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Have you seen Roy??? I say that those are the 1 3/4 lb lobsters.

The lobster market has almost completely crashed. There should be lots of goods deals. Great for us, crappy for the lobster fishermen.

Very nice! Just don't do what Wayne did at Lakair with his Speil special this year.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081225/...ke_trout_jell_o Weird news story of the day: By The Associated Press ADVERTISEMENT BOZEMAN, Mont. - A researcher at Montana State University says Jell-O, ultrasound, microwaves and electroshocking are among possible solutions to eliminate lake trout in Yellowstone National Park. Lake trout were introduced illegally into the park and threaten native cutthroat trout in Yellowstone Lake. To find the best way to destroy lake trout eggs, Al Zale received a grant from the National Park Service. He and his collaborators will analyze several potential solutions and recommend the best. If Jell-O is chosen, Zale says it would probably be unflavoured. He says workers could spread it over the fish eggs to smother them. Zale adds it would seem efficient to get rid of the eggs during spawning season, which occurs primarily during late fall.

Gerritt jonesin? Stay strong, and if this time doesn't work, try again.

Today, every time I lock my car the manufacture installed alarm goes off. Usually this means that a window or door is open, or not completely shut. This isn't the case today, but I wonder if the blowing snow has got in some place? I don't give a rat's butt about the alarm, but I (and I'm sure my neighbours) don't want it going off all the time. Can disable it? Nothing in the owners manual about that. Ideas?

My wife (who is 8 months pregnant) says I'm not allowed to go fishing with you.

My dad would say: Some of us are meant to hang. Glad it worked out.

Save Our Souls and abandon ship!

Thank goodness none of us think this way. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/sto...al_gam_mostview COLIN PERKEL The Canadian Press December 14, 2008 at 3:22 PM EST TORONTO — D'oh Canada! We hardly know you. The prime minister is not our head of state. We are not a representative republic. We do not elect our prime minister directly. A new survey for the Dominion Institute taken in the aftermath of this month's political crisis suggests a woeful ignorance when it comes to our system of government. For example, results of the Ipsos Reid survey show 75 per cent of Canadians asked believe the prime minister, or the Governor General, is head of state. Bzzzz — wrong. A new survey suggests Canadians are woefully ignorant about their system of government. Seventy-five per cent of Canadians surveyed identified the prime minister, or the Governor General, as head of state. Bzzzz — wrong. It's the Queen. It's actually the Queen. Only 24 per cent managed to answer correctly, according to the poll provided exclusively to The Canadian Press. Marc Chalifoux, president of the Dominion Institute, said he decided to commission the survey in light of the furor caused when a coalition of opposition parties threatened to topple Prime Minister Stephen Harper's minority Conservative government. Mr. Harper's defensive strategy was to ask Governor-General Michaëlle Jean to prorogue, or shut down, Parliament until late in January to avoid what likely would have been a vote of non-confidence. With such unfamiliar words such as “treason” and “coup d'état” entering the Canadian political lexicon, Mr. Chalifoux said he wanted to gauge the understanding people had of what had transpired. “Canadians certainly were interested by what was going on in Ottawa, but lacked in many cases the basic knowledge to form informed opinions,” Mr. Chalifoux said. “We found a lot of ignorance.” The institute drew up four basic questions: • Who is the head of state? • How can Canada's system of government best be described? • Do Canadians elect the prime minister directly? • Can the governor general nix a prime minister's request for a new election? “These questions we're asking aren't just trivia,” Mr. Chalifoux said. “These are part of the basic tool kit of knowledge that citizens need to function in a democracy.” Given a choice how best to describe the system of government, 25 per cent decided on a “co-operative assembly” while 17 per cent opted for a “representative republic.” Canada is neither. Only 59 per cent correctly picked constitutional monarchy. In a similar vein, 51 per cent wrongly agreed that Canadians elect the prime minister directly. In fact, Canadians elect local members of Parliament and the leader of the party with the most members by tradition becomes prime minister at the request of the governor general. “Our school system needs to be doing a better job of training young people to be citizens,” Mr. Chalifoux said. One question that did elicit close to unanimous agreement was about the Governor-General's power to refuse to call an election at the request of a prime minister who no longer enjoys majority support in the House of Commons. A full 90 per cent responded — correctly — that the Governor General does have the power, which Ms. Jean may yet be called on to wield if the opposition coalition does defeat the government with a vote in the Commons. Overall, the survey found the lowest levels of knowledge in Quebec — 70 per cent of Quebeckers, for example, wrongly believe Canadians directly elect the prime minister. Only 35 per cent of Atlantic Canadians made that mistake. The survey of 1,070 Canadians done Dec. 9-12 is said to be accurate to within 3.1 percentage points 19 times out of 20.

Someone who needlessly fears the worst after using the internet to self-diagnose an ailment.

I wonder if he has ever seen the wonder boner?

I've been to that rink for hockey. The game finished around 5pm, he may just be getting out of the gravel "parking lot" now. Good rink for hockey, but if you put a rink that far from downtown you could at least pave the parking lot. Micky mouse.

Son of a gun!

Thanks for the help. A quick trip to the vet and $150 later and the dog's fine. The blood is all cleaned up. Now all I have to do when my wife gets home tomorrow from a shopping trip in Grove City, PA is explain that I spent more than her (remember my broken tv?) this weekend. The backyard looks a bit like an animal met its demise though, lots of blood all over the clean white snow. What ever will the neighbours think?

I've got a black lab with a broken nail on his fore paw. He's outside hanging out in the snow. It's broken off right at the base and bleeding bad, at least I kept him off the carpet. Does this need a trip to the vet?

Checks and balances would need to be used, but there is no way a profit would be made. Costs (tax payer dollars) would only be partially covered. It is more about hitting the crooks where it might hurt them, in the pocket book. It can be argued that since they have no ethics anyway, banning them from hunting or fishing is almost point-less.

Nah! A 23 footer is too much boat for me Wayne. It would be nice to see this type of thing taken more seriously though.

Thanks for the replies. The tv is going to be placed, that was never in doubt. I was just curious if there was any value to someone else for a 36 inch CRT tv (what a monster next to the new technology) that while only 5 years old is figuratively a dinosaur. And if you can't read between the lines: Does this piece of junk have enough value that someone would be willing to come to my house to get rid of it? While we're on the subject. Does anybody else get a kick out of these manufactures that try to sell you on a tv that they claim "will last well over 15 years"? Nothing is made to last 15 years (see above for proof, that tube cost more than the one I going to buy now), much less electronics that are out of date within 5 years.

http://www.thebarrieexaminer.com/ArticleDi....aspx?e=1321198 Barrie anglers reel in fines Posted 7 hours ago Two Barrie men are facing fines following a recent fishing trip to Severn Sound. The pair and their 23-foot vessel was seized after a trip Nov. 3. Authorities say the pair were spotted fishing and failed to stop for a Conservation Officer and a Southern Georgian Bay OPP officer conducting a Joint Forces Marine Patrol. After a brief pursuit, they were stopped at Waubaushene and found to be in possession of fish of prohibited length as well as not having all of the required boating safety equipment. This resulted in a seizure all their fishing gear and their catch. Gregory Kempling, 46, pleaded guilty to and was convicted in Penetanguishene Court on Nov. on Thursday for Failing to Stop for Conservation Officer, Obstructing a Conservation Officer of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, and Possessing Fish of Prohibited Length. Kempling was fined a total of $1,400 and received a one year fishing prohibition. His fishing gear and the fish that were caught were permanently confiscated and he was also fined in regards two offences dealing with violations against the Small Vessel Regulations of the Canada Shipping Act. The court further ordered the vessel that had been seized was to be released after the court proceedings. Brandon De Forest, 22, pleaded guilty and was convicted of Unlawfully Making a False Statement to a Conservation Officer of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act and received a fine of $35.

Big deal, you should see the parking lot at the local rink after the jr hockey game. I'd love to play like that, but the gas and tyres would cost even more than my fishing tackle.

So I get home yesterday and turn the tv on to watch football and some hockey. The tv screen stays black but it does start to make a high pitch whine. The only way to stop it is to unplug the tv from the wall. A few dozen curse words later and the small tv from the office is in the living room. The "broken" tv is a 5 year old 36 inch RCA cathode ray tube style. Is there any point in trying to fix it or is it of any value to someone? I'm on my way to finds it's replacement right now.

Reel purdy dawg, but the first time the snow plow comes by all those low plants will be covered? Me sooo funny.

Link: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/sto...ry/Science/home MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT Globe and Mail Update November 27, 2008 at 2:05 PM EST In a worrisome discovery, scientists say they have found lakes in Canada that are losing some of the calcium dissolved in their waters, a condition that they are likening to an aquatic version of osteoporosis. The drop in calcium levels is being attributed to the effects of acid rain and logging, which together have depleted the element in the soil around lakes, reducing the amount that is in run off and available for aquatic life. The finding of a new threat to the lakes has potentially far-reaching consequences. Many species depend on abundant levels of calcium, a key nutrient used in nature to build the structure of living things, everything from the shells of birds' eggs to the skeletons of animals. A paper outlining the discovery, made by a team of scientists from Queen's and York universities and the federal and Ontario governments, appeared in the current issue of Science on Thursday. The research was based on sampling conducted at 770 lakes, of which 60 per cent had calcium levels low enough to concern scientists. A water flea, Daphnia, is known to be a key component of many aquatic food webs. (Shelley Arnott) The lakes studied were primarily in Ontario's Canadian Shield region, suggesting that there may be tens of thousands of others across the country that are similarly affected, along with many in the Northeastern United States and Scandinavia, areas also sensitive to the affects of acid rain. ”We call it aquatic osteoporosis,” said Prof. John Smol, one of the researchers on the project and a biology professor at Queen's University in Kingston. Prof. Smol said he is worried about the health of ecosystems around lakes because ”everything requires calcium.” Returning concentrations in lakes to a healthy level will likely require further reductions in emissions that cause acid rain – primarily sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides from coal fired power plants, metal smelters and cars – along with changes in logging practices, he said. Under previously implemented pollution control plans, emissions of sulphur dioxide in Eastern Canada fell by 63 per cent from 1980 to 2001, according to Environment Canada figures. As a consequence, acidity in many lakes has dropped to more normal readings, but the new findings suggests that even this massive emission cut has not been enough to offset the damage from acid rain. The researchers believe the drop in calcium – perceived now as sharp – has been occurring for decades, in some areas since as early as the 1970s. When acid rain falls on soil, it quickly leaches out the calcium, eventually exhausting the earth's stores of the element, leaving little available to be washed into takes as runoff. In the initial period of acid-rain deposition, this effect temporarily increased the amount of calcium entering the lakes, but once the stores of the element were depleted, levels plunged. Logging is also a problem, because trees contain calcium drawn from the soil. When trees are cut and removed, their calcium is taken from the ecosystem. The calcium in uncut forests is returned to the soil when trees fall over and decay. The scientists were able to determine that calcium levels have fallen sharply by studying populations of a water flea, called daphnia. These water fleas are highly sensitive to calcium, and cannot reproduce if amounts fall too low. The key level is a water concentration at or below 1.5 parts per million – less causes populations to crash. Loss of the water fleas is a huge blow to the life in the lakes, because they are a critical component of the aquatic food web. They eat algae and in turn become food for fish, which means that a drop in numbers has a wide-ranging effect. ”Once calcium declines below a certain threshold, some keystone species can no longer reproduce,” said Adam Jeziorski, lead author of the study and a Queen's Phd candidate. ”These species and other organisms that feed on them are endangered.” Fish, crayfish, and mollusks also have relatively high calcium needs. The scientists were able to surmise the levels of calcium in the lakes over the past 200 years by looking at the remains of the fossils of water fleas in the mud at the bottom of lakes. By studying the abundance of the fleas, they determined that a big drop in their numbers happened over the past few decades, because of falling calcium levels. One way to correct the calcium deficiency would be to add the element back to forests, much as farmers fertilize their fields. But it is not considered practical to do so over a large area like the Canadian Shield. The weathering of rocks naturally replenishes calcium in soil, but this process takes time and acid rain emissions would likely have to be cut further to make sure this material was not leached away as quickly as it was being replenished. Tree bark contains a lot of calcium, so loggers could be encouraged to leave it in the woods after they cut trees. Another approach being followed in some areas of Canada is to curb logging in areas with low calcium.