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Thanks goodness you had those shorts on.... Oh... you had a shirt and socks on??? Nice camo.

I was expecting dinner photos. Nice fish.

I thought you looked familiar, I guess we both had more hair back then.

Glen and I got up to Lakair Thursday afternoon, set up camp next to Lew, lunched the boat and hit the water. One of the first spots produced a nice start to 4 days of fishing. Glen sets on a fish. Six pound test, medium spinning rod. And the fish is DEEP in the weeds. After a while the weeds/fish are at the side of the boat for the first time. After the second attempt to land this pike Glen may have said something along the lines of "Put down the damn camera and help me!" But he's too nice. I did however put the camera down and help him land the fish. A nice 37 inch pike. Did I mention the 6 lb test line no leader and a pile of weeds??? Glens' been at Lakair for less then 2 hours and he's ready to start booking the next trip. Some release shots... I had a follow from another nice pike as glen was releasing his fish, but no hook-up. On we went to explore and look for other spots. We found a few walleye before heading back to camp for diner. After we got back to camp we talked to some other OFNers and found out that the fishing had been slow. Good thing we had got out before we knew. As it turned out Thursday was our best day fishing. Friday we were back at it. shhhhh, don't tell anybody about this secret spot. And another spot nobody knows about. I think this one was 25 inches. Back at camp around the fire I had to take some shots of Dawg's hat. That's Spiel talkin' to him. I was sure that was dead when we past it on the road??? A nice morning down at the dock. We also got into some bass. Lots of fun, and lots of fishing, not as much picture taking though. See you all next time.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/sto...y/National/home Hearing's decision could affect all media, lawyer argues Article Comments (14) KIRK MAKIN Globe and Mail Update September 16, 2008 at 7:51 PM EDT Every Internet message board in the country will have to shut down if an Ontario man – Marc Lemire – is found liable for vile comments that were posted on his website, a Canadian Human Rights tribunal was told yesterday. “It's preposterous,” said Douglas Christie, a lawyer representing far right groups who advocate free speech. “It is the same as the chairman of a meeting being held liable for someone who shouts something out.” Mr. Christie warned that an adverse decision will prove destructive not just to a sprinkling of characters on the “lunatic fringe,” but to a deluge of mainstream newspapers, magazines, and other institutions that have launched message boards and chat lines. His comments came in a closing submission to tribunal commissioner Athansios Hadjis, who must decide if Mr. Lemire should be held liable for posted material that ridiculed and belittled Jews, blacks, Italians, homosexual and other groups. Mr. Christie also warned against closing an important valve on heated expressions of dissent: “If you don't allow the ventilation and expression of extreme views, the alternative is extreme action,” he cautioned. “This is one of the most important decisions that could ever be made by this tribunal,” Mr. Christie added. “What is at stake is control of the media of communications. The effect of this legislation is to create a political elite who can alone communicate their views – and decide who else can do so. “We see this case as meaning either the beginning of the end of freedom in a very real way, or the end of the beginning of its preservation.” Mr. Christie also disparaged the Canadian Human Rights Commission for the way it dismissed a recent complaint by Muslim groups against Macleans columnist Mark Steyn. The groups had used a controversial section of the Human Rights Act – s. 13 – to complain that Mr. Steyn's writing exposed Muslims to contempt or hatred. Mr. Christie branded it a “politically convenient” decision issued by bureaucrats who had been cowed by a fierce attack mounted by main steam media over the Steyn complaint. “It had become a political hot potato,” said Mr. Christie. “They dismissed the complaint and waved it around, saying: ‘See? Aren't we fair?'” In reality, he said, Mr. Steyn's writing crosses the line on virtually every yardstick the Commission and various tribunals has developed to measure unacceptable statements. “You could hardly argue that Mark Steyn's article didn't meet the criteria, when it portrays Muslims as a menace to North America,” he said. Mr. Christie accused the Commission of steadily throttling free speech, and said that every historical debate worth having – from the rightness of the Crusades to sacking of portions of Europe by Genghis Khan's Mongol hordes – runs the risk of offending particular races or religions. “People with strong opinions seldom believe that they are extreme,” he said. “What controversial statement isn't seen as vile by somebody?” said Mr. Christie, who has over the years defended a Who's Who of far right figures that includes James Keegstra, Ernest Zundel, Wolfgang Droege, John Ross Taylor and Tony McAleer. “Different religious groups are now aware that they can use this law for their own religious ends. Mr. Christie said that the commission has crafted s.13 into an “absolute liability offence.” Simply by being associated with an offensive statement, he said, a defendant runs a strong risk of being found liable. “It's so easy. It's a beautiful system for destroying your enemies... But the truth is more important than anyone's hurt feelings. The silence of speech is the death of reason.” However, Mr. Christie also warned that the very groups who launch complaints to silence their critics may soon find that the tables have turned against them, should their opponents choose to adopt the same tactic. “This law is as dangerous to them as it is to the neo-Nazis,” he said. A lawyer for Mr. Lemire, Barbara Kulaszka, told Mr. Hadjis that s. 13 complaints make up just one per cent of the cases the Commission reviews, yet a wholly disproportionate number of them are referred to full tribunal hearings. She also attacked the complainant in the Lemire case – Richard Warman – for allegedly making a career out of filing complaints which tie up those whose politics he dislikes in costly litigation. Mr. Kulaszka said that Mr. Warman has targeted 26 individuals in his complaints. The second-most active complainant has only targeted four individuals, she said. “He is overwhelmingly responsible for s.13 complaints,” she said. Noting that Mr. Warman used to work as an investigator for the HRC, Ms. Kulaszka accused him of coaching one of his successors in how to investigate and to use material against Mr. Lemire. “He seems to have had a tremendous influence on her,” Ms. Kulaszka said. “It's outrageous that the complainant here teaches her the very techniques she is going to use in his complaint.” She complained that Mr. Warman didn't have to do anything more than register his complaint and testify at the hearing. “He gives his testimony and leaves,” she said. “But the defendant cannot leave if he wants to defend himself and, in the case of Mr. Lemire, have a website.” Mr. Kulaszka also argued that the Commission failed to even make a case for Mr. Lemire being the operator of the website that contained the disputed comments. “Without some corroborating evidence somewhere tying Mr. Lemire to this website, you should not find that he is liable under s. 13 of communicating any material,” she told Mr. Hadjis. He has no case to answer.” She said that Mr. Lemire has always used his own name to post comments on other websites, and readily accepts his role in operating other sites that promote free expression and criticize policies such as immigration.

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So a new gun and a bigger target???

Do you really want to arm her???

I saw the high-lights from the Bengals game. WOW!

Ahh the first always leaves you wanting more doesn't it???By the way how'd it taste???

The best ideas are almost always simple. My wife is so excited about the hook idea that she is ready to go out and buy them for me.... Did I mention that I'm sitting in our living room, surrounded by my tackle as I try to prepare for Lakair.... I think she figures to put me on one of those hooks.

I think I found it searching.

Cliff seems to be conspicuously absent??? I guess he must not be at work....I bet that son-of-a-gun took the day off and is fishin'.

He looks great for 63.

No, the book I have is titled "dumbass things people worry about, that they really can't do nothin' about".

Boy I'm glad I kept all of my Y2K survival supplies.

CBC radio's Quirks and Quarks just did a show about that particle accelerator. Neat stuff, even though much of it was a bit above me.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080907/...ity_flying_fish LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas - It's a fishing tale that packs a wallop so strong it broke the jaw of a southeastern Arkansas teen and covered him in fish blood and guts. Seth Russell, 15, of Crossett, was cruising Lake Chicot on a large inner tube towed by a boat when a Silver Asian carp leaped from the water and smacked him in the face. Seth was knocked unconscious. The teen had oral surgery to wire several teeth together and has back pain doctors attribute to whiplash from the high-speed collision. He's not the only one who's had a run-in with the "flying" Silver Asian carp. Carole Engle, director of aquaculture and the fisheries centre at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, says the fish do not fly but they are good jumpers and over the last year, she has had some calls about them causing injuries on Lake Chicot. "Their jumping behaviour is a problem and their population appears to be growing there," Engle said. Silver Asian carp were first imported to the United States in the 1970s. Catfish farmers brought them in to remove algae and other suspended matter from their ponds. The Environmental Protection Agency started a program allowing cities to use the fish to help clean the water in sewer-treatment plant ponds. Seth's mother, Linda Russell, said: "He doesn't remember anything at all." "He was laughing and the next thing he remembers, he is waking in a hospital."

I would like set-up an on line album that would play a series of photos and play some music of my choice. I'm sure I've seen this done, but I don't know where these sites are? Any ideas? Thanks for the help.

I recognized the photos back when I got the magazine (it's almost the same as his avatar) but I couldn't remember his screen name.

ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR-GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOs Someone may need to bring our southeren friends up to speed.

Thanks for the info. We'll see if the trip happens.

I may get a chance to go to Miami near the end of September. What are the fishing options for a Canuk?

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/sto...y/National/home Billed as unsinkable, a tiny ship is tossed Ugly Too!, the successor to Lake Nipigon research vessel, sinks in summer gale, leaving its crew to spend a night on a tiny island JAMIE KOMARNICKI From Thursday's Globe and Mail August 28, 2008 at 4:07 AM EDT She was never easy on the eyes, but Ugly Too! was a sturdy girl with an unsinkable build. For eight years, the eight-metre aluminum trawler-style vessel combed the waters of Northern Ontario's Lake Nipigon, collecting data on fish species swimming below. It was a summer afternoon when a gale blew across the waters, tossing the trawler to and fro. A wave crashed through the windshield and water seeped in. Three souls on board - Anders Nyman, David Traintinger, Danny Swainson - were plunged into the lake, and watched, helpless, as the vessel sank slowly into the depths, before they swam through choppy waters to safety. Enlarge Image The Ugly Too!, which capsized last week on Lake Nipigon. (Ministry of Natural Resources) Such was the wreck of the Ugly Too! The Ministry of Natural Resources research vessel met its watery fate last Friday in Lake Nipigon, said Rick Salmon, a biologist and unit supervisor for the ministry's Lake Nipigon Fisheries Assessment Unit. The Ugly Too! is the successor to the ministry's last research vessel, the Ugly. The custom-built vessel was purchased from a commercial fisherman about eight years ago. Since then it's been used for MNR netting surveys to map out information on fish species in Lake Nipigon. On Friday, the three ministry employees were sailing the Ugly Two! near the Red Willow Islands to try to retrieve nets before the storm blew in. The $300,000 vessel bobbed through increasingly turbulent water when the two-metre wave hit. "It smashed into the boat, blew out the windshield," Mr. Salmon said. "It filled up the cab. The boat listed heavily to one side." The three men on board weren't able to reach the marine radio before the boat tipped. They fell into the water with their flotation devices. That's when the boat - which had a $90,000 engine upgrade about three years ago that was also supposed to make it veritably unsinkable - went under, Mr. Salmon said. It was all over in less than 10 minutes. He praised the cool heads of the shipwrecked trio. They swam more than three kilometres through the chilly, wind-tossed water to reach the Red Willow Islands. "They'd only catch glimpses of the island as they bobbed up and down in the waves," he said. Once on shore, the exhausted men fixed a distress flag out of a life jacket on a length of driftwood and set to work making a shelter out of branches, moss and wood. Several hours later, a rescue helicopter spotted them, but wasn't able to land on the tiny island. A water rescue team sailed two hours on the dark, rough lake, finally reaching the men at about 6 a.m. the next day, Mr. Salmon said. "They were in good spirits, glad to see everybody. And hugs all around and high-fives." Mr. Salmon said the team responded well in the emergency. No amount of planning could have prevented the mishap, he said. "When the boat tipped to its side after the big wave hit, water likely seeped into the vents, which caused it to sink." But the fate of the Ugly Too! is still murky, Mr. Salmon said. "We don't know exactly where the boat is." The vessel sank as deep as 60 metres below the lake's surface. Even if authorities can pinpoint where it hit bottom, salvaging the vessel could be more expensive than it's worth, Mr. Salmon said. If authorities determine it will do no harm, Ugly Too! could end up a permanent shipwreck, he said. Minister of Natural Resources Donna Cansfield said she's asked for a review of safety procedures for all the ministry programs that involve water.