John

Ambidex was actually a brand of spinning reel made by J W Young and Sons's (50's I believe) and it's claim to fame was the fact that it was ambidextrous.

I'm told that they dig a pretty mean post hole or two................especially if she is blonde

A newlywed Irish couple arrived back from honeymoon in Connemara to move into their tiny new flat in Dublin. "Care to go to bed?" Paddy asked. "Lord Jesus Shh!" said his blushing bride. "These walls are paper thin. The neighbours will know what you mean! Next time, ask me in code - like, 'ave you left the washing machine door open' - instead." So, the following night, Paddy asks his beautiful bride: "I don't suppose you left the washing machine door open tonight?" "No I did not," she snapped back, "I definitely shut it." Then she rolled over and fell asleep. The next morning, she woke up feeling a little frisky herself, so she nudged Paddy and said: "I think I did leave the washing machine door open after all..." "Don't worry," says Paddy. "It was only a small load so I did it by hand."

Hey HH...... I had a 2005 XLT V6 2WD with factory tow. Mechanically it was pretty good I put a lot of miles on it in 3 years. Fit and finish was pretty much rubbish as were the seats. I would advise strongly against non-leather. The fabric on mine (drivers and pass seat) wore through in 60K, mind you I'm a FF. Towing can be an adventure unless you are down below 2000#....One more comment is that mine had the pipe style running boards. They look cool but try getting in without rubbing the bottoms of your (or you wife's) pants or dress along them. Pretty much best thing about the vehicle is that they perform well. If you drive it hard gas mileage will go down DRAMATICALLY... It would need to be a pretty good price as new '08's (a much better truck) are discounted very heavily. If you plan to finance it, you may find that an '08 costs very little more to carry due to the OEM discounted interest rates.

Welcome aboard. Lots of good peoples around here. A few of them from your part of the world.

RR, as a start, with $200 to spend, I would get a 6501 C3 and a Bass Pro brand muskie rod. For your $200 budget you could even swing two Bass Pro brand rods, a 7' MH and a 6'3" XH. You are covered for pretty much anything you want to throw that way and they even troll quite well. The reel should be no more than $89 and you can find them on sale for less than that. The rods are $39 a piece and they go on sale for $29 at times. I am not a serious die hard muskie guy but this set up ( I have 2 6501's and 2 rods) has done me well for 3 seasons. John

Simple.............. whatever works for you. I am right handed. I use left hand retrieve spinning reel and left hand retrieve baitcaster. However, most guys and gals I talk to use left hand spinning reel and right hand baitcaster.

My Johnson is 55 on Saturday. Never missed a beat either.....

Happy Birthday bud....have a good one

That's really cool Lew. I'll leave the big words to TJ, he has a bigger thesaurus

Great report. Thanks for helping with the cabin fever.

Minutes for me too. I'm logged in most of the day M-F.............post when I have something semi intelligent to add, which is not too often.

Welcome aboard, this is a great place to talk to other addicts! John...

As everyone says Cliff, the truck can be replaced. Glad that someone was looking out for you. Couldn't stop is a lame excuse and will not stand up as a defense slush or no slush.

Depends on how good your calf muscles are Lew.........

Hell yes, I love AC/DC............you don't hoot 'n holler much, do you?.......... Anne and I had a misunderstanding many years ago...

Bear in mind that "Hamster" is the one that crashed a jet car at around 300mph and spent a few weeks on like support!

HALLELUJAH! I guess I'm personally tired of the hootin' and hollerin' and "guitar hero" music. I would appreciate a little more technical stuff that explains in detail what they are doing, where and why.....We all like to see the catching, but......................

Saw the episode of Top Gear when it first aired. Never ceases to amaze me some of the stunts that they pull. As an aside the Bugatti Veyron at full throttle burns a full tank of gas in 11 minutes! I guess if you have the $1M plus to buy one that's probably academic!

There is a family pass available for $38.00 (2 adults and two children) and I believe free parking at Ontario Place if you don't mind a 10 minute walk.

Congrat's Maureen, that sounds great...

Damn Glen you're killin me here. My wife is on the floor laughin'.....sorry bud but that's FUNNY!

Great looking pup Chris, he's a lucky boy! J...

Maybe even.........

Yeah, yeah.........I have been around a long time too..