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He's lucky he thawed out so fast vance LOL And FloatnFly, it for sure wasn't a truck suited to Canadian winters.

I was just about to post the exact same thing dave when I saw your post. Nothing better than the sound of a breeze and the waves lapping against the boat. shhhhhhh

Thanks Roy, a sad ending to a sad story.

If you haven't already heard, a 3 year old boy wandered away from his 401/Bathurst area apartment last night and security cameras showed him walking out of the building around 4 AM wearing only a T-shirt. Just heard he was found awhile ago laying outside with no vital signs. Lets hope the doctors can pull one out of the hat for this poor kid.

In the 50's we had a 15' cedar strip with a 25 Johnson Seahorse and were the fastest boat on the lake hahaha

Yup, they use the Toronto Fire Boat

2 guys in the cab Paul, then 2 jumps seats directly behind and if there were extra guys they hung off the side on the steps. We had another truck just like this one, early 50's LaFrance aerial, and there were full sized oxy-acetelene tanks strapped to the side near the back. Always had a guy hanging on back there and the idea was if the tanks come loose he had to hold onto them....yeah right, while the trucks going down the road at 50-60 MPH. Thankfully things have changed in the past 50 years.

Yeah, they were pretty basic Dan, specially compared to the new trucks, but they were right up to date back in their day.

Nope, guess they figured if we didn't need a roof or heat, we didn't need power steering either Phil

That was the thinking Roy and it worked well for that, but just not really feasible in our climate.

That's what my wife always said LOL

I've been retired from the Fire Dept in Toronto for 15 years now but I still enjoy wandering through the internet reading about things pertaining to fighting fires. I was looking at some trucks this morning and came across this picture and this truck is identical to one I drove for many years, a 1960 King Seagrave. Great truck and nice to drive in the good weather, but as you can see it was a convertible which made it a beast in the winter. There'd be as much snow & ice inside the cab as there was outside and even though there were windshield wipers on the outside, there were no defrosters so you still couldn't see out. Tough driving a big truck with one hand while using an ice scraper with the other LOL After being at a winter fire all night your soaking wet and froze solid and 1/2 the time I was driving back to the hall I couldn't feel the steering wheel or gear shift and & my poor old frozen feet didn't know when they were on the pedals. I loved every minute of my 32 years on the job, but sure don't miss the frozen nights cruising around town in a convertible when it's -20

I agree, robins are always...(usually)...a sign of the end of winter.

Thanks Joey, that nest has been sitting under my deck for about 3 years now and every spring Momma spruces it up and raises a couple more kids in it

I'm lucky with the email spam as I never get any of that garbage.

Years ago my bud had both his machines sitting on the trailer at his place north of Peterboro. Came home one night to find someone had come in, hooked up the trailer and just hauled everything away. He was lucky though as the insurance covered everything. Another 2 friends of my were out sledding near Burliegh Falls when one of the machines broke down. He left it there while the 2 of them headed home on the other machine to get some tools to fix it. They got back an hour later and it was gone. They don't know if someone got it started and took off or maybe it was towed. Lousy thieves are everywhere just waiting for an opportunity.

Forgot I even took this picture and don't even know if I posted it before, but who doesn't love baby robins

Got an early morning call from someone claiming to be from the VISA fraud department. He informed my that someone used my VISA card last night to purchase something from ebay and in order to confirm it was me, would I please give him my VISA card number. Sad that some folks actually fall for this crap and probably sadder is they more than likely only get a slap on the wrist when their caught. Call came from 940-759-4745 and if you type that into GOOGLE it appears they try it on alot of people.

Shaun, since moving to the country 5 years ago and living near the end of a VERY quiet dirt road, I think I've become that exact person you just described. If a leaf falls off a tree a 1000' away, I know it

Memquisit has a nice beach Matt and it's directly in front of my cabin.

Your making me homesick with that tale Fred, but not much has changed with the dink pike

Hey Matt, Diane and I will be at Memquisit Aug 8-22, when are you guys coming up ??

It's always lousy when we lose a pet but I know you gave your friend a wonderful life and that's the way dogs should be treated. Been through it a few time myself bud and know exactly how your feeling right now. Condolences from one dog lover to another.

Hope you find that punk Chris and do a real job on him. Thieves are about the lowest form of garbage around.

I'm leaving mine as is Fred, but if my old brain remembers, I'll bring it to Memquisit for you to see.