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Fart Football An old married couple no sooner hit the pillows when the old man passes gas and says, 'Seven Points.' His wife rolls over and says, 'What in the world was that?' The old man replied, 'its fart football.' A few minutes later his wife lets one go and says, 'Touchdown, tie score...' After about five minutes the old man lets another one go and says, 'Aha. I'm ahead 14 to 7.' Not to be outdone the wife rips out another one and says, 'Touchdown, tie score.' Five seconds go by and she lets out a little squeaker and says, 'Field goal, I lead 17 to 14.' Now the pressure is on for the old man. He refuses to get beaten by a woman, so he strains real hard. Since defeat is totally unacceptable, he gives it everything he's got, and accidentally poops in the bed. The wife says, 'What the hell was that?' The old man says, 'Half time, switch sides

What a loss to us all. My boat is named after one of his songs Art

I don’t dare show this to my wife. She has a PSW at an old folks home. Sweating buckets fearing that there won’t be enough PPE‘s. I sure hope she gets the ones made by 3M or some of the new Canadian suppliers. And it’s high time we start producing our own product here in Canada. I agree with premier Ford and I don’t usually. Time to make essential products at home!!! I’m really happy to hear that not one but two of our local manufacturers are gearing up to build respirators. (Danby and Linamar)

So, no one has a photo of anyone not following social distancing in the water so they use a file photo ,which means an old photo In this Plain Dealer file photo

Summer of 1980 worked as a JR in a camp at Kiosk in Algonquin Park. My best friend from that summer was a huge Prine fan and played his music all the time. Been a fan myself ever since. Simple from the heart music. RIP John Prine and thank you for all your great stories.

"Hello In There" John

Well, the wife and I went perch fishing Monday on Erie and had a pretty good day. Came home with 25 LARGE perch, enough to feed us about 6 different meals. 😊

From his best album, IMO

1982 Prine "In the Round" on the turntable at Ontario Place. Was the first time that my Wife met my Sister just after we had married. I was at work and Leah had to roll my penny jar contents to take the TTC and to get into the park, until I got there after work. Been Prine fans ever since..

So most launches now posted as closed in my area but thankfully know a few people. Hit the lake 9 am hit 4 of my spots managed around 60 crappies today withn23 keeper water still cold at mid to high 40s and seen 4 other boats all day it was great

Lets not forget our elderly and not just our family members; but the seniors in our neighborhoods. Check on them to see if they're OK; in need of supplies or errands too be done. Today my wife is off from work; (They started rotating days at the service department of the car dealership; where she is a service adviser) she called the people we new in our neighborhood that might like some help. At the same time she asked them if they knew of anyone that might be in need of something. Only got three people take her up on her offer; most said that they were OK. She did a grocery shop for a couple of homes and one stop at the service Ontario to get a license plate sticker for our next door neighbor, Why this 80 year old man wanted his sticker I don't know? The car hasn't moved for the last two months; but he was upset that his plate had expired. LOL She dropped the groceries off outside at their door and they had the cash or a cheque in their mail box for her. Yes she wiped all of the containers, boxes and bags down with an antiseptic cloth before leaving the stash at the homes. I was proud of her for making the effort; one she plans to continue doing. Dan.

Good on your wife. I am in a Mardi Gras krewe and for several years on Wednesdays we would use one of our buses to go to a local assisted living home and take folks grocery shopping. Given the current situation, the home gets a list from them and we go shopping for them. Publix lets us go in the senior hour 1 hour before official opening. Tomorrow is my turn in the rotation, so gotta roll out of bed in the am.

I like your wiring schematic on the lid 😁

I’ve had terrible luck with nautilus batteries. Average luck with Costco batteries. Walmart has been ok so far. I have 2 optima blue top for the TM in my big boat. They came with it, I wouldn’t have bought them but so far they are holding strong at 4 years old. I have used lead acids on the Great Lakes for ages and taken a pounding and never had a problem. If I where to buy standard batteries I’d buy 2 of the 29’s they sell at Walmart. I have one that’s 6 years old and works perfectly for the tinner and used it on my old 16 footer for several years on the bow mount. It took a beating and still holds a charge and lasts a long time. JMO

If you are using the battery and then charging it like you should then you can continue using your lead acid ones. I switched to AGM optima batteries in all of my boats and some are 7 years old now. I fish in some places where I can not plug in at the end of the day so I went with the AGM. I also do not like the acid venting in the battery compartments and while the AGM also vents it is much less and will not spill if it is cracked or tipped. Art

Goofing around today . My take on a blood worm

Great songwriter, last I heard he was doing better, so sad. heard Bonnie do it first, he wrote it

RIP Mr. Prine

Try telling that to an 80 plus year old that has to have everything just so. LOL Dan

Maribou is awesome for crappies when they're off the feed and you gotta finesse them.

Actually, unless things have changed in the last few days, a lot of hospitals, in this part of the world anyway, Lindsay area, are not maxed out. I have a sister that works there and she says its really nice working there right now, people are staying at home and not running to emerg for sniffles and cut fingers, the sort on non emergency stuff people always swamp the place with. Not disagreeing that first responders need to be able deal with whats important right now, but its a misconception that hospitals are swamped with covid patients. Most people are staying home to recover, only 3% of patients in the country are need of critical care to date. Unfortunately, when this is all said and done, i imagine the emerg units will return to their normal state of chaos, mostly for no reason.

I am still reading all the posts, but in case this point does not come up, I would like to throw this out there. I would love to be fishing as much as anyone. Have you given thought to this: There is way more to this than just "social distancing"! By encouraging you to STAY HOME, there is less chance that you will run into an accident or something that will force medical and other first responders to have to tend to you. The more of us that are out on the roads, the percentage of likely hood of this happening. These first responders and hospitals are already maxed out. I know you can stay a distance from each other at the ramp and in the boat, but it is bigger than all of that. Just Stay Home!

All expiration dates on or after March 1 were extended until further notice: https://www.ontario.ca/page/extended-validation-periods?_ga=2.37673568.1592670306.1586264313-887641135.1584726326 extending licence plate sticker validation including International Registration Plan (IRP)

Impossible pie is a Bisquick-based recipe with either broccoli or asparagus, diced onion, shredded cheese and baked in the oven. It is delicious. My recipe: Doctor Doug’s Broccoli (or Asparagus) Impossible Pie 1 good-size head of broccoli, cut into bite-sized pieces OR about a pound of asparagus, woody ends broken off and discarded, then cut into pieces 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese 2/3 cup chopped onion 1 1/3 cup milk 3 eggs 3/4 cup Bisquick (packed down) see note 2. 1/2 tsp Hy’s seasoned salt 1/4 tsp pepper Preheat oven to 400 F. Mix the broccoli, the cheese and the onion in a greased pie plate (or 2 pie plates, usually, see note 2). Beat the eggs, milk, Bisquick and S&P until smooth, pour over the broccoli/etc. Bake 25-35 minutes until cooked. My batch always ends up too big for one pie plate so I make two. I use whatever comes as a "head" of broccoli in the grocery store, usually two to three heads of course, using both the flowerlets and most of the stalk, down to about the last inch and a half, which is too tough and stringy. I use less cheese than the recipe calls for, and never top it at the end with more cheese. I always use more Bisquick than the recipe calls for, and the batter is still about the consistency of pancake batter. I find it takes longer than 35 minutes, usually closer to 45 minutes, but I keep a close eye on it. It is cooked when you can put a skewer or toothpick or similar into the pie and it comes out clean. The top should be a nice golden brown. You can make the recipe with asparagus instead of the broccoli, but do include the onion whether you use broccoli or asparagus, it really adds a lot of flavour. Indeed, I like the asparagus better than the broccoli. Bon appetit! “Doctor” Doug Notes from April 2020: Pre-heat the oven! This is important!!! A better cooking pan is a rectangular cake pan, just make a bit more of the batter. The end product is nicer and it doesn’t over-flow the rim and make a mess. Italiano shredded cheese also makes a very nice flavoured pie.

Looking good. Mr B knowing you are not on Facebook here are a few jig ideas for you from Big Jim that he recently posted.

There used to be a place called Slyville, now you make find a place called Noville, how the heck are we supposed to find it, lol.

If I decide to go, I will go where I know ,NO one will be . If there is,I will move on . I would expected the same, but like you said," cant trust " . Pick yer poison .

Fish, you really didn't have to troll years ago either, drift and cast an erie dearie or silver nuggets tip with a worm. I caught them casting lipless crankbaits and blade baits and others. Never a big fan of fishing on erie, it was almost always the closest water around with a high success rate.

But me going down the road and putting my boat into the water and fishing by myself is a lot safer then going to the liquor store. Both being an addiction

John Prine has died... covid 19. Saw him many years ago at the ontario place forum. Such a talented writer. RIP

I have heard unofficially that there is a strong possibility with the current public space lockdowns that public boat launches are included and may not be open in time for opening if bass season 27th June. Has anyone heard if fact or fiction?

Just learned this morning that my wife's aunt, living in a nursing home has tested positive. Given her advanced age and health, well.... HH