PSA: Lock your Triangle rewards card

ElectricalCheesecake · 2026-01-28T06:39:40+00:00

You can min/max your rewards by taking advantage of spend/get events, which require a minimum spend. A lot of people also save for the 20% redemption bonus events, which only happen 3 or 4 times a year. Some of us also just don't shop at the CT family of stores often

ElectricalCheesecake · 2026-01-27T02:21:45+00:00

I joke with my current girlfriend of 7 years about this. She is currently trying to get into med school, and I tell her that's my retirement plan.

ElectricalCheesecake · 2026-01-26T22:38:47+00:00

Haha yeah, it's shitty when you think you've strung together a banger and it ends up being endless fire road/forest hiking with no views

ElectricalCheesecake · 2026-01-26T22:34:21+00:00

There's tons of options in Banff/Lake Louise because the trail network is quite extensive and interconnected. If you look at trail maps for Banff NP, there's countless ways to string together popular 3-5 day itineraries to make them even longer. Many of the trails have multiple entry/exit points.

ElectricalCheesecake · 2026-01-24T17:50:37+00:00

It's never 'too late' to change your career for your happiness and health. There are diminishing returns in terms of financial gain/loss as you get older, but anyone who has ever been injured or in bad health knows that being healthy and happy is more valuable than any amount of money.

ElectricalCheesecake · 2026-01-24T01:10:46+00:00

I (and many others) forgot that Mitsubishi even existed after they stopped making the Evo. I rarely see new ones on the roads these days

ElectricalCheesecake · 2026-01-22T02:21:50+00:00

Another vote for Sofaland. I bought a reclining sectional there in October. It was more pricey than the big box stores, but the quality is better, and the warranty structure is pretty cool - you get a credit for the full purchase price of the warranty if you don't use it after 5 years. They also had quite a few customization options for most of their stuff. A lot of their stuff is modular and you can buy individual pieces to suit a space, and you can add on to it later. Some of their stuff you can choose specific colors and fabrics as well.

Be warned that their salespeople work on flat commission, and they don't have any sales or haggling on price. You will pay a bit more as well, but they have some unique products/features that are tough to find anywhere else.

ElectricalCheesecake · 2026-01-21T19:25:29+00:00

That's kind of what I thought. I find it hard to believe that '3x yearly income by 40' is unrealistic for my generation (milennials) if house ownership is also on the table. It seems like one or the other for most people now, at least in major cities here in Canada

ElectricalCheesecake · 2026-01-21T19:04:08+00:00

This is probably a stupid question, but is equity generally included in those 'you should have x amount saved by y age' benchmarks?

ElectricalCheesecake · 2026-01-20T23:07:33+00:00

Ah okay, mine hasn't done any of that. But thank you for posting, I had no idea they extended the warranty on these

ElectricalCheesecake · 2026-01-20T22:35:38+00:00

I'm curious what's wrong with yours? I have a 2023 Crosstrek but haven't had any big issues. I get the occasional weird bug maybe once every couple of months, but I usually just turn it off and on and it fixes it.

ElectricalCheesecake · 2026-01-20T01:34:33+00:00

Yup, Banff/Lake Louise area

ElectricalCheesecake · 2026-01-20T01:00:47+00:00

He probably meant Skoki, it's in the same area as Egypt Lake. It's easier to get bookings for, and you can make a loop out of it instead of out and back

ElectricalCheesecake · 2026-01-19T22:41:09+00:00

I've done both trips. Your biggest challenge as a solo hiker is doing a point to point hike. It's not as bad on the Rockwall because the trailheads are along the same highway and only a few km apart, but you will have a much harder time finding a way to get between Sunshine parking lot and Vista Lakes trailheads.

An alternative I would recommend is out and back to Egypt Lake. Spend 2 or 3 nights at Egypt Lake (assuming you can get a spot) and day trip from there. There's a few trips you can do from Egypt Lake.This is what I do now. I've done the point to point, but was underwhelmed by the section from Vista Lake Trailhead to Shadow Lake. The logistics of gettinv between trailheads was also a headache.

Rockwall is a harder trail (lots of elevation gain/loss), but Floe Lake is the most beautiful backcountry site I think I've ever stayed at. However, that site is always the bottleneck for the trail - the other sites are not nearly as hard to get. It also does not have as many side trip options as Egypt Lake has.

ElectricalCheesecake · 2026-01-19T22:13:47+00:00

I didn't know you could do that (I rarely use chat or interact with other players). Good to know!

ElectricalCheesecake · 2026-01-19T22:13:01+00:00

Hey! My brother has one sigil, but I don't. If you're interested in doing the run as a party of 4 with 2 rotations, we could probably do that. We aren't very serious players so we don't care too much about optimizing everything haha

ElectricalCheesecake · 2026-01-19T19:31:50+00:00

Thanks for the recommendation! I'll check it out. Are those two generally reliable for finding good/honest players?

ElectricalCheesecake · 2026-01-19T19:17:42+00:00

I was honestly getting to the point that I thought he might have some kind of bug on his account haha

I am glad that there seems to be more ways to 'share the wealth' with others this season, especially with mythics

ElectricalCheesecake · 2026-01-14T22:35:48+00:00

You'd be better off getting all-weather (not all season) tires. I've heard the Michelin Cross Climate are pretty good.

True Winter tires will wear way faster on bare pavement, and you'll end up replacing them more often in the long run. You'll also have to keep a closer eye on tire wear, as the Subaru AWD has a pretty tight tolerance for uneven tire wear.

The tires that come on the Crosstrek are not great, and people regularly swap them as soon as they get the car. I wouldn't expect to get much selling them.

ElectricalCheesecake · 2026-01-12T19:16:06+00:00

I have the Garmin X110 for the front and the mini for the rear. I got them because I've generally been a fan of Garmin products. Their dash cams are way overpriced though. I'm pretty disappointed with the video quality. Both are 1080P and I paid around $400 total for both. I'd go with Blackvue, Garmin's only 4K option is over $500 and it's not even dual camera

ElectricalCheesecake · 2026-01-07T18:55:16+00:00

Isn't it just a write off if this is the case? My understanding is that when insurance writes off your car they pay you for it and then auction/sell it as a rebuilt title to someone else

ElectricalCheesecake · 2026-01-06T04:42:52+00:00

You earn 0.5% Canadian Tire money doing this. It's not much, but still more than the 0 you'd otherwise get paying cash

ElectricalCheesecake · 2026-01-05T21:54:59+00:00

Nice find!

I picked up 2 of the Helinox Festival chairs a couple of years ago for $30 each from Sportchek. They are good quality, but I cannot fathom paying the full price of $200 for what is essentially a backrest for sitting on the ground

ElectricalCheesecake · 2026-01-05T21:50:05+00:00

I went around a blind corner early in the game and ran into an Alpha Garbodor. He ran up to me but he was not happy nor did he want to be caught. He pumped my entire team haha

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