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A typical weekend at the narrows in Orillia on our 25 foot Chris, 5L I/O was arrive Friday night, chug over to the port Saturday and pick up and provisions needed. Chug over to Chief's and anchor for the night. Chug back to the marina Sunday afternoon. Drive home. We spent more on car gas...

I’ve seen fuel trucks come to locks on the Trent Price???

I had a few customers that insisted on a cash deal but much smaller numbers. I gave them a price that included HST and they went away thinking they beat the government. For liability reasons I ran an invoice showing the HST but the client never got a copy. It's a whole different matter if you...

Linking to that... A half sister flew in yesterday from New Zealand and I got to meet her for the first time. Until five years ago I didn't know what happened to my father after my parents marriage broke up, except that he moved to New Zealand. He passed away before the discovery but I've...

A decade ago the new neighbour next door cut down a 3" pear tree to make a rink for his son. Plastic tarp and a bunch of 2X8s, Add water and let mother nature do the rest. No flood lights and not big enough for a game, just puck practice and turns. To be honest the puck bouncing off the boards...

Noise bylaws are a joke if the noise is on a Saturday night when the police are busy elsewhere breaking up bar fights. To get anything done you have to go after the noisemakers yourself through documentation, corroborating evidence from other neighbours, hearings, lawyers etc. Retaliation is a...

A fire at Holland River Marina decade+ ago took out the whole dock due to the covered slips feeding the flames the length of the structure. One owner's boat was uninsured due to needed a survey and he was waiting for haul out to avoid the double lift expense. He lost his boat plus had to pony up...

Lock masters refer to rental house boats as Harvey Wallbangers. One got jammed into the lock so hard they had to call in a tow truck to break it loose. I had to tow a small power cruiser into Keswick once as they had an engine failure that was blowing them into something hard. They didn't have...

We docked at Trenton after doing the Trent, staying over another day because of weather. A couple in a fly-bridge cruiser opted to head up the canal. The crew was the skipper on the bridge, his skinny wife and a cocker spaniel. We heard that the winds at one of the locks took over the steering...

Apparently the Liberals disagree with you. Your right to freedom overrules anything not proven in court.

What is his problem? Is he an alcoholic short on cash? Kleptomaniac? Testing the system? Paying for things is below his stature?

Flybridge = Dual controls, quadruple maintenance. One less person at deck level when docking or locking.

Find a mom-wife.

I don't know about down there but in Ontario: She didn't make contact with the semi. Eyewitnesses are not police nor is the truck video. Would charges stand up in court? The truck driver failed to control his vehicle, knowing it was laden with hazmat. Could she be held responsible for...

When the other party has no enthusiasm for work, doing it yourself is often easier than pushing the other party. The kid is now a senior, living in a subsidized apartment. He was trained as an accountant but couldn't keep a job and eventually declared unemployable. He is so depressing he makes...

A lot of our culture comments are about religion, ethics and habits. One thing we will have to get used to is the generosity gap. Some people coming from some cultures where poverty is the norm, people don't pass up anything free. If you don't take care of your stuff they may assume you don't...

Are you passing fast enough to satisfy the MB behind you? NASCAR wannabees need to know.

Do we baby our babies too much with the young offenders act? Riding through Amish Ohio (Nice place) I saw what appeared to be a team of draft horses pulling a hay wagon with no one at the reins. Getting closer I saw a 10 year old competently doing the job. I met a Scottish lady who said her job...

Wow. The problem I would have with accepting $180,000 cash is hiding it. Years back an electrician I knew had accumulated about a third of that and it was sitting in his sock drawer. He took it to the bank and was advised there was paperwork (Over $10K IIRC). He called his accountant who...

I changed the oil in my Briggs and Stratton when it looked like bunker C.