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Interesting how politicians never cut back on politicians.

OK Wayne, I hafta ask, why would you save a box for 35 years ??

I'm only a few miles east of Upper Buck and when I bought this place nearly 5 years ago it came with a portable 6500 watt generator that plugged into an outlet on the outside of the house and worked well running all the basics but I had to be here to start it. We have alot of ground water here in the spring and the sump runs alot for about 2 months. We were in town one day and the power went out in the whole area which shut off my sump pump. I rushed home and the water in the sump was only a few minutes from flooding my fully finished basement but luckily I was able to fire up the generator. Power was off for 2 days but I was able to prevent any damage and keep the house running. I decided then though to invest in an automatic and have never regretted spending the money and it's good to know when the power goes out the generator will fire up automatically and keep my home running and fully protected. In the country when the hydro goes out there's no water either if your on a well and that's important along with the furnace and everything else that requires power. Only my opinion, and that's what you asked for, but if your gonna move to the boonies and need water and a sump pump, along with heat and lights, an automatic generator is a good investment.

I'm sure you all saw the same news as me last night where the provincial lieberals have a bigger deficit than they thought, so we can probably all expect more tax increases and this measly $2 grab is probably just a drop in the bucket of what's to come. I'm just happy that I can honestly say I voted against these morons in the last election.

The 3" total we have on the ground over here doesn't seem quite so bad now LOL

A friend is leaving Thursday and driving to BC where he has a winter home in the mountains. He crosses at the Soo and then heads across the northern States. Sounds like he could run into some pretty nasty weather along the way.

Best to leave the flares at home, they don't mix well with leaking gasoline at a crash site.

I finished off with a $3000 mountain bike, but this is the one I started with

What part of Ontario are you in Gerritt ??

Heard on the news this morning that the Barrie area could get an additional 50 cm by the end of this week.

https://autos.yahoo.com/news/counterfeit-tires-pose-consumer-risk-110000450.html

Once my reels go on the rods the boxes go out for recycling just like everything else I don't need. I always tell my wife if she doesn't use something for a week it's gone

Actually Joey it's just the opposite, we almost never lose power, infact that's the 1st time it's been out for an extended period...7 hours...since we had the generator installed. Sure is nice to know I've got everything covered though when it does happen.

We're just getting our 1st dusting of snow now but I put the winter tires on the truck today.

No snow here but a neighbour heard there was a car crash in Lakefield this morning that took out a hydro pole. Sadly they took the driver away in the air ambulance so fingers crossed for him.

Good to hear your powers back on Norm, it's still out over my way.

Pretty kool old Chrysler in that picture Rob

With all this power John I can cook whatever the heck I want

About 3 years ago I had a Generac automatic standby generator installed to run my house when the power goes out. Great unit that comes on automatically when the hydro goes out and then turns itself off when it comes back on. Six o'clock this morning a TV show comes on about the benefits of Generac generators so I pour a coffee and settle in to watch it. Sure enough, 5 minutes into the show and my power in the area goes out, the house goes dark for 10 seconds and then the Generac fires up and I'm good to go. Couple other folks on the road also have Generacs and their all purring along nicely too. Don't know how long the power will be out but it sure is nice to be covered. Talk about a crazy coincidence

An old expression from my fire fighter days... Try the door knob before you grab an axe

Picnic beside a river around 1949 or so but I have no idea where it is. My little bro facing the camera, me facing away and Mom getting lunch ready.

And if you do get stuck Brian, you can use the sand for traction.

In the red coat Norm ??

The good old days for sure Norm !!

Not even hydro LOL