OT: Off Season / Summer Thread
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Romang67
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Month of April tied for 2nd cloudiest in recorded Chicago history — what this means for your health
"You see higher rates of depression with prolonged dreariness. April's been a very dreary month," said Dr. Robert Shulman. And May isn't off to a great start either.
Hope for some sun.
oldunclehue
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Kids are tied up with spring sports....spring hockey is winding down and Baseball starting.
I can't wait for things to dry up to golf and mountain bike, have a great set of trails only 10 minutes from home and the kids love that too.
Then its lake life, get the boat out (if i can afford gas) and swim, hike, bike, fires, sleep in (when on holidays).
Also joined a trail running series, so I'll try and get as many as I can in with a friend.
I can't wait for things to dry up to golf and mountain bike, have a great set of trails only 10 minutes from home and the kids love that too.
Then its lake life, get the boat out (if i can afford gas) and swim, hike, bike, fires, sleep in (when on holidays).
Also joined a trail running series, so I'll try and get as many as I can in with a friend.
When hockey season wraps, I spend my time alternating between swearing at moles and ground squirrels for destroying my grass and the never-ending grass that needs to be cut. I have become my parents 
Hoping it's a nice, moderate Summer this year. I like warm weather but last Summer was a little too crispy.
Hoping it's a nice, moderate Summer this year. I like warm weather but last Summer was a little too crispy.
Golf is my hope, once it dries out. Not in the league of the club guys on here but aiming for 2-3x per week so hopefully I'll actually achieve 1x. Otherwise sitting in the back yard by the pool. Was planning on lots of cycling on my surgically repaired knee but I'm pretty sure I threw that out the window last week, my knee looks like a grapefruit at the moment. So back to being impure on the golf course again by taking a cart all the time.
We are in for a doozy of a mosquito season early, so don't be surprised. There is an absolute sh*t ton of Aedes vexans eggs that have been waiting for high water to hatch. We have that water now and with this weeks temps they'll be partying. Git yer bug spray, we'll be needing it.
We are in for a doozy of a mosquito season early, so don't be surprised. There is an absolute sh*t ton of Aedes vexans eggs that have been waiting for high water to hatch. We have that water now and with this weeks temps they'll be partying. Git yer bug spray, we'll be needing it.
hockeyarena
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got fairly into gardening over the pandemic so will be continuing the landscaping/planting as well as planting random treasures throughout the city in an effort to beautify the drabness a bit.
cbcwpg
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So this is summer... actually it's Morden today....
nobody imp0rtant
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So hmmm lets see
Got the winter tires off today May 5th.
committed to the Lake for May long
Going on the father son fishing trip one week later but half the crew are waiting on their dam elite kids ball schedules to confirm If they are in or out.
Daughters soccer schedule is out, she also has Dance and Gymnastics May June too. Son is finishing up Volleyball, then Playing flag football with buddies, some school soccer, and he has joined St B golf course. So May and June are really full on kids.
I will attempt to golf more this season (like Buggs said maybe that = 1 game per week).
July and August will be full on Lake (about 38 days scheduled). Just finished expanding my dock and adding a new boat slip so I can waist money on a surf boat. Honestly the shot clock is on for how many seasons my kids will be coming to the lake so the time is now. That being said I am buying a 2019 off a guy who is waiting on delivery of his new boat so who knows if that happens this summer with supply chain issues.
I am heading back to Saskatchewan to reunite my old fishing trip buddies. We are doing a Hanson brothers reunion at Waskasui and my 91 year old dad is joining us since he hosted the fishing trip for my friends for about 20 years. That will be a blast and its good because one of our buddies died and one is battling cancer. I never laugh more than I do with this crew.
I go to Portugal to golf in the first week of September so that is always terrifying now that I suck at golf.
That is the summer as we know it and I guess I will be battling mosquitos so theres that.
Got the winter tires off today May 5th.
committed to the Lake for May long
Going on the father son fishing trip one week later but half the crew are waiting on their dam elite kids ball schedules to confirm If they are in or out.
Daughters soccer schedule is out, she also has Dance and Gymnastics May June too. Son is finishing up Volleyball, then Playing flag football with buddies, some school soccer, and he has joined St B golf course. So May and June are really full on kids.
I will attempt to golf more this season (like Buggs said maybe that = 1 game per week).
July and August will be full on Lake (about 38 days scheduled). Just finished expanding my dock and adding a new boat slip so I can waist money on a surf boat. Honestly the shot clock is on for how many seasons my kids will be coming to the lake so the time is now. That being said I am buying a 2019 off a guy who is waiting on delivery of his new boat so who knows if that happens this summer with supply chain issues.
I am heading back to Saskatchewan to reunite my old fishing trip buddies. We are doing a Hanson brothers reunion at Waskasui and my 91 year old dad is joining us since he hosted the fishing trip for my friends for about 20 years. That will be a blast and its good because one of our buddies died and one is battling cancer. I never laugh more than I do with this crew.
I go to Portugal to golf in the first week of September so that is always terrifying now that I suck at golf.
That is the summer as we know it and I guess I will be battling mosquitos so theres that.
cbcwpg
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@ps241
Sounds like an excellent plan.
I also got my winter tires off only recently, last night. I was planning on doing it on the coming weekend (which is obscenely late) but the pothole that I hit yesterday said otherwise. (turning lane from Bishop to Waverly going northbound). I have TPMS in the tires and I've never seen anything like it, they definitely act in real time and it took about 4 seconds to go from 33 psi to zero. I got up to near the end of the merge lane on a flat tire to get out of the way and called CAA to tow me home. I only live five minutes from there. Once I got home I proceeded to change out the tires to summers. Need a new winter tire though, have to see if warranty will cover it. Might need a new rim as well and I guess I'm paying for an alignment on the next service as well. Does Autopac cover this shite?
On the plus side at least the delay in changing out the winters allowed me an option to make the rest of the summer driving easier.
Sounds like an excellent plan.
I also got my winter tires off only recently, last night. I was planning on doing it on the coming weekend (which is obscenely late) but the pothole that I hit yesterday said otherwise. (turning lane from Bishop to Waverly going northbound). I have TPMS in the tires and I've never seen anything like it, they definitely act in real time and it took about 4 seconds to go from 33 psi to zero. I got up to near the end of the merge lane on a flat tire to get out of the way and called CAA to tow me home. I only live five minutes from there. Once I got home I proceeded to change out the tires to summers. Need a new winter tire though, have to see if warranty will cover it. Might need a new rim as well and I guess I'm paying for an alignment on the next service as well. Does Autopac cover this shite?
On the plus side at least the delay in changing out the winters allowed me an option to make the rest of the summer driving easier.
ThinIce61
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BBQ'ing, Beer, Bomber games and (de)Bauchery.
I think I ccounted over 15 flower beds last year so I am sure it will be well over 20 in a few weeks. Lots of time watering flowers around here.
I have the 1st two weeks of June off (first time I have ever booked holidays in June). A buddy thaat I grew up with duck hunting (and partying) is coming down for 6 weeks and we are going fishing up to the Bird Lake area and probably finish it off with a pickeral fish for a few days in Manigotagan. When we get back we will target catfish (and more flowerbeds) in the Netly Marsh where we grew up hunting together. I am really looking forward to these two weeks as I have gotten away from fishing the past few years and have vowed to do more this year and he has quit drinking so I have a built in designated driver for my holidays!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The better half is an avid birder so we will be out in different areas looking for her feathered friends a lot this summer.
Who knows, I might even clean out the garage.
Oh ya, and beer, plenty of beer.
I have the 1st two weeks of June off (first time I have ever booked holidays in June). A buddy thaat I grew up with duck hunting (and partying) is coming down for 6 weeks and we are going fishing up to the Bird Lake area and probably finish it off with a pickeral fish for a few days in Manigotagan. When we get back we will target catfish (and more flowerbeds) in the Netly Marsh where we grew up hunting together. I am really looking forward to these two weeks as I have gotten away from fishing the past few years and have vowed to do more this year and he has quit drinking so I have a built in designated driver for my holidays!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The better half is an avid birder so we will be out in different areas looking for her feathered friends a lot this summer.
Who knows, I might even clean out the garage.
Oh ya, and beer, plenty of beer.
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nobody imp0rtant
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A draught beer, a very traditional belgian style beer from this Brasserie in Ghent, Belgium...
Bieren | Brasserie 't Vosken
Bieren van 't vat Bieren op fles Honger gekregen? Reserveer een tafel Bières à la pression Bières en bouteille Réservez une table Draft Beer Bottled Beer Book a table
www.tvosken.be
Best beer I have ever tasted... the Grandmother's style Rabbit Stew was damn good also...
flyingkiwi
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Currently in Spain, southeast.
Started playing touch/beach rugby this season, got a small tournament on the coast coming up.
Also a weekend in Paris and a trip to Barcelona on the cards as well as a few other trips I'm sure.
Not going back to New Zealand this year and I'm fully ready to enjoy the European summer.
Started playing touch/beach rugby this season, got a small tournament on the coast coming up.
Also a weekend in Paris and a trip to Barcelona on the cards as well as a few other trips I'm sure.
Not going back to New Zealand this year and I'm fully ready to enjoy the European summer.
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Ok so far you easily win the Gold medal for coolest sounding summer plans. What the hell is Touch-Beach-Rugby?
Well I upgraded my flight to business class to Toronto today for $120.00 so I plan to arrive at the air canada lounge in Winnipeg early enough to crush free shitty beer fast enough to make my upgrade revenue positive (What problem…….who me?). So take that my Kiwi friend. Try not to be too jealous.
flyingkiwi
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Touch rugby is rugby without the tackles. Beach rugby is playing it on the beach
Do you still to the scrums?
nobody imp0rtant
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Or ones that are free. I can be a beer slut.
UFO
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At first I read "old" and I was like what the hell. But you are damn right.
