John

Thanks for sharing Lew, great post.

Ahhhh, puberty is a difficult time for some!

Two Ladies Talking in Heaven 1st woman: Hi! My name is Wanda. 2nd woman: Hi! I'm Sylvia. How'd you die? 1st woman: I froze to death. 2nd woman: How horrible! 1st woman: It wasn't so bad. After I quit shaking from the cold, I began to get warm & sleepy, and finally died a peaceful death. What about you? 2nd woman: I died of a massive heart attack. I suspected that my husband was cheating, so I came home early to catch him in the act. But instead, I found him all by himself in the den watching TV. 1st woman: So, what happened? 2nd woman: I was so sure there was another woman there somewhere that I started running all over the house looking. I ran up into the attic and searched, and down into the basement. Then I went through every closet and checked under all the beds. I kept this up until I had looked everywhere, and finally became so exhausted that I just keeled over with a heart attack and died. 1st woman: Too bad you didn't look in the freezer---we'd both still be alive.

Maureen, glad the logo worked out for you. Chris and I were only too happy to be involved in such a worthwhile cause. Barbara and I should be there and would be glad to help out in any way. John...

We all owe a great debt to those like Alton who served their countries so that we may be free. Thanks for sharing Jim and reminding us all. Lest We Forget!

Your Mom was at the playground without her shirt on? You know that's legal now............

Looks like it was a great day Cliff. Congrat's on the PB..

Yes, but it's yours and my family that is on the roads with the dumbass's........

I think that the typewriter on the table adds that little bit of olde world charm!

Looks pretty fine to me Brian! I particularly like the flat screen over the fireplace.........

Sorry, still don't see where you are going with this. There will always be discretionary powers for police and others, sometimes it is abused, most often it is not, sounds somewhat similar to us all, doesn't it.......get over it! If you want to join up and serve the general public, go and take the ATS course............you might realize what even the most preliminary tests our police have to go through is all about.....

Welcome to our zoo Pepe. Thanks for the pics. J...

I started reading this thread yesterday, however waited until today to add my 0.02. I wanted to pay particular attention to my morning commute and what was going on in the other vehicles hurtling along the highway. Observations were less than scientific, but interesting, (and frightening), all the same. I usually travel between 100-120km/hr. A large percentage of these passed me not only in the outside lane, but also on the inside lane. Distractions included typical cell phone usage, applying various forms of makeup, newspaper reading, eating what looked like a bowl of cereal, having animated conversation with other occupants of the vehicle, wearing headphones, (I can only assuming listening to music), and these last 3, which if they hadn't been so downright scary, would make the top 10 of anyone's list.... One woman with a cigarette in one hand, a cell phone in the other and a map across the dashboard. One guy with a bluetooth headset on having a very animated conversation with a timmies in his left hand and some kind of breakfast in the other! A late teens (guess) girl with a cigarette in her mouth, cell phone resting against the steering wheel with thumbs goings like crazy text messaging someone, timmies cup, presumably full on the top of the dashboard, with, get this, "God loves me", on a sticker on her trunk.........she may get to meet him sooner rather than later. Banning hand held cellphones is not the answer. Anyone can have a hands free cellphone relatively cheaply these days and mount their phone on a pedestal or on the dash, but how are they going to stop the text messages, dialing and web surfing??????????? Although I have mixed feelings about it, the only way is to ban usage by the driver under all circumstances when moving. The problem then becomes usage by passengers who are a third party in the conversation.............not sure that one is any less distracting either. GPS usage is another story. It would be next to impossible to enforce. I'm not sure that a GPS giving prompts as to where to turn is any less distracting than listening to the radio.......and probably much less so than a driver with headphones on listening to whatever.... I will be watching the first court challenge with interest.

Thanks for sharing your first year, I hope that you have become hopelessly addicted.

I have a Garmin Nuvi 360 Lew and I really like it. I bought this model for it's Bluetooth capability which gives me hands free cellphone capability. I find the I am using it more and more. Even for silly stuff like finding the closest Timmies.........

Belated happy birthday Chris...

I get gas every time I get gas.......... Canadian $ is on a free fall so expect prices at the pump to increase regardless of the drop in crude.

Prob is Lew that they sell the information and the more info that they can get from you to establish your buying power and patterns the more valuable the info is.

Second mortgages at 12 or 13%. Lots of people looking to pay off credit card debt.

Many thanks Glen..have a great weekend.

Gerritt, your tragedy was just prior to my joining OFC. I can not even imagine what you went through. Cherish the memories and those precious 2 years. Be well my friend. J...

Welcome aboard Bowman. Just a quick word of advice, take a look at the introductions of some of the recent new members here.

Welcome Drifter, nice fish! Thought I recognized your pic!

Welcome aboard and thanks for the great intro...