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Looks like a nice place to live and play in the summer...Matt, you won't want to come back to Barrie after a summer there, and neither will your dad after visiting you for a day or two Maureen

Good to hear from you Kevin, won't be long for the ice to break up....I hope...take good care of those Walleye my friend, I hope to be up at least once this summer....oh and don't forget the Pike Maureen

Would sure make my commute a lot shorter, and I have an airport next to my division, and if I asked nice maybe Wayne would let me land at his place....lol Maureen

Glad you're having a good time, one of these days I'll get down there to visit my sister and her family in Burbank...how's the fishing? Maureen

Looks good Joey, hope you get lots of mileage out of it...and I wish I had your commute.... Maureen

Rick, I'm sorry to hear about the loss of your friend, that is never easy. It's commendable that so many have signed their donor cards and have advised your family of your wishes to help those in need. I wonder if you are aware that you can also be a living donor if the need arises. A person can donate one kidney, one liver lobe and one lung, now as far as the lung goes, that's rare and it requires two people as those in need of a new lung require two...so ya that's tricky. Maureen

That's GREAT Matt!!!! Congrats to you, you'll have an awesome summer. I'll look forward to hearing about your adventures. Maureen

Have a great green day Remember, green beer is not real, stick to Guiness and it will stick to you Maureen

Good to see you were able to get out Carol, and the fish is a nice bonus .... here's to many more Maureen

Hear on the news that last night a few vehicles were stranded on Simcoe near innisfil Beach Park due to a gap opening in the ice, they are warning people to stay off as it's so unpredictable right now. Did anyone see anything like that today? Maureen

Welcome to the board, and good luck getting away from the pan fish Maureen

Glad to see you got out again Cliff....but dang you will not catch me on the ice at this time of year, too unpredictable...not much ice left on the shoreline up here by the looks of things.... Great pics by the way... Maureen

I use the Club skin, and Opera for my browser....never had an issue with anything... Maureen

Congrats to you and the Mrs. He's a big boy that's for sure...glad everyone is doing well....now go get him his fishing rod Maureen

Thanks for the replies guys, I do know how it's done, but I know that I am not capable of doing it myself. I suspect there is no gasket which is why it's rotting. I will try to get a picture in the next few days...I just hate going down there . The spot is accesible, but it's a mess down there. The passage is fairly narrow as it's a trench that was dug out around the perimiter, which makes the job more challenging. before I can replace the sill plate I need to get someone down there to clean the area out...all the insulation has to be removed and redone along with removing a lot of crap. I cannot spend too much time down there as my back doesn't like being hunched over for that length of time, which is why I need to get someone else to do it for me. "Is it a poured concrete basement, or block?" It's block walls and dirt floor "Is the original sill set flush to the iside of the foundation?" I'm not sure at this point, I will try to take a closer look when I go down to take a picture of the plate. The siding is aluminum, and needs to be removed eventually as I suspect there is no house wrap... "Is it the entire sill all the way around, or just a section? I don't want to be the bearer of bad news, but there may also be hidden rot on your joist band as well if this was caused by some sort of leak." I'm not sure about that Glen, again I need to take a closer look...I would like to replace the entire sill plate to be safe and I'm not convinced they used a sill gasket at all. and Ya I thought about the joists being in danger of rotting as well. Not sure if the problem is a leak or the fact that there is no gasket combined with moisture from the dirt floor, along with other issues I'm aware of. There is lots of work to be done here, and from what I can tell a lot of short cuts and poor work(wrong) were done over the years. The house inspector did tell me about it, along with a few other issues, but I was unable to do anything about it at the time. Not sure I can now, but am trying to get a rough estimate of cost so I can try to plan things out. Maureen

Geez. Gerritt I can see how big those paws are in that picture, he'd gonna be a big boy They are great dogs... Maureen

Hey all, now I'm a handy gal, but I have learned to accept my limitations, and one of them is replacing a section of the sill plate in the house. Can anyone give me a ballpark on what it would cost to have done? The section that needs replacing is in a corner of the house, but I wouldn't be surprised if it all needs it, or rather would seriously consider replacing all of it. The house is about 50 yrs old and has a 4'6" crawl space. Thanks Maureen

Welcome, it's a great place to be.... Maureen

Good you got it off when you did, things are unpredictable now....only saw one hut left on Penetang Bay today... Maureen

Good luck to him Brian!!! Maureen

Sorry to hear that Bernie, I know how hard that is....I will be doing that soon here I expect Maureen

You could put it behind my garage, the price is right, but I won't be able to put it back on the lake for you Maureen

Very nice Lew! Maureen

I wouldn't let your wife see you said that As for your cat.....I think he/she is trying to tell you it's time for some fresh fish in the diet Maureen

Wow, very nice!!! maureen