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Great looking job GCD. Given 3-4 years to grow in sufficiently and it will look stunning.

Of course you do realize you broke the unwritten law of landscaping(who cares) Planting in 3's.

Rules were meant to be broken.

Rick O'Banion has been a moving force far beyond OFC. Folks at NFN also have a lot of respect for the man. In that vein NFN is hosting an open invite swill in Rick's benefit.

The date: SAT. DEC. 13th. 6pm-?

Place : LAZY LIZARD, St. Catharines

Directions

http://ontario.hihenry.com/st-catharines/lazy-lizard-77532/

If you can attend, please post a response that we might get an estimate of numbers.

Your participation will be greatly appreciated.

I often have to work ice matts out from between the toes on my dogs. They may be small but they are fine as long as they are on the move.

Nothing more satisfying than succeeding with a product fashioned by your own hands.

Looks like a great year for you folks as well.

Can't believe you didn't include fishing as a key part of your Nova Scotia itinerary.

So, when you selling shares?

Dammit, I'm gonna short my computer with all the coffee spray one of these days.

HAHA, HEHE, HOHO, loved the report.

To tell you the truth, I found saltwater fishing here rather disappointing. But the mackerels are plentiful when they come in, and they taste pretty darn good.

That's because most of the inshore fishery had collapsed a long time back. For every 30 or so mackerel you'll hook, you might haul up 1 pollock, haddock or cod.

Congratulations Joefish.. I havent found the knack just yet but one of these days I'll figure it out... Sweet ride BTW, gotta love those Geisler (a.k.a Bernie) cedarstrips.. A tried and true Nipissing favorite....Just waiting to find a beater to fix up and call my own!!

I grew up using a cedarstrip as our working/fishing boat. they are beautiful. The one thing I hated was sanding down and recoating the fibreglass every other year.

Great adventure there. Your making me just a titch envious at the moment. WTG

Happy Thanksgiving.

May your turkey be moist, the potatoes fluffy, and the gravy rich.

And if they ain't, Don't tell the Mrs.!

I thought FNC did their show in New Brunswick on either the St Johns or Miramichi rivers.

Bicscotasing

Organic materials, as they decompose, will produce methane, whether we use it or not. By choosing to harness methane, as a biofuel, we are choosing the lesser of two evils. CO2 has a lesser ecological impact.

Only other way to significantly diminish our output of methane, globally, would be to reduce the human population by 20%.

Just curious,how many of you that responded,hunt?

Thanks for your input.

Used to hunt, but that was a long time ago.

A wolf 5' at the shoulder would be the size of a gnarly old bruin.

Dung has been used for centuries as a primitive cooking fuel in parts of Asia. Simply apply new age tech to a primitive resource.

Compost can generate more than methane. When the process is accelerated, the heat produced is phenomenal. It is not unusual for compost mounds to spontaneously combust. It's happened in my pile a couple of times.

Nothing more embarassing than standing knee deep in hot garbage with a pitchfork and a hose in the middle of winter trying to put out the hot spots, while a crowd of curious neighbours look on I had too much rabbit waste in the pile.

I've gotten mackerel right off the govt. pier in Lunenberg. Sometimes you can jig squids off the docks in the evening.

Wonderful report. It just keeps getting better year after year.

ok well im heading down to P.E.I for the summer for work and want to do some fishing the last time i was down there i was catching ghaspero (weird little things look like bass but teeth like piranhas) , mackerel and brook trout. But i was talking to some one that said there where striped bass out there but he never really said where to catch them. Im only going to have a kayak to fish out of and dont want to be paddling into the middle of the ocean for mackerel. So has any one fished for them if so can u lend some advise do they stay close to shore, what do the eat?

They run into certain tribs in the maritimes, and the St. Lawrence, fall to spring for the spawn. Beyond that they are an offshore fish.

Man, you golden horseshoe boys really have to stop being terrified of every creature that walks in the woods. We deal with them almost every day and we're all still alive up here. Bears, cougars, and even boars. When I encounter these creatures, I chase after them for the photo op.

It hasn't been that long since they dropped the bounty on wolves and coyotes.

A bear would be quickly dealt with if it showed itself within an urban area. Like the bear at the IGA in Parry Sound. People fear anything they cannot control.

Havent had freshwater fish in sometime,(been eating from the sea)but that sure looks delious.

And you live on the shores of a great freshwater supermarket? Am I missing something?

Sorry bud, but don't agree. Fishing is fishing it's all good.

 

Yeah I do a lot of steelheading but I'm not fond of being labled a steelheader.

Don't like to be pidgeonholed like that, I'm an angler.

 

Versatilty is the mark of a great angler. One fish isn't any more worthy than another.

(Nice post Rich)

Amen brother

Pack dogs( domestics gone feral) have attacked people in the past. They do not have the same fear of man that wolves and coyotes have. Yes you can shoot them to protect yourself. There used to be a serious problem north of Toronto, early 80's. There was a 2 year shooting, trapping and poisoning campaign for them. Biggest pack we encountered was 23 dogs.

Of course there have been 3 top 100 hits played by pipers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbWlWdXzOVM...feature=related

I still have the original album.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvGWm4N-WGU