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Lew, sorry to hear about your little pal. Dogs become Such a big part of our lives and being a lot of joy and happiness. You enjoyed him for almost 18 years, that is a good long run for a dog. As I'm typing this, my shep Roxanna just came to say good morning. I feel your pain and it will heal. Then you can get yourself anogher little pal to keep you company. Take care.

Happy Belated Birthday Jen!!! Keep on truckin girl!!!

Cliff, for that kind of money, involve your insurance company. At worst, it goes as a claim against your policy and most ins cos give you a freebie these days. 1800 is ridiculous. A couple of hundred bucks is not too bad, it's a lesson learned, that kind of money is pure horse s....t. more than likely, they either did not have insurance or probably no drivers licence. Having spent a morning in a northern court a few months ago to fight a Bull ticket (the officer buckled and failed to provide evidence, score one for the little guy against sheriff Roscoe P Coltrane). 3/4s of the cases involved people with suspended or no licences. I think they are trying to hustle an older gentleman here.

The offices being closed are having their services relocated to nearby Service Canada offices. The vets shuttled to the meeting were used by the UNION that will be affected by the office closures. Both sides of the story have not been told. There is no service cut, only relocation. Fantino is not one to put up with screaming yelling and finger pointing which is exactly what happened. I would rather have pols like him then spineless slime like ol Dalton. I read an article this morning on it. Either the star, globe or sun. I don't remember which. Fantino did not handle it great but he won't allow himself to get bullied either which is what was happening. Our government has a long history of mistreating and mishandling veteran's affairs that transcends political parties. It is sad that our vets are being used by a special interest group that doesn't want to lose income from the closing of unnecessary offices that duplicate service. I'm tired of the corruption of our system by politicians out to make a score and special interest groups that want to milk it to death.

Enjoy!!! I guess we have another snowbird.

Wayne, I wish I had a copy of that issue. I saw it as a kid waaay back when.

The cost for fuel is brutal these days. 25 years ago, electric heat was the way to go, 10 years ago, oil was very cheap (40 cents/ltr, now 1.10), propane a few years ago and even that has skyrocketed. This is why we decided to close the cottage for the winter. It has electric baseboards and a woodstove, it is ok when you are burning wood but when the baseboards are going, the meter spins outrageously fast. Our neighbours laid in 3 bushcords of firewood in the fall to help defray the cost of oil in their furnace, they are almost 3/4 the way through their firewood already. stay warm folks and hopefully we all have a few bucks stashed under our old playboy mags like Lew to help pay for the added cost of fuel during this 1970's type winter.

Actually, the applewood I am getting is about 3 years old. He has some oak in there too so yippee!!! Free firewood is always good.

My NG bill will probably be about 150 this month. Since I replaced my windows a few yers ago, I noticed a big drop in my gas bill. Hydro is a different story. Stay warm folks. This is a real winter. We have had it easy for a long time. I hope all of you heating with wood have enough. My last few dry logs went into the fireplace tonight. I have almost a full cord of mixed hardwood from the ice storm that is nice and wet and has to wait till next winter. I'm going by a buddies place tomorrow to pick up some dry applewood. Never burned that before. It is supposed to be pretty good.

Hopefully you catch a big one!!!

It will warm up soon enough for you. We have another Canadian deep freeze coming. Enjoy!!!

Cliff, bring a map and a fully charged credit card and have fun with your lady. Have fun, you have worked enough in your life, it is time to enjoy. Catch something big and tasty!!!

Carb kit!!! If you do not want to run regular gas, run Shell premium, it is the only left without ethanol for now. If it is 2 stroke, run Stihl 2stroke engine oil in it. It has stabilizer added so you do not have to mess around at the end of the season, you are always running with it in the machine which also helps to keep it clean.

I hope and pray that this is the last round of chemo for Jen. Good luck to her!!

2things to check, one is the gap on the spark plug, and the second is to pull the carb on it and clean the inside of it thoroughly with carb cleaner and then blow out the orifices with compressed air and put new gaskets and diaphragms in it. Google the manufacturer of the carb, you should be able to find a rebuild kit for it. I did for a 42 year old Pioneer chainsaw this past weekend. Parts are out there, you just have to dig a bit to find them.

Have your buddy rush his wife to another hospital. Preferably a larger one. My wife had 2 caesareans and was in for 3 nights if my memory serves me correctly. They CANNOT discharge her if she refuses and does not think she is well enough. Come to think of it, she was in for 5 nights for the second child because we has Norwalk ripping through the house which put her into early labour. Tell him to be firm but not get irate, that does not help his wife. Screaming in pain after a c section is not normal. I wish him all the luck. Our health care system is not perfect but it is what we have to work with. For my cancer treatment, I cannot give enough praise to my doctor and the nursing staff at Credit Valley's chemo ward.

Medcan x 2. They provide referrals for their clients/patients, to the best doctors/hospitals toute suite. We do have 2 tiered health care. It is just not publicized.

Have 3 combos in the boat. 1 with a jig and minnow or crawler or leech spooled with 8lb mono. 1 spooled with 20lb braid to pull a harness. Finally, 1 with some sort of jerkbait or crankbait spooled with 20lb braid again. They do not have to cost a fortune. Have decent reels with half decent rods. I would spend more on the reels, they last a very very long time with a bit of maintenance. Rods break, so do not go too crazy unless you can afford it. Lastly, enjoy your time on the water.

Nice to see the lads got you out. If anyone needed a day out on the ice to get away and relax, it's you. Great 'eye!!

Phil Robertson is no country bumpkin. He is a smart man who had a sweet arm back in the day, some guy named Bradshaw was his backup QB. He has his religious beliefs, GQ asked him a question and he answered it truthfully. What do the execs at A and E think?? Maybe they should have asked him what A and E thinks of homosexuality. I give kudos to the family for rallying around their patriarch. Other networks would be more than happy to pick up the show. A and E had better back off or end up losing the #1 rated reality show on tv. Mind you, this could be scripted as most everything is these days but that is another topic.

Looks good Marc!!! What time can we all be over???

Sweet skis!!! You had yourself a great year.

You guys are going to think I am crazy but buy the heaviest unit in your price range regardless of output. The heavier units have better quality components in them and put out better quality sound. With the drive these days to cut costs, receivers do not weigh much at all. Most do not even have very good heat management in the form of heavy duty heat sinks. You cannot go wrong with Denon, Harman Kardon, Yamaha, Onkyo and the like.

This year I was only able to get out once for musky, got a 26incher or so on Pidge. Once for pike, el skunkola. Once for walleye, 2 14inchers that graced the pan. A whack of times on our lake up at the cottage for smallies where I did pretty good. A 4lber, 3lber and a bunch of smaller ones. Got them dialled in. Now for pike in the spring on the lake. Hopefully next year will see more fishing for me. Lew, we still have to get out and chase some bigguns next year.

I'm praying that this will be the last round of chemo for Jen!!