TBow

Shaun, you wrote: I have my eye on an 07 Silverado 2500 with a Duramax, but it's the old body style. I think they refer to that body style as "classic". I'm not really a big fan of the GMC / Chev newer body style. Did the classic body style in 07 have the same engine that you made reference to for the newer 07 body style in the quote? If so, then I'll be backing my expectations up to an '06 or '05, because this acquisition is based primarily on better fuel economy for me. I would readily jump at better fuel savings over greater power due to my hauling requirements being modest at best. TBow

What I wan'na know is, what would it take to borrow that there mule, seein's it ain't up for sale? I mean like, why buy the mule when you can get the kick for free? TBow

arrow32, Your point on judging a person based on what they wear, is well taken. I appologize for venting in that regards. Your comments about what you wore in a younger version reminded me of the 60s and some of what I was cloaked in. Bell bottom pants, tide-died shirts, clunky healed shoes, goofy Beatled fashioned hats, sideburns, long hair...oh ya, now I remember! I can well imagine just what my elders were thinking about me and my generation then. But even with my "fashionable wear" at that time, I still remembered to be polite to my elders, although I do recall the odd difference of opinion with my dad from time to time as I floundered through my teenage years. I can't speak with any great authority in regards to comparisons of kids today versus my yester years, but my "impression" is that in general, attitudes of young adults and even younger school kids is that they have a sense of "no consequences" for their actions. How many times have you heard of kids mentioning the "You can't touch me or I'll call the cops!" statement? I laugh when I hear that one because my daughter actually called me on that one when I put her over my knee and spanked her at the age of 15. I offered to make the call for her. We love each other dearly and I think today she is a great human being, and I only hope she understands that some level of discipline (not abuse) can shape in a positive way. A parent doesn't have to be their child's best friend, but they have to be their parent. If you've ever seen Russel Peters the comic, you'll recall that he quotes his father as saying, "Somebody gon'na get a beating!". In one of his routines, he says a friend told him to tell his dad that if his dad threatens him with a beating, then he'll call the cops. His dad's response, "Come here. I'll dial for you. But remember, it is going to take the police 20 minutes to get here. And in the mean time, somebody gon'na get a beating!". LOL Again, I appologize for making general perceptions, but as said, it tends to be the rudeness of the vocal ones that we encounter in public that shape our perceptions and forget that there are great kids out there that we rarely see because they are not "in our face". TBow

If the snow is heavy this fall and winter, then the only thing I'd like to do with it, is pretty much about the same as what that lab is doing to it in the picture! TBow

I am always polite.....especially whenever I'm eating my favorite food "POPCORN" (UHHHGGGGGgggggg! - Homer Simson drool) and will offer some to others....hoping they decline my generousity. TBow

Many times I have been been exposed to the same level of mentality, or should I say the lack of, and have to shake my head. Last year I was in the local mall and was trying to organize my cell phone account at the BELL Store. It was noon hour and a group of teens from the highschool across the road came in to the store. There was one girl that had a pair of jeens that seemed like they were heat-shrunk onto her. Under the right circumstances and in the properly selected and fitted garments, I would have to say that she would have been deemed attractive by most guys I know. But she had a pair of jeens that were not only too tight, but also 2 sizes too small, so they didn't even fit her hips and her now squeezed belly was overlapping over the belt loops of her pants. Her top was likely 4 sizes too small and rode up her torso so as to accentuate her squeezed out belly and hips. She had ear pircings that made her look like a display at a hardware store and she wore checkered socks with those black and white running shoes that looked like they had been found on the side of the road somewhere. As she was picking out a new cell phone and plan, I can only surmise that money wasn't an issue and could have afforded some decent clothes. Her entourage were an equally horrifically dressed male troupe with the pants drooping to the knees that made it look like they were carrying a load of potatoes (or something else) in the back. On top of that they had those ball caps that were positioned somewhat sideways with the brim as flat as a pancake. It all just screamed, "I have an IQ of 3!". I had to wonder if the fashion sense for teens when they woke up in the morning as they peered into the mirror before leaving the house was, "What can I do to make myself look as stupid as I possibly can today?".........and they all succeeded! I recall years ago, I had taken my son to a hockey tornament. In the lobby a group of teens meandered in. One boy had his hair in an arrangement that reminded me of a banty rooster I remembered on my grandfather's farm as it was spiked 6" straight up and in a mohawk positioned line on top of his head from front to back. Only thing I thought was that the banty rooster looked better than him as his hair was all the shades of the rainbow and I think his eyes had black makeup encircling them. I turned to my son beside me and said, "If you ever come home looking like that, I will hold you down, and I will shave you!". And whenever I pass a highschool, there standing out in front for the world to see, is a multitude of the future generation, garbed similarly to the group I described and surrounded in a cloud of swirling cigarrette smoke. Now my dad smoked most of his adult life, so I knew to issue with addiction and why a lot of kids started smoking years ago, but in todays media barrage about the ills and perils of smoking, not to mention the outrageous costs to buy a pack of cigs, why in the world would any remotely intelligent kid start smoking today? Plus on top of all that, butts are flicked anywhere leaving a mess for all to see and others to clean up. And how many time have you been driving down a street and see a group of kids or teens a distance ahead of you right smack dab in the middle of the road. I'll swear that whenever I see them look around and see a vehicle coming, they actually slow down intensionally just to challenge your right to be on that road. Then after you finally get past them, you look in the rear view mirror to see them all laughing and can't help but think that their efforts, or rather the lack of, was definately a well orchestrated plan......if they were actually capable of that! Yes I too was raised to say "Please" and "Thank you", offer my chair to women, open doors for others with a smile, help others whenever possible, never butt in line and always leave a conversation with, "Well you have a nice day!". And it isn't just America that suffers from this affliction, I think it's a world wide pandemic! TBow

I took my 8X8 Argo with me moose hunting the end of September and put between 20 to 25 hours on it. It ran good all week, but if you're a tinkerer at all, you see little things that you'd like to do to get things in top shape. So this past week I put my nose to the grind stone and got all those little (and some not so little) jobs all caught up to get the buggy in shape for November, which I hope will see some use. Jobs checked off list: 1. Oil change (had to get a new oil extractor pump and modify it) 2. Replaced the old patched up right side idler drive axle with a new one I'd bought before going moose hunting 3. Replaced the two drive axle bearings on the right side. 4. Replaced all of the roll pins on the drive chain sprockets with new spring pins 5. Retensioned the idler chains 6. Lubed all chains 7. Replaced the broken exhaust pipe from the muffler to the exhaust extension 8. Replaced a couple broken body rivets 9. Replaced one damaged chain tensioner spring 10.Adjusted and tightened one bearing collar on a drive axle So she's in as good a shape as its ever been since I've owned this old girl. So c'mon deer season and peak rut!.....and if she snows, I'll pop the tracks on it. If it snows too much, I'll throw the plow on it too. TBow

DITTO! DITTO! DITTO! DITTO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I absolutely HATE hunting shows that play heavy metal and/or hard rock music. When that comes on, it's time to grab the remote and turn the channel. And as said, commercials are an understandable evil that alows the shows to actually be aired, but I mean like.... C'MON! Showing the same commercial repeatedly like it was an old 8 track stereo system! You got'ta be kidding me! And some shows I've seen have 5 to 7 minute intros before they even start showing anything about the actual hunting scenes or interviews. The warning they should air is, "We'd now like to take a short pause or break from our regularly scheduled commercials to bring you one minute of actual hunting video!". And can someone please tell all of the hunters to stop giving high 5s! Lord luv a duck! Didn't high 5s go the way of the dodo bird back in the 80s, plus it just looks way too fake or staged. A hand shake or a congratulatory statement will suffice and look more like reality. And scripted commentaries. NO! NO! NO! And how about those shows that try to use some type of video effects to perk up the show, like rapidly fluctuating scenes from one shot to another in rapid succession? Can anyone say "I think I'm gettin' a HEADACHE Marge!"?.............STOP doing that! I too like Heartland Bowhunter and its format. I like a few other shows that have been able to keep it light and the personalities on the shows are believable and carry themselves well in front of the camera. They include: 1. Easton Bowhunting with Fred Eichler 2. Relentless Pursuit with Tim Wells 3. Archer's Choice with Sonny and Cher....er I mean Ralph and Vicki 4. Hank Parker's 3-D One of my favorite shows to watch is Deer & Deer Hunting with Charlie Alsheimer. Really really informative and absolutely no BS! Another personality that I believe to be really sincere and I enjoy watching is Dave Watson. I could really create a long list of those that I don't like, but I guess in the interest of being polite, I'll just let the OFF button on my remote do the talkin'! TBow....click!

DARN that Windex anyways! :angry: I'll bet there was two crows or ravens sitting in a nearby tree laughing at that one!......saddists! TBow

Am I too lazy to go hunting? Heck no way! Sometimes I have to really exert myself 10 or 15 times to hit the alarm clock, before I finally shut it off....and just stay in bed! :sleep1:HEY! That's a lot of work....in addition to all the nagging I have to put up with from the bride on the other side of the bed. Sheesh! You'd think she'd be used to it by now! BTW: Good luck in the stand Muff, in the morning. TBow

YUP! RT Administrators: Faster than a worn out DELETE button Able to leap from a treestand 3 feet off the ground Capable of stopping a suction cupped arrow from a nerf crossbow .....This message will self destruct if left by a really big magnet! TBow

YUP! Look like Weebles! Safety factor though. 'Cause as y'all know, "Weebles will wobble! But they won't fall down!". TBow

Shaun, I'm afraid you're gon'na have to be chastised for using a 4-letter word, that starts with "S" (whispering "s-n-o-w")!:taped: If this type of behavior continues, I'm afraid you're gon'na have to pay some serious consequences here. Like shovelling Muff's and my driveways until christmas at least if that dadgum white stuff shows up! :disolve: Now repeat after me, "I'mmmmmm dreaming of a GREEEEEEENNNNN Christmas! Just like the ones they get down south!" TBow

And just like the words in the Zac Brown Band song "TOES", "Life is good today!". Sometimes we fail to see the wonders all around us and just take it all for grantide, looking for the greener grass on the other side of the hill. Great pictoral perspective! TBow

1. 176.5 cm tall (sounds taller in metric) 2. Married for 280 dog years, as the dog house is typically where I am exiled to. 3. Love singing kareoke (not that good, just like doing it) 4. 3 kids and 4 grandkids 5. No pets 6. Retired from 37 years with the Canadian Coast Guard 7. 17 years as a union Local Chief Shop Steward. 8. Love moose hunting. 9. Absolutely HATE flies flying in my face 10.Bowhunting for 38 years TBow

The price of silver is shown as around $23 today. Gold was around $1360 I think. I believe that's for an ounce of pure silver. I know earler coins have a higher percentage of silver content in them. I think it was post 1968 that countries reduced (or eliminated) silver in most if not all of the coins they minted. TBow

YUP! Just checked. Pizza Hut 310-1010 TBow

Didn't you used to be able to order a pizza at that number? :eat: TBow

I'm planning on carving into a Butterball sleeping pill on Monday! Stretchy pants or pants with suspenders and no belts are the order of the day? My mom and I usualy put a big dint in a bottle of sparking white wine too, to ensure that we're fast asleep before the dishes have to be washed! And just to keep things in perspective, YES, I have a lot to be thankful for and count my blessings every day! Have a happy and safe holiday me fellow Canuckians! TBow

I was in northern Ontario moose hunting the last week of September and first few days of October. My son had to leave a couple days before I left camp, as he had to return to work for Monday, October 4th. He drove though North Bay, Ontario on Saturday, October 2nd and reported the gas to be $0.969/Litre (that's about $4.40/Imp Gal). Two days later I drove though North Bay and had to pay $1.099/Litre (that's about $4.99/Imp Gal.). That's almost $0.60/gal increase in 2 days!!!!!!!!!!!! The word "GOUGING" came to mind! FYI: If you factor in the US to cdn exchange rate and the conversion from Imp gal to US gal, then a $1.099/L figure would convert to about $3.90 US per US gal if bought in Canuckistan! When ever I cross over stateside (I live right on the Canada / US border), I can save $20 per tank fill-up easily....and that's paying $2.84/US gal. TBow

Well I spent the last couple days at my local fish & game club doing some volunteer work. The club is building a new indoor archery / pistol range, and I was up on the roof the past couple days helping to get the metal roof on. It looks like it's gon'na be quite a building and will add to the compliment of other facilities the club is able to provide. The intended plan is to heat it with wood and hopefully will operate during the winter months as well, so I'm hoping to hone some shooting skills in the off season. The club also purchased 48 acres of scub brush property a few years ago across the road from the original property, and have put in handicap accessible trails for 3-D shoots. I'll likely be back at the building after thanksgiving to help out. The guy who's been the driving force behind all of the club's activities and facilities has been simply amazing and he and his family deserve a heap of gratitude from all of the local hunters and fisherpersons. Now all I got'ta do, is let my aging old muscles heal up from all that roof work so I can manage a turkey dinner this Sunday! TBow

Well we made 'er home. Didn't connect with a bullwinkle, but still had a great time. We left a week and a half a go and it rained for the entire 12 hour drive there. I don't just mean it rained....it POURED! All our gear to set up our camp that was on my trailer was absolutely soaked. We couldn't put camp up in the rain, so a friend of mine in Timmins offered to put us up for the night. Great bunch of people and life savers too! We got camp set up a day late and had to fire up a couple heaters to dry things out once we got a roof on, but the weather from there on was O.K. Overcast for the most part, but little to no rain from then on. A buddy that lives near where we camped, told us the bulls were calling like mad two weeks before we got there, so things had cooled down somewhat. Still, I had some success in arousing a few bulls interest, but not enough to get them coming in hot and heavy. They kept hanging up 150 yards or so out from us. I had responses, or indications that moose were all around us virtually every day we were calling, but no sightings with which to get some pictures of live animals. One moring I had three bulls working on my calls, and we believed it was a cow that came into 30 yards from my son, but he was unable to see it in heavy brush. It was that close he could hear it breathing. The wind kept swirling and eventually it picked up his scent and existed stage left. The night before we pulled out, there was a moose breaking branches about 80 yards or so right behing our camp a couple hours before dusk. When we grabbed our bows to investigate, the moose circled us and exited crashing. The day before we pulled up camp there was a HEAVY frost on the ground, a kazillion stars twinkling in the early morning sky, a low mist rising off the ponds and creeks and absolutely dead calm conditions with which to hear our calls reverberating off the local hills. A moose hunter's dream conditions. I had two bulls working my calls that morning and had one as close as 100 yards grunting up a storm, but then splashed though a nearby corner of a small lake. I figured cows were coming back into estrus and this week should have been gangbusters for anyone fortunate enough to be in the woods. I visited another buddy's camp the day we pulled out, and the friend that we stayed at when we arrived, showed up with a 53" bull that had just been hit by a '97 Caddy. They were carving it up as we departed, but did offer us some meat, with which we graciously declined. I figured they were gon'na loose quite a bit anyways on the side that took on the Caddy. The Caddy driver was put in the hospital with multiple injuries and lascerations. Man that's got'ta be a nightmare for sure seeing one of those monsters coming through your front windshield! Anyways, we popped a few rough grouse with our bows and arrows. Did a little fishing and a heap of atving. I put almost 25 hours on my argo that week. Even drove it into one lake and did a little trolling with it as I had a small electric trolling motor that I wanted to try out. I wouldn't want tp cross any vast water body with it, but for small creeks and ponds, it was O.K. I do recommend an auxillary motor such as the electric type that I had or a small outboard though, as the wheel drive system in the water is pretty much useless for any distance. I took my brother-in-law this year for his first ever moose hunt. He was talking about what to bring next year already, so I guess he had a good time! BTW Shaun, I honked three times on Hiway 17 as we passed Arnprior around 11:30 p.m. on Thursday, September 23rd. We were gon'na stop into Timmies there, but I missed the turn off what with all the construction changes, so we pulled into the Renfrew Timmies instead. TBow

We're pulling out in 2-1/2 hours. North boun d and down! Shaun, I'll give you 3 toots on the horn passing by Arnprior. We usually stop into Timmies at Arnprior to pick up a coffee or two. Talk to y'all in a week and a half or so! TBow

The one that keeps sticking in my head is: "I'M PRETTY GOOD, DRINKING BEER". Don't know why, it just seemed to stick! T..T...TB...Bow

I'va had bad experiences with after-market warranties, and will never ever go that route again. Better off just puting the cash you would have paid, into an account and use it for any repairs that might come up. I was looking at 2007s, but most BMW warranties are 80km / 4 year, and are just about to expire, so you're lucky if you manage 6 months on the manufacturer's warranty. That's why I was considering a 2008 to hopefully get 1-1/2 to 2 years warranty at least. Problem with that is, the more warranty, the more you pay at the sales end. A 6 year / 120 km warranty woud be great, but I have found few that have that option. I was a little leary about so much software programming into the electronics, including the drive train, as few local yocal mechanic shops likely carry BMW updates, so that means a trip off to the dealership, and like you said, if it ain't covered under warranty or a recall, you better start looking for where you can sell your blood. We took one for a test drive and liked it. The tranny issue hasn't been resolved to my liking yet, as info on the internet is sketchy at best. TBow