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  1. Information from radiomuseum.org Country: Canada Manufacturer/Brand: DeForest Crosley Ltd., Toronto Year: 1935/1936 Type: Radio - or past WW2 tuner Valves / Tubes 5: 34S 1C6S 34S 1A6S 33S Principle Superhet with RF-stage; IF-Freq 175 kHz; 2 that other site stage(s) Tuned circuits 7 AM circuit(s) Wave bands Broadcast only (MW). Details Power type and voltage Batteries (storage and/or dry) / 2 & 90 or 135 & 9 or 13.5 Volt Loudspeaker Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) Power out from Radiomuseum.org Model: B510 Material Wooden case Notes The De Forest Crosley B515, Majestic Huron, Chippewa, Rogers Eton and Harrow are electronically identical to this model. Circuit diagram reference Radio College of Canada Mentioned in RCC Rogers-Majestic section page 9 Summary: DeForest Crosley Limited, Toronto, Canada: Marketing name for De Forest Radio Corporation Limited, Toronto. Obviously a Joint Venture between Rogers-Majestic Corporation, Limited, Toronto (for the chasss) and Strathroy Furniture Corp. Limited - for the cabinets.
  2. The North Shore of Superior (17) can be horrible in heavy snow or icing conditions but I'll give MOT a thumbs up as for plowing and maintaining 17 in the winter. I grew up and spent most of my life on the prairies, and there, it's just not heavy snow or icing conditions you need to worry about, but high winds as well. I've driven both #1 and #16 too many time in the middle of a good 3 day blow with heavy drifting and poor visibility all the way and poor road maintenance to boot. The only plus side is that hitting the ditch in Manitoba or Saskatchewan isn't near as bad as hitting the ditch anywhere along 17 from Sault Sainte Marie to Kenora, Any route you take at this time of year will be a crap shoot. Bad weather and road conditions can hit anywhere.
  3. Any flasher is better than no flasher. Get what you like and can afford. I myself have a Vexlar FL 8 Genz Pack. Is it the best, probably not. Is better than no flasher, definitely. You probably can't go wrong with any of the current flashers on the market IMHO.
  4. If there's a lien registered against it, yes it does.
  5. Service Ontario has and online search function. The fee is $8 per search. Here's the link, My link
  6. Both York County and Caledon are established and reputable clubs. Some of the current members at Caledon are world class competitors, such as Crispin Duenas, who is a member of the Canadian Men's Recurve archery team along with my nephew from Winnipeg, Jay Lyon. You won't go wrong joining either club.
  7. The club near Newmarket is probably the York County Bowmen.My link I checked out the Archers of Caledon site My link and they stated that 12 or up is their usual age limit, but " Younger students can be accommodated, separately, with private lessons if they have sufficient strength to use the archery equipment." . Hope this helps.
  8. Given my location, I'm not sure as to clubs or ranges in your area, but I suggest you contact the OAA. They may be able to help direct you in the right direction in your area. Here's a link to their website. My link
  9. If you haven't already done it, buy her an arm guard. Nothing will turn a kid off of archery faster than the sting of a bow string hitting their forearm. Secondly, classes with a qualified youth instructor will teach her proper form and keep her improving which will help maintain her interest in the sport. Once she's fairly competent with the bow, start her in some local indoor target shoots (either FITA or 3d). The competition and experience will help her shooting. Even if the ultimate goal is hunting, target is a good way to train and improve Just my 2 cents.
  10. My personal favorite of Gord's. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDHJAIAozkI
  11. Was at a concert of his in Brandon Manitoba many years ago on the day of his birthday. The crowd sang happy birthday to him at the end of the concert. His response was to treat us to several encores which was enjoyed and appreciated by the crowd. Definitely one of Canada's greatest talents. Happy Birthday Gord.
  12. As kids on the farm growing up, our rubber boots and the barb wire fences were always a bad mix. Parents would have been broke trying to keep us in new boots. They use to take ours into the local tire shop for patching. It wasn't uncommon to have 4 or 5 patches on a pair before you out grew them.
  13. I'm the same. I never put 1 oz of water in the live well until the 1st fish is caught.
  14. The new John Deere's are just re-branded Simplicity snowblowers. Simplicity it's self as a brand is owned by Briggs Stratton who also own the Murry, Snapper and numerous other brands. As I said earlier, I love my Ariens Platinum, but also strongly considered Honda. I personally think Honda makes the best, especially their tracked models, but they do come at a considerably higher price. When making comparison to the Ariens and considering my needs, I just couldn't justify the extra cost of the Honda. I'd also like to echo several other's opinion that buying from a dealer is worth the support and set up. My Ariens dealer in Fort Francis has be great and their prices were competitive with the Home Depot's of the world.
  15. I love my Ariens. My lane into my property is over 350 meters long and my Platinum 30 handles any snowfall with no problems. Platinum 30 Platinum The Ariens® Platinum Sno-Thro Series is highly featured and right for the job. Includes luxuries such as automatic traction control, Quick Turn chute rotation and handwarmers.​ Key Features 342cc Ariens Polar Force engine by Briggs & Stratton® 30" Clearing Width Directional Snow Tread Tires 14” Steel Serrated Auger Automatic Traction Control Throws snow up to 50 feet Handwarmers Halogen Headlight Remote Cap Deflector
  16. Three years and several wiring harnesses later he caught on. I always told him it wasn't the mothballs in my sled, but the handful of barley I threw under his hood every spring.
  17. I myself, also don't like to fish with in a mile of another boat. We live on a huge lake in NW Ontario that isn't heavily fished and it still happens a couple of times a summer to us. Early one morning the wife and I were working the south shoreline of a remote bay on the lake. Not another boat in sight on our 30 minute trip down. We were pitching crankbaits towards shore while slow trolling along the shoreline. We were hitting a number of smallmouth, northerns, walleye and even the odd perch. After about 15 minutes of this, a boat comes into the bay and sits in the centre of the bay and starts to troll across. No bother, their far enough away. Well, after another 15 minutes of fishing and several fish later, I hear the motor of the other boat start up and turn around to see them heading almost straight for us. They proceed to pull in front of us by about 30 feet and started to troll up the shoreline just ahead of us. I maintained course and didn't let it bother me. The funny thing was, they never hooked a fish while we kept pulling them in in the water they had just trolled over. The only thing I may have done was to be a little more vocal everytime we hooked one, just to rub it in. After about 1/2 an hour, they had enough and took off. The lake is 18,000 hectares and there's more good spots to fish then there are ever boats on the lake. I just don't understand people who behave like this.
  18. I've used mothballs when storing my snowmobiles for over the past 30 years. I've never had a mouse problem. Years ago, my cousin and I use to store our sleds side by side in an old grain bin on the farm (great place for mice). I always used mothballs, he never did. He always had mouse problems, I never did. Mothballs work, you need to make sure to us enough of them to have an impact. I used small plates with about a dozen mothballs on each, and place them in strategic locations on my sled. I usually use a box a year.You also should place these under the cover so as to hold in the scent of the mothballs.
  19. This is what my wife's car looked like after she rolled it on the highway. She was driving and had our teenage grand daughter with her as a passenger. They both were wearing their seatbelts. Both came out with only minor scratches and bruises. I shuttered to think of what the results would have been if either one or both of them hadn't been wearing them. Seatbelts do save lives. Anyone not wearing them is a fool.
  20. We've been using 20 lb PP for the last 3 years and have liked it. This spring, I loaded up our spools with 20 lb Suffix 832 with great anticipation. I heard that 832 was suppose to be even better. We suffered 3 trips with it and then we switched back to PP. The only thing we found better about Suffix 832 was, it cast quieter and farther/easier. On the negative side, it frayed easily, faded quickly and looped and twisted like crazy no matter what we tried. I might try PP Super Slick this year, but it will be only on one spool and I'm not getting my hopes up.
  21. Bad for your converter and O2 sensors, don't do it. Replacement of these cost way more than saving 20 litres of gas. Dump some Marine grade Stabil in the tank and use it next year.
  22. Nice one Simon. I'll have to pay a visit to that lake this year.
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