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Great... now where's my "money tree" ??? (already got the pit) LOL

Congrats !! I've been married for 37 years too... 2 with 1st wife, 30 with 2nd wife, and 5 with 3rd wife... LOL

Where do you get the idea that it's FREE?? If that's true then we've all been getting ripped off! In fact, we all have to pay monthly premiums, just like any other Insurance. Additionally, it only covers the basics and for a lot of things, we have to pay extra. Those of us who are lucky enough to work for a company that has a Group Insurance plan get additional coverage but we still wind up having to pay partially coz the plans don't always cover 100%.

for some reason I'm feeling a sense of dejavous .... haven't we gone down this very same road before. :scratchchin:

There's a certain level of truth to this; however, these things are highly sophisticated nowadays. One of the pitfalls tho is that it's the vehicle owner who gets the ticket as opposed to the actual driver. I don't know how successful one would be in disputing these situations. As for LEO's, dunno about other areas of the country but it's one thing we are desperately short of around here and has been that way for a long time. That is one of the reason's people seem so willing to take chances ... nobody's around to catch them...it's a bit of human nature.

I totally agree but around here, red light runners are everywhere. It's very bad. So many have a total disrespect for the rules. Hopefully these cameras will have an impact but many of those who seemingly have this disrespect are also the ones with seemingly endless money pits and as such, probably won't change until it starts really hitting them in the pocket book (after several offenses). One of the good things about having mandatory government insurance is that unpaid traffic fines are automatically tacked onto a person's insurance renewal fees and/or driver's lic renewal.

It's a government run insurance co and as such, is in control over all things related. ICBC is the principal insurer here. You can't drive a car or anything of the like without dealing with them. Even your driver's lic is controlled by them.

ICBC (our government insurance co) is ramping up more intersection cams to catch those "red-light-runners". http://news.ca.msn.com/local/britishcolumbia/article.aspx?cp-documentid=27201663 Note at the bottom of the article there's a link to the locations of the cams.

Beware ... http://money.ca.msn.com/savings-debt/insight/article.aspx?cp-documentid=27187111

DITTO that!! ... we've been hovering around -4 over night to plus 4 daytime (celcius) and by Friday it's supposed to be plus 9 (that's about 48 f )

Specifically what does Ctrl do? Normally one would either use Print Screen by itself or in conjunction with Alt. By itself, it captures the entire screen and with Alt, it captures the active window. If you run the vid in full screen, the quality may be compromised as it may be running in a larger window than it's designed for.

Yep .... clean the mating surfaces with some emery paper first and that's all there is to it.

Jerry, I notice your join date is Feb 2007 ... that's almost 4 years. That seems a little harsh after all that time. Either there's more to it than meets the eye or it's a "knee-jerk reaction". C'mon bud ... chill a bit and think it over ... and stick around. btw, Don did apologize. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showpost.php?p=536691&postcount=92

hey!!! it wasn't Nina's fault!!!

Lesson 1 1. Go to the grocery store. 2. Arrange to have your salary paid directly to their head office. 3. Go home. 4. Pick up the paper. 5. Read it for the last time. Lesson 2 Before you finally go ahead and have children, find a couple who already are parents and berate them about their... 1. Methods of discipline. 2. Lack of patience. 3. Appallingly low tolerance levels. 4. Allowing their children to run wild. 5. Suggest ways in which they might improve their child's breastfeeding, sleep habits, toilet training, table manners, and overall behavior. Enjoy it because it will be the last time in your life you will have all the answers. Lesson 3 A really good way to discover how the nights might feel... 1. Get home from work and immediately begin walking around the living room from 5PM to 10PM carrying a wet bag weighing approximately 8-12 pounds, with a radio turned to static (or some other obnoxious sound) playing loudly. (Eat cold food with one hand for dinner) 2. At 10PM, put the bag gently down, set the alarm for midnight, and go to sleep. 3. Get up at 12 and walk around the living room again, with the bag, until 1AM. 4. Set the alarm for 3AM. 5. As you can't get back to sleep, get up at 2AM and make a drink and watch an infomercial. 6. Go to bed at 2:45AM. 7. Get up at 3AM when the alarm goes off. 8. Sing songs quietly in the dark until 4AM. 9. Get up. Make breakfast. Get ready for work and go to work (work hard and be productive) Repeat steps 1-9 each night. Keep this up for 3-5 years. Look cheerful and together. Lesson 4 Can you stand the mess children make? T o find out... 1. Smear peanut butter onto the sofa and jam onto the curtains. 2. Hide a piece of raw chicken behind the stereo and leave it there all summer. 3. Stick your fingers in the flower bed. 4. Then rub them on the clean walls. 5. Take your favorite book, photo album, etc. Wreck it. 6. Spill milk on your new pillows. Cover the stains with crayons. How does that look? Lesson 5 Dressing small children is not as easy as it seems. 1. Buy an octopus and a small bag made out of loose mesh. 2. Attempt to put the octopus into the bag so that none of the arms hang out. Time allowed for this - all morning. Lesson 6 Forget the BMW and buy a mini-van. And don't think that you can leave it out in the driveway spotless and shining. Family cars don't look like that. 1. Buy a chocolate ice cream cone and put it in the glove compartment. Leave it there. 2. Get a dime. Stick it in the CD player. 3. Take a family size package of chocolate cookies. Mash them into the back seat. Sprinkle cheerios all over the floor, then smash them with your foot. 4. Run a garden rake along both sides of the car. Lesson 7 Go to the local grocery store. Take with you the closest thing you can find to a pre-school child. (A full-grown goat is an excellent choice). If you intend to have more than one child, then definitely take more than one goat. Buy your week's groceries without letting the goats out of your sight. Pay for everything the goat eats or destroys. Until you can easily accomplish this, do not even contemplate having children. Lesson 8 1. Hollow out a melon. 2. Make a small hole in the side. 3. Suspend it from the ceiling and swing it from side to side. 4. Now get a bowl of soggy Cheerios and attempt to spoon them into the swaying melon by pretending to be an airplane. 5. Continue until half the Cheerios are gone. 6. Tip half into your lap. The other half, just throw up in the air. You are now ready to feed a nine- month-old baby. Lesson 9 Learn the names of every character from Sesame Street , Barney, Disney, the Teletubbies, and Pokemon. Watch nothing else on TV but PBS, the Disney channel or Noggin for at least five years. (I know, you're thinking What's 'Noggin'?) Exactly the point. Lesson 10 Make a recording of Fran Drescher saying 'mommy' repeatedly. (Important: no more than a four second delay between each 'mommy'; occasional crescendo to the level of a supersonic jet is required). Play this tape in your car everywhere you go for the next four years. You are now ready to take a long trip with a toddler. Lesson 11 Start talking to an adult of your choice. Have someone else continually tug on your skirt hem, shirt- sleeve, or elbow while playing the 'mommy' tape made from Lesson 10 above. You are now ready to have a conversation with an adult while there is a child in the room. This is all very tongue in cheek; anyone who is parent will say 'it's all worth it!' Share it with your friends, both those who do and don't have kids. I guarantee they'll get a chuckle out of it. Remember, a sense of humor is one of the most important things you'll need when you become a parent!

Jing is a great program for doing screen captures (and it's free) http://www.techsmith.com/jing/

ya... we sure don't need more of 'em tellin us that! LOL

I got a Garmin Nuvi 255W for xmas. It has voice commands and the price was $89 CAN.

Thanks for this writeup Boomer .... now, can anyone/someone post a pic of what the "reinforcing kit" should look like soas to know if a guy has it or doesn't.

It's been a while since I removed mine but I think you'll only loose oil that has pooled there which isn't much... I think...but don't take my word for it LOL. put a 2x4 block of wood under the sidestand. others will chime in ...

Good point....which she has been "critiqued" on in the past. It's one of those "habit" things I guess ... I believe she's working on it.

who are you??

Strange... I dunno how that works on youtube. I'll ask Tiffy.

You can also find videos of her singing on youtube under the title "Tiffany Crowe-Its Too Bad" or "Tiffnation"