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Congrats on your purchase and I hope it serves you as well as mine has for me !! Just remember to use it often and keep the batteries fully charged ALL the time and hopefully they'll last as long as the charger. My batteries & charger were all bought together on the same day 8 years ago and are all still working flawlessly. Boy, they've sure come down alot in price over the years too, I payed close to $200 for mine back in '99, but I spose their like any other electronic gizmo when it comes to pricing.

Exactly what happened to me. Years ago I was just riding an old junker and my wife wanted nothing to do with it. Finally I decided to upgrade and bought myself Ski-doo's 25th anniversary model and once she saw how nice that was, I couldn't keep her off of it and the only way I could get it back was to go out and buy her a new machine too I must admit though, it made the weekend trips alot more fun with the Mrs coming along too

All the best to ya Jack !!

And the PB's continue, eh Joey !!

Heard that too, evidentely he's 70 years old and never returned home from his trip, and then they found his car parked near the shore somewhere. So sad.........

HEY, I always spoke well of YOU, Dax

Great idea for a January thread Steve !! There was no fishing involved in this pic, but because I had the GPS turned on, I spose it can be classed it as fishing related Just me & the Mrs. out for a nice moonlight cruise on a warm August evening, but it was by far my favorite picture taken in all of 2007. 41+ years of wedded bliss

Good to hear you enjoyed your day in the Ganaraska Don, it's a great spot 12 months of the year for alot of different activities. A group of us spent many winters riding the trails up in the Bancroft / Haliburton areas and it's an incredible way to spend a winter weekend !! And your right about the fellas that groom the trails , they do a great job and certainly makes it worthwhile paying for the yearly trail passes.

Very sorry for your loss Mike, I remember your original post when Kareem 1st became ill. Your bud's gone now, but you'll have the memories of your friendship forever.

It's only my personal opinion Gerritt, but for big ticket items like your looking at, I've always preferred going to a reputable dealer like Radioworld or something similar and purchasing from them, rather than chancing a sale from some stranger like your considering, who may be in Romania, or maybe the States, or wherever. You'll know your dealing with folks who have a great reputation for service and will stand behind their product, and if it's busted right outta the box, you'll just return it for another. You may pay a bit more going my route, but at least you'll know your satisfaction is guaranteed with whatever you buy. I know alot of folks swear by Ebay deals and maybe I'm just old fashioned, but that's the way I look at things. Good luck with whatever you decide though, bud.

Go gettem Danbo

CTC has an incredible return policy. 2 years ago I purchased an item from them for $250 and FOUR MONTHS LATER it was on sale for $200, so I took my reciept to the store and asked if they could do anything for me. They said "absolutely Sir", and without even a question, they returned $50 + tax Ya gotta luv that !!

Welcome to the board & congrats on the pair of PB's, that musky is a beaut !! The Ottawa is an awesome river for musky & I try to get up that way every summer. Good to have you joining us.

Yup Roy, I remember all that stuff very well, and also the conveyor belt that brought the bigger items up into the center of the store from the basement. And what kid from back in the day wasn't proud of his Supercycle

This should get the discussion going........

Well, the hawk was back again about 10 minutes ago, sitting on a branch only 15' from the feeder, but I couldn't get a picture of him. I guess he knows now that there's some easy pickins around here and he's gonna take advantage of the feasts while he can. Seems like the other birds are well aware of him though, as I haven't had a bird here since the incident yesterday and I'd normally have 30 birds here by now. Oh well, I guess on the bright side I'm gonna save alot of $$$$ on bird seed. I'm gonna leave the camera by the window and who know's, maybe he'll pose for me one of these times and I can get a decent shot of him. And Roy, thanks for that video, it was really incredible !!

CTC is a nice store to shop in IF you know exactly what you want and don't need to ask any questions, but very few of the staff seem to have any knowledge of the products their selling, and it sounds like this applies to fishing licenses too. Good to hear you got it all straightened out.

Yup, this is it fer sure, truly a majestic bird and I'm sure right near the top of his food chain.

I think I know where your doves are Cliff, I always have at least 15-20 here in the yard and have counted as many as 50 at one time. Beautiful birds that are always welcome here !!

There's a flock of about 12 robins in the valley over here Steve that I see just about every day when me & ole Marv are out tromping thru the woods. There's always been a few that hung around thru the winter, but this is the largest group I've seen spend the whole year up here. Always nice to hear that familiar chirping on the cold, snowy days. Course if that hawk that was in my backyard yesterday spots them, they could be gone PDQ.

You've got that right Phil, that bird was bigger than Marvin

I keep a bird feeder in my backyard and always have plenty of birds around with chicadees, sparrows, cardinals, blue jays and up to 50 mourning doves here constantely. I also have a few pigeons that feed here too. I happened to look out the back window this afternoon and couldn't believe what I saw, there was a huge hawk sitting on the ground, under the feeder, devouring a pigeon. I went and got my camera hoping to get a picture thru the glass, but as soon as the hawk saw the movement he flew into a nearby tree. There was nothing left of the pigeon except the 2 wings, a few bones and plenty of feathers and blood scattered around on the ground. I don't know what kind of hawk it was but he was very big and I see quite a few of them around here, but this is the 1st time they've attacked my birds. I don't have my new camera set up yet but here's a shot from the old one, but unfortunately the hawk was about 100' away and didn't come out too well. ........Just below dead center......... This is what's left of the pigeon and hopefully the picture doesn't offend anyone. Definetely survival of the fittest......

Here ya go Norm, hope Maribeth does as well. 1-800-277-9914

I had a question this morning about Canada Pension and had to phone them for the answer and was dreading the thought of being bounced from one person to another as is the norm when calling the Federal Government. I called a phone number on the website, pushed a couple buttons as I was prompted to do untill I got to the appropriate place, and then the phone rang ONE time and was answered by a very friendly person, who gave me an immediate answer to my question, wished me a good day and hung up. Total time from me dialing the number till I got my answer was ONE MINUTE Never heard of before when dealing with a Government agency !! Some days just start out GOOD

scuro, I wan't trying to be a smartdonkey with you, but if you've got a medical problem, a doctor is who you need to talk to, even it takes time to see one in your town, rather than a bunch of strangers. Just take a look at the above responses to your question, it's been suggested you should try physio, reflexology, acccupuncture, anti-inflamatories, advil and heat and I doubt any of the above posters has a medical degree. I've had a pinched nerve myself, so I can certainly understand what your going thru, and it took some major surgury on my spine and several days in the hospital to get it fixed up again. I'm just suggesting you seek advice from a qualified doctor before taking advice from well meaning laymen.