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you can still buy rum in that Cardston country?? or do ya import it outta the Excited States??

Yo Cuttbow, single spey? yeah but only about 10x rod length. Just noticed your location, you living over there in the acreages w/the rest of Claresholm's upper crust and my little brother? I myself reside in the lower rent part of town and only allowed over there to visit on occasion.

Straight 18% coffee cream, I asked.....BTW McDons and A & Dub has better coffee than Timmies and shorter lineups too.

Ah hell Lynn, there is a reason I don't mind the dawghouse.

Q. How can you tell if your girlfriend is overweight? A. She starts fitting your wife's clothes!

Oh I still can outrun the old girl but she's sneaky, I think it's her La Cosa Nostra blood, her grandfather was associated somehow with the more famous Pass rumrunner back in the day Sorry Clive our dog house ain't like that. I know, I've been in it often enough

Angus? Is that you man?

Coffee strong enough to stand a spoon in, cream, 2 sugars.....10,000,000 Hollanders can't all be wrong :D

Dear Abby, My wife just threatened me with physical violence if I bought any more stuff on Ebay. Her exact words were "I kill ya if I find any more PayPal receipts" Do you think I should tell her about my 3 purchases in the last week including the rod above? I'm really not that worried about it because the doghouse is quite comfortable. My only real cause for concern is the new life insurance policy she recently took out on me. I really have no idea what she's carrying on about because I only have 9 fiberglass rods and a similar number of graphite ones, plus I have recently taken steps to pair down my collection. Do I have any cause for concern?? Perplexed In Claresholm

stuttered long?

Baileys works good too

The shock resistant feature of the Olympus does appeal to me having broken a couple of P&S but deep down I'm a Pentax freak, I tend to like the colour saturation in the Pentax shot jpegs better. Up to you, they're both good cameras

Must you always be the voice of reason Rick? Sheesh! You take all the fun outta being an Internet troll. Grumble Grumble ;)

Where's Toolman? My new stick is all of 6'6" and can punch out a 40' cast... 50' w/tailwind and a doublehaul.

WTF??

W/all the latest technological advances circa 1969! Now when the hell spring comin'??

any bailout will make very little difference to those companies. No matter what happens it ain't gonna be pretty. The *hit is well distributed in the fan blades by now, all that remains to be seen is how far away will the splatter land.

yeah and I know more bears see me than I see of them funny, I had a campground attendant bitching about Jeff "sneakin" around and watchin' people through binocs. He didn't seem to think it was quite kosher somehow.

also a company like GM does not cease to exist it if goes into bankruptcy. Court ordered bankruptcy protection just gives a company time to reorganize. Hard to believe? Air Canada, American, United, and Northwest Airlines have all been bankrupt @ one time or another and there's still 10s of thousands of people earnin' good wages in those companies. Let the f***ers fold

exactly Bloom, best bang for the CO buck is the high profile high risk areas. I don't exactly fish high day use areas, I usually see far more bears than I do COs

Jesus!

I must have an honest face or sumthin', I've had my fishing licenses checked a total of maybe 3 times that I can remember in my life, that's in 3 provinces, 2 territories and a half dozen or so states and I've fished a bunch in the last 40 yrs

Well as long as we're dreamin' here, fish my way through this book http://www.afsbooks.org/x52006xm.html

I stole this from another site but I think its kinda appropriate around here Doin' the B.I.G. W.A.D If you are a married fly fisherman there is an aspect of the hobby that isn't often mentioned in mixed company. It is spoken about in whispers if wives are close by and its mere mention while women are present can widen eyes, raise eyebrows and instantly force a change of subject. This side activity of fly-fishing is called, Doin' the B.I.G. W.A.D., which stands for:Bringing In Goodies While Avoiding Detection. In this day when more couples are fishing together; the challenge of smuggling in a newly acquired rod or reel while the wife is in the shower or is visiting her mother has become a lost art; especially the clandestine capers when longer two piece rods are involved. It is for this reason that the BIG WAD Olympiad Challenge was created. I'm not trying to brag but I won the 2004 Gold Medal in rod smuggling by acquiring in excess of 12 new rods without the wife's knowledge. I also won the 2007 Gold Medal for reels. I am presently in the running for the 2008 Gold Medal in the Fiberglass Rod division. For that reason I can offer you several champions' tips to help you out: Rod Ownership Tip - NEVER buy a rod rack! It makes it too easy to count. I use a rod bag and stash my tubes inside. When I go fishing all she ever sees is me carrying out the rod bag. Also consider tube socks or covers to hide differences in tube types, rod brands, models or colors. Mail Ordering Tips - have your stuff shipped to work or get a friend to receive the contraband for you. Unfortunately; telling her that the rod tube just delivered by UPS sitting on the front step; "is your old rod that you sent out for repair"; only works once every three years...if you're clumsy. How to Acquire New Rods - IF you are in the market for new carpeting; buy a new rod or three and take them to the carpet store and have the carpet guy them stash them inside of the cardboard tube. When they deliver the new carpet; your wife will be so excited she'll never notice you smuggling the new rods out of the carpet tube and into the safety and security of the basement. If you carpet the whole house; you can completely re-outfit yourself with all new rods! Spey and surf rods are generally reserved for living room carpets. Desperate New Rod Acquisition Measures - while this may be considered drastic; if you live near the ocean; become a pirate and get a peg leg. Having a peg leg makes it VERY easy to smuggle in 4 or 5 piece rods; not to mention parrot feathers. Warranty Cards - if you buy tackle with a warranty that requires mailing in a card; make sure you DON'T leave it lying around with the rest of the outgoing mail or worse yet; give it to her to mail. Likewise IF the manufacturer mails confirmation back; MAKE sure to ask them to send it to your work address. One rod company almost ended my marriage by mailing back 3 warranty confirmations on the same day! How to Acquire New Reels - they all look the same to the uninitiated as long as they are the same color. Stick with the same brand and color reels and have your significant other buy you one as a gift. Then; when she sees the Evolution 0, 1, or 1.5 that you bought for yourself; you can tell her it's the Evolution 2 she bought for you. BTW; this also works for rods. How to Acquire Grade 1 Hackle Capes I - tell her most fly tying stuff like thread, hooks, beads, chenille, etc is cheap; "yea honey; this junk is like, $2.00 a spool, or a buck a bag". Then when you order a few necks at $80 a pop; tell her you ordered thread and beads. How to Acquire Grade 1 Hackle Capes II - likewise make sure to let her know that you ALWAYS need LOTS of feathers for fly tying. Buy a pack of biot quills for $2.00 and while showing them to her say, "yup, always need lot of feathers like these". Then when you order three Whiting Gold capes; tell her you ordered feathers. How to Acquire Fly Tying Tools - tell her you haven't been feeling well when she sees the Dr. Slickcatalog on your desk. Then tell her you may order some vitamins from the catalog and instead order all new scissors and hemostats. How to Buy Hooks - buy fancy premium hooks by the 100. The package is about the same size as a 25 pack and you will be sneaking in 4 times the amount at one time; but leave an empty package of 25 lying around with a $5.00 price tag on it so she thinks a 100 cost $5.00. How to Acquire Fur From Soft Fuzzy Animals If She Loves Little Soft Fuzzy Animals - go to JoAnn fabric and buy some synthetic craft fur and show it to her. Try and find a natural color like black or brown. Then; when you buy seal, rabbit, beaver, deer or any other cute fuzzy animal; tell her its craft fur from JoAnn's. How to Acquire New Fly Lines - watch a Jimmy Houston fishing program with her and when Jimmy talks about changing his $8.50 "fishing line"; tell her it's probably about time you did the same; and order a $100 Sci Angler Sharkskin. How to Acquire a New Vest, Pack or Gear Bag - if you don't have an outdoor pond; tell her you have been thinking about it. If you can talk her into it; get a Fish Pond catalog and order yourself a new vest and a gear bag or two. Hiding Your Investments - buy Goo Gone and black permanent markers so you can either remove the price tags or cross out the price of newly acquired items. Keep receipts in a locked secure location only YOU have the key to. How to Hide Other Purchases - if she asks; Renzetti makes grated cheese, Simms is a furniture store; L.L. Bean makes, "Large Lima Beans"; Sage is a herb; Ross sells "Dresses for Less" and Whiting is the name of that famous girl singer from the 1940's & 50's. Other Brand Name Catalog Tips - HIDE THEM! How to Justify New Purchases - buy an old junker of a reel or an old beater rod at a flea market and let her see you fiddling with it like you ALWAYS had it. Then sell it on eBay and tell her you just sold one of your fly reels or rods so you have the cash to buy a new one. It works like a charm! How to Visit Fly Shops - If you must visit a fly shop while with your wife; always pick one next to a woman's clothing store and suggest she goes shopping. Be prepared to feel EXTRA guilty if she meets you back at the car, ten minutes after you stash a new Abel reel under the seat and says: "I didn't buy anything, it was all too expensive". Also NEVER let her come inside where she may have an opportunity to see price tags. If that happens, it's over! Always remember that Doin' the B.I.G W.A.D unsuccessfully results in failure; sometimes referred to as The OOPS! Good luck and DON'T let your wife read this!