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But who is the minority? Lots more random campers than fly fishermen I bet(at least in the castle system). I see a lot of quads and dirt bikes too. More than fly fishermen?

DING DING DING!!!! We have a winner. That was awesome!

Took the survey, thanks.

Back in my single days, I thought gay guys were just the best. I always figured what the hell, more girls for me! Does that make me a lesbian?

Dammit! I thought Lynn was in love with me. MTB said so. This thread sucks.

Do I get to be the ugly girl, or the REALLY ugly guy? If I'm the ugly guy, I'll never get to play with MTB's new fishing partners, drat! And Brett, I effin told you to show no one that picture, ever, ***hat!

My father was diagnosed in 95 I think. It was already out and they told him he had 10-12 yrs. He lived for 11. Had he had regular checkups this wouldn't have happened. I actually got my yearly exam today. Yuck, but necessary.

Don't know what the training is in the Canadian Navy, I'm sure it's impressive (I say that in true sincerity). Here is the training I had to qualify to operate a nuclear power plant on a warship: 6 months of Electronics School 6 months of Nuclear Theory 6 months of Nuclear Prototype Training Drop rate for the above 3: 75%. That's after passing a pretty rigorous entrance test to even get into the nuclear program. 6 months of advanced electronics school. So 2 years of schooling, 8 hrs a day, 5 days a week. No spring break, no summer vacation. And once the instructors determined what they thought you were capable of, they would accept nothing less. So you could never coast. University was a joke after this. I also have been involved in war games with different navies. NOTHING can stop a modern fast attack sub. NOTHING!! When we played games, we had all sorts of restrictions on what we could do. Essentially, we couldn't go deep, and we couldn't run "quiet". We had to run equipment specifically to try to make enough noise for us to be detected to make the surface boys feel good!

Well, lets see. When I went to University in the states, seems like there were lots of people at school from foreign lands. So I guess we export education. Also, there seems to be a long line of people waiting to get in to the country. So we export hope? I've travelled some as well. Seems like there were Americans working everywhere, so we export brainpower. We export the *hit out of ambition. We do export war and entertainment as well. Most of the wars were good. Some were not (especially recently). A lot of the entertainment is good. Some is not (especially recently).

Hello Everyone, I thought this board would be a good place to post this due to the generosity it's members have exibited in the past. I am participating in a charity to raise funds for Prostrate Cancer by growing what is sure to be a hideous 'stache. This is a bit personal for me as my father, who just happened to be the guy who instilled my love of fishing, passed away from this deadly disease a couple of years ago. Anything anyone here can do to help would be more than appreciated. Below is the donation letter. Thanks in advance! During Movember (the month formerly known as November) I'm growing a Moustache. That's right I'm bringing the Mo back because I'm passionate about tackling men's health issues and being proactive in the fight against prostate cancer. To donate to my Mo you can either: Click this link Donation Websiteand donate online using your credit card or PayPal account, or Write a cheque payable to the ‘Prostate Cancer Research Foundation of Canada', referencing my Registration Number 1945161 and mailing it to: Prostate Cancer Research Foundation of Canada Attn: Movember 145 Front Street East Suite 306 Toronto Ontario M5A 1E3 Donations are tax deductible to the extent permitted by law. The money raised by Movember is donated directly to the Prostate Cancer Research Foundation of Canada who will use the funds to create awareness and fund research across the country into prevention, detection and treatment, with a goal to ending the threat of prostate cancer. Did you know: Every year around 24,700 Canadian men are diagnosed with prostate cancer and about 4,300 die of the disease, making it the number one cancer threat to Canadian men. 1 in 7 men will develop prostate cancer in their lifetime. All men over the age of 40 are potentially at risk and should talk to their doctor about the disease and early detection. Prostate cancer is 95% curable if detected and treated early. For those that have supported Movember in previous years you can be very proud of the impact it has had and can check out the details at: Fundraising Outcomes. Movember culminates at the end of month Gala Partés. If you would like to be part of this great night you'll need to purchase Gala Parte' Tickets Thanks for your support, Rick.

I would not argue with the brute force angle. But as someone who worked in the military for awhile, I can tell you that brute force is backed up by tons of high tech as well. Now I don't doubt that a Admiral came up with a plan to disable a fleet. Hopefully, his ability to think is why we made him an admiral. That said, I don't think many terrorists (or countries for that matter) possess the intimate knowledge he did. So while he restricted himself to resources available to a middle eastern country, I would think that his knowledge would be un-reproduceable by a middle eastern enemy. But I will look for the book, I like that kind of stuff. Another suggestion: Blind Man's Bluff about the nuclear submarine service is an excellent read.

Amazing that for all our stupidity, we basically run the world. Praise the lord, and pass the ammunition.

Back when I was in the service, the Canadians had some pretty nice ships. Don't know how well they compare today...... THE USS RONALD REAGAN CVN 76 Seeing it next to the Arizona Memorial really puts its size into perspective... USS REAGAN PASSING THE ARIZONA MEMORIAL When the Bridge pipes 'Man the Rail' there is a lot of rail to man on this monster shoulder to shoulder, around 4.5 acres. Her displacement is about 100,000 tons with full complement. Capability: Top speed exceeds 30 knots (note from Rick: my bet is WAY over 30 kts.), powered by two nuclear reactors that can operate for more than 20 years without refueling (Note from Rick: I used to run the reactors when I was in the Navy. Bad ass pieces of gear!) 1. Expected to operate in the fleet for about 50 years 2. Carries over 80 combat aircraft? 3. Three arresting cables can stop a 28-ton aircraft going 150 miles per hour in less than 400 feet Size: Towers 20 stories above the waterline? 1. 1092 feet long; nearly as long as the Empire State Building is tall 2. Flight deck covers 4.5 acres 3. 4 bronze propellers, each 21 feet across, weighing 66,200 pounds 4. 2 rudders, each 29 by 22 feet and weighing 50 tons 5. 4 high speed aircraft elevators, each over 4,000 square feet Capacity: Home to about 6,000 Navy personnel 1. Carries enough food and supplies to operate for 90 days 2. 18,150 meals served daily 3. Distillation plants provide 400,000 gallons of fresh water from sea water daily, enough for 2000 homes 4. Nearly 30,000 light fixtures and 1,325 miles of cable and wiring, 1,400 telephones 5. 14,000 pillowcases and 28,000 sheets 6. Costs the Navy approximately $250,000 per day for pier side operation 7. Costs the Navy approximately $25 million per day for underway operations (Sailor's salaries included). CDN NAVY WELCOMES HMCS JEAN CHRETEIN Sunday July 2nd 2006 leaving Vancouver, BC The DND welcomed the latest member of its fleet today. Pictured below: The Jean Chretien (CVS1) set sail today from its home of Vancouver, BC. The ship is the first of its kind in the Navy and is a standing legacy to Jean Chretien 'for his foresight in military budget cuts' and his conduct while prime minister. The ship is constructed nearly entirely from recycled aluminum and is completely solar powered with a top speed of 5 knots. It boasts an arsenal comprised of one (unarmed) Sea King helicopter or one (unarmed) CF18 Hornet aircraft which, although they cannot be launched or captured on the 100 foot flight deck, form a very menacing presence. As a standing order there are no firearms allowed on board. The 20-person crew is completely diversified, including members of all races, creeds, sex, and sexual orientation. Don't ask-don't tell. The crew aboard the HMCS Jean Chretien is specially trained to avoid conflicts and appease any and all enemies of Canada at all costs! A Type One DNC Universal Translator can send messages of apology in any language to anyone who may find Canada offensive. The number of apologies are limitless and, though some may sound hollow and disingenuous, the Navy advises that all apologies will sound very sincere. Note: I got this from a Canadian and am just passing it along. Don't shoot the messenger!!

I've done most of my, uh, fishing with a skinny short rod that takes two hands to operate properly. Not till I learned to fly fish did I learn to, uh, manipulate a longer rod while using only one hand. It was still skinny though.

"myopic backwoods religious right homophobia fresh out of middle America" Wow. I've never seen any evidence of "myopic backwoods religious right homophobia fresh out of middle America" in Alberta. Oh wait, yes I have.

Both in Midnapore. There is nothing good in Douglasdale.

I'd hate to see Tim Curry in drag again. THAT would be scary. Maybe scarier than clowns. What scares me? Sharks eating fish off my stringer. Sharks eating my fish as I'm catching them, while wading. Alligators. Bears. Cougars. Basically, I hate things with sharp teeth.

Vern's isn't bad, has a stupid amount of toppings. A bit pricey. My favorite is Olive Grove. Great pizza. They don't deliver to Chaparral, so we do it as take out. They may deliver to Sundance as they are in Midnapore.

Pretty funny Dolly. I was going to say Jane Russell, but I was afraid the reference would be too arcane for you.

Hey lynn, it was a struggle, but I think I kept up. Boy, I sure am glad you put out that little poky emoticon thingy. I was starting to shiver in fear. Girls are spooky when they are worked up, even if they are pretend worked up. Hey, that last sentence was pretty funny. Following the double entendre there blondie? You can look up double entendre on the internet if you need to. But if that is too difficult, I'll put a link below. Just click on it and read. Slowly. Simple links for blondes Should I put that poky emoticon thing here, or can you infer it?

Listen up blondie: If you think that by being a girl, you can just come in here and throw down like that, well...... You probably can. (that was pretty nasty by the way, you miserable bitch) And it's Chaparralite, you Douglasdalian. Oh, and while we are comparing areas, sounds like todays score was: Chaparral area 14 Douglasdale area 0

You think you could sing in Italian like those Gondola dudes in Venice (which is sinking as sea levels rise-I just made that up)? I'll talk to the wife in the morning. She is on a girl's night out. PM me your phone number.

125 huh? I have never thought W was stupid. But I don't want my president to only be in top 10%. I would say top 1% or better. I'd put my SATs up against W's, and I ain't anywhere near smart enough to be president. Neither was he, just born into the right family.

She skunked me for a couple of hours, but once it fired up, it fired up. May have been one of those days where timing was the key. Our maybe Douglasdale just sucks.

Texan?