It's a very bright sunny Saturday for the first day of December but it's also nippy at -12 below, so I'm gonna stay in to-day and work on the net more. Everything out my window is totally covered in at least 6 inches of pretty official looking winter's here to stay, snow, and so far I'm not into making tracks in it. That could all change later of course. :-) That's the beauty of being a free spirit!

I have SO many projects on the go now that it has almost become a full time job, being the web guy. With over 25 websites, 3 Blogs, and the 8 or 10 forums that I frequent, I'm kept quite busy to say the least. As you know, if you know me, I love to communicate with folks about stuff I love. This Internet thingy has opened up the doors to the world to this ol' trapper. I am SO glad I've lived long enough to be able to see the web develop and then get into it, full bore, like there was no tomorrow. This is all pretty powerful stuff that is now available to anyone and everyone in the free world. Probably the word ignorance will soon be removed from the dictionary, if this keeps up. ;-) I kinda mean that there is NO MORE excuse for being stupid, ignorant or simple minded, if you have access to Google which of course since it's inception, has been my faithfull top dog intel supplier! :-)

I'm trying to dig a pile of pics out of one of my crashed computers and get them on a CD so I can upload them to this blog eventually. THAT, is proving harder and more time consuming than I had hoped for. Oh well, it'll happen in the next day or two if it's going to happen at all. If not the time will go back into the care & feedin' of all my web stuff...

Here's a picture from this past summer, of some little cuties, captured here for you, in all their splendor. Hope ya dig 'em...



This is a shot taken with my kool ol' Sony disk camera, a marvelous unit and ahead of it's time. This amazing camera was a very generous gift from Big Bruce, my best friend in the world and has since added many, many, a smile to this good ol' Sudbury boy's face! :-) This shot shows, like the camera, my usual preference for a little older equipment. The old rule of "If it ain't broke, don't fix it", seems to apply almost always in my life. If I get the results I strive for, then there is NO need to upgrade. Ever since I can remember, I certainly do NOT try to be like or keep up with, the Jones' as they used to say, back in the day. Hey hey, keep this stuff up, and I'm gunna havta start writing some of it down and callin' it poetry. :-)

So anywho folks, this little rig here is my good ol' "Amigo", a faithful, trusted, dependable and VERY serviceable, vintage metal detector. It's somewhere around a quarter of a century old now and if it could speak it would probably want to write three or four detecting books or E-books nowadays, eh? ;-) Many a park has been haunted and explored in depth by this simply super-neat machine and many a reward has surfaced because of him and my familiarity with him. By the way, that's how I refer to some of my older eqpt. as buddy or him or my, man machine or stuff like that. My vintage MTB gets referred to as Cooly, pretty often. :-) One of my favorite vehicles was a 1975 Toyota Corolla and while CB'ing back then, my handle was "the little yellow Toy", easily spotted by oncoming truckers and acknowledged with horn honkin' with each other on passin' one another heading in opposite directions on the blacktop...

Never too old, as the sayin' goes...



later...

Just finished setting this link up about five minutes ago to enable me to work with Google better. If you have a website or a blog of your own, you might want to use Google's goodies too. Just click the link and away ya go...

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Here's a picture taken this past summer of a spot on the shore of the mighty Ottawa River. It's right where the Small Mouth Bass chase lures with abandon and a little friendly fire always sooths the soul of this gently aging Ottawa outdoorsman...



Does it remind you of anywhere? :-)

lb

Woa! Have I got into a good thing now, or what? Ya gotta go over to this place and see what there is to see there. :-) If ya need a few more visitors to your blog or website or picture place or whatever, these guys have you covered. Just click the neat little button here and go see for yourself, what they can do for you...

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O.K., that's it for now. I'm headin' over to Technorati right now to up my learnin' curve.

Later,

lb

To-day's picture I've called Lifesavers...No candy here folks, just neat little chunks of kool gear that can make the difference between life and death. In the bush, little things are very important and some of the stuff shown here should accompany you if you spend any time in the woods or travel a number of highway miles to get back and forth to work, every day. Anyway, I wanted y'all to know that there are some neat little gadgets out there these days that add a pile of pleasure to the outdoor experience without crushing yer pocketbook...Yesterday and today, winter officially dumped a shit-load of snow on us. I was almost late for work this a.m. because of the bad traffic, late, crowded buses, slushy, slow walking etc. Man, not a nice way to start yer day. On the other hand, if I was say out in the bush it would be a beautiful winter wonderland and an amazing way to begin my day. Location can be everything, just like in my favorite sport of fishing.

I believe tomorrow is my last day at Solutions, unless they offer me a job perhaps... Another seven and a half hours of cleanish labor work and not too heavy at that. ;-) It rocks, workin' with Jeff and Mark so of course that helped to make the week go fast, despite the heavy workload. :-)

later,

lar

Tuesday already and I didn't even stop for my by bi-weekly box of greasy chicken. Hmmm, saved a duce and a pile of bad fat calories to boot. Not a bad deal there. Think maybe I'll pass on even the bi-weekly thing in the future. A guys gotta watch his waistline ya know. ;-)

A last look at leaves, before the big white...


later y'all,

lb

So it's Sunday night already and my back is needin' LARGE relax time. The boys and I worked at the Henry's Camera Show from 4 till about ten to eight, then Bill, one of the head honchos there, loaded us up with terrific sandwiches just before signing our time sheets. :-) Awesome!

Interested in a picture of my latest little slick pouch? Well, here it is. Soft kid leather, belt loop on the back, extra pocket on front and a zippered opening, makes this a very sweet little unit to pack around. Anyone else do pouches?

later,

lb

Sweet pocket stuff...

Here's a recent picture of three of my teeniest lock-back knives. Although they may look like mere toys to some, you can bet yer boots that I've put them through their paces and all I can say is that these little beauties totally ROCK!

The little boy on the right was purchased along with it's twin by my very best buddy Bruce and I about four years ago and mine has been in my pocket all that time. I've lost track of how many times, and in how many places, this slick little blade has helped me out. In the woods or in the city, this mini knife has SO paid for itself. The two studs on his left are my more recent scores but they have already proven to be very effective, efficient, carry anywhere-ish and totally economical to boot, so a bright guy simply can't afford, NOT to own one of 'em. ;-)

Anyone else out there do little pocket knives? Drop me a note if you want, I'd LOVE to hear from any other blade fanciers too. :-)

Be good y'all...

lb