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I luv it Chris !!!!

Just an FYI for anyone driving to the show, you no longer buy your parking ticket at the little booth as you pull into the lot, you now park your car 1st, then go to a meter and purchase your ticket. It doesn't take cash either, only credit cards.

I went to the Boat Show yesterday but it'll be my last one. Used to be you could park at Ontario Place for free and just walk an extra 5 minutes, but they've done away with that now and it cost me $10 to park my truck. The entrance fee has gone to $15 now so your lookin at $25 just to get in the joint.......take your wife and it's gonna cost you 40 bucks I wasn't in there 5 minutes before somebody came from a booth trying to get me to buy a ticket for some charity, and then I was hit up 3 more times by different people for charity $$$$ in the next couple hours. I dunno, it used to be an enjoyable way to spend a winter afternoon, but now it's just getting to be an expensive money grab, and I think they've got my last dollar. Think I'll be giving up on the Sportsman Show too........same reason. This isn't a rant, just one man's observation.

Thanks solo, that made for a great early morning read !! You've certainly made some interesting treks over the years and hopefully you've got a few more tales to share with us.

I was at the Boat Show today and stopped at the Navionics booth to ask about the chip for Nippissing. It'll be available in about 2 weeks for about $200 cdn The salesman was alone and very busy and didn't have time to do much checking, and he didn't know what other lakes would be covered along with Nippissing, but he didn't think it would include anything in Southern Ontario. That's all the info he could give me.

Sure thing Jim, but you'll need to loan me about 60K first

Expensive for you Jon, but I MADE $100

I'll be there at 12:00 today, anyone else going ??

Perhaps if more people were doing 30-40 in yesterday's conditions, rather than changing lanes and passing others at 80-100, we wouldn't have had the 700 collisions I spoke of above But then again, what do I know ??

I'll take that as a compilment Mike, I think Andy Roonies great !!

I haven't been to a movie in 35 years Brian, so I guess I won't miss it

I absolutely can't believe how many totally LOUSY drivers we're forced to share the roads with these days, specially in weather like we had yesterday !! It was reported on this mornings news that there were 700......SEVEN HUNDRED !!!!!!.....accidents around the GTA during yesterdays snowfall.......that's COMPLETELY INSANE !!!!!! Some of you folks need to realise that you need to SLOW DOWN a little bit when the roads are snow & ice covered......you CAN'T be roaring down the hiways at 130 like it's the middle of July !!!! And STOP changing lanes every 100 yards, your NOT the only one who's trying to get somewhere !! And what's with the idiots that don't clear the snow off the car windows ??.......how the heck do you drive when you can't see ????? And why don't you spend a few $$$$ and put winter tires on your vehicle so you can get some traction and your not holding up hundreds of other people because you can't get up a tiny hill ?? .......You spent $30,000 for the car, go spend another $500 so you can move it in the snow !! And while you've got your wallet out, buy some windshield washer fluid too so you can clear some of the crap off your windshield and maybe see the guy in front of you so you don't slam into the back of him at the red light. SEVEN HUNDRED accidents......INSANE !!!!!! SLOW DOWN, PEOPLE !!!!!! Now, where'd I put my coffee ??

Very nice indeed !! I'm really happy for you guys Pete, it looks like all the years of slugging those heavy bricksNblocks payed off for you in a big way !! Lookin forward to fish'n those waters with you in a few months.

I don't have any 1st hand knowledge of the Harborcraft, but have heard alot of good things said about them. Sposed to be a top notch boat from what I understand.

Mo, the news said they closed both lanes because they need to bring in another truck to off load the oxygen and they want to keep the area clear incase anything happens during the transfer.

A tanker truck carrying liquid oxygen rolled over on HWY 400 around Steeles awhile ago and the hwy is closed completely in BOTH directions till at least after the rush hour. Just a heads-up for any OFNers who plan on using the road in the next few hours, specially those trying to get outta Toronto tonight.. Sorry to spoil your day folks

OPEC is considering cutting back on production to drive the prices back up. Guess they can't survive on their current paltry profits

3 1/2 decades for me, but no more, and I don't miss it one bit

Days like this make retirement even more glorious !! Think I'll go pour another coffee and put my feet up ........again

Absolutely Jim, I just figure some of us live in better worlds than others.

I hate to admit it, but I often get a chuckle when I see the 4 X 4's in the ditch and the "dolt" standing in a snowdrift, scratching his head wonderin what just happened Some of these 4 X 4 guys figure their invincible and have no need to slow down like everyone else when the road conditions go down the drain.

We haven't got any snow yet from this "weather system" but were getting losta freezing rain right now in the east end of Toronto and everything is getting coated, so it'll be a miserable drive for anyone on the roads this morning. Be careful this morning folks when you take that 1st step outside

Nice to have you joining us Rus, you should enjoy it. Lotsa good folks here and it's an excellent place for swapping fish'n tales !!

CDNfish and Huey, thanks guys, your help is certainly appreciated.

Ted and CX, thanks guys !! I was hoping it'd be as easy as you've both explained it. I won't be installing it till about April but it's always good to have things figured out ahead of time.