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Very nice fish Matt, and I agree with you 100% about the moon phases.

Congrats on some very nice fish, that part of the river is always a good producer this time of year.

My guess is the shooting in Ottawa is getting the most attention simply because of where it took place, right at the Cenotaph, a place so sacred to most Canadians, while the soldier in Quebec was just in a parking lot. I also think it's the same with the Sergeant at Arms being hailed as a hero for killing the punk, while the cop who killed the Quebec coward doesn't even have his name mentioned by the press. It's unfortunate things happen this way, but it is what it is. This is all just my opinion though.

My daughter was eastbound on the 401 yesterday when she met up with the motorcade coming towards her and pulled over to the side of the highway along with everyone else. She said it was unbelievably touching to see the respect being shown to the fallen soldier from so many hundreds of total strangers and is something she'll never forget. Our Remembrance Day services in a couple weeks will be a little bit different this year. I've always been extremely proud to be a Canadian and even more so when the country comes together like it has this week to honor our military. I just hope the soldier that was murdered in Quebec the day before is receiving the same type of recognition as the one that died in Ottawa, but for some reason I'm just not hearing much about him on the news.

Here's hoping things get much better after this episode Wayne, Jen's been through an awful lot these last few years.

I served in the Navy in the 60's then when I left the service I joined the fire department in Toronto and spent the next 32 years there. I retired at 53 and for the last 14 years have never regretted packing it in early for even one minute. I do what I want, when I want and don't have to answer to a single person other than my wife. We live a fabulous life in the country and life is great. The old saying that once you retire you don't have enough hours in the day to do everything you want is absolutely true. I've had too many friends and family die before they even had a chance to enjoy life and I have absolutely no intention of being one of them. When your retired, every day is Saturday morning.

The man got himself a tattoo that's he's happy with and decided to share it with everyone. He didn't ask anyone if they liked tattoo's or not but that didn't stop a few from voicing their opinions that they don't like them. If you don't like tattoo's, don't get one, simple as that. Looks real nice worm dangler.

Very Nice Regan, she's a beaut for sure.

Hello everyone, this is Lew's better half Diane . I would like to thank everyone for all the good wishes & hoping that everything goes well.

Thanks for the offer Gerritt but I've pretty well got it all covered. I'm only 30 minutes north east of Havelock though if you ever want to stop buy for a java.

Thanks very much Pete & Dave, the words of encouragment mean a lot to Diane

Thanks once again boys !!

Thanks manjo, and funny how we feel like we know folks around here even though we've never met. Good to hear of your dad's full recovery and we're hoping for likewise.

Thanks for all the good wishes folks, it means a lot to both of us. And Cliff, thanks for the offer of a place to stay during Diane's time in hospital, it's much appreciated, but it's already covered. It's been a scary time around here for the last couple months but we're both feeling pretty confident now after talking with the doctor. This is evidently the most common type of lung cancer and this is the surgery that's normally used and with good success, specially when it's caught early like this. We host a big Christmas party every year and Diane always goes overboard making it nice for everyone, but now between myself and some friends we've convinced her to cancel it this year and I think that's got her more upset than the illness LOL

Bad news is my wife developed a cold awhile back that lingered so our doctor decided to take an X-ray and when they looked at it a spot appeared in the picture by her left lung. Another picture was taken and it was still there so they did a Cat-scan and the darned spot was still there. Diane was sent to a cancer surgeon and he thought it looked like it could be cancer, infact he was kinda sure it was so he set up a whole bunch of tests for confirmation.. The last month or so we've been travelling between Peterboro, Oshawa & Toronto hospitals where my wife has undergone more tests then you would believe. Now the good news. We had another meeting with the surgeon yesterday and it turns out it's a small early stage cancer and hasn't spread anywhere else and is confined to the upper lobe of her left lung. Diane's scheduled for surgery November 4th where a section of her upper lung will be removed along with all the cancer. The surgeon will make 3 small (ish) incisions and will remove it through them. There'll be a couple days in intensive care, then a few more days in a regular room and if all goes well, she'll be home in less than a week. We'll be needing some crossed fingers when the time comes, but I've got a lot of faith in this doctor and everybody feels this will all have a happy ending. Our 48th wedding anniversary is coming up in a couple weeks and I've already told her I'm counting on another 48. I'm only posting this because we've made alot of friends on this board in the last 12 years and many know about this and I just wanted everyone to know things are now looking up. All prayers will be gratefully received though.

As mentioned above, forget the glove as they can be more trouble than anything. Muskies are very strong and un-believably fast when they start thrashing around as your trying to get the hooks out. Be VERY careful and use the long nosed pliers and hook cutters, and when you feel the fish start to tighten up...and you will...it means she's about to thrash so get your hands away from her mouth. Good luck and let's see the pictures of your trip.

You've got an awful lot of water to cover with a 14' & 9.9, hope you've got a game plan LOL

When I lived in Toronto I walked my little dog twice daily in the Don Valley. I'd heard of a woman in the area who allowed her very vicious boxer to run loose and attack every dog they came across and she refused to stop it. I'd had some surgery and was walking with a cane one day when I spotted them up on a hill and sure enough, the mutt started running towards my dog. I timed it perfectly and smashed the dog across the face with my cane. He took off wimpering like a little girl and I never saw his ugly face or her again. I'm an animal lover and hate to see them hurt, but a vicious dog doesn't belong around good dogs and responsible owners.

Good to hear your back in business too Joey

Good yakking with you on Friday too Jose Coffee pots always on next time your up this way.

Thanks Wagoneer, the shift happened when I was looking at GOOGLE maps and then closed it. As the wise man once said, "darned thing never did that before"

Thanks folks, your a good group, dragging it down was the answer. Hope you get your issue fixed as easy as mine was Joey.

I have a tool bar that's normally at the bottom of my screen, but for some reason it suddenly moved and now runs vertical on the right side of my screen. Been messing around for 10 minutes trying to get it back on the bottom but I'm a definite computer dunce and can't figure it out. Help please

Been lots of boats running around this morning, but I just saw a big bolt of lightning over Stoney/Clear lakes so hopefully all the tourney guys are paying attention.

Cute little critter and doesn't seem the least bit concerned about your pooch being so close. We were trolling for muskies in front of that bridge behind you one December morning a few years back when the water boiled up underneath us and spun our boat 180 degrees. Don't think anything ever got my attention as fast as that before or since LOL