smitty55

I've only ever been a member of a few outdoor forums and I'm sure I'm not up on all the protocols but does/should the thread starter not have the right to request that responses stick to the topic so that threads don't go too sideways? Or ask a mod to enforce that or lock a thread? Not here in particular, but then of course there are those that like to hijack threads, while others may start threads they know will be controversial. Some are good topics that remain productive, others go sideways. So be it, it seems to go on everywhere to varying degrees. So be the online world. It's pretty easy going and civil here from what I've seen on other forums. I like it here, I visit everyday.. I'm sure the mods love it too not having to deal with as many issues. To Big Cliff, my apology for going off topic. hehe On that note, I never got the feeling that you were ever blaming Justin for the plight of this lady, you were just bringing this example to light and suggesting to him that it's about time that Canada starts taking more care of its own first rather than spending money so freely abroad. I totally agree, but it's pretty obvious so far that it's not happening with the liberals. The opposite in fact. Scary that political agendas take priority to common sense, but what the hell do I know eh. Cheers

That's a good one. I've used windshield washer fluid in a ziplock bag before as well. Cheers

Tks Doug. Yea it seems lots of folks just take the breasts off their geese, which technically might not be legal as they are allowing some meat to spoil. Good for you on finding something to do with them. Cheers

Doug that is quite the interesting recipe I must say. Then I hit the maple syrup at the end and did a double take. I've never sweetened any soup. Well... maybe some honey in a tomato soup once. Kind of intriguing what that would add to that mix of spices. It must be the pic, but the soup has that "curry" look to it. I make a lot of soups, they are so versatile. Lot's of poultry stock frozen in jars and containers and bags. I will admit to stocking up on the Campbell' s beef stock cartons when they go on sale. Regular price has gone way up the last couple of years. I've never tried to make beef stock after looking at the price of bones. So what's the history on this soup Doug? Your own concoction likely I figure. Btw what happens to the cardamon seeds? Do they go mushy and blend in? I've only ever used powder. Cheers

Not the brands you are looking at but I have an Arctic Armor suit that is great. Lightweight, very warm and comfortable to wear. Doesn't get all stiff in the cold. Insultex is waterproof, windproof and very buoyant. The amount in one suit will float 700 lb. Not coastguard approved but that's not an issue for me. Check out the videos on line to see it in action. Cheers

Of course it's ultimately his right as landowner. But this is a local guy who tries to come across as a friend over the 15 years different bunches of us have paid him for hunting rights. It's just common decency I would expect from someone I've shared plenty of beer with. Here's the quick story. 6 years ago his property is just sitting there. So I offer him $1000 for 4 of us at $250 each. Fine, he's all happy. Two years later 2 guys can't continue. So early summer I phone Kev and inform him that I will try and fill the spots or maybe he knows someone. Cool. Then the rest happened after we found sign of others on the property early fall and he finally returned my calls. Yea he says, "I've got a cousin and his bud I've given hunting rights to" . Fine, we would have been happy to team up with the lads and share our knowledge and 4 stands. But no, he can't bother to give me a simple phone call. Then he goes on to say for the two of us who did all the work to fix up his property the price is now $500 apiece. Pretty easy to figure out what he's up to. CYA. Bottom line, the guy is a sleazeball. Always has been. Much as I enjoyed hunting a few minutes up the road not having to deal with him anymore is worth it. Karma is a bugger they say. I drove by the lane today and noticed the sign at the cable. I backed up and drove in for a look see. I had a good chuckle and had to take a pic. The more you read it the less sense it makes lol. Cheers

Now I'm certainly no lawyer, but knowing the owner of this property my vote would be a big Bull. This guy is well known to be really full of it, and will lie through his teeth to anyone, including a judge in his separation hearing. This isn't the first time he has put up signs at the entrance to his land and he knew they were a crock. Several of us locals have paid to hunt his 200+ acres over the years but after dealing with his crap and lies too many times none of us have anything to do with this jerk anymore. For example, we fixed up roads and trails, put stands up etc and then the next thing you know I've got pictures of guys I don't know tromping by our stands with a rifle in hand when the only big game open was bear. He didn't even have the decency to inform us. Then he gives a couple of "friends" of his permission to hunt his property and still doesn't tell us. That was the last straw for us, so we went in and cleared out all our stands and feeders and haven't talked to him since. It's really too bad because it's a nice property and only a mile up the road. This guy even moved his property line in the middle of the bush so he could justify dropping trees that weren't even on his legal property. I've never seen or heard of anything like this before and a google search came up empty. So I'm hoping someone here might be knowledgeable in these matters. I just noticed this sign today on a cable across the entrance. He doesn't even have no trespassing signs up. Tks for any input. Cheers

There are plenty of legit freeware programs out there that can do the same things as what some of these programs claim to do. CCleaner is a good one that comes to mind. As posted, MalwareBytes AntiMalware (MBAM)is an excellent tool. With the right version you can get active monitoring as well. It even has a chameleon "mode" to fool some malware from targeting it. But I digress... Best practice for sure is prevention in the first place by using adequate antivirus/spyware/adblocker etc (malware) programs. All mine is freeware. Just make sure not to run two antivirus programs at the same time. Firefox has some great extensions that I really like too Here is the best advice I can offer to most any home user to further protect your computer. Most home user accounts have admin privileges, which allows your account to do anything practically. This also allows malware access to your whole system to install programs or whatever once it has accessed your account. What we all should do is be signed on with a Standard User Account, which has limited privileges to install/run programs without an admin password, which you can supply when asked for things you want to use. It's free, simple and effective protection. You can still sign on as an Admin if needed. Cheers

I'm not positive about this but I heard it's only free to start then after that there may be yearly charges. Besides that, the reported privacy issues are plenty enough to keep me far away from it. Microsoft has also snuck in some of those user trackers into Win 7 and 8 in some of their updates, the sneaky buggers Cheers

I kid you not, A lady on a local fb site said a woman at her work got sucked in for 17 grand over two days. They are out there... Cheers

Boy did you ever come to the right place. Enjoy your trip Cheers

Way To GO. Specially to your wife, who had the hard part. I've been there twice in one year, but that was almost 32 years ago. All the best to your family. Time to see Dr. Snipit maybe... Cheers

Order one from home hardware. Not real heavy. Comes with a t-handle and rope. http://www.homehardware.ca/en/rec/index.htm/Outdoor-Living/Sporting-Goods/All-Season/Fishing/Accessories/54-Ice-Fishing-Chisel-Spud/_/N-ntlej/R-I6580158

That's wild Rick. Glad you're ok. That's quite strange as 8" of ice will normally support a car easily. There must have been quite the air gap under the ice so that the water was no longer supporting the ice. I've ice fished the Ottawa River tons and never had a problem, even in the current areas. You know what they say about falling off a horse. I don't think you should stop ice fishing over it. If it's something you enjoy that much then go for it, just make sure of ice conditions. Cheers

It's never a good idea to upgrade early to a new OS anyway. There are always lots of kinks to work out. In this case with Win10 there are a lot of legitimate privacy issues. Microsoft want to know everything about everyone. Google it. Even worse is that now Microsoft has managed to slip in some of the same user tracking software into their "recommended" update category a while back for Win7 and 8. Check this out. http://www.pcworld.com/article/2978239/windows/microsoft-slips-user-tracking-tools-into-windows-7-8-amidst-windows-10-privacy-storm.html Cheers

Some of you may remember this from back in the summer. I figured it was time to post a report. I actually managed to wait over 2 months before trying these. Turned them most every day. I started with #4. Well the spice mix wasn't bad but the orange peel turned out to be a big mistake as it didn't mix well with the other spices at all. Disappointed to say the least. I still have half the jar but I think I will rinse them out and add some fresh oil and garlic and more heat to see if that helps. Then I tried my #1, which was Ricks #3 recipe made with fresh garlic and a bit extra olive oil. They were very good with a nice bite to them but unfortunately I dropped the whole jar on my concrete basement floor so I didn't get to enjoy them much at all. Boy was I ever pissed at myself for that dumb move. Will definitely try again Next was my #2, which I modified from an online recipe I found. It turned out excellent, but unfortunately I'm almost out of that batch. Will definitely make again, maybe two, and one with more heat this time. Here is how I made it... 4 cups olives. Well rinsed and drained in my case 4 large cloves garlic. . In my case that's one large bulb of Music Don't use china crap. Sliced thin. Add to hot oil and simmer. They taste great too 1/2 cup sunflower oil. 4 tbsp of olive oil. 4 tbsp white wine vinegar 2 tsp coriander seed 1 tsp peppercorns 1 tsp of mustard seed 2 tsp cumin seed 1 tsp red pepper flakes. Add to hot oil and simmer 2 bay leaf leaves. Cut in half. I used fresh as I have a year round bay laurel plant. 1 tsp smoked paprika 1 tsp salt. I ground some pink salt in. Since I started using it I haven't used regular salt at all. It is so much better Toast all the seeds for 2-3 minutes. Your nose will thank you. I used a ss fry pan. Not too hot but the odd seed may jump around Add the oils, bring up to a light simmer for a bit and then kill the heat I added the paprika right at the end. Let cool for a while Alternate seeds and olives in the jar. I added the oil to jar while still hot. I did 5 batches that afternoon hehe. Use a fresh sealer lid on the mason jar, preferably preheated in very hot water. Never had a jar leak and two of them are still on their side yet. They are more square so they don't roll. I never missed a day turning them for at least the first month and didn't miss too many over the next month. Now its once a week for the last two that I haven't tried yet. These olives turned out excellent like I said. Highly recommend. Wish I could have had more of #1 to give a better review but I could eat these forever and be happy. Compared to what you could find even in a deli, well there is no comparison IMO, not even in a high end restaurant I'd wager. Fantastic on home made pizza btw. So thanks to Rick way back on page 37 for catching my eye with that one post on the hunt camp recipes. I got 5 qts for $18 worth of olives. I still have 2 remaining, #5 will be opening soon. If I really like it I'll post that recipe as well. Cheers

That was very cool. Thanks so much for sharing. Cheers

Same here. Works fine. Plus I use no-script add-on from firefox. Cheers

Kinda funny how in this day and age with soaring prices and all, you'd think a place like that would have more business, not less. Couple that with those crazy salaries and a CEO with a history of spending problems and to me that raises a few flags. Cheers

If you want an optical drive in your notebook you may have a harder time finding one these days. While Macs may be less prone to virus they are certainly not immune anymore. The best way to protect yourself from malware is to be logged on as a standard user, not an admin. That way you have no rights to install anything so malware can't either. If you do need permissions the UAC will pop up asking for an admin password which you can provide when required. That and keeping antivirus programs up to date will prevent most attacks. I picked up a nice ASUS notebook for my wife 4 years ago and it's still going strong. It came with a full 2 year warranty as well. I bought it from a local computer shop, which I would highly recommend over a big box store. As far as an OS goes, I can't stand Windows 8 with no start menu and Windows 10 has many privacy issues so I would suggest to stay with Win 7. Cheers

If you're not driving what's the big deal. It's always been done.

That may have been me. I've done it several times. Works great. You need to contact the shipping dept. I forget her name atm though. If it's in stock in that store she does the order up for you and shipping was very quick when I did it. Cheers

FWIW. Just saw this on fb http://thefreethoughtproject.com/kind-study-finds-virtually-driving-impairment-influence-marijuana/ Cheers

Hear, hear.

What I wonder is how and who is going to set the threshold for being impaired by pot. Some folks who don't puff much can get pretty buzzed by only a few tokes while others could smoke a whole joint by themselves and be relatively fine for driving. Impaired is a relative term. Cheers