Comments on: Ruby’s Right – You Can’t Trust That Internet. http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/01/28/rubys-right-you-cant-trust-that-internet/ The Les Becker Blog: Writer (fiction, non-fiction, story-telling, memories, screenplays, radioplays, lyrics, ghost-writing, magazine articles, tourism and event promotion) and amateur photographer from Northern Ontario. Looking to escape Northern Ontario. Rescue me. Tue, 22 May 2012 04:38:43 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Fajne gry http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/01/28/rubys-right-you-cant-trust-that-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-134585 Fajne gry Sat, 05 May 2012 19:58:03 +0000 http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/01/28/rubys-right-you-cant-trust-that-internet/#comment-134585 Utterly composed subject material, Really enjoyed reading. Utterly composed subject material, Really enjoyed reading.

]]> By: Garland Kitka http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/01/28/rubys-right-you-cant-trust-that-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-63094 Garland Kitka Sat, 12 Nov 2011 02:25:04 +0000 http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/01/28/rubys-right-you-cant-trust-that-internet/#comment-63094 Valuable info. Lucky me I found your web site unintentionally, and I am stunned why this twist of fate did not took place earlier! I bookmarked it. Valuable info. Lucky me I found your web site unintentionally, and I am stunned why this twist of fate did not took place earlier! I bookmarked it.

]]> By: Eric Coles http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/01/28/rubys-right-you-cant-trust-that-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-37214 Eric Coles Tue, 05 Apr 2011 05:10:11 +0000 http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/01/28/rubys-right-you-cant-trust-that-internet/#comment-37214 Les: Re: rubys-right-you-cant-trust-that-internet I'm sure you've had a shed-load of replies over the last 3 years which cover the same ground but here goes anyway… "Double-trees" are a set of drawbars and harness used to hitch a team of horses to a sleigh. I assume "goose-neck" refers to the hardware on the front of the sleigh. To feed the horses at the back of a sleigh, they'd un-hitch the double-trees and one guy would follow behind, carrying the harness while someone else led the horses to the feed. It sounds like they just got the team re-hitched before the sleigh slid into the channel! It would have been the most serious of pants-shitting moments because, without the sleigh there was no quick escape. As well, hitching a team during a panic would be difficult, to say the least. The horses would have to believe the guy carrying the double-trees when he called for them to keep backing up. And, because horses know the sound of the hook-up, it'd be up to the guys to jump on the sleigh 'cause the horses probably wouldn't have waited around. Who paid for the hay that ended up in the water? Congratulations on recording your Dad's stories. It's a task my sister, brothers and I approach from memory. Love the blog - keep up the great work. Eric Les:

Re: rubys-right-you-cant-trust-that-internet

I’m sure you’ve had a shed-load of replies over the last 3 years which cover the same ground but here goes anyway…

“Double-trees” are a set of drawbars and harness used to hitch a team of horses to a sleigh. I assume “goose-neck” refers to the hardware on the front of the sleigh. To feed the horses at the back of a sleigh, they’d un-hitch the double-trees and one guy would follow behind, carrying the harness while someone else led the horses to the feed. It sounds like they just got the team re-hitched before the sleigh slid into the channel!

It would have been the most serious of pants-shitting moments because, without the sleigh there was no quick escape. As well, hitching a team during a panic would be difficult, to say the least. The horses would have to believe the guy carrying the double-trees when he called for them to keep backing up. And, because horses know the sound of the hook-up, it’d be up to the guys to jump on the sleigh ’cause the horses probably wouldn’t have waited around.

Who paid for the hay that ended up in the water?

Congratulations on recording your Dad’s stories. It’s a task my sister, brothers and I approach from memory. Love the blog – keep up the great work.

Eric

]]> By: beth haddle http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/01/28/rubys-right-you-cant-trust-that-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-16091 beth haddle Sat, 14 Mar 2009 16:39:53 +0000 http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/01/28/rubys-right-you-cant-trust-that-internet/#comment-16091 Thank you for the information on Cockburn Island. My father inherited a while back and I just recently found out about it! <em>Les Says: The whole Island?! Does he want to adopt anymore children? </em> Thank you for the information on Cockburn Island. My father inherited a while back and I just recently found out about it!

Les Says: The whole Island?! Does he want to adopt anymore children?

]]> By: Where the Walls are Soft… » Blog Archive » There Were Moments of Stupidity… http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/01/28/rubys-right-you-cant-trust-that-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-14596 Where the Walls are Soft… » Blog Archive » There Were Moments of Stupidity… Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:00:32 +0000 http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/01/28/rubys-right-you-cant-trust-that-internet/#comment-14596 [...] dad’s nephew’s lot. Dad’s nephew, Lorne, was a good buddy - his dad, Marvin (yes, that Marvin), was a lot of years older than my dad, so Lorne and Dad were good pals. Their closeness in age [...] [...] dad’s nephew’s lot. Dad’s nephew, Lorne, was a good buddy – his dad, Marvin (yes, that Marvin), was a lot of years older than my dad, so Lorne and Dad were good pals. Their closeness in age [...]

]]> By: Where the Walls are Soft… » Blog Archive » You Want Fries with that Burger…? http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/01/28/rubys-right-you-cant-trust-that-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-6918 Where the Walls are Soft… » Blog Archive » You Want Fries with that Burger…? Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:33:15 +0000 http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/01/28/rubys-right-you-cant-trust-that-internet/#comment-6918 [...] think we were on Cockburn Island (stop laughing, Suzi), but it could have been one of a myriad of other islands in the North Channel [...] [...] think we were on Cockburn Island (stop laughing, Suzi), but it could have been one of a myriad of other islands in the North Channel [...]

]]> By: Where the Walls are Soft… » Blog Archive » …Like a Woman Scorned. http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/01/28/rubys-right-you-cant-trust-that-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-6465 Where the Walls are Soft… » Blog Archive » …Like a Woman Scorned. Fri, 01 Feb 2008 05:59:33 +0000 http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/01/28/rubys-right-you-cant-trust-that-internet/#comment-6465 [...] Ferguson is still stalking me.I was telling Ruby tonight about posting my Dad’s harrowing experience on the ice in 1938. I had been about to add that I thought he was jealous of all the attention she [...] [...] Ferguson is still stalking me.I was telling Ruby tonight about posting my Dad’s harrowing experience on the ice in 1938. I had been about to add that I thought he was jealous of all the attention she [...]

]]> By: BeckEye http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/01/28/rubys-right-you-cant-trust-that-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-6391 BeckEye Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:16:05 +0000 http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/01/28/rubys-right-you-cant-trust-that-internet/#comment-6391 It might be kind of nice to live somewhere with a population of 2. If the 2 were me and John Travolta. <em>Les Says: Meh... I'll bet even John Travolta would get boring eventually. That "one of two people....?" The first wife that died....? She got so bored that she "loaned" me a car once over there... I was 14. I ditched it. Then I hit a tree. Really, really, hard. Turns out it wasn't even her car. And she told my dad I stole it. She was bored.</em> It might be kind of nice to live somewhere with a population of 2. If the 2 were me and John Travolta.

Les Says: Meh… I’ll bet even John Travolta would get boring eventually. That “one of two people….?” The first wife that died….? She got so bored that she “loaned” me a car once over there… I was 14. I ditched it. Then I hit a tree. Really, really, hard. Turns out it wasn’t even her car. And she told my dad I stole it. She was bored.

]]> By: Aimee http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/01/28/rubys-right-you-cant-trust-that-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-6390 Aimee Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:00:36 +0000 http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/01/28/rubys-right-you-cant-trust-that-internet/#comment-6390 this story is great. But since you mentioned it...I cannot think of another way to pronounce the island so COCK Burn it is. Co burn does not seem to fit like cock does. I'm an arse! Also, just wondering how the names (Sandtrampers) came from? Is there a story behind these names or are they insults from the other Island? I thought I was from a small town. We have 80 kids in each graduating class here. That's like a big city!!!!! <em>Les Says: ROTFL!! The Manitoulin Islanders are named "Haweaters" because of all the Hawberries that grow there. "Sandtrampers" may have come from "Sand Bay" which the name of the beach that stretches along one end of Cockburn - I think they were probably nicknamed by each other years ago. I'll see if I can't find a little more info. Oooh! Cockburn has a "SwampSaugen", though! Sort of like a Loch Ness Monster, except - well, yeah - lives in a swamp.</em> this story is great. But since you mentioned it…I cannot think of another way to pronounce the island so COCK Burn it is. Co burn does not seem to fit like cock does.
I’m an arse!
Also, just wondering how the names (Sandtrampers) came from? Is there a story behind these names or are they insults from the other Island?
I thought I was from a small town. We have 80 kids in each graduating class here. That’s like a big city!!!!!

Les Says: ROTFL!! The Manitoulin Islanders are named “Haweaters” because of all the Hawberries that grow there. “Sandtrampers” may have come from “Sand Bay” which the name of the beach that stretches along one end of Cockburn – I think they were probably nicknamed by each other years ago. I’ll see if I can’t find a little more info.

Oooh! Cockburn has a “SwampSaugen”, though! Sort of like a Loch Ness Monster, except – well, yeah – lives in a swamp.

]]> By: cardiogirl http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/01/28/rubys-right-you-cant-trust-that-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-6388 cardiogirl Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:16:00 +0000 http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/01/28/rubys-right-you-cant-trust-that-internet/#comment-6388 Um, so COCK-burn is pronounced CO-burn, eh? So to say that's just cockamame is to say that's CO-amame? <em>Les Says: Um... yeah.</em> Um, so COCK-burn is pronounced CO-burn, eh? So to say that’s just cockamame is to say that’s CO-amame?

Les Says: Um… yeah.

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