I agree with popnchipper with one thing to add; Too many of these 26.7 calls from aircraft taxiing end up stepping on 26.7 reception of airborne aircraft. When VFR I don't see the point of the extra broadcast.

I'm not putting down instructors It sure sounded like you were. Why should Co-pilot time count as half towards the total time requirment when you're in a two-crew environment? Every second leg is mine!???!!. Not to point out the obvious but you just said you only fly half the legs. The math seems s...

Very insightful and thoughtful post. Its not the grand standing and fear mongering approach that you would choose rockie. I've grown tired of your "twice daily 401 shootouts", "arming an entire society", "dirty harry types" and your just plain ridiculous "twirling it around their finger and practic...

Turns out you can paint them all with the same brush... `Slush fund' charge tarnishes {Ontario} Liberal image Apr 27, 2007 04:30 AM Ian Urquhart After taking a pounding for a few days on their $32 million "slush fund," the governing Liberals have begun a ferocious counterattack. But the arguments in...

Rockie should be along shortly to call the article "laughable"

Sigh…Where do I start You have a fairly high opinion of yourself thinking you're qualified to carry a handgun Wasp. I don't happen to think you are. But assuming you are qualified, and don't think people who aren't qualified should be armed, aren't you really talking about ...gasp...gun control? ! W...

Try thinking in terms of everybody out there being armed. I can guarantee you your opportunity to use that gun will increase exponentially. Every Tom, Dick and Dirty Harry is going to be waving a gun around and you won't know if it's going to settle on you or someone else.... Who said anything abou...

the truth lies somewhere in the middle and is obscured by the rhetoric from both sides. Rockie, this is groundbreaking...We are on the same page. :wink: I agree with the whole media slant thing however there is the problem specific to articles regarding guns in general. Take the 1997 Mississippi Hi...

Yeah, laughable...right. :roll: These were some of my fav's from the articles, I don't recognize any of them as Dirty Harry quotes though. there are people who believe if they can limit certain freedoms just a little bit more, we'll all be safe within the comforting embrace of the Mommy State. It's ...

Here is another good article. Not too many stats in this one so it will be tougher to come up with an excuse to bury your head in the sand Rockie. Enjoy. http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/Columnis...02252-sun.html "Anti-firearms nuts dead wrong Sheeplike behaviour won't make us any safer when gunman arriv...

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You're waaaay off there chum! Think Pratt & Whitney.

I'm going to give up. I cannot debate with people who equate handguns with a lawnmower. I will not debate statistics because they can say anything anyone wants them to say, and they do not address the nature of a society. I do not want my country to turn into a gun-centric society like the United S...

How many people in Canada do you know feel the need to keep a gun in their house to feel safe? Do you?? No, not in my house. I live in the woods. What are you saying here - that the kids should be armed in class? Very perceptive. Notice on the T.V. every kid that was murdered at V. Tech. was a fine...

Apologies for wading into this debate so late but I couldn't let this one by. here's a question for the gun supporters: If a total stranger came up to you on the street and said "give me a loaded gun right here, right now", would you do it? If the answer is no, or even a qualified yes, then you are ...

Gun control is more likely to prevent crimes of the less desperate which are much more prevalent in the US than school rampages. gun control penalizes only those who are not inclined, or likely to commit crimes. There are recent examples of legislated gun control that can be analyzed and conclusion...

For f*ck sakes. Right now, the biggest item on the Conservative's agenda is getting into position to win a majority government. If you dispute this fact, well, I'm sorry, but you're really goddamn stupid. I can't f*cking believe I had to explain this. Ahem, I don't dispute this fact and I already s...

I think any strategy used to displace the conservative agenda would meet DD's definition. As for Peter Mackay being a decent guy - he's a politician. Don't kid yourself... Good point Altiplano, we must not kid ourselves about any politician. After all, the Greens have struck a deal with a former en...

Driving Rain wrote:
If this is true and it apparently is then white folks should come up with a list of words that are off limits to black folks. Will that make everyone happy? Any suggestions?

Let's start the list with "Redneck"

Thanks for the reply happy_flyer. What a screwed up world we live in. Everyone is on the band wagon to get the government to fix poverty and homelessness and war and killing and the environment, but heaven forbid our pets get anything but gourmet food. Why don't you try to figure out what your pets ...

For all you pet owners out there, here are a couple words of advice from someone who ownes a specialty pet store. Stay away from grocery store brands and those "big" name brands. Don't trust any brand that outsources the manufacturing of their product. If you have any questions please feel free to ...

My Apologies Dash-ate. I'm still working on picking up the subtle inflections of the type-written word.

I should have written gun, instead of weapon. What is smallest size gun we are allowed to own. That question has several answers depending on what licence you hold. The most popular answer assuming you have a restricted licence is 105 mm, refering only to barrel length. Since we are not trusted to ...

Personally I like the budget. There should be enough tax savings in it for me to offset the annual cost of McGuinty's Ontario Health Tax from a couple years ago. As far as child-care goes, it's a noble idea but we can't afford the social programs we have now. I think even the Martin Liberals knew th...

Just found this article online, a point I was trying to make much earlier is made in the article. It is written much more eloquently than I could ever achieve. The 1993 stats would take a miracle worker to spin enough to favour an anti-gun(read pro-registration) argument. The Wall Street Journal Eur...

Excellent post LH. Very well written and it reminds me how much I miss Manitoba. Many of us disagree with the laws we follow every day. But we follow them. Yeah but do those laws violate your Charter Rights??? I can't help but notice everyone in favour of registration is sidestepping the Charter arg...