Thinking Aloud

Yes, that is melted cheese on left over roasted potatos on a bun.  Sorry carb avoiders.

http://www.timescolonist.com/Juan+Fuca+officials+galvanize+battle+stupid+move/6067011/story.html

This is the kind of story that really makes me frustrated.  Basically they are planning to decommission a dam that supports a coho run that has been built up by the sooke salmon enhancement society. Why?

Reasons: Suspected Liability forcing a decision is a exceedingly frustrating reason for a decision.

Really bad communication between the parties regarding the removed valve is frustrating (since when is a repaired valve considered vandalism?!? Since when is it hard to guess who may have repaired the valve you removed on a dam with the purpose of salmon enhancement?!?) Communication has never been easier then it is now, and still we can’t keep people in the loop, or reach out when it would be helpful… Sigh…

Finally, if the allegation, that it is being decommissioned simply because it is a dam and DFO doesn’t do dams anymore, then it would be worthwhile to recognize that those kind of one size fits all decisions are almost always a bad idea. I don’t know any engineers that speak about an engineering related topic without weighing their words, and if he reckons that even a catastrophic dam break is unlikely to affect the nearest house (8 km away) then I’m inclined to bet that he has a pretty reasonable sense for it. I’m tempted to sharpen my pencil, but I think the DFO ought to have a few guys who can do an in house estimate to see if the risk is significant and get that estimate out to the press.

I may not have all the facts, heck this is the only article I’ve read about the issue, but even if it is half as bad as this, its still worth trying to point out that we need to at minimum communicate better and at most swallow a big enough dose of common sense to realize that blanket decisions are a bad idea for this situation.

–end rant.

Disclosure: As the son of a fisherman I’ve never had any real love for the DFO.

…happy!!

Does anyone know the age when, for the sake of your health, one should definitely (except for special occasions) stop eating fries?

Only answers greater than 33 will be accepted.

Giving some nice smiles in the morning.

Black ice, thats who.  And me on my bike.

Well biking season is wearing a little thin but at this point I’m soldiering on.  Why not? Too cold and wet… My new fenders protect me.  And besides I feel this new commutacycle makes me feel much faster

To those of you who have experienced plumbing snake success before you know what a relief it is to finally watch the drain clear.

To those of you who have never experienced it, I hope you never have to, but if you do I heartily recommend a plumbing snake that attaches to a power drill. 

I would have appreciated some tangible large blob of sludge to be pulled from the drain, but in this case it just started working…  Here in ends this contining saga of diy plumbing.

It’s looking very delicious.  Dinner is minutes away!! Can’t wait!

Felt good ,no wipeouts…course I’m only at the bus stop now, still got the post bus trip portion to go…