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    • Canada’s Best Affordable Places to Live – Macleans.ca

      Posted by Rexy on 10 August 2024

      Maybe our kids should move to one of these places…. https://macleans.ca/economy/realestateeconomy/affordable-canadian-cities/

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    • Pursuing experiences, rather than material things

      Posted by Rexy on 30 March 2015

      Nice find Mr. Horn…. The science of why you should spend your money on experiences, and not things. “So rather than buying the latest iPhone or a new BMW, Gilovich suggests you’ll get more happiness …

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    • Toronto really IS superior to Vancouver – The Globe and Mail

      Posted by Rexy on 16 August 2013

      Um…really (wink, wink). Toronto really is superior to Vancouver – The Globe and Mail.

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    • Wild Nights

      Posted by Rexy on 18 June 2013

      “Another” inspirational-this-is-how-you-should-live-your-life beer commercial. This one is from Moosehead Breweries in New Brunswick but it reminds me of the east coast landscape and of memories travelling across northern Ontario.

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    • Stay Pure

      Posted by Rexy on 18 June 2013

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRrWh2ANlJE Another one of those inspirational videos from a beer company. This one is “meh” too stereotypical BC.

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    • Bring it on!!!

      Posted by Rexy on 14 January 2013

      Great Canadian real estate crash of 2013 The housing bubble has burst, and few will emerge unscathed.

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    • Water? Electricity? What’s more important?

      Posted by Rexy on 13 September 2009

      Another notable moment (and there were many) that I remember from my last ride through the Terrai districts was the never-ending road construction. Roads and more specifically along the road side, mounds of earth were …

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    • 20 hours per day of power cuts

      Posted by Rexy on 5 March 2009

      Unbelievable! Starting next week the Nepal Electricity Authority has declared 20 hours of electrical power cuts per day (background news info). This means only potentially 4 hours of computer-love (as Peter T. would put it), …

      Blogsherpa
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    • Finally, Our Dhera

      Posted by Rexy on 30 January 2009

      Aside from posting a back log of blog posts, current posts have been rare these days since we have mainly been focusing our efforts on finding a dhera to live in. Dhera’s are residential places …

      Blogsherpa
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    • Day 2 in Nepal

      Posted by Rexy on 14 November 2008

      It’s officially Day 2. It has only been 2 days and I have already endured a mammoth proportion of new experiences that I think my head is going to explode. Everything is fine of course but …

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