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seriously why would anyone bother

Batteries are charging, tarps are off, all the rods/lures/trolling motor are out of the attic, email sent to the boss...its a go! I recommend anyone else thinking of it to go for it! Thursday looks warmer but really rainy so we opted for tomorrow. Put the wheel back on in the am, batteries in the boat, drag it out of the yard and away we go.

Thanks to all the tips I got here the boat was nicely winterized and in position for its first winter outdoors, even pulled one of the wheels off...until I got a call requesting one more musky attempt. How do you turn that down? Pulling it out of retirement for one last shot at it tomorrow.

Sadly I remember that day well also. I'm glad you posted some of the work he did, some fascinating jobs Jim was involved in. My question is, where in the world did he get the smile! That picture of Jim and Kirk in China is a great one, but we never see a smile like that from dad, must've inherited that one from mom.

awesome! Good for you that would be an unbelievable experience.

I have no idea but it looks like a face

if her friend is a man 10 years younger than you, better job and more hair then you are in trouble...but without more info (ie what brought that comment on)its hard to tell

There was a piece in Friday's Examiner about a woman who had her nose tore off by her neighbour's dog - years of pain, scarring, surgeries etc. Scary stuff when people don't properly restrain their animals. All the best to Peanut, I'm sure you're both very frazzled by the whole thing.

guess it would be pretty slippery out there for a deer. They are probably happy when the snow falls!

DY-NO-MITE...

Thanks I feel better. Now to wheel it into position before the snow makes it impossible. Its starting to come down now!

you "can" do it, but it might not be ethical or legal. Has that stopped people before? If someone gave me $20 cash and asked me to send it to the Cancer Society I absolutely "could" tell them to send me the receipt, it just wouldn't be right

woohoo it worked. Apparantly D and F don't play nice together

so here's the explanation just for fun I'm going to try it again. I believe the initials were D and F put together, lets try dumb ass

I do have a boat cover, and then was going to put a blue tarp over that. The area I'm storing it (east side of house) should be sheltered from snowfall from overhead (wind typically from the west) so I don't think it would get much direct snowfall. With winds swirling around though I would expect snow to accumulate around the tires, that's why I thought I might remove at least one of the wheels (the wheel that would be furthest from the shelter of the house). I have changed the lower unit oil already. Will be interesting. Have had boats for 25 years, this will be the first time storing out of doors

sometimes the computer has a brain of its own. I once sent a pm to Scugog about a fishfinder, and the model had a short form in it, the computer changed that short form into the word "dumbass", so in my first pm to the guy I ended up inadvertently calling him a dumbass! I can't believe he even replied, although if I remember correctly he did reply with "Are you calling me a dumbass?"

...and another one joins the ranks

I haven't seen their cottages, but Lakair Lodge up on the West arm of Nipissing has always been good to OFC'ers

haven't seen it yet but now I'm curious, will keep an eye out for it. Forrest Gump's buddy that wanted the shrimp boat wasn't the brightest either as I recall, I guess the director's knew something we didn't

great report and some fantastic fish! I love Cliff's expression in the third photo..kinda like "If you take that picture I'm gonna...(fill in blank with some form of abuse of fellow fisherman)"

another great day in Barrie...no snow yet, the snowblower is still covered in mothballs from last season

that was part 2 of my rational!

once I have the boat where I want it and I trim the motor down was going to yank out the battery and keep it in the garage. Then I'll throw the tarp on it, and was going to jack it up and rest it on 2x4's. Was thinking about possibly pulling the wheels off as well, and maybe just wrapping the exposed axle in a garbage bag? Is it a bad idea to take the wheels off? I just didn't want them in the snow all winter

very unfortunate news. I hadn't heard about the headaches, I thought it was just the "lower body injury" from a collision with team-mate

a few years back there was a lady here in Barrie (blond, real bad skin)who would always catch you at the gas station with a sad story...had to see her dying mother in sudbury blah blah blah...gave her $10 the first time. Couple of weeks later she approaches me again, starts into the same story. I cut her off, told her I wasn't going to give her any more cash, but if she was willing to get on the next Sudbury bound bus I would buy the ticket...man did she ever curse and swear at me! Walked away really foul mouthed, made me truly regret giving her the first $10