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These I have to have. Nordic Gear Lectra Wader Sox Battery Heated Socks $29.99 Anyone seen them in Calgary? It wouldn't surprise me if I walked past them at Russell sports, I was like a fat kid in a candy store walking up and down the isles. I "think" I was there for about an hour, but its a little foggy since I moaned at everything I wanted but couldn't have, which took me forever to look at them all. lol. Now that I'm old enough I don't bring Cards or payday in my pocket when I go to buy something for $50, cause I could spend a fortune at a place like that, and I'm on my way, but I have much more important things to spend money on now like "Daddy, I want this...Oh!, and I want this too. My friend has blah, blah, blah". lol, Not to mention 100 cents a litre gas, and $2 loaves of bread. I almost froze my footsies right off last week, since I discovered another leak in my crapola waders. These puppies would be perfect for the winter wading. I'm sure 90% of my gifts are going to be fishing related, its about all I can think of that I want lately. Plus theres a million things to have and eventually 'need'.

30 paces is 30 yards, or 90 feet. I wouldn't underestimate the details to a group event, not regulation wise, but rather the responsibilities. Although fly fishermen would definitely be in the "low impact" category, a few dozen people with spiked boots, advanced fishing skills & instructions/advice, custom flies, alcohol and wieners to attract the bears, lol j/k. I'm not suggesting its a bad idea, but I read an article in a magazine recently (AB game warden), and it printed a letter from a reader who vilified ATV's and although it was a bit over dramatic IMO, it did talk about the impact they have on creeks, streams, rivers and wildlife. Some of the aspects I hadn't really appreciated till after I read it. Without question organizing a competition could be done effectively, and although 8 people working a wintering hole could be detrimental, I doubt it would cause much harm. However a weekend even publicly announced, is another beast altogether.

And for all the same reasons. You then inevitably regulate who can guide, and who cannot if there are people bidding on the same area, which is a good thing unless your a guide who lost out. Considering how few guides there are and Alberta not having an extensive fishery in comparison to BC or the Maritimes. It would likely cost more then it collects to use the same structure as the new outiftter regulations. The more management and income you can put in our rivers the better IMO, to the point of communism. lol. I don't think tourists bring children on guided trips or even to the river to stock up on Trout. The flip side is if a Father/Parent wants to take his children fishing, whom aren't likely to impact the fishery since they lack skill and patience to focus on 'bag limits', it doesn't cost him a fortune to do so. $30 a licence for a child isn't fair, and would only cause problems enforcing regulations upon children. If a guide is guiding people in an area that he doesn't fish or bother to get a licence for, he'll likely be out of business soon. Also 'fishing licences' are essentially irrelevant to the 'guiding licenses' issue IMO.

There are some odd 'large type' images. Someone spelled "Garlic?" in used tires, and other head scratchers. This guy has the same thing on his mind as me. A cry for help? Or a covert narcotic operations sending messages? Lots of these Greeting from Iraq

Dayuum Thats one helluva fish. I'd trade U2 concert tickets for one of those.

Perfect nick-name I'd say. lol. I figured it was more likely West coast or out east, if I recognized Calgary I never would have asked. Heck they sell Timmys in Kandahar, let alone New York, Maine, Connecticut. I've been actually trying to find some yellow or clear glasses to protect the eyes when its too dard for shades, I didn't know they sell them in 'Rockstar' styles. lol

East of Calgary, the pics show mostly summer dates. Heres some truck/trailers at a boat launch on the Bow, theres over a dozen. Bow_River_Boat_launch.zip

I'm sure anyone with a PC knows about Google earth by now, but what a tool for finding a place to fish. I've been driving around, unintentionally trespassing, all in search of a good spot. Also I've put place-marks at the locations as a journal. Noting the fly, time, date and fish details in the description. Shrinking the place-mark icon helps. The images from the Bow, east of Calgary at least, are during the 2005 flood. I'd like to see some updates, and it would be cool if you could compare the two. I know it makes it difficult to see river bottom and flow details, not to mention makes it impossible to know exactly how it looks today. The recent floods have made the Bow a pretty dynamic river in terms of carving shoreline, and flow paths. I'm still trying to spot a drift boat or some people in the water, although people might be impossible. In Europe the resolution is awesome, you can see people sun tanning on rooftops, and distinguish car makes. I've wondered if people got busted from Google earth? While checking out your buddies house you see your wifes car there. lol. Or some killer burying a body in the woods. hehe. I'm sure I'll see it on American Justice someday, Exhibit A. I want to write "f you" on the top of my quonset in giant letters, for then next pictures. I can see my truck at where I used to work, only cause I always parked at the same spot that nobody else used. Anyone have some cool 'Google sight-seeing' place-marks? There on the web, http://googlesightseeing.com/.

Now your confusing me. If it wasn't for the 'Rockstar' glasses I would have never asked since the Timmy's cup. Yet being Irish and a pretty mellow guy it didn't seem impossible. Plus, you don't see it?

Is that really Bono? If so, is that your pic?

How about some custom work?

cheater.

let me know.

But if it is...

I dunno.

I just watched a video of fly fishing at Tierra Del Fuego, in Argentina on the Rio Grande. Some 30-33 lbs are caught each year.

How about a rod Made from weed? Far out man.

Whats funny is that when I was young, the women at my families 'fishing/camping trips' used to out fish the men and it we would rib each other for being out done. I've never had a shovenistic opinion of fishing, but some people who can't help themselves but announce something they haven't seen before. "Hey, wow! that guy is blind" when his 8 feet away, or "wow, you have big teeth" while being introduced to someone. Do'h. My friend Stu is like that, although his fault is from a 'harmless' lack of intellegence, but its amazing and soooo embarassing when your with him. lol

I think they even fish on that show, I dunno I've seen a few episodes and haven't noticed any 'fishing'. I'm surprised he hasn't been killed, kidnapping people in Mexico, arresting Crack-heads daily has to shorten your life expectancy. And after all that, His wife scares me more. She doesnt need the mace.

I've had a stand up freezer in the garage for over a decade and its fine. I recently put it near the car-door and its been kicking in less, and I turned it down to like 3. I didn't realize it could do damage or harm by cold surroundings so I'm going to pay extra attention to it. I did notice it was a little louder which explains colder oil. Yet the garage floor is slab heated so it doesnt get freezing, maybe 10c at worst, back when we had real winters.

I think it just the motions of the global economy being based in China soon. The US has lost its place at the top, and we will need to compare the loonie to the yuan to get a sense of Canadas economic stance. Mark Trumbull Rolf Englund Welcome to the Walmart world 8-)

Ya, I've got an eye on a camera and I've seen the difference myself. Whats interesting to note that the price difference isn't near equal for all items, some products are worse then others. Most notably, Asian electronics. I'm sure most of the blame is on companies lack of understanding the details involved. The Apple software is the perfect example. Even Apple calculates Canadian bandwidth as twice the price. Now thats ignorant, but sadly not uncommon. I remember when Xbox live first came online, while registering for support and networking it asked you for your country. Now there were countries galore, about almost 100, yet no Canada. I'm sure I wasn't the only one who pointed it out, but if your a multi billion dollar business and you simply over-look Canada, which is just over a hundred miles from your headquarters, its proof of the lack of understanding. If the dollar stays above the green-back, then I'm sure we will see the changes come. Money talks.

Now I know what the term "Free Trade" means in definition, but its not a fair calculation to compare the US and Canada in terms of market. Supply and demand dictate prices manufactures determine for a specific area. I'm in no way justifying the price differences you've noticed, but just adding some balance to the issue. The US has 300 million people and manufacture the majority of the majority of all products. Canada is one tenth the market the US is, and it has higher taxes, shipping rates and wages. Essentially the camera argument is one to be given to China, since they are selling the cameras to the US market far cheaper then the Canadian. Compound that with our higher 'cost of business' and you should expect a difference. The new question is where does 'Ebay' and the internet fit in to our 'free market', since its obviously putting the pressure on retail. Again, I'm not arguing the variation is 'fair' at all, but I think the internet acts like a huge magnifying glass which is upsetting to the consumer. Since the dollar value rise, and the US's decline the old excuse of "well their dollars better then ours" lost all credibility regarding price differences. However, you must look at them both as fair markets and the costs involved. Cannon pays X amount to ship cameras to L.A and sells boat loads more then they do to Calgary. That has a significant impact on price, and retailers need for profit per item. Also, duty fee's are things to consider in price, even though their collection isn't a reliable factor. I do expect that to change, since Canadian retailers will eventually be unable to compete. Yet another factor, is that the dollar variance will take at least a year to really see the impact, and much longer to see the full effect.

Heres some info from 'highdefforum' HDMI stands for "High Definition Multimedia Interface". It is the latest standard which integrates the same digital video bitstream as DVI-D (Single Link) with up to eight channels of high-res digital audio. What's more, it is a two-way communicating bus, allowing a source and display device to "talk" to each other. For example, a display device (eg Plasma screen) can tell your source devcie (eg DVD) what format it wants to run in, and the DVD can output the appropriate signal. This is of course reliant on the manufacturers making their firmware compatible with this capability. It's essentially the modern-day SCART cable, containing both picture and sound. The picture quality of DVI-D and HDMI will be identical, assuming the same standard of cable is being compared, as the video signal/bitstream is the same. HDMI differs in that it also contains audio, has communications ability, and takes up less real estate on a device's connections panel. A "Single Link" DVI connection contains three data channels for digitized RGB information (called "Transition Minimized Differential Signaling"), offering a bandwidth which can support up to 1920x1080 HD progressive resolution. "Dual Link" has a secondary parallel connection of the same digital RGB "T.M.D.S." data channels, increasing bandwidth to a supported resolution of 2048x1536 progressive. It's important to first note that "DVI" (Digital Video Interface) refers to the connector, or interface, only. It's application can vary. There are three main types of DVI; DVI-I, DVI-D and a third one which is rarely mentioned, DVI-A. This latter one is DVI "Analogue", which is quite obviously analogue only. This is essentially VGA (RGB-HV) in a different plug. DVI-D is at the other end of the scale, being pure Digital video only. DVI-I combines the two, containing both analogue and digital cores. DVI-I does NOT convert ananlogue to digital. Rather it just provides a convenient connection to offer analogue or digital in the one cable. DVI-I and DVI-D can be distinguished by the presence (DVI-I) or absence (DVI-D) of four extra pins - two above and two below the flat horizontal location pin. As for "Monster Cable" its a waste of money. Unless you have a very long distance to travel or watch TV with a microscope, any decent cable will do. If you run optical audio to a receiver, then you can use a DVI-D cable to the TV for Video only. If your PVR system is HD, then you need HDMI or DVI-D, or you may as well get a SD TV since you wont be veiwing HD. As stated, Composite (RGB RCA connectors) is Analogue and although it will look better then S-video its not HD.

Nice Library? How many can you take at a time? Since I have some time to catch up on my reading, P.S - don't beleive the Zoot suit stories.