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How'd you make out with the muskies Marty ?

The thing about Easton's John is they're a well established company with a great reputation and if they do the work you'll know it's done right. Sometimes it worth it to drive a bit further

5 years ago my wife underwent major surgery and the surgeon prescribed 100 Oxycodone for pain relief. I picked up the drugs at the local pharmacy we dealt with at the time and when I got home my wife said it looked like some were missing so she counted them and sure enough there were only 84 pills. She counted them again and then I also counted them and there were definitely 16 pills missing. I can see someone miss-counting 1 or 2 pills but 16 makes no sense. We contacted the pharmacist who said we were 100% wrong and we did indeed get 100 pills. My guess...naturally...is that someone in the pharmacy was stealing the pills for themselves or to sell on the street but there was nothing we could do about it as it was our word against a well established pharmacy. We left that pharmacy for a new one that had recently opened and gave them all our business. I had a long talk with both our family doctor and the new pharmacist and they both said theft in the business was not uncommon but proving it was a totally different story.

I never fished for carp but can absolutely guarantee the Kawartha Lakes are loaded with them and it seems as if every single one is huge LOL Lots of stuff on Youtube and this is the 1st one I came across but may give you some ideas. Enjoy your trip to Ontario, it's a wonderful place.

I've dealt with them too Shane, they're good people.

Looks like a PERFECT day too Bud.

You gotta have freedom to move fast when those big slimers come out to play Brian LOL

I was primarily a caster so I was always at the bow.

Sounds like an outstanding trip for you guys and great pictures. The West Bay is one of my favorite places in this entire universe !!

Probably 30 years ago my daughter and a girlfriend were standing on the sidewalk talking when another friend came by on his motorcycle. He stopped at the curb for awhile and yakked then said he had to go. For whatever reason he gave the bike too much throttle and it jumped the curbed and pinned him against a wooden fence and tore his leg off right in front of the girls. My daughter was in hysterics as she knelt beside him trying to stop the blood pouring out. The ambulance got him to the hospital and the doctors kept him alive but the leg was lost. I knew the guy and he was very nice and sensible so the accident wasn't caused by stupidness and was probably just a freak thing...but I don't know. I've never been on a motorcycle in my life but have nothing against them, I just feel safer inside a car.

I may be missing something in your reply here Dan and if so I apologize but in a previous reply I said I put 100% of the blame for this entire fiasco completely in the lap of Ford. I gave the mechanics and everyone else at the dealership a BIG thank you for everything they did to help, infact we bought each & every person involved a $50 Timmies gift card as a small gesture of our gratitude.

And it wasn't even the oil usage they called normal jimmer, a lot of those 5.0 motors developed a very loud knock...including mine... and they said that was also normal even though not all engines did it.

The really sad part though was Ford saying a quart every 3000 miles is normal. And Dan, thanks for the early morning laugh LOL

Looks like you'll probably be getting a new engine Wayne but it'll be one built in 2019...hopefully. From what I'm reading most guys are happy with the new engines and not reporting any issues so good luck to you if you go that route.

100 % correct Terry, dealership gave me a great trade-in price plus a huge pile of cash discounts and Ford will supply them a new 5.0 engine to put in it and the dealership is gonna ship it down to Georgia to a wholesaler they deal with. Ford just called the dealership day before yesterday with a cash offer which I obviously took. I wish all this crap had never happened and ALL the blame from me goes straight to Ford who in my opinion is currently producing an inferior 8 cylinder motor. As I said above, life is too short to dwell on crap and I now have an amazing truck that I know I'm gonna enjoy.

Good luck with the Tacoma, I don't think there's a vehicle made....at least not North American....that doesn't have issues.

Paul, that link you put up describes what's happening pretty well exactly with the 2018 5.0 engines. That was the issue with my 1st engine but the new replacement engine was totally different. Long story short......The day after they replaced my motor, I picked my truck up and with the new engine only having gone 40 miles...yup FORTY MILES...the engine started rattling like crazy. I took it back to the dealer and they couldn't figure what was causing it. They had a Ford engineer come and look at it and he determined it was down in the bottom of the engine but he wanted it driven more to add some miles on it and that's when I said NO WAY did I want this truck back. When I picked up my new truck yesterday I talked to the mechanic who did the replacement and he said they pulled the oil pan and filter and found metal filings in both and figure it's coming from a rod bearing. Would any of you guys go for a 3rd 5.0 engine ???....no, I didn't think so.

Thanks Dan & Art, yeah I could have fought Ford for more money but I'm sure their lawyers are much bigger than mine and they could drag this thing on for years. As mentioned above my dealership was unbelievable in what they did for me and the money they saved me and if anyone is looking for a fantastic FORD dealer go to Boyer Ford in Bobcaygeon

Thanks guys Wayne, Ford made some changes to the 5.0 in 2018 and since then many of them are going thru crazy amounts of oil including mine that was using a quart of oil every couple thousand miles. Ford denied there was a problem at first saying that was normal then changed their mind and said if any 5.0 engines were using a quart in less than 3000 miles the engines would be replaced. I got a new engine and that was worse than the 1st one so I made the decision to get rid of the truck. Ford offered to put in a 3rd engine but I wanted nothing to do with it As far as I know though, Ford still won't say what the actual problem is. I've had a 5.4 and a 3.5 Eco and both were great and then way too much trouble with the 5.0 so I've gone back to the 3.5 It cost me a few bucks to upgrade but as stated above my dealership was absolutely unbelievable and saved me a LOT of money and even Ford threw in some. Life is too short to worry about things and rather than fighting FORD for more I moved on and am very happy with my decision.

I bought a new F150 Lariat last year and absolutely loved the truck but there was a serious issue with the 5 litre engine so Ford installed another engine recently and that one had issues too. I told them I was done with the 5 litre and didn't want the truck back. I wanted to replace the truck and get one with the 3.5 EcoBoost instead and I've never seen a dealership do so much to make a customer happy. There's already a great "Employee Discount" thing going on which knocks a pile of $$$$ off the price and then my dealership discounted so much more money for me I was almost embarrased. On top of that they got FORD to toss in more cash and today I'm a happy man again. This thing has more bells & whistles than the Space Shuttle and pretty well every option available including full roof skylight and retractable running boards. My 2018 Lariat that I had to give up....sadly .....and then the new 2019

Outstanding Brian, really nice to hear !!

They were good boats Brian, I had a couple Starcrafts.

14' Starcraft with a 9.9 Johnson

Did you notice my leather shoes with gold buckles, who wears those to go fishing anymore ? LOL

I actually killed & ate the 1st musky I ever caught way back in the early 70's as that's just what folks did back then...unfortunately. I've caught & released many 100's of muskies in the decades since then but to this day I still wish I'd released it. I had it mounted and hung on the wall of my trailer for a very long time but then I gave it to a friend who owns a fishing camp up on Nippising who now has it hung in his office.