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    China unveils its first aircraft carrier

    I agree Layout they will not be sitting still. I'm sure there will be an accellerated training program especially once the onboard landing and take off systems have been passed for operations. I think the Chinese did what the US and others have done and that is to have an airfield or two with...
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    China unveils its first aircraft carrier

    Amazing that some news agencies are already looking at this as a game changer in the naval situation in the far east. Until the carrier is full operational it won't be much of a factor. Last year the Chinese stated they wanted to load it up with fighters, fighter/bombers and choppers but had yet...
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    Your First Experiences

    I've run both regular vans (GM) and Sprinters. The regular van of course meant bending over for working on strapping and such and moving the freight. The Sprinter posed some new problems of which one was the cold weather and being able to heat the sleeping area. I knew I didn't have loads of...
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    A 4 cylinder diesel Sprinter?

    Benz in europe offers several diesel engines in the Sprinters. One difference is they are usually mated to a manual transmission rather than the automatic. Engines used to range from the 1.9L with a couple of 2.xL 4 cylinders and then the 6 cylinders. For a city delivery van a 4 banger would...
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    Canada Canadian Fuel Prices

    OVM you are correct it is partially the problem of high taxes especially in Ontario where the HST added 8% to the price per litre. But even so the price is still 15-25 cents above where it should be. Food actually is a surprising price item as the prices did not go up as much as many of us...
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    Canada Canadian Fuel Prices

    Canadians have for years paid more for fuel than necessary. With crude prices lower and the canuck buck being about par with the US buck fuel should be 10 cents or more less than it currently sits at. Gasoline is currently running in the Ontario market (largest in the country) around the...
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    South Carolina: possible to both obey the speed limit & impede traffic

    The impeding the flow of traffic thing also applies in Ontario so if the fast lane is doing 70+ doing the speed limit would be impeding the flow. Yes you get a ticket. Of course if it is a slow ay on the highway and everyone is doing 55 and you snake your way through traffic trying to go faster...
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    New transportation bill creates safety concerns over bigger rigs

    In Ontario they are experimenting with double trailer trains. Currently used for line haul betweeen terminals they have actually started to reduce some companies number of rigs on the 401 between Ontario and Quebec. I haven't seen any major accidents involving these rigs but that is a matter of...
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    MPG gas vs diesel

    My past experience with gas and diesel vans has proven the diesel was a better option for long hauls and being cost effective. I used to get better mileage out of the diesels. Yes the newer diesels do seem to get lower mpg than past units and also the Ford 6.0 semed to be a problem plagued...
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    Indiana becomes 23rd "right-to-work" state

    Definitely a great idea to downsize government. Getting rid of those Canadians who may have socialist ideas (coming from a higher socialist country) means less socialist ideas in government. However on the flip side those pesky canucks are usually well educated and do converse in english making...
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    Cursive writing maybe dead in the water.

    On a recent trip to a government office I got the chance to view some application forms for government services. I noticed several had the "Make your mark here______" and another spot for the applicants assistant's signature who had to be able to read/write and comprehend the application and...
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    What's next in surveillance of ALL motorists

    One thing I'm not fond of with these OBD codes is that with todays onboard driver information centers (DIC) is why can't they make the error and malfunction indicators come up on the DIC in plain language so you know what is wrong rather than this idotic method we suffer with. Now we have to...
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    Pickup Truck looking for work

    The best options for this is to look at companies that deal with the industrial suppliers/distributors (MRO) like BDI, Kaman and other bearing, power transmission and such equipment. There are skids and shipped individually that would fit the back of the Avalanche but the weight capacity would...
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    presidential candidates

    Correct there is no federal mandate as a national health care system but they do fund a lot of it in all the provinces. Hence every province has a form of state health care co-funded by the feds and the provinces. So an idea for the US to look at. While the laws do not really allow the feds...
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    presidential candidates

    I can agree the feds should not over step their boundaries. However the feds are already involved with the retirees of the country. In being involved from that angle this is a small step towards change where the feds have figured that things should be better by making insurance mandatory. Should...
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    presidential candidates

    Layout you don't like Obama care? How can you object to everyone having to get insurance to fix themselves when they're ill? You have to have vehcile insurance to drive your car, have to have even more insurance on your truck and for most mortgages you have to have various forms of insurance...
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    Go Buy Your Own !!!

    Several yars ago I lived in a not so nice area. Every day I had to check the truck for parts as they stole parts like mirrors, grill, bumpers, hubcaps, headlights and the headlight doors and such. I was such a regular at the dealer buying parts they gave me jobber discount. Finally cured the...
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    Worse that Gadhafi?

    The Obama admin doesn't think the Muslim Brootherhood is all that dangerous in Egypt yet even the Egyptian governments and many others think it is very dangerous. Unfortunately in Libya who does anyone trust? At the moment there is little if anything of a real organized opposition ruling body...
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    Canada Plastic bank notes arrive in November

    They are tired of replacing the full paper bills so plastics it is. Supposedly they'll save a whack of money but knowing the mint it'll cost more than they say. Rob
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    Winter Tires for C/Vs

    Well I can understand your points it was just the fact that these winter tires are also sold as all season type as well. So the advantage was no changing out the snows at seasons end (the WR specifically). While road clearing is getting good there are the few times where snows might come in...
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