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And growing! I think people are voting before reading the whole thread. Or they think the AECL is a mouthpiece for the Conservative government and the CBC is the source of all truth.

Good find, Weedy. If I was a cynical man, I'd say the current bureaucracy is just jammed packed with Liberal appointees looking for any opportunity to make the Conservatives look bad. Even if it means a few people might die as a result. Its a good thing I'm not cynical.

Just goes to show the "authorities" (those authorized to make critical decsions) don't run the show. You say this was a political move (as opposed to one based on necessity). I'm interersted on how you think the PC's benifited politically by firing up an unsafe reactor.

Really? "A native Albertan, she holds a Bachelor of Science (Chemistry) and a Masters of Science (Food and Nutrition Sciences) from the University of Alberta"

It would great if we could live in a world that is so black and white that we could stick to such abolutes but we don't. I suspect the outcome of this poll is more based on a persons like or dislike of the current government then knowledge of all the considerations weighted against various risk assesments. I have no idea what those considerations/risks are, and I am no fan of the PC's, but I think the easy, more policitally asstute route would have been to keep it shut down. If so, why didn't they? I hope we all get the real scoop on this some day.

3] That this facility produces "two-thirds of the world's medical radioisotopes". Why are all the eggs in this one large basket and again, who's fault is that? The government had a tough call to make, thats all I'm saying. Without the isotopes, people *will* die. Do what they consider the right thing or do the political thing?

We might have already. This might not have happen in the last year. It might have happened under the Liberals. The current government had to decide whether to keep it shutdown until its fixed or to fire it back up and run it under the previous governments acceptable level of risk until its fixed. Of course, I'm assuming these shortcomings have been there for awhile and were only recently discovered. It would be nice if the CBC article included that detail. To get the full story, we need to know when it got to this, how it got to this and who is responsible for allowing it to get to this.

Yup. Thats the one. I guess I couldn't pick you out of a crowd if I had too.

I guess if my 8yr daughter had cancer, I would live with the risk (that was there for who knows how long. "including two water pumps that didn't have emergency backup power" - since day one????). I'm sure its now a top priority.

So, when's your book due to be published? You're a great story teller, Rickr. I want a signed copy.

Saw Phil Rowley using one at the expo for his blood leach pattern. One day I gotta get me one (or a Nor Vice).

Maybe use a spot of solder just to make sure they don't come apart when fighting that huge bully? Great idea.

Must........look.......away.......

Rickr's got some great stories!!! I say we all vote for the best avatar. Your's is just hilarious, Dave. ps. Sorry about that last thread I started. It was intended to be some fun poking.

I bet that will look great when its wet.

I really like the effect of the orange ribbing in the first fly. I gotta try that one day. For a beginner, you're doing just fine.

I voted yes and I haven't tried it. Heck. I just felt like voting and I figured if you bought it, you would probably think it was worth it, because you could afford it and it probably *can* be cast a little further.... I hope this poll wasn't scientific.

Rub it in, Lone. Rub it in....... Oh ya. Canmore sucks!!! Ya. I said it. Canmore sucks! I'm glad I only haved to drive through it every once in a while when going to a better place. ( )

Wow. I guess I take that back. He has a lot of shots there that shows he's a master at fast focus and steady hands. Those are just jaw dropping. Thanks for the link.

I hate to be a skeptic but I think those fish were planted subsurface some how. Too many absolutely perfectly focused shots of the same ankle bracelet bird (can you Falconize an Osprey?). It must have been a long lens, which makes perfect focus even harder. I think they had the distance down and pre-focused and snapped continuous shots as the bird was diving or just carrying the fish away. The only shot that questions this theory is the one with the fish jumping out of the water right behind it (and the ducks in the background). Thats a sweet shot that could not have been set up. Awesome pics no matter how they were acquired.

It could be worse. You could be living in Toronto!!! (Now *there* is an easy target, Taco! )

Is it just me or has anyone else noticed a recent increase in Calgary bashing from some of our fellow members?

Put me down as a Cortland groupie, too.

No worry. There will be a lot of horsie's around. Smells like the country. You and Don should feel right at home. I'll be there Sat tying at the H&H booth.

What was the colour of you're license plate? Could it be targeted inforcement with dual benefits of potential for greater returns and word of mouth advertisement? Obviously, more officers and less people on the water should lead to increased CO encounters, I just wonder if the blue platers are seeing an increase as well. I was checked on the Liv last spring.