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Earlier this year a drift boat was caught on some rocks and capsized due to inexperience. No one got hurt and the boat was recovered. I only mention it to show what can happen. Renting out a boat will expose lots of inexperienced people.

Very nice pics. Early on in my working career, I spent two years on Tug Boats touring all sorts of places. It truly is a wonderful pace to visit.

I'm concerned for the future of this Province and the future of my Grand Children. By now, everyone has heard about the platforms of the three major parties. I just finished reading about what that translates to as far as "Dollars" go. According to CTV.CA, the Conservatives are promising a balanced budget with 7.6 billion dollars of new spending. I believe the spending is the total after four years. The NDP are promising just over 34 billion in new spending, no mention of balancing the budget and most of the new spending to be in year four of their mandate. The Liberals scare the crap out of me with new spending of just short of 150 BILLION dollars over the course of four years along with a deficit budget of 10 billion dollars in the first year alone. In my opinion, if the Liberals win this election, it will take several Decades for this Country to recover. My Grand Children will be saddled with a very difficult future.

I posted this one quite awhile ago. http://i1358.photobucket.com/albums/q772/murray102/imagejpg2_zpsa6f2b2c4.jpg

I never get tired of looking at your pictures Steve. Very well done! Murray

Pheasant release sites Disclaimer: Marker locations are approximate. For absolutely accurate locations, please review a county map. Site Name Area Releases Between Bigelow Reservoir (Buck for Wildlife Project) Red Deer/Stettler Sept 15-Nov 15 Buffalo Lake (Buck for Widlife Project) Red Deer/Stettler Sept 15-Nov 15 Daysland Edmonton Sept 15-Nov 15 Hopewell High River Sept 15-Nov 15 South Plain Lake Edmonton Sept 15-Nov 15u Showing 1 to 5 of 5 entrie

http://i1358.photobucket.com/albums/q772/murray102/image.jpg1_zpsdy1isayp.jpg All right, I've forgotten how to attach a picture from photobucket. All suggestions greatly appreciated.

All my life, I never thought of myself as a gardener, but a few years ago, I picked up a used Green House from a co-worker. We started slow with tomatoes and such with the intent of showing the Grand Daughters that veggies don't just come from Safeway. My wife did most of the gardening and my job was all the bull work.now that I have retired, I am finding myself doing pretty much all of the gardening. Our setup includes a Green House, 8 ft. By 12 ft. ( no idea how many meters that is). Maxi cap planters, think of a big styrofoam cooler filled with water and fertilizer, and a bag of soil on top of that. The maxi caps allow us to go 4 to 6 weeks before the plants need watering. Each maxi cap accomodates 3 plants. We have the best crop of tomatoes we've ever had, long English cucumbers and even a small watermelon. I don't think the watermelon will grow to any size but we do have one softball size melon now. Spaghetti squash was also started in the green house but moved outside later on. Numerous hanging baskets of cherry tomatoes also. I had that greenhouse so full of flowers at the start you couldn't even see individual plants, Canna Lilys, Dahalias Gladiolas as well as fuschias, nasturtiums, bell peppers. This gardening thing has evolved into an activity that I really enjoy, particularly when everything starts to ripen up. Lornce, I really like that idea of planting the rain gutters. Excellent idea.

A police officer called the station on his radio. "I have an interesting case here. An old lady shot her husband for stepping on the floor she just mopped." "Have you arrested the woman?" "Not yet. The floor's still wet."

A lesson on how consultants can make a difference in an organization. Very Impressive! Last week, we took some friends to a new restaurant, 'Steve's Place' and noticed that the waiter who took our order carried a spoon in his shirt pocket. It seemed a little strange. When the busboy brought our water and utensils, I observed that he also had a spoon in his shirt pocket. Then I looked around and saw that all the staff had spoons in their pockets. When the waiter came back to serve our soup I inquired, 'Why the spoon?' 'Well, 'he explained, 'the restaurant's owner hired Andersen Consulting to revamp all of our processes. after several months of analysis - they concluded that the spoon was the most frequently dropped utensil. represents a drop frequency of approximately 3 spoons per table per hour. If our personnel are better prepared, we can reduce the number of trips back to the kitchen and save 15 man-hours per shift.' As luck would have it, I dropped my spoon and he replaced it with his spare. 'I'll get another spoon next time I go to the kitchen instead of making an extra trip to get it right now. I was impressed. I also noticed that there was a string hanging out of the waiter's fly. Looking around, I saw that all of the waiters had the same string hanging from their flies. So, before he walked off, I asked the waiter, 'Excuse me, but can you tell me why you have that string right there?' "Oh, certainly!' Then he lowered his voice. 'Not everyone is so observant. That consulting firm I mentioned also learned that we can save time in the restroom. By tying this string to the tip of our you-know-what, we can pull it out without touching it and eliminate the need to wash our hands, shortening the time spent in the restroom by 76.39%. I asked quietly, 'After you get it out, how do you put it back?' 'Well,' he whispered, 'I don't know about the others, but I use the spoon.

A Scottish Soldier, in full dress uniform, marches into a pharmacy. Very carefully he opens his sporran and pulls out a neatly folded cotton bandana; he unfolds it to reveal a smaller silk square handkerchief, which he also unfolds to reveal a condom. The condom has a number of patches on it. The chemist holds it up and eyes it critically. "How much to repair it?' The Scot asks the chemist. "Six pence" says the chemist. "How much for a new one?" "Ten pence" says the chemist. The Scot painstakingly folds the condom into the silk square handkerchief and the cotton bandana, replaces it carefully in his sporran, and marches out of the door, shoulders back and kilt swinging. A moment or two later the chemist hears a great shout go up outside, followed by an even greater shout. The Scottish soldier marches back into the chemists and addresses the proprietor, this time with a grin on his face. "The regiment has taken a vote," he says, “We'll have a new one."

Foamy, I feel for you, take care of your family. The rest can wait. About two years ago I developed blood clots that progressed to my lungs. I had never felt pain like that before. This is serious, just take care of your son.

Jason, I also vote for simplicity, the wire leaders that Peter mentioned work fine. Pike are not leader shy, just hungry. As for the $5.00 fly, just get your son to tie up a couple, if I remember, he does a good job.

Talk about a feel good story. I'm sorry to hear about your personal troubles, life can be cruel. I have met Dave and his wife when they were coming to the FF expo years ago. I thought they were both CLASS acts then and this story says they still are. By the looks of the pictures, it was a trip to remember and in beautiful country. Glad to hear you are able to resume an activity you love. Murray

Steve. You have some very nice shots there. Hard to pick out a favorite.

Retired Husband After I retired, my wife insisted that I accompany her on her trips to Walmart. Unfortunately, like most men, I found shopping boring and preferred to get in and get out. Equally unfortunately, my wife is like most women - she loves to browse and leaves me with endless time to fill. Yesterday my dear wife received the following letter from the local Wal- m art: Dear Mrs. Harris: Over the past six months, your husband has caused quite a commotion in our store. We cannot tolerate this behaviour and have been forced to ban both of you from the store. Our complaints against your husband, Mr. Harris, are listed below and are documented by our video surveillance cameras: 1. June 15: He took 24 boxes of condoms and randomly put them in other people's carts when they weren't looking. 2. July 2: Set all the alarm clocks in Housewares to go off at 5-minute intervals. 3. July 7: He made a trail of tomato juice on the floor leading to the women's restroom. 4. July 19: Walked up to an employee and told her in an official voice, "Code 3 in Housewares. Get on it right away." This caused the employee to leave her assigned station and receive a reprimand from her supervisor that in turn resulted with a union grievance, causing management to lose time and costing the company money. We don't have a "Code 3." 5. August 4: Went to the Service Desk and tried to put a bag of M&Ms on layaway. 6. August 14: Moved a "CAUTION - WET FLOOR" sign to a carpeted area. 7. August 15: Set up a tent in the Camping Department and told the children shoppers he'd invite them in if they would bring pillows and blankets from the Bedding Department, to which twenty children obliged. 8. August 23: When a clerk asked if they could help him, he began crying and screamed, "Why can't you people just leave me alone?" EMT's were called. 9. September 4: Looked right into the security camera and used it as a mirror while he picked his nose. 10. September 10: While handling guns in the Hunting Department, he asked the clerk where the antidepressants were. 11. October 3: Darted around the store suspiciously while loudly humming the Mission Impossible theme song. 12. October 6: In the Auto Department, he practiced his "Madonna Look" using different sizes of funnels. 13. October 18: Hid in a clothing rack and when people browsed through yelled "PICK ME! PICK ME!" 14. October 22: When an announcement came over the loud speaker, he assumed a fetal position and screamed "OH NO! IT'S THOSE VOICES AGAIN!" 15. Took a box of condoms to the checkout clerk and asked, "Where is the fitting room?" And last, but not least: 16. October 23: Went into a fitting room, shut the door, waited a while, and then yelled very loudly, "Hey! There's no toilet paper in here." One of the clerks passed out.

I'll let TIKAM tell the story. Suffice to say no one got hurt and boat is back.

The boat has been salvaged with minimal damage and everyone safe.

She's at work and I figured out how to untie the knot

I'm also available for manpower. I also have several hundred feet of very strong rope.

If you can get ahold of a bilge pump, I have a small 1 kW gen set that would run it. My phone number is 403 281 7537. I also have a zodiac but no way to get back upstream.

I know that it won't stop the actual theft of your boat, but SPOT makes a device that attaches to any car,truck,boat etc. that will track the said item by satellite. The unit is cheap but the yearly activation will cost a bit. Don't know how much.

A suicide bomber died and went to Paradise, as foretold. When he arrived there he said to Allah that he was ready to claim his 72 virgins, as promised. Out of curiosity he asked Allah why there were so many virgins in heaven. Allah regarded him for a moment, then replied, "Actually, the 72 virgins are here in heaven because people like you murdered them before they could experience the pleasure of sex. So you're here to service them. Since they're virgins, they're quite sexually ravenous and, frankly, you'll be on constant, exhausting duty. I shall banish you from Paradise should you fail!" The bomber responded, "Well, I guess I can live with that. How hard can it be to keep 72 women satisfied for all eternity?" Allah replied, "Who told you they were women?

That is a truly nice picture. There is so much more to fishing than just fishing.

You've seen all the commercials. But what really happens when you ask for help with an erection lasting more than 4 hours? I walked into a drug store and asked to talk to a male pharmacist. The woman I was speaking with said she was the only pharmacist and since she and her sister owned the store, there were no male employees. She asked if she could help me. I said that I really would have preferred to speak with a male pharmacist. She assured me that she was completely professional and whatever it was that I needed to discuss, I could be confident that she would treat me with a high level of professionalism. I reluctantly agreed and began by saying, "As a shy man, this is tough for me to discuss, but here goes. I get erections every day that last more than four hours. This condition causes me a lot of problems and severe embarrassment. I was wondering what you could give me for it?" The pharmacist said, "Just a minute, I'll talk to my sister." When she returned, she said, "We discussed it at length and this is the absolute best we can do: * 1/3 ownership in the store, * a company pickup truck, * a king size bed and, * $3,000 a month in living expenses." ;-)