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Good to hear he was rescued Rob, that's a bad spot to be trapped. Is there a link to the story anywhere ??

I had a reply for you Pete, but figured it's not worth wasting my breath.

There's thousands of fantastic cops all across this county that do an amazing job of keeping things safe for us and we never hear a word about them. But when one goes bad, it's all anyone talks about.

There's hundreds of homeless people living on the streets of Toronto, just like any other large city, and when temperatures drop below a certain level a "cold weather alert" is issued. Lots of good people, many volunteers, work very hard all night long to help those less fortunate and an "alert" is just a way of letting everyone know that the temperatures will be even more dangerous for those living outdoors and to try and get as many as possible inside a warm building. Nothing more, nothing less. When it gets very hot in the summer, "cooling centres" are are opened in Toronto to give folks a place to rest, cool off and have a cold drink. When Toronto does something wrong, everybody is quick to jump all over them, then when they do something good, people still jump all over them. Pretty sad actually.

I worked for a municipal government as did my brother and then my wife, my mother & my father all worked for the Provincial government. We all worked hard and nobody was overpaid. I hate when all government employees are covered with the same blanket.

I agree with you 100% Cliff, things sure aren't like they used to be around here, and that's a sad thing.

Yes, the party was a blast and everyone had a great time 'cept for the pair that came 24 hours early, cause they never even showed up this time

My wife and I have a big Christmas party here at the house every year with a bunch of friends, family and neighbors and tonights the night with 35 people expected. Last night we were just sitting here about 7:00 doing nothing and there's a knock at the door, so Diane answers it and there's a couple from down the road standing there dressed to the nines. Diane says, "oh, you guys are early" and he says "why, weren't we sposed to be here for 7:00 o'clock ??" Diane says, yeah, 7:00 TOMORROW NIGHT He says "well that explains why there aren't any cars in your driveway" We all had a good laugh and they came in for a couple drinks anyways. Always good when we can laugh at ourselves

Yes I do see that white box the odd time Davey, but not just with Brians posts as I see it on others too.

Everythings good here with Chrome Brian

You've all probably seen these before, but their hilarious http://api.viglink.com/api/click?format=go&key=0b3c409118ab469086cc904d0c1c605b&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.walleyecentral.com%2Fforums%2Fshowthread.php%3Ft%3D292577&v=1&libId=8a4c94d6-82e9-4348-a8f0-a718adf3653c&out=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DTzwF72B2F2w&ref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.walleyecentral.com%2Fforums%2Fforumdisplay.php%3Ff%3D5&title=Pro%20staff%20funny%20-%20Walleye%20Message%20Central&txt=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DTzwF72B2F2w&jsonp=vglnk_jsonp_13869410013199

After seeing that Dave, the 7" of snow we got last night doesn't seem so bad

I paid $25 for a pair of socks at Lebarons, took them home, tried them on and found they were faulty. I took them right back to the store the same day, explained they were faulty and the manager told me no refund because I'd worn them. I explained they were only worn for 1 minute till I found they were no good and just wanted to exchange them for another pair. Sorry, no exchange for you...store policy. THAT'S why I didn't mind paying $5 for a MEC membership.

Very generous offer but I think I'll hafta pass on it

But try and return an item to Lebarons. Unless things have changed in the last few years, Lebaron used to be terrible to deal with, whereas MEC goes out of their way to treat their customers well. MEC over Lebaron for me anytime

When I lived in Toronto I received an insane amount of flyers and unwanted junk mail on a daily basis, but now that I'm in the country and no longer get home delivery I receive absolutely ZERO junk mail and that in itself is worth the drive to the mail box. Heck, I don't even see Jehovah Witness at the door anymore but I don't spose the Post Office can take credit for that.

And lets not forget back in the day when us kids all walked around with a pair of 6 shooters on our belts and a Daisy BB gun for backup If a kid was seen like that today all the do-gooders would have the ETF chasing us down. Being a kid was definitely better back then.

I have to travel 1.5 miles out to the hiway to get mine so it makes no difference to me either.

Just my opinion, but I'd go for a bigger screen than the 5" if you can swing it. May not seem like a big difference, but if you can see the 5" compared to a bigger screen side by side, you'd know what I meant. Again, just my opinion though.

Again, It's good to hear you all enjoyed the pics, specially the last one. Even though that last girl isn't my biggest musky, she was certainly the toughest and gave the best fight I've ever had.

Thanks for the link Mike, I'll be reading that story shortly.

Hey Mike, was that the trip you and Bill took a couple years back when you encountered the polar bear ?? If so, you should re-post your report, that was without a doubt the best fish'n/camping tale I've ever read here !!

You DO have a way with words Drew

Yeah, I hear ya, and if I ever need any of their gear I'll be doing that for sure. My cold winter biking trips are behind me now though, and I much prefer a cabin to a tent these days, but ya never know what'll come next