail)
04/07/2017 at 12:20, STARS: 0
The house itself is a common old middle class bungalow, but the finishes were remarkable to me. Inlaid (!) hardwood floors throughout, leaded glass, built-ins, huge amounts of wood trim, large brick and tile mantle. Even at high price points, that stuff just isn’t able to be duplicated with any quality today. I know what you mean by Surrey, too, I drove through there on the way up, it’s the Canadian version of southern American mcmansions (aka they cost 5x as much)
Sad about that gutted house, and how irreplaceable material ends up in the skip. In the town where my mom lives, the same thing happened. A beautiful ca. 1910 Georgian style mansion had been in the same family for eons, perfectly preserved down to original glazing and a huge monkey puzzle tree in the front yard. It sold around 2005 (height of mcmansion crap), the new owners removed the tree, gutted the house, added tacky additions, ruined it. You can’t really reverse that. It’s like chopping and channeling a 540K and putting a Chevy 350 in it.
"gmctavish needs more space" (gmctavish)
04/07/2017 at 12:40, STARS: 0
Oh wow, that is really surprising for one of those. Too bad it won’t be there much longer, but one can hope.
Damn, that is disappointing too. Yeah, practically irreversible. I don’t get people.
"gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee" (gogmorgo)
04/07/2017 at 14:25, STARS: 1
Yeah, it’s not the greatest. ‘Toba’s usually underwater for the most part.