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Time to lighten this thread up a bit!!! Here's a pic I took of my pooch with my new lens!!! ENJOY!!! 😜

Last I understood, were all immigrants. Was I offended, NO!! I hope Don runs for Prime Minister, we need someone that tells the truth. and that so called friend Mclean should be ashamed throwing his partner under the bus. Were living in a weak world now. To many people throwing the race card if they disagree. You can't say a thing to your kids anymore or they'll run to mommy and cry, try and take their cel phone off them, life ended I'll commit suicide.

Again---nothing to do with any right of free speech or expression. If the mods don't like what you say on here they have every right to kick you off. If you are offended by what guests say in your house you have the right to kick them out. No different from Rogers and DC. You are free to say what you like but you are also 'free' to suffer the consequences----something we experience in day-to-day life.

Not sure on winter outfitters, but we did some "ice fishing" Monday / Tuesday and Wednesday! Consider this a bump for you..

My honest opinion is when I read the words that got him fired, I scratched my head and thought that him getting fired was a little over the top. The reason? If you take his words for what he said, there really isn't anything malicious being said. The end result was him telling "you people" to buy poppies. But the more you look at it and take a critical thinking approach to those words, the easier it is to realize that yes, that phrase could very easily be racist or discriminatory. The end result is an 85 year old hockey analyst that should have retired long ago and is by and far behind the times when it comes to the current type of game played here has been fired. his tenure 0on coaches corner had to come to an end sooner or later and they will replace him and life will go on. On a secondary note, I saw another post saying that Coaches Corner is pre taped and played 3 times (once per each game played). And no one at Sportsnet thought "Maybe this is a little over the top and we should re tape this segment?"... So although he said it and is wearing the blame, there are multiple other people who let it go by that could have stopped this from being an issue in the first place. I rarely watch Hockey anymore so don't really care one way or another.

You don't have to open a thread, you choose to...you can't blame others for your choices. HH

My suggestion is to find a place that has you stay in a cottage with all the amenities, then have them take you out to your hut for the day. Much more comfortable after a long day of fishing, more room to spread out and you can even have a shower. I don't find night fishing that great through the ice.

"You People" "The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him." -G.K. Chesterton Hundreds of thousands of Canadian soldiers have given their lives in the last century for "you people" to live in this great country. On November 11th we pay tribute to their sacrifice and remember the soldiers who made our freedom; including the freedom of speech, possible. It is because of them that "you people" can write whatever it is you wish on social media, it is because of them "you people" are free to express and follow whichever religion, sexuality, belief or ideal you choose to; free of persecution. On November 9th 2019 Don Cherry spoke the words: "You people... you love our way of life, you love our milk and honey, at least you can pay a couple bucks for a poppy or something like that. These guys paid for your way of life that you enjoy in Canada, these guys paid the biggest price." He is not wrong. The words "you people" don't translate to "immigrants" in my vocabulary. But it did for the tens of thousands who brought their complaints to the attention of SportsNet and multiple social media platforms. "You people" to me represents ANYONE who enjoys the freedom we are given in Canada without a second thought about the cost of that freedom. "You people" targets those with a total disregard for how we pay our respects to our servicemen. Don Cherry was not disrespecting Canadian soldiers of different ethnicities. His comment was directed to ANYONE purposefully not wearing a poppy but enjoying the freedoms our country provides. However, if you were one of the humans who got offended and saw it as "racist" or "xenophobic" all I can say is... ....if the skate fits, go ahead and lace that b*tch up and wear it. We have a Prime Minister who openly mocks minorities with countless "black face" party tricks. He has discriminated against and disgraced women in his cabinet and breaks promise after promise to our aboriginal population. But a true Canadian PATRIOT rather un-gently encourages the public to wear poppies in remembrance of veteran sacrifice and he is fired from an iconic career. I ask anyone who was offended by Don Cherry's words to walk down to your local Legion right now and ask a veteran why they did what they did. When the vet is finished explaining, I want you to explain to them why Don Cherry's words offended you personally. You won't. "You people" will have no way to justify your easily offended feelings after hearing a vets selfless response of why they risked their own life for our country and the freedom "you people" take for granted. "You people" owe every Canadian veteran your life, but because of their sacrifice your life will likely never be called for collection. The least "you people" could do is give them your respect.

That is so true.

Moose Antler Fishing Rod, well sort of. A customer requested I build him a rod using Moose Antler as he knew I had done one previously. The reel seat, butt cap and handle inserts were turned from stabilized Canadian Moose Antler that I acquired from a friend.

No but I've heard a large grizzly bear sniffing at the side of my tent!!! 😮 That's a real sphincter tightener!!!!

Don Cherry said...“You people, that come here”. So he is addressing people that have come from somewhere else. He says that he sees those people walking around Mississauga and Toronto. How does Don know who is an immigrant or not? It’s not like “New Canadians” wear a badge with that on it, he is talking about visible minorities. So Don is making assumptions about people based on the color of their skin, can’t think of a better description of ‘racist’ if I tried.

One of the local guys was out on Sunday on the closest fishable water to my house. It's less than a mile to his spot from my front door.

He said right at the beginning that the new Canadians don't wear poppies. Specially in Toronto. First how does he know they are new Canadians? Does he check their passports. Second. more than 1.4 million of the people that came from those countries fought should to shoulder with Canadian forces while we were under British rule. They also lost about 74,000 men in those fights, more than the Canadians lost. They also sell poppies and women's Hanjab's with poppies in them to support the troups. You can go on youtube and listen to the full rant he made about people not wearing poppies.

Yup, voltage regulator should do it. Keep those guides at about 50 degrees and you'll be all set.

Don Cherry

I think it is a lynx. They can make some very strange sounds and one of their sounds is described as sounding like a baby crying.

Dose it count for a discount ? LOL HA HA HA

To be fair we are now always connected to our work through our laptops and smart phones and pretty much expected to be on call 24/7. So if thats an expectation then we should be allowed to surf the internet a while at work. I always say that you can do what ever you want as long as the work gets done.

To be fair I'm an Information Technology Analyst, it's my job to look at things on the internet!!! 😜

It happens all the time sad to say. Keeping a roof over your families head and food on the table always trumps loyalty, always. That's a fact of life. I've seen it many times on the job. I still like Don Cherry, he is from a different generation than some here. He has sat in that chair on Saturday night for 38 years I heard him say yesterday. Longer then our millenials have been alive touting their political correctness. I almost used the acronym PC, that's a millennial thing to do. LMAO, ROTFLMAO. OMG.

I respect a lot of members opinions on here Brian. It is just that some members drift from the actual topic to take cloaked shots at other members that do not agree. Some members are subversively making the discussion into political Bull.

If this cold keeps up could be a record early ice wine harvest.

When discussing topics like this, I always like to keep in mind that I was just "luck of the universe" not born into a war-torn country. I could've very easily been born in Afghanistan, escaped in desperation with my family, and ended up in Canada, rather than being lucky enough to be born here. Nothing more than luck that I was born to my parents and not another set of parents. Many of the people immigrating have experienced war firsthand, and live with the memories every day. I'm not going to fault someone coming from a situation I know nothing about for either not being aware of the meaning of a poppy, or choosing not to wear it because they just came from war and choose not to relive it. I was born here, I'm certainly aware of how pivotal our veterans were in Canada BEING such a great country, so I'll wear a poppy every year and make sure I donate a reasonable sum to the poppy box when I purchase one. I mean, if you want to get mad about something, get mad at people who pull into a store in a high end Range Rover and drop a quarter into the box. Personally, not something that I let bother me, but if I was going to get mad about something around poppies, that'd be what would grind my gears.

I thought this thread was about the end of the growing season in Niagara by reading the title

I've been a member of this board for 17 years and don't ever remember it being strictly fishing, infact some of the best ever discussions around here have had nothing to do with fishing. As far as Don Cherry's opinions, he's entitled to think whatever he wants. Personally, I buy & wear a poppy the 1st day they become available and always wear it till the 11th but if I see someone not wearing one I certainly wouldn't chastise him for it because it's his choice.

Newfies are the most toughest immigrants bye.

EXACTOMONDO MY GOOD FRIEND Is it crappie time yet ?

https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/hazel-mccallion-others-to-rally-in-support-of-don-cherry?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR3hHzF_3iuC5zifPMdkjd3c0uzguCubVveu9d3jQ0RX6OBqx3_9bdr8Up4#Echobox=1573613961

Once again it's great to see the anti immigrant stance of a lot of members on this board. Threads like these make me wonder why I stick around here as you see the true colours of some people. Guess Im a glutton for punishment. Waiting for the inevitable "Don't let the door hit you on the way out" from the usual suspects.

Yay another political post! Also good to see the usual Nationalists are out in full force! I wish the nationlists here would understand what Free Speech actually means as laid out by the charter of rights or even the american Constitution but oh well these are the same people who feel an old hockey coach commenting on a hockey broadcast has the right to say or do what he wants on matters not related to hockey without repercussions.

Glad that he is gone. He is anti-immigrant and pro white so bye bye. Canada is all inclusive and if you cannot get behind that then get in line behind cherry and show your true colors.

Agreed.

I’m glad he wouldn’t apologize. His statement was exactly what it needed to be. Wouldn’t bend to the lefty’s for a second. MacLean should be ashamed of himself for not having the guts to stand by him. You’d think that after 30 years of working with a guy there would be some loyalty.

Freedom of speech has zero to do with people saying racist things without consequences. Long time coming. He hasn't been able to finish a sentence for almost as long as he hasn't been able to finish a thought. And that's coming from a white middle aged male born in Canada hockey fan. The only demographic he hasn't said something uninformed about.

Funny the folks most fired up about it had no problem voting for the guy that did

The law of political correctness prevails , at least he didn't wear blackface.

Free speech has long been forbidden in this country. He just crossed the line one time too many.