Fitnessman's 2009 Fishing and Rambling Thread 3.0

[Nainoa]

LOL. Indeed we are like twins.

The reason I remember it so well... Was because we bought all of this orange juice. (We were driving non-stop back to MN, and wanted to start the trip right.)

And as we're driving we're all talking about how you can taste how much more fresh the goddam orange juice is in florida than back home...

Then I look on one of the cartons and it says "Packaged in Illinois."

LOL... Owned by McDonalds Orange Juice.

[One More Time]

The reason I remember it so well... Was because we bought all of this orange juice. (We were driving non-stop back to MN, and wanted to start the trip right.)

And as we're driving we're all talking about how you can taste how much more fresh the goddam orange juice is in florida than back home...

Then I look on one of the cartons and it says "Packaged in Illinois."

LOL... Owned by McDonalds Orange Juice.

ahahahahaha

[Nainoa]

ahahahahaha

That's one of the drawbacks to life up here... Fresh Fruit is only "Reasonably Priced" during the summer... So during my traveling days, whenever I'd hit the Sun Belt, I'd turn into a Fresh Fruit eating freak...

But even to this day... That first batch of Strawberrys that shows up in Late March, is something I look forward to.

Right now I can buy strawberrys... But they're freshly drop kicked to me from the bowels of Mexico, half rotten, and $4.99 a pound.

[jason_bh]

The reason I remember it so well... Was because we bought all of this orange juice. (We were driving non-stop back to MN, and wanted to start the trip right.)

And as we're driving we're all talking about how you can taste how much more fresh the goddam orange juice is in florida than back home...

Then I look on one of the cartons and it says "Packaged in Illinois."

LOL... Owned by McDonalds Orange Juice.

LOL. That's ironic.

You didn't get the fresh orange juice. My company delivers the fresh stuff. We pick up out of Auburndale, FL. Sometimes our drivers have to wait because it is being packaged while they wait. The best and freshest OJ that I have ever had is "Simply Orange" (the same stuff that we deliver). If you ever see this product you owe it to yourself to try it out. [NOT PACKAGED OUT OF STATE]

http://product.expotv.com/6/6/0/66034_150x150.jpg

[|ceman]

Hey keep an eye on that... I saw on the news last night that there's a new Salmonella outbreak that's just starting to hit the nation... Had 11 people end up in the hospital in MN yesterday.

Yeah, I saw the same thing on the news.

Symptomatically, I don't think it's salmonella. Either I got some food poisoning from some suspect sushi I had for lunch on Wednesday or I've got a pretty nasty stomach virus.

And by pretty nasty I mean seriously the worst I've ever felt short of when mononucleosis sidelined me for over a month back in 1998.

[Nainoa]

Yeah, I saw the same thing on the news.

Symptomatically, I don't think it's salmonella. Either I got some food poisoning from some suspect sushi I had for lunch on Wednesday or I've got a pretty nasty stomach virus.

And by pretty nasty I mean seriously the worst I've ever felt short of when mononucleosis sidelined me for over a month back in 1998.

Sure... Eat a little sushi and now you've got VHS....

******

I goddam hate it when I get sick on a Friday... So then I get to be sick all weekend... And get better by Monday.
:mad:

[FlyingV]

LOL. That's ironic.

You didn't get the fresh orange juice. My company delivers the fresh stuff. We pick up out of Auburndale, FL. Sometimes our drivers have to wait because it is being packaged while they wait. The best and freshest OJ that I have ever had is "Simply Orange" (the same stuff that we deliver). If you ever see this product you owe it to yourself to try it out. [NOT PACKAGED OUT OF STATE]

http://product.expotv.com/6/6/0/66034_150x150.jpg

I have to concur, that stuff is the best, and they make the best grapefruit juice too. No doubt about it. Even the bottle is the best with a big cap like a gascap. Easier to just grab a big swig when no one's looking, or at 3 AM when you too asleep to fumbling around with the origami carton spout fold or a dainty little freshness cap.

Yeah there is a food poisoning outbreak now from eggs and cheese, been all over the news out here. Whey protein + Emergenc mixed into some cold water is a really good drink to help you pull through that.

Go Gators, and viva Gainesville! Skeeter's Big Biscuits.....I'm probably STILL walking around with the arterial plaque that place gave me!

[jason_bh]

I have to concur, that stuff is the best, and they make the best grapefruit juice too. No doubt about it. Even the bottle is the best with a big cap like a gascap. Easier to just grab a big swig when no one's looking, or at 3 AM when you too asleep to fumbling around with the origami carton spout fold or a dainty little freshness cap.

Yeah there is a food poisoning outbreak now from eggs and cheese, been all over the news out here. Whey protein + Emergenc mixed into some cold water is a really good drink to help you pull through that.

Go Gators, and viva Gainesville! Skeeter's Big Biscuits.....I'm probably STILL walking around with the arterial plaque that place gave me!

I love the whole "Simply" juice line. I can drink a whole bottle in one sitting if I am not careful.

Wow, Skeeter's Biscuits. Now that brings back some memories. ;)

[Nainoa]

Yeah there is a food poisoning outbreak now from eggs and cheese, been all over the news out here. Whey protein + Emergenc mixed into some cold water is a really good drink to help you pull through that.



Might I also add... Oatmeal (Real oatmeal) and Ginger root...

Oatmeal, will help... Uh... "Solidify the back end."

Ginger Root will help with the nausea.

Try not to drink too much tea... Some tea's (Like Raspberry) have a Laxitive effect, that isn't going to help things.

[GREENFEATHER]

LOL. That's ironic.

You didn't get the fresh orange juice. My company delivers the fresh stuff. We pick up out of Auburndale, FL. Sometimes our drivers have to wait because it is being packaged while they wait. The best and freshest OJ that I have ever had is "Simply Orange" (the same stuff that we deliver). If you ever see this product you owe it to yourself to try it out. [NOT PACKAGED OUT OF STATE]

http://product.expotv.com/6/6/0/66034_150x150.jpg

That's the only OJ I drink.


I have to concur, that stuff is the best, and they make the best grapefruit juice too. No doubt about it. Even the bottle is the best with a big cap like a gascap. Easier to just grab a big swig when no one's looking, or at 3 AM when you too asleep to fumbling around with the origami carton spout fold or a dainty little freshness cap.

Yeah there is a food poisoning outbreak now from eggs and cheese, been all over the news out here. Whey protein + Emergenc mixed into some cold water is a really good drink to help you pull through that.

Go Gators, and viva Gainesville! Skeeter's Big Biscuits.....I'm probably STILL walking around with the arterial plaque that place gave me!

OJ and some whey would be the knock out punch for food poisoning. I know when I feel like boiled ass, all I do is drink whey shakes.

[FlyingV]

Yeah, I saw the same thing on the news.

Symptomatically, I don't think it's salmonella. Either I got some food poisoning from some suspect sushi I had for lunch on Wednesday or I've got a pretty nasty stomach virus.

And by pretty nasty I mean seriously the worst I've ever felt short of when mononucleosis sidelined me for over a month back in 1998.

Hang in there man. FWIW, my last bout with FP was also the sickest I'd ever been.

[|ceman]

Hang in there man. FWIW, my last bout with FP was also the sickest I'd ever been.

I just added up my daily intake today. Only solid food has been breakfast and that I forced down simply because I knew I needed it.

Less than 500 calories. Rewind back a couple days ago and I was chowing down 3,000+ as part of a winter bulk.

Right now putting anything in my stomach hurts like a mother. Not nausea, but genuine stabbing pain. I'm trying to force down some water mixed with Xtend, but even that is tough.

Starting to get dizzy when I get up to walk too. Great. :rolleyes:

[Nainoa]

I just added up my daily intake today. Only solid food has been breakfast and that I forced down simply because I knew I needed it.

Less than 500 calories. Rewind back a couple days ago and I was chowing down 3,000+ as part of a winter bulk.

Right now putting anything in my stomach hurts like a mother. Not nausea, but genuine stabbing pain. I'm trying to force down some water mixed with Xtend, but even that is tough.

Starting to get dizzy when I get up to walk too. Great. :rolleyes:

Boy are you sure that it's not Symptomatically Salmonella... The "Stabbing Pain" thing sounds very Sal...

*****

When you piss... Is it battery acid and yellow... Or Clear...

Your electrolyte balance might be screwed up in all of this as well.

******

Growing up my Mother was to cooking what Stephen Hawking is to Kickboxing... So I've had many a run in with all manner of Gut Flu's, posionings etc...

I can frackin' drink the water in mexico! But I still hate that crap!

[|ceman]

Boy are you sure that it's not Symptomatically Salmonella... The "Stabbing Pain" thing sounds very Sal...

*****

When you piss... Is it battery acid and yellow... Or Clear...

Your electrolyte balance might be screwed up in all of this as well.

******

Growing up my Mother was to cooking what Stephen Hawking is to Kickboxing... So I've had many a run in with all manner of Gut Flu's, posionings etc...

I can frackin' drink the water in mexico! But I still hate that crap!

I'm really not sure of anything to be honest. I can tell you it's getting better, but slowly.

And yeah, my piss is bright yellow, but that's more a function of lack of adequate water intake more than anything. I typically drink about 1.5 gallons a day. Today probably about a quart of fluids. I know I need to drink more, but it jacks up my insides when I do.

[Nainoa]

I'm really not sure of anything to be honest. I can tell you it's getting better, but slowly.

And yeah, my piss is bright yellow, but that's more a function of lack of adequate water intake more than anything. I typically drink about 1.5 gallons a day. Today probably about a quart of fluids. I know I need to drink more, but it jacks up my insides when I do.

Keep in mind that you're losing body salts... Which ultimately you can put gallons and gallons of water into your body but without those body salts your cells won't retain the fluid and you can still dehydrate...

Pedialyte time...

But I have gotten away in the past with a dixie cup of lukewarm, lightly salted water.

As much as the fever sucks... I've always found that warmer fluids go in better than cool fluids... As the cool fluids seem to make the stomach recoil, and the Nausea returns...

You can boil a little ginger root into chicken broth and let it cool to Luke warm and drink it slowly... But it will taste like drinking Hobo Urine out of an old tire...

:D

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Yes I Know... Just what you need when you're sick... Nainoa-style mental imagery!

[jason_bh]

Speaking of Salmonella, my oldest son got that when he turned 1. We think he got it from a petting zoo. He had diarrhea for a solid month. Just couldn't shake it. Another thing that was a pain about that was having to report it to the health department so that they could document it.

Hope you get better soon.

[FlyingV]

You know what I've noticed about FP and stomach/intestinal bugs is that they have a strange benefit, seriously. When you bounce back from them, you bounce WAY back, and feel absolutely great and strong and ready for anything. Maybe not Day One after the vomiting stops, but very shortly you feel cleaned-out and vital again. It's great feeling your appetite and strength come back. It reminds you of how good it is to be healthy and maybe pulls you back from the edge of getting complacent/careless/taking it for granted.

It may have something to do with the inadvertent detox that comes along with the other FP stuff. But seriously, I've always felt terrific once I've recovered from those things.

There's an old Chinese proverb, and like most of them it's the result of centuries of unflinching observation, about how you need to get sick every so often to keep your constitution strong and vital. It's something like "Many diseases, long life, few diseases portends a short life"

[|ceman]

You know what I've noticed about FP and stomach/intestinal bugs is that they have a strange benefit, seriously. When you bounce back from them, you bounce WAY back, and feel absolutely great and strong and ready for anything. Maybe not Day One after the vomiting stops, but very shortly you feel cleaned-out and vital again. It's great feeling your appetite and strength come back. It reminds you of how good it is to be healthy and maybe pulls you back from the edge of getting complacent/careless/taking it for granted.

It may have something to do with the inadvertent detox that comes along with the other FP stuff. But seriously, I've always felt terrific once I've recovered from those things.

There's an old Chinese proverb, and like most of them it's the result of centuries of unflinching observation, about how you need to get sick every so often to keep your constitution strong and vital. It's something like "Many diseases, long life, few diseases portends a short life"

I sure hope so. I can see what you mean about a fast/detox. But it does suck while you're going through it. Although I feel no hunger pains, I am cold and weak and get dizzy now. I bet my metabolism is wondering what the heck is going on. LOL.

[Nainoa]

You know what I've noticed about FP and stomach/intestinal bugs is that they have a strange benefit, seriously. When you bounce back from them, you bounce WAY back, and feel absolutely great and strong and ready for anything. Maybe not Day One after the vomiting stops, but very shortly you feel cleaned-out and vital again. It's great feeling your appetite and strength come back. It reminds you of how good it is to be healthy and maybe pulls you back from the edge of getting complacent/careless/taking it for granted.

It may have something to do with the inadvertent detox that comes along with the other FP stuff. But seriously, I've always felt terrific once I've recovered from those things.

There's an old Chinese proverb, and like most of them it's the result of centuries of unflinching observation, about how you need to get sick every so often to keep your constitution strong and vital. It's something like "Many diseases, long life, few diseases portends a short life"

Oh yeah... I firmly believe that the negative things in life are merely part of the positive growth process...

Look at Apple trees...

The roots only grow during the winter... If you didn't have a non-growing season... The roots wouldn't grow... In the summer when the tree grows taller, it would topple from weak roots...

Building Muscle... Is only accomplished when you cause micro tears to the muscle tissue, and then the body repairs them...

Psychologically... You only learn to cope and build emotive skills when you're challenged by adversity and failure... Spend a life time "Playing it safe" and you wake up as a weakling, coward, douche bag... Spend a life time getting kicked in the balls, and getting back up again... And you're become a wiseman, healer and warrior.

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As human being's we tend to let our technology seduce us into forgetting the true ways the world works, and we get away with being "Arrogant Stardust."

Now when something bad happens... I vent it out of my system... But keep an eye out for the great wisdom that I know is laced into it...

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On the bright side Ice... When you are better... You'll have run such a Calorie deficit, that you can slop bulk for a day or two... Chow a pizza... Eat a philly cheese steak sandwhich... Or try one of Nainoa's sinful recipes you've been abstaining from!
(I personally reccomend grilling whole chicken wings over lump charcoal, and then eat it with a BLT sandwhich with a slice of cheddar cheese!)

*****

Why do I get the feeling Greenfeather just picked up a bag of charcoal and started walking towards the fridge?
:D

[|ceman]

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On the bright side Ice... When you are better... You'll have run such a Calorie deficit, that you can slop bulk for a day or two... Chow a pizza... Eat a philly cheese steak sandwhich... Or try one of Nainoa's sinful recipes you've been abstaining from!
(I personally reccomend grilling whole chicken wings over lump charcoal, and then eat it with a BLT sandwhich with a slice of cheddar cheese!)

*****

Why do I get the feeling Greenfeather just picked up a bag of charcoal and started walking towards the fridge?
:D

What really sucks is that I just started a strength program this past Monday (if you're still subbed to my journal you'll see it) and I feel so weak that unless this turns around quickly, I might have to retest my 5RM levels, as I feel about as strong as an old retiree. :o

[Nainoa]

What really sucks is that I just started a strength program this past Monday (if you're still subbed to my journal you'll see it) and I feel so weak that unless this turns around quickly, I might have to retest my 5RM levels, as I feel about as strong as an old retiree. :o

Oh I think you can leave your "Pre-Program Test Levels"

Just treat week one like a Mulligan...

If you were 6 weeks into a 12 week program... Meh... Might be a different story.

In all reality, once your GI's bounce back, so will your horse power... I mean sure you'll probably be like 10% off where you were... But Christ... You can push through 10%.

[|ceman]

Oh I think you can leave your "Pre-Program Test Levels"

Just treat week one like a Mulligan...

If you were 6 weeks into a 12 week program... Meh... Might be a different story.

In all reality, once your GI's bounce back, so will your horse power... I mean sure you'll probably be like 10% off where you were... But Christ... You can push through 10%.

I agree. Considering that this week was a washout and I'm sure my body made little gains from Monday or Wednesday's workout, I was just going to redo week 1. If I find on monday that my squat, bench and row is not as strong as last week, then I might need to reset things.

No biggie in the grand scheme of things it's only a week or two. Just that I hate to have goals and then not be able to reach them due to events out of my control.

Ah well - such is life, right. :)

[Nainoa]

I agree. Considering that this week was a washout and I'm sure my body made little gains from Monday or Wednesday's workout, I was just going to redo week 1. If I find on monday that my squat, bench and row is not as strong as last week, then I might need to reset things.

No biggie in the grand scheme of things it's only a week or two. Just that I hate to have goals and then not be able to reach them due to events out of my control.

Ah well - such is life, right. :)


"It ain't about how hard ya Hit... It's about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward... How much you can take and keep moving forward... That's how Winnin' is done!"

-Rocky Balboa

*****

Well... Time for me to go make some more pointless sales calls, and turn in my trophy!

I'll pop in periodically this weekend, as I'll be in town wood working (I made an agreement with the wife that I'll only stay at the fish house on the weekends she works.)

Hope you feel better!

[|ceman]

"It ain't about how hard ya Hit... It's about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward... How much you can take and keep moving forward... That's how Winnin' is done!"

-Rocky Balboa

*****

Well... Time for me to go make some more pointless sales calls, and turn in my trophy!

I'll pop in periodically this weekend, as I'll be in town wood working (I made an agreement with the wife that I'll only stay at the fish house on the weekends she works.)

Hope you feel better!

Thanks man. Hope you have a great weekend!

[GREENFEATHER]

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Why do I get the feeling Greenfeather just picked up a bag of charcoal and started walking towards the fridge?
:D


You are learning Grasshoppa, lol!! Although I did chicken on tuesday. I still drool thinking about how well that one turned out. Cooking it in stock was the tits! Turned every 30 mins for 2 hours. Good thing I still have some leftovers in the fridge, lol. :D I'm thawing some of my sauce and peppers for wings and thighs tomorrow. They'll be done on lump the way food was meant to be cooked, ala caveman style. ;)

[PLANETGETLOW]

Morning all....R&R slated for the day

[FlyingV]

My brother in law hooked me up with some lures over Christmas. Mostly freshwater crankbaits, but I don't recognize them. They all came as a set. Someone had just found it, gave it to him, and he gave them to me. They were 'mounted' in a little display case; lures were set into a dark sponge/foam background. The display case had a hinged lid and glass face and the whole thing was about 10"x10", wood was stained like rosewood or mahogany.

I left that display case behind and just took the lures, had to take the hooks off most of them to get them through airport security, they didnt catch the others.

Anybody recognize the lures or the set?

http://i39.tinypic.com/24vkuxh.jpg

[GREENFEATHER]

I'm watching a show on who shot down the Red Baron and they say it was an Australian Infantryman by the name of Sgt. "Snowy" Evans and not the Canadian like has been reported for the last 90 years. Their forensic investigation says that the bullet trajectory had to come from the ground, not from another aircraft. There are no pictures anywhere of Sgt. Evans, he died in 1925.

[FlyingV]

I'm watching a show on who shot down the Red Baron and they say it was an Australian Infantryman by the name of Sgt. "Snowy" Evans and not the Canadian like has been reported for the last 90 years. Their forensic investigation says that the bullet trajectory had to come from the ground, not from another aircraft. There are no pictures anywhere of Sgt. Evans, he died in 1925.

I always thought it was an American?

http://i42.tinypic.com/210luee.jpg

[GREENFEATHER]

I always thought it was an American?

http://i42.tinypic.com/210luee.jpg

Nope, it's always been a Canadian that got the credit up until 2003 when they did the forensic investigation.

[Nainoa]

My brother in law hooked me up with some lures over Christmas. Mostly freshwater crankbaits, but I don't recognize them. They all came as a set. Someone had just found it, gave it to him, and he gave them to me. They were 'mounted' in a little display case; lures were set into a dark sponge/foam background. The display case had a hinged lid and glass face and the whole thing was about 10"x10", wood was stained like rosewood or mahogany.

I left that display case behind and just took the lures, had to take the hooks off most of them to get them through airport security, they didnt catch the others.

Anybody recognize the lures or the set?

http://i39.tinypic.com/24vkuxh.jpg

Trolling bible is sitting by my elbow... Give me a little bit.

[Nainoa]

My brother in law hooked me up with some lures over Christmas. Mostly freshwater crankbaits, but I don't recognize them. They all came as a set. Someone had just found it, gave it to him, and he gave them to me. They were 'mounted' in a little display case; lures were set into a dark sponge/foam background. The display case had a hinged lid and glass face and the whole thing was about 10"x10", wood was stained like rosewood or mahogany.

I left that display case behind and just took the lures, had to take the hooks off most of them to get them through airport security, they didnt catch the others.

Anybody recognize the lures or the set?

http://i39.tinypic.com/24vkuxh.jpg


Only one's I could find in my Trolling Bible, is the upper left corner looks like Bagleys Diving Killer B-II... And the jointed one looks like a Bomber Long Bomb (Jointed).

The others... I could "Guess" By it's more likely that I'd be wrong, as I can't spot any thing that defines them over a different competitors lure.

[Savonadego]

My brother in law hooked me up with some lures over Christmas. Mostly freshwater crankbaits, but I don't recognize them. They all came as a set. Someone had just found it, gave it to him, and he gave them to me. They were 'mounted' in a little display case; lures were set into a dark sponge/foam background. The display case had a hinged lid and glass face and the whole thing was about 10"x10", wood was stained like rosewood or mahogany.

I left that display case behind and just took the lures, had to take the hooks off most of them to get them through airport security, they didnt catch the others.

Anybody recognize the lures or the set?

http://i39.tinypic.com/24vkuxh.jpg

they look like knock offs of other mfg's

the lure company will be stamped on the bill or belly of the bait most likley along with the lure name

oh and if you go to use them dont forget the hooks lol

[Nainoa]

***...

Comin down with something,...

Hopefully I can fight this one off!

[Nainoa]

they look like knock offs of other mfg's

the lure company will be stamped on the bill or belly of the bait most likley along with the lure name

oh and if you go to use them dont forget the hooks lol

Pfffttt!!!!

You don't need no stinking hooks!

;)
:D

*****

I guess my buddy Jerome who's up using my fish house this weekend, is having the time of his life...

He got up there last night and his Ivory Lab - Husky Cross... Had never been on an ice sheet.

I guess he turned around, and the Dog was just straight up gone...

Found him a quarter mile away rolling around in the snow having a good old time.

But he's caught 3 Walleye and a mess of small perch so far.

He ran out of wood in a hurry... But the people at the bait shop hooked him up with a guy who sold him a Quarter Cord of seasoned oak for $10.

[GREENFEATHER]

I have the one on the bottom right, it's killer on Stripers here in the bay when they're feeding on the top. I think that's probably one of the very few I have that go from salt to fresh water.

[Nainoa]

Nice...

My buddy up at the Fish house is in a classic duel with a large Walleye...

The big one's prove just how smart they are once the sun goes down...

So far he's had 2 Minnows picked off and he lost that beast at the bottom of the hole.

I had a duel with a 27 incher 2 Winters ago... SOB took 2 Minnows... Mutilated a third... I had him on the hook and lost him twice... But FINALLY... I got him.

It's amazing how smart those bastards get once the light level turns to their advantage!

[Nainoa]

I always thought it was an American?

http://i42.tinypic.com/210luee.jpg

Nah... He had too much of a drinking problem to ever pull off such a great move.

His friggin' Co-pilot was a wuss.

[|ceman]

Nice...

My buddy up at the Fish house is in a classic duel with a large Walleye...

The big one's prove just how smart they are once the sun goes down...

So far he's had 2 Minnows picked off and he lost that beast at the bottom of the hole.

I had a duel with a 27 incher 2 Winters ago... SOB took 2 Minnows... Mutilated a third... I had him on the hook and lost him twice... But FINALLY... I got him.

It's amazing how smart those bastards get once the light level turns to their advantage!

Does much light get through the thick ice and snow on top of it?

[Nainoa]

Does much light get through the thick ice and snow on top of it?

You still get some... But yeah when you get first ice... Is clear like a window (With cracks) It actually looks black when you look at it at an angle... But dead clear when you stand on top of it...

As snow builds up you getm less and less light getting through... But there's always some... You can drop a camera down when there's like 2 feet of snow... And you can see about half as well as when it's clear ice. But when night comes... The Cam only sees water debris that touches the lense.

Snow is a strange triple edge sword...

On the one hand... It lengthens prime time... Because as it gets dark... With snow on top, it gets dark underwater sooner, and longer...

BUT... It puts pressure on the ice... Which pressure always seems to slow down the bite...

And then it creates the dreaded displacement... Where the weight of the snow is pushing down so much on the ice sheet that the ice sheet actually sinks below the water level... So water seeps up through the cracks mixes with the snow and makes a slush...

Which sucks to drive in, walk through and shovel away...

And then when you go to pop a hole... The displacement releases itself and the lake floods back up the hole.

Currently there's 3 inches of displacement where my fish house is...

last weekend walking around within 5 feet of the house... Every step was like walking in post holes.

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the other thing about snow that sucks is that it insulates the ice... So ice production gets slower and slower...

By this point the ice is all good to drive on... But what you get is areas where a snow drift has retarded the ice production, and makes "Thin spots" hidden under the snow.

Last year at Closer weekend... I popped the holes in the house and it was 34 inches...

I popped a tip up hole in the middle of an old drift... and only went through 14 inches! :eek:

[Nainoa]

Holy crap did I just learn a lesson... I've been working around the house all day while watching football...

Friggin' went to go clean out the cat box... It was pretty bad... So I went to go dump some bleach into the cat urine and gravel stuck to the bottom... Usually I do it outside with a hose, but it's cold.

Dumped it in the kitchen...

Hmmmm... Wouldn't you know it... They're volatile to each other...

All of a sudden the cat box started sizzling, and made this wisp of toxic smoke...

Got just a tiny wiff of it, and it was like a kick to the chest... Thought I was going to cough up blood while trying to get it outside...

I can still feel my lungs being raw and my nostrils got so much of it that all I can smell, still 2 hours later is chlorine.

Talk about a frackin' bio weapon... We're talking like 2 tablespoons of bleach and 2 table spoons of cat piss!

[sharpshooterz98]

I remember being younger and stupider (still young and stupid, just more so back then) and picking up stuff I shouldn't have. One such thing was the chlorine tablet container for the pool filter. My dad was vacuuming the pool and asked me to get the water test kit. This happened to be in the same box as some of the other pool cleaning supplies. Out of sheer curiosity I picked up the chlorine package. I had a funny feeling I probably shouldn't be opening stuff like that, but whatever. I remember unscrewing the cap to that thing and taking a whiff....bad idea. Next thing I know my throat/chest is burning and all the air feels like its been sucked out of my lungs. In hindsight, I guess I was kinda lucky but man that's one way to learn quick to not breathe in chemicals.

[burlyman619]

I remember being younger and stupider (still young and stupid, just more so back then) and picking up stuff I shouldn't have. One such thing was the chlorine tablet container for the pool filter. My dad was vacuuming the pool and asked me to get the water test kit. This happened to be in the same box as some of the other pool cleaning supplies. Out of sheer curiosity I picked up the chlorine package. I had a funny feeling I probably shouldn't be opening stuff like that, but whatever. I remember unscrewing the cap to that thing and taking a whiff....bad idea. Next thing I know my throat/chest is burning and all the air feels like its been sucked out of my lungs. In hindsight, I guess I was kinda lucky but man that's one way to learn quick to not breathe in chemicals.

Yeah I did the same **** with some ammonia. I smelled it and instantly eyes shut, uncontrollably coughing, huge headache, nose running(snot all over, pretty nasty). All in all I learned a lesson.

[ozzybob]

Yeah I did the same **** with some ammonia. I smelled it and instantly eyes shut, uncontrollably coughing, huge headache, nose running(snot all over, pretty nasty). All in all I learned a lesson.

Try welding refrigeration pipes with some Freon still inside.
Burining Freon creates a diluted version of mustard gas they used in WW2.

[burlyman619]

Try welding refrigeration pipes with some Freon still inside.
Burining Freon creates a diluted version of mustard gas they used in WW2.

Ill pass lolz.

[ozzybob]

Ill pass lolz.

You mean puff puff pass;)

Yeah definatelly not good that stuff!

[Skunk]

Hey there ramblers, back from Colorado. Yet again, the Steamboat Musicfest was incredible! Just like last year, we ended up getting fresh powder constantly, and Thursday was a beautiful day with bluebird skies. I hit the slopes pretty hard and got lots of great runs in (often with a hangover haha). And of course, the music rocked as usual! On the last night, Ragweed hosted a sick ass jam session with a lot of other bands. Good times were had!

I learned my lesson to turn my phone off when I'm snowboarding. A couple times I crashed into thick pockets of powder and both times my phone somehow called 911. So I had to spend like a half hour trying to convince the operator that I was alright and that it was a miss dial. Meanwhile, while I'm getting stuck on my phone, my friends ditch me and have lunch lol.

The whole drive, from the Sierras to Colorado, there was lots of snow on the countryside, so it was a beautiful drive there and back. Steamboat Springs spoiled me though - I wish it wasn't another dry winter here in California. Nonetheless, I gotta start planning for next year's trip soon haha.

[burlyman619]

Hey there ramblers, back from Colorado. Yet again, the Steamboat Musicfest was incredible! Just like last year, we ended up getting fresh powder constantly, and Thursday was a beautiful day with bluebird skies. I hit the slopes pretty hard and got lots of great runs in (often with a hangover haha). And of course, the music rocked as usual! On the last night, Ragweed hosted a sick ass jam session with a lot of other bands. Good times were had!

I learned my lesson to turn my phone off when I'm snowboarding. A couple times I crashed into thick pockets of powder and both times my phone somehow called 911. So I had to spend like a half hour trying to convince the operator that I was alright and that it was a miss dial. Meanwhile, while I'm getting stuck on my phone, my friends ditch me and have lunch lol.

The whole drive, from the Sierras to Colorado, there was lots of snow on the countryside, so it was a beautiful drive there and back. Steamboat Springs spoiled me though - I wish it wasn't another dry winter here in California. Nonetheless, I gotta start planning for next year's trip soon haha.


So how long does it take you to drive there?

[Skunk]

So how long does it take you to drive there?

It took me 17 hours, with the only breaks being gas stations. Had to drive by myself this year too. It was a rough trip, but I'm a hardcharger with rough trips. People tell me I should be a trucker, but **** that lol.

[burlyman619]

It took me 17 hours, with the only breaks being gas stations. Had to drive by myself this year too. It was a rough trip, but I'm a hardcharger with rough trips. People tell me I should be a trucker, but **** that lol.

I did 2k miles (was about 27 hours) then went to sleep. Then woke up 6 hours later and did another 1k in about 9 hour. It was pretty rough. I was driving with my wife. we would take turns.

[Mindripper]

What up Ramblers!

Very warm 7 degrees here...

[PLANETGETLOW]

Morning all.......-10 this morning

[burlyman619]

What up Ramblers!

Very warm 7 degrees here...

I moved from Hawaii To southern CA. I was hoping for a break in the weather ie; blizzard, snow storm, hurricane ect. Well thats a big negitive...its 75 today lol.

[|ceman]

Holy crap did I just learn a lesson... I've been working around the house all day while watching football...

Friggin' went to go clean out the cat box... It was pretty bad... So I went to go dump some bleach into the cat urine and gravel stuck to the bottom... Usually I do it outside with a hose, but it's cold.

Dumped it in the kitchen...

Hmmmm... Wouldn't you know it... They're volatile to each other...

All of a sudden the cat box started sizzling, and made this wisp of toxic smoke...

Got just a tiny wiff of it, and it was like a kick to the chest... Thought I was going to cough up blood while trying to get it outside...

I can still feel my lungs being raw and my nostrils got so much of it that all I can smell, still 2 hours later is chlorine.

Talk about a frackin' bio weapon... We're talking like 2 tablespoons of bleach and 2 table spoons of cat piss!

I'm guessing it was some chemical in the kitty litter that reacted with the bleach.

Bleach is really "anti-social" with many household cleaning items and chemicals.

Every couple of years you hear about a guy who is dies collapsed next to his toilet bowl. A victim of an especially tough stain in which he first attempted to tackle it with a standard bowl cleaner that did not do the trick and then he reaches for some household bleach and upon pouring it in the bowl is quickly overtaken by the fumes and expires.

[Mindripper]

I'm guessing it was some chemical in the kitty litter that reacted with the bleach.

Bleach is really "anti-social" with many household cleaning items and chemicals.

Every couple of years you hear about a guy who is dies collapsed next to his toilet bowl. A victim of an especially tough stain in which he first attempted to tackle it with a standard bowl cleaner that did not do the trick and then he reaches for some household bleach and upon pouring it in the bowl is quickly overtaken by the fumes and expires.

Chlorine Bleach is NFG when mixed with a strong enough acid (cat urine = high Ammonia content). Basically it will release Chlorine Gas when the acid is strong enough to release it from the bleach which is no good for you.


That warning is there to protect you. Household bleach has a chemical formula of NaOCl - that is, one atom each of sodium, oxygen, and chlorine. Its chemical name, for the curious, is sodium hypochlorite. Ammonia has a chemical formula of NH3, that is, one atom of nitrogen and three atoms of hydrogen. When these two compounds are combined, the following reaction takes place:

2(parts)NaOCl + 2NH3 --> 2NaONH3 + Cl2.

Do you see that Cl2 on the right hand side there? This means one part chlorine gas, made up of diatomic (two atom) molecules. It also means that the chlorine gas has been liberated from the bleach, and is quite capable of causing you harm when inhaled!

[jason_bh]

Jason_BH checking in. Good morning guys.

[Nainoa]

Chlorine Bleach is NFG when mixed with a strong enough acid (cat urine = high Ammonia content). Basically it will release Chlorine Gas when the acid is strong enough to release it from the bleach which is no good for you.

All I know is that if I ever decide to become a domestic terrorist, I'm investing stock and Chlorox and buying me 50 cats!

I mean really... What got me was just a "Wisp!"

[Nainoa]

Morning all.......-10 this morning

Yeah there's going to be some real punishing cold here for the next 5-6 days...

But look on the bright side... 10-14 days from now, if the Actric Jet Stream Pattern Holds, we'll be looking at a heat wave, of record highs.

That's IF that Jet stream pattern holds.

[jason_bh]

Yeah there's going to be some real punishing cold here for the next 5-6 days...

But look on the bright side... 10-14 days from now, if the Actric Jet Stream Pattern Holds, we'll be looking at a heat wave, of record highs.

That's IF that Jet stream pattern holds.

Yeah, it's getting pretty cold here. (High of 60).

[PLANETGETLOW]

Jason_BH checking in. Good morning guys.
Morning meng!!

All I know is that if I ever decide to become a domestic terrorist, I'm investing stock and Chlorox and buying me 50 cats!

I mean really... What got me was just a "Wisp!"

Are you gonna get hit by this storm?

[Mindripper]

Yeah, it's getting pretty cold here. (High of 60).

I was in Niceville, Fla for New Years. It was hard to get used 75 and sunny. :)

[Nainoa]

Morning meng!!


Are you gonna get hit by this storm?

I'm getting snow... But it doesn't look like we're going to get nailed...

The bigger problem with this storm is that it's going to blizzard later.

[jason_bh]

I was in Niceville, Fla for New Years. It was hard to get used 75 and sunny. :)

That's 300 miles W of where I am.

The weather is nice in FL this time of year.

[Mindripper]

That's 300 miles W of where I am.

The weather is nice in FL this time of year.

I drove from Vermont to Florida with (2) 5 year olds to see some family...

Alabama is one hurting state. If I never go back; it will be too soon.

[Nainoa]

So I got the full report from my buddy after his weekend up at my fish house alone with just his dog for company.

He got 3 Walleye from Friday night to Saturday morning...

One was a dink... The other two were just a little too small. (There's 2 large year classes of keepers and 2 large year classes of dinks.)

Saturday during the day, he ran out of wood but all of the local connections I've built and handed off to my friends totally helped him out...

They hooked him up with a guy who sold fireplace oak to him... Filled his trunk for $10! :eek:

I guess it was so heavy he got stuck 4 times over the course of a 2 mile drive.

He also took up my request to poke around a little... He went behind the house and popped some holes and found some perch in 15 feet of water... Lots of sorting... But he said there were some low end keepers.

However...

He also set a tip up back there.

Saturday night he had a keeper walleye up to the bottom of the hole and lost it...

Sunday morning he woke up to find his tip up that was placed back amongst the perch had gone off...

So he went back... Set the hook... And there was a Ton of Bricks on the line...

He fought it for a couple of minutes and it just wouldn't horse up... All of a sudden it got light, and he thought he lost it... But there was still weight...

He brought it up to the surface and here was a 9 inch walleye, half dead with giant bleeding wounds all over it...

Apparently the walleye had hooked itself in the middle of the night (We call it Walleye on a leash.) And while it was thrashing and fighting, it must have drawn the Attention of a Large Pike or Musky... And Jerome must have finally just pulled the Walleye out of it's throat!

So it sounds like my intuition about needing to move back closer to the weed island is at least a better idea than where we are.

I finally got my local depth map drawn out, so I figured I'd share...

Red Star is our current location... I think I'm going to head straight back to 18 feet of water, and then we can place tip ups towards that abyssal drop off to the east, and have both shallow and deep water covered.

[Nainoa]

Hey... How come all of a sudden I can't post attachements?

[Nainoa]

I drove from Vermont to Florida with (2) 5 year olds to see some family...

Alabama is one hurting state. If I never go back; it will be too soon.

You think Bama is rough... I've driven from East to West through Kentucky... And from North to South and South to North through Illinois... In the dead of night in winter...

Though the top 2 worst are still the ice storm in the mountains of southern Utah in the middle of the night... And the time I got lost in Nebraska for 13 hours in the dead of winter.

[FlyingV]

Morning fellas, gorgeous weekend out here.

[PLANETGETLOW]

Morning fellas, gorgeous weekend out here.

Neg'd

[jwdjrs]

Been trying to eat as clean as can be for the past week, trying to drop a couple hundred pounds :D

Hope all is well with everyone in here

[Nainoa]

Been trying to eat as clean as can be for the past week, trying to drop a couple hundred pounds :D

Hope all is well with everyone in here

Hey Jerry... Yeah things go well... Got some serious bruises on my knees from DB Incline last night.

On the point of personal growth and improvement...

I recently posted this in another thread... But it's actually an exerpt from my floundering attempt at my book "Living Forward."

One of the main theme's it touches on is the power of choice... And how easily we choose to simply take on challenges, instead of take on our own challenges.

The path of personal power is a difficult path, because all the choices made on it are one's that require courage.

People are far more willing to choose alternatives... Such as choosing to be really busy at things that don't really matter to them and don't really help them grow. Or when change does come... They're more willing to say embrace a massive change, where they bust their ass for a short term and reap all of the benefits.

The path that is very least chosen... Is to spend a lifetime fighting a marathon to earn the right to command your own destiny.

I was born into this life dirt poor... Wore home made clothes for the first 8 years of my life, multiple speech impediments, low brow vernacular... Set firmly on a path to become little more than a trailer trash meth dealer...

And for a while I allowed myself to be a victim of those constraints... And indeed while I often crawled upwards in bursts... I always fell back, because I was unwilling to make that sacrifice of fighting the long fight...

And for a time I fell to the deepest of darkness... And had my "Moment of Clarity." I spent 40 days and 40 nights, fighting the battle of a lifetime with an evil that I let into my heart.

After surviving it by the mere threads of Grace... I learned to embrace the "One Step at a time" way of living...

Every single I day I wake up, and I find something about myself, and I advance it by some fraction of 1%... Every single day... I'm at the purpose of advancing my personal destiny...

But it's not by leaps and bounds, and sprints and crashes...

I grow every single day at the same speed as an oak tree...

Every single day... Some fraction of 1%, that I become stronger, wiser, more skilled, more compassionate, tougher, more loving, better informed...

Every single damn day... I'm "Living Forward."

The reality is that the true heroes of the world aren't the guys who swoop in at the final critical second and save the day and think they can live off the glory.

The true heroes of this life are the people who get up every single day... And they do their duty to themselves, their families, their brothers and sisters.

It's the willingness to really grind out the true meaning of your life with sheer dilligence that makes the real difference in how you live your life.

[Savonadego]

hi guys off to snowboard :)

[PLANETGETLOW]

hi guys off to snowboard :)

Right on meng!! Take care

[Nainoa]

hi guys off to snowboard :)

Funny how in the journey of your life you went from Smoke on the Water to Mountain Man.

[GREENFEATHER]

Holy crap did I just learn a lesson... I've been working around the house all day while watching football...

Friggin' went to go clean out the cat box... It was pretty bad... So I went to go dump some bleach into the cat urine and gravel stuck to the bottom... Usually I do it outside with a hose, but it's cold.

Dumped it in the kitchen...

Hmmmm... Wouldn't you know it... They're volatile to each other...

All of a sudden the cat box started sizzling, and made this wisp of toxic smoke...

Got just a tiny wiff of it, and it was like a kick to the chest... Thought I was going to cough up blood while trying to get it outside...

I can still feel my lungs being raw and my nostrils got so much of it that all I can smell, still 2 hours later is chlorine.

Talk about a frackin' bio weapon... We're talking like 2 tablespoons of bleach and 2 table spoons of cat piss!


Try welding refrigeration pipes with some Freon still inside.
Burining Freon creates a diluted version of mustard gas they used in WW2.

What y'all made was chlorate gas, used in WW1 against both sides. Every few years they find another couple thousand gallons at APG or Edgewood Arsenal and they close the whole damned place down. Bob, be damned careful with that freon, it can cause some serious pulmonary issues bro. I got no time for funerals and no money for flowers!

Oh yea, you 2 aren't too bright for white boys!! :D

[burlyman619]

I just found out that there is a mountain not far from here that has some nice ski slopes. I guessing thats whats next.

[FlyingV]

What y'all made was chlorate gas, used in WW1 against both sides. Every few years they find another couple thousand gallons at APG or Edgewood Arsenal and they close the whole damned place down. Bob, be damned careful with that freon, it can cause some serious pulmonary issues bro. I got no time for funerals and no money for flowers!

Oh yea, you 2 aren't too bright for white boys!! :D

Ever hear of 'Who Me'?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_me

[Skunk]

I just found out that there is a mountain not far from here that has some nice ski slopes. I guessing thats whats next.

Where do you live again?

[burlyman619]

Where do you live again?

San Diego,CA. Big Bear is 2 hours away.

[FlyingV]

turn on your Discovery Channel Gentlemen, it's about to start for some of you

Destroyed in Seconds - The Show That Completely Delivers, The Show That All Shows Should Be Like


8 pm Eastern

http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/destroyed-in-seconds/destroyed-in-seconds.html

[Skunk]

San Diego,CA. Big Bear is 2 hours away.

Ah yes, Big Bear. That place is like a giant terrain park. Looks fun as hell. I might end up hitting that place up in April if it's still open then.

[GREENFEATHER]

Ever hear of 'Who Me'?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_me

It was scrapped for the FP-45 Liberator pistol, a 1 shot dispsable pistol used to "relieve" Germans of their weaponry.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FP-45_Liberator


turn on your Discovery Channel Gentlemen, it's about to start for some of you

Destroyed in Seconds - The Show That Completely Delivers, The Show That All Shows Should Be Like


8 pm Eastern

http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/destroyed-in-seconds/destroyed-in-seconds.html

Sorry, 24 is on and Jack Bauer delivers.

[burlyman619]

Ah yes, Big Bear. That place is like a giant terrain park. Looks fun as hell. I might end up hitting that place up in April if it's still open then.

How long do you think there will be snow there for?

[Nainoa]

What y'all made was chlorate gas, used in WW1 against both sides. Every few years they find another couple thousand gallons at APG or Edgewood Arsenal and they close the whole damned place down. Bob, be damned careful with that freon, it can cause some serious pulmonary issues bro. I got no time for funerals and no money for flowers!

Oh yea, you 2 aren't too bright for white boys!! :D

Yeah some one has to come up with a warning label... Don't mix chlorine and cat urine...

I mean it's not like this is the first cat box I've ever cleaned...

Just never did it without a hose full of water... WOW...

I can still kind of feel it in my lungs... And everything still has a hint of smell... Like there's a swimming pool somewhere.

[Skunk]

How long do you think there will be snow there for?

I'm not sure when Big Bear closes, but the resorts up here in NorCal usually close by mid April. Hopefully Big Bear is open until then as well, though I'm pretty sure they rely heavily on man-made snow.

The reason I might try hitting up Big Bear if it is open in April, is because my buddy should be getting back from Iraq, and my other buddy should be back from Japan as well.

[PLANETGETLOW]

Morning all.........

*4 more years here* *4 more years here* *4 more years here* *4 more years here* *4 more years here* *4 more years here*

Current conditions (as of 4:15 AM) Today's forecast ?F | ?C
Wind chill advisoryClear-35?F
Feels like: -35?F


Barometer: 30.3 in
Dewpoint: -42?
Humidity: 64%
Visibility: 2 miles
Precip in last hr: NA
Precip last 24 hrs: NA

[jason_bh]

turn on your Discovery Channel Gentlemen, it's about to start for some of you

Destroyed in Seconds - The Show That Completely Delivers, The Show That All Shows Should Be Like


8 pm Eastern

http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/destroyed-in-seconds/destroyed-in-seconds.html

D'oh. I keep meaning to record that show. Looks very interesting, just can't remember to record it.

[MISSINGLINK]

D'oh. I keep meaning to record that show. Looks very interesting, just can't remember to record it.

Tebow is coming back. Apparently his draft status not good???

[Mindripper]

Tebow is coming back. Apparently his draft status not good???


He just had shoulder surgery... Most teams will have a bad taste in their mouth after Alex Smith (another Urban Meyer QB - not comparing). Tebow is a one of kind college player and I'm sure he can be successful in the pros just not in all situations.

[MISSINGLINK]

He just had shoulder surgery... Most teams will have a bad taste in their mouth after Alex Smith (another Urban Meyer QB - not comparing). Tebow is a one of kind college player and I'm sure he can be successful in the pros just not in all situations.

I would love to see him do something in the pro's. I hate when good quarterbacks in college don't succeed in the NFL.

[burlyman619]

I'm not sure when Big Bear closes, but the resorts up here in NorCal usually close by mid April. Hopefully Big Bear is open until then as well, though I'm pretty sure they rely heavily on man-made snow.

The reason I might try hitting up Big Bear if it is open in April, is because my buddy should be getting back from Iraq, and my other buddy should be back from Japan as well.

Yeah I HAVE to get out there. Its been about 6 years since Ive went snowboarding. I think we are just going to drive up there and rent some boards. I think Ill get my wife some lessons.

[Nainoa]

Morning all.........

*4 more years here* *4 more years here* *4 more years here* *4 more years here* *4 more years here* *4 more years here*

Current conditions (as of 4:15 AM) Today's forecast ?F | ?C
Wind chill advisoryClear-35?F
Feels like: -35?F


Barometer: 30.3 in
Dewpoint: -42?
Humidity: 64%
Visibility: 2 miles
Precip in last hr: NA
Precip last 24 hrs: NA

LOL...

Why 4 more years...

*****

Like I said... I'll only complain about how cold it is, when the truck doesn't start... And she still turned over this morning...

But damn was it close... That was the toughest start she's ever had...

Luckily when I heard about this cold snap coming I made a grill cover for her out of cardboard, black duct tape and black stove paint... Then zip tied it on.

My Boss, saw that I had one... Goes to the Truck Out fitter across the street... Comes back with a Grill Cover on, and proceeds to brag about the great deal he got... Only $80... So then he asked me... "How much did you pay for yours?"
(Obviously fishing for bragging rights, as he keeps trying to stir the honey pot between my F-150 and his Avalanche and just keeps losing.)

At that point I explained to him that mine was home made, and the only thing I had to actually pay for was $1.15 in zip ties.

But hey... They both do the same thing... And unless you're standing in front of my truck inspecting the grill... You can't tell that I made it myself.

Improved my truck's heat by about 20%

[Nainoa]

Tebow is coming back. Apparently his draft status not good???

Yeah in a draft special preview they were projecting him to go in the top of the third round... I guess there are some minor health issues and he's got some development issues that might not meld with certain systems.

It's just right now there are a lot of guys trying to get into the draft for the potential to be drafted this year... As the Collective Bargaining agreement is about to expire in the NFL, and make 2010 an Uncapped year.

[jason_bh]

Tebow is coming back. Apparently his draft status not good???


He just had shoulder surgery... Most teams will have a bad taste in their mouth after Alex Smith (another Urban Meyer QB - not comparing). Tebow is a one of kind college player and I'm sure he can be successful in the pros just not in all situations.

Yeah, I am excited about Tebow coming back. I am going to hate it when I have to tell my boys that he is no longer playing with the Gators.

My thoughts on Tebow and staying another year.
1) I think that he can benefit from another year by refining his game.
2) I think that his draft status wasn't first round and that had something to do with it.
3) The main point that I would like to make is that Tebow is 'College Football'. He loves being in college and living that type of life. He will never be as well known as he is now. The whole nation knows about Tebow and it's this that I think played a huge part of him coming back. He mentioned that he didn't want to 'quit' because he is looked upon as a role model.

Tebow uses this platform to further his message of faith. It's that platform that his dad encourages him to use as well. I don't think that you would have that same type of platform sitting on the bench in the NFL.

Now don't get me wrong, I think that Tebow will succeed at the next level. He has a tremendous work ethic and will learn what he needs in order to succeed. However, he will never have the 'platform' that he has now in the NFL.

[PLANETGETLOW]

LOL...

Why 4 more years...

*****

Like I said... I'll only complain about how cold it is, when the truck doesn't start... And she still turned over this morning...

But damn was it close... That was the toughest start she's ever had...

Luckily when I heard about this cold snap coming I made a grill cover for her out of cardboard, black duct tape and black stove paint... Then zip tied it on.

My Boss, saw that I had one... Goes to the Truck Out fitter across the street... Comes back with a Grill Cover on, and proceeds to brag about the great deal he got... Only $80... So then he asked me... "How much did you pay for yours?"
(Obviously fishing for bragging rights, as he keeps trying to stir the honey pot between my F-150 and his Avalanche and just keeps losing.)

At that point I explained to him that mine was home made, and the only thing I had to actually pay for was $1.15 in zip ties.

But hey... They both do the same thing... And unless you're standing in front of my truck inspecting the grill... You can't tell that I made it myself.

Improved my truck's heat by about 20%

Well, both of my cars start *knock on wood* but that's not it for me. I can't tolerate it, 4 more years until I relocate south-west.

[Nainoa]

Well, both of my cars start *knock on wood* but that's not it for me. I can't tolerate it, 4 more years until I relocate south-west.

You keep the cars in a garage though right?

2 summers ago I had to tear my garage down... And now all I've got is a small utility shed.

******

So why is it 4 more years, and not 2 or 10?

[Nainoa]

An intersting article about Fitty's Beloved Carp...

*I guess aside from this bottom stir up problem... They are also running low on oxygen on some lakes... And are nosing holes and thin ice spots...

Carp are working their way dangerously close to being on my Enemys list!By LAURIE BLAKE, Star Tribune
Capitalizing on a quirk of nature -- carp congregate when it's cold -- University of Minnesota biologists pulled more than 3,000 of the unwelcome bottom feeders, some of them as old as 50 years, out of Chanhassen's Lake Susan on Monday.
Working under steadily pelting snowflakes, six commercial fishermen and 10 researchers located the cache of carp under the frozen surface by tracking radio tags placed on some of the fish during the summer.
A 2,000-foot sein net surrounded the fish under the ice as two tractors pulled the catch toward a 15-foot hole where the fish were scooped out onto a conveyer belt to be weighed, measured and counted.
"We probably caught 90 percent of the fish in that lake,'' said biologist Peter Sorensen of the university's Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology. "This is an effort to remove the vast majority of the carp to see if we can improve the water quality of the lake."
And, he added, "A lot of these females being removed are just fat with eggs.''
The netting marked a milestone in an ongoing U study searching for ways to eliminate destructive carp populations, which dirty up the waters where they are found around Minnesota. The study has focused on three west-suburban lakes: Lake Susan in Chanhassen and Lake Riley and Rice Marsh Lake, both of which straddle the Eden Prairie-Chanhassen city line.
"We have been studying the carp in Lake Susan now for about three years,'' Sorensen said. "We know how many there are and have an idea about where they are coming from.''
The striking thing about Monday's catch, said Sorensen, was that "in that net there was almost nothing but carp -- 95 percent of the fish were carp. They were all large fish."
Game fish were thrown back, but the carp will be sold for food or used as compost at the university's Minnesota Landscape Arboretum.
Removing carp from lakes is nothing new. The key is keeping them from coming back, and that requires suppressing the birth of new fish and blocking the migration of adults between lakes, Sorensen said.
The researchers at lake Susan have made a key discovery, which raises hope for success: although some of the carp are 50 years old, young fish are scarce; the research team believes their numbers have been reduced by a predator, but they are not sure what that predator might be.
That means that if the older fish are removed, they may not be replaced by younger fish. (Age of the fish is determined by slicing open their ear bones to count their growth rings.)
The netting Monday again confirmed the scarcity of young fish, Sorensen said.
With the carp out, Sorensen's team will track the water quality for the next few years and experiment with barriers to prevent migration -- carp tend to move from lake to lake along streams and even drainage ditches. Success will depend upon suppressing the birth of young carp and blocking the migration of fish among the lakes, he said.
Sorensen, who distinguished himself by finding a way to reduce the number of sea lampreys in the Great Lakes, is using similar techniques in the study of carp.
Two-thirds of all Minnesota lakes and all metro-area lakes are infested with the common carp, and they are a national problem as well, Sorensen said.
Carp make clear waters murky by churning up clouds of sediment in their search for food. They can dig a foot into the muck at the bottom of a lake, uprooting good plants and stirring phosphorus on the lake floor back into the water, where it fertilizes algae and weeds. Their own excretions further foul the water.
Sorensen considers them the most damaging aquatic species in Minnesota and says water quality can't be improved until carp are under control.
He focused his research on the three west suburban lakes because they were home to thousands of carp -- some of them 2 to 4 feet long, as big as 18 inches in girth and weighing 10 to 20 pounds -- because they are connected in the same watershed.
On Lake Riley, which is bigger and deeper than Lake Susan, carp will be pulled out this winter to be counted and tagged and then thrown back to help the research team develop a good estimate of carp numbers there.
Once they know the size of the population scientists will determine a strategy for controlling it.
The study is funded by the west-suburban Riley Purgatory Bluff Creek Watershed District and the state's Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund, with assistance from the Department of Natural Resources.

[PLANETGETLOW]

You keep the cars in a garage though right?

2 summers ago I had to tear my garage down... And now all I've got is a small utility shed.

******

So why is it 4 more years, and not 2 or 10?

****, sorry, didn't see this.....

I have my 65 and the boat in the garage. My daily's sit outside, plugged in. Next year after I expand I'll be parking one or both in the garage.

Well, our goal is to relocate after our son graduates high school. We want him to finish up here because the education system is better and there's no violence/crime here. In 4 years he'll be a Jr. in high school.

[Nainoa]

****, sorry, didn't see this.....

I have my 65 and the boat in the garage. My daily's sit outside, plugged in. Next year after I expand I'll be parking one or both in the garage.

Well, our goal is to relocate after our son graduates high school. We want him to finish up here because the education system is better and there's no violence/crime here. In 4 years he'll be a Jr. in high school.

Yeah so you've got to make it 5... You can't make him go to a new school his Senior year... I mean Senior year is when everything is cherry... All the hot chicks know who you are, you can drive, and smoke, and drink, and a 3 pack of condoms isn't enough to get you through a single friday night...

No way can you take that away from him and make him go to being "The New Kid who says all of his O's really funny."

[Nainoa]

GreenFeather... What know you about growing Heirloom Tomatoes?

I can't take these bull**** flavorless red orb things anymore...

Herilooms that get shipped up here are spendy... And I don't know that I have enough of a growing season to do my own...

Then I was poking around the internet and found these...

http://store.tomatofest.com/Cooler_Climate_Tomato_Varieties_s/47.htm

Any thoughts...

I'm looking for something cherryish for snacks and salads etc... And something for a BLT that would make Jesus cry...

Thinking I'll start them in window boxes.

[PLANETGETLOW]

Yeah so you've got to make it 5... You can't make him go to a new school his Senior year... I mean Senior year is when everything is cherry... All the hot chicks know who you are, you can drive, and smoke, and drink, and a 3 pack of condoms isn't enough to get you through a single friday night...

No way can you take that away from him and make him go to being "The New Kid who says all of his O's really funny."

LOL, sounds like your Senior year was good to you.

But definately noted

[ozzybob]

What y'all made was chlorate gas, used in WW1 against both sides. Every few years they find another couple thousand gallons at APG or Edgewood Arsenal and they close the whole damned place down. Bob, be damned careful with that freon, it can cause some serious pulmonary issues bro. I got no time for funerals and no money for flowers!

Oh yea, you 2 aren't too bright for white boys!! :D

Don't worry brother I am off the tools now anyway!

Hey if I make it there before you I'll put a good word in with the Manitou for ya!

[Nainoa]

LOL, sounds like your Senior year was good to you.

But definately noted

Oh I was trying to tame it down a little bit for todays modern kids...

Senior year was year 2 of me taking "Expirementing with drugs" a little too far...

Still Senior year GPA was 3.8...

All the other years when I wasn't partying... I was averaging a 2.5-ish...

Somehow smoking large amounts of pot and having classes in poetry and creative writing, along with writing the school newspaper went well for me.

[burlyman619]

Oh I was trying to tame it down a little bit for todays modern kids...

Senior year was year 2 of me taking "Expirementing with drugs" a little too far...

Still Senior year GPA was 3.8...

All the other years when I wasn't partying... I was averaging a 2.5-ish...

Somehow smoking large amounts of pot and having classes in poetry and creative writing, along with writing the school newspaper went well for me.

lol I think a lot of ppl went through their experimental phases

[PLANETGETLOW]

Morning all........

[Mindripper]

Morning all........

High of -4 here today. Pretty cool... NOT.

[PLANETGETLOW]

High of -4 here today. Pretty cool... NOT.

I hear you, it's old man........

Wind chill warningClear-26?F
Feels like: -47?F

Today Hi: -12?
Lo: -30?

Cloudy
9 AM -21?
Cloudy
Noon -16?
Mostly Cloudy
6 PM -18?
Partly Cloudy

[jwdjrs]

I hear you, it's old man........

Wind chill warningClear-26?F
Feels like: -47?F

Today Hi: -12?
Lo: -30?

Cloudy
9 AM -21?
Cloudy
Noon -16?
Mostly Cloudy
6 PM -18?
Partly CloudyLow of 4 high of 15 for us tomorrow

[MISSINGLINK]

Wind chills are going to get us here in OHIO.

[C. Griswald]

we are at 0 when i left for work here in upstate NY

[burlyman619]

Morning all........

Its a "morning"...yes youre right. But its not a "good morning" until after at least half a pot of coffee. ya dig

[burlyman619]

Oh man all I hear is you guys bitch about how cold it is. It could be worst, you could be stuck in San Diego, CA where it was 80*f yesterday. You know what I mean :), just be optimistic.

[Mindripper]

Oh man all I hear is you guys bitch about how cold it is. It could be worst, you could be stuck in San Diego, CA where it was 80*f yesterday. You know what I mean :), just be optimistic.

Negged :mad:












Srsly though uncool. :D

[burlyman619]

Negged :mad:
Srsly though uncool. :D

lol I had to, I just couldnt resist.

[Nainoa]

Oh man all I hear is you guys bitch about how cold it is. It could be worst, you could be stuck in San Diego, CA where it was 80*f yesterday. You know what I mean :), just be optimistic.

Well officially I Have yet to bitch about the cold...

And my thermostat went out in my truck, so the heat is pathetically weak!

I've adjusted to this cold snap pretty well already... I spent 3 hours outside yesterday... And half that time I couldn't wear gloves with what I was doing

[Nainoa]

I hear you, it's old man........

Wind chill warningClear-26?F
Feels like: -47?F

Today Hi: -12?
Lo: -30?

Cloudy
9 AM -21?
Cloudy
Noon -16?
Mostly Cloudy
6 PM -18?
Partly Cloudy

Well based on the Anchorage weather (We're always the opposite of Anchorage in the Arctic Jet Stream this time of year.) We should have a nice patch coming up behind this!

[burlyman619]

I hear you, it's old man........

Wind chill warningClear-26?F
Feels like: -47?F

Today Hi: -12?
Lo: -30?

Cloudy
9 AM -21?
Cloudy
Noon -16?
Mostly Cloudy
6 PM -18?
Partly Cloudy


Thats rough. The Navys bootcamp is in Great Lakes,IL. I got the pleasure of going through in the winter. It was -20 the day I left for FL. It was quite a relief to land in FL and take off the ten coats I was wearing lol

[PLANETGETLOW]

Its a "morning"...yes youre right. But its not a "good morning" until after at least half a pot of coffee. ya dig
True dat......2 cups for me

Oh man all I hear is you guys bitch about how cold it is. It could be worst, you could be stuck in San Diego, CA where it was 80*f yesterday. You know what I mean :), just be optimistic.


Negged :mad:



Srsly though uncool. :D

LOL.......x2

[Nainoa]

Thats rough. The Navys bootcamp is in Great Lakes,IL. I got the pleasure of going through in the winter. It was -20 the day I left for FL. It was quite a relief to land in FL and take off the ten coats I was wearing lol

One of the tough things about that Illinois/Indiana/LP of Michigan and Ohio Latitude... Is that they have "Bouts" of winter... But then also freezing rain, and various lake effect bull****...

So they get a lot more random ice and such...

Where as up here... There's some of that Random Ice storm stuff early in winter... A little in Late Winter... But otherwise it's just cold and snow... So you always know what you're dealing with when a storm moves in.

It's just when she gets cold, she stays cold, for longer...

But for this eco system... Cold winters and cooler summers, are actually good for it!

[storm1507]

Good morning ramblers (barely) :)

Man, I don't get over here as much since I'm trying to keep my journal. But, that will change when it gets fishing weather. No ice fishing here Nainoa.

You northerners keep warm...don't do anything foolish in this weather. :)

[Nainoa]

Good morning ramblers (barely) :)

Man, I don't get over here as much since I'm trying to keep my journal. But, that will change when it gets fishing weather. No ice fishing here Nainoa.

You northerners keep warm...don't do anything foolish in this weather. :)

This is still nothing compared to what it was in the 80's... After Mt. St. Helens went off...

The winters of my youth were INSANE... Snow piled to the roof tops, windchills in the -60's... To the point where you could spit, it would hit the manhole cover and freeze instantly making a crackling hiss.

[GREENFEATHER]

GreenFeather... What know you about growing Heirloom Tomatoes?

I can't take these bull**** flavorless red orb things anymore...

Herilooms that get shipped up here are spendy... And I don't know that I have enough of a growing season to do my own...

Then I was poking around the internet and found these...

http://store.tomatofest.com/Cooler_Climate_Tomato_Varieties_s/47.htm

Any thoughts...

I'm looking for something cherryish for snacks and salads etc... And something for a BLT that would make Jesus cry...

Thinking I'll start them in window boxes.

I doubt I'll grow a hell of a lot of anything but Romas. They fit the bill for just about anything Nainoa. Good for slicing, salads, sauce and just poppin' them off the vine with some Old Bay or smoked sea salt. I'll ship you some as soon as mine get here, should be the end of next week. You'll pay an asstonne in shipping, I have 4-8 oz of seed coming, can't remember what I ordered, told them to hold the order till all the seeds are in. Definitely start them inside, I do so I can stagger the harvest and I'll have mater into early October.


Don't worry brother I am off the tools now anyway!

Hey if I make it there before you I'll put a good word in with the Manitou for ya!

I'm living to 150 and I'll die at the hands of a jealous husband! ;)


High of -4 here today. Pretty cool... NOT.

I'm tellin' all you asshats that sent this cold my way there's gonna be an ass beatin' the next time this **** happens. I'm all the way down to B5 and the Duramax isn't diggin even that light of a concentration. :mad:

[Nainoa]

I doubt I'll grow a hell of a lot of anything but Romas. They fit the bill for just about anything Nainoa. Good for slicing, salads, sauce and just poppin' them off the vine with some Old Bay or smoked sea salt. I'll ship you some as soon as mine get here, should be the end of next week. You'll pay an asstonne in shipping, I have 4-8 oz of seed coming, can't remember what I ordered, told them to hold the order till all the seeds are in. Definitely start them inside, I do so I can stagger the harvest and I'll have mater into early October.





Yeah see I usually grow 12 Roma Plants, and then say 10 Early girls...

But those Roma's don't yeild very high up here with the short growing season... Once they come in I make them into sauce and freeze it... So then I end up with about 12 bags of home made completely from scratch marinara sauce.

The reason I was thinking Northern selected Herilooms was to replace the Early girls, with something that's got some flavor...

Plus I want to create an Amuse Bouche of a BLT... (FYI, an Amuse Bouche is a 1 perfect bite appetizer.)

Using a 2 inch tomato with a lot of flavor... Roast it on the grill... Core it out like it's a mini stuff tomato... Stuff it with crumbled bacon and a drip of mayo.. Melt on some shreaded cheese, and then a tiny broke down slice of lettuce stuck in the top like a mock ganish.

So it would be basically a BLT Bon-Bon.

[Al Swearengen]

Well based on the Anchorage weather (We're always the opposite of Anchorage in the Arctic Jet Stream this time of year.) We should have a nice patch coming up behind this!

that would be nice because i really need to clean my truck out and vacuum but no way i'm doing when it's this cold.

[Skunk]

So I just bought a hormonica. I'm looking forward to practicing it. In fact, I'll probably carry it around with me everywhere, and when **** is about to hit the fan I'm gonna start playing it like Charles Bronson in Once Upon A Time In The West. :cool:

[GREENFEATHER]

Yeah see I usually grow 12 Roma Plants, and then say 10 Early girls...

But those Roma's don't yeild very high up here with the short growing season... Once they come in I make them into sauce and freeze it... So then I end up with about 12 bags of home made completely from scratch marinara sauce.

The reason I was thinking Northern selected Herilooms was to replace the Early girls, with something that's got some flavor...

Plus I want to create an Amuse Bouche of a BLT... (FYI, an Amuse Bouche is a 1 perfect bite appetizer.)

Using a 2 inch tomato with a lot of flavor... Roast it on the grill... Core it out like it's a mini stuff tomato... Stuff it with crumbled bacon and a drip of mayo.. Melt on some shreaded cheese, and then a tiny broke down slice of lettuce stuck in the top like a mock ganish.

So it would be basically a BLT Bon-Bon.

The trick to Romas is the feeding, they're heavy feeders. I make a mix of compost, cow ****, chicken ****, heavy clay soil and I water with lime water, they will get bloom rot without it in that mix. I grew 6 plants this year that yielded 5 gallons of sauce at the house. I'm scaling back at the farm this year, tired of watching crops rot in the field because lazy asses won't come pick them for their stands. I guess they want me to pick for free? Screw all that noise! :mad: Plus, I need more room for fuel crops. We should do better this year with all of the deer that have been taken off the farm.

[Geno]

Tomatoes in the damn winter. You guys suck. Whoever sent all this fukcing cold down here sucks as well. I know it was one of you all - and I won't forget.

[burlyman619]

Yeah see I usually grow 12 Roma Plants, and then say 10 Early girls...

But those Roma's don't yeild very high up here with the short growing season... Once they come in I make them into sauce and freeze it... So then I end up with about 12 bags of home made completely from scratch marinara sauce.

The reason I was thinking Northern selected Herilooms was to replace the Early girls, with something that's got some flavor...

Plus I want to create an Amuse Bouche of a BLT... (FYI, an Amuse Bouche is a 1 perfect bite appetizer.)

Using a 2 inch tomato with a lot of flavor... Roast it on the grill... Core it out like it's a mini stuff tomato... Stuff it with crumbled bacon and a drip of mayo.. Melt on some shreaded cheese, and then a tiny broke down slice of lettuce stuck in the top like a mock ganish.

So it would be basically a BLT Bon-Bon.



That sounds amazing.

[GREENFEATHER]

Tomatoes in the damn winter. You guys suck. Whoever sent all this fukcing cold down here sucks as well. I know it was one of you all - and I won't forget.

Not yet bro, geting ready. If it was a tad warmer here, I'd throw a greenhouse over one of the tilapia ponds and do hydroponically grown maters. Most of the ones sold this time of year are hydroponically grown this way. It's a win win situation, you get the organics taken out of the pond and you get another salable item for market.

[Nainoa]

That sounds amazing.

Not to mention Heriloom tomatoes will blow your frackin' mind...

Heirlooms are what tomoatoes originally were... And then the age of mechanised farming came along and they took the hardiest of the old breeds, and bred them to handle the picking machines and shipping and such...

But just like pop corn... When you get your hands on the real thing... It just rocks your world...

I've got some classic popcorns... Blue Harves and Heritage Reds... They don't need a single grain of salt or butter (Beyond the fry-pop) and they kick the **** out of the best frackin' pop secret you'll ever taste.

I really need to just get my ass 40 acres somewhere... Grow food and harvest seasonally for a Farm Fresh restaurant.

[Nainoa]

Tomatoes in the damn winter. You guys suck. Whoever sent all this fukcing cold down here sucks as well. I know it was one of you all - and I won't forget.

Yeah don't complain... My thermostat went out in my truck... The only heat I've had for the last 2 days has been when I'm driving over 70 MPH... Otherwise I'm scraping frost off the inside of my windows, made from my own breath...

Tomorrow we're forecasted to break an all time low temp, and I'll be bringing her into the shop to get the new thermostat in... Because I can't operate the tools long enough before losing too much feeling in my hands...

After 3 tries I can't feel my fingertips anymore...

Currently it's -42 outside (With windchill) and there's a chance it can drop another 20 degrees.

[Nainoa]

The trick to Romas is the feeding, they're heavy feeders. I make a mix of compost, cow ****, chicken ****, heavy clay soil and I water with lime water, they will get bloom rot without it in that mix. I grew 6 plants this year that yielded 5 gallons of sauce at the house. I'm scaling back at the farm this year, tired of watching crops rot in the field because lazy asses won't come pick them for their stands. I guess they want me to pick for free? Screw all that noise! :mad: Plus, I need more room for fuel crops. We should do better this year with all of the deer that have been taken off the farm.



Yeah my soil is all a little strange...

I'm in the Mississippi river valley... So I've got strange sediment layers from that... Then I'm also in the delta of a tributary river... So I've got sediment deposits from it...

AND... From the 13th century to the 19th century the Sauk Indians that lived in this area made my actual neighborhood their winter camp... because the rapids in the river gave them access to fish. But centuries of campfires has left bizare peat-charcoal in the soil.

I planted 4 Apple trees 10 years ago... All 4 were 10 feet from each other... Each one was planted in a different kind of soil!

[PLANETGETLOW]

Morning all......

[Mindripper]

Morning all......

Appears we woke up in 'The Day after Tomorrow'. -16F the F stands for fukkin' cold.

Just dream of warm beaches, big boobies and cold drinks. :)

[PLANETGETLOW]

Appears we woke up in 'The Day after Tomorrow'. -16F the F stands for fukkin' cold.

Just dream of warm beaches, big boobies and cold drinks. :)

DUDE!! this crap is wearing on me......

-35F
Feels like: -50?F

Today Hi: -12?
Lo: -23?


9 AM -28?

Noon -19?

6 PM -17?

[|ceman]

Appears we woke up in 'The Day after Tomorrow'. -16F the F stands for fukkin' cold.

Just dream of warm beaches, big boobies and cold drinks. :)


DUDE!! this crap is wearing on me......

-35F
Feels like: -50?F

Today Hi: -12?
Lo: -23?


9 AM -28?

Noon -19?

6 PM -17?

:eek:


And I thought our projected high of 20F is cold.

[jason_bh]

Appears we woke up in 'The Day after Tomorrow'. -16F the F stands for fukkin' cold.

Just dream of warm beaches, big boobies and cold drinks. :)

BRB guys going to the beach. :D

The low that we've had over the past 2 days is 35. But prior to that we had temps in the high 70's. :p

[Nainoa]

60 above zero: *Floridians turn on the heat. Minnesotans plant gardens.

50 above zero: *Californians shiver uncontrollably. People are sunbathing in Duluth .

40 above zero: Import cars won't start. Minnesotans drive with the sunroof open.

32 above zero: *Distilled water freezes. The water in Bemidji gets thicker.

20 above zero: *New Mexicans don long johns, parkas and wool hats & mittens. Minnesotans throw on a flannel shirt.

15 above zero: *New York landlords finally turn on the heat. People in Minnesota have one last cookout before it gets cold.

Zero: *People in Miami all die. Minnesotans close the windows.

10 below zero: Californians fly away to Mexico . Minnesotans dig their winter coats out of storage.

25 below zero: *Hollywood disintegrates. Girl Scouts in Minnesota are selling cookies door to door.

40 below zero: Washington , D.C. finally runs out of hot air. People in Minnesota let their dogs sleep indoors.

100 below zero: *Santa Claus abandons the North Pole. Minnesotans get upset because the Mini-Van won't start.

460 below zero: ALL atomic motion stops (absolute zero on the Kelvin scale). People in Minnesota can be heard to say,
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *"Cold 'nuff fer ya?"

[PLANETGETLOW]

:eek:


And I thought our projected high of 20F is cold.
20 is cold bro......


OK fellas, I need your help. I am a finalist in the videocontest. To vote you have to register at weatherbynation.com (it is free). You can vote once a day, everyday until Feb. 15.

Warning: I sound like a hick at the end of the video..lulz. I was just trying to be enthusiastic with my kids and the southern brogue is extremely bad :pI'll go check it out.....


60 above zero: *Floridians turn on the heat. Minnesotans plant gardens.

50 above zero: *Californians shiver uncontrollably. People are sunbathing in Duluth .

40 above zero: Import cars won't start. Minnesotans drive with the sunroof open.

32 above zero: *Distilled water freezes. The water in Bemidji gets thicker.

20 above zero: *New Mexicans don long johns, parkas and wool hats & mittens. Minnesotans throw on a flannel shirt.

15 above zero: *New York landlords finally turn on the heat. People in Minnesota have one last cookout before it gets cold.

Zero: *People in Miami all die. Minnesotans close the windows.

10 below zero: Californians fly away to Mexico . Minnesotans dig their winter coats out of storage.

25 below zero: *Hollywood disintegrates. Girl Scouts in Minnesota are selling cookies door to door.

40 below zero: Washington , D.C. finally runs out of hot air. People in Minnesota let their dogs sleep indoors.

100 below zero: *Santa Claus abandons the North Pole. Minnesotans get upset because the Mini-Van won't start.

460 below zero: ALL atomic motion stops (absolute zero on the Kelvin scale). People in Minnesota can be heard to say,
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *"Cold 'nuff fer ya?"

LOL, that is classic........

[Nainoa]

DUDE!! this crap is wearing on me......

-35F
Feels like: -50?F

Today Hi: -12?
Lo: -23?


9 AM -28?

Noon -19?

6 PM -17?

Yeah here's a snap shot of my morning...

Thermostat is out in my truck... So my heat is set about as warm as a friendly smile...

Get up... Start the truck... Ooooppph... She barely started...

Get in the house... Go to take a shower... Cold water lines are frozen.
(Luckily after the last time this happened, I was completely prepared, and had the heaters already in position in the false basement, so all I had to do was plug them in.)

So I'm barking orders at my wife who decided to help...

And the neighbor lady shows up at my door... Needs me to jump start her car, so she can get to Mass... Because apparently Jesus won't forgive her if she doesn't show up when the wind chill is -47. (I guess he's a more belligerent fellow than I was lead to believe?)

So I get the water moving, get the car started (Along with my wifes)

Drive to the shop scraping my breath off the windows as I drive on the icey roads...

All that... And I was still only 5 minutes late for work!

[One More Time]

I'll go check it out.....


Thanks man. I need all the help I can get.

[PLANETGETLOW]

Yeah here's a snap shot of my morning...

Thermostat is out in my truck... So my heat is set about as warm as a friendly smile...

Get up... Start the truck... Ooooppph... She barely started...

Get in the house... Go to take a shower... Cold water lines are frozen.
(Luckily after the last time this happened, I was completely prepared, and had the heaters already in position in the false basement, so all I had to do was plug them in.)

So I'm barking orders at my wife who decided to help...

And the neighbor lady shows up at my door... Needs me to jump start her car, so she can get to Mass... Because apparently Jesus won't forgive her if she doesn't show up when the wind chill is -47. (I guess he's a more belligerent fellow than I was lead to believe?)

So I get the water moving, get the car started (Along with my wifes)

Drive to the shop scraping my breath off the windows as I drive on the icey roads...

All that... And I was still only 5 minutes late for work!

Did your lines bust?

[Nainoa]

20 is cold bro......

I'll go check it out.....



LOL, that is classic........

Pfft... 20 isn't ****...

At 20 I'm still standing outside wearing a modest hoody grilling steaks, smoking a cigar, drinking a whiskey on the rocks without gloves on.

This still isn't **** compared to the winters of my childhood up here!

Granted... I have no feeling in my hands today... So it can't be "All Good."

[PLANETGETLOW]

Pfft... 20 isn't ****...

At 20 I'm still standing outside wearing a modest hoody grilling steaks, smoking a cigar, drinking a whiskey on the rocks without gloves on.

This still isn't **** compared to the winters of my childhood up here!

Granted... I have no feeling in my hands today... So it can't be "All Good."

20 can be brutal if there's a 30mph wind ;)

[One More Time]

Yeah here's a snap shot of my morning...

Thermostat is out in my truck... So my heat is set about as warm as a friendly smile...

Get up... Start the truck... Ooooppph... She barely started...

Get in the house... Go to take a shower... Cold water lines are frozen.
(Luckily after the last time this happened, I was completely prepared, and had the heaters already in position in the false basement, so all I had to do was plug them in.)

So I'm barking orders at my wife who decided to help...

And the neighbor lady shows up at my door... Needs me to jump start her car, so she can get to Mass... Because apparently Jesus won't forgive her if she doesn't show up when the wind chill is -47. (I guess he's a more belligerent fellow than I was lead to believe?)

So I get the water moving, get the car started (Along with my wifes)

Drive to the shop scraping my breath off the windows as I drive on the icey roads...

All that... And I was still only 5 minutes late for work!

I take it that it the thermostat stuck in the open position.

[Nainoa]

Did your lines bust?

No... It only took like... Meh... Call it 7-8 minutes for them to open up...

A pipe really needs to hard freeze to break... As long as it has head room to move as it expands, it can push up the pipe, until it hits a corner or something... And the line that froze was the shower line... (Which is always your most forgiving line...

I'm sure if like I would have been gone on vacation, and it stayed that way for the whole day, it would have gone...

Luckily I was set up to react cobra fast to that one...

So the only thing that sucked... Is when a line freezes... It picks up iron sediment off the aged water line pipes... So after my shower... I still feel dirty.

[jason_bh]

OK fellas, I need your help. I am a finalist in the videocontest. To vote you have to register at weatherbynation.com (it is free). You can vote once a day, everyday until Feb. 15.

Warning: I sound like a hick at the end of the video..lulz. I was just trying to be enthusiastic with my kids and the southern brogue is extremely bad :p

I am registered there, but I am somewhat lost and lazy. Can you point me to where I need to go once logged in?

[Nainoa]

20 can be brutal if there's a 30mph wind ;)

LOL...

That's like this one time Marlon and I went ice fishing...

Zero degrees with a 30 MPH wind...

He was setting up the 1060 portable. (10' X 6' Tent/Sail)

I'm popping holes, and I just hear this scream for help vanishing into the distance with dopplar, as the portable blows away WITH HIM STANDING IN IT!

Luckily I had my cleats on, so I was able to catch him.

The wind was so strong that it would blow him away... But I had "Just enough" weight, that I could stand in the house... And bury the chisel into the ice and hold on long enough for him to set it and bank it in.

We finally get it all zipped up, turn the heat on, pull back the hoods... He turns and looks at me and says "I just had one of those What the Hell are we doing moments!"

[One More Time]

I am registered there, but I am somewhat lost and lazy. Can you point me to where I need to go once logged in?

Have you found my vid yet? If so, click on it and you can vote for it right beside the window where you watch it. Here is the page....scroll down to find my name. Then click the vid.

http://www.weatherbynation.com/videocontest/browse

[|ceman]

No... It only took like... Meh... Call it 7-8 minutes for them to open up...

A pipe really needs to hard freeze to break... As long as it has head room to move as it expands, it can push up the pipe, until it hits a corner or something... And the line that froze was the shower line... (Which is always your most forgiving line...

I'm sure if like I would have been gone on vacation, and it stayed that way for the whole day, it would have gone...

Luckily I was set up to react cobra fast to that one...

So the only thing that sucked... Is when a line freezes... It picks up iron sediment off the aged water line pipes... So after my shower... I still feel dirty.

Why don't you put heat tape on them and plug that bad boy in before you go to bed on especially cold nights?

[storm1507]

Good morning ramblers.

It was a warm 19 degrees this morning. :) It stayed cloudy longer last night and didn't get as cold as forecasted.

LOL, I did put on my hoodie before heading out to check on my old lab this morning. :D

OMT, I check the site out...keep putting up reminders.....it's basketball season you know. You see the game Tues. nite? :D :D

[One More Time]

Good morning ramblers.

It was a warm 19 degrees this morning. :) It stayed cloudy longer last night and didn't get as cold as forecasted.

LOL, I did put on my hoodie before heading out to check on my old lab this morning. :D

OMT, I check the site out...keep putting up reminders.....it's basketball season you know. You see the game Tues. nite? :D :D

I have no idea as too which game you are referring :D

[Nainoa]

I take it that it the thermostat stuck in the open position.

Yeah, the only heat I have is the ambient block...

Last night I tried to open her up to look at her, but after 3 tries, I just couldn't keep enough feeling in my hands to operate the tools... And the last thing I wanted was to get her torn apart and then not be able to get her back together.

To get heat last night coming back from dropping the snowblower off at mother in laws... I just pulled onto a side road that was really icey and stomped on it to break her loose...

Held it at 3K RPM's for a bit and that built up heat... Plus I got to whip some fun fish tails!

[Nainoa]

Why don't you put heat tape on them and plug that bad boy in before you go to bed on especially cold nights?

It's only the second time the line has frozen in the last 5 years... And the first time she's done it EVER with the hatch open.

Last time it was because I still had the hatch closed on the false basement... So I didn't think she'd freeze up again, now that I've got the hatch open for the winter...

But apparently the near record setting cold last night was enough...

So I'm going to have to insulate her... I don't need that happening again.

[jason_bh]

Have you found my vid yet? If so, click on it and you can vote for it right beside the window where you watch it. Here is the page....scroll down to find my name. Then click the vid.

http://www.weatherbynation.com/videocontest/browse

Voted. Cute kids BTW. Mine have some PJ's just like them (Batman FTW).

Remind me tomorrow and I'll vote again.

You know, you should post this in the MISC section. You would get a really good response. Generally the MISC shows up well when they have a chance to help someone win something.

[One More Time]

Yeah, the only heat I have is the ambient block...

Last night I tried to open her up to look at her, but after 3 tries, I just couldn't keep enough feeling in my hands to operate the tools... And the last thing I wanted was to get her torn apart and then not be able to get her back together.

To get heat last night coming back from dropping the snowblower off at mother in laws... I just pulled onto a side road that was really icey and stomped on it to break her loose...

Held it at 3K RPM's for a bit and that built up heat... Plus I got to whip some fun fish tails!

lol. At least it didn't lock up closed.

[Nainoa]

Have you found my vid yet? If so, click on it and you can vote for it right beside the window where you watch it. Here is the page....scroll down to find my name. Then click the vid.

http://www.weatherbynation.com/videocontest/browse

Can't do vids at work... But if I get time tonight while prepping for this ice fishing trip, I'll give her a peep.

[One More Time]

Voted. Cute kids BTW.

Remind me tomorrow and I'll vote again.

You know, you should post this in the MISC section. You would get a really good response. Generally the MISC shows up well when they have a chance to help someone win something.

Thanks man. Can you tell which is the wild child?


I thought about doing that.

[jason_bh]

Thanks man. Can you tell which is the wild child?


I thought about doing that.


Yeah, I have a knack for finding the wild ones. LOL

Post it in the MISC or I will.

[One More Time]

Can't do vids at work... But if I get time tonight while prepping for this ice fishing trip, I'll give her a peep.

Thanks man.

[Nainoa]

lol. At least it didn't lock up closed.

The winter up here can be your friend for stuff like that...

Back in 2002-2003... I was FLAT BROKE with medical bills from my 2 knee dislocations, rehab and the like... And my timing chain went out shreading my water pump, and basically dumping my radiator fluid on the road... So basically there was nothing to cool my engine but the ambient air.

I drove the entire month of February like that, only once getting over half heat... Then the Tax return came in, and I had some money saved up to get it fixed.

So sometimes this arctic bull**** pays off!

[Nainoa]

So check out my latest invention...

When I go up ice fishing this weekend I'm going to back the house towards the shallows of the island. (Currently in 22 feet of water... I'm going to back it to 18 feet... As the perch are near by in the 15 foot depths.)

I'd love to show you guys a map of the underwater terrain, but for some reason I can't post attachements and I don't know why?

******

But basically at this location... There is deep water drop off just to the east... Shallow rocks behind me... Shallow rocks in front... And a mid flat transition to the west...

So it's set up perfectly to set tip ups outside, and figure out where the bite is best.

Problem is... There's not a lot of Day light up here this time of year... Getting better... But it's still pitch black by 6:00 pm...

Last year Marlon built an insulated tip up with an alarm that flashes and has a siren... But it still had a limited distance you could hear, especially when the wind blows... And the light was pathetic... He mounted the pin too far back so it would jam easily... And it cost him $50 for the whole rig.

He looks at it as a good idea that fails more than it succeeds.

I look at it as a learning opportunity.

So Ice fishing stuff is currently on clearance...

So I bought all the stuff to make the same rig myself for $12...

Then I ran multiple test runs in the basement to mount the alarm pin in just the right place so it's on a hair trigger...

Then I built a Box wood box, with plastic top and a cardboard liner with 1 open face and a slot on top for the flag to move through... And I spray high strength adhesive to the inside of the box and mounted tinfoil to the inside.

So now I can just point the foil lined box at my fish house window, and when it goes off the reflection will make a large throbbing red light.

[One More Time]

Yeah, I have a knack for finding the wild ones. LOL

Post it in the MISC or I will.

I did. It looks like a phail, but hey. If the guys that voted today keep voting....they are giving away 16 guns.

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=113413521

[One More Time]

I did. It looks like a phail, but hey. If the guys that voted today keep voting....they are giving away 16 guns.

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=113413521

Edit: People are voting now. :D :cool:

[jason_bh]

Edit: People are voting now. :D :cool:

Great. The MISC usually comes through like I said.

I'll rep those that are voting.

[One More Time]

Great. The MISC usually comes through like I said.

I'll rep those that are voting.

Thanks man. Gotta move this thread off this 6666 post too...lol

[jason_bh]

Thanks man. Gotta move this thread off this 6666 post too...lol

No problem. I sub'd to the thread so when I see it go inactive I'll bump it. You should get your gun (hopefully). Is there anyway to tell who's winning?

[One More Time]

No problem. I sub'd to the thread so when I see it go inactive I'll bump it. You should get your gun (hopefully). Is there anyway to tell who's winning?

Yeah. Go here....


http://www.weatherbynation.com/videocontest/browse

scroll down and you can see the number of votes beside each name. I am narrowly in third right now. :cool:

[PLANETGETLOW]

Yeah. Go here....


http://www.weatherbynation.com/videocontest/browse

scroll down and you can see the number of votes beside each name. I am narrowly in third right now. :cool:

Done......I'll get you everyday

[One More Time]

Done......I'll get you everyday

Thanks man.

[FlyingV]

Nothing I enjoy more than a little subversive good will towards a fellow outdoorsman

http://i42.tinypic.com/deo1uu.jpg

[One More Time]

Nothing I enjoy more than a little subversive good will towards a fellow outdoorsman



:cool: Thanks

[Nainoa]

WOW...

Okay... Apparently that heater has been going out for a while...

Now granted I picked her up when she was Hot... So we'll see how she does from dead cold... But she appears to be capable of putting out enough heat now that if I yawn for an extended period of time my fillings feel soft...

This keeps up and I might need to get myself a "Driving Speedo."

[GREENFEATHER]

I'll vote later and I'm gonna post it on a few other sites of mine. Voting will be mandatory or the bans will begin. :)

[ozzybob]

I doubt I'll grow a hell of a lot of anything but Romas. They fit the bill for just about anything Nainoa. Good for slicing, salads, sauce and just poppin' them off the vine with some Old Bay or smoked sea salt. I'll ship you some as soon as mine get here, should be the end of next week. You'll pay an asstonne in shipping, I have 4-8 oz of seed coming, can't remember what I ordered, told them to hold the order till all the seeds are in. Definitely start them inside, I do so I can stagger the harvest and I'll have mater into early October.



I'm living to 150 and I'll die at the hands of a jealous husband! ;)



I'm tellin' all you asshats that sent this cold my way there's gonna be an ass beatin' the next time this **** happens. I'm all the way down to B5 and the Duramax isn't diggin even that light of a concentration. :mad:


I vote Viagra overdose at 85!!!







I hope you are right though!

[GREENFEATHER]

You know it's cold when the biodiesel in the basement tank gets to where it doesn't want to flow. I didn't notice that I hadn't closed the fresh air hatch in the basement and the temp down there was down to 35.

[One More Time]

I'll vote later and I'm gonna post it on a few other sites of mine. Voting will be mandatory or the bans will begin. :)

Awesome. Thanks GREENFEATHER. I really appreciate everyone's help. I hope we at least make top 4.

[Nainoa]

Damn my wife made an excellent dinner tonight.

She made this sandwhich...

Took chicken breast (on the bone) and roasted it, then chunk shreaded it...

Put it on a heel of atisan pan bread... slathered it in a roasted garlic, and herb mayonaise.... Topped that with slow roasted roma tomatoes that she spent all afternoon slow roasting in herb and olive oil... on top of that aged asiago cheese, and a artisan crown.

damn did that kick ass...

Then she followed it up an hour later, with a petty ass stupid arguement about the bathroom drain... I asked her... "Honey... Let's not have a petty arguement before I leave on a trip."

Oh no... Couldn't have that... She went on the queen of all frackin' wobblers... Over the bathroom drain. (Because now after 3 years of destroying the goddam thing, I've put her in charge of cleaning her own hair out of the goddam thing.)

WTF...

So now she's got herself locked in the bedroom, in bed early because she works at 4:00 am...

Why does it seem like the longer I'm married, the moodier every period becomes?

[burlyman619]

:cool: Thanks

I voted for you man. I bumped your thread like million times so I hope I helped you.

[blkbelt42]

Morning ramblers....TGIF!! :)

[PLANETGETLOW]

Morning ramblers....TGIF!! :)

No doubt.......finally!!

[jwdjrs]

Awesome. Thanks GREENFEATHER. I really appreciate everyone's help. I hope we at least make top 4.Whut kinda guns da yall wunt ?? WTF is that kinda talk ?? :)

And I thought I talked country as fukk :D

I hope you win buddy

[PLANETGETLOW]

Yeah. Go here....


http://www.weatherbynation.com/videocontest/browse

scroll down and you can see the number of votes beside each name. I am narrowly in third right now. :cool:

Voted again

[jason_bh]

Good morning guys.


It's now cold down here. :mad: Wind chills in the teens. :eek:

I figure that to be the equivalent of -50 degrees for you guys up North. :D

[jason_bh]

Voted again

X2

One More Time, do you have to be in first place to win the gun?

[Mindripper]

Good morning guys.


It's now cold down here. :mad: Wind chills in the teens. :eek:

I figure that to be the equivalent of -50 degrees for you guys up North. :D

It was -23 when I started my car this morning. This weather sucks a massive dong. (no homo)

[PLANETGETLOW]

It was -23 when I started my car this morning. This weather sucks a massive dong. (no homo)

The Donga Need Food!!

[jason_bh]

It was -23 when I started my car this morning. This weather sucks a massive dong. (no homo)

QFT. We've only had a couple of days of this. Not sure that I could handle a solid month of this. The problem is going to be in a few days when the weather goes back up to the 80s.


The Donga Need Food!!

16 Candles?

[Mindripper]

The Donga Need Food!!

Red warrior need food badly...

[jason_bh]

I need food badly.


Just went to make some oatmeal but we have no bowls. :mad:

[PLANETGETLOW]

QFT. We've only had a couple of days of this. Not sure that I could handle a solid month of this. The problem is going to be in a few days when the weather goes back up to the 80s.



16 Candles?
:D :D Pretty good bro.....

Red warrior need food badly...

Oh man, BRB, getting Kawfee instead

[jwdjrs]

The Donga Need Food!!I laughed my ass off when the Donger was laying out in the yard drunk, And '' Grandpa'' was clapping his hands trying to wake him up :) Dong (clap hands) Dong

[One More Time]

Sup fellas? Don't forget to vote :D

[PLANETGETLOW]

I laughed my ass off when the Donger was laying out in the yard drunk, And '' Grandpa'' was clapping his hands trying to wake him up :) Dong (clap hands) Dong

Yea man, that's when he explained what he did with their car!!

[jason_bh]

I laughed my ass off when the Donger was laying out in the yard drunk, And '' Grandpa'' was clapping his hands trying to wake him up :) Dong (clap hands) Dong

LOL.

I need to check out some of those 80s movies again.




Sup fellas? Don't forget to vote :D

What place do you have to be in to win something?

[PLANETGETLOW]

LOL.

I need to check out some of those 80s movies again.





What place do you have to be in to win something?

My wife and I make my son watch all of those throw-back movies

Red Dawn
Sixteen Candles
Weird Science
Revenge of the Nerds

Tonight we watch "The Jerk"

[Mindripper]

My wife and I make my son watch all of those throw-back movies

Red Dawn
Sixteen Candles
Weird Science
Revenge of the Nerds

Tonight we watch "The Jerk"

WOLVERINES!!!

[jason_bh]

My wife and I make my son watch all of those throw-back movies

Red Dawn
Sixteen Candles
Weird Science
Revenge of the Nerds

Tonight we watch "The Jerk"

Wow, I had forgotten about those. All of those are FTW. I must have seen them at least 20 times (all of them). Red Dawn was my all time favorite growing up.

[PLANETGETLOW]

WOLVERINES!!!
Classic no doubt!!

Wow, I had forgotten about those. All of those are FTW. I must have seen them at least 20 times (all of them). Red Dawn was my all time favorite growing up.

I know man. I'm curious to see what my son thinks about "The Jerk"

I think next I'll see if my wife and I can come to the agreement to introduce "Cheech and Chong" :D :D

[jason_bh]

I know man. I'm curious to see what my son thinks about "The Jerk"

I think next I'll see if my wife and I can come to the agreement to introduce "Cheech and Chong" :D :D

Cheech and Chong? LOL How old is your son?

[jwdjrs]

I think next I'll see if my wife and I can come to the agreement to introduce "Cheech and Chong" :D :DMy wife and I are gonna watch the movie Righteous kill tonight, Robert Deniro and Al Pacino

http://www.moviefone.com/movie/righteous-kill/30163/video/righteous-kill-trailer-no-2-hd/2138363

[GREENFEATHER]

Why does it seem like the longer I'm married, the moodier every period becomes?

Because that's the nature of the beast. Just wait till she gets close to menopause.


Voted again

I'm gonna try my program on it later, stay tuned for more voting, early and often.


The Donga Need Food!!


My wife and I make my son watch all of those throw-back movies

Red Dawn
Sixteen Candles
Weird Science
Revenge of the Nerds

Tonight we watch "The Jerk"

I just bought M 16 Candles, The Breakfast club and The Meaning of Life.


WOLVERINES!!!

You know there was some fear that that's the way the Commies would invade the USA in the 80's. I do believe that the Second Amendment to the US Constitution is the reason we've never had to deal with that.

[One More Time]

What place do you have to be in to win something?

This is how I interpreted the prizes. They are giving away 50 packages that have Weatherby shirts etc. Then they are giving away 16 guns. I am assuming that the top 16 win a gun. First place gets an expense paid trip to Calif. to tour the plant and pick out the components of your gun. Can you imagine a redneck like me in Calif? :D

Scroll down to the bottom and there is a window of the prizes on this page....

http://www.weatherbynation.com/videocontest

[PLANETGETLOW]

Cheech and Chong? LOL How old is your son?
He's 13......

My wife and I are gonna watch the movie Righteous kill tonight, Robert Deniro and Al Pacino

http://www.moviefone.com/movie/righteous-kill/30163/video/righteous-kill-trailer-no-2-hd/2138363
Pretty decent flic, watched it last weekend. Pacino and Deniro are two of my favorite actors.

Because that's the nature of the beast. Just wait till she gets close to menopause.



I'm gonna try my program on it later, stay tuned for more voting, early and often.





I just bought M 16 Candles, The Breakfast club and The Meaning of Life.



You know there was some fear that that's the way the Commies would invade the USA in the 80's. I do believe that the Second Amendment to the US Constitution is the reason we've never had to deal with that.

Morning man..

[jason_bh]

This is how I interpreted the prizes. They are giving away 50 packages that have Weatherby shirts etc. Then they are giving away 16 guns. I am assuming that the top 16 win a gun. First place gets an expense paid trip to Calif. to tour the plant and pick out the components of your gun. Can you imagine a redneck like me in Calif? :D

Scroll down to the bottom and there is a window of the prizes on this page....

http://www.weatherbynation.com/videocontest

I looked through that and it looks like after 5th place they stop giving guns. Hopefully we can get you to at least 5th.

[Nainoa]

Because that's the nature of the beast. Just wait till she gets close to menopause.



I'm gonna try my program on it later, stay tuned for more voting, early and often.





I just bought M 16 Candles, The Breakfast club and The Meaning of Life.



You know there was some fear that that's the way the Commies would invade the USA in the 80's. I do believe that the Second Amendment to the US Constitution is the reason we've never had to deal with that.

Yeah breakfast club was a frackin' awesome flick. I think I liked it so much because I was basically John Bender growing up.

Texas Chainsaw massacre was also an awesome movie... But I always found it to be more of a comedy. I mean really... If someone ever comes after me with a chainsaw like Leatherface came after those kids... I'd prefer it.

If I ever have to fight a chainsaw wielding maniac... I hope he goes for the old "Pump the throttle while holding it over head and spin in a circle like a goddam hippe at a drum circle" move.

:D

[Nainoa]

It was -23 when I started my car this morning. This weather sucks a massive dong. (no homo)

-24 for me... (Nice try though... You almost had me beat!) :D

Sucked... The city works is cleaning the ice pack today... Which is just pig stupid... There's a reason why -11 is the line for "Too Cold to work."

But no... They had to go out and try it this morning... At friggin' rush hour...

So of course the grinder truck got stuck, and the grader caught up to it... And of course some soccer mom retard got caught in the windrow trying to go around...

I spent 20 goddam minutes this morning within' 4 blocks of my house!

******


Good news is... We've got a rapid warm up coming, just in time for this ice fishing trip I'm about to leave on!

[PLANETGETLOW]

-24 for me... (Nice try though... You almost had me beat!) :D

Sucked... The city works is cleaning the ice pack today... Which is just pig stupid... There's a reason why -11 is the line for "Too Cold to work."

But no... They had to go out and try it this morning... At friggin' rush hour...

So of course the grinder truck got stuck, and the grader caught up to it... And of course some soccer mom retard got caught in the windrow trying to go around...

I spent 20 goddam minutes this morning within' 4 blocks of my house!

******


Good news is... We've got a rapid warm up coming, just in time for this ice fishing trip I'm about to leave on!

Morning man.....

[Nainoa]

Morning man.....

Morning Bro...

Just think... Just 10 or so more hours of this cold and we're out of the trough and onto the ridge!

[PLANETGETLOW]

Morning Bro...

Just think... Just 10 or so more hours of this cold and we're out of the trough and onto the ridge!

I know, I had a new sense of life waking up this morning :D

[Nainoa]

I know, I had a new sense of life waking up this morning :D

Yeah 10 day forecast is all Upper Teens and 20's...

It's almost summer!

*******

I actually just made my summer reservations for the Winnie Trip

Crazy to think that in MN the prime camping for June gets booked up in frackin' January!

********

[One More Time]

I looked through that and it looks like after 5th place they stop giving guns. Hopefully we can get you to at least 5th.

Read how many they are awarding though....This is from memory, so it might be wrong.

First place - 1
2nd prize - 1
3rd prize - 2
4th prize - 3

[storm1507]

Good morning ramblers.

OMT, I voted but mistyped my user name ....LOL.

[PLANETGETLOW]

Good morning ramblers.

OMT, I voted but mistyped my user name ....LOL.

Morning man......

[One More Time]

I looked through that and it looks like after 5th place they stop giving guns. Hopefully we can get you to at least 5th.

GApump is spreading a few mod reps for those helping now. :D. If the misc. finds that out it will be up there in a hurry..lol


Good morning ramblers.

OMT, I voted but mistyped my user name ....LOL.

Thanks man.

[jason_bh]

GApump is spreading a few mod reps for those helping now. :D. If the misc. finds that out it will be up there in a hurry..lol





QFT. GAPump is a great guy. I suspect that you'll get your gun. ;)

[One More Time]

QFT. GAPump is a great guy. I suspect that you'll get your gun. ;)
I know that some haven't seen it yet. It will be like a frenzy..lollerz


Busy day here today. Oh well, I shouldn't complain....with the way things are I am just glad to have a job..lol.

[GREENFEATHER]

Read how many they are awarding though....This is from memory, so it might be wrong.

First place - 1
2nd prize - 1
3rd prize - 2
4th prize - 3

The program didn't work, I'd have had to get 100 emails to make it work. :( It does work on the ones that just record IP's and don't require you to register.

[FlyingV]

Just got you again OMT.

[One More Time]

Just got you again OMT.


Thanks man.

[One More Time]

Whut kinda guns da yall wunt ?? WTF is that kinda talk ?? :)

And I thought I talked country as fukk :D

I hope you win buddy

lol I just now saw this post. Yep, I am just a good ole country boy :D

[GREENFEATHER]

This fukn cold weather sucks goat balls!!! :mad: The goddamned oil cooler on the Golf is weeping from the contraction. :mad:

[One More Time]

This fukn cold weather sucks goat balls!!! :mad: The goddamned oil cooler on the Golf is weeping from the contraction. :mad:


It is not as cold here this morning. It was 2.5 yesterday..lol.

Oh and for all the ramblers, if you voted before just reminding you to please vote for me again. Thanks.

[FlyingV]

Gorgeous weather out here today. Low to mid 70s. Clear blue skies, birds chirping at the feeder, all the windows and screen doors open.

Going to go get Susie a bike,then maybe head down to San Diego to ride around the harbor and look at a boat on the way back.

If you ever visit SD. One of the fun-nest things you can do is rent some bikes downtown at http://www.bike-tours.com/ and ride around the Gaslamp and harbor areas. It's all flat, no hills and incredible scenery.

[Geno]

I hate you. It's a lot like living in Wisconsin here right now. Below freezing all day yesterday and today, snow this evening maybe snow tomorrow and maybe snow tuesday.

God damn I mis the Caribbean.

[GREENFEATHER]

It is not as cold here this morning. It was 2.5 yesterday..lol.

Oh and for all the ramblers, if you voted before just reminding you to please vote for me again. Thanks.

I have been voting as often as I can damn yer eyes!!! :D


I hate you. It's a lot like living in Wisconsin here right now. Below freezing all day yesterday and today, snow this evening maybe snow tomorrow and maybe snow tuesday.

God damn I miss the Caribbean.

No ****, it had to be the cold that caused the leak, now that it's warm, no more leak, WTF? I miss SA Geno, I'll take 90 degrees and 90% humidity ANY day over this ****.

[Skunk]

I'll gladly take some of your guys' snow here in California. We've been dry for a few weeks now and it ain't looking any better for a few more weeks. It's been too hot here for the winter, too.

Normally it should look nice and green like this during this time of the year:

http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v687/187/20/1230552081/n1230552081_30240613_6849.jpg


However, it still looks brown and dry like this right now:

http://photos-h.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-snc1/v687/187/20/1230552081/n1230552081_30240759_9285.jpg

I think California is going to be even more desperate for water this year. I sure hope there will be some water left in the reservoirs this year to fish...

[One More Time]

I have been voting as often as I can damn yer eyes!!! :D



No ****, it had to be the cold that caused the leak, now that it's warm, no more leak, WTF? I miss SA Geno, I'll take 90 degrees and 90% humidity ANY day over this ****.

Thanks GF.

[Nainoa]

I hate you. It's a lot like living in Wisconsin here right now. Below freezing all day yesterday and today, snow this evening maybe snow tomorrow and maybe snow tuesday.

God damn I mis the Caribbean.

I just got back from living outdoors in sub zero weather, 2 miles out on an ice sheet, for the last two days, complete with 40 Mile Per hour winds this morning while I was chiseling for 2 hours straight...

Please...

Your theories interest me and I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

:D

[Nainoa]

I have been voting as often as I can damn yer eyes!!! :D



No ****, it had to be the cold that caused the leak, now that it's warm, no more leak, WTF? I miss SA Geno, I'll take 90 degrees and 90% humidity ANY day over this ****.

Is your coolant mixture off... ?

[Geno]

No ****, it had to be the cold that caused the leak, now that it's warm, no more leak, WTF? I miss SA Geno, I'll take 90 degrees and 90% humidity ANY day over this ****.

That's strange as hell. At least it's not leaking now. :confused:


I just got back from living outdoors in sub zero weather, 2 miles out on an ice sheet, for the last two days, complete with 40 Mile Per hour winds this morning while I was chiseling for 2 hours straight...

Please...

Your theories interest me and I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

:D

Smart aleck :D

I was at NTC Great Lakes for two winters and trained in the water in the North Atlantic - I've had more than enough of cold to last me forever.

My current theory is I'm way to damn far to the North right now and I'm in Central AL.

[GREENFEATHER]

Is your coolant mixture off... ?


That's strange as hell. At least it's not leaking now. :confused:



Smart aleck :D

I was at NTC Great Lakes for two winters and trained in the water in the North Atlantic - I've had more than enough of cold to last me forever.

My current theory is I'm way to damn far to the North right now and I'm in Central AL.

Nope, I checked it with the scope. I think everything is contracing so hard that it might have allowed some to get through. I'm gonna keep an eye on the coolant level over the next few days
I just went out to see if it leaked overnight and no leak, WTF? The temp only dropped into the low 20's overnight so I have to go with my original assumption that it was the cold. The engine cast iron and the head is aluminum so they're going to shrink and expand at different rates as well.

[GREENFEATHER]

Cheddar Corn Biscuits





2 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup cornmeal
3 tablespoon sugar
2 tablespoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
1 stick cold unsalted butter; cut into small pieces
1 cup grated cheddar cheese
1 cup fresh; thawed frozen corn
1 1/2 cup heavy cream





This one doesn't have any chiles in it, but what the heck. You can eat
them with your favorite chile recipe or maybe even toss a few into the
recipe itself (this recipe I mean, not the biscuits into your favorite
chile recipe.


1. Preheat oven to 375 F. In a large bowl, stir together flour,
cornmeal,sugar, baking powder, salt and pepper. Using a pastry blender or
2 knives,cut in butter until mixture resembles coarsemeal. Stir in cheese
and corn.Pour in crewam and stir just until dough begins to hold together.


2. On a well-floured surface roll out dough to 9 x 10 rectangle
about 3/4"thick. Using 1 1/2" round biscuit cutter, cut out as many
biscuits as possible and place them 1" apart on ungreased baking
sheets. Bake for 15 to 18 minutes. Transfer to racks. Reroll scraps. Cut
out and bake remainingbiscuits. (makes about 3 dozen biscuits)



I'ma try this recipe when I get back up to camp fitty, goddamn it sounds good. It's got everything but meat in there, I guess the cheese will have to suffice for the "All recipes must contain meat." There was another reipe for cheddar bacon corn biscuits on google.

[One More Time]

Cheddar Corn Biscuits





2 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup cornmeal
3 tablespoon sugar
2 tablespoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
1 stick cold unsalted butter; cut into small pieces
1 cup grated cheddar cheese
1 cup fresh; thawed frozen corn
1 1/2 cup heavy cream





This one doesn't have any chiles in it, but what the heck. You can eat
them with your favorite chile recipe or maybe even toss a few into the
recipe itself (this recipe I mean, not the biscuits into your favorite
chile recipe.


1. Preheat oven to 375 F. In a large bowl, stir together flour,
cornmeal,sugar, baking powder, salt and pepper. Using a pastry blender or
2 knives,cut in butter until mixture resembles coarsemeal. Stir in cheese
and corn.Pour in crewam and stir just until dough begins to hold together.


2. On a well-floured surface roll out dough to 9 x 10 rectangle
about 3/4"thick. Using 1 1/2" round biscuit cutter, cut out as many
biscuits as possible and place them 1" apart on ungreased baking
sheets. Bake for 15 to 18 minutes. Transfer to racks. Reroll scraps. Cut
out and bake remainingbiscuits. (makes about 3 dozen biscuits)



I'ma try this recipe when I get back up to camp fitty, goddamn it sounds good. It's got everything but meat in there, I guess the cheese will have to suffice for the "All recipes must contain meat." There was another reipe for cheddar bacon corn biscuits on google.

That sounds good. Don't forget to vote ramblers

[Nainoa]

Cheddar Corn Biscuits





2 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup cornmeal
3 tablespoon sugar
2 tablespoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
1 stick cold unsalted butter; cut into small pieces
1 cup grated cheddar cheese
1 cup fresh; thawed frozen corn
1 1/2 cup heavy cream





This one doesn't have any chiles in it, but what the heck. You can eat
them with your favorite chile recipe or maybe even toss a few into the
recipe itself (this recipe I mean, not the biscuits into your favorite
chile recipe.


1. Preheat oven to 375 F. In a large bowl, stir together flour,
cornmeal,sugar, baking powder, salt and pepper. Using a pastry blender or
2 knives,cut in butter until mixture resembles coarsemeal. Stir in cheese
and corn.Pour in crewam and stir just until dough begins to hold together.


2. On a well-floured surface roll out dough to 9 x 10 rectangle
about 3/4"thick. Using 1 1/2" round biscuit cutter, cut out as many
biscuits as possible and place them 1" apart on ungreased baking
sheets. Bake for 15 to 18 minutes. Transfer to racks. Reroll scraps. Cut
out and bake remainingbiscuits. (makes about 3 dozen biscuits)



I'ma try this recipe when I get back up to camp fitty, goddamn it sounds good. It's got everything but meat in there, I guess the cheese will have to suffice for the "All recipes must contain meat." There was another reipe for cheddar bacon corn biscuits on google.


Nice...

I've actually been having a hankering recently for something Corn-bread... But couldn't put my finger on what... Thought about Polenta... Meh... Too much like grits... Thought about Ho-cakes... But they're best on the grill with cast iron, and the cold will frack with that... Thought about Johnny cakes... But meh... Don't need that much deep fry action.

However... This might be just the ticket...

I'll talk to the wife when she gets off work and see if she wants to give this a whack this week some time... And I'll see if I can figure out a way for some future Batch #2 to add in some herbs and bacon!

******

One thing I would note in the instructions... In the Bisquit method... When it talks about the pastry blender or 2 knives thing... You can just dip your finger tips into a bowl of ice water and need with your cool finger tips...

When you need any fat into a biscuit with your fingertips you will always get the best texture in the final product. It's just that you don't want to introduce enough heat from your hands to cause melting. Because it's the flour grains being coated with butter (Not saturated by melted butter) that will form the air bubble texture that the baking powder will use to level the cakes as they bake.

[PLANETGETLOW]

I'll gladly take some of your guys' snow here in California. We've been dry for a few weeks now and it ain't looking any better for a few more weeks. It's been too hot here for the winter, too.

Normally it should look nice and green like this during this time of the year:

http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v687/187/20/1230552081/n1230552081_30240613_6849.jpg


However, it still looks brown and dry like this right now:

http://photos-h.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-snc1/v687/187/20/1230552081/n1230552081_30240759_9285.jpg

I think California is going to be even more desperate for water this year. I sure hope there will be some water left in the reservoirs this year to fish...

Fires will burn that mofo to a crisp this season.... Pollution will triple. I feel for you guys and am glad I no longer live in Cali.

[GREENFEATHER]

Nice...

I've actually been having a hankering recently for something Corn-bread... But couldn't put my finger on what... Thought about Polenta... Meh... Too much like grits... Thought about Ho-cakes... But they're best on the grill with cast iron, and the cold will frack with that... Thought about Johnny cakes... But meh... Don't need that much deep fry action.

However... This might be just the ticket...

I'll talk to the wife when she gets off work and see if she wants to give this a whack this week some time... And I'll see if I can figure out a way for some future Batch #2 to add in some herbs and bacon!

******

One thing I would note in the instructions... In the Bisquit method... When it talks about the pastry blender or 2 knives thing... You can just dip your finger tips into a bowl of ice water and need with your cool finger tips...

When you need any fat into a biscuit with your fingertips you will always get the best texture in the final product. It's just that you don't want to introduce enough heat from your hands to cause melting. Because it's the flour grains being coated with butter (Not saturated by melted butter) that will form the air bubble texture that the baking powder will use to level the cakes as they bake.


I used cold butter for the biscuits I made. I'm going to try that recipe next weekend here to make sure it turns out. I ALWAYS add Silver Queen corn to my cornbread.

[Nainoa]

I used cold butter for the biscuits I made. I'm going to try that recipe next weekend here to make sure it turns out. I ALWAYS add Silver Queen corn to my cornbread.


Yeah I've got to see...

This is the time of year when I kick the tires on the menu's for my various fishing vacations of the summer.

Especially my Hay Lake trip in August... Where we're staying at a Rustic Cabin, that is flying (Built into an amongst the trees.) But it also has a fully functional kitchen, fridge, freezer, range, oven, microwave, running water etc...

Just me and 5 other guys for a week, and every day of the week I cook a signature meal.

And then pretty much fill the rest of the meals with random breakfast and what has become my much beloved Super Nacho's.

I mean really... WTF... It's like a bunch of little kids asking to open Christmas presents early...

"hey Nainoa, can you make some super nachos?"

10 minutes later, someone else... "Hey Nainoa Can you make some super nachos?"

10 minutes later while I'm seasoning the chicken for dinner "Hey Nainoa..." And I have to cut them off... "Okay... We'll have Super Nacho's as the side dish!"

[GREENFEATHER]

If anyone doesn't want what I just pmed, lemme know, I don't want to offend anyone or get them in trouble with teh spousal units.

[Nainoa]

If anyone doesn't want what I just pmed, lemme know, I don't want to offend anyone or get them in trouble with teh spousal units.

All I got was a screen saver...

Trippy...

[Mindripper]

Morning!

Blamy 12 F here. Actually feels warm compared to a few days ago; nice amount of snow this weekend as well.

[jason_bh]

All I got was a screen saver...

Trippy...

x2


Good morning guys.

I've been up most of the night with my 5 y/o. He's been running a fever (got up to 103) the past 2 nights. I am exhausted.

[Mindripper]

x2


Good morning guys.

I've been up most of the night with my 5 y/o. He's been running a fever (got up to 103) the past 2 nights. I am exhausted.

I feel for you. Dealing with a sick child will kick your ass. My son gets siezures if his temp goes up to fast. The first time it happened it scared the **** out me.

[PLANETGETLOW]

Morning!

Blamy 12 F here. Actually feels warm compared to a few days ago; nice amount of snow this weekend as well.
I know man, we're supposed to hit 30's this week.......but then back down to -10 or so by Saturday


x2


Good morning guys.

I've been up most of the night with my 5 y/o. He's been running a fever (got up to 103) the past 2 nights. I am exhausted.

damn that suxors......

[jason_bh]

I feel for you. Dealing with a sick child will kick your ass. My son gets siezures if his temp goes up to fast. The first time it happened it scared the **** out me.

Wow, that would be scary.

The worst part about having kids is that they get sick.

[Nainoa]

Morning!

Blamy 12 F here. Actually feels warm compared to a few days ago; nice amount of snow this weekend as well.

Yeah the warm is finding me right now to...

Supposed to see temps around Melting Point by mid week!

[Savonadego]

I just got back from living outdoors in sub zero weather, 2 miles out on an ice sheet, for the last two days, complete with 40 Mile Per hour winds this morning while I was chiseling for 2 hours straight...

Please...

Your theories interest me and I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

:D

so did you catch any thing? i may head up to lake erie a week from wed to ice fish they finaly got out this past weekend for the first time a mile out its 4 in

[One More Time]

Morning fellas


x2


Good morning guys.

I've been up most of the night with my 5 y/o. He's been running a fever (got up to 103) the past 2 nights. I am exhausted.


Hope he gets well fast man. My entire family has been sick with strep throat, asthma/sinus/allergies for about the last 2 months. My medical bills have been absurd.


I feel for you. Dealing with a sick child will kick your ass. My son gets siezures if his temp goes up to fast. The first time it happened it scared the **** out me.

Holy crap. That would scare me to death too.

[One More Time]

Daily reminder to not forget to vote.

[Nainoa]

so did you catch any thing? i may head up to lake erie a week from wed to ice fish they finaly got out this past weekend for the first time a mile out its 4 in

Yeah as long as there aren't waves to turn that into push ice.

******

Our old spot was pretty bleak... Small eyes at random times...

So I moved us back 15 feet to 18 feet of water... Gravel and rock bottom with a little bit of short bottom cabbage. Holds roving schools of perch.

I only got to fish the new spot for like 5 hours... Caught a dozen perch, 3 keepers... Caught a small Walleye, and we saw a keeper on the cam...

So hopefully she's going to produce...

There's a massive drop off just out my bunk's window. (In my new AVI I'm standing over top of it.) I think it will make a good tip up spot.

My Hope is that this location will turn up Perch during the day... Hope for some eyes patrolling the deep edge to the east... That then come up into the shallows under us at night.

It's kind of cool though... The perch move in schools in a Nascar like circle around the Island to our 6... So you'll have like a half hour of nothing... Then all of a sudden Booom... Every single rattle reel and line goes off in the house all at the same time....

It's going to make for an interesting alarm clock every saturday morning!