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Short but good Mike, I'm already planning next Septembers trip.

Lookin good TJ and you appear to be off to a great start. Best of luck to ya bud !!

I'll always remember the episode where Charlie was trolling for muskies on LSC. He hooked a fish and before he landed it a minute later he'd advertised 6 different products. Started off immediately by saying if it hadn't been for his extra quiet Honda he'd never have been able to sneak up on the fish and they were OK on the big lake because of his super safe Crestliner. He knew the fish was hooked solid because of his extra sharp Mustads and he'd have no problem cranking it in with his Okuma reel and his Okuma rod could handle the strain and when it got to the boat he'd land it easily with his fantastic Frabil net...whew !!!! Pure spam fest, but sadly that's the way alot of the shows are now and the main reason I seldom watch any fishing shows anymore.

That beam looks fantastic TC and is very similar to what I'm talking about. I already have an existing cement mantle and am thinking of hollowing out a beam, cutting it to fit from every angle to fit over & hide the mantle, and fastening it onto the cement to give the impression of a solid beam. Once I get it formed, the actual wood parts will only be about 1" thick and the beam will be very light compared to a full thickness beam, but will still appear to be a full size....hopefully. I know what I'm trying to say, but it's hard to put into words but I'm sure you understand There's a couple old barns around here that are basically falling down and I'm planning on going to talk to the owners and see if we can work something out.

My neighbor has a steel roof and doesn't have the tabs. The snow builds up and then everything lets go at once and hits the ground like a freight train. If anybody was standing below it they wouldn't be found till springtime

Actually Norm, my next plan is to build a wooden mantle similar to what you have in your living room, but I'm thinking of an old weathered beam from a barn if I can find one. Your 100 % correct Roy, I wanted all white marble but as usual the wife always wins any decorating discussion and we went with the Legerstone. Course I'll never give in and admit to her that she was right. The walls were just painted a year ago Steve, but I'm sure the Mrs. will find me something else to do as soon as she sees me sitting down for more than 2 minutes. Thanks again everyone.

My whole house runs on propane and I've got a 1500 litre tank in the backyard so I should be good for awhile

Thanks folks, we're very happy now that we decided to change it all. And Stan, no I didn't do it myself, but had it installed by the same company I purchased the stone from. They did the whole job in 2 days and really did an excellent job.

I have a wood burning stove downstairs in the family room and a wood burning fireplace upstairs in the living room. Never really liked the one in the living room though and decided to switch it over to a propane insert. Here's the old And this is the new insert. Next I wanted to upgrade the brick so we decided to go with a multi-coloured Legerstone. The stonework was finished yesterday and we spent today getting the room all put back together and we're both very pleased with the way it turned out. Just thought I'd post the pictures incase anyone is interested in this kind of stuff.

There ain't no such thing

Thanks for the tale Stan, sounds like a fun family outing !!

Nobody puts on a show like Mother nature, truly impressive !!

My brother was involved in a very bad accident many years ago on the 400 and I think it was in the 89 area. Him and his buds were coming south on 400 after a weekend of snowmobiling and got enveloped in a massive whiteout. It wasn't visible because of the heavy blowing snow, but just ahead of them a flatbed tractor trailer loaded with lumber had collided with a couple cars and caught fire. From the vehicle my brother was in, they suddenly saw the orange glow ahead and slowed right down but a hiway bus flew past them and crashed into all the other vehicles. Other cars began crashing into the burning wreckage and something like 7 people died with many more injured. The driver of my brothers car saw the fire in time and drove into the ditch just in time to avoid it. Another car hit the wreckage and caught fire and the driver burned to death about 20' from my brother but there was nothing they could do to help the poor guy. My brother carried that image with him for the rest of his life.

Perhaps his cell phone works thru his GPS, alot of the portable units are that way.

A friend was driving to work one morning and when she stopped at a red light, her car stalled. She couldn't get it started again and the guy behind her started blasting his horn at her and wouldn't let up. After a minute or so of that nonsence, she took the keys out of the ignition, walked back to the doofus behind her, opened his door and said "here's my keys, would you please go and start my car for me and I'll blow your horn for you" He felt like such an idiot, he backed up and went around her like a scared dog with his tail between his legs. Guys like that is something you don't need to see on your way to work.

Sheeesh, by 5:30 I'm thinking about lunch

Much better to have too many guys and not need them, than to need another crew right away but there 20 minutes away cause they weren't dispatched.

My sentiments exactly.

The only spinnerbaits I use are large, mostly in the 2 3/4 oz. range, and they all have the closed eye.

The $5400 fine levied against the fisherman for getting turned around in the fog is a discusting, pathetic money grab and whoever came up with it should be ashamed of himself. As for volunteer firemen being paid, my brother used to be a volunteer in Scugog Township 25 odd years ago and and if I remember correctly, received around $3000 per year, but I may be wrong on the amount.

Excellent Pete, your off to a good start !!

Bald Eagles are common in some parts of Ontario but rare in other parts Dan, so sometimes seeing them is a big deal. Don't really think comments such as "Ho hum" are really called for, specially from a moderator, when someone takes the time to share something with the members.

Saw that earlier today TJ...hilarious !!!

I drove a 90 HP Merc 4 stroke for 9 years, then sold it to a bud who's had it for 4 years now. To this day it's never had a single issue and runs as good as the day it was originally purchased. Regular maintanance and a bit of TLC and they'll go forever. Great motors.