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Not used my MinnKota for years, however I too added 4 or 5 feet to the battery wires so the batt could sit up front to counterbalance my bulk. No problems.

The left-leaning media was trying to make it a big deal and imply the party was idiotic. It's pretty funny and that is how most sensible people with see it. Good on 'em. Perhaps the same ad designers as the SK Pork association a few years ago ...

Don Don Don Just rename your project and ask for ten times as much. Here is what you need to call it: Mitigation of catastrophic climate change on native fish habitat in the North Raven River using in stream structures Do not mention non natives....throw in a few species names the spotted-owl stickleback, Banff snail and you might even mention the indirect effects on (waht?) say, grizzly bears. It will be a shoo in and no one will ask questions. It has to be good , right? If you wanted $20,000 ask for $100,000. Some of which will be my consulting fee. And you thought it was hard. Any time.

Excellent opportunity and photos! Thanks for showing. Clive

Too funny. Bugger about the damn carp, but these guys got a good attitude. They are pretty good boarders too. These are my kind of people.

Holiday Inn maybe.

And it is still only January.

"Wow! You can sure fool people with Photoshopped pictures!"

Now !is most disturbing. Tree huggers having a wailing orgasmic protest. Idiots. The Castle protest is short-sighted. Trees will grown back and reforestation is mandated. Properly managed forest harvest is preferable to forest fires and as noted previously the dominant species in our forest are short-lived and become fire hazards as they age. Yet we continue to put out forest fires (as often as not) to save cabin owners...some of whom are out protesting against logging. They don't want logging but want taxpayers to put out fires that will burn their houses! Logging is temporarily destructive for sure and can be massive....like the current Castle logging. But it is hypocritical for someone who has cut down trees to build their dream retirement wood-framed home to protest against logging! Check out the Mountain Legacy website for an eye opener. It can be a bit fussy to get around. Go here for sure. The points being: -- forests recover -- in some mountain regions there are MORE trees in today than 100 years ago...(where there are before-and-after photos) The examples below compare "today" with 1913-1914 ... this is "Isolated Mtn" somewhere in SW Alberta..maybe LastBoyScout or Lad can tell us where... See here, here , here ,here and here for examples...some recently logged and some not... Note particularly ... Where there has been no recent logging see how much more lush today's forest areas are compared to 100 years ago. Ripe for a fire soon..at least sometime in a few decades of not logged or (ironically) burned? Okay, now go find the City of Calgary on Google Earth. Compare today's cancerous growth with that of 100 years ago. Which has more chance of being regenerated to a natural state? A city or a logged forest? Stay warm ... Clive

Just wondering aloud how many protesters will be out Tuesday and Wednesday morning throwing themselves in front of the logging machinery. Just wondering. S'pose a few diehards will be there.

Taco Damn interesting. Thanks. Ida bet ten bucks it was a char vs a Salmo. See here...says it crosses with browns and the offspring are fertile. Clive WOW!

1) Taco...."bucket list. " HA HA HA! Trackhoe--bucket list. Good one Taco. 2) LastBoyScout. " Harvest responsibly or let it burn. " Amen to that. Well said. These species need to be renewed and they create a huge fire hazard if they get too old. Fires perform a role in Alberta's forests yet if we keep putting out the fires then the only chance at "renewal" is by managed harvest, as distasteful as some feel this is. If NIMBY applies to logging (in my back yard). Then maybe NIMBY should also apply to fire suppression (in my backyard), eh? 3) Rickr. Well said. The only problem is at some time the trees have to go because they have a finite life span. Nature's way was fire. As LastBoyScout said (I think this is what he meant), trees need to be harvested responsibly or we stop putting out fires and let fires take their natural course. Fire suppression is ridiculously expensive and damaging, yet when there are houses in the way people get more than a little concerned. One wonders how many house/cabin/cottage owners in the Pass area, Twin Butte, Beauvais Lake, Beaver Mines areas will be out protesting. And then expect tax payers to put out fires that threaten their precious recreational (and permanent) properties? Touchy subject and there is little middle ground here. The answer is not as simple as banning forestry in someone's backyard.

Taco HA HA "Clive the truly ancient mariner...." Purchased the car-topper in the T. Eaton Co. store in Medicine Hat in 1971 for $219. ... slips neatly in the back of a pickup. Weights about 70 pounds. Not one leak in the welds and rivets. The 6HP Johnson kicks it along well. You won't find a more versatile and stable boat than these ...

Agree that the jon boat will be more stable. Depends on what you want to spend because you can probably buy a good used aluminum car topper for way less money. Another serious consideration should be a small inflatable. Inexpensive. Light. VERY stable for standing and casting. Samples here. A few of my friends have similar boats and they are great. I have an ancient 11½-foot alum car topper...rarely used it. Last fall, I removed the bench seats and added a flat plywood casting floor. It is not as stable as the inflatables, but is fine for me.

Chiquita has declared that they will not ship their bananas in trucks using "oilsands" gasoline. Here, here and here. They'll use conflict oil from non democratic places like Venezuela and the middle east but not ethical oil from Alberta.

Col you got it fixed. "They are coming back to put a camera in the pipe. " Neat a sewer colonoscopy. We just put in new counter tops, splash tiles and sink. Ordered the sink though a plumber .. he gets it for about $100 less than I would so it pays for the install. We were using the "old" faucet .. quite new. His man came in to install it two days ago. Had a problem and ended up drilling a hole through the supply lines on our faucet...so we got new faucets. In theory they are paying for it ... it in theory. Anyway...plumbing is for professionals. Clive

HA HA. Taco, it started already. This morning I threw some papers and books on the floor! Wait till I start tying! As I told TerryH, it will soon look like a bomb went off on the craft section of a dollar store.

The thick vinyl planking went down well...seems to contour to the hills and dales of the concrete floor. Decided to take a chance...leveling or sub floor not an option. Thanks for your comments. Now I just to to mess up the tying quadrant.

Thanks guys. Most likely to take a chance that the heavy (but flexible) vinyl will form to the contours without popping. Regarding the "self-leveling" compounds. Only about 20 percent of the floor is a bit higher than the rest. Would have to cover about 150 sq ft with the goop from very thin to near 10 mm. Cost would be about $600 for the glop. AND it is adjacent to a carpeted room. I rec'd a PM gently warning me about the leveling glop...complete with photos. A subfloor would be easy to do..but would have a 2-inch step up. I already spill too much coffee...as witnessed by the stains on the carpet underlay we removed. Probably will tackle the vinyl on Tuesday. Will let you know...next post may be from a convent or or cave in Tibet. Thanks Clive

Sort of a weird question.... Has anyone here used, "Commercial Grade 10.5MM VINLOC PLANK VINYL FLOORING" from Windsor? The vinyl is shown here ... page 3, right middle. "Commercial Grade 10.5MM VINLOC PLANK VINYL FLOORING." We are replacing the flooring in two rooms in our basement: my office and my wife's sewing room. We removed the Berber carpet. We were considering laminate flooring, but the concrete, although smooth, is gently rolling in one direction...which we discovered when we lifted the carpet. There are gentle hollows in one direction. The length (15 feet) is quite flat end to end, but the width (12 feet) is slightly wavy wall to wall. See below. There is a high spot going to a low spot and the elevation difference over about 3 meters is about 10 mm. I am advised that this is far too much for stiff laminate (the snap connects will separate) and I am not about to use a liquid floor leveler...just not going to happen. (Seen the videos. Gak!) Vinyl flooring in assorted thicknesses seems to be surging in popularity..about half of the "laminate" displays now at Home Depot are vinyl vs. particle laminate. Thicknesses vary from about 3 mm all the way up 10.5 mm. We are looking at the thick vinyl plank flooring at Windsor. The stuff we are considering looks great... seems durable and is flexible...a bonus for us because it will flex with the shallow depressions in the concrete flooring. I brought home six sections and snapped them together in assorted configurations. All seems good....lays flay..joints string and tight fitting. Anyone used this stuff? Thank you! Clive I put in the "north south" directional arrow because I showed the photos to my brother who knows the room.

What makes you feel good Don? That us Canuckistanians argue about Spey rods, nymphing steel, the oil industy, Flames, Oilers etc etc...and this pussy thread makes our discussions ... well ... just more meaningful? Holy crap! 138 replies on 14 pages in about one week about CATS! Don't anyone show this to adc or he will be signing up for that Brit FF board. He and "Nick" would be all over that. Glad I moved away in 1955. Regards Clive

Don Regarding your number 2 item..they banned ALL balls except Nerf balls. Rex Murphy's editorial this week was about that. Too funny. This will make your heart soar. Someone paid $4.3 million for this photograph.

This may deter you...

This was raised a few months ago. Here is the short version of a long story. I post photos at an international photography message board...we show photos and talk about photography. Folks from all over. One of the members lives in Cyprus and recently posted some horse-riding photos taken with his new ultra-fast focus, 12 fps Sony A77 that also has a GSP unit on board. I was curious about the shutter speed and aperture so looked up the EXIF data using an online EXIF service. The EXIF file also showed the GPS coordinates, apparently accurate within a few meters. So I looked up the location using Google Earth. GE took me right into the outdoor arena where he took the photos some 12,000 km away! Neat as hell but also a tad scary! You guys with cameras with GPS may want to strip the EXIF data if showing off (say) big fish from your secret brown trout stream. EXIF is erased when you "Save for web" vs. merely "save as." Just though you'd want to know if you did not already know. Great technology with clear uses, but something we need to be aware of. Clive