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  1. New Speeding LAw

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    Five over the limit and you should lose your car. It's a speed LIMIT' date=' not a speed suggestion.

    Sounds to me like a lot of people that think this guy is a hazard speed themselves, but keep it in the under 120 range. It's nice that you can so easily condemn while you make up your own levels of safety.

    If you think speeding is a hazard, don't speed. Anything else is blatant bullshit.[/quote']

    I disagree. I don't see speeding as a completely binary offence, where you're either going over the limit and driving dangerously, or going under it and driving safely (all other things being equal). There is a major difference in reaction time/control of the car, etc. when you are driving at, say 115 km/h versus 150 km/h. It's simple physics. You may think it's unnecessarily dangerous to drive at 115 km/h, which is fine, but the reality of the matter is that speeding becomes more dangerous the faster you go.

    agreed.

    when gas prices got really silly, i drove 100kmh on the 401 as a fuel economy experiment. I gave up soon in to it. doing 100 while people are screaming around you at 120 is also dangerous.

    keeping up with the flow of traffic seems to be the safest bet.

  2. put the chicken before the egg.

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    Sorry Tim for shifting the thread's focus from the chicken to the egg, but I LOVE EGGS!

    focus? :) you're funny.

    eggs are awesome when done right. the farmer that we buy from does rotational grazing with the chickens to give them fresh pasture to pick at. the chicken coop is an old schoolbus with the seats out and a movable electric fence. he moves the whole works around the farm following the cows. the chickens pick through the cow pats and spread the manure out, and they feast on the fly larvae in the pats keeping the fly population in check. it's brilliant, and the eggs are out of this world.

    oh, and the chickens are happy (except for when they challenge the fence).

  3. put the chicken before the egg.

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    Posted · Edited by Guest

    Link to full story.

    Will Burnaby chicken out?

    Diane Haynes, Special to Burnaby Now

    Published: Wednesday, October 10, 2007

    Fried, poached, boiled or scrambled with tomato, basil and pine nuts, I like my eggs. So imagine my surprise when I first discovered - well into my 30s - that eggs aren't yellow. At least, they're not supposed to be. Those small, wan yolks are pale imitations of the healthy, organic eggs that come from naturally fed, free-ranging chickens. Real eggs look like a summer sunset over English Bay. They taste like it, too. Overnight, I went from paying $2.15 a dozen to $4.69 - a 118 per cent increase in my cost, true, but a small price to pay once I realized that animals are subsidizing the cheap cost of regular eggs with their lives.

    The Vancouver Humane Society is pushing to end "battery" egg production (chickens in tiny cages pumping out eggs followed by a trip down mcnugget lane).

    see www.chickenout.ca

  6. Phil Lesh and Jackie Greene

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    i'll check that one out next, booche. currently listening to the wheel from

    Phil Lesh & Friends 09/23/07 (Sun) Greek Theater - Berkeley

    Set 1/ 1:Good Morning Little Schoolgirl 2:Good Lovin' 3:Why Don't We Do It In The Road 4:Deal 5:The Weight 6:Gone Wanderin'* 7:Cumberland Blues* 8:Supercede You*

    Set 2/ 9:Playing in the Band 10:Mexican Girl 11:Candyman 12:Fire on the Mountain 13:Pee Jam 14:St. Stephen 15:A Hard Rain's A-Gonna fall 16:The Wheel 17:Eyes Of The World 18:Sugar Magnolia 19:Donor Rap/Intros

    20:Encore: Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad #

    holey. wheel just went in to eyes of the world.

    wow. phil. nice job. so the ripping guitar is kimock? that jackie greene dude sure can sing. the weight was brilliant.

  9. Insane bumper stickers?

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    I've been tempted to carry around a pile of bumper stickers to address similar idiots and their idiocy.

    In particular' date=' I've considered having stickers printed up to stick to the backs of Porsche or Cadillac SUVs and H1 Hummers:

    "I hate the environment."[/quote']

    I've thought the same thing, except my sticker says:

    SUVs: Fake Trucks for Real Assholes

    or

    "I'm Changing Our Climate. Ask Me How!"

  13. Percy and Louise Schmeiser are awarded the 2007 "Right Livelihood" award.

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    Percy and Louise Schmeiser (Canada) have given the world a wake-up call about the dangers to farmers and biodiversity everywhere from the growing dominance and market aggression of companies engaged in the genetic engineering of crops. The Jury honours the Schmeisers “for their courage in defending biodiversity and farmers’ rights, and challenging the environmental and moral perversity of current interpretations of patent laws."

    full story.

    the background story is on Percy's website.

    Percy Schmeiser

    A long time farmer and farm equipment dealer from the small rural community of Bruno Sask. He served as Mayor of the Town of Bruno from 1966-1983 and as a MLA (Member of the Legislative Assembly) for the Watrous constituency in the Provincial Legislature from 1967-71.

    Excerpt from Aug 14, 1999 Vancouver Sun article by Dave Margoshes

    "Percy Schmeiser was mad as hell, and decided he wasn't going to take it.

    Schmeiser has been growing canola -- the yellow-blossomed oilseed that used to be known as rapeseed -- for 40 years, and he knows his stuff. He's been experimenting, developing his own varieties, using his own seed and generally prospering with canola. reaping the benefits derived from growing an increasingly popular crop.

    So when Monsanto, the giant multinational agro-chemical company that is at the forefront of developing genetically modified foods, accused him of patent infringement and demanded restitution for its seeds, his pride was hurt. He chose to fight rather than roll over and take it."

  18. Happy Last Day of Work, Baj!

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    Thanks for the offer Tim, just might have to take you up on that... I lost track, did you guys finally get a place down there ???

    no, brian...we struck out on our last trip down...but that was okay as the job that i left wanted me back, and we have since bought a place outside of guelph.

    i hope you enjoy the not working bit, and have a great trip down to nb!!! southern ontario loses a very cool couple of folks...

  23. The LEGENDARY 12 Song Album Game!

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    #291. Songs about ecology

    1. Indigo Girls - Wild, Wild Party in the Loquat Tree

    2. Marvin Gaye - Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)

    3. Tassilo - Back To the Wilderness

    4. Dr. Octagon - Halfsharkalligatorhalfman

    5. Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Mother Earth (Natural Anthem)

    6. Marillion - Season's End

    7. The Band - Where Do We Go From Here?

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  24. Post a random picture thread

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    Lounge Lizard

    1415360678_8cdcf70c02.jpg

    I swear on my life this is 100% real. I was walking down the street looking for stuff to photograph and this guy is just sitting outside a coffee shop with this 80 year old woman and he is taking these little sofa things out of a bag. Then he opens another compartment in the bag and there are about five lizards like this guy. Then he would pose them and they would just sit there like this. Don't really know why.

    He didn't really explain much but he did say they take about three months to train them to do this. I didn't bother asking if he only trained his lizards to sit in relaxing human posses or if there were other ones too. The whole thing was just to oddly perfect, I really didn't need him to go in to detail.

    Also I like the surprising detailed craftsmanship of the sofa. Now I can say I've truly seen it all!

    three words.

    michagan j frog.

    michigan_j_frog.jpg

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