John Bacon

I can definitely see your point. Perhaps they just don't want armed soldiers in our cities (which I can understand) and are not willing to make an exception for those guarding the cenotaph.

How many hours do you put on the main motor in relation to hours on your electric? Five minutes of charging on the way back to the dock after running your electric for a two hours isn't going to be worth the bother. If you use your main motor more than your electric; then it may be of some use.

I am not sure about the finances; but I am pretty sure that it won't end up being "semi retirement". I think you can expect to be be working a lot of 80+ hour weeks during the summer. You will still have maintenance etc. in the off season. You won't have a lot of time to take it easy. It may be okay for someone who prefers work to hobbies and can make the purchase without a huge mortgage.

I think a lack of demand was the main factor. It was approved for sale in the U.S. and in B.C. That provides a pretty big market if anyone was interested in buying. The other nine provinces would have only added another 10% or so to the existing market; that is not going to make or brake the company. I don't think I would want a car with a top speed of 40 km/h on our roads. That would cause a lot of traffic issues. If they could have bumped the speed to at least 60 km/h then it may have had a niche. If it could drive 60 km/h then it would be safe to use in the city; I still wouldn't want it on the highway. Such a vehicle would make a decent second vehicle for two car families.

It would be interesting to know why it is not approved in nine provinces. Does it meet safety standards? Are approvals pending? There may be other reasons why it is not approved. A quick Google search reveals that the top speed is 40 km per hour. I can see that being an issue as it would be an obstruction to traffic on most of the road ways. If they could boost the cruising speed to at least 60 kph, then it would be able to keep up with traffic on most roads. Then it would make sense to give it approval for city roads but, ban them from highways. It was more like a golf cart than a car.

You are incorrect. Here it is clearly spelled out on GMC's web site. "When you use the towing capacity chart, remember that the weights given are maximum values; you should never exceed them. For instance, the towing capacity of the GMC Sierra 1500 is 10,700 pounds. If the total passenger weight is 600 pounds and the load within the bed of the truck is an additional 500 pounds, then the maximum weight of the load on the trailer can never exceed 9,600 pounds, or you will be over the rated load limit." http://www.gmc.com/trailering-towing/towing-specs-to-determine-towing-capacity.html

Remember; the 1,500 pounds includes the people and gear in the car as well.

Just stating now at 7:00pm April 1st. http://www.livemedia.biz/waterfronttorontotownhall.html

Toronto could use this guy https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/finnish-goalie-scores-goal--play-by-play-goes-nuts--video-223037795.html

Target will be wrapping up earlier than expected. https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/target-speeds-canadian-exit-plans-wind-stores-mid-155721207.html

This is the one I saw in the Ajax store. It was $75 off; but that ends today. http://www.costco.ca/Pelican%E2%84%A2-Odyssey-100X-Kayak-.product.100149295.html

The MNR's position on stocking the rivers is that most browns stocked in the rivers will stay in the rivers. Some will drop out to the lake if they get too big for the river, if there is an over population, or a shortage of food. However, the strain of browns being stocked are a resident river strain; they don't have the same drive to smolt out of the rives that salmon and steel head do. This is the MNR's data; not my opinion. Based on the MNR data, stocking the rivers will create a fishery for resident river browns; not a lake fishery.

My information about browns sticking close to their stocking locations come direct from the MNR bioligists. They are under the impression that browns stick close to their stocking locations. If you have information to the contrary, I am sure that they would interested in hear it. They are there; they just aren't targetted as much as salmon and steelhead. E.g. Bluffers gets lots of browns; but not a lot of people fishing for them. There is a fishery for browns along the north shore. Bluffers Park has lots of browns, they just aren't targetted.

Actually, browns tend to stick to one area. They don't migrate around the lake like salmon and steel head do. The south shore has a lot of browns because they get a lot of stocking on the south shore. That is why the MNR is proposing that they concentrate the fishing into few locations. They are trying to create great fisheries in a few locations instead of a mediocre fisher along the entire shore line. That will only work if the browns stick to the areas in which they are stocked.

Would they have the furry part on them at this time of the year? Mine don't.

I was at the Whitby meeting. The stocking will continue. There may be a few changes. Rainbow stocking in the east end of the lake will likely be stopped. Those fish seem to be dropping down the St. Lawrence river. The total number of bows will not change. More will be stocked further west. The MNR is looking at modifying the brown trout stocking. Possibly concentrating the stocking into fewer locations. There is currently a lot of browns stocked (more brown trout are stocked than Chinook when meaured by weight) but few browns are targetted. The proposal to concentrate the stocking into few locations and create a few great fisheries instead of a mediocre fishery along the entire shoreline. The Chinook target will increase from 540,000 to 600,000 fish.

Actually, the Leafs are being pretty nice (to the other teams) too.

Electrofishing in an aluminum boat, that could get your heart to skip a few beats.., or maybe a whole bunch of beats.

The U.S. does not get any fish from Toronto West. Their salmon come from the Salmon River. They probably have a brood stock for bows and browns.

I am not sure where you are comming from. Between Canada and the U.S. there are approximately five million trout and salmon stocked into Lake Ontario each year. How can you say they are doing well without the help of hatchery fish when there are ~5 million hatchery fish added to the system each year? Granted, there are some specific rivers that do well without stocking; but the lake as whole receives plenty of stocking. There are plenty of returns to the Credit River. That is where all the eggs are collected for the Chinook and coho stocking programs. I would like to see the coho passed over the dams on the Credit; but the MNR would prefer to keep it as a put an take fishery. The pen projects do server their purpose. They have been shown to produce larger fish for release and increase returns to the areas where they are stocked. They are not the best way to create a self sustaining fishery; but it does create fishing opportunities where we don't have good rivers to spawning.

There are some limited hunting opportunities. I am not sure about the season. I think there is a lottery to get a tag; and the tag can only be used in a limited area.

A transducer won't give speed. But a paddle wheel will. I think you would either need a paddle wheel or GPS to get speed.

It could be the thermo-coupler; but I am sure there are other possibilities too. I think this is something that you want a qualified technition to look at.

Breaded then boiled in oil... they won't do that again.

There used to be a $500,000 life time capital gains exemption; but that was eliminated back in the early to mid nineties. When it ended, tax payers had the option of declaring the gain to that date and then using the exemption to avoid tax on the gain. That may be what you are referring to.