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Thanks Bravo. .....3 more weeks till its open then, darn.... NOW I know what happened to the threads title.....I thought I was overly tired! forrest

Anyone know if Lynde whats his name is considered part of Zone 20 (lake Ontario) or Zone 17 (Southern Ontario)? I am not sure how to read the regs...good info appreciated. forrest

I like the review: forrest

Different things will suit different people: OTA: Pros: Best signal quality, period. Free (aside from basic hardware) Cons: may not have all the channels you want. No PPV. Weather can interfere, where you live matters. Bell/Starchoice: Pros: PPV, a lot of channels. Cons: Signal quality is compromized for business reasons by Bell. $$$. Last I checked it does not get all the OTA stuff. Satellite interference due to weather. Rogers/Cogeco/Cable: Pros: PPV a lot of channels Cons: Service is spotty, good in some areas, bad in others. Signal quality is compromized. $$$ FTA: Pros: "free", there are actually some free unencrypted channels, US stations Cons: not exactly legal. Signal quality. units have to be flashed every couple of weeks so its inconvenient and sometimes you can miss your show. forrest

Ask me, Gerrit or those FutureShop guys....those guys are the bomb!

Bunny ears (for analogue) are about as similar to Yagis (w/ digital receiver) as bunny ears are similar to satellite dishes. They all receive an electronic signal for amplification (according to my DSP and signals course). forrest edit: man...2 or 3 posts posted while I wrote this....fast thread.

Sorry misfish, I think your thread ended up getting high-jacked. Like all crimes the perpetrators did not mean for it to happen the way it did. Here are 2 links you will find to be a huge help: http://www.avsforum.com/ (for the best big screen info) http://www.remotecentral.com (OTA info) take care, forrest

$150 a piece...and that is overspending. Then again a tower could cost some. They don't use bunny ears anymore.....they use yagis......and the real nice thing about digital is that you either get it or you don't. There is no noise! Sure, the signal can go wonky for a moment in bad weather....just like Bell forrest

NP!...I was probably adding to mine as you were adding to yours Bell may be launching new birds does not mean they will increase their signal quality; as the trend goes they are most likely only adding channels. So.....a direct question would be....will Dale Jr appear on OTA for misfish? forrest

In Toronto...about 20 HDTV channels including ABC, NBC, CBC, PBS, CBC (hockey).......Is 20 a pretty good number? In Barrie....well it depends on the antenna. It might be about the same. A sure way would be to check the OTA forums (http://www.remotecentral.com/hdtv/index.html) So, if Bell is compressing their signal: there is no better signal than OTA. forrest

POKE POKE "Mr. Conspiracy" needs to inform all about the dangers of the illuminati more than the dangers of 'hey buddy want to buy a boat cheap?' lol forrest

I would just like to comment on this statement. Bell sucks. I remember when they were calling their signal HDTV and it stood for HIGHER definition TV....what scammers. HDTV from Rogers or Bell costs an arm and a leg! If it fits you I think OTA is the way to go....spend $300 on 2 antennas and get FREE uncompromised HDTV. What do I mean my uncompromized.....some TV delivery services are compressing their signals so they can deliver more channels...that translates to low quality HDTV (its not HDTV anymore). There was a thread just last week on OFC about purchasing an HDTV..check it out. forrest

If there is sensitive cargo (gas, oil....) being shipped nearby you are getting checked. How will you know there is sensitive cargo close? You probably won't. forrest

Great pic.....its really weird! Yep, thats how people used to hold them. My 30 year old (as lost) fishing book says that holding the pike by the eyes is the correct way to handle them. However, recent wisdom says that that is the wrong way to go about it. http://www.northernpikefishing.ca/pike-tips.htm forrest

Post a pic! I think I know what you are trying to do but without a pic I am totally guessing. forrest PS: I am looking to put one of them on myself. Right now I am taking the hitch off the the trailer so it fist in the garage right.

The rest of us "leave your balls on the boat" guys have something to learn about marketing.....congrats Joey. I still feel like I won something though. Because I did!!! I think this will be the best 15th runner up prize I every got. forrest

I noticed that no one has commented on how good a shot that was with the spear gun so I will say it. That was a good shot! Of course a bow and arrow would have been even more impressive (do those work underwater?) Well things could be worse, I last heard that its still legal to shoot pike with a gun in Virginia: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=100...BM&refer=us "To bag her personal best, a 9-pound northern pike, Tina Capsey used an SKS, the semiautomatic Soviet military rifle and precursor to the AK-47. ``If you want big fish,'' said Capsey, 45, the owner of Fish Tales, a restaurant in Swanton, ``you need a big gun.'' forrest

thanks for hte tip! I want to get 3 of these but never get up that way and the website has them at the new price. Anyone from Oshawa that is making a trip up to Bass Pro willing to pick me up 3 at the old price for me? forrest

Yep, having dysentery would definitely qualify someone as sick. I think I will stick to kissing clean babies and the wife. forrest

Can a person get sick from kissing a fish? forrest

Um....corporate Ontario was involved, didn't your hear or see about lights being turned off in office buildings? forrest PS:I edited stuff out of this post because "Ramble On" seems to have said it best. Nice Job RO

hahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahhahahahhahahahahahahahhahahahahahhahahahahahhahahahahhahahaha Global warming and pollution is actually due to aliens trying to aclimatize the earth so its suits their species. The aliens gave humans technology that they knew we would use to create our own demise and make the environment more to their liking. Didn't you guys see that episode of "the outer limits"? forrest PS. the illuminati are simply minor pawns of the aliens.

TC: the problem with your statement is that the calculations of how many people turned their lights off (1/8 of a percent) is that they are based on Bull instead of actual fact or even an educated guess (you are most certainly way off). It makes it sound like your full of Bull and not worth listening to. Yes, I did not read the threads on global warming, do people here generally care about the environment....I don't know, maybe they do not. I know that it can be both a naturally occurring thing and a man made thing. I think I am all hung up on this NOT being a climate change thing only. Global warming due to pollution or CO2 emmisions does not worry me so much as a toxic environment created by man. I do think the tings go hand in hand as far as people are concerned. If people care about one it is not too far to think that they care about the other. forrest

Well, someone was counting electricity usage: http://www.thestar.com/SpecialSections/Ear.../article/407284 Were there any other markers to measure participation? forrest