robert

it's a trick question, took me a minute to figure it out... Which one is a fish? 1: pike 2: moose

the thought has crossed my mind of "why give them a dinghy, just drop them off" but that would be cruel I guess... I watched a few programs on discovery on ships travelling that area and the stress the crews are under wondering if they'll get hijacked or not. Having to build a safe room in a ship just because of piracy??? sometimes I wonder.

on another note, I went to safeway a couple of nights ago and this elderly lady was getting out of her car and she was parked in a seniors zone - I said "you're a little young to be parking there aren't you?". I was trying to pay her a compliment in an offhand way - not being sarcastic or anything. Well did she go off on me, omg fiesty little thing she was, thought she was going to beat me with her cane... I had to explain to her I was paying her a compliment - we had a good laugh over it afterward. Have to be careful what we say and how it's said I guess. People can take things the wrong way.

well, generally when someone springs from their car and dashes into the store, they are ok...

put yourself in a wheelchair for a couple of days and see if you feel any differently after the experience - it's not fun and people are arseholes on every level. I believe that yes, the ticket value should be raised but you're right in one thing - start cracking down on the people abusing it. i've damn near been in a few scraps now asking people why they are parking in a handicapped space when they are fine. claiming ignorance cause you have handicap sign is not a defense.

Give that man a cigar

Yeppers, I can see the headlines now, "TFO - not just for fishing anymore"... The point has been made that if what you consider bad etiquette is happening to you all the time - just move on... Makes me wonder if it's not everyone else with the problem - and maybe it's your own attitude... Some people just like to push buttons when others are pissed off... Yeah, i've had people drop in unannouced and if I let it get to me then i'd never enjoy flyfishing - if I carried an attitude that this is mine, and you can go somewhere else then i'd probably be in a bad mood all the time. Use it to your own advantage and have fun with fishing - don't be afraid to make some adjustments to benefit someone else - and don't expect others to bend to your will all the time. Present yourself with a smile on your face and a good attitude and people will treat you better - if you're scowling at other fishermen then yeah, chances are they won't be friendly. Don't you teach your kids to share??? If you believe that you have a right to fish a hole solo when there's a whole city around you? Then you're in a class of your own, get your ass out in the middle of nowhere and nobody will find you. After all, etiquette boils down to your own personal belief - either learned through your own mind or taught to you by someone else - throw that away and put some common sense toward it. Some people carry the etiquette that they can keep everything they catch and think barbed hooks are great - but what does common sense dictate??

Interesting read... How can someone claim over 300 feet of prime river and call it etiquette? Then feel like they can intimidate another fisherman into leaving the hole with a fly across their bow or a sage mustache? I started fly fishing at 10 years old - and I have never had a bad encounter in my life - and I hope I never do. Anyone i've ever come across has always been very friendly, willing to chat and more than willing to have a fishing friend to share knowledge and experiences with, just makes the experience better. I've given knowledge and learned alot from others I meet. It's what fishing is all about - fun. I've come across people that didn't know how to fly fish, and end up spending a couple of hours of MY day teaching them, gone so far as rerigging their gear properly - I have no problem with that what so ever, I enjoy it. I'm not master at fly fishing but I wasn't born with that knowledge and ability for sure. We all learned to do it. I've personally fished side by side in many rivers with a friend that was 10 feet away from me, able to chat and have a laugh all the while - one or the other of us will adjust our cast to accommodate the other... Funny how we'll do that for a friend but some won't do it for strangers. I won't put myself in a situation where i'm casting over someone else - or put someone else in danger... But that said, if someone puts me in danger (with a sage mustache or a fly across my bow) cause they feel i'm breaching their 300 foot "etiquette", then we're gonna dance, you'd better know how to swim.

Just tried hitting your site again and yep, it's being blocked by google No offence Doc, but your setbb tech is full of it... this happened a while back with setbb too, and it wasn't just with setbb - can't remember the exact message but it was indeed a problem in the header and it did indeed try to introduce a trojan into the system.

Sarah Palin?? LOL - least she's good for a laugh... Edmonton had it's dark day last fall with a visit from GWB - so don't feel bad http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/20...ch-protest.html

I'll throw my list in there... While cod jigging with hand lines back in newfie - couple of sharks, human bones, various pieces of clothing, hooked into a stingray one time - that was lots of fun... regular fishing - Bags of drowned kittens and puppies - yep gross. a beaver - that's a fun one. muskrat. hooked a gopher on the fly one time - they aren't so sweet when being reeled in but have a nice fight to them (not to sound cruel). We used to fish for seagulls - yep, they get pretty cross too

You must have the patience of Job - looking great tho - you've got skillz.

do the sculpins in the bow look anything like this??? I've caught them alot bigger than this too http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3035/233950...d0bceff.jpg?v=0

What kind of laptop is it and what operating system are you running? You didn't by chance hit the wireless switch and disable it? WEP is gone by way of the dinosaur - most routers today will encrypt to WPA2, use it. WEP is highly hackable now.

Yep, good luck finding any open water around here for a while yet - you're going to have to drive to find it. I'm eyeballing the mudpuddles on the side of the roads right now, may have to have a flick or two. It's just pure torment reading the postings on here about the fishing people are doing on the bow.

First up, register your domain through a domain registry only, stay away from registering your domain name through a host when you sign up for a package - that way, you don't have to pay the transfer costs if you change hosts. Just log into your registrar and update DNS. When it comes to a domain search, it's not easy cause many are taken up. You can go with a .ca if you want to personalize and advertise that you're canadian - but keep the name short and see if you can do unforgettable. The most memorable names are totally off the wall. One company here in town, i've seen the name once and have never forgotten it -Chickenlip Consulting. A local band name i'll never forget is called My Huge Ass. Doesn't guarantee success in any way, just makes people remember your name over so many others. Second, you need hosting - and before you decide on that, what kind of website do you want? If it's a basic static site, you can generally host it with your ISP for free (or as part of your internet package) but if you want more complex, like a mysql/php driven forum or CMS website, then you'll need a host that can provide. now you have to think about the crowd you're gearing for Sundance - and not to sound like an arse here but you can't put reams of information on your website like some of your postings here cause it won't get read by anyone. Short, well written content is the most important part of your site. Keep it clean and simple and readable - information at your fingertips. The fastest way to get me to navigate away from a website is to have to search for what I need - like contact info. Many people want the personalized phone calls and if they can't find your number - like many sites out there - then it's customer lost. The honest truth is many companies are realizing that websites really are a waste of time - trying to get google ranks and trying to target an audience isn't that easy. Many are now looking at the number of hits they are getting a month and realizing a nice simple - and to the point - one page site is better than pages and pages of info about them - they stick to the basics and it works for them. Be prepared to advertise - twitter, facebook group, free advertising sites (yeah, there are a few out there) that cost you nothing but you have to be willing to do the footwork. JMHO. and good luck

oh my geesus, what I wouldn't give for some time spent like that. Wtf was that "Censored" at the end? Really was a teaser.

Not too bad at all Gotta steal that one for posting elsewhere.

I've always wondered what happened to the art of fishing and the pure enjoyment of it... There's a reason it's called fishing and not catching but cripes, stop looking for the easy route, just get out and enjoy it for what it is...

want to repost it so the rest of us can have a read???

Online backups are fine, just don't backup anything that you or someone else would consider sensitive information... There have been examples where businesses used online backup companies - everything was online and in someone else's hands... Well someone else's hands went into receivership and nobody knows who has all this sensitive data. It's cause for worry.

External hard drives are great for backing up, but yeah, you should have some place safe to keep it. Generally not such a concern as business but any data that you don't have 2 copies of is data you don't want... Do NOT rely on your antivirus - it's not your salvation... The newer malware, the rogue antivirus programs will bybass pretty much any antivirus out there and they are getting nastier. Not going to put down antivirus companies but freebies are just as good - if not better - than the paid versions. Linux can/will be your salvation when you get infected with a winblows virus/malware. I always use linux live (ubuntu) to copy data from an infected system - ain't that a bitch for microsoft eh? You can use linux to remove the worst of the viruses as well... Linux doesn't care about microsoft security - it's non-existant. Through linux live, you have access to ALL files on windows, and that's sad. This is for everyone - do yourselves a favor and download ubuntu workstation, burn the ISO to cd/dvd and keep it somewhere handy. All you need to do is boot to it, and hit the prompt to run it without making changes to your computer. It will load itself basically from the cd/dvd - doesn't make any changes to your computer. At that point, you can install antivirus to scan your computer AND mount the windows hard drive so you can transfer files from your infected windows drive to an external USB drive. Problem solved. Download is here: http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download You guessed it... I rarely run windows anymore. This is coming from an IT guy with 18 years in the field dealing with windows and it's downfalls.

I feel for you... it's been over 3 years since I lost my dog to mouse poison - one of the neighbors had it out in the open. I still can't think about her without choking up - It's hard to believe how much they get under your skin. Definitely part of the family. My condolences.

I love how people talk about 8 million a year like it's nothing, or doesn't want to be long term anymore - yada yada yada. If someone wanted to pay me over 8 million a year i'd be their bitch and shovel pig **** for the term. I'll just shut my big yap now