Sis

I am so proud to be able to call you my friend!! I'd say don't back down, but already know that you won't. People like you who have the guts to stand up for what they believe in make the world a better place! Love ya Ron!!!

HA HA @ Wayne. I don't HAVE to go with him to keep him in line lol. He will go and have an awesome time and most likely come home a bit hungover to Tristan and I

I double dawg dare all of you to do that lol. It would be absolutely hilarious! If I'd known it was going to be a meal instead of a skate lol, I probably would have decided to go with him but as it stands, Nipigon Joe will be tagging along. I am really happy for my big DanC though and hope he has a fabulous time. I'm also totally in the dark as to who Elisha is, somebody wanna clue me in?

That was great Beans! Thanks for the laugh!

Ummm, just watched the highlight reels posted here and I'm 99% sure that my better half is going to get his butt severely kicked. LOL Just kidding, I'm sure he will have to play nice due to contracts, insurance etc

think I'd be switching to tea bags after that lol. I'll start watching Survivor when they have it in Northwestern Ontario during mosquito season, or in the dead of winter.

Sure sounds a lot better than the tent accommodations you had at Lake Nipigon lol. Sorry I didn't get to see you this trip, or the last, but definitely next time around sweetie!!

I promise to play nice lol

Glad you had a good time up here. Dan and I travel those roads often and never fail to appreciate the rugged beauty of our little corner of the world. Hopefully you're already planning another trip minus the detour down the logging road lol. Next time you're up this way, send us a message and we'll arrange a meet. It's always nice to meet other members. Cheers Sis

Well said Roy!! I don't like seeing attitudes like that on here especially since our "sappiness" is a huge part of what holds us all together.

Brandon, if you happen to be in Thunder Bay around supper time, we hope you'll come over and dine on my "cajun" cooking with us lol. Jk, Ah kin cuke. Dan and I would love to meet you and weather permitting, perhaps we can convince Tjsa to come over for a bbq as well. (hoping for a bit of Indian summer here) I'm also thinking that tjsa should stop working for the university and take over tourism in Thunder Bay lol. So keep in touch and drive safe!

Congrats and welcome!! You'll enjoy this site I guarantee it! Now that you've lost your posting virginity lol, c'mon in, grab a chair and tell us more.

Wonderful post! And like you said, cherish it. They do grow up so quickly and before you know it, she'll be asking for the car keys, or boat keys lol.

See? We have the worlds biggest family here It's things like this that keep us coming back!

Here's the Readers Digest version of my past few years. 2007, a lot of physical pain, trips to emerg, surgery end of November Dec 2007, diagnosed with cancer Jan 2008, stroke, few days in ICU- came out of it fine-don't look like a Picasso Winter thru spring chemo and radiation- HORRIBLE stuff 2009, we take our grandson to live with us- 2 yrs old And that's about it. I am fine, cancer free for almost 2 1/2 yrs now , Stuff happens, you deal with it and move on. ( I have to say "stuff" because we're not allowed to swear on here anymore lol) I'm happy, healthy and glad to be back nuff said on this thread

*sigh*....... Gonna hang up my camera now lol. Joey, if these are just a start, you are going to be absolutely fantastic once you've figured everything out! Excellent macros!

Very nice! Love the serenity of Northwestern Ontario. Glad I live up here

Thank you Terry! I don't remember the shades, but Dan insists that it is the correct avatar lol. Tom, thank you for the reply and the phone call. It was really nice talking to you! Dan and I would like to extend an invitation to stop over. I don't usually go very far these days with the little tornado constantly attached to me lol. In fact, going to drive out to Stanley with him shortly and let him mess up my dads house!

Different computers Terry. Him on the laptop and myself on pc. Maybe it's our router? I dunno

ha ha ha @ pink fish. I"ll have to see if I can find it again. Nice to see that I'm remembered lol. The biggest reason I did the re introduction, was because I'd pm'd a ton of people for something that shall remain unamed, but if your nick fell between M-Z, you probably got one from me. Well, one of those members reported me to the mods for scamming and opened a great big ol' can of worms (not the fishing kind) Things have since smoothed over but I was really upset about it yesterday. And to be honest, I hope whomever did it, feels like a complete arse now and knows that a mods wife wouldn't be trying to scam anyone on here. This board is probably the biggest family in the world and it never fails to amaze me how we all pull together to help someone. Gerritt is the first person that comes to mind for me because I cried right along with him when Terry passed away, as did so many others. It wasn't the first time this board reached out to help someone and definitely not the last. Thank God for that I do have a question though, Dan and I have both tried to be logged in to the board at the same time and one of us always gets booted out. We're guessing it's some kind of security setting for ip addresses but not sure. Anyone else experience this? I'll also try and get some pics up soon lol. Thanks again everyone Sis

thanks everyone! Good to be back! I won't be contributing much to the fishing board as I haven't even been out in the boat yet this year with Dan up in Red Lake for the past 6 months. I'm usually busy chasing our 3 yr old grandson who lives with us for the better part of the day. I am wondering though, if Roger Mayer and I still hold the record for the most replies generated in one hour? Anyone remember that one? LOL

I've been a member of this board for the past 8 yrs but haven't been active for the last few. Sometimes life throws stuff at us that need to be dealt with and I've been dealing with mine. I go by the nickname Sis and am the "spouse" of DanC. I count quite a few people on here good friends including Joey, Roy, Gerritt, Spiel, Ron and Jeffy (TEP) just to name a few. One of the greatest things about this board is how everyone stands together to help a member and I will go above and beyond to do that. So just for clarification, I am not a scammer and if someone had just bothered to check my profile, probably would have realized that.

Great pics Brian! Glad to see everything is working out. My turn to thank you, it's gotten my shutter finger itchy and I"m going to see if I can pry DanC off the couch to go out and get some pics of our own. Happy Thanksgiving Sis

Gerritt, I too remember that day vividly. Waking up and reading the message you'd left me literally floored me. The tears and the heartbreak were instant for you and Becky. I also remember seeing Terry via webcam the day before, laying on the couch because he wasn't feeling well. I also remember how the members of this board pulled together and how it was Spiel who offered to have funds sent to his address for those who wanted to help with the funeral costs. Like many have said before me, I believe that is when OFC became a true family. I don't post on here as often as I should, but seeing your post reminded me of what a wonderful place this is and I'll try to get busier on it. In Dans' reply, he mentioned how you and Becky were there for me when I was diagnosed last year with the big C word. When you called, it really did mean a lot and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for being there. Friends til the end Sis