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HA HA---so the wife and I stopped at a chip wagon on our journey today and seen this sign on their lot Could'nt resist takin a foto pretty sure we know what side he/she is on Sidenote---great fish n Chips

Beauty

yup---yup and yup and yup---have let that trucker clear the path while driving through that boreal darkness they should have touched on those Hearst/Longlac fuel prices

A little more homework will lead you to a magical place like Adamhay (sp) Just be extremely careful

Quite a story KF Anyone who has ever been lost in the backwoods likely also knows how many bottles of beer are on that wall And ya can sing as loud and off key as ya like-----sans critics

I'd tell ya Rich but am afraid you go on a big wally freezer fill JK---my experience says quite often it's more where what you do rather than what you do Years ago my PB willy----34 inches--14 lbs---caught on 1/16th oz jig on a flat lake on a bakin summer day I've caught numerous eyes in the fall between 5-10 lbs riggin big chub minnows in the fall in 30 plus feet Caught many eyes trollin spinners in various spots Each time---I was in that specific area for a reason

Youbetcha Wall St spin doctors says that foreign manufacturing was needed to drive down pricing for a bargain hungry consumer Who stops to think that the status quo of making and buying was working quite well for ALL classes from post ww2 to the mid 70's It was the greed driven shareholders who could further maximize profits by moving production lines into non regulated workforces Thus eventually making a greater divide between rich and poor by removing the traditional middle class manufacturing jobs. So essentially you have cheap items for sale for a low paid workforce because now that's all they can afford The very definition of a Race to the bottom

I see PH your from Hamilton----You must remember the Levi Strauss transition then---Where they were made in Stoney Creek and then moved south----now pull the tab back and it says Bangladesh

OK that's one 3rd world operation as I did not single out China----How about Mexico----Bangladesh----Central America----Parts of India-----I'm sure these all measure up to North American Standards And what is the flavour of the week these days is painting labour as the bogey man---all those people I assume will be refunding their stat pay they just received for labour day

Roy you keep dancing around my original meaning----for years (well since free trade)---the US has been the beneficiary of being able to streamline operations and supply both countries from their sites----moving Cdn jobs south At one time to sell in Canada you had to make in Canada (for the most part) Now the US Shareholders have grasped the cheap labour markets and are losing jobs in the same fashion as we did-----Thus the Karma statement----it's a saying---I really don't take it to the bank.

So maybe you can post their benefit plan---pensions---dental--medical----overtime rates---stat holidays---bereavement leave etc. I'm sure they get all these

Actually Art I may or likely am in the ultra minority and will pay more for items produced 1st from Canada and 2nd from USA as per the trailer bearing discussion a while back But this is way more than ink and I'm on the downhill now but would still hate to have to see North American workers have to retreat to working conditions of 3rd world countries just to compete. Cause the shareholders are still maximizing and the worker is taking less and even on what is supposed to be gauranteed as in pensions. I'm sure the Occupy movement has not gone far away-----because this is where it started.

Actually comprehension has always been one of my strong suits Dictionary.com defines Karma as... kar·ma    [kahr-muh] Show IPA noun 1. Hinduism, Buddhism . action, seen as bringing upon oneself inevitable results, good or bad, either in this life or in a reincarnation: in Hinduism one of the means of reaching Brahman. Compare bhakti ( def. 1 ) , jnana. So it is somewhat evident you wished to belittle my usage of the word "Karma" in observing that what once was done to Canada is now being done in the US-----Bottom line production lines Now am I understanding what I'm saying??

How's about what comes around goes around---like that one better??

Yes coming from The Hammer at the time---it was like rats leavin the sinkin ship Firestone---Harvester----Now P and G---and that's just a couple---yeah Capitalism at work equated to moving trucks leaving Hamilton But in fairness now---Flint and Detroit are getting a taste--and the US is actually losing their jobs to lower bidders offshore Maybe it is a Karma thing

I think a classic example is Caterpillar from London, ON. Cat bought up a profitable company (Electro Motiv) ---and at 1st contract asked employees to take a 50% cut (yes there's proof) Shipping those jobs to a job starved town in Indiana---no more jobs in London Or US Steel buying up it's competition (Stelco) and shuttin em down (I actually believed that was illegal) It really should be more than bottom lines ALL the time-----profit is good---but it should be tempered with human respect and it goes both ways.

Same Here

I'm kinda glad RONA said no to a Lowes Takeover

There's a Beach nearby where bikinis run throughout And a river flows in so no need to pout They can be found there in this general locale Just tell the wife---hey I'm fishin with a pal Orrrrrrr...... There's a place nearby that's pretty fair to (guess) With a bay near the town with a prison type facility no less Find the channels between the weeds and you'll be hap---hap---happy Now go forth and catch young Skipper D

Congrats all around Beautiful Bride Great painting from your Dad And a great time to boot with all the scenery ya need All The Best for a long happy Marriage

Thought you were askin me for this one

Yes I was aware of her significance in the history books as one of Canada's 1st woman Doctor's Kinda why I put that "Historical" in brackets above---think there's a school in Hamilton named after her??

I believe I was told the doctor did visit the homes

May not be just Simcoe I'm gettin bad reports from too many places

Thought this was kinda cool My wife was organizing some of her mother's things and happened upon this... Now My Mother in law is 88 and this item was actually her Mother in law's (wifes grandmother) Remembering this generation kept EVERYTHING!! including bent nails I thought WOW Check out the hours and the Doctor's name-----they lived in Hamilton and this was the wife's grandma's actual Doctor (Historical) Gotta love the old bottle and cork Very Cool