John Bacon

I would suggest parking your boat in the driveway and see if he complains. If he doesn't complain, then you don't have a problem. In mean time check the bylaws to see if you can park it on your lawn, or anywhere else on your property. I would also suggest that the you check the by laws to see if he is breaking any. If he is breaking any by laws then you may be able to work out a deal where you won't report him if he doesn't report you. Some suggesting to check into are: -Street parking - most places do not allow you to park on the street for more than 3 hours at any time of the day. -Parking cars one behind another in the driveway. Many people who don't have a side walk do this, but you are usually not allowed to park within 33' of the centre of the road. Most people who park a car behind one another will be within 33' of the centre of the road. -Parking in front of the house. This is common when people have a single car garage and want to park two cars side my side in their driveway. Generally the car cannot be parked in front of the house, it must be in front of the garage or to the side of the house. -Plant by laws: evergreens on the boulevard are usually not allowed. Planting a tree on the boulevard is generally not allowed, it must be planted by the city. There are also height restrictions for shrubs close to the road. -Clothes lines may not be allowed. -Basement apartment - these are usually, but not aways illegal. -There are also fence by laws. You my find that he is breaking a by laws himself; if so, you may be able to convince him that it is not a good idea to start a "by law war". As mentioned previously, most by-laws or only enforced on a complaint basis. There are enough by-laws out there that there is a good chance that most people are breaking a few.

I would suggest the you hook your charger up to a timer so that is only comes on for a short duration; that should allow you to forget about your batteries over the winter. I hope your current battery is still okay.

I saw this on the What's Bitin' site; I got a good laugh out of it. 'Saw this on another forum and thought Ild share it here. Its a good read.... I had this idea that I was going to rope a deer, put it in a stall, feed it up on corn for a couple of weeks, then kill it and eat it. The first step in this adventure was getting a deer. I figured that since they congregated at my cattle feeder and do not seem to have much fear of me when we are there (a bold one will sometimes come right up and sniff at the bags of feed while I am in the back of the truck not 4 feet away) that it should not be difficult to rope one, get up to it and toss a bag over its head (to calm it down) then hog tie it and transport it home. I filled the cattle feeder then hid down at the end with my rope. The cattle, who had seen the roping thing before, stayed well back. They were not having any of it. After about 20 minutes my deer showed up - 3 of them. I picked out a likely looking one, stepped out from the end of the feeder, and threw my rope. The deer just stood there and stared at me. I wrapped the rope around my waist and twisted the end so I would have a good hold. The deer still just stood and stared at me, but you could tell it was mildly concerned about the whole rope situation. I took a step towards it...it took a step away. I put a little tension on the rope and received an education. The first thing that I learned is that while a deer may just stand there looking at you funny while you rope it, they are spurred to action when you start pulling on that rope. That deer EXPLODED. The second thing I learned is that pound for pound, a deer is a LOT stronger than a cow or a colt. A cow or a colt in that weight range I could fight down with a rope with some dignity. A deer, no chance. That thing ran and bucked and twisted and pulled. There was no controlling it and certainly no getting close to it. As it jerked me off my feet and started dragging me across the ground, it occurred to me that having a deer on a rope was not nearly as good an idea as I originally imagined. The only upside is that they do not have as much stamina as many animals. A brief 10 minutes later, it was tired and not nearly as quick to jerk me off my feet and drag me when I managed to get up. It took me a few minutes to realize this, since I was mostly blinded by the blood flowing out of the big gash in my head. At that point I had lost my taste for corn fed venison. I just wanted to get that devil creature off the end of that rope. I figured if I just let it go with the rope hanging around its neck, it would likely die, slow and painfully somewhere. At the time, there was no love at all between me and that deer. At that moment, I hated the thing and I would venture a guess that the feeling was mutual. Despite the gash in my head and the several large knots where I had cleverly arrested the deer's momentum by bracing my head against various large rocks as it dragged me across the ground, I could still think clearly enough to recognize that there was a small chance that I shared some tiny amount of responsibility for the situation we were in, so I didn't want the deer to have it suffer a slow death so I managed to get it lined back up in between my truck and the feeder - a little trap I had set before hand. Kind of like a squeeze chute. I got it to back in there and started moving up so I could get my rope back. Did you know that deer bite? They do! I never in a million years would have thought that a deer would bite somebody so I was very surprised when I reached up there to grab that rope and the deer grabbed hold of my wrist. Now, when a deer bites you, it is not like being bit by a horse where they just bite you and then let go. A deer bites you and shakes its head - almost like a pit bull. They bite HARD and it hurts. The proper thing to do when a deer bites you is probably to freeze and draw back slowly. I tried screaming and shaking instead. My method was ineffective. It seems like the deer was biting and shaking for several minutes, but it was likely only several seconds. I, being smarter than a deer (though you may be questioning that claim by now) tricked it. While I kept it busy tearing the bejesus out of my right arm, I reached up with my left hand and pulled that rope loose. That was when I got my final lesson in deer behavior for the day. Deer will strike at you with their front feet. They rear right up on their back feet and strike right about head and shoulder level, and their hooves are surprisingly sharp. I learned a long time ago that when an animal like a horse strikes at you with their hooves and you can't get away easily, the best thing to do is try to make a loud noise and make an aggressive move towards the animal. This will usually cause them to back down a bit so you can escape. This was not a horse. This was a deer, so obviously such trickery would not work. In the course of a millisecond I devised a different strategy. I screamed like a woman and tried to turn and run. The reason I had always been told NOT to try to turn and run from a horse that paws at you is that there is a good chance that it will hit you in the back of the head. Deer may not be so different from horses after all, besides being twice as strong and three times as evil, because the second I turned to run, it hit me right in the back of the head and knocked me down. Now when a deer paws at you and knocks you down it does not immediately leave. I suspect it does not recognize that the danger has passed. What they do instead is paw your back and jump up and down on you while you are laying there crying like a little girl and covering your head. I finally managed to crawl under the truck and the deer went away. Now for the local legend. I was pretty beat up. My scalp was split open, I had several large goose eggs, my wrist was bleeding pretty good and felt broken (it turned out to be just badly bruised) and my back was bleeding in a few places, though my insulated canvas jacket had protected me from most of the worst of it. I drove to the nearest place, which was the co-op. I got out of the truck, covered in blood and dust and looking like ####. The guy who ran the place saw me through the window and came running out yelling "what happened" I have never seen any law in the state of Maryland that would prohibit an individual from roping a deer. I suspect that this is an area that they have overlooked entirely. Knowing, as I do, the lengths to which law enforcement personnel will go to exercise their power, I was concerned that they may find a way to twist the existing laws to paint my actions as criminal. I swear..not wanting to admit that I had done something monumentally stupid played no part in my response. I told him "I was attacked by a deer". I did not mention that at the time I had a rope on it. The evidence was all over my body. Deer prints on the back of my jacket where it had stomped all over me and a large deer print on my face where it had struck me there. I asked him to call somebody to come get me. I didn't think I could make it home on my own. He did. Later that afternoon, a game warden showed up at my house and wanted to know about the deer attack. Surprisingly, deer attacks are a rare thing and wildlife and parks was interested in the event. I tried to describe the attack as completely and accurately as I could. I was filling the grain hopper and this deer came out of nowhere and just started kicking the #### out of me and BIT me. It was obviously rabid or insane or something. EVERYBODY for miles around knows about the deer attack (the guy at the co-op has a big mouth). For several weeks people dragged their kids in the house when they saw deer around and the local ranchers carried rifles when they filled their feeders. I have told several people the story, but NEVER anybody around here. I have to see these people every day and as an outsider - a "city folk". I have enough trouble fitting in without them snickering behind my back and whispering "there is the dumb guy that tried to rope the deer." '

I don't think the CRTC would allow that. They are not prepared to let you and I decide what we want to watch. They need to ensure that we are watching our prescribed amount of Canadian content.

All the people that would have bough at Esso now have to buy from the other stations. Now some of the other stations are running out of gas as well... that's the official word anyways.

I will be there a few days working at the Metro East Anglers / Ringwood Hatchery booth. I hope a few OFNR's drop by to see the work that Metro East is doing at the hatchery.

Unless yuor brother was watching the gas station non-stop for the entire time that it was closed, the fact that he doesn't recall seeing a refueling truck is pretty much irrellevant. There are quite a few stations that have been closed down for a quite some time. Most of the Esso & Cdn Tire stations that I have driven by in the last week have been closed every time I have been by them. I don't see how that increase their profits.

Depends on how you define "met" and how you define "great". I got autographs from Eddy Shack, Ron Ellis, and Paul Henderson at an oldtimers hockey game. I had Red Fisher autograph his book for me at the Fishing Show a few years back. For a little less well known; I am still using the fish finder that I bought off Karl Kalonka before he became the K-Dog.

Does that model have the built it Maximizer? I do need to be pick up a motor for my inflatable. Thanks for the tip.

Amzing save by golie. http://www.flurl.com/item/Remarkable_Hockey_Save_u_231280

Even more so if it was cheese curds and gravey; which is how true poutine is made.

My understanding is that this has been tried and the cormorants will kill the raccoons. I only heard through word of mouth, nothing official; so it may not be true. But if you think about, a few hundred large birds against one or two raccoons; it does make sense.

Elephant is the better of the two for bass fishing. YOu may find some information at the link below. http://www.baptistelake.org/

Yes, it would be kind of awkward to pull the boat into the ramp backwards... especially if you are going to tow it with the ATV that is in the boat. However, I think it would be difficult to have both the gate and the trailer tongue at the front of the boat. By the way, it is available with a cover and removable floor plugs so that it can serve as an ice fishing hut too. It is kind of heavy to tow out onto the lake in camparison to a portable ice hut though.

All he needs is your honest cooperation to commit fraud. Who could argue with logic like that? I say go for it, I am sure it will work out okay. what could possible go wrong?

I saw this at the Fishing Show. Did anybody else check it out. I would be a neat toy. http://www.admiraldrive.com/float_overview.html

... to Charlotte Church that is. How many people here miss her?

That would depend on a number of factors; one being whether you were correct about it being spring fed If the lake is near farms, the fish may contain organic contaminents from pesticides, these tend to build up in the fatty tissue. In this case, removing the skin along with is a wise precausion; although I wouldn't be too concerned about small fish. If the lake is in more of a wilderness setting, then mercury would be more of a concern. Mercury contamination is actually a bigger problem in remote northern lakes than in areas such as the Kawarthas. Unfortunately, mercury is contained in the flesh of the fish so removing the skin and belly fat isn't going to help much.

I also have a 55hp oil injected Suzuki ... it seems to be a popular choice on this board. It is a 1993, and still runs very well. It did have to spend over $50 dollars to replace the cap for the oil tank; so there is a concern about the cost of parts. Luckily, I haven't had to replace many parts on it. I can't help you on the price of a used motor. But I do think they have a good product.

So what do you get in the kit? Isn't it only the impellor that needs to be replaced on a regular basis?

If I understand correctly, you attached the tarp to the first pole and then began to drills holes for the other four poles. Wouldn't it make more sense to put all five poles up before attaching the tarp? That way when you do attached the tarp, the force is spread across five poles instead of one or two. Thanks for doing all the hard work and keeping us informed of your progress. You will save the rest of us a lot of grief by showing us how to set it up properly before we head out.

Good idea about reporting to the store manager. They probably have servalance cameras. Best to do it as soon as possible; they may re-use the tapes.

Will it be before or after the bass opener? If it is before the opener, then pike fishing will be your best bet. Do you know what part of the lake that you will be staying on? I have found the Blue Berry Island area to be good for early season pike. I ahve had a lot of success with Five-o-Diamonds early in the year.

I strongly disagree with your statement that every free download takes money from the the artist. People who are heavy downloaders of music would not purchase all of those CD's if they could not download them; they would simply own fewer CD's. The same logic apply's to movies and software. Many of these downloads, probably the vast majority, do not represent lost sales, they represent sales that would never have occured anyways. This is one of many factors that makes downloading completely different than breaking into someones home and stealing there personal belongings. A comparison that has been make on this thread. Also, artists do recieve a royalty on blank CD's. So they have in effect been paid for downloads. They can't have it both ways; charge us a royalty and then say that we cannot download their music. This royalty is paid regardless of what the CD's are used for. I recently purchased a new computer, I burned several CD's to transfer files (mostly pictures that I took from my digital camera) to my new computer; musicians received a royalty on those CD's.

Do you actually know what a deferred tax is? My guess is that you do not. The government has a set of rules on how income taxes are calculated. The CICA handbook has a set of rules on how income is calculated for accounting purposes. These rules usually result in a different profit figures for accounting purposes than for tax purposes. Some of the differences are permanent, some are timing differences (i.e. and expense may be recorded in one for tax purposes, and a different year for accounting purposes). A deferred tax is the result of a timing difference that causes the current year's taxable profit to be lower than the current year's accounting profit. The bottom line is, these companies have already paid the tax required by law based on the rules set forth by the government. You cannot create a set of rules on how to calculated your company's tax payable and then tell them to pay additional taxes over and above this amount. I apologize if I appear to be hi-jacking this thread; the constant call for companies to pay their deferred taxes is a per peeve of mine.