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Beautiful photos Lew!

Lew, I was watching out back today to see if any came around here today. Didn't see any so far. I have seen as many as six at a time in the past, but all Doe's. The only Buck I have ever seen was about 10 years ago when he charged out in front of a neighbour's truck! He was a big old boy and really did some damage. Totalled his truck.

We play Terry Kelly's video every year at our Remembrance day observance at school. We did it on Friday morning this year so as to not let the tradition die just because November 11th fell on a week-end.

Lew, from the bottom of our hearts, thank you to you, your family and all the other men and women who fought for our freedom we enjoy today! The debt can never be fully paid back!

What a POS that man Donald is! I thought about his attitude towards Canada this morning while watching the Remembrance Day Services. Almost unthinkable that the leader of our closest Ally would treat us or any other country this way. Sorry!

They do look a lot like an Evinrude now! Not necessarily a good thing to look like them in my opinion. Black is beautiful! I hope they never change!

Thanks for the heads up B! I have never heard of this show but will put it in my calendar and try to make it!

Beautiful addition to the room Lew! Enjoy!

It seems like this Fisherman has still not been found? Terrible for his family.

Thanks Paul, I did a search after my original post and see some posts from 2017 when he set sail for the South. Hopefully all is well. It sounds like he was having an adventure!

Has anyone heard from our old friend 2R's lately? I was just thinking about him being in Arizona for the winters and realized I have not seen a post from him in a long, long time!

I was watching Angler & Hunter TV this morning and Mike Miller is always using these Rapala R-Type rods (I know, it helps if you are sponsored by them). I don't recall ever seeing them for sale in a store. My only experience with Rapala rods was about 10 years ago and although they were cheaper versions, they were crap. They would snap like nothing Does anyone have any experience with these R-Type versions? The Rapala website lists them for $189.00, so i would be reluctant due to past experience, but they may be much improved now? Also, who sells them? It looks like Cabelas and CTC did, but have discontinued them. Thanks

I'll share my experience.......long winded as it is! I bought a B&S 9,000 w gasoline generator about 4 years ago. I wanted portable power to run a welding machine at the back of our property and also to supply back up power for the house. I built a doghouse enclosure with a hinged lid and exhaust vents. It also has manual louvers on both sides to allow it to run in a storm. I exercised this unit monthly to make sure it was able to start. I have a battery maintainer on it to keep the starting battery charged at all times. I rewired one panel in my house to isolate the incoming power and only run this one panel with my sump pumps, freezers, and refrigerators. I do have to manually switch it all over which only takes a few minutes, but again it is manual. The first time we had a power outage a couple of years ago, I reluctantly waited until midnight to switch it on. I was hoping power would be restored. About 3 am, I hear the furnace shut down and my CPAP machine goes off! (I had run an extension cord for it and a couple of lamps upstairs). I knew a tank of fuel would last longer than that, so I get dressed and go outside. Lots of fuel, but will not restart. Hump the darn thing around to the garage in a snow storm to find that en electric cut off switch on the carb bowl is faulty and fuel is leaking. Next morning, a rental is nowhere to be found locally, but finally find one about an hour away at HD. Go get it and connect it up. Nice Makita unit with no bells and whistles, but does the job. After a couple of hours running on a Saturday night, I notice half the circuits that are powered off it are not working. Seems it has dropped one leg of the 240 volt supply. I take it apart the next morning and all looks good. Start it up and I have both legs back. A few hours later, it drops one again. I manage to get by on the one leg until power is restored. return the rental and express my displeasure! Guy could care less. He plugs a drill into the unit on 120 volts and says "see, all good!" Yeah, I'm out of there. My B&S unit was under warranty, so I take it to a local repair center at beginning of April. End of July, I cannot get this arrogant idiot to complete the repair. Even when he says he has the part and will get to it when he can! I have had work done there before on my tractor under warranty, but will never go back. Great Mechanic, but arrogant as all hell. I'm back running on this unit, but have not needed it since. When I got it, I did put a load on it and checked the output power with a scope meter to see what the sine wave looked like. It seemed good (Pretty clean) and has not harmed the electronics in my new furnace so far! It was not rated for electronics and is definitely not an inverter unit. We decided this morning to invest in a Generac automatic switch over unit with retirement pending in the near future! I would like some piece of mind if I go away in the winter without putting my Daughter through the ordeal of checking the house and having to do the changeover procedure. it is simple enough for me, but not for someone not so inclined. We are fortunate to have Natural gas. I am so done with this portable generator crap! I also have a small portable for camping and assisting family members that is 2200 watt. Good luck with your adventures! I think I will go outside and see what surprises await me in the generator enclosure this time!

Thanks David!

Rizzo, I'm with you on this one! Obviously I'm hoping for the best, but I drove home around that time last night and could not believe how brutal the winds were! Skies were black as coal and rains too! Geez, we had snow on our back deck yesterday evening! The last place I would want to be is out on a lake, and in a canoe to boot!

Nice to see the great workmanship on the re-carpeting job! I'm really smiling from seeing some old names from the past on this thread! Jim, Lew, Whopper, Kelvin, Wayne.......It's like old home week! lol

I would definitely agree with having a set of dedicated snow tires on a set of extra rims for winters in the country especially. That is what we do with my Wife's car. In my case, I drive a 15 year old Rav4 to work only and I do not have an extra set of rims. I didn't think it was worth the investment at this stage in it's life. I have been running Cooper Discoverer M+S snow tires year round and am on my second set. I easily get 75k out of a set running them year round. They are noisy for sure, but in the case of this vehicle, any tires you put on will have tread cupping in no time and be noisy too! I guess it is a fact of life with this particular suspension system. As far as the noise is concerned, that is what the volume control on the radio is for! lol

Great! Now I'm subscribed to......and probably addicted, to another You Tube fishing channel! lol

Interesting point about the temperature limitations. I wonder how low the temp has to be before the CO2 would not have enough pressure to fully inflate? As far as them triggering in a rain, it is highly unlikely. They have a Bobbin device that when saturated, dissolves and fires the cartridge. This bobbin is protected from falling water and would have to be submerged to activate. As already mentioned, it makes no sense to buy extra re-arm kits as they have expiry dates every 5 years. I don't know how much faith I have in them ever expiring, but I'm not about to push the limits either! I like Tomcats idea to test the old ones before installing new kits. I personally always wore a standard PFD whenever my main engine was running, but generally tossed it off when i started using the trolling motor. I now have a pair of auto/manual inflate ones and wear them constantly. I do forget I even have it on! Speed is no longer much of a factor for me, so I'm not worried about protection from impact.

Very nicely said Brian. The portion that I quoted above is not entirely true. I think you are being too hard on yourself! If some of Kevin's talent and wisdom was passed on to you, and it helped you to produce the videos that I have seen of yours, then his legacy lives on. I can only imagine the work that goes into editing these videos and I commend you on the great job you have done. Keep on making the videos of your adventures and a small piece of Kevin lives on.

You Sir are living a charmed life up there! Enjoy!

Fantastic Bill!

Very well done Lew! Thanks for sharing!

I won't bring it up.....if you don't! lol

Welcome home Ric!