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I've just used a beading needle when tying extended foam bodies on stonefly and hopper patterns. The Renzetti pins look like they might work better for smaller stuff like mayflies. Anyway, for those who are interested, there's an article on using the Renzetti pins in the current (i.e. Winter 2009) edition of Fly Tyer magazine. Terry

Well, I'm pretty sure you're going to get the first part of your wish, and the second part is shaping of pretty nicely too. BTW, I agree with everything else you said too. Terry

No, we Oilers fans are still here. We're quiet, because it doesn't look like anything good is going to happen (Oilerswise) until the draft. :lol: Terry PS The Oilers do know how to throw a New Year's party though. However, they have this problem, both off and on the ice, that they don't want to "pay the price."

I came across this cool video on another site. Each yellow dot represents one aircraft. The video shows a full 24 our period. Note how the traffic levels change as daylight arrives in Europe and then North America. When you see the huge number of aricraft in the air at any one time, it adds some perspective on the risk of flying. Terry name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>"> name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350">Click here if the movie does not play.

How about a $4/L carbon tax on gasoline. Think of all the $'s we could raise to help stop CO2 emissions and global warming. Terry

Folks, let's not forgot what wind chill means. If the ambient temperature is -30C, and the wind chill is reported as -40C, a body will cool until it reaches equilibrium at -30C (not -40C). The fact that there is a wind, just increases the rate at which the body cools, but not the equilibrium temperature. So if we need -40C to kill pine beetles, then the ambient temperature must be -40C. End of lecture. Terry

I wasn't trying to hide anything. Anyone who watched or listened to the debate would figure that part out. BTW, as far as the Munk debate resolution is concerned, the good guys (i.e. my side) were the Con side. Terry

I posted the audio and video links in another thread. Yes, it is a great discussion. Terry

The dog ate my data -- and when he barfed it up, it looked like .....

Yeh, and the winning goal by Stortini the scoring Machini no less. Terry

This video says it all as far as I'm concerned. It runs about 35 minutes, but is well worth watching -- easy for me to say, I'm not at work . Terry Lord Monkton on Climategate

I barfed all over my keyboard -- thanks Allan. When I see communications like this, my BS detectors go off and I immediately become sceptical (actually, I already was sceptical). Debate with facts and reasoned arguments or go home. BTW, for any 100 mile diet locavors out there, read the following article in today's National Post. The 100 mile delusion

Make that three -- yeeeeha! Terry

I read a few days ago, that the Brazilian delegation to Hopenhagen will number 700. Wow, sounds like some party. I wonder what their carbon footprint looks like. You can always count on the greenies to outdo themselves in the hypocrisy department. Terry

Ok, I give up. Are you speaking in some kind of strange dialect? Can we have a translator please. I still don't get your point, but then, being that you're done, who cares. Terry

Hey Chris, what took you so long? Usually when I jerk your chain, your reply is instantaneous. Terry

I have to admit that I don't understand what your point is. Nevertheless, if you understand the purpose of a debate, then maybe you can understand this "metric" for deciding who won. In the specific case of this Munk Debate, the audience was polled both before and after the debate. Prior to the debate, the positions held were Pro 61%, Con 39%. After hearing the debate, the positions were Pro 53%, Con 47%. It appears to me that the Con side was the most persuasive. The fact that the audience had a preponderance of "believers" (at least before hearing the debate) is surely irrelevant when judging the arguments made during the debate. The winner is surely the side that changed the most minds. If one wants to determine the winner by the final poll, then to be fair, one would have to ensure a 50/50 distribution before the debate. Otherwise, it's like starting a baseball, hockey, or football game with a score other than 0-0. Terry

Who crashed last night? The Flames. :lol: Terry

This just in NASA hiding their climate data too This is not the way "science" is supposed to be done. Terry

For all those following this thread, and all the others we've had on Global Warming, you may be interested in listening to or watching the Munk Debate held recently in Toronto. It's available in audio at Munk debate mp3 and in video here, Munk debate video The debate's resolution was "Climate change is mankind's defining crisis, and demands a commensurate response." On the pro side they had Elizabeth May and George Monbiot, and on the con side, Bjorn Lomborg and Nigel Lawson. If one's measure of victory is which team changed the minds of the most people in the audience, then the con side won. Anyway, it's interesting listening. In my biased opinion, the "pros" resorted to the usual emotional hype and the "cons" made very reasoned arguments -- rather like the discussion going on here. :lol: Terry

Yes, and the Flamers are on a 1 game losing streak. The universe is unfolding as it should Terry

Jimmay, you might want to talk to the folks at Auto Marine. They just did the repairs on my U-boat -- see previous thread concerning repairs/glue. Terry Float tube repair

While we are dealing with all these heavy questions concerning human treatment of animals, how about Burning Bunnies for heat? It seems pretty Green, but I still wonder what P.E.T.A. thinks?

Here's some interesting reading from a Professor of Meteorology at M.I.T. The Climate Science Isn't Settled -- Confident predictions of catastrophe are unwarranted Sure hope our politicians figure out what a boondoggle AGW is before they spend billions on pumping CO2 into the ground and other nonsensical schemes. Terry