Crimsongulf

On 2/27/2022 at 12:18 PM, Snakecharmer said:

It's hard to believe my favorite movie of all time was released 50 years ago. "The Godfather" starring Marlon Brando and Al Pacino.  I had worked in a small fastfood  restaurant run by two Italian brothers. One of them was really interested in the Mafia and couldn't wait for the release of the movie. He talked it up and I ended up going to see it with one of my co-workers, a nice. pretty, redhead. But the movie was great too. Intrigue, parts that made you cringe. Parts that made you laugh. For you, younger people watch the unedited version on DVD. Great Film!

Little known fact - the horse head was real not a prop....They got it from a dog food factory in New Jersey.

 

Second favorite is probably "Animal House".  More recent might be a John Wick or Die Hard. Maybe an Indiana Jones...

What is on your list of favorite movies?

 

 

 

 

 

 

I grew up in Panama City Florida.  The Godfather came out my senior year in high school and at that time there was a senior movie that was always after the prom and mine was The Godfather.

Godfather2 is actually better to me, but still hard to beat the original.

One of my security questions with Scotia is "What is your favorite movie"  Godfather is my answer.

I thought I would check in with you fine folks.  Over the Easter holidays we were over with Ka-jin friends in Venice, Looeezianna.  Fine folks that know how to cook.

Channel cats, speckled trout, shrimp and hushpuppies.

5 hours ago, Headhunter said:

Looks good... more fish, less taters!

HH

That was the second batch.  The first was all fish.

Pan fried Gag Grouper and Yukon gold taters done in my grandmothers 12 inch cast iron skillet.  I am not sure how old the skillet is, but she died in 1961 at the age of 80.

Just use zinc chromate primer on any bare aluminum followed with a decent marine topside paint.  For price Rustoleum Topside works pretty good.

I did this $250.00 jon boat for my nephews to putz around in with Rustoleum and I used truck bed liner for the interior.

We have done all that we can do and have made a very deliberate decision to get on with our lives.  While here in your wonderful country we abide by the mask rules but we do go into town on a daily basis, visit with friends and eat in resturants 2-3 times per week. When we return to the states next month we will get the booster jab and if we end up staying longer we may cross back over to Watertown and get the booster.

With one exception all of our friends here are doing pretty much the same as us.  The one exception is a friends wife and she is absolutely paranoid with fear and it is driving her hubby crazy.  Her fear is not at all rational and it totally consumes her life.

I am honestly more concerned with some of my prior poor lifestyle choices (30 year smoker) than I am Rona.

6 hours ago, Old Ironmaker said:

Just remember there is a 30% CDN federal tax on sales of property in Canada owned by foriegners. A freind of mine from Western NY got a rude awakening when he sold the family Lake Erie cottage a few years back. The family has owned it since just after WW2, more American owners than Canadians there, it's just across the Buffalo, Ft. Erie border. Heck it's called The Buffalo Yaght Club. I'm sure a good accountant may have a few loop holes up his or her sleeve. 

It is in my wifes name and she is a Canadian citizen with a Canadian passport.  When we bought it from her Dad back in 2011 we were advised to keep my name off it. 

When her Dad passed away last year she was sole benificiary of insurance and retirement accounts.  Over a period of several months that has been electronically transfered to various US accounts.  Enough tax has already been paid through his final returns and probate fees.

Plan your work and work your plan.

On 9/11/2021 at 12:25 PM, Old Ironmaker said:

Prices are getting rediculous by the day here. We turned down $530,000 for our cottage on Lake Erie last summer. I was told we were crazy not to take it. A similar cottage 3 doors down from ours same size, similar features, on the waterfront was listed at $1,000,049 last month!!! I don't know what they got 4 days latter but it sold fast. Another place across the road from the beach previously owned by a freind is listed at $1,490,000. It's a 1200 square foot3  bedroom 1 bath Viceroy with several small rooms. Wowza, I hope they get it. Ours is going on the market ASAP. 

Ours is just a 2B 1.5Bath 1100 sq ft on Hay Bay.  Realtors are telling us about 600K.  I figure the lot is worth more than the cottage itself.  Honestly if I wasn't 67 we probably wouldn't sell now.  Even with the exchange rate it is a good chunk of change that I can reinvest.

On 8/5/2021 at 3:47 PM, DanD said:

Been in the automotive trade for 45 years. Owned my own shop for 40 of those years. With covid kicking my ass financially; decided I had enough and wasn't putting any more of my savings back into the shop; to keep it going. I'll miss a lot of my customers and the loyalty they have shown me over the years. The sad part is I don't know who to recommend them to go to? All the good  smaller shops that I knew are all closed or closing. So I'm going to try this retirement thing and see how that goes. Oh man my life is in for a great big change; not sure if I'm ready for it. Dealing with the public hasn't always been easy; vehicle repairs have always been a grudge purchase; but at times it could also be very gratifying; I'll miss that the most. 

Dan.  

I was in automotive for 42 years with 21 years as an owner and sold to a national chain in 2017.  I miss my long term guys and a lot of my customers, but I do not miss the day to day grind, especially finding competent techs.

I totally understand your feelings, mine was like I was selling my baby.

We are up here at the cottage now and after a lot of thought we are going to sell the cottage.  I am not getting any younger and owning a cottage 1300 miles away just ain't what it used to be.  Of course Covid entered into the decision with the lockdowns, but with Toronto big money chasing cottages we have decided to take advantage of the situation.

We were planning on a major reno at the cottage this year but put that on hold due to material costs.  We are now thinking of selling due to the high market demand.  We have now had four calls from RE agents stating they had individual cash buyers looking for waterfront cottages in the Bay of Quinte region.  They are throwing some very tempting numbers around.

Went on a short offshore trip yesterday with two buddies and we limited on red Snapper in 90 min.  Two a piece and a total weight of 71 lbs.

So a little snapper on the half shell tonight.

20 hours ago, AKRISONER said:

I definitely got really sick for a day, and then very achy and tired for another two. Ran 10k 5 days after though. Glad it’s done and it’s been absolutely fantastic to see and socialize with my fully vaxxed friends again. Life’s back!

It is a truly wonderful feeling.  We have delayed going to the cottage this year because we are so over the quarantine Bull.  Hopefully after the 22nd Trudy will recognize vaccinations.  If not we will come anyway and ignore it.

On 7/1/2021 at 6:28 PM, Dave Bailey said:

Just off the shore or the pier. I thought that saltwater required special gear that could stand up to the corrosion. As far as what fish, I'm bad enough at targeting fresh water species, so I'll probably just chuck something in the water and hang on. 

Since we live mainly on the salt, I have a fair amount of salt specific gear but also still have a good bit of regular stuff.  Hell I still have  an Ambassadeur 5000c and two Mitchell 300's from the 70's.  What us rednecks do down here do is put a bit of Salt-Away in a 5 Gal bucket filled with water and give em an hour or so soak.  Other than that just keep them lubed up and serviced.

4 hours ago, Terry said:

Day 2 after COVID shot and I can’t lift my arm  sore as hell

 

My only issue after the second Pfizer was that I wanted to crawl in bed and sleep.  The next day I was fine.  I was a little tender around the injection site but only if I bumped into something.  It seems to effect everyone differently.

We went over to NOLA on Wednesday and planned to stay until Monday and soak up some street music in the Quarter and Garden District but it is that time of year and we have a little rain event named Claudette coming in. We came home this afternoon to watch our place and everything we wanted to do in NOLA is rained out.

This is an example of what we were enjoying. 

3 hours ago, Headhunter said:

www.roadgravyband.ca

I am assuming this is your band.  If so, you guys would make the beer go down fast.

1 minute ago, lew said:

They probably figure with the approaching border opening it's a great bargaining chip for them LOL

There is starting to be considerable talk in the US of opening our border to Canadians that have been vaccinated or coming over to get vaccinated.

1 hour ago, lew said:

I doubt very much it'll open beginning of July but it'll be great when it does finally open. I totally agree though that Americans that are fully vaccinated should be allowed to join us.

 

One of the bigger problems with getting it open now is CBSA threatening to go on strike.  They certainly can't claim to be overworked.  Trudy is getting heavy pressure from both sides of the border to open up and right now there is no real legit reason to keep it completely shut down to those that are fully vaccinated.

46 minutes ago, lew said:

Where did you get that info ?

https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/easing-of-border-restrictions-to-apply-to-those-fully-vaccinated-trudeau-1.5461251

On 6/10/2021 at 12:32 PM, Rich Clemens said:

Missing the ability to come north to see our Canadian friends.   Cancelled this month.  Hoping the border will be open in September.

Looks like now like maybe the first of July.

On 6/6/2021 at 12:39 PM, Musky Plug said:

Hey guys, long story short I my boat is taking on water again this time I think from somewhere under the bunks. Dropped the boat in last weekend for the first time and almost immediately started taking on water. I noticed when my boat didn’t even out on plane. Took the boat out and a fair bit of water drained out. I have looked at the areas inside the boat by removing the back deck but I could not see much. I have also re assessed the plug the live well hoses and intake and the bilge system both are in working order. In order to see the areas I must lift the boat up. I have found boat jacks but are these worth spending the money on or is there a better/ easier solution?  A friend of mine also suggested first filling the boat with some water to see if it leaks from the suspected areas instead of spending the money on the jacks? I have done this with small tin boats but not a boat of this size. Any help is appreciated.  
 

You might want to join up at tinboats.net.  There are guys on there that are a wealth of information on tin boats.

https://forum.tinboats.net/

Costco has them down here during Thanksgiving and Christmas.

It's baseball season.  You should be following the Buffalo Blue Jays.

Sum Ting Wong

J/K

On 5/26/2021 at 3:06 PM, dave524 said:

Big Ol Mercury just doesn't work 

 

John Reno, one of our local Alabama Gulf coast guys though he has now moved to south Florida.