Little things that make you happy

[Johnnymac]

Wife and I worked one our "puzzles" together, me with my Lego and her with a wooden puzzle.  Always fun putting a little set of Lego together.

[RRocket]

IQ has a bunch of the flower Legos..

[Johnnymac]

IQ has a bunch of the flower Legos..

They are great way to kill some time and feel a bit of accomplishment. 

[Johnnymac]

My nephew is turning 4 in about two weeks.  Ever since he was born I have wanted to buy him a GT Snowracer like I had growing up.  Technically you are supposed to be 5 to use these sleds but he is big for his age and will have adult supervision.

Also my birthday is a week later and figured I might as well have one also.  I got the "king size" version that has a weight capacity large enough for me.

So a lot of people my age grew up with these,  it back in the day it was made by Noma at Canadian Tire, but I guess they were licensed to produce them for our market from Stiga.  For whatever reason Noma decided to stop making them and a bunch of knockoffs have entered our market, but I wanted the best so Stiga it had to be.  Definitely not cheap but they do tend to last a long time.

[Firm]

Man, those bring back some memories, those where the best sleds. I was actually telling my son about them a couple weeks ago when we got snow down here, I figure mine is probably still in the rafters in my parents garage, will have to remember to grab it next time we're up there so if/when it does snow again he can try it.

My last memory on one of those, I was probably 18-19, we had a huge snow storm and my buddy and I decided to dust off the old GT's....Threw them in the back of his 2WD S10, got bored at the hills and it was pretty late, so we got the bright idea to tow one behind the truck....In retrospec, dumb as all hell, but it was a lot of fun. I'll never forget riding down mainstreet in Streetsville ON on my GT behind a bright blue S10.

[Revelations]

Yep, the GT's were the all time king of the snowhill. I grew up in a very hilly area of Calgary and it was a huge part of my childhood hitting up the slopes. In my late teens my pals and I discovered the ultimate toboggan is a plastic truck bedliner, only if fast and completely out of control floats your boat.

[Johnnymac]

Yeah I actually had two growing up, first one had a hand operated braking system. At some point the front ski broke in half.  The second one I had for awhile but taking a jump as an early teen and landing on the steering wheel meant the structure bent in the wheel and fell in on itself.

As a kid everyone had one of these.  I used it constantly as a kid, going down hills by our house growing up, building jumps and race tracks on those hills, taking it to the big town hill, I even used it on flat land just using one leg to kick my way around a track I'd make around the house, and at one point I remember tying our wooden toboggan to the back of it so I could load big snow boulders on it and tow it with my GT Snowracer to where I was building a snow fort.

Truly was a toy I hold in high regard from my youth.  Can't deny I am not excited myself to go sliding with my new one.

[Gurgie]

Bella broke her ankle on a GT when she was about 10yrs old or so. And that same ankle is still sensitive she says... though that part might just be the 6" or so between her ears 

I remember launching these off of jumps & having just epic crashes. Makes me cringe a little thinking how that would feel today, LOL!!

[Tortoise]

Some of my best crashes were after saying "watch this" as I hopped onto a GT. I'm convinced the brakes were just there to make the lawyers happy.

[Johnnymac]

I'll let you guys know how the first runs go.  Not sure I'll be launching it off ramps like I did as a kid.  Don't need to break myself.

[Blizzard]

Real winter. This year is the first winter in awhile where there's been stable cold temperatures and regular accumulating snowfall. The past few years and especially last year were mostly a never-ending mix of freeze, thaw, rain, and freezing rain with little actual snowfall and sustained cold temperatures. Last year the snow was all melted by late February which is crazy for Montreal.

Call me crazy but I much prefer this to what we've had in the past few years.

[Blueprint]

European Tesla sales down 50% in January 2024 vs January 2023. Karma.

[RRocket]

European Tesla sales down 50% in January 2024 vs January 2023. Karma.

I thought this odd considering Emperor Musk has his fingers in everything

https://www.google.com/amp/s/thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5132717-trump-administration-suspends-electric-vehicle-charging-network/amp/

[Tortoise]

Of course he's ok with it after already taking a bunch of government money for the Tesla charging stations.

[RRocket]

Of course he's ok with it after already taking a bunch of government money for the Tesla charging stations.

If only for the stations!

His whole business model relied on govt credits to turn a profit.

I'm proud to say I had this con man pegged from Day 1....and plenty of people on the forum fought me about it!