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I'm with Lew for different reasons. In uniform, everyone was called by last name or rank. Even amongst mess mates we called each other by last name. Sir was a title reserved for officers. I once made the mistake of calling a CPO "Sir". It was as if I had hit him in the face. As his face went beet red he screams "Never call a petty officer sir. Unlike the "gentlemen" we earn our pay!" I then paid for the insult with 50 pushups. After all that rigid formaility, I prefer to be called by my name, nickname or scouter name. Doing business the proper address is still Sir or Ma'am. Plural it is Folks

Still listen to it all the time. Did you ever notice how van Leer and Ackerman were kinda spoofed in the Muppets house band. Other member spoofs were Mary Travers and Billy Preston as Dr Tooth

Not so unusual or different. Mini battleships have been afloat and fighting battles in England for decades. You sit directly within the superstructure controlling vessel and guns/catapults. Someone onshore controls the R/C aircraft.

Man that Jack is growing quick. He'll be schooling you in no time.

Oh no! Bambi is no longer the cute and cuddly creature we've been led to believe!!!!! What do we tell the children?????????.

A few places also saw the introduction of largemouth. When I used to stay with my uncle, we'd catch loads of bass to bring home for supper. If we were asked about our luck, I was to tell the folks we were catching trout "cause no self-respecting bluenoser fishes for them garbage fish".

It may not be a "fishing thread", but the topic does hit close to home. No real difference tween harvesting animals or fish. Glad to read the daughter amended her topic somewhat. We all love the outdoors one way or another, despite everyone's differing lines in the sand. Like they say, sand moves.

I'm just not fond of cod in general. I can still remember the smell of the gut piles some 40 years later. We were downwind of a fish wharf and packing plant for a couple of summers down east.

Simple to do. I'm only guessing on measures because we have never actually measured out or written the recipe. Growing up in Gram's kitchen, you learned. Recipe can be done without the stock, simple adding 2-3 qts water instead. Makes a milder, (not as full, in my opinion) flavour. The fish heads are strictly for making your stock. Done the night you clean your fish. Last time around it was 2 dozen perch heads, tsp salt 1/2 tsp pepper, pinch of garlic, 1/2 dozen allspice balls simmering in 2-3 qts. water for about 1 hr, or reduced by half. Pour into fine strainer, and there is your stock. Get 2 fine chopped onion, saute til soft in 2 tbsp butter. Pour in stock and add 1/2 a celery stem diced, 1 large peeled carrot diced, 4-5 large taters, in 1" cubes, and 1/2 dozen more whole allspice (When kids see them in the bowl, you tell them those are the fish eyes). Slow boil for 20 minutes. Now the good stuff. We used pike because that was the easiest way to cook pike. My folks never fileted pike. Add 2lbs boneless filets of any white fish, I'll also add clams with juice, small shrimp, scallops, seafood medley, whatever floats your boat. Let that simmer 10 minutes. To this you the add 2 qts. Milk and cream, mixed to how rich you want it. Add a little more salt and pepper to taste if desired. This will still need to cook another 15 minutes on lower heat. Stir constantly. When it's this thick it sticks to the bottom real easy. You should wind up with a gallon of hearty goodness.

It's a tough spot to be in Mike. You want your children to be able to make their own decisions on life, but you want them to make those decision based on reasoned argument, not propaganda. Sadly children are easy to sway with emotional arguments. And someone has stuck their hand in there real good. It's a real tough one for you for a couple of different reasons. Your daughter is going to speak on the evils of hunting, and you write for the "enemy". You are being "outed" as it were, by your daughter. Any fight with your wife regarding your daughter's best interests is a forlorn hope. Even if you are right, you are damned for eternity for interfering. Been there done that. Better set up the camp bed out in the man cave or garage.

Glad to see it move back to the March break. The difference in vendor fees is not that great.

And even if you get through, the advice given by phone is often anything but accurate. I've been burned following the instructions from the helpline. The only thing that saved me from a big fine was that I had written down, date, time, and name of the persons I spoke with, and had written down the instructions I was given.

Last spring I buggered up the tendons in the wrist and forearm from all the casting and jigging I was doing. Spent a large part of the later spring and summer wearing a support. Even with the support there were a couple of days of jigging on Biscotasi that were brutal.

March through to May I spend a lot of time chasing panfish. May I have cats carp pike and walleye to focus on. Bass opener these days is more of a non event. Far too many down here chase then before opener with all sort of lame excuses.

Dried, salted/flaked cod are a European staple, but I've never been a big fan whether it be Italian bacala al sugo, or it be Scandinavian lutefisk in creme sauce. However I do get a hankering for Dutch lekkerbekes or kibblings like what I get at St Jakobs market. Usually, one helping just isn't enough.

I like dishes with polenta, but polenta does not agree with me. A tad too heavy.

Automatic fail with the health unit, or with H&S inspectors

It's a toss up for me. On the one hand there's my Gram's "Fish Head Soup" . A versatile white chowder that works with just about any seafood or fish. It has been a fine end result for thousands of hapless pike over the decades. It's also hard to top a good old bushman's/farmer's breakfast with all the trimmings. Bacon and sausage, maybe some peameal or ham. Finnish pancakes rolled up with jam. Scrambled eggs, panfried fish and taters and big steaming jugs of coffee.

Perfect activity for them cold days. If it stays above -5C I'll go to the shed and cast a few hundred pieces of lead. Colder than that, I stay in, painting and tying. I've only been out on the ice once this winter.

A very talented actor. Dragging around an anchor like Shatner didn't help his career either.

I was wondering the same. Over the past week and a bit, Judy has received most her test results, all negative, over the phone. No extra trip to the cancer clinic. No lost day for us. No waste of booking space for a very busy cancer clinic.

The snow and cold are just part of winter. The front of the house is piled pretty high with snow, and I've had to dig a path in the backyard for the dogs to run. The toughest part of this winter is keeping my 10 year old clunker running. It seems every trip to the cancer clinic either coincides with snow or a bitter cold alert. If I have to stay indoors, not so bad. Don't have much time for ice fishing. Been too busy casting jigs on the warmer days outside, and tying and painting when it's colder. Lots of orders to fill and 2 upcoming fishing shows are keeping me very busy.

And we have more squalls this afternoon.

Actually, a number of groomers, the reputable ones, will insist on records of vaccination. Ours does, as does the local Petsmart.

Down here we got lots of snow on the roofs. Worse is the 4-6ft daggers hanging from many an eavestrough.