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Well there goes your credibility, do people now have an excuse not to take you seriously? I didn't say "the Mob" I said "a mob" as in a collective of people.....how could you get the two mixed up? forrest

No one is saying they are all geniuses and who says they are crying? Ever try to change the mentality of a mob? It is a hopeless cause so the talent has to go with the flow. Put yourself on the ladder: For the longest time there has been less qualified people higher up the ladder and more qualified people lower on the ladder. It sucks, the world is not fair. Wasted money, disfunctional company....it is a sucky part of the real world that some people may have not had the displeasure of visiting/realizing. forrest

I back that up too. It happens all the time, it is an easy ting to fall into. Money is good and the job is there. Some say 'I'll just do it for a year or so to get out of debt'. Next thing they know its 10 years and they no longer have the freedom of a 20 year old. There is a lot of wasted talent and education on those assembly lines. forrest

It was made on a Monday morning, don't fix it. Exchange it.

I don't know what the law is. forget the PDF...make them wear a lifejacket! Someone mentioned they have not been able to find a PDF for under 20lb life jacket. Here is a link for an approved infant life jacket 9-25lbs: http://www.mountainbaby.com/item.php/Salus_Bijoux.html If they are less than 9lbs put them in a bucket and call them bait! forrest

4+ Chemong, Buckhorn, maybe they don't count (about 1/2 day total) Scugog and Lake O. (regularly) Several lakes and ponds I saw while driving forrest

Hey! Nothing wrong with giving some good advice. Just hate seeing someone get bullied thats all. And yeah, I got cabin fever bad. Chained to the kid, ice fishing and steelhead are not for me and boating is out for me until warm and calm weather hits lake O.

The item was bought, paid for and in the possession of the purchaser. Does this really need to be fought by you? They are trying to bully you. DO NOT send a letter to the dealer stating you received the top! By doing so you are stating that you received the item. Leave it up to the dealer to take you to small claims court and prove you received the items, it will be one more hurdle for them to jump. I know squat about liens, but, if they dealer does want to take you to court I think it is $100 and 6months time limit for them to do so. go to court and offer to give them the boat back and see what they do! As said previously it looks like someone looked over the paper work and thinks that a calculation mistake was made on the total when, in fact the bill has a cosmetic error only. This is done all the time on deals. The salesman makes the deal and puts prices even on the N/C items and subtracts them from the main purchase. Do you really think the dealer is taking a loss on you? No way, they still profited and are coming back to you for more profit becuase someone thinks they did not make enough! A better way they could have handled it is guilt you into doing all your future purchases there, it is better than idle threats. forrest

Saying the bailout has failed is a bit much. Bailout has not succeeded today sounds better. Its all politics, who really expected the UAW to settle in this round of negotiations? forrest

It is always good to have outs. I do not know how bad you want the boat. You may want not to back out of buying the boat and they might use that to squeeze you for more money, Give yourself an out by going to another dealer and asking them to give you the deal you want if the other deal does not go through. The Ontario government has a consumer line to call. Ask them about the validity of the bill, it does not sound right that they can hold you to a total that is higher than their calculated amount, its a bill not an estimate. If you financed it contact the financing company and tell them what has happened (who wants legal hassles?) and that you would like to go through a different dealer. forrest

Experience....it helps a lot, but, there is no substitute for a good teacher. Ao when old timer X says do this....I do it and usually do well. Once I tire of the experience part for the day I try different things and surprise myself and those I fish with sometimes too. forrest

I don't think anyone wants to be that guy! He is not sitting on the sidelines and no one is crying....yet. forrest

When there is any risk of freezing I make sure to let gravity drain it as a few different angles (maybe I will start following JWLs lead). Then store it down. If the motor is exposed the lower unit needs be wrapped so as water cannot get in (deep snow, snow, rain...etc) As per JWL blowing the water out. The merc manual states not so use a lot of water pressure when flushing the engine via the hose attachment....in case seals get blown......is there a way to use externally compressed air to clear out the water? forrest PS: just had a good marketing idea: sell a lower unit sock with electric heating. Has it been done?

Keep up the good fight. If the rebate said, US only then Abu Garcia is off the hook, if not, they are responsible. BPS should back up the advertisement no matter what. If the supplier (Abu) stated you were getting the Reel and PDF in the box and it turned out there was only a reel they need to give you both or your money back. Keep a journal with dates, times and names. Before starting a conversation with anyone ask for their name and how they are uniquely identified within the company (if the person on the phone screws up they often hang up). Keep the correspondence. For better negotiations always stick to principles and the topic, keep ABU/BPS on topic. If everything fails report them to the Ministry of Government Services. Good Luck! forrest

Not trying to continue this thread on this off topic any further than this post: I am getting tired of hearing the negative implication that naysayers are jealous, I was one of the few guys that stated they would have liked to have seen a couple of extra pics to add some credibility and I am not jealous of that recent big fish or any of the others in the least. It is personally unproductive to be jealous of anything, envy is one of the deadly sins. So, please, keep the insults to yourself. forrest

Well, what did Paul Henderson's goal do for Canadian Hockey? I am not saying that a WR Muskie is on the same scale. Pride in the fishery and environment, investment in the fishery, tourism. Then again there are those with the monkey paw theory. These guys would certainly love it: http://www.worldrecordmuskiealliance.com/ If the individual was a good angler they would get to be on a few fishing shows for sure! The guy who made the lure would do OK too. forrest

Yep, we are our own worst enemy. People screw others over and we screw ourselves over. Someone needs to control us :, it would be benefitical. -in the mean time teach the kids well. stop drinking out of chemical filled plastic (that includes lined pop cans) unless of course you are so manly that nothing will effect you. forrest

I am surprised no one has mentioned "Anglinate" lol Wow, you keep great total records and pics MB. How detailed is your fishing log? forrest

umm....yeah. They are different, but, the effect of their energy is equivilant in the amount of disruption they cause to cells.....or maybe it was another imaging techniques.....oen o those ones they stick you into and leave you in for a bit. CT scan...thats the one.... No need for the copy/paste info on MRIs. Yeah...I mispoke forrest

Oh yeah almost forgot. If the doc says...lets book you for a MRI or other magnetic diagnostic...some docs give them out like candy: 1 head scan = 50 xrays; 1 body scan = 200xrays.

I injured a neck muscle a while back and my hand was experiencing numbness and pain. The doc said I was find and to keep using it until I could not stand the pain any more, it will repair itself. That doctors brain was numb. I did not take that advice and eventually worked it out. I experience a slew of pain in various parts of my arm at different times: shoulder, neck, elbow, tricept and hand. The point is the problem might not be in your hand or your brain; take care of all your parts. Greater than 85% of carpel tunnel cases are solved with simple stretching....did the doctor give you any of those? Help out the neurologist and yourself buy doing some mild yoga type exercises and the carpel stretches. Neither are radical and feel / are gentle on the body. If you are unlucky you will get misdiagnosed and get unrequired surgery etc...so do the exercises, get lucky/better and avoid the doc. forrest

I have heard that Browning makes some of the BPS stuff too. I have read that the following companies have all made BPS reels aswell: Shymano Deawa Babu Garcia Pann

It is a problem with cache Lundboy. Fewer words and topics are often better. There were a few that joked, you just need to get to a few that have a chance to change thing at some point. Having topics of important things every once in a while is good.......here is one for you....is there BPA in plastic milk bags? That is a hormone mimic issue that most of us can ride the current change inertia that has built up on that one item. Where else is BPA? forrest

This has been known to happen in other parts of the food chain and highly suspected in humans....more than 15 years ago! I remember this on 60 minutes and other sources. The everglades reptiles were exhibiting the sex change mutations. Like many other things society ignores something until major, possibly permanent, damage is done. How much hope is there to fix this if we can't fix other basic problems: smoking, lead in products, toxic plastics. Heck we still mine asbestos! forrest

It is a scam