[MATT0404]

Had a seemingly rare sunny day this weekend and I was able to get out with my Sigma 150/2.8:


IMG_2895-3 by mkrepp, on Flickr

[The1]

I dislike anyone who has sun right now.....

it's been basically an entire month of rain here..... cold and wet.... not cool

[The1]

but great shot I enjoy spring flowers...

[MATT0404]

Originally Posted by The1

but great shot I enjoy spring flowers...

Haha, thanks. We've had nothing but rain, as well. Very depressing!

[The1]

Originally Posted by MATT0404

We've had nothing but rain, as well. Very depressing!

it's killer.... there's this magnificent magnolia tree down the road from my ex-girlfriends place that i keep wanting to get a picture of, but every time i go visit it's raining. if it were a nice light rain, i'd be fine taking my camera over to it to shoot it, but it just keeps on with the heavy rain....

[Chewy734]

I'm jealous of the flowers as well... it's 36 degrees with the wind chill and raining here.

[The1]

Originally Posted by Chewy734

I'm jealous of the flowers as well... it's 36 degrees with the wind chill and raining here.

haha, i don't think we are far off.... maybe 38 here... either way, i'm not really wanting to go outside...

[Chewy734]

I friggin' had to walk just over a mile from where I park to where I work... all outside. Sucked.

[Weebl]

48 at 8am and soon to be 73 with no clouds at all maybe 90 by the end of the week.
At least in Canada you have the health system but then again there is the 50% in taxes.

[The1]

Originally Posted by Weebl

48 at 8am and soon to be 73 with no clouds at all maybe 90 by the end of the week.
At least in Canada you have the health system but then again there is the 50% in taxes.

nobody knows what the future of our health care will be, the Canadian population is getting to big and to be able to maintain the same health care setup that we currently have. We are likely to see some privatisation to help alleviate some of the financial stresses on the government.

I think it's unfortunate. But if it's what we have to do, we have to do it.

I'm just hoping the same structure will still exist, but just have the health care opened up so that there are more private practices for people to be able to choose to pay for more immediate care instead of suffering long wait times and such. Time will tell.

or it will all colapse.

We also pay for our health care in the form of 13% sales tax on everything we buy in some of the provinces... (some are more lucky and have a lower tax)

it's bitter sweet.

[The1]

and i have a cold right now

[Weebl]

We are starting in on double digit sales tax but don't pay nearly as much in income tax. Just close your borders to immigration. Don't privatize it will cost way too much.
Any country that can elect a "Porn King" as a PM just has to survive!

[The1]

Originally Posted by Weebl

We are starting in on double digit sales tax but don't pay nearly as much in income tax. Just close your borders to immigration. Don't privatize it will cost way too much.
Any country that can elect a "Porn King" as a PM just has to survive!

haha...

problem with closing our borders to immigration is that Canada has a negative growth rate... apparently we don't like to have babies.... so we need other countries to do it for us.

however, there would be tons of benefits to closing down the borders or making the immigration standards a lot higher. I'm sure our income taxes wouldn't be nearly as high if we didn't have to pay for everyone else to live who aren't paying their own way...

there's a lot of people who take disability and unemployment who really don't need either, but are just lazy. And i'm sure you guys in the states get a lot of that too.

oh well. I'm curious to see what's going to happen with our gov't in the next little while, we just had an election yesterday as our government was overturned back in march due to the PM spending a little more money then he was admitting to. Could be interesting times ahead....

[Weebl]

Originally Posted by The1

apparently we don't like to have babies.... so we need other countries to do it for us.

Canadian women are hot, which is why I married one and had babies with her. She hates the snow and ice. It might get to be 80 today.

[The1]

Originally Posted by Weebl

Canadian women are hot, which is why I married one and had babies with her. She hates the snow and ice. It might get to be 80 today.

do you want to adopt another canadian???? SF is pretty nice

I'm s little old to be considered a baby though....

and hell yes canadian women are hot!!! and i like that they don't want babies too much

the snow and ice is killer. but it does let you know what time of year it is.

what part of Canada is she from?

If i had a choice, I think i'd live in BC, and I might be getting that choice soon, time will tell.

[Weebl]

Vancouver and she complained about the snow??? She left 25 years ago.
Unless you look like a cat, I won't adopt you.

[The1]

haha, up untill this winter, they pretty much only ever got snow like 2 times per year, and it would never last more then a day...

this year has been an exception though, it's snowed several times and lasted 2 days at a time

should have seen it where i am this year...... rediculous amounts of snow... Makes me want to move to Vancouver just so i can deal with 4 snows per year

and unfortunatly if i looked like a cat, i'd be about a 6'4.5" tall cat lol...

[TL]

another good morning

NYC sunrise by GQjai, on Flickr

[dcstep]

Originally Posted by TL

another good morning.

Great light.

[TL]

Originally Posted by dcstep

Great light.

Thanks, Dave

[M_Six]

Great image. Cool use of the watermark, too.

[TL]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Great image. Cool use of the watermark, too.

thanks Mark