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I haven't using "credit" since I bought my house 19 years ago. Paid it off 5 years ago. I haven't bought a vehicle on "credit" since 1988. Sold it 1.5 year later because I didn't like making payments. Bought a vehicle I could pay cash for. I use credit cards for convenience, not because I can't pay for things. I'm self-employed so I'm a POS to banks anyways. I know if I want to buy anything that requires a loan, I will need to put down 35%.

I've never checked mine. Why would I want to know?

Scary ride for Lajoie.

Its for the win. Nobody did anything wrong. McDowell needed that win and so did Keselowski, but neither got it.

Michael McDowell calling, I'd like to chat with Brad please.

Been trying to watch This Is Us on Netflix but geesus, I end up in tears half the time and have to turn it off....lol

I'm stuck in Youtube these days. I have a short attention span. Rust Bros Ford Era Gas Monkey Coffee Walk Zip Ties and Bias Plies Flying Wheels Just started watching Mopar5150. Not really a Dodge fan but interesting. I need more Youtube Automotive based channels if anyone has suggestions.

Ok, what ever. If you look at the unemployment rate for Canada and America over the last 50-60 years, Canada has always been higher. I'm sure in your head that's Trudeau's fault. I did a quick google search and the answer I get is that America has more jobs in manufacturing than Canada. Those jobs can be filled by anybody. Wages in Canada grew faster through the 70's, 80's, and 90's (partial due to an increase in unions). Canada lost manufacturing to low labour rate countries and those who stayed brought in automation faster to lower their need for labour. This leads back to what I was told years ago. 5% of the population in Canada is unemployable because we have a higher standard of skills required even for entry level work.

True. So why is the Canadian Unemployment rate always higher than the U.S.?

Quick google search. https://financialpost.com/news/economy/canadas-unemployment-rate-declines-to-lowest-in-four-decades Canada’s unemployment rate plunged to the lowest in more than 40 years, suddenly raising the odds of a Bank of Canada rate hike this month. The jobless rate fell to 5.7 per cent in December, Statistics Canada said Friday in Ottawa, the lowest in the current data series that begins in 1976. The number of jobs rose by 78,600, beating expectations and bringing the full-year employment gain to 422,500. That’s the best annual increase since 2002. That was late 2017. Of course in 2020 unemployment rose to 9.7% because people jumped on the Covid train and got paid to stay home. High rates of unemployed and none of them looking for work. Advertisement 2 Story continues below

The unemployment rate at 6.1%, which is up from the previous month and I believe will continue to rise. I think it was 5.7 last summer. But 6.1 is nothing alarming here. I don't believe its ever been below 5.5 in my lifetime. I remember in a high school class, in the early 80's, talking about the unemployment rate and how it will never be under 5% because 5% of the population is unemployable. I'm trying to hire a labourer right now and unless I want one that struggles to speak english, I will likely have to hire a student then hope to replace him at the end of August. I was hoping there would be more regular people looking for jobs this year...lol Resume count is way up over previous years but that just means more crap to sift through.

McDowell, Gilliland, Byron No practice? Gees Kyle Busch and Austin Dillon both qualified inside the top 5. Best of the Chevs.

I read 4-5 paragraphs.

This is nothing new. It’s been going on as long as I’ve been around.