Ronzo

You and me both. If I move, I'm filling the hole with ice and leaving it marked. I'm not big on drilling holes in perching grounds large enough for a kid to fall through. That said, I am also the kind of person to set up the hut, tell my kid(s) to stay by the hut, then go walk the area to make sure we're not fishing where someone with an auger larger than their common sense has been fishing.

Don't drill a dangerous number of holes of a dangerous size. To me, this argument is like saying "What am I to do with my garbage other than throw it on the ice? I didn't bring a bag to put it in". You should be properly prepared for whatever you're planning on doing on the ice.

Yeah, it's hockey, not war. In a country where so many of us make a big deal about making sure we respect our veterans, I always feel like comparing what they went through to anything in sports does nothing but take away from what they went through. Playing a game on ice for money vs staring down the barrel of a gun with your life on the life. Not even close.

If you've taken your 10" auger out and drilled the crap out of the ice surface, left it unmarked, and someone falls in, you probably should be on the hook.

Political memes - for the political extremes.

When discussing topics like this, I always like to keep in mind that I was just "luck of the universe" not born into a war-torn country. I could've very easily been born in Afghanistan, escaped in desperation with my family, and ended up in Canada, rather than being lucky enough to be born here. Nothing more than luck that I was born to my parents and not another set of parents. Many of the people immigrating have experienced war firsthand, and live with the memories every day. I'm not going to fault someone coming from a situation I know nothing about for either not being aware of the meaning of a poppy, or choosing not to wear it because they just came from war and choose not to relive it. I was born here, I'm certainly aware of how pivotal our veterans were in Canada BEING such a great country, so I'll wear a poppy every year and make sure I donate a reasonable sum to the poppy box when I purchase one. I mean, if you want to get mad about something, get mad at people who pull into a store in a high end Range Rover and drop a quarter into the box. Personally, not something that I let bother me, but if I was going to get mad about something around poppies, that'd be what would grind my gears.

Bayview is the rational driver's best friend!

Did you make it through the roundabout without nearly being sideswiped by incoming, non-yielding traffic? Barrie has some special ones!

Yeah, but someone on Facebook probably posted a very believable (lol) conspiracy theory about how the scientists are all making it up. You can imagine how convincing that must've been!!

Indeed, it was referenced as a 'pontoon-style boat', and it also does not take much speed to cause a fatality. One of my distant relatives was killed when a baseball hit him in the temple while playing catch. A perfect storm kind of thing.

They seem to have taken their time to (hopefully) make sure they got things right. That's life, isn't it? One wrong choice and it can all be gone in a split second.

If you are a fan of the team, you probably should care, because the price of Marner directly impacts the $ left to round out a cup contending team.

It's a great way to get people talking and drum up the drama, isn't it? Matthews plays C and scores more goals. Wingers have really never been considered to be more valuable than comparable centers, but when it's the Leafs, and there's drama to be created, YOU BET the winger is suddenly more valuable.

And instead everyone would be screaming "WE JUST OVERPAID". Marner needs to slot in below Matthews in the food chain.

My brother works up in that area, he said the water's been too rough and it's been too windy for accident reconstruction and full investigation (as of a couple days ago).

Any idea what the statistics are? I can't really recall the last time I heard of someone drowning and read the words "they were wearing a PFD" in the same story. The occasional "had PFD in vessel but not on body" comes up. This, unfortunately, is the safest bet in unsafe boating practices.

I was in Gooderham last weekend. Lots of ice around there still.

You would not catch me out there on an ATV now, not a chance. IMO you're moving way too fast to react to bad ice on any kind of machine at this point on Simcoe. Quite annoying to see the shoreline being bashed up by machines.

No. I live close to Lockhart Rd, lots of good ice still if you know your area.

I heard Mike on the radio last night. Mike, you did nothing wrong. It's unfortunate that society sucks. Hope you get to keep your spot a well-deserved secret.

Lack of respect for the situation IMO. You're taking a young child out in early spring in a canoe, maybe a good time to stay away from the booze. Same with ice fishing with young kids - fun, but again, a good time to stay away from the booze. Can't imagine taking my kids, let alone someone else's kids, out in a canoe in cold water after drinking. Guy also apparently said he didn't know where the child was, which I still can't get my head around.

I always take mine off. Years ago we were on a family trip to Florida. My sister came running around the back of the family minivan and ran right into the trailer hitch. Cue the ass-over-teakettle effect and the road rashy result. Always pull it out so I or my kids don't do the same. I still chuckle when I think about it, but don't think she was chuckling so much.

THIS is a great idea!!!

Oof, Simcoe ice is bad further south than I had thought: http://www.simcoe.com/news-story/7161408-innisfil-ice-huts-sinking-as-warmer-weather-melts-lake-simcoe-ice/

Yeah! I picked the wrong area to live - should've bought a house on the east side!