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Not to worry guys, as I said at the top I ONLY use cash, no matter whether I'm buying or selling anything. I've just never used Paypal before and didn't know how it worked on these types of transactions.

That's funny Geoff, your reply is darned near word for word what I told him last night. I doubt I'll hear back from him but we'll see what happens.

My feelings exactly Phil

Your welcome in my boat anytime Geoff

For anyone who may be interested, this was the reply I got from the person who claims to be interested in what I'm selling. +++++++++++++ Thanks for your reply,i just wanted to make sure all bases are covered !I'm satisfied with the condition but how long have you owned it?? and what's your lowest price for it. I love a bargain, so i would like to get it as soon as i can.I would be able to make payment through paypal, i find it the easiest way to use my credit card safely and is a safe and reliable method of payment... Let me know your price for it .I hope to hear from you soon, and i will make all transportation preparations for the it to be transported to my home +++++++++++++

Sorry Phil, we were posting at the same time. That $20.000 you spoke of earlier will get you the motor and 1 paddle....we'll negotiate further for the rest of the package :lol:

Thanks guys, and Phil, I like your style

Thanks Geoff, cash is always King !!

Thanks for that link motion, hard to believe some folks actually fall for some of those scams.

Geoff, in your 1st reply, do I understand that both the buyer and seller would have a paypal account and the buyer would transfer the money into the sellers account ??

Thanks guys, it'll definetely be a cash deal for me. I know people use it to purchase items from stores but I'm old fashioned and like the feel of the $$$$ in my mitt before I hand over the merchandise.

I always deal in cash and although I've heard of Paypal I don't know how it works. I have an item listed for sale on kijiji and a possible buyer wants to pay me with Paypal and then arrange for someone to pickup it up.....doesn't sound good to me. I told him it has to be a cash deal only but I'm just curious how this works and is it actually legit How does a person get their money ?? Anybody deal this way ??

Thanks again everyone

The hurting never stops Brian, but it does get easier over the years. As for the jokes, their always welcome

Thanks once again folks, your thoughts mean alot to us.

Gerritt, I also remember very vividly the day you also lost your son and as with Jim, it's hard to believe so many years have passed since that terrible day for you & yours.

Thanks for all the kind replies folks, they mean alot to both myself and my wife. Joey & Phil, it was an honour having you both at the funeral and Spiel, your yearly condolance messages have always been much appreciated. Jim was an excellent fisherman, specially bass & pickeral, and if he was here today he'd definetely be a member of this board and would be proud to call you folks his friends.

Thanks folks, it's a tough & dangerous job but a proud profession for those with the guts to do it.

Dana "Saving a basement" is just more of an expression used by firemen when a house is a total loss after a fire and nothing is salvagable other than the property.

My son Jim was always an adventurous kid growing up and loved doing crazy stuff. He was seldom afraid of dangerous situations so we weren't surprised when he told us he was gonna become an iron worker. Their the guys that walk the narrow steel beams hundreds of feet in the air and bolt them together to form the skeletons of buildings. He became very good at his job and ended up being one of the foremen for his company. He wasn't intimidated by heights but had a great respect for them. Strange as it seems, he always said the higher the job, the more he enjoyed it. Safety belts are obviously mandatory for anyone doing that type of work, but sometimes they have to unhook them to get into certain places and sadly that was when something went terribly wrong and my son fell to his death from a building they were erecting. That was 7 years ago today. Jim was 37 years old and had been walking the steel for 20 years. Anyways, the last couple days I've been wandering around on the internet looking at some of the places he helped build and found some pictures of a few of the more familiar places you may know. He did alot of the steel work in parts of Scotia Plaza and was working there the day 3 other construction workers were killed. This is St. Mary's Cement on the 401 at Bowmanville. If you look above and behind the large building to the left of center you can see the steel cap on top of the chimney that Jim and his partner installed. Compare the size of that cap to the size of the vehicles on the ground and you can imagine how tough of a job it was to install. When your watching the evening news and they show you the traffic jams on the Gardner Expressway, some of the cameras are mounted on brackets that Jim installed on top of the pod on the CN Tower about 1200 feet above the city. When you go to the Sportsman Show at the Exhibition Grounds you'll see alot of Jims work there as he installed many of the curved steel beams that form the front of the building. I always have a real feeling of pride everytime I go there and see his work. One of his biggest jobs and one that he was really proud of was the massive Hybernia oil rig in Newfoundland. He worked on that job for a long time and put up a lot of the steel structure. He said the most beautiful place he ever worked was near Fort St. John, in northern British Columbia where he erected a bunch of communication towers. That was a place he even talked about retiring to when the time came He worked all over Canada and other parts of the world but one of his favorite jobs was erecting a couple buildings in China. He spent a year in Bejing and then another year in Shanghai and was talking about going back to supervise more jobs when they were ready to go. That's Jim on your right in the brown coat with his best bud Kirk when they were in China. He was a big tough guy at 6' 4" and strong as an ox but could also be as gentle as a lamb and was loved by all who knew him. His funeral was huge and alot of the members of this board attended and for that I'll always be thankful. The number of flower bouquets we received at our home from OFNers was unbelievable and meant so much to my family. Even a month after the funeral flowers were still arriving. Anyways, sorry for the long ramble so early in the morning, but I think of Jim always, specially on the anniversaries of his death and today I just thought I'd share some of his life with you.

When I went on the job in '68 Bob, I was working with a bunch of old men, but when I retired more than 3 decades later I was working with a bunch of kids. Funny how that works out, eh ??

When I retired 11 years ago we had about 3000 men on the job in Toronto and if I remember correctly we were the 4th largest department in North America, behind New York, Los Angeles & Chicago. And we saved most of the basements too :lol:

Wearing a mask is a basic thing for a firemen and is one of the 1st things their taught when they come on the job....at least in Canada anyways, and I couldn't imagine a truck sitting and waiting in the firehall for qualified men to get there before they respond to a fire. If it works for you guys, then OK I spose, just seems really odd to me. Not arguing with you Bob, just stating an opinion from someone who did it for alot of years.

Damn Bruce, that's absolutely terrible news and like everyone else, I sure hope little Peanut is gonna be OK.

Never heard of such a thing What happens if the guys inside need help in a hurry and you've got un-qualified guys outside who cant wear a mask and can't enter the building ??