dave524

just have to add this one " Play it Steve " @2:40

I recall posting when "Duck" Dunn passed, now the "Colonel : Steve Cropper of that famous twosome has passed too, RIP. Both original members of the " Blues Brothers " and longtime Stax recording session players as well as part of Booker T and the MG's . He has been rated at times in the top 10 guitar players of all time by Rolling Stone

Very under rated guitarist, both Snowy White and Gary Moore came from Thin Lizzy , both found their calling as blues artists

that version of Loan Me a Dime is on my phone playlist too

Probably about '62 when I was 12 I got a CCM 3 speed Sturmey - Archer gears brand new for my birthday, rode that thing everywhere untill I got my drivers licence. Terrorized the Specs in the Effingham/St. John's area of Niagara as they were only a couple of miles from our house.

Born 1950 , the banana seat bikes and that sort of thing were after my youth, I inherited my great uncle's single shot Winchester 67 .22 at 14 , no FAC's or PAL's in those days and the local hardware store didn't have a problem selling a box of .22 short hollowpoints to a kid to pot vermin like crows and groundhogs, think shorts were 40 cents for 50 , longs 45 and long rifles were 50 cents, yeah it was a different time

By coincidence I did a big pan of Cheater's Cabbage Rolls yesterday but that looks fantastic

Lost both our girls this spring, they were both 14 or so, good age for larger dogs. Elsa, the pitty looking one suddenly went blind, the vet couldn't find an eye problem, she went into a seizure right in the exam room , the vet suspected a brain tumor, she never came home. Abbie, was on meds for bad arthritis, we couldn't let her go thru what Elsa went through , we said goodbye a month later after Elsa

Wow I heard about Dave but not Ian, pretty sure they were both younger than me too, shame

Very nice, think it was Dave and Ian working in the shop back then

When working at Long Point back in the 70's we would surf cast for channels , 9 foot heavy spinning gear and pyramid sinkers, on the Lake Erie side of Hastings Ave. in the evening . Hope the statute of limtations has run out as one of the guys brother was a commericail fisherman and he would take them at 30 cents a pound, often over a 100 pounds on a good night, best I caught was 17 1/2 pounds. Good times with a beach fire, lawn chairs, sand spike rod holder and the clip on bell bite indicator

I'd shorefish at the train bridge, don't even think gas outboards arre legal in the old canal anymore. The Welland River is OK for power craft

My first 2 vehicles were cars, a '68 Beetle and then a '76 Rabbit, then the rest of my life was trucks and SUV's but in '99 an old neighbour mentioned he wanted to sell his '88 Firebird, $3500 changed hands and I had both a truck and a car. It was only the V6 so no muscle but was cool in summer with the T Top

A buddy lived in Port years ago, we could always get some decent smallies from shore where the unused canal narrows for this train bridge, caution !! strong currents exist while a boat is passing in the new canal but that is when the fish are most active, could be dangerous in a canoe, fish right around the bridge pilings . Lots of different species in the Welland River, even Walleye

anyone else ? only out is to close the window

me three with the bogus Mcaafee

Happy 80th to just about my favourite artist doing what he does best, blues

This has been going on over 50 years

No just looking for a pic and that came up, do have a couple of .22 CIL Whiz Bang boxes kicking around

These are the ones I shot, I had forgot that the case was copper , they were just loose in the box

I got a .22 single shot , Winchester 67 , at 13 but all dad would let me shoot around the property at crows and groundhogs etc were BB caps. CIL bb caps came in a box of 100 for a buck and a quarter at the hardware store, they were actually more expensive than the CIL Whiz-Bang hp Long rifles at 50 cents a box of 50

I worked with and fished with Bill Spicer a few times back then, he bought the Grice and Young when I got one of Lorne's Stantons, this was well before Bill's fly fishing gig. The Stanton was followed by a gold Smith and Smith Streamaster which went on the IM6. I wasn't a fan of the line getting behind the spool of the Avon, I still have visions of pink Ande wrapped up there

I had a grey Premier 1562 before the IM6, looks like a black Grice and Young Avon there. Buddy that got me into float fishing had a 3 piece Lamiglass graphite 13 footer, it was a heavy blank in weight, Loomis was still working for Lamiglass I think when it came out

Old school , pretty much what's on the end of my IM6 1562 that i put together late 80's, way nicer seat though 👍

Years ago Dad had a cottage on Loon, we'd get them and good size too, but it was a night bite always because of the clear water, probably could count the ones we incidentily caught daytime on one hand in 20 years