And The Weather Worsens

If you’re looking forward to a Christmas-like setting with snow on the ground, then Orangeville Ontario might be a good place to be right now.

If you were hoping for some “Indian Summer” type of weather before the bass season closes in two days, then indeed the weather has worsened.

At 2AM last night, I was awakened by the sounds of UPS alarms – the electricity had gone out.  Outside, the winds were blowing snow all over.  After checking on my servers, I figured it might be a long night and decided to head out to one of the 24 hour gas bars to buy smokes.  But no Interac service – had to go to a different part of town – driving through slippery snow that had not been cleared from the roads yet.

I discovered I have one UPS that needs replacement – had to reboot one server after the electricity was finally restored.

On another note, I received a funny email from someone who will remain nameless at this point in time.  He wrote to me, advising he had seen my review of the DVD, “Trout Bums,” and “was not afraid of me.”  He asked if I would be willing to review some his company’s DVD’s?

I’ve replied in the affirmative that most certainly I will, and I’ll “call ’em as I see ’em.”  I’ve taken a bit of flak from some in regard to my review of Trout Bums – but hey, it was my honest opinion of a something sold as an “adventure” but didn’t have much “adventure” content.  Fish porn?  Sure.

It really looks as if, unless I have a chance to head out for some autumn salmon somewhere, there won’t be much flyfishing for me until the spring.  Hopefully there will be lots of mosquitoes and about at some point in the early spring so I can review this neat little “Mosquito Annoyer” from William Joseph.  A solar powered gizmo that emits a noise… supposedly the sound of a “horny male” mosquito which the females, which are the ones that do the biting, “have a disdain for” once they become pregnant and in their “out for blood” mode.

I’ll be interested in how well this gizmo works against the voracious pregnant female mosquitoes of Ontario.