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An interesting read (especially the blog comments)... http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/200...ands-toxin.html

If you were on a Mac I could help you... Sorry! Maybe Marc (Headscan) can assist?! P

Sun, Can't comment on the touch, but a suggestion as far as if/when you are ready to purchase one... Use your Air Miles/Aeroplan points, etc. and purchase Future Shop gift cards... IMHO, its better value to put these type of points towards purchasing "things" then using them for impossible to get seats on flights... Just my opinion. P

Mike, MEC has a pretty good selection of high quality reasonable priced goggles. I'm with Rick, get something in the gold/bronze range or even polarized to block out the flat light... Also, if you haven't already done so, please, please please buy a helmet! Brain injuries are not fun!! C-ya on the slopes! P

I think I found the guy that has been blowing things up in Northern AB!! P P.S. J/K! I know... I shouldn't joke about things like that!

Armed Forces vet = hippy!! I don't think so!! <--poke--< Talk about a contradiction! P

Come on! <--poke--< Freedom is overrated!!

Come on!! Bigger is better in North America!!

Guys, So does the snow/ice not get in between the sole and boot? P

Ok I lied... One more comment/link from yesterday's Guardian "Canada's image lies in tatters. It is now to climate what Japan is to whaling" http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/ci...en-climate-deal P

That's where my caveat of "ethics" comes in... Even though numbers may sustain a harvest, is it ethical to harvest a sentient being, as opposed to an animal that was raised (produced) for food?! Trying to play devils advocate, but it's been a long day and I'm not doing this discussion justice... So I'll bow out... P P.S. I was also trying to parallel the ethical concerns and ineffeicency of oilsands production, but didn't that that justice either ... (to me)

Good point! How outraged are people to learn that horse meat in Europe is a multi million (if not billion) dollar industry!! And that Alberta is one of the largest producers of horse meat bound for Europe! P

For me it's purely an "ethics" and numbers issue!! If the population of whales (no one species specifically), bears, sharks, seals, trees, oilsands (efficiently and environmentally extracted), etc. cannot sustain a "harvest", then ethically, harvesting should be outlawed!! And I'm talking real statistics as opposed to manipulated stats P *edit* I've included the "oilsands" in my response b/c as far as I know "they" need to become more efficient in their production (producing negative output vs. what is put in?!), plus they defintely need to improve "their" environmental practices (water use, etc)... (FYI, I am not an industry type so I'm more or less speaking out of my a$$, i.e., not fully educated on the subject matter, just going on some of the info I've read - so I'm sure I'll get hammered on it!!)

Yeah but I'd fit right in, in Banff! P

Überlatte!! Cool $hit!

Dad has a pair of seal skin over boots from back in the day!! Just need to replace the zippers and they're as good as new!! P

A (grizzly) bear skin rug and seal skin boots!! And "shark fin soup" to bring in the New Year!! P

Again, I must qualify my previous statements!! Yes I do feel that grizzlies are "slaughtered" b/c they are just killed for sport (pelts, gallbladders, etc.) and not for food! So no confusion with that part of my statement - I did say that and stand by what I said! I don't hunt, I'm not "against" hunting per se (legal and ethical hunting practices) but at the same time, I don't personally "agree" with hunting (yes there is a difference). P

So how does grizzly taste anyway?! My point is/was that grizzlies aren't hunted for food (are they?)! My comments were directed to the "proponents" of grizzly hunts in AB - b/c they argue that it is their right to hunt grizzlies even knowing that they are a threatened species. And for the record, I never did state that a I was against hunting (I understand the "management" of wildlife ) nor that I am "morally superior" to anyone! P

Against?! yes and no! The brutality of how they kill, yes!! Do they really need to beat a pup senseless?! Again, if the populations can sustain the "hunt" and they don't torture the animals, then no. Now of course I'm just going on what the "propaganda" shows... I mean, who wears fur now-a-days any way! P

Checkout Norwegian babe, "Sissy Wish" (album version is better IMHO)

Congrats on the success of your fundraiser Rick (and to Dale and Smitty)! Cheers! P

I agree with some of what Gore,etc. states and I'm a vegetarian (so sue me!! ) The Japanese are environmental rapists!! They have devistated all the natural resources in their country and couldn't give two $hits about the environments of the industries they control around the world (look at what they do in Northern AB's logging industry)! P

Ok, I should have qualified my statement to Alberta specific grizzly hunts!! The declining populations in and around Alberta CANNOT sustain a "sport" specific hunt. Realistically who actually eats grizzly?! They are slaughtered for SPORT only!! Deer on the other hand can feed people and hunts manage populations (I get that)!! The only way to "manage" grizzly bear populations is to NOT allow them to be hunted b/c there are not enough to sustain breeding populations presently (that was my comparison to bull trout populations). As far as whaling goes, yes they feed people, but again, with the declining numbers, no amount of "hunting" (mass market slaughter) can sustain their populations! And when the whaling industry purposely misleads the public by saying their whaling expeditions are "scientific" in nature, that's just not ethical no matter how you look at it!! P P.S. When I fish I practice C & R (yeah, yeah I know not 100% non fatal)! Can't really compare that to hunting (100% mortality rate)!! As well, most of the Grizzlies killed in AB by hunting (as opposed to transportation) are killed by poachers (which is much more then the alloted tags that are drawn each year with legal hunts)!!

Really!! How? Why? It's like saying I can understand the reason why people poach bull trout or kill grizzlies!! (native commuities excuded from this comment regarding whaling communities) P