Old Ironmaker

The good news Mike is your boat design allows a fairly easy access to the underside of the hull. That Pro V I had that had the huge cracks had to have the interior removed to access the hull and that is very expensive. 80 man hours for labour. Someone got a great deal after it was repaired.

What's PREACH mean?

As the GTA votes there goes the rest of the province. Until the citizens of Toronto realize that the Libs are not the answer we will be in the same tinny after the next election. Then again if not the devil you know then whom? The same goes for the two federal hairdos. It's a choice of either 2 cans a day of hair spray Harper or a jar of Dippidy Doo Justin. I'm going to look seriously at what's his name from the NDP. I asked a few people what they thought of him and no idea who I was talking about. One of the guys said " Oh the guy that needs a shave, I would never vote for a guy that doesn't shave" !!!!!! The criteria for leading this nation or province is looks or facial hair? OK maybe not looks.

This site needs a like button. I give you a like. I hope you picked up the drink cup and can thrown on the grass. Why did they end up on the grass in the first place? I'm taking back the like.

That's what I was told, Lund has a lifetime warranty. You must look into it.

I'm sorry to hear that Mike. Yes I was told a good aluminum welder may repair a smaller crack from the outside. I had a stem to stern and port to starboard crack in a Lund I bought used from a dealer 2 days after I bought it. They reimbursed me fully. Doesn't a Lund have a lifetime warranty on their hulls? I would check with Lund before doing anything that may void any warranty. A close friend taught welding at Mohawk College in Hamilton. He said Aluminum is the hardest metal to weld properly. It is a separate ticket if I remember right.

You laughing at me you hipphopster you? Do I amuse you? No really, what's so funny, what so freekin' funny to you, do I look funny to you? Joe Pechi to Ray Liotta 1990, Goodfellows.

There isn't really anything on a grate that will harm you. edit, except a wire. Any bacteria I think should be killed at 500F. Please if that's not true correct me. That crud actually stops sticking, to me it just doesn't look clean. Every once and a while I give the grates a good splash of Spray 9 and wash with the power washer. Another excuse to fire up the power washer, grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. I used to use a welders brush too. I think you need some good eyes to detect a thin wire. I don't think it's worth the risk is all. I would feel terrible if one of the little one choked on a wire. Not worth the risk in my opinion.

I just watched a report on CHCH Hamilton. A young woman was eating at friends this weekend and felt a stabbing pain in her mouth. The pain continued every time she moved her tongue. Long story short she had to have a 1" long piece of BBQ brush wire removed from her tongue surgically in the hospital. They also reported on an incident where a wire from one of these brushes perforated a mans intestines that required major surgery and could have been fatal. They also said if this young woman had have left this as is she most likely would have had to have a portion of her tongue removed. Scary stuff. Not only these things are obviously hazardous they are bad for your BBQ grates as they will take the non stick material off and only makes cleaning tougher. Porcelain I think. I tried the soft material that comes on some brushes but it basically melted the first time I used it. I guess that type is used when the grates are cold. The thing didn't come with the instructions I wouldn't read anyway. An onion cut in half works. I will use a soft cloth held by tongues wet with veggie oil to clean the grates and it prevents sticking too. Throw that steel bristle brush out , now.

I didn't water test the transom well. There was a foot of water around the boat , and it was in the driveway not the lake. I can't find an old pic of her sitting in the water. I am considering selling the kicker and putting that towards a new 100lb. thrust Terova( I can't spell it either, ha) with I Pilot of course. I fished with Dan Columby last year and his moved that massive glass Walleye/Musky boat of his in 2 foot waves so it should push mine no problem. Wouldn't that be da bomb. When I mentioned that plan to the lady that lets me sleep with her she said that was a fantastic plan. As soon as I put new flooring in our place, finish the dozen big and small jobs that have been on the go for about 15 years, build her a craft and sewing shed by the lake and a few other things that I don't want to remember because I'm stressing out, calmita, calmita.

Yes it was discussed earlier but a good reminder. I'm good for a few years. Very few know it's required.

Huzzsaba, off topic here but it's about you and I must ask. You started a great thread about country/cottage living and got many replies. So what if anything have you decided,? Don't be one of those guys that start a good discussion with a good question and then keep us hanging man. So what's up?

OK, it's a Romanian dish but what's on the dish? I don't see any chicken M2.

I admire the lengths some of you will go to get the max MPG from a vehicle. Absolutely nothing wrong with that. When my gas gauge goes to 1/4 I fill it up. That's about the extent of my thought process when it comes to fuel management. Actually that's not 100% true, I always make sure I push the trailering button on my Silverado when I pull a trailer and then watch the fuel gauge. The truck did not come with the fuel management option, I'm glad it didn't otherwise I would be monitoring it constantly like I did with my 81' Eldorado. That pig would go to a 1/4 tank constantly.

Drew I just reread the stories. Like some food better a day latter. I don't want to be one of those older guys that say enjoy it while the body can but....... We used to head to Klotz Lake and take advantage of all those back lakes on the logging roads. We lugged in 9.9's over our shoulders, gas and equipment. We would train at the gym for 8 weeks before we took that ice out trip. Portaging over several beaver dams in and out was a breeze. We weren't carrying canoes we were lifting 14 foot tinnys and the 9.9's. Enjoy, I hope you can continue these wonderful adventures well after you don't need to buy a fishing license because you may have a disabled parking permit.

Yes M2, I have seen Chris, I think he is 18 but looks 12. I have ice packs 30 years old, and that is 100% the truth. Buddy saying French Canadians are hard to work with is stereotyping for sure, might even be racist. None of them work. Just kidding, relax. I bet you didn't meet many French Canadians in France. I tried to speak French to someone from France and he didn't understand a word and my French isn't terrible just bad. I was speaking Quebecois and he was French, big dif.

If you think you feel you are the old age of 30 Chris what in hell are you going do when you are the ripe old age of 31? That hilarious Chris. My mother who always said she wasn't prejudice is the most racist person I have ever known. She was born in New York City in 1932. She was raised by Italian immigrants in an Italian neighbourhood in Brooklyn that moved to the Buffalo area after WW2. I can tell you a hundred stories of how we were subliminally taught to be racists. For some miracle my 2 brothers and I are not. One story that sums it up. When I was in grade school the teacher asked the class " What is your favorite nut to eat ?" I replied " N word toes." I cringe typing it. I had no idea what that meant. My teacher did and kept me after school. In the 60's if you saw someone Black in Hamilton he played for the Tiger Cats. That is racist in itself but 99% true. My dad worked with a man at the steel plant that was Black and guess what? He was a former Ti-Cat. I can't believe we didn't end up being card carrying members of the KKK, so it doesn't mean we all are a product of our environment, thank goodness. My Mother was just as bad as the racist woman across the street. Your hair would curl if I told you some of things my parents taught us. They were more than happy for us to bring a girl home when we were older as long as they weren't N word ers, slant I's, wet backs, paki, Nazi's or Jewish, Prodestant was OK because they all started out as Roman Catholic. It might be OK if they weren't Italian except northern Italians, that was the worse, don't ask me why. Man I can hardly type all that, my apologies to all my friends. How in God's name did I survive her? Still am, she's 84 and still at it, bless her.

Drew when I drive through fishing country whether it's heading north or to the Keys as I'm driving I always wonder how many world record lunkers I drove past?

Drew, after you win your first Pulitzer I can say I knew of you when you were a mere lowly contributor to a fishing forum and a Medical Practitioner in the boonies.

If any gas has dripped onto the floor you will smell the gas below the boat. I'm not sure how you can detect that the smell is comming from the tank than any other area because of the enclosed space. Is there a smell when it's parked outside? I think you may be a lot like me, looking for complicated questions for problems that have a simple answer. Like my boat sitting high in the bow when it always has but never noticed. You aren't an engineer are you?

My Mama's tomato sauce is a combination of southern Italian and central Italian styles. I make it my own way with tweaks from a few Aunts, my Mom's, A Calabrian and Abruzzi Noni, and my Comare's (Godmother's). There is no "right" way to do it. Even sugar is used by some, oh my. Heck within the same family there will be many different "right" ways to make it and I have seen people almost come to blows over which is the right way. I like my sauce a bit on the Rose side. I add a small pot (1 can) of Campbell's Cream of asparagus after using an immersion blender to smash up the bits of veggy in it 20 mins before serving. It comes from my aunt who always added a rue to hers. My favorite tomato sauce is a Ragu without Chicken. The Holy Trinity of Ragu is Veal, Pork and Chicken. My favorite cream sauce is probably Carbonare made with smoked bacon not Pancetta. Another is a very light cream sauce using Asparagus tips and Zucchini slices in Spring. Millions of ways to make it right. You make it the way you like it. I can't type out a recipe because I don't measure, if I try to something will be of the wrong measure and can kill a good dish. If anyone wants to come over I will show them, that's the only way I do a recipe justice. Not to brag but my sauce is used by more than a few restaurants and caterers. Meat based, simmered until the meat falls apart. Veal, Beef and Pork or Beef or Veal and Pork. You can use any type of tomatoes you want, as long as they are San Marzano plums. Plum at the very least. The rest have far too high of a water content. I'm the worse speller of Italian, but I have no idea why there is an "H" in Zuchinni when there is not an "H" in the Italian language. Anyone know what the other letters in our alphabet that isn't in the Italian? "J" is one, "Y" is another. Moms trick, if you find your sauce is too acidic cut a green pepper in half and cook it in the sauce. If you ever slip with the salt do the same with a few cut in half potatoes.

Governments have no business allowing teachers to voice to our children their viewpoints on their moral values. I think the church has no business in either our government or schools. Even though I was raised Catholic my Mom would not let us go to the catholic schools that were a lot closer to us and most of my friends and cousins went to. The sexual preference of anyone in public should remain private. Anyone can celebrate anything they want, as long as not a single penny of my tax dollars support it. Yes any parade or festival will use my tax dollars somewhere down the line for extra policing etc. That incenses me. Just because I am a bit more tolerant of things like the choice of a woman to control her own right to life or otherwise to a Gay Pride parade for a baby boomer doesn't mean I think it is right to me morally or jives with my religious or political beliefs. I always like to play devils advocate in a civil manner. M2B2, If there is indeed life after death I want to come back as my parents grandchildren or one of your kids. You are a good guy, you know I call you kiddo but that's an age thing not a maturity thing. I give everyone I meet 100 points, they can go up or down from there. You are hanging in at 107 points.

My favorite pics, not necessarily in order. 3409/9844/3535/0015/0241/1137/1074/1036/0558/0849/3409/. My favorite probably is 3391. Now that guy in 3405 has to be Lew. I have never met him and really can't tell what he looks like in his avatar but it has to be Lew. He looks exactly to a "T" exactly how I pictured him tattoos, happy smile and all. Atypical Navy man. That picture of your burn looks lovely. My wife Ticha can't go a day without getting some type of burn or scrape from curling iron incidents or slicing her hand with a box cutter. I need to look online for the show. I knew I'd miss it.

Our propert taxes, here in Southern Ont. at least are based on assessed values done by an independent contractor every 10 or so years. Basically they take the most expensive house on the street or neighbourhood and the least expensive and the average is the value. Not much if any consideration is given for lack of services. The municipality will increase taxes annually based on where they sit after they have mismanaged the county. That is a simplification for sure but that how it basically works here in Haldimand county that borders the city of Hamilton, Lake Erie , Niagara, Brantford and Norfolk. The largest county in Southern Ont with only 45K residence. About an hours drive from one end to another N to s, E to W. That's a lot of county to maintain for 45K folks.

It sure sounds like you guys had a blast and might have to join Jenny Craig after those scarfs. And you did great fishing too. Can it get any better? It will take me a bit to go through the pics. How did we afford the days when we had to either get them developed or even the costs for a darkroom? Didn't take 10 rolls of 36 in a week I guess. I love Noelville, I forgot that French is the primary lingo spoken that way and it was a culture shock to see all the signs in French first. Did Reagan put ina proper launch there. I hate those rocks right behind the launch, that's my one and only peeve, oh and we stayed in the cottage were the water is 5 feet from the front door. No drinking and going for a walk at night. Did you find out when the show Italo shot with Reagan will air, or did I miss it? Great opener girl. Congrats. JD