Tomas.

We lost our first dog last year February. Absolutely devastated us. We had/have another dog but we said we weren't going to get a second but seeing our other dog so lonely we caved. 3 months later we see one on Facebook at a local rescue that needed a home and fell in love. It was probably too soon to get another but it is nice to have two dogs again even though the new one is a monster. Brown husky is the new one. 2 years old Brown Shepard is 6 years old Black and white husky is the one we lost last year

Ah. Maybe it is because I am a Canadian contributing member and the ads are part of the tariffs.

To hijack a thread about new forum issues, do contributing members still get ads?

Looks like my cm was out. Just updated. Holy fuck that exchange rate sucks lol. $25 usd is $37 cad

Is it possible to have the button that brings you to the most recent unread post made bigger for mobile? I open threads sometimes 4 times before I manage to hit the little blue dot at the beginning of the thread Also, I can't seem to insert a picture. At the bottom of my reply box I have other media drop down box where insert attachment would be but it will only let me insert media I have already posted to this site. Running chrome on pixel 9

To the subject of KTM, they are too expensive with questionable reliability and all their cool electronic features are a subscription or very expensive after the fact.

For me personally the fun really starts when the pavement ends. I have never rode dirt bikes but logging/forestry roads are where it is at. Commuting to work for cheap is just a bonus.

In reality, no level headed person wants a Harley outside of nostalgia, boomer/Gen x with money, or someone looking for a really good deal on a 20+ year old one. They are only relevant in North America because they couldn't complete and had the government save them on top of years of pump and dumping their own stock. There are so many better bikes out there for way less money and the adventure segment is where it is at.

Not sure if cabinet or not but Brandon Herrera for director of the ATF. I have no dog in the fight but hoping good changes in the USA will help us up here in the north

This a really shitty thing about Canada. We cannot carry handguns as regular licensed firearms owners. The only way is if you had a particular job like trapper or wilderness protection for a big company. But as regular citizens, no. We can carry certain rifles and shotguns that fit in the non restricted firearms category but those are only allowed on public land. No national or most provincial parks. As a person who likes to camp in bear territory I really wish I could carry my P10F

It was a good series. Dan Carlin also has a podcast called "The Destroyer of Worlds" that is currently free that goes from the end of the second world war and the dropping of the bombs on Japan to the Cuban missile crisis. It is a long podcast but give phenomenal detail and insight and I think greatly enhances the turning point series. https://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-59-the-destroyer-of-worlds/

I think it has gotten a big boost in popularity now that it is available on steam.

That was a big game from my childhood. Was back into it a couple of months ago.

A little ways away

Was quite smoky here in Edmonton yesterday. Lots of fires in the northeast of BC. The picture doesn't do the smoke justice Thankfully it was clear Friday night so we were able to get some good views of the northern lights.

I was in scouts almost 20 years ago. It was Scouts Canada then but locally it was referred to as boy scouts. We had a girl in our troop around when we 13-14 years old. She hated girl guides because they weren't doing a lot of the fun stuff we got to do. An example was we went to a big jamboree type deal and there was target shooting with pellet guns but only if you were in scouts. The girl guides weren't allowed to participate. So she got to shoot because she was in our troop. In my opinion I don't think officially dropping the "boy" is a problem. At the end of the day it always has been and will always be the local leaders that make it break the experience for these kids regardless of corporate politics.

No, that was me. It got sorted out when I was on my first trip out of town and about an hour into the ride a gear on the right side of the case decided to loose a couple of teeth and fuck up a lot of shit so I replaced it with a 2005 KLR with 10,000 miles for less money than I had into that KLR with 55,000 miles lmao. See above lol. I have wanted to upgrade for a couple of years but it doesn't make sense money wise just for a but more power.

My first bike was a 1989 KLR 650 that I bought in 2019

My first vehicle was a 2000 Silverado 1500 stepside 5.3.

I have a couple of older sleds (2007-2008) that I have been trying to bring myself to sell. Haven't even fired them up this year. Between lack of snow and lack of ambition I just can't be bothered.

Been a bit of both this time. I have a 2001 Toyota Celsior (Lexus LS 430) that doesn't have a block heater or anything, not even room to put an oil pan heater, it started every time. Didn't like it but it did. Meanwhile the wife's 2004 Forester has a battery blanket and a oil pan heater and even though it rolls over fast, it will not fire. I tried to fire up my old 1993 3.0 ranger plow truck and it wouldn't fire up either.