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We had a strinkingly similar looking member of our family....a Collie cross with the same colouring. We recued her as a 6 month old and named her Izzy, after the mascot of the '96 Summer Olympics. She was gifted with an almost supernatural canine instinct...she knew what you were thinking, before you even thought it. Same thing, she passed at 11 years old hugged by all four us as we bawled like babies..

It looks like the ball is in Lowrance's court now....I hear Active Target 3 is coming out next autumn.. Competition is a wonderful thing !

That was so sweet, it turned me diabetic !

Just insane...I dont think they even know what the criteria for legal/illegal is...seems to be based on the "look". As long as they don't touch my O/U 20 g bush chicken getter, and .308 venison sausage maker...I'm good. Although my .22 semi-auto tin can plinker might attract their attention...although its an old (Dad bought it for my 16th birthday) Winchester 49O that certainly doesn't have any "assault" DNA 🙄

It's like one of those picture games my grandkids play..."can you spot the difference" .. Cartridges and spec's are identical...maybe LeBlanc just did "eeny meeny minie mo"..

Agree. We have a Honda Pilot AWD and a Ram 1500 4×4. Slugging through mud, sand or deep snow, the Ram wins every time...locking differential and gobs of V8 torque... but on an icy, slippery road the Honda with VTM-4 (torque vectoring) and Michelin X-Ice rubber handles like its on skates at any speed.

That whole program is absolutely ridiculous...5.56mm you can't have, but .223 is good...exact same cartridge...just a different looking ("menacing" in their opinion) piece of steel and composite that's chambered for it in a lot of cases.

Sounds like you had a great trip with lots of variety. I assume you stopped in Rabat or Casablanca...yeah, the port cities are pretty grimy in north Africa. Further down the coast is Essouria. Pretty cool place.. nice beaches and a big hippie hangout in the 60's and 70's. The Beatles, Jim Morrison, Jimmy Hendrix, etc used to hang out there, play at the festival, and smoke Moroccan hash. They still hold the World Music Festival...one of the biggest events of it's kind on the planet...and the local hash still sold everywhere...

Yeah, the Sagrada Familia is stunning...the photos really don't do it justice. Barcelona is a great town...just wish there weren't so many tourists..lol. La Rambla is a zoo, and watch your wallet. We liked Morocco too...spent a week in Marrakech and then drove up to the Atlas Mountains...who knew you could go snow skiing in the middle of the Sahara desert.

My wife and I have done the cruise...Vancouver/inside passage of BC/Sitka/Juneau/Skagway/Glacier Bay/Seward. Two years later, we flew to Anchorage with another couple and rented a SUV for 14 days. Drove the perimeter of the Kenai Peninsula...sightseeing, hiking and fishing along the way...Soltodtna/Homer/Seward...then up to Denali. Much preferred the road trip.. roadside motels and cabins, local down home diners, and of course the fishing. On the cruise...other than the scenery and some of the stops, you could've been anywhere. And you don't get to hangout in a local bar and meet real people...rather than just other tourists and the ship's crew. Same reason I don't like all-inclusive resorts...there's a vacation, and then there's traveling. My wife's been in the travel business for 35 years...she never recommends cruises or all-inclusives if you actually want to travel and experience another place. Just sayin'. .

Ritchie B. one of the greats !!

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I don't care if other drivers can get going in the snow and ice, I'm more worried that they can stop.

Pink Floyd played at Ivor Wynne the summer of '75. Crazy and insane day. After that event, they banned concerts there for many years... Still can't wrap my head around that being 50 years ago...man, I feel old..

I always switch over to winter tires on all my vehicles, and I do agree they should be mandatory in Ontario. When it comes to driving safety, it's often not you, but the other guy. Actually the added cost really isn't that significant. If you keep your vehicles for a while, to the point that you have to buy new tires regardless once or twice during its lifetime...winter tires will double the life of your all-season tires. Typically in 200k of driving you will go through 2 sets of tires. If one set is all-seasons and one set is winters from the start, the only real added cost is a set of cheap steel rims and the cost of putting them on and off. The reduced premium from my insurance helps with that...so really doesn't cost me anything at all.

I guess Wheeler wants to cover all the bases..or just can't decide

There is the top-of-line Apex from Humminbird. It looks like the Xplore will be the new mid-range unit...the specs look like a definite improvement over the Helix. Like all tech, it's a moving target and sometimes difficult to know when to pull the trigger.

As you say, lithium has become a "no brainer" for any deep cycle application. Frankly, I don't understand why the big box retailers like Canadian Tire and Costco haven't jumped on the bandwagon ? I would think we should be seeing a Nautilus or Kirkland brand lithium by now. Just curious what the rationale was going one 36v vs 3 x 12v ?

Forecast is calling for up to 4 feet in Buffalo...they may have to re-schedule tomorrow night's Bill's game.. Not a flake on the north side of the lake.

Just a heads up on a good deal. TRU Off Grid has AOLithium 12v 100amp LiFeP04 batteries for sale at $249. These are full featured batteries with BMS, cold weather cut off protection, and Bluetooth so you can monitor from your phone. 8 year over the counter warranty where you deal directly with the retailer above. First 5 years 100%, balance pro-rated. I already have 2 of this brand for the past 2 years and they've performed flawlessly. Just picked up another one today for my smaller boat. Nice to deal with an independant Ontario small business, rather than Amazon. Contact Jack at 905-299-7841. Pick up in Milton.

I didn't mind watching Mariko at all...not necessarily for the fishing.. lol. Not many other TV anglers could fill a bikini like she did..

Please do...thanks.

Looks like Humminbird may have leap frogged Garmin in the FFS arms race. From what I've heard so far, the technology seems pretty impressive. I hear Lowrance has a game changer in the works too..

I saw David Byrne at the Sony Centre in 2018. Great show, and somewhat political given what was going on south of the border then....similar to now. My wife and I went to a concert this Saturday at the exact same venue...now called Meridian Hall. We saw the "Life is a Carnival/Last Waltz" tour... a tribute to Robbie Robertson by a "super group" of musicians, including a couple of the Heart Breakers. Fantastic show ! However, when we booked the tickets, we didn't realize it was the same night that Tay Tay was doing her thing at Rogers Centre. The GO train ride in and out of Union from Oakville was entertaining in itself...quite the mix...Swifties decked out in their glittery regalia, Leafs and Oilers fans in Matthews and McDavid jerseys, and graying hippies still trying to squeeze into their old black t-shirts with "The Band" across the front.. Yep, Simcoe Smelt are now just a fond memory. Fortunately out in eastern Ontario come April you can still fill buckets up by Eganville 😉

Great track ! I can still remember hearing "Talking Heads: 77" for the first time as an 18 year old...listened to it 3 times in a row in my buddy's Steve smoke filled basement..