robert

There's coffee all over my laptop, thanks taco!!!

I was hit head on by a young feller back in Newfoundland and they totalled my ford - thank god for seatbelts is all I can say. If I recall, the buyback was 10% of the value that the insurance company was offering you - i'm going back 10 years here but i fixed the car and re-insured it no questions asked. They didn't even ask for an inspection but I imagine that's changed now. The vehicle isn't really changing hands, it's yours and you're buying it back so I think the rules are a little different than someone buying a salvage title. just be aware that many scrap yards have a cap on car parts, anything more than 6 years old and they don't carry parts for it. Make sure you can get all the parts you need before buying back. You have to ask yourself is the vehicle really worth it - there was alot more damage done to my car than I really expected.

Stupid question but is police a stocked lake or natural? Just curious.

sweet mudder, some nice pics. Wow. You fellers have no idea how much i've been drooling over the fish porn you've posted over the years while I lived in Edmonton. Hoping to change that this year and start posting some of my own.

I learned my lesson with cameras a few years ago, and my good camera is now at the bottom of devil's lake west of Edmonton. Now I take my old 3.2 MP kodak with me, if i lose it then what odds. Not the greatest for the distance shots but overall, it works great. That kodak has taken a beating over the years and it's still going strong.

Or if you really want to cheap out, you can grab an older wireless linksys router - one of the ones with the two antennas is best. Load the tomato firmware found here: http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato What this allows you to do is put the older linksys into client mode and you can link to your network with this router just like you can any wireless laptop or network device. The thoroughput is much greater and it works. I have it done right now, laptop is plugged into the router running tomato - the dlink wireless is two rooms over and I noticed a huge difference in surfing and downloading as compared to my laptop linked directly to the dlink.

Too easy, you plug the main into the power next to your router, you plug a cable from router to AC adapter - you plug the other end into any AC source in your home and plug your network cable into it. hard to blow up a house that way. Yep, apparently you can use external USB drives with your xbox. http://llamma.com/xbox360/mods/USB%20Hard%20Drive%20Mod.htm Pretty simple. Hard to believe that after so many years of microsoft pushing ntfs, that their xbox systems use fat32.

Rereading your post, do you have a shaw connection? for anyone running cable internet, here's a few things to check out. most older homes have what's called RG58 cabling (or lower) - the newer and better standard is RG-6, and when shaw upgrades the cabling it's generally RG6 that's brought into play. That said, RG58 in your home will give you decent signal BUT... I've found that many times people will use cheap cabling for their TV's or dvr's or whatever. Signal losses will occur with these cheapie cables. As well, cheap dollar store cable splitters will wreak havoc with shaw. The best thing to do with shaw cable internet is to isolate it from your home TV's and the RG58 network of your home. An easy way to test if you're having issues with internet due to cabling is to connect the shaw internet modem directly to the incoming line into your home -- and disconnect the rest. Leave it like that for a while and try some downloading and speed tests. I've been bitten by this in the past, and know many others that have as well. One other big issue is that many shaw techs can't make a proper patch cable - this is the cable they supply that goes from your modem to your router. Most times I see this cable terminated wrong and it causes grief - if it looks home made then it probably is - buy one to replace it.

yep, hard wire the console to the router is the way to go for sure sundance. to buy the premade cat5 patch cables isn't cheap but to make them is. You can buy the premade patch cables at any computer store like memory express. Another option is powerline - like this http://homestore.cisco.com/en-us/adapters/...9VVviewprod.htm. It turns your home electrical wiring into a network, pretty cool stuff. I've installed it and it does work, most computer stores carry them.

That video is just a torment

thanks, i'll have to look around this weekend. Worse comes to worse, i'll use the martin for a bit. BBT, I really appreciate the offer but I'm not one for borrowing gear. Now, how warm does it have to be for people to flyfish? I noticed last weekend that nobody was wading the river around fish creek? Everyone was on the shore...

So I missed my chance last weekend to hit fish creek with the flyrod, went down for a peek and there were a half dozen people fishing. Couldn't find my flies and reel. In all the moving lately, i've managed to misplace my one reel and line - yeah, I know, need more gear. My 9 wt is currently in Edmonton packed away but i have my 6 wt tfo 4 piece. What's a good bang for the buck reel and line that i can pick up? Nothing that's going to break the bank at this point. I just started my new job last week and the only reel/line I have to work with is a martin creek, not good. Once I catch up on my bills, i'll be going nuts buying gear :oD

$5.50 inspection fee by air or by land, no charge if you drive apparently. Still another cash grab.

you did the right thing, he did assault you and you never know - you may have helped someone else avoid this idiot.

My 2 cents? It's the managers job to know what's going on in the store - if people aren't getting served, guess what, the manager should already know. It's not my job as a customer to inform any store management that their staff sucks, or that they are out of something - that's why they are called managers... I have no problem with walking out of a store and not letting them know why - if more people did, then hey, maybe someone will stand up and take notice. Bad news travels faster than good. Yeah, customer service is out the window these days.

you guys are funny... Anyone up for a coffee some night? Yak about the fishing around Calgary? I don't know too many people here, would be nice to find some peeps to head out fishing with.

For anyone that washes a phone, the battery is generally toasted. if you can get the battery out right away then do so - not sure how it works in an ipod. Put the phone in a bag with some silica desiccant (the stuff you get in packaging works) for a few days and keep it in a dry environment - i've washed two phones now and dropped a third in a toilet (don't ask, i'm not telling) and it seems to work.

Well, i'm just another newfie refugee in Calgary now, all moved in and have a job that'll more than pay for my fishing habits now. Will be spending more time on here from the looks of it. looks like the weekend could be warm enough to go flick a fly eh?

Good to know, thanks for the info.

Dayum, would have been nice to see that out of the water. Great vid as always. Have to say tho, i couldn't be your videographer, would be akin to being the film crew on a adult movie production and not being able to join in

Well, was flown to Calgary for a job interview and i'll find out tomorrow if it's a yay or nay - fingers crossed. how's Calgary for open water? I noticed a few open spots on the Bow when i was flying in but still seems to be lots of ice on the go. Anyone out fishing it yet? i'm aching to break out the flyrod and flog some water, couldn't care less if I catch anything right now to be honest.

Shweet geesus, i'm jealous

There once was a newfie who was forced to taser a moose.... Oh, nevermind

Take the belt off the water pump pulley and spin the pulley manually and feel for any grinding - then try to move it around, there shouldn't be any play. Put it back together and with the car cold, pull the rad cap and leave it off and top off your fluid if necessary. Start the car and let it warm - if the thermostat opens properly, you'll see the coolant flow. If the water pump feels ok and the coolant doesn't flow then you may have a faulty thermostat (yes, i've had a faulty new one). If you really want to know if your system is running fine, take the thermostat out and start the car. If the pump and the system is ok, then fluid should flow right away. If the fan isn't kicking in, get the thermostatic switch changed or like someone else said, hotwire it on. You could have an airlock in the system as well, would cause all your problems. If the mechanic has been messing around and changing parts, then scratching his head? Get another mechanic - honda's aren't rocket science.

We've had a whopping 2 cm of snow here in Edmonton and people are losing their minds out there...