Headhunter

I rent it out to clinics on weekends I am not using it. Seems to do a pretty good job of sonic ally crushing patients kidney stones! It's actually one of the loudest/powerful bass tube amps made... HH

8 6550 power tubes 4 four preamp tubes 90lbs of chest slammin joy! HH

Nah, I still have the Samsung Galaxy or what ever the heck it is... haven't turned it on since October! I'm just a fan of anything that say Marshall on it... especially if it is full of tubes! HH

Drifter, that Marshall phone is the shiz! anything with Marshall on it is cool in my book! HH

John Wetton, singer and bass player for such bands as King Crimson and Asia passed away yesterday at 67. His silky voice will definitely be missed. Way too many folks passing away lately... HH

Thanks for the morning chuckle! HH

What a great fish!!!! You could easily tell that buddy was pumped!!!! I can't say on this board what I would do if I had that monster on my line... HH

So sad to read this, both way too young for this to happen and I know that accidents don't care about age. Wondering if Ventura is the same guy that Zaun was talking about bad mouthing and hiding on the bus a couple of years ago? Either way, sad for sure. HH

The other day I made meatloaf. Yah, meatloaf doesn't sound too sexy, so I bumped it up a bit; -1 LB med ground beef -1LB ground pork -1LB ground sausage -1 finely diced opnion Mix the meat and onion just enough to combine them, don't overwork ground meats as they will go rubbery if you do. Add an egg to help bind, 1/2 a cup of ketchup, half a large can of tomato sauce, a dash of "What's this here sauce" 1/2 cup of good bread crumbs, salt, pepper and garlic powder. Again, gently combine. Three hard boiled eggs get put into the middle of the loaf, once roughed out. As I had some Gorgonzola and Brie laying around, I crushed the Gorganzola into the meat mix and put the pieces of Brie, length wise in the loaf. Pour the remainder of the tomato sauce over the loaf and put 1/2 pound of bacon, braided over the top. Bake in the oven to 1 1/2 hours at 375F, covered. REmove the cover for the last half an hour. When you cut into the completed loaf, each slice will have melted Brie and a slice of hard boiled egg. Serve over noodles with Brussels sprouts, green beans etc. HH

You asked... LOL Unions became expendable after they were a key player in establishing workers rights and the accompanying legislation. Historically, before unions, workers had very limited rights entrenched in legislation. Unions brought those issues to the fore front and eventually into legislation. Since we now have workers rights entrenched, the usefulness of unions has passed. IMHO - unions do nothing but protect the weak and unwilling. They also spend an inordinate amount of resources justifying their own existence. HH

I thought that the MNR could confiscate anything that was used in the commission of an offense. if that is indeed the case, why didn't they hit them where it would really hurt and take their vehicle, boat and all equipment used in the offense. I would bet that had this happened in the States, the fine would be levied and the offenders would not be allowed to leave until such time that the fine(s) were paid. HH

A little off topic here, but I just returned from paying my; -payroll tax -HST tax -Corporation tax I'm thinking Justin is walking around right now, trying to find that gold plated selfie stick I just paid for. HH

I have yet to hear one bit of policy from O'Leary, so I will hold off any judgement, until such time as he gives us an indication of what he's planning on doing. HH

A governments job is to create and maintain an environment where business can succeed and therefore provide opportunities to it's constituents. As soon as it starts to single out individuals and special interest groups ahead of it prime mandate, everyone loses. HH

Actually what we need and they have found in the States is someone is who the dog and not the tail. For far too long, we have had the tail wagging the dog and that is what has created Trump and will likely help O'Leary as well. HH

Home to invasive species. HH

Yes I did John, apologies to all. HH

So Ontario is broke due to miss-management. I think we can all agree on that! How does dumping tens of thousands of people onto the province and municipalities welfare roll, equate to making Canada a thriving country? You do realize that the government of Canada uses population numbers as "collateral" with the IMF to secure credit ratings? Each one of us is collateral against loans. Had the fed liberals taken some time to organize and prepare for the influx of new people, ie setting up ESL classes upon arrival vs screwing around for months on end, we might not be looking at the numbers we are seeing on welfare rolls. Anyone want to consider why the feds moved the cabinet around? Could it be because the immigration portfolio was so poorly administered? HH

My statement was not anti-immigration, not sure where you got that. My question was who is going to take on the burden of paying for these folks. When they arrived, the feds said they would fund them for a year. That year has passed and to the best of my knowledge, only 10% have found jobs. There are various valid reasons for the lack of jobs, but that in no way takes away from the fact that the feds have basically down loaded the cost of carrying these people to the provinces and municipalities. As you so aptly put it, look it up! Last time I checked, Ontario is already struggling to meet it's current obligations. HH

Thermos of Hot Chocolate for the win!!!!! HH

Had I had an opportunity to ask the PM a question, I would have asked him who now is responsible for paying for the 35k immigrants that have been in Canada for a year, which takes the federal component of their support away. They will fall into the welfare system that is provincially funded and downloaded to municipalities. Is his government prepared to fund Ontario's growing welfare obligations? Also, as an aside... it doesn't seem like the budget is taking care of it's self! HH

Raining here in Scarborough now. It looks like north of highway 7 is going to be getting it most of the day. http://www.intellicast.com/Local/WxMap.aspx?latitude=39&longitude=-97&zoomLevel=4&opacity=1&basemap=0014&layers=0039 HH

https://weather.gc.ca/warnings/report_e.html?on61#1841109451388366218201701160503ww1171cwto Upgraded.... it sure made a mess of things for our friends to the south. http://www.intellicast.com/Local/WxMap.aspx?latitude=39&longitude=-97&zoomLevel=4&opacity=1&basemap=0014&layers=0039 HH

TJ - Pm FishnSled, he's been fishing it a bit lately. HH

After fighting through the ice storm a few years ago, there is very little that gets my dander up, like freezing rain. Those five days in December were some of the worst five days of my life! So, with the forecast calling for more of that crap in the next day, I thought I'd post this fro those who didn't know. https://weather.gc.ca/warnings/report_e.html?on61#81317270228589353201701160503ws1171cwto HH