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One of the rare sitings I had when I lived in Ontario was a Scarlet Tanager.

I only ever saw one and it was on a fence rail near Grand Valley where I lived at the time.

Picked up this nice little jewel on my travels. :good:

Should work nicely on my trusty Sage RPL 5100.

I live in the big bright city, so I have gooder internet.

Ping times and download are good but upload, not so much.

Price sucks too.

77ms ping, 5.8 Meg Down and 350kb up.

My package (standard) claims download speeds to 5 Meg and upload speeds of 384Kb, so I'm getting what is promised and a bit more.

But it's $70/Month.

For $120/Month you get 50 Meg Down and 2 Meg up and 110 GB bandwidth.

Drew

My dad is using Bell's Turbo Hub.

It's a router with built in cell connectivity.

It has RJ45 connections for non-wireless computers and also has built in wireless access point.

When I have used it it has been failry speedy.

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I take it the local supply of dark rum is dwindling?

Still have 3 3/4 60 ouncers left Mike.

J ace

Yes it's the bridge at Kenai Lake in the picture.

Water levels went up from about 9' & 3500cfs to 16' & 20000cfs in a week.

There was plenty of termination dust the first week of September but it has warmed up since then.

Seward got 10" of rain in 2 days and they are still getting pounder there. My buddy Keith is there doing emergency dispatching of dozers and backhoes. Not a good scene there.

Update: Just got word that the river is closed to all boating starting @ 1pm today.

Gotta find somewhere else to fish for a few days I guess.

Dave, how long of a drive is that from Yellowknife?

40 hours Bill.

Waiting fer the water go drop. :-/

Been here for 3 weeks now and just as the bite was turning on we had a couple of feet of rain.

But the fish are still biting, it just takes a bit of work.

You mean,it,s a weight loss jacket Dave.

 

I was wearing it for about 5 minutes today,and man ,it does get warm.Looking forward to using it this fall/winter.

In case you were wondering, this is what it looks like in action.

It,s a Lewis Creek,and it was made in England.Wax Cotton.

I've got a Hardy. Can't beat waxed cotton in the winter. They are toasty.

They don't breathe worth beans though.

And I don't mean Ice fishing, thats the seaons after hunting season.

OH, in that case mid to late October when the ramps freeze up.

Then the ice gear comes out @ the beginning of November.

+ hunting season runs from August through spring so the gun can come along on the fishing trips.

Shutdown?

Why the heck would I do that?

I use the boat until ice prevents me from launching and then I break out the ice fishing gear.

If I were to sgut it down I would go nuts as the open water season is shorter than the ice season here!!!

Besides I like catching big gators through the ice.

When you get a new vehicle start using full synthetic oil right away.

I used to run 60-75K per year and when I started running Mobile1 full synthetic I never had another motor wear related issue.

If you think that's bad you certainly don't want to see what a Grizz or Wolverine will do to a cabin!!!

Or an expensive SUV for that matter!!!!!

seeing as i've had a couple frustrating moments while fishing alone and setting lines (riggers, planer boards, dipsys), what are the methods you guys are using to make trolling as stress free as possible? is there anything i can do to help keep the boat tracking straight while setting lines, unhooking fish, etc?

 

it's a 17' g3 angler with bow mount, 90hp outboard, and no kicker.

I replaced my helm because the original one tended to let the wheel turn when you let the steering wheel go due to the vibration on the motor. It would quickly start turning right and you had to keep adjusting your course. A major pain while trying to set riggers.

My original helm was one of THESE

I replaced it with one of THESE

The difference is the new one has a built in clutch that holds the wheel steady when you let go. Just get your course straight and go set lines. Wind will still blow you off course but life is much easier with the NFB helm.

They're all on clearance but it appears as though only the 50B is marked down.

And out of stock as well as being wrong handed.

I'm a Leafs fan, but I know they'll get pounded by the Wings.

No man!! This is the year they go all the way!!!!

CCFL. and again, wasnt a question.

You're right it wasn't a question it was just inaccurate information.

i meant LCD and LED. and it wasn't a question.

LED is the back lighting method.

It is actually an LCD screen with LED back lighting as opposed to CFL (compact flourescent lighting) back lighting.

There are 2 different arrangements of LED back lighting and one arangement for CFL.

LED backlighting comes in edge or matrix. Edge being where the perimeter of the screen is lit while matrix uses LEDs that are spread throughout the rear of the LCD screen. CFL is edge lit only.

With this information we can glean some information about picture quality as it pertains to LCD televisions.

Edge lit screens are brighter towards the edge of the screen because of the design. The blacks are also not as black due to light bleed because of the way the screen is lit.

Matrix back lighting has the ability due to the distributed nature of the LEDs to have more even light and better blacks because the LEDs can be controlled more precisely in an area where the picture is supposed to be black (ie. they can beturned off so much less light bleed is evidenced.

Their are however true LED screens that the image is actually produced by LEDs.

The giant screens you see at sports stadiums are built this way.

So now you know.

99% of people couldnt tell you the difference between LCD and LED. Except maybe one is 200$ more.

 

by the numbers, plasma gives you the best "numbers" for the dollar. ie specifications you can use to pick one over the other.

I think you mean LED and CFL.

These are the type of back lighting used to illuminate the LCD TVs.

Entirely logical. As you get old and the senses fade, you can't turn up the picture, but the sound goes to 11!!!

I can't listen at 11 with my system for very long as in does strange things to the heart and makes your vision blur!!!

I did inspect the wire but I suspect it is the coil itself from the kicking back in at low rpm's my buddy is a small engine mech and fixes seadoo's regularily I just cant seem to get ahold of him LOL Thanks for the idea's

I had the same issue with my '91 2 stroke this spring.

Problem was a bad plug. Been fine since it was replaced.

Change it first and if the problem is still there change the coil.

We had that happen with 140# tarpon at the side of the boat during the release.

Get's the old blood pumpin' fer sure!!!!!

x2 on the sound system.

 

I have a Bose Cinemate system. It's not super high end, but it's the best bang for your buck in the $500-$700 range.

 

Don't buy the home theater in a box solutions with those silly tower speakers... They just look impressive.

 

Sound is better handled by companies other than the TV makers.

 

Bose

Klipsch

Denon

Yeah, I've got a bit O $$$ invested in my sound system too.

Actually about 6X what I have into the TV.

Got all the way (40 hrs of driving) to Alaska last fall only to realize I forgot the charger for my good camera.

Good thing I take more than one.