Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474

Had one do a LOT of damage to a house on the other leg of the Crescent I'm on. Fortunately, it was during the day and the lady of the house was home and heard it pop, then smelled something off. Neighbour told us the woman was astute enough to feel the door knob on the door leading into the garage and called 911 immediately.

Ran them all night, just in case there was a call out or an emergency.

Cowtown Scout: You're right! I don't knowhow this happened.

Yeah, that looks like her. Thanks.

Here in Canada, we have Provinces and Territories. Their flags are referred to as "Provincial" or "Territorial/Territory" flags as appropriate.

You should consider a trickle charger for your car battery. Where I lived in Alberta, it went as low as -40 F for days at a time. We had no garage and parked outside with the trickle charge and a block heater plugged in. Cars started every morning

AWW SHUD UP! You guys with no snow or cold make me so sick, I gotta take shots for it! (Province pays for them.) And you guys want to make us the 51st!?!? Think about it!

I have about 2 feet around my place, deeper where it's drifted. Our snow blower has the edges of the driveway piled only about 3 feet high since we had the wind blowing and that allowed us to spread the snow further onto the lawn. Chute raised to allow the wind to catch the snow and spread it further. Big Red shoveled the rear deck, for emergency egress, and cleared the area around the NG generator. The sidewalk and the road plows did their job and filled the mouth of the driveway with the mix of snow, salt grit and slush. (Ya gotta get that stuff moved before it freezes!) Looking over into the bush across the street from me it does look pretty though

I recall a FN grandmother who shot a number of bears (Grizzlies?) using her .22LR rifle and kept the skulls to prove it. She'd be picking blueberries to preserve and bears, feeding too close to her, would receive several shots to the head at pointblank. Another used to get her moose every year using her .22, by lying atop a log bridging a split through an eschar, linking a couple of ponds and meadows. When the moose would walk under the log she was lying on she would take a head shot or two. Head shots, taken even with a .22, have an adverse affect on the health of the recipient.

I go out the mudroom door into the attached garage, hitting the door opener, which also turns on the lights in the garage. I only start the snowblower with the door open as well.

My cholesterol, Blood pressure and kidneys are crying for mercy, while my taste buds are making me salivate!

You think that's Disturbing?? How about:

She is the Premier of the Province, (Alberta) gearing up for an Independence vote. There is a great deal of dissatisfaction among a significant portion of the population over a laundry list of issues that have been festering for decades.

Yes.

Due to a postal strike in 2024 in Canada, I and 99.999% of the card sending Canadians did not mail Christmas Cards. Many are deciding not to this year, while some are. Do you send Christmas Cards ?

I (and the HBC agent I sold the hides of the ones I used to trap) always called them Urmun And if that little black tip on the tail was damaged, the price went down significantly!

OH THEY CAN GET PRETTY BIG! These are some older ones that hang around Kapuskasing": a bull and a cow. Trust me. I wouldn't lie! I'm a Liberal

Living bulldozers. Up past Deux Riviere, Ontario, we were 4 wheeling in to our hunt camp to clean things up for the moose hunt in a few weeks and to bring in some coal oil for the oil stove and do a little partridge hunting. My buddy stopped and pointed ahead where the bush road was torn up and then to a "hole" in the Tamarack bushes beside the trail. We shut down the motors and followed the "hole" noting bits of hair and the torn up forest floor, plants and small saplings uprooted, until we came on to a full grown dead bull moose. Pretty much pulverized It was during an early start to the "Rut" and a bull had been fighting with another bull that, maybe broke the leg or got a hook in the losers rib cage, resulting in a damaged lung. It was hard to tell, since the winner of the bout had kept pounding on the loser. The loser moose had been pushed almost 100 yards through pretty dense growth, before the winner stopped pushing.

My version of Chili Con Carne tonight for Big Red and I. Our Thanksgiving was last month, October 13 I cooked Turkey w/stuffing & cranberries, scalloped potatoes, peas, carrots, turnip/carrots, Tomato/Strawberry & horseradish aspic. In honour of my Alberta Roots, I made Saskatoon Berry Pie with berries sent from extended family in Saskatchewan. Oh yeah and ice cream. Had 12, family and friends.

Lucky. Up here in Canada, they quit selling ammo and firearms, but hung onto selling hunting clothing and accessories, leaving ammo, firearms etc. to the smaller stores. That removed a large revenue stream from the smaller stores and many/most have now gone out of business. Just another insidious thing that is ending shooting sports in Canada.

As a kid back home in Alberta, I drank coffee from a pot left on the stove, with several days grounds being added as required to ensure "Good Flavoured, Strong Coffee Boy!" The old timer called it "Building a Pot" I recall the Condensed Milk can with a spoon in it to tame and sweeten it a bit. George Stoffer(sp?), on Little Bear Lake not far from Grande Centre. Used grounds were spread around the outside edges of the cabin. George claimed it helped keep mice at bay. I use a SS mesh filter ever since I quit using paper filters. I can usually taste the difference in the coffee, when a paper filter is used. Sulphites in the paper I am told.

Sorry for going off on a tangent.

Bell, here in Canada uses it in their on line customer support(?) "I Don'T Understand!" is the most common response I receive. I was able to obtain another contact telephone number that always lets you talk to a human, due to the fact I am a hard of hearing Senior.

MY BAD