Windsor, Ontario, Canada ---> Across the river from DETRO

[andywindsor]

Hello Everyone,

Like another dad from Ontario I found that the ladies venting was too much. So glad to have found this website. I look forward to speaking with other dads and get advice from dads.

I live in Windsor, Ontario just across the river from Detroit Michigan. I work from home as a computer network administrator and consultant. Remote access using citrix, ras, remote desktop and as always the old stand by PC-Anywhere. Just recently lost my website due to a dispute with a former business partner, it was www.handycomputers2000.com now the site is defunct.

(edited URL, seems a bit spammy to me, sorry)

Both home based business ventures allow me to make myself completely available to take care of my children and avoid the cost of baby sitters (unless I have to take care of a client onsite and then I have to find a sitter for the day).

Looking forward to speaking with other dads on a regular basis.

[Weston]

Welcome Andy from Windsor!

[andywindsor]

The world has become so small with the advent of the internet. What is his name? I went to the University of Windsor, but for Business not Engineering.

Talk to you later.

[Anonymous]

Hi, this is Jessica again, I posted a message a while back about doing research about stay at home dads, and have been checking back on here periodically for some more information. And get this - Im from Windsor too! I will hopefully be attending the University of Windsor next year.. woww.. Sorry, I just find this kinda crazy. It was tough for me doing this project because there wasn't a whole lot I could find information from in this area, but after you look closer you see that this really is growing.
It's great to know that this reaches home, and I'm glad by doing my project on this my entire class now has the opportunity to realize thats it's not too uncommon. My project has required a research paper and surveys and interviews, so I've found it very helpful just reading what you guys have to say on here, even without directly asking questions!
Anyway, Andy, its great what you're doing, and if you have any information about any other stay at home (or work at home) dads in the area then by all means let me know! :D

[tt3]

Welcome Andy glad you found the board. All this talk of Windsor makes me thirsty though...
;)

[andywindsor]

never thought of Windsor making anyone thirsty. Gag maybe, but thirsty? Actually since 1999 the Windsor professional enviroment has become much better. So although I didn't like it when I first got here, now I'm content (for now) to be in Windsor. My plans are to be in Windsor for two years, and re-assess my situation at as the two years draws to a close.

[tt3]

I believe I might have had some Windsor Canadian blended whiskey in my past, thats all.
Welcome again! :)

[Weston]

I was just told by a friend who lives in Windsor that there is a big salt mine nearby...that might make you thirsty :lol:

[dad305]

:-s

[andywindsor]

That was cute Louis.

[Weston]

:lol: ..... and welcome back Dad 305

[dad305]

Thanks J monkey. You know I thought about you the other day. We were out in the yard enjoying a beautiful day and my daughter starts asking me to turn around so that I could see an "orange iguana". Of course my first reaction was..."oh no honey...she got a hold of the medicine cabinet..." But then I decided to turn around and there it was...

I came running inside the house and came back out with a video camara, binoculars and a digital camara. It looked as if I was going on a cruise.

You see, I had never seen an orange iguana. This thing is huge and it was, get this, resting on top of a palm tree about 20 feet high.

I had the worst time getting info about it. You know man, you google "orange iguana" and you get a Polka band in Poland or a surfing gang in SoCal. Anyway I read somewhere that the male changes to orange during the mating season.

Do you know anything about this? I sure hope this is accurate 'cause I'd hate to have some weird happening like the "psychadelic donkeys" in India that Louis told us about.

into the Narmada river with all sorts of psychadelic colours ...wild donkeys running around which like to roll in the dust and they're dyed blue or purple...

[Weston]

Except for a little bit about Bearded Dragons, I don't know much about reptiles....Some are bred as "sunfire" beardies, where they have an orangish tint to them.

That does sound plausible for an iguana to change its coloring during mating season...I know the bearded dragon will get very dark under its chin during mating rituals and as a sign of agression - thus the name "bearded" dragon.

My brother is a herpetologist (study of reptile and anphibians...no nothing to do with STDs) and I'll ask him next time I talk to him.

Have you ever been to the Everglades? I've always wanted to go through there (except for the mosquito part)

Mike J

[dad305]

I've never much of an explorer or let's say the rugged type, the neighborhood mosquitoes are enough to drive me insane. I've never ventured deep inside the everglades, no more say than a couple of miles, I found it spookie and really did not enjoyed it, the whole time I was mentally drawing contigency plans for escaping an alligator or a snake.

We visit Naples and Marco Island, on the west coast (about 3 hour drive without hurries) at least twice a year and we drive on Highway 41, aka 8th Street, aka Tamiami Trail and this goes throught he Everglades. It is really cool because just about anywhere you can pull over an check out the alligators, on the sides of the road, which is not fenced in, which also results in a lot of road kill.

About the Iguana, you know it's still orange and still shows up on top of the palm tree.

[Stephen Connolly]

Hi Andy,
I moved from Burlington, Ontario about a year and a half ago and am now in the outer wilds of Metro Detroit. I see you already have a researcher on your trail. She could find an academic niche with a paper on 50% stay-at-home Dads. I have twins so perhaps I'm a 200% stay-at-homer (hoser?).
Regards,
SC