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Congrats Misfish and Mrs. Misfish! Terry, your scaring me now! How many hours ...... Alone in the truck!!!!!!!!!!!!! Must remember to bring my Thermos! No sleep till Temagami! HH

Well, let's see here: 4 years of university 1 year of teacher's college (cut and paste 101) multiple advanced courses to become a principle And now uniquely qualified to check the entire school population for lice! I hear yah Capt. Bruce! I couldn't do that job either! HH

Hey Capt Bruce! Or should I say Hey Bro! LOL I've actually been able to get her to pair them down alot, we are currently sitting at around 55 to 6o pairs! I can't bare to count the boots!!! I'd love to have as many guitars as she has footware! HH

Wayne, the furlow I obtained from the Warden was hard earned and well deserved... ok, she just didn't want to hear me wimper for four days! LOL HH

I married Emilda Marcos! HH

Really nice... congrats!

Cram, my wife and I have been putting serious thought into putting our kids into private school. There are a number of reasons for this, but unfortunately, financially, right now, it would be financial suicide for us. RE: the tech market... well I have some personal experience in that market Let me just say that salaries and hourly rates have dropped in I.T., but really only in the last 6 months or so. That market is really all about riding the next technilogical wave and being at the crest of that wave, at the right time. The folks I know in the industry are folks who stay ahead of the game by staying educated and current. I know people making $100/hr and I know people making $15/hr. They are worth every penny a company will pay them or they wouldn't get it! HH

Cram, I know where you are going with this and I agree with you... most Teachers do go beyond the required by law hours... however, many don't. If you recall from my earlier post, from yesterday, I started off by saying that most Teachers are good at what they do! However, like most things in life, it's the few who don't contribute that require the lion's share of the adminstrators' time. Just to clarify my position... I have met with and spoken to many excellent teachers who I would not hesitate to bring my kids to... however I have also encountered too many who are simply not in it for the right reasons. It certainly does take the "right" kind of person to be a strong teacher, unfortunately the one who aren't and have no intension of ever being more than they are now, are protected by the union. It paints a bad picture for the rest of the group. My beef is with the union and their protect the employee at any cost attitude. Too many useless people in a profession that has no real accountability or ramifications for incompetance. And don't forget the sense of entitlement that so many have! HH

Hi guys, Not to belabour the point, but I had a bit of a conversation with my wife about this... yes she is steaming!!!! Currently, there are 300 minutes each day, for teachers to teach. This is required by Ontario law. The teachers, under their current contract get 200 minutes per week of prep time... that's time not in the classroom, but time they are to spend preparing for future classes, marking etc... Now, and here's the part that really sticks in my craw... should they receive more prep time in this agreement, they will essentially be in the classroom four days a week! Yes, they will be in the school, but not in front of kids! So, who pays for this? You guessed it! You and I! Think about it. In order for the board to run the school properly, they are now going to have to hire more teachers, just to maintain the status quote, with regard to ensuring kids have a teacher in the classroom. Now, couple that with 2.5% increase over 4 years and you have a recipe for a huge sucking sound coming out of the provincal coffers. So, leagally the teachers have to be in class 15 minutes before class starts and they legally have to be in the class for 15 minutes after class. Does anyone know of a job that requires you to be at work for 5 hours a day and pays what a teachers job does? Benefits, holidays etc.. not with standing! Good gig, huh! HH PS... Shad, you hit the nail on the head... the only reason my wife is still in the job, is because she loves it! Could she be doing a much better job, you bet, but her hands are tied. And yes, the new age parent is one of the biggest pains in the butt she has! Also, regarding the Education Assistants... they fall under C.u.p.e. and their contract states that they are required to be in the school until 3:30pm. My wife holds staff meetings from 3:15pm and at exactly 3:30pm, most of the EA's get up and walk out! Mid sentence, they get up and walk out... how many of us would still have a job if we simply got up and walked out on our boss, mid sentence?

WHY YOU NEVER QUESTION A DRUNK SO....last night I'm at Walmart picking up a couple of things I need: a jug of milk, a dozen eggs, a frozen pizza, a block of cheddar, a can of coffee, and a package of bacon. As I was unloading my items on the conveyor belt to check out, a drunk man standing behind me watched as I placed the items in front of the cashier. While the cashier was ringing up the purchases, the drunk calmly stated, "You must be single." I was a bit startled by this proclamation, but I was intrigued by the derelict's intuition, since I was indeed single. I looked at the six items on the belt and saw nothing particularly unusual about my selections that could have tipped off the drunk to my marital status. Curiosity getting the better of me, I said, 'Well, you know what, you're absolutely right. But how on earth did you know that?' The drunk replied, 'Cause you're ugly.' Never question a drunk

Cram, my wife loves her job! What she doesn't like is the mediorce or incompetant being rewarded with life long postions, with little or no interest in anything but themselves. If she frustrated... you betcha! Her perception of what she should be doing on a daily basis, spending time in class rooms and working with the community to introduce new curiculum is what she loves to do... and she's good at it! Unfortunately, the lions share of her day is spent very much like the guys that follows the elephant in the parade! HH

Cudz, salary is dependant on the board you work for... I know some teachers who are in the $90K plus bracket. As far as principals are concerned... well they are essentially the CEO of thier school... they have responsibility for everything and all things that happen at the school and in many cases, they are responsible for what the kids are doing off of school property as well! They don't get summers off completely... my wifes is on call 7 x 24 x 365 with regard to anything that happens at her school... I don't think her salary is out of line for any position with a similar level of resonsibility. HH

At the risk of being blasted, I'll chime in! My wife is a Principle in the Toronto Board, the school is K-8. She arrives at school no later than 8:00am. She leaves at 5:00pm. She has not had a lunch in 3 years! Yes, three years! As a single administrator in the school, her secretary takes her lunch, leaving the office empty if my wife isn't there. The secretray is a member of CUPE... she takes her lunch and breaks no matter what is happening in the school. My wife works nightly, until 10:00opm, doing the outragous amounts of paper work the board throws at them. That work does not get sdone during the day because my wife is constantly dealing with parents, disciplining students, dealing with various problems, kids hurting other kids, knives, drugs, drunk teachers... and all adminstrators do this! I have nothing but respect for adminstrators of schools... Teachers, well that's a differnet story! There are some really good dedicated professionals who do care, but I have to say, that many and I do mean many are folks who would not last a minute, in what I like to call the "real world". These people have graduated university to become teachers and so many of them can't meet dealines. EG, report cards late, spelling mistakes on report cards, gramatical errors on report cards... Oh and they virtually have to kill a child to get fired. I know of far too many teachers who simply get shipped from one school to next as they burn their bridges everywhere they go! Who pays for this ... the kids! And if the teacher has a level of seniority, they must be hired above other candidates, regardless of the actual abilities, or lack there of. Don't get me started on Education Assitants or custodial staff. My wife tells me her school is a dump! (mice , rats, racoons, chip munks) I ask her if she has confronted the custodial staff regarding the problem and her is is this; "I have to be really careful how and what I say to him as I need him to work with me, so if I bust him too hard, he's actually do less! And to make matters worse for her, he may file a grievence with the union, suggestioning that he is being brow beaten by and adminstrator. In the real world, he'd be fired! Not gonna happen. E/A's as they are called, are positions ANYONE can apply for! No education post secondary education required, nothing! They make around $35 -$40k per year. Teachers have a tough gig, unfortunately their working environemnt has changed and in my humble opinion, so has the "type" of person who gravitates to the profession. This "strike" is about prep time, not money. I think I should ask my boss if he could give me more time to prepare to do my job... I can already hear me working at my new job as a result... asking it you would like frys with that! LOL HH PS... Ronald REgan had the right idea!

Misery loves company Terry! We'll just keep the cooler of fish we're bringing up in the truck, until we need them! HH

I've taken to painting the front door of the house with goat's blood in an effort to ward off the evil spirits ... heck, it worked in the past, why not now! HH

If you think that show's "barbaric"... you definately don't want to watch Tony Bourdain cruise the world for tasty treats! I don't know how else you would prepare a fresh meal like that... barbaric is not a word I would use describe it, but, hey to each their own... that's why the remote has some many buttons on it! I'm pretty sure the Eel wouldn't clean it's self! HH

Hey Emil, just be aware that if you do get a permit, the municpality will then be made aware of the addition fixtures (ie Toilet, sink and drain) and will adjust your property taxes and potentially your water bill based on the the added draw on the system. HH

Glad your better CLiff! A few years back, just before a Quinte GTG, I started to come down with some kind of plague! FishnSled suggested to me, Cold FX... well, it worked for me... kept me on my feet and well, much to the joy of my fellow GTG fisher people, the only symptom I had was loosing my voice! (There was one heck of a celebration in our cottage I'll tell ya! Cold FX works well for half the people I have recommended, the other half, no results. It's all herbal and is designed to simply boost your immune system. It won't conflict with your medication. Oh and if your able, Chicken Soup! Glad yer better CLiff! HH

Lloyd... if I may suggest... bring a larger sized outfit for me! I'm much larger than Terry and since I expect that he and I will be sharing that outfit, I am just hoping that you one a few sizes larger... I can't be busting out at the seams you know! Don't worry Terry, we'll find some fish... or be the best dress pregnant dog on the lake! HH Ps.. picking up some Miss Clairol in hot red, just in case!

I had all four wisdom teeth pulled at the same time... I woke up while they were sewing my gums up and looked at the doctor and said "knitt one, perl two!" He told the nurse to put me out again! Thanks for the laughs Joey! HH

I have one just like it, I got at Le Baron's a long time ago... maybe try Princess Auto? It believe it's similar to a motorcycle battery. HH

Funny enough, I had a Blazer that looked just like that one! HH

Forgot to mention that Sport Check has all their ski equipment on sale at half price this weekend! HH

Ok... my turn... my wife and I used to ski.Did I enjoy it? Well truthfully this is what I found... I would freeze my off going up on the lift. I would then sweat my off going down the hill... repeat ad nauseum! Got old pretty fast! Worst part for me was standing on top of Blue Mountain, looking at that beautiful forzen bay and wondering how many fish I could be catching, if I was out on the ice... that and it's really hard to keep yer jig on the bottom, when your tavelling up on the lift! HH

With all this employment talk here lately, I thought you were asking how to get your R.O.E. (Record of Employment)... I think I need a holiday! HH