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1-800-387-8803 (English) 1-800-565-3356 (French) The above are customer relations phone numbers fro CTC. Relay your storey and name names if you can. You'll be surprised when you go to the top , how many times you get satisfaction. Whatever you do, be polite. Ask for a superior if you are not satisfied (climb the ladder). Eventually someboby will kick someone's butt. You complaint is very understanding and reasonable. This is not a petty complaint. More power to ya! Muddler

Downloaded from http://rapidshare.com/files/153089454/trj673.rar and tried an install. Tells bme that it is an update and can't find the program direstory. I've trie the following program with some succes with IE hijackers. http://www.freewarefiles.com/Browser-Hijac...gram_13481.html Muddler

My sister's computer had a similar problem a few months ago. You'd get a popup from ANTIVIRUS 2008 (or maybe 2009) stating that the computer was infected. I found this site http://www.internetinspiration.co.uk/roguefix.htm that has a simple fix that worked for her computer. I did a full virus scan and spyware scans in Safe mode after that and it seemed to fix it. Now for the bad news, my neighbour down that street got the same rogue program /Antivirus 2009' and we tried the same fix. The computer would just refuse to execute the fix. Wetried registry fixes and a couple of other things. Nothing got rid of it. We ended up copying all the important data to a potable hard drive and reformatting and reinstalling windows of his computer then returning the data. I hate rogue software.....muddler

Not That I repond much but, part of the problem is the automobiles themselves. I drive a 1994 Toyoto Camrey. Nothing fancy and very happy with it. Conditions get worse I slow down. Common sense. Now My brother inlaw has a 2009 Honda ridgeline truck. If the truck starts to skid then a computer takes over and corrects everything. Good or bad weather conditions he drive the same speed and curses the slow pokes. He's probably one of those guys on the 401 you see flying by at 120 regaurdless of condions.

Well thee are a few cost effiecent ways to backup your important data. First, you are sure that you will be saving(backing up) less than 8 Gigabytes of data then a USB flash drive (pen) is a good choice. Just plug it into any USB port(connection) and backup your data. A 8 GB usb drive costs about $20, so cost is a one time thing. You cab reuse the flash drive over and over again. If you need a lot of storage get a notebook hard drive and an enclosure. Enclosures start around $10 and up, and notebook drives vary in price depending on size ant type. You can get a 120 GB HD for about $55. Put the notebook drive into the enclosure(instructions are usuall straight forward) and format the drive. It uses a USB cable to connect to your computer. Usually no other power source is needed to power the notebook drive. Backup your data to the portable drive and you're done. There is some free software that will backup your data from your PC to an external drive (usb pen or mini drive). Go to freewarefiles.com and type 'backup' in the search box. From there you can pick the software you want. My personal favourite is one call "dsychronize". You can set it up a few different ways. I plug in my external drive and then I just select the folders I want backed up, and then select the external drive as my destination. Click on Backup/synchronize and I'm done. The first run of this program copies all the files from my source folders, but all the future backups only add new or changed files. Here's alink to "dsynchronize" http://dimio.altervista.org/eng/ It take a bit of messing around to set it up, but once it's set, it easy to use. Plug in your external usb staorage, launch dsynchronize and click on backup/synchronize. That's it. Good luck. Muddler

here' my method. I've used it for over 30 years. First water harden the eggs. I prefer to do it at home using some ice and none chlorinated water. Just pour the eggs an a pail, add water and ice. Test a coupleof eggs every couple of minute for the firmness you want. I like mine pretty firm so they don't break when I bag them. Scoop out the ice and pour eggs and water into a cheap collander (dollar store variety). Now flatten out about 4 or 5 days worth of newspapers in a stack. Lay two layers of paper towels on top of the newspapers. Pour the salmon eggs onto the paper towels. You can air dry them at this point or speed up the process by using salt instaed. I prefer using salt, that way I can process the eggs faster and I I minimize the risk of contamination (smells, fungus) or accidents (my cat). IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU USE SALT WITH NO IODINE. Pickling salt is perfect. Liberally sprinkle the salt all over the eggs. Mix with a spoon. Soon the salt draws out the water from the eggs (Osmosis) the whole thing gets pretty gooey. Rool the ggs to one side (half) of the pper towels and pull all the wet newspapers, paper towels and eggs off the stack. Put two more layers of paper towels on the dry newspapers. Gently roll the eggs from the wet paper onto the dry one. You can use a spoon if you want. Sprinkle a lot more salt. Keep repeating the process until the eggs look as dry as a raisan and you think you've ruined them. You managed to take virtuall all the water out the eggs. That's good because bacteria and fungus will have a hard time growing on your eggs. Rinse the excess salt off using a collander. Shake off the excess water. Now using a small zip lock bag spoon 4-5 spoonfuls (about hlf of what you would normally use in one outing) of these wrinkled eggs into the bag and fold the bag to get as much air out as possible. USe a straw if you want get the most air out. Put about 4 of these bags into a larger Ziplock (freeze quality) and put them into a freezer. Do that to all the eggs. I put the larger bags into a small rubermaid conatainer that will hold abot 4 large bags (16 small one in total) and I snap a lid on and leave it in the freezer. Fold the bag. The eggs are processed AND WILL LAST A VERY LONG TIME. Mine are 18 years old and still work like a charm. Now the fun part. About 4-5 days before you go fishing. Get a days supply of frozen eggs (usually two little bags). I a jar (I use baby food jars) mix a saturated solution of pickling salt and unchlorinated water (lake or river water is good). To make a saturated solution add salt to the water and stir until the salt will NOT dissolve in the water . You don't need a lot, that's why I use a baby food jar. At this point you can add any colouring you want (jello is nice, koolaide), any secret scent, MSG (it works), oils, the works. Put about 4-5 table spoons of your 'secret' sauce into the zip lock bag with the wrinkles eggs and reseal the zip lock bag. Put it into the fridge (NOT THE FREEZER). in2-3 day the eggs will plump up like the day you got them. I am still amazed every time I do this. Bag you eggs. I use M and M containers (they come in a pile of colours) to hold the egsgs. I try to match the egg bagto the contaainer. I use a modified shot gun shell belt to hold my Conatainers. The reprocessed eggs will keep well for 4-6 weeeks in the fridge, left over eggs keep nicely for the next trip. muddler

Well over a 100. I started building my own rods almost 40 years ago, when building your own was unheard of. Started building 81/2ft walleye rods for live bait (got parts from Herter's - now out of business). Moved on to custom building crappie rods of various sizes. Worm rods for largemouth bass. Jig rods (81/2 fast action). Float rods ( I have 11 of those). Fly rods from 4 ft to 11 ft, fro 2 wt to 9 wt. Finally I have about 20 baitcasters. Throw in a dozen pack rods for fly and spinning. I also have enough componebts to build about a dozen more rods. I have broken just one rod in 49 years of fishing (broke it horsing in a large musky once). I enjoy using the correct(?) rod/reel for a given situation. I even built a 4ft 3 wt fly rod so I could fly fish while standing in a huge culvert under a highway for specks - still one of my secret spots. Throw in fly tying and lure making and you get the picture. Custon built rods for the kids (little hands) with micro fly reel seats and 7ft 5 wt fly rod blanks. Use Zebco micro underspins and the kids have had a great time with these. When my daughter was 6 she caught and landed an 8lb steelhead from the Rouge on this outfit. My son caught a 6lb 3 oz smallmouth bass on his similar outfit when he was 5. I need another rod, think I'll build a rock bass rod. muddler

Stock up on finger nail clippers at a dollar store and put one in every tackle box - cheap line cutter. I also buy the cheap long nose pliers and put one in every tackle bag/box. Cut 10-12 inch sections of flat macrame cord (the stuff they weave lawn chairs with) found at craft shops. Wrap the cord once or twice around the sections of a broken down rod and secure with a simple overhand knot. Keeps the rod second together and doesn't come apart. Carry a small first aid kit in a a zip lock bag. Saved the day for me/us more than once when river fishing for steelhead. Muddler

The Source also carries them and they are cheaper at the Source (to my surprise) than Future Shop. We don't have a Future shop here except in Sudbury but the Source price was 14.99 for a pack of 2 and 24.99 for a pack of 4. Future shop price on line was 18.99 for 2.

After loosing a pile of steelhead on the Notty years ago I diid a similar search in the winter for the "best" knot. My testing wasn't too scientific, but it gave me a good comparison of all knots. I would carefully tie one knot on to one end of a swivel and then tie another knot to othe other end using the same line brand and test rating. I would wrap some line around the toe of my steel toe boot and then wrap the other line around my hand (yes I wore leather gloves). I'd stand up and an with a steady pull I'd pull until one of the two knots/lines broke. Eventually I would end up with the strongest knot. I repeated this many many time. Somewhere I have a numerical record of my findings (I just moved and I cn't find anything). So here's what I use now based on the above experiments. Line(10 lb mono or less) to hook/jig/snap - Orvis Knot Heavy mono - Polamar Knot Line to to leader (mono to mono or flor to mono all 10 lb or less) - Orvis tippet knot Line to backing - Uni Knot Braids -Uni knot with crazy glue I rarely have a knot break off now, and I'n surprised when I does happen. I horse my fish in as quicky as I can so they can be released and I have confidence using the above knots. I find that with lighter lines that knot strength is the most important ling in the chain, while with braids and heaviery lines I can get away with almost any knot. Since I move back to my home town and I drop by a local spot close to home each evening for an hours fishing, I often pull up a stick (beavers leave these behind) with a lure or two haging fron it with NO mono left on the lure. I use 6 lb Cortland mono (12 years old from a bulk spool) and I'm amazed that I can pull these branches out. My knots hold very well. Alway use the knots/gear that give you confidence. I just got tired of loosing trophy fish because a knot would break. All the best....muddler

Windows Movie Maker can also use a variety of video files to create a movie that you can burn to a DVD. It's under Accessories. muddler

I use Ulead 11. It will convert just about anything. Costs about $80-90 on line. As for freeware I found this one. http://www.trustfm.net/divx/SoftwareAvi2Dvd.php It's worth a try and if it works , the price is right. Let us know how you make out. muddler

I agree with the above staement from Rick for the most part. We've all had experiences that we look back on and wonder how some of these people ever survived this long. The customer is not always right, but usually they are right. It all comes down to management and the training of the staff. UHaul is a good example. I've had to deal with UHaul often enough because that's all that's available in my home town. I rent here in Scarborough/Tornoto one way to Northern Onatrio. I've learned which Uhauls are good to deal with and which ones are NOT. The one near me in Scarborough is very very good. The personnel is polite and helpful and the sevice is outstanding, the manager's patience is something to watch. Here's an example. A gentleman is yelling at the manager to hurry up as he is desperate for time (he lists a couple of reasons... lunch, pick up wife at work, etc). It is 1:00pm. The manager replies politely that both credit card that he processed for this man have been declined for lack of suffiecient funds and until the payment has been made properly he can not hurry the process. The yelling continues, "There must be a mistake!" The man tries a third credit card and all is well. The man disappears and comes back later with a pizza and eats his lunch for about an hour (smokes a couple of cigarettes) and the starts to load his stuff on to his rented truck from storage. (it's 2:30pm now). So much for the hurry. I was ther for 3 hours while a trailer hitch was put on (14 year old car...lot of old bolts to remove, tons of interuption by customers that felt that thier work was a priority because they needed it right away). Similar rudeness from customers happened often in those 3 hours. In that time the people that worked there were pleasant and polite the whole time while serving customers. I was ready to say a few choice words to some customers myself. The manager fielded ALL difficult customers himself in a pleasant and professional manner. I was impressed. This place get all my business and recomenndations. Cheapest Traler hitches I could find anywhere too. This doesn't happen all the time in all businesses but approching a problem in a more pleasant manner usually results in lowering blood pressure a bit. And them sometimes you just meet a rude employee. If that happens I always ask for the following: 1. Rude employee's name and employee number 2. Managers name and contact phone number 3. Head office contact and phone number I usually state that I will file a complaint with head office. This usually gets me a change of attitude real fast. If not then I look up the company on the internet and I start calling until I get a live person and file a complaint. If thatfails I write the head office and state my complaint. Usually I document in writing what was said/done so that I can be accurate in my report. I may not change much but if enough people do it , change will happen. Muddler

Try Holly Passafume. Say that with a straight face in front of a class the first day of school. And Yes, I was correctd it is pronounced PASS-A-FUME! muddler

I carry a roll of electrical tape with my tackle. If I'm starting someone new to bait casting or if it's very windy and I'm getting a couple of bird's nests, here's what I do. Cast the best cast you can (assuming the the anti revse magnets and the centrifugal brakes are set up as in the post way above). Strip off about 15 feet of extra line off the reel. Wrap a piece of electrical tape one around the remaining line on the spool . DO NOT over lap the tape. The tape should cover about 90% of the diameter of the spool. Now reel in the line and cast away. Any bird's nest simply gets untangled with a couple of pulls of the remaining line. AN big fish ever get to the tape marker will simply pull the tape off by shear force (never had that happen , yet). Take the tape off at the end of the day. A couple of days with this setup builds up confidence and eventually you won't need the tape trick. The exception is casting into the wind on real windy days. muddler.

A friend of mine is a construction worker. He's about 6' 8" and about 350 lbs. His very pretty daughter was going out on her first date and a boy pulls up in a nice car with music blaring. When his daughter answered the door the boy plants a wet kiss on his daughter. My buddy grabs the boy and kisses him the same way(right on the lips). The boy is stunned. My buddy says the the guy," Have a great date just remember whatever you do to my daughter, I'll do it to you!". "Would, home by 10:00 pm be alright with you sir?", was the boys answer. I almost died laughing. muddler

I just built a similar computer to yours. Used a AMD 9600 instead and 4X1 GB pc8500 of RAM. I'm running XP with SP2 instead of Vista with no apparent problems after some fine tuning. I have the same M3A ASUS board. Here's what I'd try. Often a component will move or unseat itself during transport. Disconnect the power supply cord before you put your hand inside the computer. 1. Open the computer box and use only one stick of RAM instead of two. Reboot and see if it works. If it doesn't swap the sticks and try it again. Vista should work with 2GB. If one stick works and the other fails then it may be a RAM issue. Sometimes just reseating the RAM fixes it. 2. Recheck that all power plugs are fitted in correctly, all usb connections are correct and all case to motherboard connections are firm and correct. Check the IDE and/or SATA cable for a good fit. Be firm but gentle. 3. Reseat the video card. 4. Is the power supply generic? I've had issues with these and I simply won't use them. It may not have enough of a rating to deliver the high power demand on startup, or it may just be faulty. I always go with a name brand (lots of good ones out there). Wrap the loose wires and cables with a cable tie. For no other reason than it looks good. I often will find a loose cable that way. Dollar store has smaller cable ties. Is the hard drive new or are you recycling an old one? Average life of a HDD is about 5 years. If you have the motherboard instruction manual, find out where the ram settings are in the bios. It may be set for 1033 MHz instead of 800 Mhz for your RAM. I had a similar problem with RAM timings a couple of years ago and it took me a couple of weeks to figure it out. Lastly ASUS has a beautiful little application on its Motherboard Cd called ASUS Bios updater. Install it on your system. Launch it and it will fetch the most current BIOS and update it for you. Your Bios may have a glitch in it. Check all the drivers in Control Panel>Administrative Tools>Computer Management> Device manager. Can't think of anything else. muddler

Nope, that was just my mother-in-law passing gas and my father-in-law turning on his giant TV. LOL.

The correct answer is 'C' BEDMAS is how much you weigh at night in your bed. And I want the tackle bag not the box if I won. muddler

About 5 years ago the Walmart at Morningside Mall (now in ruble) was selling of Plano bags that came with 4 clear plastic included boxes for $6 each. I bought 20 of them. Now I have 80 clear boxes that are neatly stacked on the self downstairs. I just load up the boxes I need for a fishing trip that I need. The left over soft bags are stored in a card board box. If an old one needs replacing I'm ready. If a buddy needs one, I'm ready. It's not fancy but very practical. I've had a few tackle boxes where the latch (plastic) would break somewhere. It couldn't be fixed. If I'm bush whacking, I would,t dream of carrying anything but a tackle bag. Tackle boxes tip over too easily on Banks or a rocking boat. I like the fact that I can just carry my tackle and fish at the same time. I even switched from a vest (steelheading) to a river bag. For me it's the way to go. Just my 2 cents. muddler

Here's a couple of suggestions (I'm sure you've had a few of those) If it's a union worker, start a paper trail. Document every time that he's late. Write down what was done about it and the outcome of the discussion. Once you're happy that you have enough 'evidence' call in the Union Rep and discuss the with them. Give the employee a written statement that clearly states when the job starts, ends, coffe breaks, etc., and that he is to stricly adhere to that agreement as per job description. Failure to comply to written order is usually considered insuborndination - most Unions will not support an employ for not obeying a direct written order. It's much easier to fire someone that way. A salary/contract employee is a different matter sometimes. You can try the above suggestion too(documentation). Another way to get the employee on time is to schedule critical or very important meetings right at the start of the work day. Say you start at 9:00 am Then your meetings start promply at 9:01 am (announced previously or unannounced- your choice). make sure that there are some items in the meeting that affect your late/absent employ. He will will feel the effects of his tardiness that way. You ca also have end of day meetings that way too if you have workers that skip out early. If things don't improve then take it to your boss and pass on all your documentation (copies only) and let him/her deal with it. If you are the boss, them maybe it's time to look for a replacement for that position. Don't bite on the guilt trip that it's your fault. Any mature adult will make every effort to be on time if they can. Once in a blue moon things happen that you cannot control and people arrive late. A phone call stating the circumstances is all that is needed when something is beyong your control. There is a segment in society that seem to think that it is perfectly alright to show up late for anything. It's ok to keep someone waiting for them. Common courtesy of being a little early just doesn't make any sense to these people. If you/they can't change thier work habits then hire someone who cares about the job. muddler muddler

The quick answer is ...'NO'. There is NO sure protection for your computer (not even MACs can make that claim). I always use the analogy of a car. Just like your car, your computer need s maintenance to. As you use your car , you get used to its little noises and squeaks and responses in different situation. If anything seems different you go on red alert and check it out. Well the same thing happens with your computer. If you notice any changes then it has to be checked out. There are literally thousands of virus, adware,malware and other stuff out on the net ready to infect your computer. Do a google for any of these terms and you'll find a ton of information on it. try this one for malware http://arstechnica.com/articles/paedia/malware.ars I service a lot of computers for seniors. They all have some sort of protection and they mostly go to bank sites (on line banking) and check their email. They still get this junk. I've worked with computers for over 30 years an even I get nailed once in a while. Use your software to keep your system running at it's best (Spybot, Adaware, CCleaner, AVG, MS Malicious tool remover, SpyBlaster, set your firewalls, Defragmenter, dusting and vacuuming, registry cleaner[if you add and remove a lot of software]). Have enough fans for good air movement in your computer to keep it cool (heat kills). Add a second drive and backup your irreplaceable files. There are NO Rules on the net, and there is NO sure protection once you're on the net. Don't get lulled into a false sense of security that your system is bullet proof. New threats appear on the net literally every day. No software can keep you protected for ever. Regular maintenance is the only way to keep your system running at it's peak. Once you start doing it it just becomes a regular habit. muddler

I just clean and repain my tackle. Rods need repair, news to be built. Al reels need to be cleaned and oiled. Tie a pile of flies for next year. clean, reorganize and restock the tackle boxes. Clean and reorganize the garage, Organize all the tools too. Create new and experimental lures, rigs and tackle, I especially enjoy creating a new fly patter for steelhead in the fall. Muddler

I quit in 1998 (October 11). Until then I really enjoyed smoking. I didn't give two hoots what anybody else thought, I just liked smoking, until my wife got pregnant with our first child. Even 10 minutes after a smoke, she'd throw up if I just walked near her. Put a damper on our relationship. That summer I was at my sister's cottage up north and I was up at 6:00 am tying up flies for the day's fishing. I was listenting to the CBC and they gave a report on the link to smoking and SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Symdrome). It scared the crap out of me. I had to quit now. The next morning the same CBC station gave a report on a a drug call Ziban (not sure of spelling) and how effective it was on helping smokers quit. Went to my doctor a few weeks later and the rest is history. On the plus side smokes were about $5 a pack then. I was a pack a day smoker. I put $5 in a jar in the bedroom every day for one year. A year later to the day (Oct 11, 2000) I walked into Angling Specialties and got an AngSpec offset float reel ($750) 13 ft float rod and rod building materials and a pile of tackle. I spent every cent of that $1825 I saved instead of smoking it away. Amazing how often I hear from someone on the river , "Well. if I had your money I'd buy a ....blah,blah" as they light up another smoke and tell me how many beers they drank at the pub last night. I still budget myselg $5 a day and every October 11 I go nuts and buy a pile of fishing stuff. Wife NEVER says a word about it. I don't feel any better or worse for quitting., I just have a lot more takle, and two healthy kids. muddler Just my $.2 or 1825 per year.

Refurbished is supposed to mean that the unit has ben repaired by the manufacturer and passed the specification tests for that unit. You usually get a warrenty from the manufacturer. Repaired means that the unit has ben repaired. That could be anyone , including the manufacturer BUT it pass not been factory tested by the manufacturer. Usually get a shorter warrentry from the vender. Open Box is the same as refurfubished, but may not have needed any repairs. Usually a full manufacturer and sometimes a vender warrenty. All my monitors are refurbished. I have yet to replace one of my 4 monitors in the last 7 years. Lower prices is what drives the refurbished/repaired/open box market. It's still "buyer beware". Ask a lot of questions. If you're ready to buy and are still a little nervous, ask for a return/refund policy in writing regaudless of the store policy. Often you'll get it. Some stores have a no refund, no exchange, all sales final, etc. That's fine if you know what you're doing. If you're not sure about the items durability, ask the owner to write on the sales slip a special return statement like "Full refund in 3 days" and sign it, just in case you get a lemon. If the owner won't do it, then consider going elsewhere to buy. I do this when the item is one of a kind. If the item is one of many then I ask for "full exchange in 3/5/10 days"(whatever). Exchange/refund policies are there to protect the store not the customer. You can renegotiate that. I've only had to return one refurbished item so far and the managers note was accepted without question for an exchange even though the store policy was "All Sales Final". Muddler