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45 minutes ago, Old Ironmaker said:

. When Unico canned Tomatoes are on for 99 cents I buy 5 cases. They are good deep red Ont. tomatoes.

Oh the shame. I bet nonna is rolling in her grave right now

20 minutes ago, crappieperchhunter said:

Awesome the next morning for french toast to Brian!!!!

I'd be taking that bread when stale and drying it into rusks for dipping in coffee. We do the same with stale pulla.

14 minutes ago, misfish said:

 

 

I got the ice fishing expo in the morning. Granddaughter coming along to make sure I buy what she needs. LOL 

Close enough to fishing for ya ? 

 

 

I'll be skipping the ice show. Apparently I have a second date with the grandaughters to make 2 more batches of Christmas cookies

I get to make some traditional breads every winter.  Finnish pulla for Christmas, and a few batches of oat, brown and unleavened flat bread.

This was one of the hot topics at the MNRF discussion sessions last night.

We fish some of the harbours on Ontario and Erie. Really have to treat that ice with respect. Bite in any of them is either on or off. depending on where the bait schools are. Perch pike and trout are the usual

The litter problem is every where you turn.  The streets of most local burgs here in Niagara are nothing but trash heaps. Depending on how my legs are doing I pick up 500-1000lbs of pop cans a year. The numbers don't sound like much until you translate 1lb = 30 pop cans.  Shorelines are a nightmare, and No, you can't just blame the fishing folk. I know one rowing course where I can haul out 200 water bottles weekly. Then there are those wonderful drive by dumpers on the road and the water.  Just love when they pull up ahead of where I'm picking up and empty their vehicle.

I would move north to the 17 in a heartbeat if my family weren't so afraid of leaving behind their "urban conveniences".

You've missed the first 2 weeks of activities me son.

A great man from another bygone era.

Nice looking bucktails for lakers

Great read. Your young one has you dialed in pretty good. LOL

Great video recap. Love the soundtrack. Didn't know there were any fans of Ponty left around

You have 2 choices of drift for trout. East side  up stream from the Game & Fish Clubhouse, or behind the Legion.  The 12 Mile creek is very muddy right now. You could try martindal pond for bass or pike.

Great to see your kids enjoying fishing time with Dad.

6 hours ago, ckewley said:

The skin I have is wood background, brown dialog boxes (trees faded on the right side) with green trim, looks great actually!

I like the new wood skin. Now if only I could find n easier way to participate in the discussion

Wow, that must have been neat to see and feel. When there were real airshows we saw the Blue Angels go overhead, and I mean right above us. Low enough you could see the pilots. It was the day after the T.O. airshow. Being on the lakeshore we see all manner of aircraft fly by. I guess they use the shoreline to navigate.

The aircraft would fly in just above the tree tops to avoid radar and climb to 1000ft just before the jump. Closest I came to doing that was tree top jumping from a Chinook helicopter in the 70's

Can you imagine a few dozen Lancaster's or more of them overhead, I can't. It must have been terrorizing if you were on the wrong side of them.

 

I can imagine it. During exercises the paras would come in for a low level jump riding in a trio of Hercs. The ground would shake as they passed overhead.

Went out with the daughter on another hunt for panfish. Was not expecting -7 this morning. Found lots of bluegill to play with. Some good ones for keeping as well. Nice way to spend the morning.

In the distance one could hear the constant drone of various historical aircraft from the Warplane Heritage Museum. It was easy to make out the Lanc, Herc and Mitchell. Too far off in the distance were a pair of single engine fighters. At least one was American with it's distinctive P&W engine.

No access from 7am for me. Was still down when I left the house at 1 pm

 

 

Maybe I should contact ours here and do a Loonie Toon Adventure one.

I can see it now. OFC follies with Mr B.

As the harvest starts to wind down, I'm finally finding a little time to get other chores done. Monday was pickles and hamburger relish and getting some pork belly into a pail of brine. So far today I've been pouring lead for jigs and pencil weights. I'm now stewing down tomatoes for another batch of salsa.

Now you can eat your hearts out. Just finished a morning session with the smoker. 2 sets of honey garlic sausage and 8lbs of apple cured bacon just sitting on the counter cooling down.

Guess I'll reward myself and spend the rest of the afternoon fishing.

Congrats, and welcome to the fraternal brotherhood of Grandpas. It can be a wild and bumpy ride at times, and I would not miss it for a moment. You're in for a feeling I can't put into words.

I had so much trouble with other plastic rapalas like the Shad and the X-rap that I refuse to buy any of their plastic product. I will continue to buy their wooden plugs. They have never failed me. Of course I rarely need to replace those as they seem to last forever.

7 months was too long of a chase for me at that age lol.

 

Nah he's just a good kid. I'm sure they're up to no good at some times but he sure isn't me at 17.

 

All I ask from the wife is she limits a little information so I don't go ape....

 

Fun thing this kids growing into young adults lol. Might need blood pressure meds soon...

When My daughter started dating, all the neighbourhood boys were terrified of meeting "The Dad". And if they weren't scared before meeting me, they certainly were after. Most boyfriends did not last long.

I am so deeply saddened and sorry to hear this, Cliff. I never had the pleasure of meeting your wife, but I knew she meant the world to you. You have our family's deepest condolences my friend. Please take care of yourself. I know it is hard to do at times like this