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They'll never stop making those shows. They're pretty much perfect reality TV. Cheap as hell to make since they pay the "actors" almost nothing and soak up subsidies from governments, and trade, travel and real-estate associations. Each episode is a tiny, self-contained story in which the audience gets to laugh at/hate/judge/envy/sympathize with total strangers and their expensive/unique/exotic property purchases. A property bubble collapse just means they need to change shooting locations for a while.
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Saltin posted:For me, the best part about the correction will be the end of these loving dipshit shows. It'll just swing to Reno shows.
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My wife should start a home reno show called "And Now You're Stuck With It." A show where she goes and redoes all the lovely "it only needs to last 6 months" Reno's that home flippers bodge together while practically living out of suitcases in their 'primary residence'. She's got a good 'I don't care if your life is ruined this is what needs to loving happen' attitude and the ability to ignore crying, even in public/on camera.
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Jan 30, 2015 01:12
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On this episode of "And Now You're Stuck With It" we jack up a house and replace a foundation that was further damaged by house flippers that ignored it in favor of installing a water sprinkler system themselves and opening up a sinkhole under their footings! Before that, let's tell the home owners that the job will cost at least 40 thousand dollars and they're both going to have to delay retirement a decade.
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if a $40,000 bill will delay your retirement by a decade, you're going to have one lovely broke-rear end retirement
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Jan 30, 2015 01:25
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Cultural Imperial posted:James Cheng just got his poo poo pushed in by some nimbys. A loss for this gently caress face is a victory for all. Where were these guys when the equally disgusting Telus Garden was being proposed?
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Jan 30, 2015 01:30
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Cultural Imperial posted:http://www.bankofcanada.ca/2015/01/planned-changes-assets-eligible-collateral/ Canadians banks much more responsible than poorly run US banks. Now excuse me while I go loan out some more money backed by already existing debts.
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Kafka Esq. posted:Jesus, gently caress. That's exactly what McCain said just before the American economy took a nosedive in 2008.
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THC posted:Where were these guys when the equally disgusting Telus Garden was being proposed? Either lining up for the pre sale or strung out on bad junk in the vag occupy camp
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Rime posted:Cenovus cut another $700m off their capital expenditures budget. 
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Jan 30, 2015 02:18
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Rime posted:Cenovus cut another $700m off their capital expenditures budget. thousands of layoffs and billions of dollars in capex cut will not affect a vibrant diverse economy.
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Jan 30, 2015 02:28
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LemonDrizzle posted:if a $40,000 bill will delay your retirement by a decade, you're going to have one lovely broke-rear end retirement No poo poo.
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Jan 30, 2015 02:32
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EvilJoven posted:My wife should start a home reno show called "And Now You're Stuck With It." A show where she goes and redoes all the lovely "it only needs to last 6 months" Reno's that home flippers bodge together while practically living out of suitcases in their 'primary residence'. Funny and sad you mention this. The house down the road from my parents was bought last week and it being totally gutted in what I can only assume is some knobs flipping venture. Its a 37 year old bungalow in north loving Barrie.
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Jan 30, 2015 02:34
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Companies like Syncrude also announced that they will cut dividend payments this year.
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Jan 30, 2015 02:36
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Saltin posted:For me, the best part about the correction will be the end of these loving dipshit shows. In 2007, in America, HGTV had both "Flip This House" and "Flip That House," as distinct TV shows.
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Furnaceface posted:I still have no idea where this idea of needing ridiculous amounts of space for kids comes from. I grew up just fine in a 3 bedroom bungalow that at one point had 7 people living in it. You find space, privacy is still a closed door away, and frankly it helped teach me how to not be a hoarder or big spender because there just wasnt room for a bunch of crap I would use once or never at all. Just make sure the kids have the tools and they will make due with the space provided. I turned out just fine. Yeah, this needing space for spouses to spit in separate sinks just doesn't due.
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Rime posted:Cenovus cut another $700m off their capital expenditures budget. i really hope this means i wont have to sit through their lovely attempts at brainwashing before i see a movie now
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RBC posted:i really hope this means i wont have to sit through their lovely attempts at brainwashing before i see a movie now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0vYTFve7tA Since poo poo like the oil sands is something that should be listed as a nation's accomplishments
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Cultural Imperial posted:I loving hate that commercial so much Turning pristine wilderness into Mordor is a great accomplishment compared to landing on the moon or a transcontinental railroad.
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etalian posted:Turning pristine wilderness into Mordor is a great accomplishment compared to landing on the moon or a transcontinental railroad. It pisses me off doubly that those motherfuckers aren't taxed harder
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Cultural Imperial posted:It pisses me off doubly that those motherfuckers aren't taxed harder I like how the ad shows pristine forests, even though the whole oil sands process ends up turning the landscape into Mordor.
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Jan 30, 2015 05:05
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etalian posted:Turning pristine wilderness into Mordor is a great accomplishment compared to landing on the moon or a transcontinental railroad. nevermind groundbreaking environmental or medical research, we've got this poo poo just lying around in the mud!!!
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OSI bean dip posted:Last time I watched the show (these episodes in particular), I was suffering from a cold so perhaps you're valid on the fakery part. Nonetheless, my point stands that these shows are awful. No it absolutely is. I met the couple from one of the episodes in the city I live and a) you have to have closed on the house you want before the show airs b) they pick houses for you so in her case the other two homes were in neighborhoods they had never considered and c) they changed her husbands job because ??? The only reason to watch these shows is to get a rough idea of what homes look like in different parts of the world and kind of sort of what they might cost, maybe. Edit: Also that people from Ohio are goddamn awful.
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Barudak posted:
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/cibc-confirms-job-cuts-1.2937263quote:CIBC has decided to "selectively reduce a number of positions," the bank confirmed in an email to CBC News Thursday evening. Good. Burn all bankers.
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Barudak posted:The only reason to watch these shows is to get a rough idea of what homes look like in different parts of the world and kind of sort of what they might cost, maybe. These are the two reason (in rough priority order too) for why I occasionally watch House Hunters and its international version. Oh hey, Kathmandu homes are sort of neat.
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JawKnee posted:nevermind groundbreaking environmental or medical research, we've got this poo poo just lying around in the mud!!! gently caress IT companies, biomed, drug companies, manufacturing, aerospace, we just need a holes and houses economy.
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Jan 30, 2015 06:16
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The Capital Adequacy Ratios are a surprisingly readable document explaining how banks' capital is regulated and what will happen if banks are unable to maintain minimum capital requirements. One thing that's sort of been tossed around is that capital requirements beyond the minimum capital requirements are based on risk-weighted assets (in many cases, the risk is assessed by the bank). A couple things that interests me about that are:
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Cultural Imperial posted:http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/cibc-confirms-job-cuts-1.2937263 You know drat well its going to be the tellers, clerks, and cleaners being let go. The bloat at the top is never where cuts start despite that being the biggest source of lost income for almost every business. I cant remember if CI posted this or not, but my friend sent me the link and I got a good laugh: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/01/26/house-prices-canada-toronto-alberta_n_6547972.html
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LemonDrizzle posted:if a $40,000 bill will delay your retirement by a decade, you're going to have one lovely broke-rear end retirement For house flippers facing this situation, it isn't just repairs they're having to face, it's being upside down on one, sometimes two mortgages on houses that are in need of serious repairs if they're going to hold them long term as well as no retirement planning other than flipping houses for ever. I bet a lot of people with million dollar mortgages in Vancouver will be staring down an extra 10 years of work if they don't dump their houses before the bottom really drops out.
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EvilJoven posted:My wife should start a home reno show called "And Now You're Stuck With It." A show where she goes and redoes all the lovely "it only needs to last 6 months" Reno's that home flippers bodge together while practically living out of suitcases in their 'primary residence'. This is basically what Mike Holmes' shows are. Pointing out how terrible almost all contractors are then fixing their poo poo so families aren't completely hosed. I used to install security systems and couldn't believe the stuff I saw in places like Surrey. Like Indian slum-style electrical wiring knots in brand new single family home construction.
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Reverse Centaur posted:This is basically what Mike Holmes' shows are. Pointing out how terrible almost all contractors are then fixing their poo poo so families aren't completely hosed. Can you call out some of the poo poo contractors for us as a public service?
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I love the "turning pristine wilderness into mordor" line Have you fuckers ever driven around Fort Mac and seen your "pristine wilderness?" It's hardly some shining wilderness which is being converted to a smoke and tar filled landscape. Really wish I had taken some pictures of the landscape while I was up there. e: I'm not saying that they're doing a swell job at environmental reclamation, but saying they're destroying pristine wilderness is a bit  based on what I would term favourably as a bog.
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Baudin posted:I love the "turning pristine wilderness into mordor" line "pristine wilderness" /= beautiful
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Baudin posted:I love the "turning pristine wilderness into mordor" line lmao
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