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THAT would be 1000 times better than watching it and listening to Jim Hughson and Craig Simpson!!!!!

How cool was that when Marner turned and pointed at the equipment guy right after the goal?? Marner is a class act for sure.

Or...maybe the horse stepped on his dog or bucked his kid off! Then it deserves anything it gets...apparently. lol

Looks we suffer from the same problem. I used to hunt a lot when I lived further north. Now, I can't find a good piece of land when I can get access...and I hunt only with a longbow! Since I have access to all the surrounding lakes and the Niagara, now I fish more.

Nice going David. Looks like the weather is going to improve for you.

That's a great way of looking at it! lol

I agree with everything you've said Chris. My outrage reference was not about you, it was to some the reactions witnessed on the news feeds. Definitely an emotional time for those involved.

Hey Chris, I've done a lot of marketing research in the area of robotics and automation. This is my last week in this job (start with a new company on Monday!) but we manufacture machined components for one of the worlds largest robot manufacturers. Part of this research showed just how involved robotics will be in the very near future and surprisingly, just how many NEW jobs will be created because of them. Yes, robotics will eliminate many jobs but as you pointed out, they don't operate autonomously and the amount of service, programming, repair, design, setup, etc. jobs will be massive. In fact, industry experts are predicting that for people will to retrain, the introduction of robotics will offer them greater employment opportunity both in volume and compensation. Robotics are N. America's answer to low cost offshore labour and without them, we cannot compete and the downhill slide will continue. Even those job functions you mentioned requiring a human's touch will soon be influenced by automation. Google the term cobot if you're unfamiliar. They are robots designed to work directly and safely with humans through the use of pneumatics and pressure sensors. Not trying to sound callous or uncaring but I've working in manufacturing my entire working career and seen the slow, deliberate downslide here in N. America at all levels. The last company I managed got "right-sized" (crappy term for permanent layoffs) and under direction of the owner we went from 106 employees to 16. The jobs got moved to Poland where skilled 5 axis machinists were being paid $6 an hour. In Ontario this story is extremely common and the number of lost jobs at the small business levels total WELL beyond the 3000 employees at GM and the spin-offs. These companies do not get government subsidies or tax breaks. They don't get news teams showing up and they don't have union leaders threatening to fight the closings. They don't have employees making $60/hour for simple task procedures and they don't walk off the job in protest. In Ontario, for the majority of people the death of manufacturing has been silent. To be frank, it seems a little silly to act surprised or outraged that a company such as GM has decided to rid itself of the shackles of a union that was more than willing to kill the golden goose.

I think the article said it was illegal to shoot one, but yeah I agree. Nice to see it walk away.

Now that would be a surprise if it walked up on you at first light. Glad she got some video.

I agree, sounds like the prop is bang on given your top end and how it performs loaded with buddies! Had time to go through the whole post too...nice report. I miss the warm sunshine already and it's still November!! The pic of the boat all tarped up gave me a sharp pain haha

LOL I'll need more than one beer!!

If you're out scouting for cormorant hunting spots this spring, be careful you don't "accidentally" step on their nests.

That can certainly be the case. I remember one tourney where the winner would blast off with the crowd, do a big circle so nobody knew where he was going, and fished the riprap wall at the marinas blast off site! I've also fished tourneys where the winner ran over one hour, one way and destroyed the competition. It never the same which is why it so much fun.

I can see why Stelco would move closer to Nanticoke back in the day when companies were not thinking global. It's not the case today though and the cost of power in the pacific rim is on par or even higher than in N. America. The attraction to offshore manufacturing is material prices and labour which is allowing them the economic luxury of developing robust supply chains.

What a waste. Thoughts go to his family.

I added a manual jackplate to mine and love it. What rpm's are you turning at WOT and what's the redline for your motor?

You're getting good performance out of it now for sure. Not much else to do without a jack plate(do you have one on it?) or a water pressure gauge. Besides, like I tell everyone, tweaking the last couple mph is the most expensive! lol

That's the easy question with the very difficult answer. It used to be that N/A had the technological and intellectual advantage over offshore competitors; with the exception of western/central Europe of course. Now that have leveled and mainly due to the investment made by N/A businesses. They fed information and money into those countries in order to gain advantage in home markets at the expense of manufacturing. Once that happens you can't un-ring the bell.

Offshoring manufacturing has affected every market segment being made in North America. Why does anyone expect it would be different for automakers? It's an unfortunate circumstance but the reality of today. The big three are faced with a decision to either move more offshore or go under because who can afford to buy vehicles that are manufactured 100% in N. America? Or better yet, how can those vehicles compete on price with those made offshore? It's a lose lose either way. We are becoming a service nation more everyday.

Reading those always makes me feel bad and frustrated at the same time. Hope they find him at a buddy's house or something.

I love it when I'm flying along and a dumb-azz cormorant pops up ahead and flies along with no real sense of urgency...then they realize they can't fly 60+mph !! LOL I'll take out the front pedestal and install a turret!!

It shouldn't by now but it still surprises me how quickly people go all Game of Thrones on topics like this. When in doubt, wipe them out!? I'm with Chris on this one. Coyotes in Ontario, the hunting season or the regulations related to them have ZERO to do with what happened in this video. Hunters and tree huggers alike should be on the same side and defend the animal's right to NOT be abused.

Another else watch the Flames/Oilers games this weekend?? What a great battle of the west game that was! Old time hockey was alive and well. If you missed it, catch the highlights online...they hate each other.

They're doing great. Happy for Rielly too...first place in the league for scoring among defensemen. He's a keeper.