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FINALLY! Thanks Mike et al!

Is it responsible and legal for WINTERNET to extend into June, or should it end at the same time as the Stanley Cup playoffs? Oh, wait.....

You're talking about the girl in the top post of this thread right????

Something like, "Well I guess that knob is past tense now..."

You braggin' or complainin'?

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/three-people-missing-lake-erie-boat-crash-134523707.html ..Police are recovering the bodies of two men and a woman after their powerboat slammed into a Lake Erie break wallnear Leamington, Ont., late Sunday. Five people were on the boat, and two of them were found clinging to rocks near a marina early Monday. One body was spotted around 11 a.m. Monday morning. The other two missing boaters were found dead later in the day, provincial police said. In addition to the two women found alive, the other people on the boat, all from Leamington, included a 32-year-old woman and two men, aged 31 and 33. The names of the victims were not being released until the families of the deceased were notified. Divers with the OPP's Underwater Search and Recovery Unit arrived at noon to recover the first body and search for the other boaters. As the search continued early Monday, about 20 people gathered near the docks and shoreline. Edward Monteiro said his son, Danny, owned the boat that crashed and was one of the missing victims. "I'm here all night, waiting for my son," said Monteiro, breaking into tears. A family friend said he had been waiting since 1:30 a.m. for news, and it was getting harder to stay positive. OPP received a call around 11 p.m. Sunday that someone was screaming for help from the darkened harbour. "That person overheard somebody calling, 'Help, call help, SOS,'" said Erin Vincent of the Canadian Coast Guard. Susan Ross, who lives on the Leamington marina boardwalk, told CBC News she watched the vessel coming toward the marina "at normal speed" on Sunday night. Then it just disappeared, she said. "I didn't think much more of it," Ross said. "Later I heard yelling and I thought it was just kids horsing around down at the marina, because I couldn't hear what was being said." When the noise continued, Ross called police. She said she originally thought the noise of the crash came from the ferry dock farther away, but it sounded like scraping metal, she said. "I feel really, really sad for whoever this is concerning," Ross said. Two women found alive were rescued after Ontario Provincial Police used two civilian vessels to search the outer breakwall of the marina. Officers found the women with non-life-threatening injuries. "They actually found two people clinging to the rocks of the breakwall," she said. An eight-metre power boat was found in pieces about 500 metres off shore from the marina, said Vincent. A 31-year-old Alberta woman was transported to Leamington hospital and a 36-year-old Leamington woman was taken to Hôtel-Dieu Grace Hospital in nearby Windsor. One of them suffered a broken leg and ankle, while the other had injuries to her face. A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter also responded to the emergency call on Sunday night, and on Monday, a Canadian Forces Griffin helicopter took over the search. It isn't known whether the victims were wearing life jackets. The OPP said alcohol had not been ruled out as a factor in the crash, and there would be a criminal investigation. Post-mortem examinations of the victims will be conducted, it said. The Canadian Coast Guard said the conditions on the lake were calm. Amanda Smith, the town's spokesperson, said the breakwall had navigation lights to guide boaters at night. A 20-year veteran boater at the marina told CBC News that navigation around the breakwall has never been a concern for him, but others said the outer wall was a hazard for boaters and not well-lit at night. Ross said she was aware of a serious accident involving the breakwall before she moved close to the marina five years ago. Staff-Sgt. Mike Beatty of the Essex County OPP said there had been other incidents near the break wall, but they weren't common. By afternoon on Monday, boaters were circulating a petition to get the town to install more lights along the breakwall. ...

x 2 if you are going stainless. As well, check out Maximum Marine in Ancaster he has a wall full of props.

And in the same vein: A couple goes on vacation to a fishing resort in northern Alberta. The husband likes to fish at the crack of dawn. The wife likes to read. One morning the husband returns after several hours of fishing and decides to take a short nap. Although she isn't familiar with the lake, the wife decides to take the boat. She motors out a short distance, anchors, and continues to read her book. Along comes the game warden in his boat. He pulls up alongside her and says,"Good morning, Ma'am, what are you doing?" "Reading my book," she replies, thinking isn't that obvious? "You're in a restricted fishing area," he informs her. "But officer, I'm not fishing. Can't you see that?" "Yes, but you have all the equipment. I'll have to take you in and write you up." "If you do that, I'll have to charge you with rape," says the woman. "But I haven't even touched you," says the game warden. "That's true, but you do have all the equipment." MORAL: Never argue with a woman who reads.

Is it 1 800 747 7633 ? (figure it out...)

For those that don't know him, Major General Peter Cosgrove is an "Australian treasure!" General Cosgrove was interviewed on the radio recently. You'll love his reply to the lady who interviewed him concerning guns and children. Regardless of how you feel about gun laws you gotta love this! This is one of the best comeback lines of all time. It is a portion of an ABC interview between a female broadcaster and General Cosgrove who was about to sponsor a Boy Scout Troop visiting his military headquarters. FEMALE INTERVIEWER: So, General Cosgrove, what things are you going to teach these young boys when they visit your base? GENERAL COSGROVE: We're going to teach them climbing, canoeing, archery and shooting. FEMALE INTERVIEWER: Shooting! That's a bit irresponsible, isn't it? GENERAL COSGROVE: I don't see why, they'll be properly supervised on the rifle range. FEMALE INTERVIEWER: Don't you admit that this is a terribly dangerous activity to be teaching children? GENERAL COSGROVE: I don't see how. We will be teaching them proper rifle discipline before they even touch a firearm. FEMALE INTERVIEWER: But you're equipping them to become violent killers. GENERAL COSGROVE: Well, Ma'am, you're equipped to be a prostitute, but you're not one, are you? The radio went silent and the interview ended.

When I first saw this post title I thought it was for a vomit bucket...

Thanks, that was good read!

Boy. you're making me sorry I picked up that motor for you.....

Soooooo, report done yet???????????????

It is simply an i d ten t error....

I think he might be able to shoot a rapids safely, that is some skill!

That was great ! Thanks for sharing

He was having a Henry VIII moment???

I got a lunch with your name on it if you would like.

Another thought has come to mind while reading this story......And yes it is having fun at our (your) expense. It references a golf to fishing analogy I like to make: They are both sports wear one can spend an inordinate amount of money on equipment and it still does not make us better at the sport. I cannot hit a ball farther or putt more accuratley with an expensive driver and putter than I can with a cheap Amity special set of clubs. So here is this young man, full of enthusiasm for the sport that we all enjoy, kicking your butt on the same water you fish with "sub-standard" equipment. GOOD for him! end friendly poke at ourselves...

Amazing how helping others can do you more good than them, eh? (I was gonna give smartass comment about "What only one good deed today???but thought better of it, ............or did I?????????

Well it looks like distance it is, now to plug a hole in the helm, and rearrange my layout....*sigh*

I have my Hummingbird within 6" of my am/fm radio antenna on the Ranger, last Saturday I noticed that the reception would work when the Fish Finder was off, but the radio would not pick up a signal (radio station)when it was on. I would like to avoid moving the antenna if I can, but I am wondering if anyone else has had this problem and how it was solved?

The trolling motor was the only electrical that has been trouble free, you did a GREAT job on that. Your dash work was screwed up by the fellow who rigged the motor,other wise it would have been fine.

Congrads! That is a great shot, I guess the photog got lucky, eh?