danhunt

Forget it, Donny, you're out of your element!

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Honestly, I think the only way you can stop it is to get a new number. A few years ago my wife and I went to a cell provider and did away with our land line, partially because of the number of telemarketers that were calling. Our latest phone numbers are consecutive, and while it's not as bad as it was, she continues to get unsolicted calls and I don't. The only thing we do differently is when ever I'm asked for a phone number at a store, online, etc I give them the number for the disconnected land line. I do give my actual number out when I have to, like when I deal with my bank, the government, etc but that is it.

A while back I had the chimney for my wood fireplace cleaned and after the job was done the sweep advised me that there is a hole in the liner (not sure if this is the right terminology). At the time he quoted $2500 to replace it, but I didn't get a good feeling from the guy. Just wondering if anyone works in this business, or if maybe someone else has had this job done recently and roughly what it should cost. Just looking for a ball park... Some particulars if it helps - I'm in a one story with a basement, the home is close to 40 years old, low slope roof, the fireplace is on the main floor and is not an insert. The chimney is on an outside wall and has a masonry exterior. Thanks for your time!

Don't know if you've seen this already, but some pretty good info here... http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/video-h...01/14379036001/

I wonder if not fishing in these years of poor returns will have unintended negative consequences down the road. What I mean is I'm sure the powers that be track how many classified waters licenses are sold for the Big T, and if they see less licenses sold that might be percieved to mean there is a decline in interest. I'm sure there are competing special interest groups that could use decreasing numbers of anglers on the river as justification to have earlier and/or longer openings of the commercial fishing seasons on the lower Fraser, resulting in more bycatch. I'm not saying I think that IS the case, just speculating...

I tie a pattern that sounds pretty close to what you describle, but I use a pearl oval bead. -I put a large needle in my vice, and then I slide the oval bead on, the diameter of the needle should be large enough that the bead won't turn. I take a dremel with a cutting disk on it and I cut a grove about 4/5ths of the length of the bead. - Slide a red round bead on to a hook (I like the 1xl 2xh wetfly style hooks) for the eyes - Tie in a set of rubber legs about 2/3 of the way down the shank so that the legs stick out at right angles (leave them a bit long) - slide the pearl bead on to the hook and position the grove in the bead so it faces up. Pull the legs out of the grove. - I use a brown mottled synthetic wing material for the shell, start the thread behind the bead and tie in the shell but trim it to make the tie in point as small as possible. Whip finish and cut the thread - Start the thread again between the beads, but before folding the shell back over I fill the grove in the oval bead with flexcement. - Fold the shell back over, and tie off. If you want, use a small amount of dubbing between the two beads to hide the tie off point. Turn the fly upside down and let dry. Ideally the oval bead slides back and covers the tie in point at the back, the flexcement binds the shell to bead and protects the legs so the fly is pretty much bullet proof.

I had something like that happen on an Oldman trib this year. I hooked and landed a 16" rainbow on a dry at the tail out of a pool, and after reviving it I watched it swim away and it ended up taking a position in the pool where I could see it clearly. I changed my position and started running a prince nymph through the pool and I watched the same fish swim over and smack the nymph on the first drift.

Look at the shoulders on that thing! Nice fish...

I've had good experiences with Knibbe Automotive up in the NW.

I am in the insurance industry, but I haven`t worked in that end of the business in a few years. Robert pretty well said it. There are a couple of reasons they ask for the information on all the drivers in the house hold, but it mostly has to do with the rating. As you gathered, if there are two people in a house hold driving a vehicle they generally want both drivers listed on the policy, and if one`s record is worse than the other they will generally want the one with the worst record listed as the principle operator. By asking for her DL and Insurance information they are looking for confirmination of her driving record and to confirm that she is being rated as the PO of a vehicle with another carrier. If they can confirm that, then generally they show her as an additional operator and nothing else happens. For what it is worth, what the insurer can ask, how they can use it and even what they can charge you all goes through the Government Rate Board for approval, and it is all subject to the Privacy Act on top of that.

If she is really never, and I mean NEVER, going to drive your jeep ask about adding an SEF 28a to your policy to exclude her as a driver. If you do go this route make sure your agent or broker goes over the endorsement and you know what you`re getting in to before you sign it.

Are they triploid sled dogs?

Like harps said, I'm just throwing stuff at the wall and seeing if anything sticks. It's all good, and I don't mean to come across like I'm dumping on your ideas. I've had similar thoughts and to have someone else post them just gives me the chance to play devils advocate, so to speak. I thought about the bounty idea a while back, because I know it has been done for other species like starlings in the past, but I don't know if it could be made to work for fish unless the goal was to completely irradicate the species from all waters. For example, if you wanted to elimate brookies, say, from drainage 1 but not from lakes 2 & 3, how could you prove that the bounty wasn't being paid on brookies from outside the target area?

I’m not sure I can do it justice, but it is basically because the natural selection processes that have developed over thousands of years in the wild can’t be duplicated by hatcheries. In the wild the “best and brightest” tend to mate with one another, which increases the chances they will pass on their favourable traits to their offspring. In hatcheries, on the other hand, they tend to take two fish at random from the same area that are sexually mature at the same time and mix their eggs and sperm. It’s like comparing a pure breed with the Heinz 57 at the pound. The mutt might be fine as a family pet, but a dismal failure as a working dog.

As has already been mentioned, you can ask the adjuster for the option to buy back your vehicle for the salvage value. If you go that route it is my understanding that you won't be able to register the vehicle until all the damage has been repaired and it has been inspected and deemed road worthy. Chances are the value of the vehicle will be based on the "book value" (I think it is based on the black book value as opposed to the blue book value, but I could be wrong) and/or the recent sale price of similar vehicles in similar condition. The bottom line is the insurance company is only obligated to pay the lesser of the cost to repair the vehicle or it's actual cash value. If you think the value you are being offered is unfair you can look at online classifieds, auto trader type publications, etc to find examples that you feel better represent the value of your vehicle and ask the adjuster to reconsider on that basis. If all else fails, you can usually request third party arbitration.

The Okuma SLV is a good buy for the money. It's not really a bargin in terms of the initial price, but I've found the SA GPX to be a solid performer that simply lasts longer than anything else I've used in a long time.

Two things - First, we don't have to make up for 100 years of fish harvest for the simple reason that the spring freshet basically wipes the slate clean. If that wasn't the case they wouldn't be fertilizing BC rivers because, despite some poor returns recently, they have gotten strong returns for millennia. Second, you can't restrict the effects of this proposed enhancement to one section of a stream. *hit flows down hill, literally, and this will all end up in the Bow, Highwood or the Oldman eventually. If you applied the nutrients to multiple streams you will get a magnifacation effect when all those tributaries reach larger rivers.

This is just a layman’s point of view so take it with a grain of salt, but I think it is tough to make an apples to apples comparison of the streams on the West Coast to the streams on the East Slopes because they are fundamentally different. Since the Coastal mountain ranges are largely volcanic in origin they are mostly made up of silicates, which aren’t very water soluble, which makes the streams that flow over them relatively nutrient poor. On the other hand, the Rocky Mountains are almost exclusively made up sedimentary rock that belong to the carbonate group and, depending on their composition, they tend to be more soluble, which makes the streams flowing off of them more nutrient rich by comparison. Introducing nitrates and phosphates encourages plant growth, which in turn encourages insect growth and so on. The down side is that this excess plant growth can reduce the amount of dissolved oxygen in the water because they actually use oxygen at night, and also when they die in the fall the decomposition process uses oxygen. Additional nutrients might benefit some streams, but all in all I think preserving habitat and ensuring adequate water flows would probably do more to enhance our East Slope fisheries than anything else.

High powered air rifles generally aren't that light, something pushing a .22 cal pellet at around 900 FPS is probably going to weigh around 7-8 lbs. On the other hand the average .22 rimfire repeater is probably going to be around 5 lbs. You can also get break down models that are lighter and would probably pack better like this one http://www.marlinfirearms.com/firearms/selfloading/70pss.asp Just my $0.02...

We had to have our furnace replaced on short notice two years ago, we were looking at a Carrier but the installer recommended a Goodman and I have no complaints. It was installed by Monty's Plumbing and Heating Service out of Airdrie and I'd recommend them to anyone. The cost was reasonable, they do exactly what they say they are going to do, and they do it quickly and neatly without cutting corners. We've had them back since to do some plumbing work and it was the same story.

I know what you mean dek, I saw something similar a few years ago. I was fishing in the city about this time of year and I foul hooked a 10" whittie. I was bringing the little guy in to an eddy to release him and a trout as long as my leg came of out of the deeper water looking to make a meal of it. It was so big it took a couple of beats to register that it was a trout, but when it did I had to sit down for a while...