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I agree. Not sure what licensing would be aimed at. While were at it. Can anyone explain why we have to register our cars every year?

now - everyone will talk about how the flames played really bad and lost against SJ. They did. They gave up 3 penalties and 19 shots. But 4 goals on 19 shots is piss poor. The Bruins got outshot 18-2 in the first the other night, went into the intermission down 1-0 - And won the game. Thats what a goalie can do for a team.

Don, You're old enough to remember when anything that came from J-A-pan was considered crap. Now Honda and Toyota are most respected for quality. This thanks to an American who couldn't get anyone to buy-in to his ideas on quality. The rest of asian manufacturing will be the same. When you get you new microwave - here are some fun things you can use it for. http://margo.student.utwente.nl/el/microwave/

Here we go again. Another weak goal in the first few minutes. Much better though, he made 4 stops before he let the first goal in. If he keeps playing this well, he may only give up 5 tonight. You can only laugh when you see a goalie gripping the stick that tight, up by 2 with 54 seconds left. Can you imagine if they were up by one?

I must have seen him right after you. He walked out of the Starbucks, someone called his name and he turned to look as he was walking. Walked right in front of a city bus. Fortunately it went right between his legs. Actually, I really liked it when Cujo was here last year - I wish we still had him. Ran into Conroy once - great guy to talk to, really attentive and zero attitude.

I have the older Legend Cx and it is great but does lose the signal if you are in forest. If you can find a clearing, the signal if fine - in the mountains or out of them. My Brother In law just got the new garmin (I think it is the 60 Cx) and it gets it's signal far faster and seems to be much better at keeping the signal in the trees. Colour screen is a must and see if you can find one pre-loaded with the Canada West topo map - it is pricey but the device is pretty much useless without it. You can download routes, link to google earth, and the device will store all of the tracks you have taken in the memory. I use the Energizer lithium batteries in it and carry and extra set. The lithium AAs are lighter and last a long long time. I also have a compass in my watch as a back-up but have never needed it. Most common use for me is to keep track of how far I've wandered up a river or creek so that I can estimate when I should turn around and head back, and marking spots where I catch fish on a lake - this is really useful. All in all - a great piece of kit to have. Most often don't even need it, but just knowing you have it will allow you to wonder off into forest that you would never even think of without one. Sort of like Bear Spray - may never need it, but makes you feel better to have it.

That sucks. Must make for interesting family get togethers. Secret spots are tough to find and tougher to keep. I have two that I go to (maybe once a year each) that are within 2 hours of Calgary. I imagine one of these times I'll get there and either find someone there, find sign of someone being there, or find that the fishing is suddenly bad. Thats why I always try to keep two. As someone said - if you are willing to bushwhack (not following trails) for 1-2 km - there are good spots out there. BTW - have you ever been way in the hell back off in the middle of no-where and wonder to yourself if perhaps you are the first person to set foot on that ground? Then about two minutes later you find an old beer bottle. I swear that has happened to me about four times.

Enjoyed most of it. The last few frames were not necessary IMO. Did you guys ride your bicycles out to that spot?

Yup - I agree. Anyone but Edmonton. Maybe we could trade them Bert for their rookie goalie though. 6 more past our superstar tonight. Deslauriers made 37/38 saves tonight. Kipper let in 3 goals on the first 12 shots. At least Chicago realized they made a huge mistake on on Khabibulin and moved on. I expect Calgary will have to miss the playoffs before Sutter will admit that Kipper is not an elite goalie, and find someone else.

UGLY. By far the worst performance by the flames this year. God awful. Too bad thats what they give Curtis. Score 7 the otehr night to bail Kipper out of yet another miserable performance, and tonight - nothinig. Primeau may be the worst scrapper I've ever seen. Didn't he go out with a concussion last year from getting smacked. And didn't his brother's career end early for the same reason. What a moron.

So lets here from all the oiler fans about how the NHL doesn't do what they can to keep the games close. 5-0 and they call that crap. Hope they make these refs watch the game after.

I'd say if my 15 year old daughter is addicted to meth, a taser blast is the least of her worries. Regarding pepper spray - check this video out, sometimes it is not that effective. A Taser works immediately. Click here if the movie does not play.

By taking, do you mean shooting?

I agree - they shouldn't have to tazer people because people should not try to resist/fight them. If they do, Taze them. True story. I lived in Germany in 84/85 and liked to have a good time. (Had a couple of opportunities to meet the Polizei). Early on, got some advice from a German girl I was seeing - 'Don't f^% with the Polizei' so we didn't. While I was there though, the Polizei show up to break up a fight outside a bar. The cops try to bust in, and one of the guys takes a swing with a knife and cuts the cop in the arm (through his heavy leather jacket). The other cop calmly draws his gun and proceeds to shoot the guy (no struggle, no warning, just BANG!). Anyway, the guy goes down bleeding, and a while later an ambulance arrives. They head over to check out the dude that was shot, but the second cop intercepts them and makes them go deal with the first cop's arm first - took them 15 minutes to stitch him up and bandage his arm. Meanwhile, buddy is laying on the ground bleeding. Instead of trying to cover it up, the cops heavily publicized the story as a deterrent. Here, both cops would be ridden out of town.

You may not have been here when that was not the case, but it was not always this way. The random camping moved in gradually at first, then in force, and many, many people stopped going there - myself included. I started going to the North part of the Elk in the 90"s, but then...well I won't go there again.

I know - thats why I asked about Diefenbaker Lake. Have you fished for them with a wet line? (And I'm not sure they look so natural)

I think perhaps he was suggesting that an on-line survey has the potential to be abused by a small minority.

I must be a freak. Spey does not interest me in the least.

I really do not understand why anyone would think someone like this deserves to live. What possible reason could someone provide? Its horrible that he killed someone, but to me, the assaults are worse. Those women are probably changed forever. Money says that he finds a way to do it again.

A Friend of mine from California sent me this picture of a Triploid Rainbow taken from Santa Anna River Lakes near Anaheim. There are a couple of lakes in the area stocking monster Triploids. The fee is $22/day to fish the lakes. In checking into the lake, here is what they say about the fish they stock: These huge, beautiful fish have broken the state record each of the past three years at Santa Ana River Lakes. And it's likely that will happen again during this year's trout season. But why do they get so big? Why do they fight so hard? That requires some explanation. These huge Super Trout have been called many things from "Super Fish," "Behemoths," "Monsters," "Freakoids," to just plain huge, trophy trout. But, the fact is they are "triploids." These fish have NOT been raised on hormones or genetically engineered. They are the product of decades of selective breeding, a carefully honed natural diet that recognizes the trout need different types of food and nutrition at different stages of their life, and perhaps most importantly, they are put through a process that sterilizes the trout shortly after the eggs are fertilized, and this is what makes them triploid. This last step prevents the trout from maturing sexually or reproducing. Farmers and veterinarians have neutered animals and poultry for many years so they can reach their maximum growth potential in the shortest amount of time. While all animals expend great amounts of energy in reproduction, trout and salmon utilize so much energy that many die after spawning is complete. Even trout that survive the cycle are severely weakened. They lose weight, their meat becomes soft, and they are susceptible to a variety of diseases. By making the trout sterile, they do not waste energy growing eggs and trying to spawn. They can reach huge sizes. "The main reason for that is they continue to eat and grow all winter long," said Phil Mackey. "Regular diploids go into a spawning mode and they don't eat much. It's just very stressful on the fish, and they don't have the stamina. Triploids are younger for their weight than diploid fish and they are generally a more fit fish, especially during the winter months." The sterilization process for trout eggs is done by subjecting the trout eggs to warm water about 10 minutes after fertilization when the eggs are first dividing. In normal, diploid trout, there are two chromosomes that determine sex, but because of the heat-shocking process, the trout develop with a third sexual chromosome that makes them sterile. These are triploids. Fishery biologists believe some of the huge fish caught in the wild are actually triploids. This sterilization process can occur under the right conditions in nature, happening about one percent of the time, according to some studies. Anglers who are familiar with the life cycle of Pacific salmon know how the spawning process has a very profound, adverse effect on fish. The experience is so devastating that the fish goes through a wasting process where in the fish's body disintegrates, eventually resulting in death of the fish. Trout are in the same family as Pacific salmon. While the rainbow trout's reproductive cycle is not as destructive as for salmon, many trout do not survive the process. At the very least, the fish become aggressive, they are scared in territorial battles, their food intake diminishes, they loose weight, their tissue becomes soft, and they are more susceptible to disease. In addition, their metabolic processes changes, channeling energy into the production of eggs and sperm rather than maintaining and growing body tissue. As a result of these yearly reproductive cycles, rainbow trout are very rarely caught weighing in excess of seven to eight pounds in the wild, and even hatchery rainbows, without sterilization, can rarely be raised much bigger than the low teens in weight. Perhaps more importantly, for nearly half the year, the trout are in a compromised physical condition. While spawning trout might be aggressive, they don't have the health and vigor of sterile fish. For an angler, that simply means they don't fight as well. For hatchery managers, sterilizing the fish avoids these devastating annual cycles, and raising large fish and even quality catchable-sized trout becomes more economical because they grow bigger, faster, and healthier. Sterile trout are also important to Fish and Game Departments because it allows them to plant a sterile fish and supplement a fishery without interfering with native or wild trout -- such as golden trout or cutthroat trout -- in a watershed. Without fears of cross-breeding and diluting native stocks, sterile hatchery fish can safely be stocked in heavily fished parts of rivers or in lakes to provide greater angler opportunity and a trophy component. Triploid trout are the ideal fish for recreational fishing programs, and Mt. Lassen Trout Farms was one of the first and most successful hatcheries utilizing sterilized trout. Mt. Lassen was one of the first to supply triploid eggs to Fish and Game Departments throughout the West who had not yet mastered the art of triploiding. Today, triploiding is performed in various species, including trout, steelhead, salmon, catfish, and grass carp. Triploiding is now being used by private and state hatcheries across the nation, including Washington, Idaho, Oregon, British Colombia, Utah, Colorado, and Minnesota. The first time an angler sees a huge triploid trout, he's likely to ask, "Is that a salmon?" Others exclaim, "They're monsters." Pete Thomas, a Los Angeles Times reporter, visited Mt. Lassen Trout Farms and noted the fish were abnormally huge and coined the name "Freakoids." But the fish are far from freaks. They are the pinnacle of trout husbandry and nutrition. They may be the most healthy, fastest growing, and most vigorous trout an angler will ever catch anywhere in the world. The staff at Santa Ana River Lakes' simply calls them Super Trout. While they earned that name for their size, they also are superior to most of the anglers who fish for them. You would not think that a trout reared in hatchery pond and feed daily would be a selective feeder, but the huge trout are rarely hooked on anything but the lightest of tackle fished by anglers using the most finesse. The big trout reject anything but the most natural presentations so you have to be an accomplished angler just to hook one. Then the hard part begins. A battle with a vigorous 20-plus-pound trout on two-pound test line is one that can last for 30 minutes or more while an angler slowly wears down the fish. More times than not the trout wins. Last season a 27 1/2 pound rainbow was taken at Santa Ana River Lakes by John Chapman of Yorba Linda, Calif. But to give you an idea of how tough it is to land a 27 1/2-pound rainbow, Chapman's fish looked like it had whiskers on its chin. With six hooks embedded in its mouth, all trailing shards of monofilament, the trout was a veteran of several battles when Chapman finally finessed the fish over the edge of a huge net. Chapman's big rainbow was the last of five trout that broke the California state record for rainbow trout caught at this Southern California water during a one year span. In all, there were 10 trout that topped the 23-pound mark landed at Santa Ana River Lakes over that year, and there have been literally hundreds and hundreds of 10-pound and bigger fish landed since Mt. Lassen Trout Farms has been planting its triploids in this lake. ------------- On a side note, anyone ever fished Diefenbaker with a wet line? World recod triploid is from there.

Random Camping is a blight on the area. Everytime I go by I think of the movie Deliverance.

That's the Kipper we've come to love. No way he should have started today. The Jovo goal was about as weak an NHL goal as I've seen all year. 4 goals on the first 12 shots. I take back what I said about Crawford being a worse colour guy than Garrett. I'm sure Garrett must be on Kipper's PR payroll. He actually had the nerve to say Phoenix deserved the win and that Calgary played poorly on defense. They gave up 20 shots in the game - likely the lowest of any team that will play all week. Goalies stick togther. If it isn't Hrudey its Garrett - fall all over themselves taking about how the goalie can make a difference in a win, but when a goalie gives up 4 goals on 12 shots, it's bad defense. I'll tell ya what Mike thinks - no way Kipper starts the next game.

Wicked Wedge is the best pizza in Calgary. 8 years running according to FFWD mag, Voted best in city wide poll by CalgaryPlus. Only deliver within 5KM. Sandros is good, but make a res if you want to go.

I've fished a lake in BC lake with a group every summer formore than 10 years straight. Regs are similar, but the lake is for the most part deeper and much larger. The fish size seem to go in cycles - one year mostly 18 inches, the next most 20+, the next...back to 18-20. That said, the triploids have made a large difference in the past three years. While they do get longer (26 1/2 was the biggest 3 years ago), the more impressive part is the size and weight. A 22 in Gerrard or Penask looks puny compared to a 20 inch Triploid. I'd like to see the limit size increased to 55 cm. Two reasons, one - as has been said, at 50 cm (19.7 inches) you're likley seeing many 18.5-19 inch fish harvested because people estimate the length, so this reg would at least mean that harvested fish were at least 21 inches. Second reason is that the fight that you get from a 22+ rainbow is worth 15 fish that are 18-20 inches in my experience. With the number of private ponds that are smaller than BH that carry huge rainbow, I'd think that with some tighter regs, BH could support some real trophy fish also (for me a 'Trophy"rainbow would be 28+).