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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

Another fan of MEC here too, I always thought they were a great store with excellent quality gear and never gave the $5 membership thingy a 2nd thought. I used to do ALOT of winter biking and bought all my fleece and GoreTex riding gear from them and I've still got some it years after I gave up riding and it's still as good as the day I purchased it even though it often took a beating. Good quality gear that wasn't carried by most other stores. I've also got a down winter parka that I purchased there that is by far the best I've ever owned. Darned thing doesn't weigh much more than a T-shirt but I can wear it on the coldest days with practically nothing underneath it. I'm a long ways from any MEC stores now but if there were any close by I'd certainly be shopping there again. Yup, great place to buy quality gear.

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My dad grew up in Saskatchewan and always talked about 40 below in the winter, but said you never noticed the cold because it was dry......ya right, 40 below is 40 below

Outstanding Dave !!

-35F is probably my coldest Shawn and that was enough for me. Couldn't imagine another 100 degrees colder than that

Rather than posting your complaints about what the firefighters said on this forum, why not contact the Fire Dept Chief and voice your concerns there. If you guys feel the FF are giving false advice, take it to the top.

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Nice effect there Drew, thanks for that, and as for growing old with fishing, well, I've already done that Thanks guys, glad you enjoyed the pictures

Hopefully 2014 will be your year Art & with any luck, I'll be your net man.

And Bill, sorry we never hooked up this year like we talked about, but as I said I haven't hardly been out myself and haven't been on the water since September. I owe Brian an apology too. Maybe next year guys.

I normally only take one picture of a fish then get her back in the water, but when she jumped just as the camera flashed I figured the picture was no good so I took the 2nd one. I agree, it turned out pretty darned good...and funny LOL

Great on the Barbie Roy

Always good at the end of the season when guys show some of their better catches for the year so I thought I'd post a recap too. Trouble is I've kind of semi retired from fishing lately and only got out a few times but landed a couple nice ones up on the West Arm of Nippissing and even though I posted them before, I'll show them again. This girl came along in June but I didn't bother measuring her but I guestimated somewhere around the 50 mark. Pretty fish whatever her size This lady came in August and I did measure her which was unusual as I almost never do, specially when I'm alone in the boat like this time. The camera was on a timer and sitting in a stand on the rear deck so they didn't turn out too good, but you get the idea. She measured 51" There were a couple other caught but I didn't bother with pictures. Not alot of fish, but they were gooduns.

I'm one of the lucky ones and don't really need anything, infact when I was asked by my family to make up a wish list I had a heck of a time coming up with anything. It's a good feeling when you have everything you need in life.

OK Cliff, thanks, hope you get fixed up soon.

Do you not have a sewage pump downstairs Cliff, in addition to your sump ?? Reason I ask is I've also got a raised bungalow with a septic system, but I've also got 2 floor drains in the basement that feed into a sewage pump system. One is in the furnace room and the other is in the downstairs bathroom. Any water in there is pumped up to the septic.

Not always necessary to spend big bucks on fish'n gear Brian