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9 minutes ago, Old Ironmaker said:

I get chills everytime I hear those babies. 

 We lost a cousin in WW2 when his plane was shot down somewhere in Europe, 

Two years ago I was sitting in a parking lot in Lakefield and heard a roar coming towards me and when I looked up it was an old WW2 B-29 bomber. A couple years earlier I had a B17 fly over my house. They bring these old planes up to Peterboro airports and take folks for rides and it sure is nice seeing them flying around the area. 

My Mom's brother was also a bomber pilot and was killed along with his crew when they went down.

I've always admired that car of yours Dan and years back a friend of mine had one pretty well the same as yours.

34 minutes ago, John said:

 You up for it....?

Absolutely Bud....as long as your paying  LOL

7 hours ago, HTHM said:

 

I much prefer the Lancaster. 

Haven't seen that beautiful old plane since I left Toronto but was always great to see it still flying. 

Chrispy, thinking back I think it was 2000 we took that trip rather than 1994. My bro and I took a huge number of trips over the years and I got mixed up on that date but the rest of the story still holds true.

Sorry for the confusion.

My brother and I spent a week there but it was way back in '94 so I can't even guess what it's like now but I can tell you back in the day the place was fantastic. There were 4 or 5 lakes with no access other than thru the camp so basically nobody else fished those lakes other than the guests. We were there early season and were the only ones  in camp so we had the entire place and all the lakes to our selves. Lakes were all land locked but they had boats stored on each one and we just carried a small outboard and gas can from one place to another but they were all easy walks.

Fishing was absolutely amazing, the owners were fantastic and the cottages were #1

Hopefully it's still as good now but who knows what happens over close to 3 decades but it sure may be worth a shot.

This time of year I don't put many miles on the truck Norm so I'm not really too concerned about it. 

Shoulda headed over my way Wayne, a real bargain at $1.42....ya right. 

17 minutes ago, bobowski said:

 With the cold weather today it got me thinking about ice fishing this year

Had some light snow flurries over here in my little corner of the Kawartha's this morning if that makes you feel any better LOL

1 hour ago, Terry said:

Chains help for a few inches  of snow and works real well on ice however in deep snow you want the machine to float on the snow with chains it digs in as deep as it can and if it doesn’t connect with something solid you get stuck 

Thanks Terry, that makes sense, as I said above I have no experience with them and was just wondering if it was a solution.

3 minutes ago, Big Cliff said:

 I really don't want to put tracks on it

I have absolutely zero experience with those machines Cliff but would chains work for better traction in snow or ice....if they're even available ?

Nope, he was gone before anything could be done Steve....sadly  

We were in our favorite small town restaurant for supper last night and our waitress was telling us about an incident 2 weeks ago at their other location.

They had a 17 year old girl working at the door checking peoples vaccination receipts and some loud mouth jerk came in. When the girl asked him for the receipt he said he wasn't vaccinated and had no intention of ever getting it. She told him that he wouldn't be allowed to come in so he spit in her face and walked out.

I wonder if he would have been as "brave" if he was talking to guy rather than a young girl.

bonessk01, being from Saskatchewan you may...or may not...find this story somewhat interesting.

After WW1 two English brothers who survived the horrors of the trenches of France fighting the German's decided to leave England and emigrate to Canada for a better life and become farmers. They ended up near the "wilds" of Estevan Saskatchewan in 1919 and bought adjoining pieces of land. They each built a soddy and started to get set up shop.

In 1920 they decided they needed to start families but seeing as young women were pretty scarce on the prairies 100 years ago they mailed off letters to some English newspapers saying they were looking for a couple young ladies who were seeking adventure.

My Dad's family were from Derbyshire England and my Grandmother's 2 sisters thought it sounded like a great idea and answered the call and within a few months they sailed to Montreal then hopped a train to Saskatchewan and married the 2 brothers. 

The 2 sisters absolutely loved Saskatchewan and what it had to offer and wrote to my Grandparents in 1929 and told them they should also move out there. England wasn't offering much back then so they decided to do it and sold their home and packed up the family, including my 8 year old Dad, and made the move to Regina.

The Depression hit basically as they stepped off the boat but everyone survived and loved the place. When the war started my Dad left the prairies in 1940 and joined the Navy and then his family moved to Toronto but none of them ever lost their love of Saskatchewan.

The 2 brothers and their 2 mail order brides raised great families and had successful farms and lived long and happy lives out there.

9 minutes ago, glen said:

Any update on this.  Did anyone have to pay for past stickers? Looks like they want new stickers on your plates by feb 2022.  

They were talking about this on the news a couple months back and they said everyone will pay for the freebies they received once things open up again. I paid for my stickers when they were due but I'm guessing if you owe for past ones you won't get the new sticker until all debts are cleared.

4 minutes ago, akaShag said:

 One of these years I have to try sandhill crane, "the ribeye of the sky."  Maybe we will get a season for them, or maybe I will do another hunt out west!

Doug

We go up to the West Arm of Nipissing a couple times a year and usually see a few cranes but when we were there a few weeks back we must have seen close to 100 all in the farm fields and one flock alone must have been at least 50 birds.

22 minutes ago, bonessk01 said:

 just enjoy the moments even if the fish don't co-operate that's why there are photo's that aren't fishing related. 

I've always said you don't need to catch fish to have a great fishing trip.

Love the picture of the dog by the river, definitely frameable.

11 minutes ago, LostAnotherOne said:

Party at Lews house.  I’ll bring the keg.

Your more than welcome to come on over but just a coke for me please  LOL

Good to hear your folks were taken care of Brian, mine was done by a very reputable company with a great reputation and they've done work for me before and if there's ever an issue they look after it.

2 hours ago, misfish said:

What siding did you use Lew ?

Looking good there bud.

We went with Kaycan willow green double 4 and it's got a faux woodgrain finish Brian.

Thanks mamona, it's a huge improvement.

When we bought this house 12 years ago it was a beige color with dark brown facia & eavestroughs.

We made a choice this year to brighten things up so I started with the back deck in May and replaced all the boards and then repainted everything else. We decided to go with light green siding and the guys came a couple weeks back and started stripping everything off including facia & troughs and then started putting up the new siding and right away we knew my wife had made a great color choice and it's a huge improvement over the old beige.

There were a few delays because of weather but the guys worked hard and did an absolutely fantastic job and after the siding was finished they replaced the dark brown metal with white and it's all done now except for downspouts and they'll be here today to finish the job.

I repainted the red shutters dark green and once the bugs are all gone I'll remove that red screen door and replace it with a new white storm door.

Just thought some of you may find this sorta stuff interesting.

29 minutes ago, woodenboater said:

exactly this

Yup, if you going a sensible speed in the dark and keeping an eye on the water around you with a flashlight there shouldn't be a problem.

Always enjoy the fish'n tales when you and the little guy get out together !!

2 hours ago, Sinker said:

 I shine the spot light as needed to scan for anything in my way. 

Exactly the point I was trying to make Shane, scan the area then turn the light off again, not running down the lake with flood lights on and trying to light up the other side of the lake.