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My daughter's getting a bit concerned as she's gonna be travelling up 69 right by the fire zone in about 12 days so hopefully they get it knocked down by then.

I've been retired 18 years now (retired early) and often say I wish my days had 27 hours cause 24 just aren't enough LOL

I had an 80# ... 60" Fortrex on my Skeeter and it's definitely a long shaft and for sure could be too much to store on a 16 footer. In the 5-6 years I had the boat I always had at least a foot of shaft sticking up and never had an issue working in rough water but for sure it's nice if needed. Biggest issue as Sinker pointed out is the room it takes up when not being used. My boat was nearly 19' and this pic will give you an idea.

Congratulation Terry, retirement is a wonderful occupation. ?

Looks like fun times Brian, good to hear from you, it's been a long time.

I guess that price isn't all that bad when you factor in the total cost of the trip. We did PEI & Nova Scotia 2 years ago and the bridge across the Northumberland Strait is a nice trip and free, but on the way home they charge you $46 to cross the bridge to get off the island. LOL

I forgot to ask earlier, but what's the charge for the ferry trip ?

Thanks for the fantastic early morning read, it looks like you guys had an amazing trip. Like you I've also spent alot of time in the Maritimes and truly love the place but have never been to NFLD and it's always been on my "to do" list....hopefully some day.

I highly doubt those G's are anywhere near what a fighter pilot endures, infact not even close.

Unbelievable that people are stupid enough to be lighting fireworks while flames rage all around them. Be good to see the cops nail them.

What was the response from by-law when you called them, did they come out ?

Yeah, it can become somewhat confusing with all the locks on the system connecting different lakes and then having 2 lakes next door to each other both known as Buckhorn.

Just an FYI but Stoney & Lovesick are 2 totally different lakes and Stoney is NOT aka as Lovesick.

I always find it interesting around here how very interesting discussions can so easily get derailed into a totally unrelated discussion.

I've had the 5.4 and the 3.5 EcoBoost Bill so I figured I'd give the 5.0 a try this time and so far am more than happy with it and your right about the mileage, it's not bad either.

I'm driving a new 2018 F150 Lariat with the 5.0 motor and have averaged 11.9 L / 100K over the 2 months since I bought it.

I saw a sign on hwy 28 in the Kawarthas yesterday indicating there's a fire ban in this area just incase your planing some fires on your trip. You may want to check into that further with the MNR though.

I think I posted way back around the beginning of this thread that I saw a women...I think a meteorologist...being interviewed on TV and she was saying the sun was bright and was at a very low angle at the time of the crash and he would have been driving straight into it. Just my thoughts but I have a feeling that may have been why he didn't see the stop sign & I doubt there's anyone anywhere who hasn't driven into the setting or rising sun and still figured they were OK. I honestly do believe though that this was nothing more than a terrible tragic accident and I don't believe a long harsh jail term will really do any good. I'm certainly not condoning what happened but just giving my opinion but I've certainly been wrong before. ++++ Edit to add I also seem to remember one of the news reports saying there was a flashing red light by the stop sign ++++

Are we to assume then that all those who actually own cottages on the lake are Pro's ?

I've got 5 Samsungs and they all work great but just the last couple days the 60" started shutting off and then coming back on again. It was happening alot and I thought maybe it was kaput after only 3 years, then I wondered if a connection had come loose with expanding and contracting with the crazy hot weather lately. Sure enough I tightened everything up and it's now working perfectly again. Just a shot in the dark but maybe give it a try and see what happens.

I just drove thru that exact stretch of road at 7:00 this morning, very good highway with lots of passing lanes but there still seems to be lots of bad accidents unfortunately.

Back in my many years as a fireman in Toronto I responded to plenty of suicides and for the most part they were pretty sad situations. One from many years ago that always stuck with me was a 16 year old boy who put a sawed off 12 gauge to his right temple and pulled the trigger and basically left nothing above his shoulders. He'd be a senior citizen by now I always wondered what could make a young kid so sad that he would do something so drastic.

And don't forget your toast Rich...

Great to hear both kids are doing so well TJ, it doesn't seem that long ago they were both so little.....or maybe it just means I'm getting old hahaha

Yeah, I was referring to the bait Avery made Wayne.