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Isn't that what everyone keeps saying people are supposed to do in an emergency, call 911 and let the cops save them, rather than saving themselves.... If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

Of course in many of these situations, we see markets fragmenting into megalopolies because of specific government regulations making it hard or impossible for small companies to compete, or regulating particular products out of the market for ideological reasons, etc... Whereas if gov't stayed out of it, more players would be able to partake... If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

And well informed consumers. The less accurate the information, the less ideal consumers' decisions will be. The less information available, the more random (or perhaps chaotic) consumers' decisions will be. Ah, yes!.. And so everyone who disagrees with the liberals, is obviously not a 'well-informed consumer' -- therefore liberals are right to make his (or her) decisions FOR him! If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

Though I suppose he did issue what I'm sure was an extra strongly worded statement to Mubarak and Ghadaffi. He sure hasn't done much to help the people of syria.... If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

I don't really agree that we are so different. Frankly I believe a substantial minority of canadians probably agree with this guy. And really, we don't know the intentions of the two men who approached the guy. Maybe they did have evil intentions and decided not to go ahead when the man was not put off guard by their attempts at striking up a conversation. I think the more likely difference may be between liberals and conservatives, more than between canadians and americans.... If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

The Sikh culture is not without its own brand of extremists.... If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

I tore my pec several years back and was presented two options. One was to just let it heal, which would leave me with permanent weakness and unknown potential impact on future activities (no more bench press for sure). The other was surgery, which was what I chose. It went well and I was recovered fully in about 9 months. However, because I waited a couple weeks in between the injury and the surgery, due to being referred to several specialists and needing multiple MRIs to assess the damage, the surgery was more difficult than it would have been if I'd had it right away, and as a result I have less range of motion on that side. Not a big deal, but since you're talking about your leg, the impact might be more significant. FWIW my dad completely tore his quad at the knee two years ago and had surgery to repair it. Recovery took a little over a year, but given that he's in his 60s that was expected. Good news is that he has full use of the leg and no complications that I'm aware of (no lingering pain or soreness, essentially full range of motion, etc). IMO, if it's anything more than a minor tear I would want it repaired. It may "heal" on its own, but you'll never have full functionality/strength again. Whether that matters to you is obviously a personal decision, and depends in part on the severity and location of the tear, your age and level of activity, etc. And while there may not be much you can do given your health care system, the longer you wait, the more the tendon (if torn) will retract, making surgical repair more difficult and potentially limiting your recovery. If you're young and/or moderately active, that could be a significant concern, but obviously you have to weigh that against the risks associated with any surgery: infection, blood clots, etc. A few useful links if you haven't already researched it to death: http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topic=A00294 http://www.sportsmd.com/SportsMD_Articles/id/332.aspx Thanks for the links. They actually had an opening at physio today, so I got in early for an assessment. The guy said he thought it was a grade 1 or 2, where 3 is a full tear. Not very serious he thought, although still painful in some applications since it only happened late sunday. I'm still icing right now, but hopeful that it will heal fairly fast. I'm 52, so hope don't know how that will work out. Getting in and out of the truck can be painful, especially in a crowded parking lot where you can't necessarily open the door wide. Thinking about upsizing my main, though I really don't want to do so. But you could probably call me a bit of a weekend warrior, so it might be time. That would be a bitch, because my 145 only cost me a few hundred about 15 years ago. If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

what I don't like about our socialized medicine is that here in the great white north, you're actually held hostage to it. I cannot get an mri unless I travel down to the states to do it. Private health care clinics are not allowed here. That said, I am told that I get an assessment in about 3 weeks, at which time if it's not improving they will schedule an mri (note I said schedule it, not do it right away, who knows how long it will take.) Then, depending on the results of that, they would 'schedule' the surgery. That said, there is not a whole lot of pain unless I'm trying to do something with the leg, and my first physio assessment and treatment (which is NOT covered by the socialized health services) is scheduled tomorrow. Thanks for your reply. If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

I haven't been able to find that out. If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

coming in a little crosswind, felt something go when I put my foot down. Didn't fall, just ran it out, but it appears I've done something to my quad. X-rays showed no bone damage, but they don't do mri's here unless, as the doctor put it, 'it's life or limb' Feeling a bit like a chump now, who should have been able to know better. Or do these things just sometimes happen to us 50+ yr-olds? If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

yeah, I wasn't talking about a pilot at a dz, rob, just in general, even if outside of controlled airspace. If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

I don't know why you haven't done it already. It sucks in canada. Frankly I believe the substandard care here killed my mother. But that's just one case. Here's another. In Canada, (or ontario anyways), mri and other procedures are usually only done on day shifts, leading to huge backlogs. This case was in the paper last week. 'A Pelham woman who crossed the border to obtain an MRI weeks earlier than her tentative appointment in Canada was scheduled, will not be reimbursed by OHIP - even though she was hospitalized immediately due to the scan results. The MRI in Buffalo revealed the woman had had a right hemispheric stroke. She was stabilized at St. Catharines General Hospital with medication until she underwent surgery days later. Her appeal of OHIP’s decision not to reimburse her for the MRI she obtained in the U.S. was denied by the Health Services Appeal and Review Board on July 19. The board’s decision, which does not name the woman, said she began to experience “pins and needles,” “numbness” and “weakness” in her left hand in early March 2009. It said she saw her family doctor a number of times and in April 2009, began the process to obtain an MRI test in Ontario through that doctor. She also saw a neurologist in St. Catharines and by May 14, 2009 the request for an MRI had been submitted but no appointment date was set. Over the weekend of May 16, 2009, the woman began to feel worse and the fingers on her left hand curled and were immobile. On May 19, 2009 she arranged to see the neurologist the next day, but didn’t get a diagnosis. The receptionist at the neurologist’s office told her it would take six to eight weeks to obtain an MRI. The board said the woman felt something was seriously wrong and made her own appointment for an MRI at Seaton Imaging, in Buffalo on May 20, 2009. That same day she underwent the MRI, the results were sent to her St. Catharines neurologist, who contacted the woman and arranged for her to be seen immediately at St. Catharines General Hospital. A vascular surgeon told her the MRI revealed the stroke. She was hospitalized and on May 27, 2009 — weeks before she would have received her MRI in Ontario — she underwent a right carotid artery endarterectomy - the removal of material inside the artery - to prevent future strokes. The woman submitted an OHIP claim for the MRI in August 2009, but was denied funding and appealed. The board decision does not say how much money the woman paid for the procedure. The board said out-of-country health insurance is paid by OHIP when a person has an emergency condition while outside Canada that is acute, unexpected and requires immediate medical treatment. It’s also covered if prior approval by OHIP has been obtained. The woman argued through representatives that although her symptoms arose in Canada, the extent of her condition wasn’t known until the May 20, 2009 MRI results. As a result, she claimed, the condition arose outside of Canada and was unexpected. She also argued her medical circumstance was an emergency — she was hospitalized the same day as the MRI with surgery days later — and prior approval for the out-of-country MRI could not be applied for or obtained. But the board sided with OHIP. It said although the woman was “quite reasonably concerned for her health” and frustrated with the waiting time for an MRI in Ontario, there was no medical evidence that she faced an immediate risk of stroke that prohibited her from seeking prior approval for the MRI. That’s because once the degree of the blockage was known from the MRI on May 20, 2009, the woman didn’t have surgery right away due to risk. Instead, she was stabilized with medication in hospital until her surgery on May 27. “The appeal board has no jurisdiction to order OHIP, for compassionate or other reasons, to make a payment that is not permitted under the Act or Regulations,” the board said. If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

You may like it in the UK, sure doesn't work very well in canada here.... If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

the rules are a bit vague in canada. The pilot could still get in trouble if MOT found out what was going on. Would depend a bit on circumstances. If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

We can compare that to what happens in canada WINNIPEG -- Just over a month ago a Manitoba judge fretted publicly about the possibility Derrick Sanderson would be set free from jail early and stab someone. That's exactly what Sanderson, 22, stands accused of after being arrested for knifing a young Winnipeg woman to death early last Sunday in an attack on Furby Street. On June 7, Sanderson appeared before Judge Rocky Pollack and pleaded guilty to possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose and breaching a condition of a supervised probation order. "Cases like this one make judges worry," Pollack told him. "No judge wants to be the one who gave what would look like to any member of the public to be a very low sentence and then hear the next day that this person was released early from jail and stabbed somebody." If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

Frankly, someone shooting indiscriminately or not into a crowd of people in an orchestrated way, killing and wounding dozens, I don't think that trying to distract him by firing at him would make the situation worse, even IF you hit an innocent bystander or two in the exchange. And from my understanding the guy was basically up at the front of the cinema, where most people were looking at him. If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

That confused me when I read the article too. It sounds like she not only gave birth to the second victim in jail after killing the first, but also became pregnant AFTER having been convicted once.... But my main point was why'd she only get 4 years for the first murder? Only to get out and do it again. If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

Like I said, it was an activity long before it was a competitive sport. The modern history of the sport began in the late 18th century with Jacques Garnerin from France who performed display jumps from balloons flying over Europe. Later in the 19th century, women, who still number only between 15 and 20 percent among skydivers, began to appear on the scene. Kathe Paulus from Germany jumped professionally in Germany around the turn of the 20th century. Tiny Broadwick, another professional parachutist in the U.S., became the first woman to jump from an airplane in 1913 and the first to make a freefall in 1914. Source __________________________________________________ We're probably arguing semantics here, but I would argue that skydiving was not so much an activity, but a 'display' in the ballooning period. It wasn't done for just something to do, but for money. There were some people, especially after the civil war and the crimean war, where balloons were used extensively for observing enemy troop movements, who would have done a 'lot' of jumps, but they were virtually all for money, not for something to do. For one thing most balloonists couldn't afford to fly period unless they were getting paid for it somehow. Russians in the 20's and 30's (perhaps before, I'd have to look it up) had competitions to develop parachuting as a military branch of the gov't, and while the west was slower to develop, as I said, competitions began to occur around the early 30's at bigger airshows. And (many of) these people largely didn't actually 'train' unless they were in the military - they learned while they actually did parachute displays. Skydiving did not really become a recreational activity until after the 2nd world war when access to military surplus equipment and skills learned with airborne units became relatively wide spread. But many of these people were still interested in competing as they developed the rudimentary skills we take for granted these days. So to sum it up, parachuting wasn't a recreation, but a professional occupation, in the first century and a half for most practisioners, then a sport as people sought to develop skills and equipment, and later became something to do for the yuppies. If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

I would argue that it began as a recreational activity and evolved into a sport. How long had skydiving been around before skydivers began having skydiving competitions? I would say you're showing a lack of knowledge. There have been skydiving competitions since the 1930's at least, and serious world championships began in the mid 1950's. There was a serious focus on competition skills at many dz's I've been to up until sometime in the late '80's, 90's I'd say... Not so much now. If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Crime/2012/07/20/20011401.html Here's a disturbing case. Basically a mother gets about 4 yrs for strangling her 10-month old son. About a year after she gets out, she strangles another son, causing him to live on now, it sounds like, on life support. Comments? If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

They were probably the first one's hitting the exits. Yep...carrying a firearm is for self protection...last resort/last stand. It has nothing to do with protecting anyone other than the person carrying it. If an exit is the quickest way to remove myself from the incident, then so be it. If trapped, at least I'd take some comfort knowing I had a .45 that might get me out of that fucked up situation in that theatre. I disagree. It is to protect yourself, and your family or other persons you are responsible for. As for other ccw being able to help, it could have in the situation at Luby's in texas. quote In response to the massacre,[5] the Texas Legislature in 1995 passed a shall-issue gun law, which requires that all qualifying applicants be issued a Concealed Handgun License (the state's required permit to carry concealed weapons), removing the personal discretion of the issuing authority to deny such licenses. To qualify for a license, one must be free-and-clear of crimes, attend a minimum 10-hour class taught by a state-certified instructor, pass a 50-question test, show proficiency in a 50-round shooting test, and pass two background tests, one shallow and one deep. The license costs $240 to $290, depending on the added instructor's fee. The law had been campaigned for by Dr. Suzanna Hupp, who was present at the time of the shootout where both of her parents were shot and killed. She later expressed regret for obeying the law by leaving her firearm in her car rather than keeping it on her person due to the fact that it could have cost her her chiropractic license.[6] She testified across the country in support of concealed handgun laws, and was elected to the Texas House of Representatives in 1996.[7] The law was signed by then-Governor George W. Bush.[8] If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

I did. Black and white. If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

blue skies, black death. yin and yang. If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

Much like Zimmerman. I mostly agree. Z's story hasn't really changed. If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

Only once! If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone