I'm new here, I'm a conservative from Texas,

tee hee....they ran away years ago to AZ.....

Again I will ask here: why the engagement with him, and why the lack of just closing the account and/or threads, as opposed to the questioning and chastizement by mods, are we pretending interpersonal communication is possible, once Aaron has defined who we are and  who he is from a quite apparent position of believed supremacy on his part?

Or do  some really think  he can be made to see the "progressive" light?

Or are some merely amusing themselves because of their own supremacy issues?

remind wrote:

Again I will ask here: why the engagement with him, and why the lack of just closing the account and/or threads, as opposed to the questioning and chastizement by mods, are we pretending interpersonal communication is possible, etc. etc., etc...

Gee, I don't know; is Aaron an alien life form with whom no communication is possible?  As far as I can tell, he hasn't said anything to warrant banning.  On the contrary, he's being refreshingly forthright.

I stumbled upon God's facebook page the other day. About 3,000,000 fans. More than the onion ring. 

remind, sadly there is no pre-emptive banning.

I wish.

But that nasty Mr. oldgoat, Mr Senior Moderator (like, whatever dude, rolleyes) says it's my first (paid) month on the job and who do I think I am? Frig.

But seriously, we cannot ban someone unless they write something bannable. While Aaron's stated position is not compatible with what babble is, he's yet to say anything bannable. The "hate-filled" comment that he made about comments is incorrect. Similar if I said "why did you just say the sky is purple striped remind?" If there's no indication you ever said that, clearly the issue is with me.

And ok, this thread is a bit of fun-making and I will own up to my immature enjoyment of it.

al'Q: 

remind wrote:

Was just watching the deer munching around the yard, and  apparently one was munching where it was not supposed to.

 

Another deer sauntered up to it,  brought its hoof up in the air and tapped the other on the hindquarters with it.....the other deer kinda ignored the hoof on the butt tap, and kept on munching, so the  other deer again raised a hoof and tapped the other on the  butt, and a tap both times it was.

 

The 'tapped" deer stopped munching there and went over to apparently be the sentinal, and it was the others turn to eat.  A changing of the guard if you will... in wild animal life. Amazing to see.

Jeez remind, you didn't have to bring forward a reminder about the existence of truly loving sentient beings.  (he says, enviously)

Ya well george,  in the midst of all that loving watching the deer, BC hydro showed up,  just down the road, with  their  basket truck, scared the deer  away and then shut the hydro off, just as I was editing the post to make sense.

Course did not know what scared the deer away until my hydro went poof and I went to look at the transformer down the road.....one would think they should warn you there were going to be repairs

LOL slumberjack "bowing to the absurb" indeed....

AaronT wrote:

Howdy from Texas.

I've visited Texas (Dallas, Fort Worth) and I have a friend still there. It was unbearably hot for me. I continued my travels west to New Mexico and Arizona - New Mexico is probably my favourite US state, I love the place.

A relatively meaningful observation about the lone-star state.

You'd best include the women in your thank-you, Aaron, or this is going to be a painfully brief  peace.

p.s.  Grew up fishin' muskies on the Pigeon River around Omemee, Ont.   Your Canuck acquaintance knew her fish, for sure.

At least half of this board's members are European-style social-democrats, but more like German social democracy than Swedish social democracy, such as Doug.

Next come the Blairites, such as Stockholm.

Next come Marxists, such as myself, N. Beltov, RosaL, KenS, etc.

Tied near the bottom are class-struggle anarchists like Kropotkin, Genstrike on the one hand, and Canadian Liberals on the other.

You won't find any here supporting the Democratic Party much, since the remainder are propertarian "libertarians" like Sven, and odd American conservatives like yourself.

wow, trying to slot myself in that there  pigeon hole grid, and think I must be in Sven's slot.......

AaronT, there are a lot of ultralights and pilots here on the Quebec coast, and they all built their own. If I can figure out how to post a personal photo here, I'll post one under construction.

I'm not a pilot, but wish I were.

George Victor wrote:

oldgoat wrote:

That's pretty close to me George.  I can't imagine there being muskies there today.  I think the river's shrunk a bit.

It's always been canoe water, OG.  Particularly above Brown's Bridge on the Hogback, going up to Cross Creeks.

My mistake.  I'm thinking of Pigeon Creek which runs by my brothers place over by Janetville.  It's smaller, you know, being a creek'n all.

Aaron, I have actually flown a Cessna 150.  Not unlike flying a shopping cart.  Used to skydive way back in the day and we were around small airplanes a lot.  This was back when parachutes were actually round.

I fished for pickerel (aka walleye) when I lived near North Bay. Delicious when pan fried. I've seen muskies in huge fish tanks at the old Ottawa Ex when it was held in Lansdowne Park in the 1960s. Big fish they were, and I've heard that they are a real handful. I've never landed anything larger than rainbow trout and pickerel. Rainbow trout are probably my favourite fish meal, I always ordered it at the Old Fish Market Restaurant in Ottawa's Byward Market.

Here on the coast we get fresh caught Atlantic salmon, mackerel, shark, and a rather large fish I can't remember the name of, and all kinds of shellfish, and especially snow crab, which is delicious.

remind wrote:

wow, trying to slot myself in that there  pigeon hole grid, and think I must be in Sven's slot.......

I didn't know you had similar politics, to be honest.  I thought you were more or less a Canadian Liberal.

Single-engine Otters and Beavers are real workhorses here. I don't think there's any comparsion to the thrill of taking off and landing in a floatplane. My first trip in a bush plane was in 1995 in a beautifully restored old yellow Cessna 182 with floats, here on the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and I've been addicted ever since.

ETA: I've been up (as a passenger) in open-cockpit  WWII trainer aircraft at the Museum of Aviation at Ottawa's old Rockcliffe airport, buzzing close to  the Parliament Buildings in 1994. What an awesome experience that was. Since 9/11, I think flight patterns have been changed to avoid the nation's capital buildings.

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Are there any flyers here?

I went up to commercial license, then ran out of dough.

The biggest I've flown is a Piper Seneca. I haven't flown since 1998.

The most fun was the Katana DA-20.

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I've found out via Facebook that my American cousin(s) became a fan of both Palin (Sara, not Michael) and Glenn Beck. I thought that having Canadian relatives, and a Canadian mother, would give her some perspective. Or some sense. I guess I'll have to go down and talk some into them.

Sven wrote:

This is a joke, right?

Yes.

This fellow is a troll in sheep's clothing from another forum.  He came over to see how long he could "last" before being banned.  Wrestle with this pig and you will just end up covered in manure.

Sincerely,
Chelsea the anti-troll 

Oh, Al-Q. I wouldn't call pre-emptive banning "immiderate." Unprogressive would be a better descriptor.

Well, we did engage in an interesting conversation about fishing and flying, I enjoyed that.