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I totally agree. One thing I don't quite understand is the popular choice of licenceing guides.

I enjoy the show each and every year. It always occurs in January and allows me to take a break from winter for a couple of days. I have found a couple of great deals each year and allows me to see and try casting the new gear as much as I want. I also really appreciate the opportunities to sit in on seminars with some of the true experts in the fly fishing community. Where else could a guy like me get the opportunity to learn from from people like Jim McLennan, Tom Rosenbauer etc. I never get tired of the show.

I have both books and refer to them often. The patterns in both books are effective and the format of the books allows you to lay it out on the desk while tying. I like both books.

I use a Zodiac on both the Bow River as well as still water. As mentioned above, the wind does come in to play on occasion. I do not have a rowing frame but have a couple of swivel seats that sit a little higher than the tubes. I have used an electric motor on mine and it does a passable job but will wear down your battery. My favorite motor is a 2 1/2 horse outboard. I find with the little extra power, it is easier to control in the wind. One big bonus is that you can deflate the boat and put it in your trunk. The down side is that Zodiacs are pricey. If you were serious and want to try it out, give me a shout.

I wonder how all those people that work for Transalta, Atco And Edmonton Power feel about losing their jobs over this.

In my opinion, this whole carbon tax is aimed at offsetting the reduced revenue due to the oil price crash.

The various governments have wanted to put a sales tax/carbon tax/gas tax on Albertans for years. In my opinion, now that it's here, it will never go away. Prepare to pay more for everything we use, from electricity to fuel to groceries. Everyone's cost has just been increased dramatically. However, my and every retired person along with the unemployed, remain at a fixed level of income. Seriously, I may have to go back to working well into my seventies simply to continue to live in Calgary. For those that complain about what deregulation did to your power bill, think what eliminating 60 percent of the generation in this province will do to your power bill. Prior to deregulation, Transalta coal generation cost 2 cents per KW, Atco cost was 5 cents per KW. This is all coal fired generation. Edmonton was natural gas fired generation and their cost was in the 7 cent range. Then along comes Wind Power, the government required all of the other generation companies to purchase all wind generated power at a cost of 15 cents per KW. The difference in the costs per KW are primarily due to the cost of the fuel. Wind power has no fuel cost but the technology is expensive. These figures are not exact but they are close. I am sure that some efficiencies have been developed over the years for wind generation, but then inflation would have to be taken in to account as well. The fuel cost for TA's coal was fixed due to long term contracts that were signed in the early 1900's. I do not know about ATCO's fuel costs.

We were in Costco today so I asked if they do the transfers to DVD. They gave me a pamphlet and prices are as follows $27.99 for up to 2 tapes that's a total of 2 hours per DVD. Extra copies of the same DVD are $8.59 each. Murray

The name of the place WAS Stopwatch. Doesn't matter anymore because they are not there now, shut down about a year ago. The Son still does this and left a business card with the Barber Shop. The card simply says TRANSFERS. By Ryan Bechthold. 1 403 253 7401 If you call it, let me know how you made out. On another note, I think Costco also does transfers to DVD.

Dave,there is a small mall on the east side of Elbow drive between Southland and Heritage. If I recall correctly, there is a sign up that says they do that kind of copying. I have never used them so I can't comment on prices or quality of work. I drive by there often so I could get some details if you like.

Nice pics Steve. It was a fun day.

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

LAD, I understand that you are skeptical of things you read on internet sites, rightly so most of the time. Your comments caused me to reflect on my response to this story so I went back to the original "story" that was written in the Pincher Creek news to see if I might have misinterpreted something. After rereading the article, I stand by my comments. I do agree that we don't have all of the facts. You made a comment that my opinion was made based on a neighbour's opinion, I disagree. My opinion was based on photographic evidence. The pictures clearly show SOME of the destruction done to the riverbed. After rereading the article, I noticed that there was some suggestions that this landowner had a permit to do some sort of remedial work at that location. Nobody actually provided hard evidence that he did indeed have the required permits so it is equally possible that he did not. One comment was that the work that was done was outside of the scope of his permits. I understand that you would urge caution and not pronounce him guilty before the facts are all known. I like that as well. I would hope that this investigation proceeds quickly and if that landowner is found to be in the wrong, penalize him appropriately. The damage he has caused to the river will have long lasting effects.

Seldom do we see the maximum penalties handed out for violations. This is one that deserves swift and severe action by the courts. As I read the story one of the neighbours mentioned that this landowner had previously tried the same thing to a lesser degree. This guy doesn't get it. It's time to make an example of him. Maximum fines, jail time and pay for the repairs.

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

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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."

Not trying to start anything, but how are you supposed to launch a boat without driving onto the gravel bars?