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It just feels like all those bras were burnt for WHAT! We actually have a good independent toy store in town which has good customer service but limited choice that we use frequently, however we went into that toys are whatever shop for some lego as we were in town. Lego is awesome! And Jack loves it! Its just disappointing to see such an awesome product that i grew up with hijacked to the point of disgusting by Disney Pixar! Problem is we watch a lot of Disney Pixar movies which Jack also loves(i love a couple of them too) It just feels so cynical to see companies sell their soul soooo completely to maximize PROFIT. But like others have said….they sell what people buy…..so what is the answer???? BALANCE. Thats part the reason we moved away from the city to live here. Yeah i have as many gadgets as the next person, but we don't have cell phones….no need to constantly tell everyone you are on the bus, in the shop, etc…etc….thats what Facebook is for…..lol. Am not too worried about it, as parents we are in control of what Jack has access to. Two of his favourite possessions are a pink pony doll he found washed up on shore and a musical jewellery box….he is a child and loves these things……watching a child love something is awesome….what kind of parent would I be if i turned around and confiscated those things because of some warped, homophobic idiotic notion of gender roles? Well i'd be a warped, homophobic idiotic parent…lol…….NO THANKS! I hated my parents for not letting me have the latest 'Hot Wheels'/Evil Knievel/Atari….but love them for it now as it made you use your imagination and decide for yourself what the world was like…rather than be told by Disney or Mattel! Pink tool sets for gawd's sake! LOVED MY CHEMISTRY SET TOO….iron filings and sulphuric acid…..STINK BOMBS! can you imagine anyone being aloud to sell a toy with sulphuric acid in a vial inside these days???!!!?? Wow.

thanks Brian….but ya aint breaking it to me, know wot i mean.

Some of us have been awake a long…long…time Rich….and i'm glad i took the Red pill.

Lol Chad, I would have done but ended up at the new Cabela's in Winnipeg by myself, Jack was napping back at the hotel after some pretty yucky dental work.

Just went into a Toys'r'Us for the first time. What a darn souless dump. Even Jack wanted to leave after 5 minutes. What ever happened to toys being fun and capable of switching on the wonderous thing that is a child's imagination!? Even the lego is prescriptive, all ready made kits of crap from TV. The whole place is a segregated, blue and pink, Disney sponsored, gender stereotype reenforcement, devoid of anything remotely fun. RANT OVER.

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You are talking about a dog right Geoff? Thanks Art, Thanks Brian Thanks mate.......we will have to get some footage together and put together an epic report Thanks Dan......thanks Joey.......its fun experimenting with video software.

So.....i told you about a month ago to get an elite4......what...you don't trust my advice?

Welcome back!

A little surprised you would say that Rick…but hey…everyone is entitled to their opinion. So what if he was a communist…..heck…i think there is a lot to say in favour of some Marxist ideas given the global economic situation….certainly still relevant…thats for sure! As for terrorism….the Apartheid regime was also a terrorist organization….google the Sharpsville Massacre!

welcome! great to have you on board.

Tough run there Cliff. Sorry to hear. LOL@what did i do in my past life….I think we all ask that from time to time. I am still suffering from breaking 7 giant mirrors that were shipped from England!

Thanks. I use iMovie '11 that came installed on my iMac. Pretty clever piece of kit, only just beginning to get the hang of it.

Hi all, plenty of snow and time on my hands…. messing around with the pup and the GoPro today. (click the gear symbol in the bottom right corner of the video window and select 720HD)

You're awesome Wayne! Oh….please do a report showing the waterside construction…that would be beyond coooooool!

no more snow….2 weeks of -20C to firm up and a new Otter 3-man with thermal material.

Awesome…..wish i could get hold of some of that cheap…..i could start my own business installing that on everyones ice shacks and sleds!

Good news….hope all goes well:)

It does not seem so long ago that i watched in amazement through a pub window in Soho (near to the South African Embassy in London) crowds of people in the street celebrating the release of Nelson Mandela. It really marked the beginning of the end of a system of brutal racial repression. What an extraordinary man……..truly free…. at last…..RIP and thank you.

Blasphemy….stone him!!!!!!

It upsets me to think going off fishing is even possible!

That is sooooooo cooooool!

DROOOOOLING!

Skaters? you mean Avril Latrine & Co?……….PFFFFT…..the sanitized, corporate version of 'alternative subculture'. They would poo their skinny jeans at a King Kurt concert….lol.