mr blizzard

yes for sure I will pm you later today.

Just 16 months

Thanks Old Ironmaker, so happy to hear about your friends recovery, thanks for the kind words, I'll tell that story to my mom tonight, that will cheer her up, she should be home tommorow, I can tell she is feeling better, she is complaining about the hospital food LOL Thanks again, we lived in the house beside the laneway on Clarence north side, dad built the house, he was born across the road where the golf course is, his mom was born and lived in a house at the very base of old church st and his moms mom was born and raised in a small home at the base of the hill that leads up to the fairgrounds, Dad had 5 acres and 5 cabins on the property where the house stands, people used to come up from Toronto and rent them on the weekends, after the hurricane came thru the govt took 4.5 acres away to realign the river, sadly mom had to sell the house last fall after being in it for almost 67 years, but fortunately she has moved in with my sister just a couple of miles up on clarence, all the spruce trees were planted by dad after the hurricane, ironically a few were taken out when the tornado came thru a few years back. John Thanks Joey, maybe it will inspire the Leafs as well LOL, it was a pleasure hearing the birds singing the past couple of days,,,,,,,celebrating life,, u know what I mean. She has only been in a plane once in her life, we are hoping she will be up to making a plane ride up to Yellowknife this summer, as obviously she has never been, thanks again all of you for thinking about us, we don't know many people up here and to read the postings from all of you are appreciated John

Thanks, when I saw where u live I thought that was pretty cool. The family dates back in the Woodbridge area since the latter 1800s, one of the original homesteaders, I have old old pics from my mom of the area that would blow your mind away. When growing up we only had one policeman in town and he went home at 6pm. If u needed assistance after hours you had to go to his home. The only time he used his red light was for the Santa Claus parade, sometimes he had to tap it to make it work. When he had a day off the Maple Police filled in . I will have to give u a call sometime, She should be out of the hospital Sunday, thanks again for your thoughts, really appreciated.

Thanks Art, she said on the phone last night "it might be a couple of days before I put my jogging shoes on" LOL, she is a tough one for sure. I was going to give you my first autographed copy, the poem is already at the publishers LOL

Thanks NAW, she's banged up a bit but she is bouncing back, the main thing is you had a laugh re the poem, she is a great one to down play the neg and dwell on the positve

Thanks Wayne I know your genuine, I may take u up on the offer we will see how she fairs tommorow. This was real and I was hoping it would inspire some others to see the positive side of life and maybe count their blessings. But maybe to some those things are not important anymore

Thanks Wayne, your always there when I need you buddy

Just a heads up, my 86 year old mother was involved in a serious collision yesterday just outside of Woodbridge Ont just north of TO. The car was a write off, fortunately she survived and is being held for observation for a couple of days,,,and she was not at fault either, just difficult being this far away when something like that happens. (but she is a tough old farm girl from TJs neck of the woods) She has always had the philosophy that the cup is half full not half empty, carrying on that tradition I decided to go out on the ice for a bit of quiet time after digesting the news and drop a line and try my luck at fishing, being thankful for what I still have. Well it took 2 years to write a poem so I could use that to propose to my wife, believe me I am not the artsy type, but this came to mind while getting a tug on the line yesterday, I actually ad libbed my wife's poem,,,,here goes hope u enjoy Roses are red Violets are blue My little cleo was silver and blue Your surface was like rubies Your hooks were like sapphires You always presented yourself In the greatest attires Your character was like that of the Maple Leafs You were always persistent Regardless of the disbeliefs We had a 6 year relationship Which started at the CTC Barrie south store Today was your day, today was game on You faced that BEAST like an Alice Cooper rock song You fought a tough battle You did your job well But the line that tied us together Did not fare so well The raveges of the teeth were too much to bare, The reel was smokin He dragged you away without a care And with a sinking heart All I could do was look down the hole and stare But no worries my friend Theres more fishing days ahead Maybe I will catch him again someday And you'll be back in the old homestead Compartment number three Right beside the glowing jig head LOL Hope it made someones day, and made you laugh anybody else lost a favourite piece of tackle Blizz

Glad you posted this. More and more, alot of people seem so quick to criticize but so reluctant to praise or give thanks, sounds like your going to have a great season, bring on the pics Blizz

Habs and Sens HH said it best,,,,,,I am going for the Leafs but City of Boston is on the rebound and justifiably so, their fans are going to be loud and proud, going to be a great series.

Thanks for posting HH, its a nice but long drive without the ferry, have family in Sudbury so we used to stop for a coffee there and then head outside of Gore Bay to our favourite fishing camp, then we would often take the ferry back. Did that for over 30 years, beautiful part of the country.

Sorry I meant he did not call me, I think he is focusing on getting his boat ready lol

Must have been co-op or extra foods lol he did call me to go out even after the auger was fixed lol , it was minus 27 windchills last night

WSB another winner, beautiful shots.

Go Colts go, they are still near to my heart.

Windshields make it look like the batmobile,,,,bet it will go just as fast, enjoy

Those are hogs,,,, bet they gave you a run for your money

I have also found them to provide outstanding customer service, glad u saved 20 bucks.

fishnwire give it a try and like u said if u get a couple of years out of it so be it, during this time u can save a bit of extra cash and upgrade then if u want to.

Well I bet that made your day.

Haven't been to Tims yet lol sorry man I meant CK, to error is human to forgive is divine lol CK CK CK

Good for you KC, sweet day of fishing and great storey, pleasure to read, right on.

Congrats on the fish, nice day, I really want to be a part of your shore lunch, quite a spread.

Well done