Mark H.

Statements such as 'the Government is telling you to do it' or "The xxxx lobby is huge" are also problematic. If you're going to dwell on that, you'll never eat or drink anything. Because then the food guide is not legitimate, it's just a document used by governments and special lobby groups to promote their own interests. Let's say you don't trust conventional farming and you think organic farmers are a bunch of con artists. I guess you can have a garden and some chickens in your backyard, or maybe someday you'd find that perfect food source. You can find a study that will prove whatever you want it to prove. If you're against immunization you can find sites that will tell you Bill Gates is using vaccines to depopulate the world. The acid test would be: go back to the era where most people in cities didn't drink milk, or drank very little of it. What were fractures like in that era?

Observations: 1. If kids don't drink milk - how do they get enough calcium? A glass of milk has 30% of your daily calcium requirement. Things like dark green vegetables have only 10 - 12% of your daily requirement per serving. Good luck getting them to eat that much broccoli. If you use fortified orange juice or calcium supplements, you are probably ingesting animal products. And yes, I also know kids who are lactose intolerant - they drink goats' milks or specially prepared milk. 2. Vitamin B12 supplements are usually an animal product. Some are made with natural yeast, but not most. 3. I'm a farmer, we spray our crops. Let's say an organic farmer gets an infestation of army worms or grasshoppers. They will demolish your crop in a few days or even hours you don't spray them. We had army worm in oats one year. Even with spraying, that field only averaged 68 bushels per acres, while the rest averaged 110+. Does an organic farmer just write off that field as a loss for that year? Funny how we've never heard of that happening. 4. Let's you're growing edible corn (corn on the cob). If you don't spray for worms, must of the crop will be infested with them. You'd have to throw 80% or more of the crop on the compost heap. I have seen this happen due to a mistake. I guess organic farmers could plant extra to make up for what they'll lose - never heard of that though.

No problem at all- any info would be appreciated.

And the first step would be to acknowledge that there is plenty of blame to go around.

It wasn't realistically possible to live off the land during that era - centuries of unsustainable fur trade had severely reduced everything except perhaps the fish. In fact, some populations (beaver and white tail deer) are more plentiful today than they were in the 19th century. The reserve system was put into place with the promise that the natives would be taught how to farm - but they weren't. Not only were they not properly taught, they were not given the proper implements. Thus the system of handouts began... Macdonald thought he could 'starve them out.' When that didn't work, they tried residential schools to assimilate them. It was a mess in the 19th century and it's still a mess today. The reserves and the treaties never made any sense whatsoever. The intentions of the government that created them were unethical at best.

Don't fix the leak in your bathroom - it's just going to run to the kitchen, the bedrooms, and the rec room.

Sounds sort of like a Stubler Defense.

A shut down defenseman who can move the puck and generate offence is pretty much exhibit A on most Stanley Cup winners / contenders.

Pick the guy who'll rob you the least...

They could be shoring up the special teams - Canadian DB's make up the bulk of ST players.

I assume every one is aware that there is hardly any snow south of North Dakota? That's why they're not forecasting a flood for this year.

And the way humans exist has been changing ever since we arrived on planet. The last big change (the growth of civilization) was spurred by agriculture, maybe the next one will be spurred by climate change.

AKA Chip (wanted to quote your post but it's not working) I agree with you, but I don't think a guy like Fleury would be enough of a difference maker in Winnipeg. In fact I see him and Pav as being quite similar in performance and consistency.

Goaltending: 1. Good teams are winning championships without a lights out goal-tender. Recently, Chicago, Pittsburgh, and Detroit 2. A goal-tender capable to elevating a team with the Jets' talent level would be in NHL top 5

Quick, Lundqvist, et. al. are not available

So - the GM makes some moves that make them better now - the team finishes 7th or 8th - makes a first round exit To achieve that you've probably given up some future talent Then what?

so you're saying that seeing him in Hogtown is a longshot... The more I hear about Creehan the more glad I am that he is gone. Not sure how he pulled off the 2011 defence we had, though it looks like it was more because of Burke and in spite of having Creehan on the staff. Well yes, Burke was the DC in 2011

A good long calorie burning, artery unclogging, nap - yep

x4 There were no complaints from anyone - just working towards a more positive atmosphere

I like Quiznos - anyone else? Used to go to the one on St. James on game days.

That's a good point. I can go to a local family restaurant and get a massive burger platter for 9.99. Fast food has become a rip off, especially MD with their tiny burgers. However, if prices are a concern, get yourself some coupons. A & W has coupons that get you two combos for $10 - they're usually in our local paper. The 9.99 burger platter is quickly disappearing. I'm not a fan of cheeseburgers, so I'd ALWAYS get just the plain burger wherever we went, and could often get it for said $9.99 price tag. No more. It's at least $10.99 in any place you look, and in some places it's even more (nevermind the $2-3+ they charge you for a soft drink with it). It's tough to come away from a family restaurant without spending $14.00 after tax, and at McDonalds (if you order wisely) you can get a lot of food for under $10.00 (double hamburgers, anyone?) Two or three dollars more but far more food on the plate. $9.99 @ Barney Gargle's in Selkirk. If you don't want to pay for pop, order ice water with lemon.

That's a good point. I can go to a local family restaurant and get a massive burger platter for 9.99. Fast food has become a rip off, especially MD with their tiny burgers. However, if prices are a concern, get yourself some coupons. A & W has coupons that get you two combos for $10 - they're usually in our local paper.

Good God man. If you're worried about excess sodium, you shouldn't be eating fast food, period.

Simple solution: onion rings

I really don't want to weigh in on this. But it's clear that the lack of Canadian talent and depth on this team is a long term problem. You have to build a stable of young Canadian by keeping most of your picks and drafting effectively every year. Mack's drafting record is spotty, but he did inherit a team that had spent several years trading away most of their picks.