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  1. I worked with a guy who was famous for canceling at the last minute.. I would make plans a week or so in advance and he would let me down.. I have a family and he was single so it was tough for me to find time to go fishing.... I vowed the last time it happened that I would never fall for it again so I won't ever fish with him again..
  2. Since Hamilton has become a go to place for Toronto people to buy homes the drivers have become increasingly bad.. always in a hurry.. I have to turn left into my driveway and at least once a week I have some dummy passing me or trying to pass me.. one day I will get hit.. it's a solid yellow line.. just driving the speed limit gets people worked up.. I've driven in Toronto quite a bit and it would seem the same driving attitudes are coming here..
  3. Sounds like a successful trip to me.. thanks for the report.. one day maybe I will get to write an actual fishing report... I just need some time...
  4. temp agencies are offering $14-17 an hour to help with clean up.. 12 hour days for 14 days on.. . Obviously the overtime is where the money will be made.. the agency is the real winner $$$$
  5. Man, I could only imagine what would happen if my HR department did the same thing.. They are downright hostile to deal with at the best of times...
  6. In any case you have to keep a level head.. I would consult a lawyer first before confronting HR.. as for your bad luck, I can't help you because I've had more than my share..
  7. I'm thinking that this whole idea was a test balloon to Gauge reaction . She and her government are idiots but they want to be elected again.. I would worry more about wood burning being banned than about natural gas....
  8. The has to be some kind of connection between crap food and health.. with all of the propaganda out there who do you believe??.. big food companies are after profits and tend to be in the back pocket of government... choose your poison..
  9. Lyme disease is bad but there is also the Powassan virus to worry about..
  10. Poachers are everywhere but until there is a real effort to stop them it will only get worse... weeks before the season starts guys line the dam in Caledonia targeting and catching out of season fish but no one stops them.. Good luck calling the authorities.. no one responds..
  11. I used to fish Erie quite a bit and hated when I had a fish on only to find out it was a sheephead. If you only want to feel a fish tug on the line then just throw a worm out and leave it on the bottom... something will bite
  12. GM, like the other manufacturers make most of their money on service and parts.. a little too rich for my budget so I do my own oil changes. With the new standard of oil required it costs us $80+ for an oil change.. $43 to do it myself and I can afford to let the old oil drain for 15 minutes instead of putting the plug back in as soon as the flow slows down.. I don't have a concern about the warranty as long as I use the right oil and filter..
  13. My step brother is on his way up there from Calgary to spell off some of the firefighters...
  14. I was reading Fort Mcmurray today and they seemed confident that it was under control on Monday.. http://www.fortmcmurraytoday.com/2016/05/02/crews-resume-battling-wildfires-near-fort-mcmurray-no-change-since-last-night
  15. This fire has been burning outside of town for some time from what I have been reading. With the wind and heat it flared up and turned in a hurry. I can't help but wonder what would have happened if this occurred in a community with a lot of seniors and people that didn't own cars....
  16. I had a similar set up when my wife and I had an off the grid cottage in Kinmount.. the pumps are the same as the ones in an RV. The best thing about them is that they are repairable!!.. I will be setting up a rain barrel high enough off the ground to give me room to fill a pail under it.... Gardens do very well with rain water..
  17. You've got that right.. some of them are nutty when it comes to politics... tends to ruin some good conversations..
  18. Tell him to apply at US Steel.. we always seem to need electricians.. He may have to go to the Lake Erie plant though .. thats where all the action is...
  19. If I was closer I'd almost do it for $15 an hour.. I charge $18 for side jobs which is actually low.. if I do them in the future I will be charging more. I get enough offers to do it full time but most people don't appreciate what someone's labor should be, especially when it comes to painting and minor renovations. Working 12 hour shifts with side jobs leaves me with no time to fish but the only money that comes into our house is from mine and my wife's labor.. we both have had some tough times growing up so work ethic is important to us.. at one point in our lives as kids we were both homeless so I don't think it's a coincidence that we ended up together.... my daughter will never know that hardship if she learns about working for something..
  20. not any of us that currently work in the steel industry .. especially the old Stelco..
  21. I used to work for my uncle bailing hay for $3 an hour in the 80's and from there I have never stopped working.. luckily my daughter doesn't mind working for something! She babysits right now and has chores when she gets home from school.. she also volunteers at the Equestrian Association for the Disabled in Mount Hope for 7 hours a week. I asked her once who tells her what to do there and her response was no one, we just go to work and do what we are supposed to do... I'm thankful she has a good work ethic.. she turns 13 soon so I hope the crazy hormone years don't ruin it.. and yes, I agree that there are a lot of kids these days who don't work for a darn thing..
  22. How much danger was her life in? That's a vital question in a case like this.. the girls family was pleading for him not to harm her so they must have known something bad could happen.. and when "authorities" say non life threatening injuries that doesn't mean she won't be permanently disabled from this...
  23. I would go with a cheap utility trailer..
  24. While I would have loved to talk to the OFC guys longer my agenda for the day was to hit up the control merchants warehouse in brantford afterwards for some good deals on camping and even more fishing deals... then it was off to the Can-Am horse show at the Markham fairgrounds.. it was an expensive weekend...
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