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Yep ... better get the story straight ... thats completely different ..... like 400% different ...

Wow .. and I thought I paid alot fr my portable ($200) ... heh .. use it twice and Im ahead of the game.

For report of the year .. I vote for Bunk's 'Tree River' report (although the summary of 2008 was amazing too ... this should also get picture of the year in my books !

Freshwater ... Specks .... by far number 1 ! Pickeral Splake (in some cases confused with number 1) Bows Coho Pink Salmon Atlantic Salmon Chinook Pike Perch Bass Brown Trout Saltwater (with fins) Mahi mahi (we call them Lumpuki in Malta) Swordfish Grouper Red snapper Sea Bass Anything in the Tuna/Mackerel family Saltwater (without fins) Alaskan King Crab Lobster (East Coast) Rock Lobster (Carribean) Tiger Shrimp Mussels Octopus/Squid/Cuttlefish Moray OK .. I am an admitted lover of almost ALL seafood (except sea urchin eggs and sea cucumbers)

YOU GO TJ !!!!!!!!

hear hear ...

Wow ... 40 years of river fishin for Steelies ... I have never even tried a shiner ( I save those especially for through the ice lakers) ... the real problem for me would be to find live shiners anywhere near (or en route) to the tribs I fish ... As for Ice fishin .. I like sticking my hand into the freezing water and chasing the liveliest ones around ... I am a strictly plastic-bag-inside-the-cooler-minna guy .... and I use my thermos cup to refresh the water right outa the lake ... I find the minnas love a little coffee-flavoured-heart-warmer on a chilly day just before the 'deep-dive'

Yes... sure ... brilliant ! ... and then how much of a bailout will you need after you own it ... the problem wont be solved once we own the companies ? Some people make me crazy !!!!

Merrill Lynch was predicting 25$ barrel oil next year ... that'll be hard on our friends out west (and the C$) ... but price of gas still has some downside ... Remeber ...when you do the math... you gotta factor in the 30% difference in cost of USD$ ... so our current price of CDN 67 cents is not far from what you would expect at USD$40/bbl

My Toyota was made less than an hour from here ... so the 'import' story doesnt work for me .. and those jobs (in Ontario) matter just as much to me/us as the ones in Oshawa. Truth is we all have a really big problem ... and this part of the Auto market (big 3) is just the tip of the iceberg ... the wholoe industry is the rest of that iceberg .. and theres a wave of other icebergs flowing through .... if we dont print the money along with the rest of the g8 we'll have a long mountain to climb to catch back up (if we ever can) ... the key is to make sure that its money well spent ... personally I like the 'guarantee' for leasing (qualified buyers) ... I like the line of credit ... and I like the equity financing ... What lots of folks seem to forget is that right now (never mind if any of the big 3 ever get into bankrupcy) - many 'qualified' car buyers - even if they choose to buy GM FORD etc - CANNOT get financing for their lease - this is a self-fulfilling failure NO MATTER how much money you throw at the problem - if the buyers cant buy then the producers MUST stop producing .... or flood the lots with unsold product... and the whole thing implodes... The solution HAS to include a means to enable (not just entice) willing 'qualified' buyers to buy... so at the very least the govt needs to get involved - I say the fastest solution - with the lowest real-dollar cost would be to offer no interest loans and allow the PST/GST costs to be income tax deductible. The second low-cost (real dollars) idea would be to bring back the concept of company car without the associated income tax penalty ... then small business folks will be incented to buy cars for their employees rather than pay out cash bonuses .... and in fact it is a 'no-cost' approach to the tax-payer since these are cars that otherwise will NOT BE SOLD anyways and so there would never have been a tax collected on the sale ... of course this option is only viable if there is still an auto industry left to support .. so we HAVE to do what it takes to buy the time to implement a longer term solution...I say buy the shares and control the board (the total combined market cap is something like 3 billion) ... then make the changes in the market place to make it work. The only real caveat is for the other players/investors/workers - who will (rightly) cry foul if the playing field isn't kept level. By the way, it strikes me that not so long ago Japan introduced legislation requiring cars to be OFF the road after a period of time (think it was 3 years) - a planned obsolescence - and built in engine for the marketplace - I am pretty sure it was introduced as part of a emissions control measure ...not sure this is the answer but it is important to understand that the producers are only one side of the equation ... the consumers (and the parameters around their consumption) are at least as important in it. Just my 2 cents

I've lost bigger

Ahhh .. the good old secord order differentials ... four years of Calculus I never did - EVER - use ... not even once .... and I used to think that the saying "he's forgotten more than you'll ever know" meant he was really smart ... now ... I believe it to mean ... he's just senile

Humans ? or windmillls

Yep .. and downtown was called the 'four corners' ... Bramalea was where the Glass factory was ...

Awesome pics - thanks for sharing ... and that first speck is a beauty .. the frizbee looks more like a splake ... but thats just the envy speaking Welcome aboard ! ...oh ... and feel free to PM me coordinates of that lake as part of your initiation

Wow do I ever remember that .. in fact I went to school RIGHT ACROSS THE ROAD from Bill's house ... they used to have all kinds of hippy rallies in the park behind his house - of course I was in grade 5 at the time so we were just glad to get out of class

Hey Lew .. Happy Birthday ... (albeit a little late in the day) ... hope it was a great day for ya.

My 4 man Ice cube folds up smaller than a golf bag and weighs about 25lbs

I have two ice cubes got them both from ebay (2 man and 4 man) ... love em both .. the best part is the amazing ice screws .... they really work even in high winds... easy to carry and quite roomy ... a breeze to set up

Way to go !!! Keep it up Bernie ... and always remember .. the craving itself NEVER lasts for more than a couple of minutes ... so you ONLY have to be strong for a couple of minutes at a time .... but dont kid yourself ... even after 2 years or 20 years... you are always one puff away from being a smoker again .... so just dont take another puff - period.

Great report MB ... but sorry ... nothing will ever compare to that Tree River report ... an Epic ... 'cept maybe the kissin the 500lber back on his merry way .... one day

Yep pain to set up ... not too thin at all ... actually surprisingly warm ... but not the best in high winds ... I personally love this one because the ice screws cant be beat even in the highest of winds ... and setup is easy even if you are alone. http://cgi.ebay.ca/4-person-Ice-Cube-Shelt...A1%7C240%3A1318 But dont be fooled ... 4 man is they way to go for 2 of you ... 2 man is just right if you are alone

Good luck out there Lew ... and plenty of pic's... none of that oh I forgot the camera crud

Sweet GCD ... Sweet ... They dont make em like that any more ! but ya know ... them Egyptians got cotton too (although I was never sure it actually came from Egypt ... could just be a BAMA-fooldabuyer-SLAMMA

Thanks Guys ... I think you know which way I'll be headed .... assuming Matt will still have aboat in the water for me to rent Will let you know how it goes !