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Most people have no idea what we do, and how much we do it.

Yes. We had most of it cleaned up before most people woke up. That happens a lot.

Somebody was out riding a little Kawasaki at 3:00 this morning on Stouffville Rd., in a raging snow storm. After smacking it up he left it on the side of the road for the entire day. That's his mirror on the road behind it. My ride is in the background.

You might be surprised at how clean modern engines run. Remember DriveClean? My CO levels were extremely low.

Any port in a storm!

Cool railway page. Thanks for the link. The station for the Toronto and York Radial Line is still there, at the corner of Dalton Road and High Street. Too bad the rail line isn't still there. It would be great to be able to hop on a train and go to the city...

Here is a recent survey, copied with permission. The "Dock" is the formerly federal wharf where i-WERKS' bike was parked. Standing on it looking out at the lake, you can see the Marine Railway before you on a clear calm day. The parking lot was the shipyard; the dry end of the railway, where...

You are exactly right, Tom. The railway itself was on the property that is now the park, but the whole area was considered "railway lands." There is presently a lot of pressure to develop that land, and a lot of resistance from the people who live here and enjoy that park, beach and harbour...

It gets confusing for some when you have both at the same location, like in Jackson's Point.

Don't confuse railway with Marine Railway. Similar but different. Marine railway is like the one at Big Chute.

Lorne Street follows the right of way of the 1877 Grand Trunk Railway. It veers to the right near the lake, where it extended onto a wharf where ice was loaded onto rail cars to ship to Toronto. The present Ramada Inn was the location of the ice houses in the nineteenth century.

You are correct. There is an off shoot to the right. It might have been named Bonnie Blvd. at one time. There has been a lot of screwing around there in recent years. Don't get me started! Though I think you have!!

Ah Yes! My mistake. The piles of snow make everything look the same. You were at the end of Lorne Street. (y)

That's exactly where you were, Tom. The piles of snow in front of your bike in your pic, would be behind the vehicles in the Google pic. Last time I saw you ride through JP, I hopped on my bike and flew up there right behind you, hoping I might catch you admiring the scenery. I guess you had a...

The road was closed. He entered the construction zone from the unblocked exit.

Can you provide a link to such a device? I'm not familiar with that stuff.

Hogan's Heroes. Every day at 1 pm on CHCH 11. :)

There are 4 tiny little steel detent balls and 2 springs, all about 1/8" diameter, that fit inside a sleeve on the end of the spool (pictured). I had new replacements, one of which went flying away like a bullet as I tried to assemble it all under spring tension. I crawled around on the floor...

Belt and suspenders; I also strapped the boom to a hook in the ceiling beam.

Not exactly today, though today I'm cleaning up the mess. My Bobcat has been dribbling out fluid for a long time and it has been getting progressively worse. It's like a Harley Davidson, in that you can tell where it's been by the trail. :) I finally installed new spool valve seals, just in...