Big Cliff

Wonderful report and those burgers look awesom! Feed one of thoes to that muskie and it will gain 10 lbs in no time! Now you know why I like living in the Kawarthas!

Supposed to be LOL. Doesn't always happen!

LOL no my friend, I'll save that as a special treat when you come to visit.

Could it be Lavazza Crema E Gusto? I'll ask around on the grinder and espresso machine for you, we have over 4000 items and I can't remember them all LOL.

Now you just have to make some hot pepper jelly and some hot sauce out of some of them! Heck you can make that one of your secret ingredients in the Captian Bob's shrimp dish. BTW served them to CPH and his lovely lady the other night (full credits to you) and they loved them too! It is one of Sue and mine favorites! Thanks again!

My wife said girls don't fart because they don't even get aholes until they get married! Not quite sure what she ment by that!

I am so glad to hear that you and Sydney are enjoying the time that you are spending together exploring the wonders of our beautiful country. Thanks for sharing those wonderful pictures!

Isn't it amazing at how technical something that seems so simple can be LOL. I'll bet there are many others on this board that could enlighten us on their particular trades!

Coffee: If you put enough cream and sugar in it LOL Donuts: They use to make them right in the store, now they ship them frozen to the store and they finish them there. Next time you are here, I am going to take you for an apple fritter that will blow your mind! Bagles: I prefer Beagles Wouldn't buy a sandwich at Tim's so I can't comment. Sue makes the best!

The coffee is the same at all the Tim Hortons, the reason that it tastes different is because of the water. Water quality has a huge impact on the flavour of the coffee, chloriene, hard, soft, iron, sulpher, mineral content.... they all affect the flavour. You might be surprised at what it takes to brew a good cup of coffee! The quality of the coffee is without a doubt the most important, you'd be amazed at all the different grades of coffee there are but that aside: Water is perhaps the most important but that can sometimes be compensated for by choosing the right coffee to match the water. Temperature is critical, water should be 195-205°C for a standard drip brewer, too cold, it doesn't extract the full flavours of the coffee, too hot, it strips unwanted oils. Grind and time are important. Leave it sit on a burner for more than 15 minutes, it starts to scald. Leave it sit in a thermous for 4 hours, the oils start to seperate. You'd be surprised at some of the food services places that I go into and the first thing they ask is "how much"? They don't care about quality, they just want the cheepest thing they can get. They don't usually stay in business too long. The places that are successful take pride in serving good quality everything at a fair price!

Sorry, we don't sell retail at all, we strictly supply businesses; areans, hospitals, office coffee systems, restaurants..... almost any business that has any volume. Heck, if your volumes are high enough we even supply the brewers for free. For the Starbucks users, we can even supply that for their businesses as long as it isn't for resale. However if you are ever in the Lindsay area I'd be happy to take you into our warehouse and you can pick up whatever you want wholesale. Mind you, we don't stock all the 250+ flavours available LOL.

As I mentioned in my original reply to this thread; yes, I am in the industry, I am a Key Account Manager for the largest Canadian owned coffee distributor LOL. I have and do use Keurig, Tassimo, Flavia and many, many other systems, we sell/supply them all primarly to businesses and food service accounts but there is a growing demand within the retail market as well.

Any time you have a monoploy you can be sure you are going to pay more than you need to. It is my understanding that pattent extensions have been applied for. Will they be granted? We'll see! You seem to know a lot about Keurig and GMC, are you involved in the industry?

Well, being in the coffee business has been a real eye opener for me! Tim Horton's secret; they use 18% cream in their coffee most people (not all) who like their coffee black don't like Tim Hortons. MD's did a really good job of coming up with a blend, not bad coffee if you like blends. What would really kill you is if you knew the margins these guys make on the coffee. You think gas is expensive? Try a cost of WELL less than $0.30/ cup all in! (cup, cream, sugar, lid, stir stick, coffee). Keurig; excellent product, good variety, about 1/2 the cost of a Timmies. Problem! A company called Green Mountian has bought out all the K cup manufactures. (they had an angle in that they licensed all the manufacturers, then threatened to pull the license if they didn't sell out to them) They now own a monoploy and again, you are paying through the nose for what you get (our cost has gone up by 30% since last Oct. and we sell millions of them every year. It ain't going to get better! All these specials you see on the brewer are the same marketing ploy as printer companies use. They will almost give you the brewer because the product you use in it is where they make their profit and they control the product. What are your options? Well, there are several but I won't even try to go into that here, someone will accuse me of spam. All I can say is do some research. If you have a question I'll be happy to try to answer it for you, Pm me.

Wayne Newton never did cut it for me LOL. Now some of the Air Supply; Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; Creedence Clearwater Revival stuff, well that is a different story. Fortunatly we both love a good variety of music! Lord knows where we'll end up but the one thing you can be sure of is we'll have fun, eat well, might have a drink or two and probably come back feeling our age.

Thanks for the info guys and thanks for the offer Simon but it looks like we are only going to be spending one night in Ottawa, that travel lodge looks good Paul, thanks. From there we are just going to grab a map and throw a dart, lord knows where we'll end up(as long as it isn't in jail LOL) Sorry Beans, I'd do a road trip with you any time though! This is an old friend of 30+ years who just needs some one on one time with a good friend so we are just going to pretend we're 30 again, wild and free. He has a Mustang classic rag top (hope the weather is nice LOL)we're just going to crank the tunes and cruse.

Just two old farts going to take a couple of days R&R and we are thinking of going to Ottawa (for starters). Looking for suggestions for a good clean place to stay that won't break the bank and good places to eat (we like almost anything) but again good food but not stupid prices. Any suggestions would be appreciated!

Nice way to celibrate the big 500 Simon! Congratulations.

Beautiful report Terry, sounds like the kind of place you could spend a couple of weeks at and never have enough. You should have handed them a list of all the repairs you made for them, they might give you a discount next time LOL. Anyway, thanks for sharing!

Around here we'd call that an "organ donor" bike, plenty of HP to get you into trouble. I must say though, it sure looks nice! Nice job, ride safe and enjoy!

Well, my understanding is that: "It is illeagel to unauthorized post or restrict access to any navigatable water way in Ontario and the fine for doing so is $150.00". I would inform him of this and ask him to please call the cops because you will ask that he be charged with that and harassment! Would you like me to dial the number for you sir?

What a wonderful tribute! The legacy he left behind is in you and your brothers and I am sure will be carried on through your children and their children's children. While he may be gone the things he did will have an effect for ever. Keep him in your heart, I have a feeling he'd like it there! God Bless!

I'll second Hershey! but Tundra would work too.

Moe, it was wonderful to see you again and to see the boys having so much fun catching. Good on you for taking the time to introduce them to boating and fishing!