Fitnessman's 2009 Fishing and Rambling Thread 3.0

[Nainoa]

Really slow day in school.

Yeah usually on Thursday I get pounded like a 2 dollar hooker with work orders... As the sales staff like to take a half or whole day off on Friday.

But so far... Pretty quiet...

*****

On the bright side... My shoulder is healing a head of schedule.

[storm1507]

Yeah usually on Thursday I get pounded like a 2 dollar hooker with work orders... As the sales staff like to take a half or whole day off on Friday.

But so far... Pretty quiet...

*****

On the bright side... My shoulder is healing a head of schedule.

Enjoy the easy day. Congrats on the shoulder. Mine was doing pretty good, until I tried High D-ring curls for the first(and last) time this week. The broomstick stretches have really been helping.

Good morning ramblers.

[burlyman619]

Yeah usually on Thursday I get pounded like a 2 dollar hooker with work orders... As the sales staff like to take a half or whole day off on Friday.

But so far... Pretty quiet...

*****

On the bright side... My shoulder is healing a head of schedule.



The Navy is the same way. If we dont secure by noon-thirty-1300, there is something wrong.

We just got the word that on friday, we have this "super importion" training from 1300-1500


FFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU

[Nainoa]

Enjoy the easy day. Congrats on the shoulder. Mine was doing pretty good, until I tried High D-ring curls for the first(and last) time this week. The broomstick stretches have really been helping.

Good morning ramblers.

While I'm not "Against" Broomsticks... I think the perception of them is skewed.

They are not the "Healing Stretches" they get advertised as being...

They're nothing more than a good stretch... And often get confused as doing something more because often times in an injury the muscles in the area tighten up... And so when you stretch them, it feel relieving just like when you stretch any stiff muscle.

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Now if you're doing broom sticks as a Movement to increase blood flow. (Which one of the main reasons joint injuries take so long to heal is because connective tissue has high nerve density and low blood flow.)

Then there is a caveat for the broom stick's medicinal properties.

But don't push "The stretch" part of it...

The last thing you want to do is take compromised connective tissue and over stretch it, into a micro tear.

[3kgtjunkie]

Wow...

You know how people talk about how this is responsible for the economy... Or that... Or these people, or these policies...

I just got out of 3 hours of non stop product line meetings...

Only 2 out of 17 manufacturers I've seen in the last 3 days were "Made in America."

The two were located in Red Wing Minnesota... And Irvingdale California. (Where they make a clothing line from Bamboo fibers.)

Makes you think when people talk about "Transfer of Wealth" in the energy sector... Why isn't there just an uproar over a lack of American Manufacturing?

we did that to ourselves. why as a manufacturer would you pay an american 30/hr to screw doors on a dryer when you can pay a mexican 5/day to do the same thing. I have a bunch of friends who work at the ford plant & they make A LOT for totally unskilled labor. im not bashing the job of a line worker but its not a trade, anybody can do that **** and the unions kept wanting more benefits & higher pay, which is all great until the companies start sending jobs elsewhere where they don't have to supply the extras.
that's the dark side of capitalism in my mind

[One More Time]

Sup fellas? Friday is almost here. :)

[Nainoa]

Nice...

So I've been researching the different heirloom tomatoes that I want to grow.

Broke it down...

Cherry: Gotta have a snack tomato... So I found the Moskovich... 58 days till first yeild, gorgeous cherry tomato.

Sauce: Changed my mind from Andean to Palka Pear

Unique: Got to have a Black Krim (It's a dark purple tomato with green inside, that tastes smokey and salty.)

Slicer:...

Now here's the debate...

Do I go with "Miama... An Italian tomato... Regular size and flavor."

Illini... Very similar...

Or...

The Ispolin... Which is Russian for "Giant Freak" Makes the second largest tomato in the world, and the vines grow 8 feet tall!

I'm going to give away a few seedlings...

I'm thinking I'll go Ispolin... And then just not tell anyone what the name means...
(Actually I have a rule that anything I grow that's taller than me, must have a name.)

So I'll just name them all... Give the seedlings out in May... And then wait for the phone calls in Late July... "Uh... Nainoa... What's up with the 8 foot tomato plant you gave me? It's like Blocking out the sun from the rest of the garden, and I have dead spot in the lawn!"

[Nainoa]

we did that to ourselves. why as a manufacturer would you pay an american 30/hr to screw doors on a dryer when you can pay a mexican 5/day to do the same thing. I have a bunch of friends who work at the ford plant & they make A LOT for totally unskilled labor. im not bashing the job of a line worker but its not a trade, anybody can do that **** and the unions kept wanting more benefits & higher pay, which is all great until the companies start sending jobs elsewhere where they don't have to supply the extras.
that's the dark side of capitalism in my mind

Well the auto industry is a bad example... And there's a lot of mis-information floating around out there. (The average Auto worker from Detroit is only making an average of $2.50 an hour more than a Toyota Worker in Texas.)

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The really big consumer base production we're missing is in other industries, such as Textiles, end user products and plastics and appliances.

The best example is Television Sets...

You can't buy an American made television set...

This is because in the 1990's, the Japanese made a national effort to position themselves to take over our consumer electronics market... Now you can't buy an American Television set.

Where we're really screwing up is that we're not making national market positioning like this...

Other nations are treating their industrialization and manufacturing base as a concerted target...

They're like a Rhino plowing through an economy...

Where as we're playing our industries "Like a Herd of Cats."

If we wanted to take Textile Production back from China... We sure could...

But not as a "Herd of Cats."

We don't have the collective will as a nation to do it anymore...

[jwdjrs]

Sup fellas? Friday is almost here. :)Maybe in bumf-ck Tennessee it is, But here in Awesome Kentucky, it's early Thursday :p :D

[One More Time]

Maybe in bumf-ck Tennessee it is, But here in Awesome Kentucky, it's early Thursday :p :D

I said almost :mad:


At least we have something called electricity here :D lol j/k




The power company finally get you taken care of?

[PLANETGETLOW]

Morning Guys...

Wow... I have absolutely no meetings scheduled today...

I feel absolutely giddy!


Really slow day in school.


Sup fellas? Friday is almost here. :)


Maybe in bumf-ck Tennessee it is, But here in Awesome Kentucky, it's early Thursday :p :D

Mornin everybody

[Nainoa]

Mornin everybody

Morning Man...

HOw's that cold snap treating you up there?

[PLANETGETLOW]

Morning Man...

HOw's that cold snap treating you up there?

-15 this morning. Man, I was REALLY hoping that we'd start seeing 20's now. March and April do frustrate though because it will still be cool. Hell, we had that ice storm a few years back in April.

What's your guys temps like?

[Nainoa]

-15 this morning. Man, I was REALLY hoping that we'd start seeing 20's now. March and April do frustrate though because it will still be cool. Hell, we had that ice storm a few years back in April.

What's your guys temps like?

Well... They said it was "Going to be 10 to 15 degrees colder" in the northwest corner of the state.

I started the truck this morning at Dead Zero...

But this is just a cold burp... We'll actually be back to "Average" by Sunday... And Above Average moving into next week.

And the "Nainoa-Advanced Forecast" is pointing at... 2 weeks slightly above average...

Then the March Lion should hit... Followed by a late March Lamb, and ultimately an Early spring April.

The "SUPER Long Nainoa Forecast" then calls for an above average wet and rainy May.

[jwdjrs]

I said almost :mad:


At least we have something called electricity here :D lol j/k

The power company finally get you taken care of?After almost 20 days, yes the power is on. All the broken poles are still laying at the end of my driveway and down through the fields


Mornin everybody


Morning Man...

HOw's that cold snap treating you up there?Afternoon guys

[Nainoa]

After almost 20 days, yes the power is on. All the broken poles are still laying at the end of my driveway and down through the fields



Afternoon guys

Well... Go cut those bad boys up and have yourself one hell of a black smoke bonfire this 4th of July!

You can cut yourself up some stools for company, out of the pole remnants.

[burlyman619]

-15 this morning. Man, I was REALLY hoping that we'd start seeing 20's now. March and April do frustrate though because it will still be cool. Hell, we had that ice storm a few years back in April.

What's your guys temps like?

70 in the afternoon

[PLANETGETLOW]

After almost 20 days, yes the power is on. All the broken poles are still laying at the end of my driveway and down through the fields



Afternoon guys
Hey man........power up yet?


70 in the afternoon

Neg'd all day......

[Savonadego]

Go down to either the Outer Banks or Wilmington. You'll do better, the charters are cheaper and the people are nicer. F*CK MARYLAND!!! :mad: Hell, I could be on the Gulf Stream from Oregon Inlet in an hour fishing for smokers, Wahoo and Mahi, then switch over to chunkin' for tuna. I have trip this summer to go spearfishing for Hoo and Tuna off NC. I better get something, I just dropped $800 on a fukn speargun, lol! :D

thats what i was thinking lol i will check out south

we just wanted to stay close to home

i am going to check out maine too

[GREENFEATHER]

thats what i was thinking lol i will check out south

we just wanted to stay close to home

i am going to check out maine too

Don't know anything about Maine other than it's got lobsters and it's up there in YANKEE territory! :eek: :D When I wanna go to the Gulf Stream, it's off NC somewhere like Oregon Inlet or Wilmington. If you're not chartering, please be careful of those inlets, they are some of the most dangerous in the world for shifting sand shoals! RED RIGHT RETURN, LIVE IT, KNOW IT!

[fitnessman]

Well... Go cut those bad boys up and have yourself one hell of a black smoke bonfire this 4th of July!

You can cut yourself up some stools for company, out of the pole remnants.

Don't want to burn those. The **** they treat them with is not good to get in your lungs.

[fitnessman]

Don't know anything about Maine other than it's got lobsters and it's up there in YANKEE territory! :eek: :D When I wanna go to the Gulf Stream, it's off NC somewhere like Oregon Inlet or Wilmington. If you're not chartering, please be careful of those inlets, they are some of the most dangerous in the world for shifting sand shoals! RED RIGHT RETURN, LIVE IT, KNOW IT!

Negged for no crabcakes this weekend!

[Mindripper]

Morning Ramblers!

11 degrees here but Sunny... And its Friday.

[blkbelt42]

Morning Ramblers!

11 degrees here but Sunny... And its Friday.
Morning all! TGIF.

Yep, not much better here bro, at
least there's some sunshine.

[PLANETGETLOW]

I think we're supposed to get out of the single digits this weekend and back to 20's.....

TGIF!!

[GREENFEATHER]

Negged for no crabcakes this weekend!

When I got in yesterday M was in the process of negging the offending parties. I walk into "Thanks you stupid fukn bitch for ruining my weekend" and her hanging up. ****bag help FTMFL! :mad: We'll be doing crabcakes soon, I'm caught up and M thinks she has people to fill the 2 positions.

[fitnessman]

When I got in yesterday M was in the process of negging the offending parties. I walk into "Thanks you stupid fukn bitch for ruining my weekend" and her hanging up. ****bag help FTMFL! :mad: We'll be doing crabcakes soon, I'm caught up and M thinks she has people to fill the 2 positions.

I expect a fed ex package over nighted to me :mad:

Nah matter of fact I have staying town this weekend. I dont have enough gas money to get to camp :(

[storm1507]

Good morning ramblers.

Maine is nice. I didn't fish there, but really enjoyed the trip. If you go very far up north, brush up on your French. :D

[PLANETGETLOW]

Good morning ramblers.

Maine is nice. I didn't fish there, but really enjoyed the trip. If you go very far up north, brush up on your French. :D

Morning!!

[Nainoa]

I think we're supposed to get out of the single digits this weekend and back to 20's.....

TGIF!!


Supposed to get up to 28 on Sunday... 33 on Monday...

[PLANETGETLOW]

Supposed to get up to 28 on Sunday... 33 on Monday...

You have any snow left?

[One More Time]

Need ideas...I been doing some research and it seems I am not the only one with this problem, but haven't found a solution yet. All this was done over the phone with no signing.



To make a long story short...I was going to refinance and was charged a nonrefundable $400 fee....I was told this fee was for appraisal, some paperwork, & a good faith down payment. I backed out less than 24hrs later and even emailed the guy so I would have proof. I understand that the $400 was nonrefundable, but I also understand that none of the services for the $400 were rendered....I mean there is no way they were out $400 in less than 24hrs. I disputed it through my cc company, but Countrywide won't respond. Do I have a leg to stand on? Ideas?


If I can't get the money back, I am thinking about calling Countrywide and demanding my appraisal just to be an arse.

[|ceman]

Need ideas...I been doing some research and it seems I am not the only one with this problem, but haven't found a solution yet. All this was done over the phone with no signing.



To make a long story short...I was going to refinance and was charged a nonrefundable $400 fee....I was told this fee was for appraisal, some paperwork, & a good faith down payment. I backed out less than 24hrs later and even emailed the guy so I would have proof. I understand that the $400 was nonrefundable, but I also understand that none of the services for the $400 were rendered....I mean there is no way they were out $400 in less than 24hrs. I disputed it through my cc company, but Countrywide won't respond. Do I have a leg to stand on? Ideas?


If I can't get the money back, I am thinking about calling Countrywide and demanding my appraisal just to be an arse.

So you want a refund on your "non refundable" fee? I assume you signed paperwork or otherwise gave approval to pay said "non refundable" fee?

Good luck, but I think you're out $400. Get whatever services you can for that sunk cost.

[fitnessman]

Need ideas...I been doing some research and it seems I am not the only one with this problem, but haven't found a solution yet. All this was done over the phone with no signing.



To make a long story short...I was going to refinance and was charged a nonrefundable $400 fee....I was told this fee was for appraisal, some paperwork, & a good faith down payment. I backed out less than 24hrs later and even emailed the guy so I would have proof. I understand that the $400 was nonrefundable, but I also understand that none of the services for the $400 were rendered....I mean there is no way they were out $400 in less than 24hrs. I disputed it through my cc company, but Countrywide won't respond. Do I have a leg to stand on? Ideas?


If I can't get the money back, I am thinking about calling Countrywide and demanding my appraisal just to be an arse.

400 bucks buh-bye.

:(

[Nainoa]

You have any snow left?

Just a crust, about 2 inches deep... And then of course banks and such...

How thick is it up there?

[One More Time]

So you want a refund on your "non refundable" fee? I assume you signed paperwork or otherwise gave approval to pay said "non refundable" fee?

Good luck, but I think you're out $400. Get whatever services you can for that sunk cost.

Didn't sign anything. I did verbally agree to it....it included an appraisal etc. which they did not do. That is why I want the $400. Like I said I am thinking about demanding the appraisal just because I paid for it.


400 bucks buh-bye.

:(

I am beginning to think so too.

[Nainoa]

Need ideas...I been doing some research and it seems I am not the only one with this problem, but haven't found a solution yet. All this was done over the phone with no signing.



To make a long story short...I was going to refinance and was charged a nonrefundable $400 fee....I was told this fee was for appraisal, some paperwork, & a good faith down payment. I backed out less than 24hrs later and even emailed the guy so I would have proof. I understand that the $400 was nonrefundable, but I also understand that none of the services for the $400 were rendered....I mean there is no way they were out $400 in less than 24hrs. I disputed it through my cc company, but Countrywide won't respond. Do I have a leg to stand on? Ideas?


If I can't get the money back, I am thinking about calling Countrywide and demanding my appraisal just to be an arse.


Well.. You have to look at this pragmatically, instead of ideologically...

Could you Sue in small claims court... Fight it out for a year... And incur 2-3,000 dollars worth of legal fees, and filing fees?

I would say... 75% chance... That yes... If you spend $2-3K to make that happen, and lose a ton of your time dicking around with our inconvenient legal system... You could get that $400 back.

But it won't be worth it.

I would say get the appraisal and all that done... Make them render the services you requested...

And then tuck the info away in a drawer and hope you can find a way to make it work for you later.

Now if they don't render the service, when you ask them to...

Then they're in Breach of Contract... And it "MIGHT" give you a better leg to stand on...

Beyond that...

Say goodbye to the cash!

[Nainoa]

Didn't sign anything. I did verbally agree to it....it included an appraisal etc. which they did not do. That is why I want the $400. Like I said I am thinking about demanding the appraisal just because I paid for it.



I am beginning to think so too.

So you didn't sign any contract...

Did you cut them a check?

Has the check been cashed?

If not... Just call the bank and cancel the check... **** in an envelope and mail it to them.

[PLANETGETLOW]

Just a crust, about 2 inches deep... And then of course banks and such...

How thick is it up there?

Still have about 1-2' on the ground.....

[GREENFEATHER]

Check with your atty general's office OMT and see what they think. If they say yes, tell them you'll see them in small claims court. Go to that court get the docs, fill them out and fax a copy over to Countywide. That's worked for me before. ;) The worst you're out a some of your time, most places don't wish to deal with the hassles of the attorney general's office or small claims court. What you're doing is subsidizing their piss poor loan evaluations that have landed them in the ****.:mad: I'm all about using the legal system to deal with people and not afraid to haul your ass there.

[One More Time]

Well.. You have to look at this pragmatically, instead of ideologically...

Could you Sue in small claims court... Fight it out for a year... And incur 2-3,000 dollars worth of legal fees, and filing fees?

I would say... 75% chance... That yes... If you spend $2-3K to make that happen, and lose a ton of your time dicking around with our inconvenient legal system... You could get that $400 back.

But it won't be worth it.

I would say get the appraisal and all that done... Make them render the services you requested...

And then tuck the info away in a drawer and hope you can find a way to make it work for you later.

Now if they don't render the service, when you ask them to...

Then they're in Breach of Contract... And it "MIGHT" give you a better leg to stand on...

Beyond that...

Say goodbye to the cash!

You are right....even though I am requested the appraisal to be an arse, they might not do it, thus breaching the contract


So you didn't sign any contract...

Did you cut them a check?

Has the check been cashed?

If not... Just call the bank and cancel the check... **** in an envelope and mail it to them.

Credit card. Everything was done over the phone. I had my credit card company dispute the claim, but Countrywide won't respond to them.


Check with your atty general's office OMT and see what they think. If they say yes, tell them you'll see them in small claims court. Go to that court get the docs, fill them out and fax a copy over to Countywide. That's worked for me before. ;) The worst you're out a some of your time, most places don't wish to deal with the hassles of the attorney general's office or small claims court. What you're doing is subsidizing their piss poor loan evaluations that have landed them in the ****.:mad: I'm all about using the legal system to deal with people and not afraid to haul your ass there.

That sounds like a good idea too. Right now I have a guy from BOA trying to get the money reimbursed.

[burlyman619]

What should I do for my birthday? (22nd)

[fitnessman]

What should I do for my birthday? (22nd)

Eat and drink dur.

[burlyman619]

Eat and drink dur.

Like drink water and stuff?

[fitnessman]

Like drink water and stuff?

Ya water! That's it!

[MISSINGLINK]

What should I do for my birthday? (22nd)

Have fun?

[burlyman619]

Ya water! That's it!

IDK man, i get pretty crazy when I drink that stuff.




Maybe some soco/ country bar and hank williams jr will do the trick.


Because all my roudy friends have settled down.

[C. Griswald]

hookers and blow?

[GREENFEATHER]

What should I do for my birthday? (22nd)

Titties and beer, can't go wrong with titties and beer!!! :D


Ya water! That's it!

Never touch the stuff, fish fuk in it! :eek: :D

[fitnessman]

Titties and beer, can't go wrong with titties and beer!!! :D


Thank God I ain't queer!

[burlyman619]

0ylRplLnU84

[One More Time]

What should I do for my birthday? (22nd)


As the old gone, but not forgotten rambler Budweiser would say....


grillin' & swillin'

[One More Time]

Thank God I ain't queer!

x infinity (no lisp)

[Nainoa]

What should I do for my birthday? (22nd)

I say... Pack up all your gear into the truck...

Google up directions to Pyramid Lake... And one of the various campgrounds...

Drive up there... pick up some beer, whiskey Red wine and cigars on the way...

Stop off at a butchershop... Buy some charcoal and a Porterhouse steak, some potatoes, and tin foil...

And camp out for a night/the weekend. Cook a goddam steak... Watch the sun set... And try to find a pier to fish from... Or a Canoe Rental.

Bring the wife with and see if you can get your dick wet.

[burlyman619]

I forgot to mention that Im geting devoriced and broke lol


So Im looking at doing the "pre-game" thing and drinking at home then going out.

[One More Time]

Bring the wife with and see if you can get your dick wet.

This of course depends on how long you been married. If you been married long she might do more bitching than sexing. :D

[burlyman619]

Im getting teh penor wet for sure.


brb being 22 and recently single.

[Nainoa]

Im getting teh penor wet for sure.


brb being 22 and recently single.

Trying to think...

What did I do for my 22nd birthday?


I think I had a bonfire in the back yard and then PiitB on my girlfriend.

[burlyman619]

Trying to think...

What did I do for my 22nd birthday?


I think I had a bonfire in the back yard and then PiitB on my girlfriend.

*high five*



I say that grated that you pulled out clean. :)

[Nainoa]

*high five*



I say that grated that you pulled out clean. :)

Not sure...

That was during my "Heavy Drinking Days" when I made the movie "Leaving Las Vegas" seem like "Driving Miss Daisy."

There were A LOT of nights in there, where I'd black out on my feet, at 8:00 pm and then wake up the next morning naked, laying in the flower bed in the front yard soaked in whiskey and a mouth that tastes like fish.

[Mindripper]

Not sure...

That was during my "Heavy Drinking Days" when I made the movie "Leaving Las Vegas" seem like "Driving Miss Daisy."

There were A LOT of nights in there, where I'd black out on my feet, at 8:00 pm and then wake up the next morning naked, laying in the flower bed in the front yard soaked in whiskey and a mouth that tastes like fish.

At least you didn't end up in a bath tub full of ice with one kidney. :eek:

[C. Griswald]

im pretty sure i made it home but passed out in my front yard when i turned 22

[PLANETGETLOW]

In for huge natural bewbs

[MISSINGLINK]

In for huge natural bewbs

Ditto

[fitnessman]

http://i29.tinypic.com/33kdwm0.jpg

[Nainoa]

At least you didn't end up in a bath tub full of ice with one kidney. :eek:

Nah... That was 24...

[PLANETGETLOW]

http://i29.tinypic.com/33kdwm0.jpg

LOL, there's some really good ones using that theme.

[PLANETGETLOW]

OMG, I hope she don't slip on the tile!!

7eTX-TSjaUQ

[Crookshanks]

Hey ramblers. Wassup. Hope everyone is doing fine. :)

Expecting my spirits to brighten as the days get longer. At least I hope it still works that way for me.
Hoping one day to get my enthusiasm back for winter. Don't know what happened, but for the last 5 years or so, winter kicks my ass. And it's all mental.

[GREENFEATHER]

This of course depends on how long you been married. If you been married long she might do more bitching than sexing. :D

M and I have been together almost 25 years and we just bought a "swing", I'll let you figure out what "type" of swing. ;) Y'all doing something wrong.

[Nainoa]

M and I have been together almost 25 years and we just bought a "swing", I'll let you figure out what "type" of swing. ;) Y'all doing something wrong.

Thanks... But... Really... I don't need another frackin' groin tear... It was bad enough the first time.

Best advice I can give you...

"Wear shoes with lots of traction!"

:D

[Nainoa]

Hey ramblers. Wassup. Hope everyone is doing fine. :)

Expecting my spirits to brighten as the days get longer. At least I hope it still works that way for me.
Hoping one day to get my enthusiasm back for winter. Don't know what happened, but for the last 5 years or so, winter kicks my ass. And it's all mental.

Seasona Affective Disorder...

Chow some Vitamin A, D and C...

Drink some whiskey... Go get laid twice and PM me in the morning.

;)

[GREENFEATHER]

Seasona Affective Disorder...

Chow some Vitamin A, D and C...

Drink some whiskey... Go get laid twice and PM me in the morning.

;)

Brightly light a room as well, it works for me. Last year I was in a snit this time of year, but with the fishroom being like the Sun on Earth, it's helped somewhat with my SAD. I can't wait till I'm out of this area FOR GOOD!!

[Nainoa]

OMG, I hope she don't slip on the tile!!

7eTX-TSjaUQ

Dude...

Turn that chick's hair sandy Brown... And it's my wife!

Though she doesn't seem to spread a lot of oil on herself!

[One More Time]

M and I have been together almost 25 years and we just bought a "swing", I'll let you figure out what "type" of swing. ;) Y'all doing something wrong.

lol. :cool:

[Crookshanks]

Seasona Affective Disorder...

Chow some Vitamin A, D and C...

Drink some whiskey... Go get laid twice and PM me in the morning.

;)


Brightly light a room as well, it works for me. Last year I was in a snit this time of year, but with the fishroom being like the Sun on Earth, it's helped somewhat with my SAD. I can't wait till I'm out of this area FOR GOOD!!

Well I accomplished something, at least. Got transportation reliable enough to be able to join a gym again after 2 years.
Small gym but open 24/7, and the best thing is that it's 2 1/2 miles from my house.
Joined mostly for the treadmills and bikes and ellipticals.
My treadmill has been broken for over a year and I've been forced outside for my cardio.
In decent weather that's cool, but when winter comes, it's a different story.
Add to that that I'm running on a second shift schedule, and I find myself lacking a lot of what sunlight is available.
This helps. Been going twice a day, just to do 3-4 miles of walking. :D Knees don't really allow for running.
I do take a lot of vits and sups, but I'll look into increasing A and D. Already take a gram of C on top of what's in my Multi.

[burlyman619]

Seasona Affective Disorder...

Chow some Vitamin A, D and C...

Drink some whiskey... Go get laid twice and PM me in the morning.

;)


great advice.


ESP the whiskey and getting laid part.

[GREENFEATHER]

Seasona Affective Disorder...

Chow some Vitamin A, D and C...

Drink some whiskey... Go get laid twice and PM me in the morning.

;)

Only twice? I was thinking 3-4 times to purge well, then start again in the am. :D

I'm making a pot of chicken soup. I cooked it on the hardwood to get flavour, now it's boiling for the next 2 hours. ****ty assed weather here today, it's a good soup day.

[Nainoa]

Only twice? I was thinking 3-4 times to purge well, then start again in the am. :D

I'm making a pot of chicken soup. I cooked it on the hardwood to get flavour, now it's boiling for the next 2 hours. ****ty assed weather here today, it's a good soup day.

Yeah wife and I boiled up a chicken yesterday actually...

It's absolutely amazing how much better and better for you real, home made chicken soup is, compared to even the best canned soup.

*****

One of the things I work on is teaching my friends the value of getting away from bull**** processed foods...

Once a year we all get together up at this cabin deep in Chippewa National Forest... And I expose them to "Real Food."

*****

I'm even right now working on the menu for that trip, and it isn't until the second to last week of August...

But chicken & roasted tomato sandwich and chicken soup, are already a lock on the menu...

I mean for $8 for a large chicken... For 2 large meals... Not only is it cheap... It's friggin' AWESOME!

[burlyman619]

Yeah wife and I boiled up a chicken yesterday actually...

It's absolutely amazing how much better and better for you real, home made chicken soup is, compared to even the best canned soup.

*****

One of the things I work on is teaching my friends the value of getting away from bull**** processed foods...

Once a year we all get together up at this cabin deep in Chippewa National Forest... And I expose them to "Real Food."

*****

I'm even right now working on the menu for that trip, and it isn't until the second to last week of August...

But chicken & roasted tomato sandwich and chicken soup, are already a lock on the menu...

I mean for $8 for a large chicken... For 2 large meals... Not only is it cheap... It's friggin' AWESOME!


do you have any recipes?

[Nainoa]

do you have any recipes?

Yes....

Piles...

But the real key to learning how to cook in powerful ways... Is really... basic...

It's just a matter of paying critical attention and care to what you're doing...

In order to make a dish excellent... It needs to be treated like a work of art... And not just "Making food hot."

*****

I mean really...

All this is... Butcher a chicken...

Reserve the breasts on the bone with skin on...

Take the remainder of the chicken... Put it in a pot with some aromatic vegetables... Onions, carrots & Celery...

Set it to a slow boil... Realy... Call it a manly simmer... Not even a boil!

Then just let it simmer for like 3 hours...

Strain out the chicken from the broth...

Take 15 minuts picking all the meat from any bone or cartiledge.

Cut some more onion, carrot and celery... Add it and the chicken meat back into the broth...

Simmer...

Add salt and pepper, and a dash of Oregano, Parsley and cilantro. (Freeze dried herbs are best.)


When the carrots are almost getting soft...

Add a generous handful of egg noodles... Then turn the heat off and cover...

Wait 10 minutes... Noodles and Carrots should be soft...

Time to chow down.

*****

The protein and nutrients in that bowl of soup... From all the marrow and gelatin boiling out of the bones... Plus the meat...

I'd have to have someone measure it... But I wouldn't be surprised if it has as much protein as a Whey shake!

*****


Something to keep in mind is that there is enough gelatin in there to turn it into "Chicken Jello" when it cools... (If you re-heat it later the gelatin become molten... But it's still has maximum magic fresh from the pot.)

So I just do it when I'm like dead ass hungry... Or say fighting an all day hangover.

And then I just leave the pot covered... Stays hot and warm for like 3 hours... And then I just keep picking off bowl after bowl

[GREENFEATHER]

Yeah wife and I boiled up a chicken yesterday actually...

It's absolutely amazing how much better and better for you real, home made chicken soup is, compared to even the best canned soup.

*****

One of the things I work on is teaching my friends the value of getting away from bull**** processed foods...

Once a year we all get together up at this cabin deep in Chippewa National Forest... And I expose them to "Real Food."

*****

I'm even right now working on the menu for that trip, and it isn't until the second to last week of August...

But chicken & roasted tomato sandwich and chicken soup, are already a lock on the menu...

I mean for $8 for a large chicken... For 2 large meals... Not only is it cheap... It's friggin' AWESOME!


Jesus, they rape y'all for whole chickens up there. If I don't have one fresh from the farm, $4 max for a good roaster. Throw a couple Roma tomatoes in there too, adds a whole different dimension to the soup. Screw egg noodles, make dumplings instead.

[Nainoa]

Jesus, they rape y'all for whole chickens up there. If I don't have one fresh from the farm, $4 max for a good roaster. Throw a couple Roma tomatoes in there too, adds a whole different dimension to the soup. Screw egg noodles, make dumplings instead.

Yeah... Sorry... It's $8 for 2 chickens...

Normally I don't make a soup without tomatoes in it... But Chicken noodle, I tend to give it a pass on the Toms.

But pretty much every other (Non-potato) soup I make uses tomato as a base.


*****

Dumplings...

Growing up... My Mother always tried to make dumplings... And she always, always, always failed... Often miserably.

So while I appreciate the average German style dumpling... It's just doesn't ring the "Comfort Food" bell in my head... And chicken noodle is pretty the penultimate comfort food.

[PLANETGETLOW]

Another Monday......... *at least employed* :D

[Mindripper]

Another Monday......... *at least employed* :D


I hear that... F*ck monday though. :p

Took my kid sledding @ the local suicide hill this weekend. At this there were no serious injuries.

[3kgtjunkie]

mornin ramblers...

trainin a guy at 5 & endocrinology at 8 can go to hell. I hate mondays and wednesdays ha

[PLANETGETLOW]

I hear that... F*ck monday though. :p

Took my kid sledding @ the local suicide hill this weekend. At this there were no serious injuries.
Dude, it's not starting off good.......

Good news on no injuries though.



mornin ramblers...

trainin a guy at 5 & endocrinology at 8 can go to hell. I hate mondays and wednesdays ha

Morning.......

[jwdjrs]

Morning....Thinking about buying a rental house, not sure what I should do :confused:

[Nainoa]

Dude, it's not starting off good.......

Good news on no injuries though.




Morning.......


Yeah so far I've been awake for an hour and five minutes of nothing but futile rage!

****

Say PGL... What are they saying up there about this storm coming in on Wed-Thurs?

[Mindripper]

Dude, it's not starting off good.......

Good news on no injuries though.




Morning.......

Mondays are way, way NFG.

LOL - People here crying due to an internet issue. Cry more... Our proxy crashed and is rebuilding now but sense I'm the admin... No such proxy applies. :)

[PLANETGETLOW]

Yeah so far I've been awake for an hour and five minutes of nothing but futile rage!

****

Say PGL... What are they saying up there about this storm coming in on Wed-Thurs?
Well, we're supposed to be in the teens and 20's for today and tomorrow then go back to single digits until about .........hell, here ya go :D

http://i40.tinypic.com/2up5yqs.jpg


Mondays are way, way NFG.

LOL - People here crying due to an internet issue. Cry more... Our proxy crashed and is rebuilding now but sense I'm the admin... No such proxy applies. :)

Man, already 1/2 dozen "I forgot my password and the account is locked."

I'm due for change, really I am.

[Nainoa]

Mondays are way, way NFG.

LOL - People here crying due to an internet issue. Cry more... Our proxy crashed and is rebuilding now but sense I'm the admin... No such proxy applies. :)

See... Now this is one of those things where we need to allow a certain level of "Justifiable Violence" into our society.

Like Customer Service people would be nicer to you, if you were looming over them with a snarl on your face and a clenched fist, rather than talking to them in Punjab India, over the phone.

Same thing should apply to office life on Mondays...

Just like how you have "Casual Friday." We should have "Watch out... Piss me off and I'll punch you in the face" Monday.

I mean really... Imagine how much people would shut the hell up and be busy about holding their end up, if they just lived in fear that you could kick the **** out of them with impunity!

:D

[Nainoa]

Well, we're supposed to be in the teens and 20's for today and tomorrow then go back to single digits until about .........hell, here ya go :D

http://i40.tinypic.com/2up5yqs.jpg



Okay... So Wed-thurs which down here is "70% chance of significant snow fall" is "Slight chance of snow" up there...

Meaning it's track is taking it from the south... So it will be moisture fed.

******

Looks like Life/God is loading another F-150 Adventure into the tubes for me this week.

Law states that all fish houses have to be off the lake by the end of this weekend...

I'm going up for a trip on Friday Afternoon through Sunday...

Fish house is currently 1.6 miles from shore...

If we get a massive dump of 12-14 inches of snow... On Thursday...

I'm pretty sure no one is going to plow a road out to me with the season closing...

This is going to be a friggin' 4-wheel drive slobber-knocker!

[PLANETGETLOW]

Okay... So Wed-thurs which down here is "70% chance of significant snow fall" is "Slight chance of snow" up there...

Meaning it's track is taking it from the south... So it will be moisture fed.

******

Looks like Life/God is loading another F-150 Adventure into the tubes for me this week.

Law states that all fish houses have to be off the lake by the end of this weekend...

I'm going up for a trip on Friday Afternoon through Sunday...

Fish house is currently 1.6 miles from shore...

If we get a massive dump of 12-14 inches of snow... On Thursday...

I'm pretty sure no one is going to plow a road out to me with the season closing...

This is going to be a friggin' 4-wheel drive slobber-knocker!

Damn, serious?? I'll have to check the river to see how many people stay late with their houses.

[Nainoa]

Damn, serious?? I'll have to check the river to see how many people stay late with their houses.

It might be mid March up by you...

There's a line in the state... If you're south of it, like I am... "You cannot leave your house unattended over night... After March 2nd"

But if you're north of... I think it's Hwy 2 up by Leech... Then they give you an extra 2 weeks...

****

Still... no one in their right mind should be driving on the ice after say the 1st weekend of March this year...

That ice pack is pretty shallow compared to most years...

And mark my words... The shore ice will catch someone this year!

[fitnessman]

And mark my words... The shore ice will catch someone this year!


Doesn't it every year?

[PLANETGETLOW]

Doesn't it every year?

They're pretty ignorant up this way too. They'll take it to the limit.

[Savonadego]

I expect a fed ex package over nighted to me :mad:

Nah matter of fact I have staying town this weekend. I dont have enough gas money to get to camp :(

hey man pm me your "home" addy i have something to send you bro

*PINK THONG*

[PLANETGETLOW]

hey man pm me your "home" addy i have something to send you bro

*PINK THONG*

He forget something at your place?

[Nainoa]

Doesn't it every year?

Early ice... Seems like there's always an incident of a couple people using thin ice as an extra parking lot, and it gives...

But late season...

Usually after Walleye Closer (Which happened this past Saturday) you've got a good 3 weeks that you can still drive on... Maybe 2 if March is a Lamb-Lion...

Then you hit Mid March and it's a battle between the Heat sink of the main basin's massive ice sheet and the sun...

And you can kind of watch the shore and know how the shore ice will be for that day...

Once you cross that threshold where the heat sink of the main basin is "Losing" it can go ridiculously fast.

Every year in late March/Early April people walk onto the ice and get trapped when the shore melts away.

******

This year... I think this is going to happen to some trucks...

The heat sink of the main basin is way weak this year...

Right now we've got 24-27 inches of ice... When usually it's 34-37 inches... Or sometimes 42" "Up North."

So that heat sink is going to loose the battle versus the sun sooner this year than usual... And I bet it's going to get some of the "Good Old Boys" trapped!

[Nainoa]

hey man pm me your "home" addy i have something to send you bro

*PINK THONG*


You guys still trading that same pair of Pajama Pants back and forth?

Anyone bother to wash them yet?

:D
;)

[fitnessman]

Anyone bother to wash them yet?

:D
;)

What fun would that be?!

[Nainoa]

What fun would that be?!

Yeah I mean really... What's a little crusty nut sweat and body soil between friends?


******

BTW... Started Sanding the varnish off the old table...

Suckin' a lot more balls than I originaly thought!

[Savonadego]

He forget something at your place?
Pajama Pants ;)

You guys still trading that same pair of Pajama Pants back and forth?

Anyone bother to wash them yet?

:D
;)

i just needed to teach him to shake it 3 times

it keeps the yellow stains down

[Nainoa]

Pajama Pants ;)


i just needed to teach him to shake it 3 times

it keeps the yellow stains down

Well... I guess soaked in Yellow stains is better than White and Flaky ones!

:eek:
:D

[Savonadego]

Well... I guess soaked in Yellow stains is better than White and Flaky ones!

:eek:
:D

true

how was your ice season catch wise
it dident sound like you got out much

i only got out 2 days :(

[Nainoa]

true

how was your ice season catch wise
it dident sound like you got out much

i only got out 2 days :(

It was slow...

But better than last year... (Last year being the worst season ever!)

If you count this coming trip...

Out of 14 possible trips this season...

I got out for 8 trips...

Last year was 9...

It's just this year was a lot more 1 day or 1 night trips...

Mainly because in the beginning my partner was unemployed... So I was footing the bill...

Then he got a job and moved away... And so now I'm fishing on someone else's schedule all the time.


Catch wise...

Walleye numbers sucked... As did Pike...

Lots and Lots of perch... Lots of sorting, but could bring home a meal per trip...

Part of what killed me was the snow kept me from really moving around much on a part of this lake that I never ice fish, and really don't fish much during the summer...

So even though I fish Alexander a lot in the summer... All of my hotspots are on the other side.

****

Kind of excited about this weekend... As I know where the Slab Crappies Spawn... And I know that by now they're staged up in the bay just outside of it...

So we're going up for one last tript to try and slay them before bringing the fish house home...

And then I'm converting it into a wood heated green house!

:D

[3kgtjunkie]

Morning....Thinking about buying a rental house, not sure what I should do :confused:

id say if you got the credit this would be the time do so. get the house cheap, and alot of people are looking for rental homes. thats the way it is around elizabethtown anyway

[Nainoa]

id say if you got the credit this would be the time do so. get the house cheap, and alot of people are looking for rental homes. thats the way it is around elizabethtown anyway

I think it kind of depends on location...

Up here... Renting is acceptable in the city limits itself...

But if it's not in an urban location, renting and even a patio home is a repugnant idea.

Now a part of that is land value... And another part of that is the oppinion of people who are 1 generation removed from the farm...

Where if you don't have the free will to till a garden, or make a fire pit, park a boat, it greatly lowers the value.

******

With any property though it's always going to depend on the details of location and demographics...

My city has 2 universities, and 3 tech colleges... So near campus housing, there's actually a housing crisis.

*****

And then you have the question of how much work to bring it up to code?

And are you willing and able to do said work?

[jwdjrs]

id say if you got the credit this would be the time do so. get the house cheap, and alot of people are looking for rental homes. thats the way it is around elizabethtown anywayit's a 1800 sq ft brick home, with a large barn/garage about 100 feet behind the house

Century 21 said they think the house,garage and 2 acres is worth around 110,000. I think I can buy it for around 75,000, and put around 20,000 down and put it on a 15 year loan which would make the payment 462 a month

House rents for around 550 a month, and the same people has been in there for around 6 years. a buddy of mine has a landscaping company and said he would give me 300 a month to store a couple of trucks and equipment in the garage out back

The only problem is that the house is in a flood zone, 10 years ago when we had that ''Monster'' flood, water got in the house :(

The garage has 2 new overhead doors on it, and has the potential to add 1 or 2 more, it's that big, 80 % of the floor is concrete

[3kgtjunkie]

it's a 1800 sq ft brick home, with a large barn/garage about 100 feet behind the house

Century 21 said they think the house,garage and 2 acres is worth around 110,000. I think I can buy it for around 75,000, and put around 20,000 down and put it on a 15 year loan which would make the payment 462 a month

House rents for around 550 a month, and the same people has been in there for around 6 years. a buddy of mine has a landscaping company and said he would give me 300 a month to store a couple of trucks and equipment in the garage out back

The only problem is that the house is in a flood zone, 10 years ago when we had that ''Monster'' flood, water got in the house :(

The garage has 2 new overhead doors on it, and has the potential to add 1 or 2 more, it's that big, 80 % of the floor is concrete

thats a toughy with it being in the flood zone but that'll def help you get it for the right price. are you close to western or another college?

[Nainoa]

it's a 1800 sq ft brick home, with a large barn/garage about 100 feet behind the house

Century 21 said they think the house,garage and 2 acres is worth around 110,000. I think I can buy it for around 75,000, and put around 20,000 down and put it on a 15 year loan which would make the payment 462 a month

House rents for around 550 a month, and the same people has been in there for around 6 years. a buddy of mine has a landscaping company and said he would give me 300 a month to store a couple of trucks and equipment in the garage out back

The only problem is that the house is in a flood zone, 10 years ago when we had that ''Monster'' flood, water got in the house :(

The garage has 2 new overhead doors on it, and has the potential to add 1 or 2 more, it's that big, 80 % of the floor is concrete

Damn... Real Estate is definitely cheaper down there than it is up here!

******

Now about this Flood situation...

Is this...

A: When a Freak Monster Flood comes through once every 20 years, the basement gets a foot or 2 of water.

B: When a Freak Monster Flood comes through once every 20 years, the house is completely soaked, and only the brick and barn is left undestroyed by water.

C: When a Monster flood comes through once every 5-10 years, the basement gets a foot or 2 of water.

D: When a Monster flood comes through once every 5-10 years, the house is completely soaked, and only the brick and barn is left undestroyed by water.

[jwdjrs]

thats a toughy with it being in the flood zone but that'll def help you get it for the right price. are you close to western or another college?15 minutes outside Owensboro

[Nainoa]

If Mary and Lucy are room mates and Mary leaves for the day forgetting her book bag... And she is driving east at 200 Miles per hour... And Lucy tries to catch up to her driving 262 Miles Per Hour... It means that Lucy will catch up to Mary at a rate of 62 MPH...

Now in the same situation... But at higherspeeds...

If Lucy's car can go the speed of light... And she is driving the speed of light 186, 262 Miles per Second... And Mary is driving 262 Miles Per Second...

How fast will Lucy Catch up to Mary.

A: 186,000 MPS
B: 186,000 MPH
C: 186,262 MPS

[jwdjrs]

Damn... Real Estate is definitely cheaper down there than it is up here!

******

Now about this Flood situation...

Is this...

A: When a Freak Monster Flood comes through once every 20 years, the basement gets a foot or 2 of water.

B: When a Freak Monster Flood comes through once every 20 years, the house is completely soaked, and only the brick and barn is left undestroyed by water.

C: When a Monster flood comes through once every 5-10 years, the basement gets a foot or 2 of water.

D: When a Monster flood comes through once every 5-10 years, the house is completely soaked, and only the brick and barn is left undestroyed by water.from what i've been told, the last time water was that high was in the early 1900's, I've never seen it that high in my lifetime

The house has ''no'' basement, and has had a new roof put on in the last 6 or 7 years

[|ceman]

Damn... Real Estate is definitely cheaper down there than it is up here!

******

Now about this Flood situation...

Is this...

A: When a Freak Monster Flood comes through once every 20 years, the basement gets a foot or 2 of water.

B: When a Freak Monster Flood comes through once every 20 years, the house is completely soaked, and only the brick and barn is left undestroyed by water.

C: When a Monster flood comes through once every 5-10 years, the basement gets a foot or 2 of water.

D: When a Monster flood comes through once every 5-10 years, the house is completely soaked, and only the brick and barn is left undestroyed by water.

You forgot E:

When a Freak Monster Flood comes through once every 20 years, the house and barn are completely washed away.

:D

[Savonadego]

If Mary and Lucy are room mates and Mary leaves for the day forgetting her book bag... And she is driving east at 200 Miles per hour... And Lucy tries to catch up to her driving 262 Miles Per Hour... It means that Lucy will catch up to Mary at a rate of 62 MPH...

Now in the same situation... But at higherspeeds...

If Lucy's car can go the speed of light... And she is driving the speed of light 186, 262 Miles per Second... And Mary is driving 262 Miles Per Second...

How fast will Lucy Catch up to Mary.

A: 186,000 MPS
B: 186,000 MPH
C: 186,262 MPS

A?
she cant travel at the speed of light

[fitnessman]

A?
she cant travel at the speed of light

Looking for cough sryup...

[Savonadego]

here is one
Okay,
You see a storm approaching, and put a
stopwatch on a flash of lightning off in the distance.
It takes precisely 27.5 seconds for the sound from that
blast to reach your ears. Within 1/8 mile, how far away
was the flash of lightning in nautical miles?

[Savonadego]

Looking for cough sryup...
well whats the ansure

[jwdjrs]

here is one
Okay,
You see a storm approaching, and put a
stopwatch on a flash of lightning off in the distance.
It takes precisely 27.5 seconds for the sound from that
blast to reach your ears. Within 1/8 mile, how far away
was the flash of lightning in nautical miles?Watch out man, |ceman is good at these quizes :) Like when his ghey science teacher asked him ''how many licks it takes to find the center of a tootsie roll'', Not only did he answer him, he showed him too.......:)

[|ceman]

here is one
Okay,
You see a storm approaching, and put a
stopwatch on a flash of lightning off in the distance.
It takes precisely 27.5 seconds for the sound from that
blast to reach your ears. Within 1/8 mile, how far away
was the flash of lightning in nautical miles?

You must be out in the midwest where the visible horizon is much greater in distance, as that lightning strike was over 25 miles away.

[Savonadego]

You must be out in the midwest where the visible horizon is much greater in distance, as that lightning strike was over 25 miles away.

not even close
of course i cant add 2+2


Answer: 5.0 nm (27.5 / 5.5 =5) Assumes 1,117 ft/sec as the speed of sound.

[Nainoa]

from what i've been told, the last time water was that high was in the early 1900's, I've never seen it that high in my lifetime

The house has ''no'' basement, and has had a new roof put on in the last 6 or 7 years

Okay... So it's a freak flood...

How bad was the Damage?

What's the ball park cost of flood insurance?

[Nainoa]

A?
she cant travel at the speed of light

Well... But clearly she is a pan-morphic being from the 23rd dimension... Also known as an energonic entity...

:D

[Nainoa]

not even close
of course i cant add 2+2


Answer: 5.0 nm (27.5 / 5.5 =5) Assumes 1,117 ft/sec as the speed of sound.

If both Fitty and I eat a bowl of turtle soup, 2 cups of whey protien, and a Red onion... And we both stood in front of a 20 inch box fan and farted at you...

How long would it take you to throw up?

[|ceman]

not even close
of course i cant add 2+2


Answer: 5.0 nm (27.5 / 5.5 =5) Assumes 1,117 ft/sec as the speed of sound.

LOL...I had a brain fart and got owned.

[Savonadego]

If both Fitty and I eat a bowl of turtle soup, 2 cups of whey protien, and a Red onion... And we both stood in front of a 20 inch box fan and farted at you...

How long would it take you to throw up?

2.2 seconds and you wouldent have to be there

[Nainoa]

LOL...I had a brain fart and got owned.

Oooohh... Captain Slide Rule falls to 272-1...

:D

You see Jimmy... He's not a machine... You cut him... He's man!

:D

[Savonadego]

"Name at least four items aboard a vessel that must be labeled as being Coast Guard approved in order to meet Federal and most state requirements."

[Savonadego]

"Convert 38?35'24" to a decimal...(38._ _?)"

[burlyman619]

So I have one last test until I graduate my H60 helicopter school. Im pretty edxcited to graduate and get to fixn **** again.


Sitting indoors all days is not for me......

[storm1507]

it's a 1800 sq ft brick home, with a large barn/garage about 100 feet behind the house

Century 21 said they think the house,garage and 2 acres is worth around 110,000. I think I can buy it for around 75,000, and put around 20,000 down and put it on a 15 year loan which would make the payment 462 a month

House rents for around 550 a month, and the same people has been in there for around 6 years. a buddy of mine has a landscaping company and said he would give me 300 a month to store a couple of trucks and equipment in the garage out back

The only problem is that the house is in a flood zone, 10 years ago when we had that ''Monster'' flood, water got in the house :(

The garage has 2 new overhead doors on it, and has the potential to add 1 or 2 more, it's that big, 80 % of the floor is concrete

Would this be your first rental property? Dad and my brother both have several and it is a pain in the ass. How nice would you be when someone gets behind a month or so?......6 months? If you don't have the tenacity to drop the ball on them quick...don't buy.

Could you handle not having the $550 rent for 6 months or so? If not, don't buy.

How stable is your (and your wife's) jobs...and your marriage while we're at it?
If not stable...don't buy.

If you have made it this far....THEN BUY THE DANG THING!! Should have it paid off about retirement time, but still be of benefit before you die and the kids reap the benefits of all your hard work. :D

[Savonadego]

ok i have to go for the day but............

Answer: Personal Flotation Devices, Visual Distress Signals, Backfire Flame Arrestors, Fire Extinguishers, Marine Sanitation Devices, and perhaps the Certificate of Compliance could be interpreted as a CG approval label for the boat itself. Other safety equipment may be required or recommended, but most do not require CG approval labeling.
__________________
Answer: 38.59? (35'24" = 35.4', and 35.4'/60 = .59?)

[Nainoa]

"Name at least four items aboard a vessel that must be labeled as being Coast Guard approved in order to meet Federal and most state requirements."

PFD's for each person
Throwable
Fire extinguisher
Condoms
Bottle of Jack Daniels
50 Feet of rope
Duct Tape
Old piece of carpet
Signal Flares
Bait

[jwdjrs]

Would this be your first rental property? Dad and my brother both have several and it is a pain in the ass. How nice would you be when someone gets behind a month or so?......6 months? If you don't have the tenacity to drop the ball on them quick...don't buy.

Could you handle not having the $550 rent for 6 months or so? If not, don't buy.

How stable is your (and your wife's) jobs...and your marriage while we're at it?
If not stable...don't buy.

If you have made it this far....THEN BUY THE DANG THING!! Should have it paid off about retirement time, but still be of benefit before you die and the kids reap the benefits of all your hard work. :DYes I've owned some rental before :)

If someone was on hard times, I think I could help them out a month or 2

[GREENFEATHER]

hey man pm me your "home" addy i have something to send you bro

*PINK THONG*

I have a pair of his socks, I need to return to him. Don't ask, Don't tell.


If Mary and Lucy are room mates and Mary leaves for the day forgetting her book bag... And she is driving east at 200 Miles per hour... And Lucy tries to catch up to her driving 262 Miles Per Hour... It means that Lucy will catch up to Mary at a rate of 62 MPH...

Now in the same situation... But at higherspeeds...

If Lucy's car can go the speed of light... And she is driving the speed of light 186, 262 Miles per Second... And Mary is driving 262 Miles Per Second...

How fast will Lucy Catch up to Mary.

A: 186,000 MPS
B: 186,000 MPH
C: 186,262 MPS


here is one
Okay,
You see a storm approaching, and put a
stopwatch on a flash of lightning off in the distance.
It takes precisely 27.5 seconds for the sound from that
blast to reach your ears. Within 1/8 mile, how far away
was the flash of lightning in nautical miles?

Both of you negged for posting math questions!! FUK FUKN MATH!!!! :mad:


PFD's for each person
Throwable
Fire extinguisher
Condoms
Bottle of Jack Daniels
50 Feet of rope
Duct Tape
Old piece of carpet
Signal Flares
Bait
Then repped for redeeming yourself with something useful. :D

[jwdjrs]

Both of you negged for posting math questions!! FUK FUKN MATH!!!! :mad:
I hate math too !! I just want to be able to count enough, to make sure I don't run out of beer on Sunday :D

[GREENFEATHER]

I hate math too !! I just want to be able to count enough, to make sure I don't run out of beer on Sunday :D

I use geometry quite a bit, but the rest of that **** might as well be in Chinese because **** if I understand it, lol!

[GREENFEATHER]

I got some seeds from this place Nainoa, good quality and a damned good price too. I need to get some more peat pots for planting this week. I'm going to sell off the extras this year. Don't buy plants fitty, I'll bring up a few beefsteaks and Romas, I know about you EYETALIANS and yer Roma tomatoes. :D

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:VRI&item=110355407485

[Crookshanks]

So I have one last test until I graduate my H60 helicopter school. Im pretty edxcited to graduate and get to fixn **** again.


Sitting indoors all days is not for me......

Sweet! Big Congrats! Don't they outfit some Blackhawks with the GE mini-gun??

Now that's a ride I'd like to take, just to sea that baby opened-up!!

Have a vid of the annual Machine-gun shoot at Bulletfest in Ohio that is awesome. Fifties and minis opening up at night. It's something to sea.

Used to post a lot on AR15.com. But with money being tight for me the last few years, I haven't been able to do much shooting and have been unable to add to my collection.

[burlyman619]

Sweet! Big Congrats! Don't they outfit some Blackhawks with the GE mini-gun??

Now that's a ride I'd like to take, just to sea that baby opened-up!!

Have a vid of the annual Machine-gun shoot at Bulletfest in Ohio that is awesome. Fifties and minis opening up at night. It's something to sea.

Used to post a lot on AR15.com. But with money being tight for me the last few years, I haven't been able to do much shooting and have been unable to add to my collection.


Well I work/train on the H60S. Its not outfitted with many weapons (none that Im supposed to talk about).


But that would be badass to watch.

[Nainoa]

I got some seeds from this place Nainoa, good quality and a damned good price too. I need to get some more peat pots for planting this week. I'm going to sell off the extras this year. Don't buy plants fitty, I'll bring up a few beefsteaks and Romas, I know about you EYETALIANS and yer Roma tomatoes. :D

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:VRI&item=110355407485

I actually ordered my seeds last week Thursday... (I posted it a few pages back... But I can repost tomorrow when I get back to the office, where I saved a copy.)

All Russian, siberian and East German tomoatoes... Originally meant to grow at my relative lattitude...

One of the cool things about Heirlooms is that they're open pollenators, so I can keep re-using the same seeds, and get the exact same tomatoes.

I ordered 150 seeds...

Mega Cherrys
Black Krim's
Italian tomoatoes handed down over 3 generations from Italy.
A sauce tomato, that's basically a Roman that just grows faster this far north.

And then my Whacko's...

The Ispolin (sp?) Russian for "Giant Freak"...

Makes 8 foot plants, and tomatoes described as "Slightly flattened softballs."


*****

I'm pretty excited, because regular Hybrid tomoatoes are like a door bell of flavor compared to the Pantera Concert of Flavor that is Heriloom tomatoes as mother nature originally made them.

[PLANETGETLOW]

Morning all.......is it Friday yet?

[jason_bh]

I lost my sub to this thread. I have been thinking that you guys just up and left me. :eek:


BTW, I just had someone SPAM my workout journal. :mad: Buy cheap Nikes online at ...

[PLANETGETLOW]

I lost my sub to this thread. I have been thinking that you guys just up and left me. :eek:


BTW, I just had someone SPAM my workout journal. :mad: Buy cheap Nikes online at ...

Serious, that happened to me last week. I wonder if it was a server hiccup?

[Mindripper]

I lost my sub to this thread. I have been thinking that you guys just up and left me. :eek:


BTW, I just had someone SPAM my workout journal. :mad: Buy cheap Nikes online at ...


Report it. I just cleaned up a bunch of spambot ****.

Morning all! Another cold gray day on the farm.

[PLANETGETLOW]

Report it. I just cleaned up a bunch of spambot ****.

Morning all! Another cold gray day on the farm.

Last week of Feb!!

[|ceman]

I lost my sub to this thread. I have been thinking that you guys just up and left me. :eek:


BTW, I just had someone SPAM my workout journal. :mad: Buy cheap Nikes online at ...

Don't report that post yet.....I could use some cheap Nikes.......

[PLANETGETLOW]

http://finance.yahoo.com/taxes/article/106626/Your-Share-of-Stimulus-Tax-Breaks

Some Tax-Saving Scenarios

A single person with no children making between $20,000 and $30,000 would see a 12.5% reduction in his or her tax liability for an annual savings of $453. The same person making between $50,000 and $75,000 would see a 4.6% drop, or $626.


Tax Savings
How households may fare under the economic recovery plan.
Income Avg. Tax Savings Drop in Tax Bite
Under $19K $476 -95%
$19K-$38K $652 -22%
$38K-$66K $781 -9%
$66K-$112K $1,301 -7.5%
$112K-$161K $2,549 -8.3%
$161K-$227K $3,883 -8.3%
$227K-$603K $5,133 -5.7%
$2.8M plus $39,350 -1.4%
Source: The Tax Policy Center


At the upper income ranges, someone with income between $100,000 and $200,000 would see a 2.1% drop, which translates into $706.

With or without kids, a married couple filing jointly making between $50,000 and $75,000 could see a 10.5% drop for a savings of $991. Those making between $75,000 and $100,000 would see their tax liability go down 9.1%, or $1,457.

Couples with very high incomes -- between $200,000 to $500,000 -- could see a 7.5% decline in their tax bill, or $5,645.

Households with children, regardless of the parent's marital status, would see savings on their tax bill averaging 9.7% of their tax liability, or $1,975.

When You'll See Savings

The first tax credit filers will enjoy is the Making Work Pay credit, which will show up in increments in people's paychecks starting in April.

In some instances, such as with the first time home buyer's tax credit, the money can be claimed on one's 2008 tax return if the home purchase occurs between Jan. 1 and before Nov. 30 of this year.

But in many cases, a household won't see some of their stimulus savings until they file their 2009 returns, which they can't do until 2010.

Of course what filers' save on their federal taxes under stimulus may be muted by the fact that their cities and states -- facing steep budget shortfalls that will be lessened but not eliminated by stimulus funding -- may end up raising taxes and fees.

[Savonadego]

Morning all.......is it Friday yet?

it is for me my work week is fri-tue :(

[PLANETGETLOW]

it is for me my work week is fri-tue :(

Why?

[Nainoa]

Serious, that happened to me last week. I wonder if it was a server hiccup?

Yeah happens to me once a month or so...

[jwdjrs]

Some Tax-Saving Scenarios

Looks like Mcdonalds and their dollar menu is going to be busy for a long time :(

[Savonadego]

Why?

i work at a ski resort so i need to be here when the guest are here

and thats the weekends

this is what i do
http://7springs.com/page/category.detail/nav/5263/Slopeside-Mountain-UTV-Tours.html
http://7springs.com/page/category.detail/nav/5215/Sporting-Clays.html

[storm1507]

Good morning ramblers.


I lost my sub to this thread. I have been thinking that you guys just up and left me. :eek:


BTW, I just had someone SPAM my workout journal. :mad: Buy cheap Nikes online at ...

LOL, and I thought I had just pissed you off when I posted this to you a couple of weeks ago. :D


Jodie Meeks....FTW..????...YES!!!!! :D :D

Hope things get better for you.

[PLANETGETLOW]

Looks like Mcdonalds and their dollar menu is going to be busy for a long time :(
LOL.....my thoughts exactly


i work at a ski resort so i need to be here when the guest are here

and thats the weekends

this is what i do
http://7springs.com/page/category.detail/nav/5263/Slopeside-Mountain-UTV-Tours.html
http://7springs.com/page/category.detail/nav/5215/Sporting-Clays.html

You enjoy doing that? Looks cool as hell......

[Savonadego]

LOL.....my thoughts exactly



You enjoy doing that? Looks cool as hell......

ya its ok its allways fun when you rent one

but

when you are in charge of 70k worth the equipment that will go 70mph and you hand the key to someone that paid 75 bucks to tear it up it gets stressfull

i had to yell at a state trooper last week
i guess i am scary because he dident f around any more


the gun thing brings a whole different level of stress

[PLANETGETLOW]

ya its ok its allways fun when you rent one

but

when you are in charge of 70k worth the equipment that will go 70mph and you hand the key to someone that paid 75 bucks to tear it up it gets stressfull

i had to yell at a state trooper last week
i guess i am scary because he dident f around any more


the gun thing brings a whole different level of stress

Polaris is the only brand you guys ride?

[Savonadego]

Polaris is the only brand you guys ride?
yes
that at the time was the top of the line side by side

[One More Time]

Sup fellas? How is everyone today?

[PLANETGETLOW]

Sup fellas? How is everyone today?

Waiting for Friday........or to hit the lotto

[Nainoa]

Sup fellas? How is everyone today?

Currently Filled with THE RAGE...

Get this twice puked dumbass pig ****...

So this is the "Product Lines" and "Pointless meetings" part of the year...

Every week... I get trapped for AT LEAST 4-5 hours worth of meetings... And basically learn the same amount of **** I could have learned if you would have just e-mailed the **** to me.

In one of our staff meetings, where we decided to be proactive and progressive with our sales... A general research assignment was put out there...

I cowboyed up for it as part of my Cowboy up attempts...

Did the research part of it at home in my freetime...

12 hours worth of work. (Mostly done this past weekend.)

Putting the finishing touches on it...

And then I find out that the secretary who's trying for a promotion... Decided to also write the same research report.

It's bland... It's incomplete... Compiled from her spending 45 minutes just googling some bull****...

And my boss is just all happy fine and good with it...

basically... I wasted 12 hours of my life... Creating a quality insightful information and research report...

For friggin' nothing...

He just apparently didn't want to both googling up some **** himself.

/Rant

[Nainoa]

I got some seeds from this place Nainoa, good quality and a damned good price too. I need to get some more peat pots for planting this week. I'm going to sell off the extras this year. Don't buy plants fitty, I'll bring up a few beefsteaks and Romas, I know about you EYETALIANS and yer Roma tomatoes. :D

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:VRI&item=110355407485

See... Here are the tomatoes I ordered...

I ordered the Heirloom Tomatoes today...

Might have gone a little overboard... :D

FYI... Here's what I ordered... 30 seeds per unit... Average germination is 75%


Opalka
An heirloom originally from East-Germany/Poland. One of the best tasting paste tomatoes, similar to a Roma with 5-inch long fruit shaped like a banana pepper with a pronounced tip on the bottom. Fruit has very few seeds, is extremely meaty and loaded with rich sweet flavors lending to it?s sauce appeal.


******

Moskovich
An wonderful, extra-early tomato from the Ukraine. This heirloom yields an abundance of deep red, 4-6 oz., smooth, cold-tolerant, round and slightly flattened fruits with a luscious, rich taste.

*******



Mrs. Maxwell's Big Italian
30 years ago Mrs. Maxwell of Mexico, Missouri was given tomato seeds by a friend from Italy. She valued the tomato so much that for the next thirty years she saved the seed, choosing the largest, earliest, non-cracking tomatoes each year. Her son passed the seeds on so we could share them. Our TomatoFest organic tomato seeds produce large, very prolific, indeterminate, potato-leaf tomato plants that yield 1-2 pound, 3 to 4-inch, dark-pink beefsteak tomatoes with incredible flavor. A perfect tomato for eating fresh off the vine or as a canning tomato or for cooking into a tomato sauce. Another winner!




Black Krim

(aka Black Crimson and Black Crim) Originally from the Isle of Krim on the Black Sea in the former Soviet Union. This rare, and outstanding tomato yields 3-4" slightly flattened dark-red (mahogany-colored) slightly maroon, beefsteak tomatoes with deep green shoulders. Green gel around seeds. Fantastic, intense, slightly salty taste (which is great for those not wanting to add salt to their tomatoes).

Black Krim is one of my best black tomatoes. Also suitable for container/patio garden. Perfect choice for slicing, salads and cooking.



Ispolin

One of the biggest Russian heirloom tomatoes. A giant tomato from Siberia. Name means 'Giant Freak' in Russian. Our Tomatofest organic tomato seeds produce indeterminate, regular-leaf, 8 foot vines that yield lots of 1-2-pound, dark jade-pink, juicy beefsteak tomatoes up to 4-inches with superb earthy, sweet tomato flavors. One of the Tomatofest favorite tomatoes for taste and market tomato. A delicious sandwich tomato or salad tomato. Rare tomato seeds.

*********

So I should end up with something like 100 tomato plants to turn into seedlings...

The Ispolin is a little much... But I just couldn't resist a tomato who's name is "Giant-Freak."

I'm tempted to reserve the Ispolin as a "Prank Tomato."

Just give it away with some of them... In Early may... And then just wait for the phone calls in Late July... "Uh Nainoa... What's up with this 8 foot monster tomato... It's like blocking out the sun in to the rest of the garden, and I'm getting a dead spot in the lawn!"

[One More Time]

Waiting for Friday........or to hit the lotto

I support this post :D ^^^


Currently Filled with THE RAGE...

Get this twice puked dumbass pig ****...

So this is the "Product Lines" and "Pointless meetings" part of the year...

Every week... I get trapped for AT LEAST 4-5 hours worth of meetings... And basically learn the same amount of **** I could have learned if you would have just e-mailed the **** to me.

In one of our staff meetings, where we decided to be proactive and progressive with our sales... A general research assignment was put out there...

I cowboyed up for it as part of my Cowboy up attempts...

Did the research part of it at home in my freetime...

12 hours worth of work. (Mostly done this past weekend.)

Putting the finishing touches on it...

And then I find out that the secretary who's trying for a promotion... Decided to also write the same research report.

It's bland... It's incomplete... Compiled from her spending 45 minutes just googling some bull****...

And my boss is just all happy fine and good with it...

basically... I wasted 12 hours of my life... Creating a quality insightful information and research report...

For friggin' nothing...

He just apparently didn't want to both googling up some **** himself.

/Rant

Wow. That would piss me off too.

[Nainoa]

I support this post :D ^^^



Wow. That would piss me off too.

Meh... I'm getting past it now...

It's still not the kind of thing that completely screws me over...


Really... I've got the good info... And I can use it to exclusively help my clients.

All...

Four... Of them...

:(

[GREENFEATHER]

I've never had an heirloom seed not germinate. I have hybrid seeds fail all the time, that ****'s gotten old. That company provided me with quite a few seeds so I'll have GOBS of extra veggies this year.

[burlyman619]

i work at a ski resort so i need to be here when the guest are here

and thats the weekends

this is what i do
http://7springs.com/page/category.detail/nav/5263/Slopeside-Mountain-UTV-Tours.html
http://7springs.com/page/category.detail/nav/5215/Sporting-Clays.html


wow strong loving what you do and doing what you love.

[jwdjrs]

And then I find out that the secretary who's trying for a promotion... Decided to also write the same research report.

It's bland... It's incomplete... Compiled from her spending 45 minutes just googling some bull****...

And my boss is just all happy fine and good with it...

basically... I wasted 12 hours of my life... Creating a quality insightful information and research report...

For friggin' nothing...

He just apparently didn't want to both googling up some **** himself.

/RantHe probably just wants to pork her :)

[jwdjrs]

I think I like farm animals :o :D

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showpost.php?p=293547851&postcount=27

[Nainoa]

I've never had an heirloom seed not germinate. I have hybrid seeds fail all the time, that ****'s gotten old. That company provided me with quite a few seeds so I'll have GOBS of extra veggies this year.

Actually I read an article saying that something like 80% of all hybrid seeds fail in the second generation. As they're closed pollenators...

Same effect like breeding a horse and a donkey... The Mule you get is powerful handy beast...

But have fun breeding her to another Mule!

*****

This year I figure I'm just going to grow Tomatoes... Peppers... And maybe some potatoes... But I'm only growing potatoes from Seed potatoes... Too much marginal failure from planting eyed spuds.

When the fish house gets back on Sunday, I'm going to paint the rear bunk frame black... Point that big window in the rear to the south... And make a wood heated green house out of her.

Still not sure what the hell I'm going to do with all of those goddam tomatoes, as far as where I'm going to plant them all!

[GREENFEATHER]

Actually I read an article saying that something like 80% of all hybrid seeds fail in the second generation. As they're closed pollenators...

Same effect like breeding a horse and a donkey... The Mule you get is powerful handy beast...

But have fun breeding her to another Mule!

*****

This year I figure I'm just going to grow Tomatoes... Peppers... And maybe some potatoes... But I'm only growing potatoes from Seed potatoes... Too much marginal failure from planting eyed spuds.

When the fish house gets back on Sunday, I'm going to paint the rear bunk frame black... Point that big window in the rear to the south... And make a wood heated green house out of her.

Still not sure what the hell I'm going to do with all of those goddam tomatoes, as far as where I'm going to plant them all!

Just do like I do, I have about 5 gallons of sauce and we found M's grandma's ketchup recipe, MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM! I go through a ****load of tomatoes. Fitty and I ate a gallon+ last year in a weekend.

[Nainoa]

Just do like I do, I have about 5 gallons of sauce and we found M's grandma's ketchup recipe, MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM! I go through a ****load of tomatoes. Fitty and I ate a gallon+ last year in a weekend.

Well... I figure I'm going to go crazy on Tomato recipes...

Luckily all the breeds I ordered are indeterminiate (Meaning that they produce a modest yeild till first frost... Rather than Determinates that tend to come to ripeness at one shot.)

So I figure I'll spread them out as best I can... Give some plants away here and there... And then make a bunch of Marinara sauces etc...

I'm trying to be more organic with my fertilizers this year... Making Fish scrap and table scrap compost fertilizer...

Holy Crap am I piling this stuff up...

Currently have 10 gallons... And working on a third bucket... And it hasn't even had a chance to rot yet!

[Nainoa]

Fitty... Et All...

I'm getting crazy ideas in my head about learning how to steam bend wood...

Any keen insights/feedback/horror stories?

[PLANETGETLOW]

morning all.......

[blkbelt42]

morning all.......
Morning ramblin fish.

[jwdjrs]

Morning gentlemen......been getting loan prices, insurance prices, flood insurance prices on that rental house. Imazing how much crap you have to do these days to keep deadbeats from suing you

one of the first thing I would like to do is, Asphalt or concrete the driveway. I've had a few people tell me that knows the area, that the flood water might wash the asphalt drive away :(

[MISSINGLINK]

What up Ramblin Peeps?

[Nainoa]

morning all.......

Morning Bro...

How'd that ice storm over night turn out up there?

Ended up a lot lighter down here... Didn't really even have to scrape this morning... Just a few ice drops.

******

Friggin' March Lion coming tomorrow... Right before I leave on the last fishing trip of ice season!

Hopefully she stays farther south.

*****

Did you see... It got up into the low 50's in Southern MN yesterday!

[PLANETGETLOW]

Morning Bro...

How'd that ice storm over night turn out up there?

Ended up a lot lighter down here... Didn't really even have to scrape this morning... Just a few ice drops.

******

Friggin' March Lion coming tomorrow... Right before I leave on the last fishing trip of ice season!

Hopefully she stays farther south.

*****

Did you see... It got up into the low 50's in Southern MN yesterday!

Doing okay brother, we got a dusting of snow. Maybe 1 inch, no ice luckily.

March and April are always nasty months because it will thaw, get somewhat warmer then BAM......a cold front will pass through and freeze everything again and snow. I just can't stand the teaser those two months bring. It will most likely warm up to the 30's and 40's, melt all the snow and then out of nowhere, it'll dump about 1' of that WET, HEAVY snow. Since you guys are a little warmer, that must happen down there sooner.

Damn!! 50 degrees already.......your rivers must be getting close to being open?

[Nainoa]

Morning gentlemen......been getting loan prices, insurance prices, flood insurance prices on that rental house. Imazing how much crap you have to do these days to keep deadbeats from suing you

one of the first thing I would like to do is, Asphalt or concrete the driveway. I've had a few people tell me that knows the area, that the flood water might wash the asphalt drive away :(

My driveway is actually Asphalt Millings...

Basically when they grind up an old road... They'll mix it with some tack oil and put it down somewhere else...

It's a little rougher than new pretty concrete... And the guy who put it down for me kind of did a sloppy job...

But hey... It was free, and it was better than gravel!
(It is getting a little old after 10 years and dusty and I have to sweep her once a year.)

[Nainoa]

Doing okay brother, we got a dusting of snow. Maybe 1 inch, no ice luckily.

March and April are always nasty months because it will thaw, get somewhat warmer then BAM......a cold front will pass through and freeze everything again and snow. I just can't stand the teaser those two months bring. It will most likely warm up to the 30's and 40's, melt all the snow and then out of nowhere, it'll dump about 1' of that WET, HEAVY snow. Since you guys are a little warmer, that must happen down there sooner.

Damn!! 50 degrees already.......your rivers must be getting close to being open?

Oh yeah my stretch of the Mississippi down here only freezes over in January... Otherwise she's always open with some significant shore ice.

Current is faster here though, so it makes a full freeze hard to happen.

And hour north of here though, the slower deeper rivers are still solid and people are ice fishing them.

******

Really though, for this eco-system... You want that snow in March to save April...

If there's no snow blanket, the ground warms too fast... Trees leave early... And then they transpire... Putting a lot of moisture into a still cool atmosphere... And then you get those long ass rainy streaks in May.

And May is the time to Play! Not rain.

*****

Looking at the Jet Streams though...

They're acting a little wonky...

Usually by this time of year if you're going to have an Early Spring, you see the Gulf stream come north, and the Arctic Stream go north...

The Gulf Stream is cooperating... But the Arctic Stream is REFUSING to break out of Winter Pattern.

So this Small Lion that coming in tomorrow...

Might just be the first of a March Lion Pattern that's going to pound us like a 2 dollar hooker...

Because we've got the perfect pattern for sloppy wet Gulf Moisture with just the right cold feeding from the North.

[PLANETGETLOW]

Oh yeah my stretch of the Mississippi down here only freezes over in January... Otherwise she's always open with some significant shore ice.

Current is faster here though, so it makes a full freeze hard to happen.

And hour north of here though, the slower deeper rivers are still solid and people are ice fishing them.

******

Really though, for this eco-system... You want that snow in March to save April...

If there's no snow blanket, the ground warms too fast... Trees leave early... And then they transpire... Putting a lot of moisture into a still cool atmosphere... And then you get those long ass rainy streaks in May.

And May is the time to Play! Not rain.

*****

Looking at the Jet Streams though...

They're acting a little wonky...

Usually by this time of year if you're going to have an Early Spring, you see the Gulf stream come north, and the Arctic Stream go north...

The Gulf Stream is cooperating... But the Arctic Stream is REFUSING to break out of Winter Pattern.

So this Small Lion that coming in tomorrow...

Might just be the first of a March Lion Pattern that's going to pound us like a 2 dollar hooker...

Because we've got the perfect pattern for sloppy wet Gulf Moisture with just the right cold feeding from the North.

True, we do need that March Moisture. By April I'm ready for warm temps and we just don't get them until June...

[One More Time]

Anyone attending a tea party on Friday? Some of us here are considering it, but it is a 1hr drive. I hate to use personal time for it..

[Nainoa]

Anyone attending a tea party on Friday? Some of us here are considering it, but it is a 1hr drive. I hate to use personal time for it..

Do what now?

[Nainoa]

True, we do need that March Moisture. By April I'm ready for warm temps and we just don't get them until June...

For me April always goes by in such a Flash...

Shore fishing, getting the boat ready, putting out docks, tilling the garden, putting away the winter stuff and pulling out the summer stuff... And then I always get a bunch of phone calls, from people who need help.

I hardly even have time to notice the weather!

For me Weather only matters when I'm planning a fishing trip...

Everything else just sort of happens...

I figure if the weather manages to stop me... It means it stopped the rest of the state to... So I should just stay home, drink beer and catch some re-runs of the jogging scenes of Baywatch!
:D

[One More Time]

Do what now?

Tea parties are being organized in several cities on Friday to protest the way the government is doing things. I originally thought it was scheduled for the 4th of July, but found out through a friend it is this Friday.

Check out this vid. It started it all...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEZB4taSEoA

[Nainoa]

Tea parties are being organized in several cities on Friday to protest the way the government is doing things. I originally thought it was scheduled for the 4th of July, but found out through a friend it is this Friday.

Check out this vid. It started it all...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEZB4taSEoA

Can't do vids on this old Macintard Computer...

But... Uh... Whatever happened to writing a letter to your Congressman/Govenor/Senator?

[One More Time]

Can't do vids on this old Macintard Computer...

But... Uh... Whatever happened to writing a letter to your Congressman/Govenor/Senator?

Mine don't listen (I assume that several others don't either)..lol

[Nainoa]

Mine don't listen (I assume that several others don't either)..lol

I'm trying to understand the logic...

So if they don't listen to you... When you write a letter...

What will a Tea Party Accomplish...

Letter costs $.42

Gas, Tea, Crumpets, Saucers, Heat for the building... All cost more...

This is nothing but wasteful spending...

:D

[jwdjrs]

Tea parties are being organized in several cities on Friday to protest the way the government is doing things. I originally thought it was scheduled for the 4th of July, but found out through a friend it is this Friday.

Check out this vid. It started it all...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEZB4taSEoAPretty good video, guy is pretty fired up :)

[One More Time]

I'm trying to understand the logic...

So if they don't listen to you... When you write a letter...

What will a Tea Party Accomplish...

Letter costs $.42

Gas, Tea, Crumpets, Saucers, Heat for the building... All cost more...

This is nothing but wasteful spending...

:D


Strength in numbers



Pretty good video, guy is pretty fired up :)

Maybe someone will finally take notice if lots of people participate

[PLANETGETLOW]

Tea parties are being organized in several cities on Friday to protest the way the government is doing things. I originally thought it was scheduled for the 4th of July, but found out through a friend it is this Friday.

Check out this vid. It started it all...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEZB4taSEoA

LOL........REAL TALK

[GREENFEATHER]

Fitty... Et All...

I'm getting crazy ideas in my head about learning how to steam bend wood...

Any keen insights/feedback/horror stories?

It's a pain in the ass, I did it when I worked at the sawmill. Fuk all that noise with having to cool it, dry it again. NO THANKS BRO!! :mad:

[Nainoa]

It's a pain in the ass, I did it when I worked at the sawmill. Fuk all that noise with having to cool it, dry it again. NO THANKS BRO!! :mad:

Yeah I was just planning on always doing it right the first time, every time...

What could possibly go wrong!
;)
:D

[GREENFEATHER]

Yeah I was just planning on always doing it right the first time, every time...

What could possibly go wrong!
;)
:D
Sprung oak can be lethal, maple is a pain because it wants to twist. Meh, if I need a bent piece, I'll laminate it and cut it on a band saw. There were quite a few mornings we came in to find the steam room a wreck because something let go in there.

[PLANETGETLOW]

Morning all.......2 inches of snow + blowing.

Gonna have to break out the shovel and roof rake again.

[Mindripper]

Morning all.......2 inches of snow + blowing.

Gonna have to break out the shovel and roof rake again.

Freezing rain on the way here...


My son's B-day weekend which his mother is trying to ruin. :mad: There will be blood if she doesn't crawl back into her hole.

[PLANETGETLOW]

Freezing rain on the way here...


My son's B-day weekend which his mother is trying to ruin. :mad: There will be blood if she doesn't crawl back into her hole.

I hope the best for you. Good thing is that Feb is basically over.

[MISSINGLINK]

Morning fellas. Hope everyone has a great Thursday.

[jason_bh]

FINALLY. I have some 'breathing room' here at work. Nice to be able to play around online without interruption. :D

[storm1507]

Good morning ramblers.

It sure doesn't look like spring yet here in SE KY, but it does feel and sound like it is on the way. :D

[PLANETGETLOW]

Morning fellas. Hope everyone has a great Thursday.


FINALLY. I have some 'breathing room' here at work. Nice to be able to play around online without interruption. :D


Good morning ramblers.

It sure doesn't look like spring yet here in SE KY, but it does feel and sound like it is on the way. :D

Hey dudes!!.......

[Nainoa]

Good morning ramblers.

It sure doesn't look like spring yet here in SE KY, but it does feel and sound like it is on the way. :D

Hey, I've got a March Lion Storm just south of my window right now... And it' still Feb...

So it points to an Early Spring.

[PLANETGETLOW]

Hey, I've got a March Lion Storm just south of my window right now... And it' still Feb...

So it points to an Early Spring.

GOOD!!

[Savonadego]

well the gf is talking about moving someplace warm.................lol..............she says the winter sports just arent worth it

i may be in the keys in a couple of years


could be fun i dont know what i would do without having 4 seasons :(

[Nainoa]

GOOD!!

Yeah "So Far" everything points to an Early Spring...

But we're not far enough along that I can nail a sign on that statement...

It's more of a really sticky post it note!

;)

[papi93]

Any advice on taking my teenage stepdaughter fishing for the first time? It will most likely be spring shore fishing and my younger brother (who used to post in here) will be teaching her. She has lived in a big city all of her life and has never fished before. Don't want her to get bored too fast.

[jason_bh]

well the gf is talking about moving someplace warm.................lol..............she says the winter sports just arent worth it

i may be in the keys in a couple of years


could be fun i dont know what i would do without having 4 seasons :(

Come on down Sav. Not having 4 seasons is not that bad. But there are the Hurricanes that you have to worry about. :)

[Nainoa]

Any advice on taking my teenage stepdaughter fishing for the first time? It will most likely be spring shore fishing and my younger brother (who used to post in here) will be teaching her. She has lived in a big city all of her life and has never fished before. Don't want her to get bored too fast.

Hey how is CM... Hope all is going well with him... I was just thinkin' about him the other day!

******


As for Spring fishing...

I've actually been helping a lot of my buddy's (along with some newbies) introduce their kids to fishing.

Shore fishing in Spring is actually the best.

What you want to look for...

And the more of these factors the better...

Stream or some kind of inlet that is pouring meltwater into the lake... This will have the most Dissolved Oxygen, compared to the Vegetation and O2 starved main basin.

Preferably shallow, with a drop off just out in the basin.

North Side (Where the water is the warmest due to the angle of the spring sun.)

East Side... (Where the water is second warmest due to the angle of the spring sun.)

If it's rocks and Gravel... You'll find perch and the occasional Walleye.

If it's weeds and Muck... You'll find pan fish.


And then remember the Rule of teh 4 S's...

Springtime
Shallow
Slow
Small

A wax worm on an ice jig under a SLIP BOBBER... Start high in the water column and work your way down... They will be at any depth in DO current, depending on the area and the daily weather.


******

I have all my Hot Spot's figured out... So I don't go looking for new one's anymore...

But when before I did and I was planning to take someone and their kids out... I would often go out the day before and scope out a couple of spots dialing them in.

[papi93]

...

Reps on recharge. Thanks for all the great info. and your time.

He is real busy with his church and my new family so unfortunately we don't have the time to chat like we used to. I know that he had reaggravated his knee problems from his late teen years (Osgood Slatters - spelling) playing some sports with his church group. He told me it is slowly coming around with some knee strength exercises he had been slacking on.

I'm going to try to get her up North during Spring Break and see if my brother has some time to take her fishing.

[Nainoa]

Reps on recharge. Thanks for all the great info. and your time.

He is real busy with his church and my new family so unfortunately we don't have the time to chat like we used to. I know that he had reaggravated his knee problems from his late teen years (Osgood Slatters - spelling) playing some sports with his church group. He told me it is slowly coming around with some knee strength exercises he had been slacking on.

I'm going to try to get her up North during Spring Break and see if my brother has some time to take her fishing.

I would also strongly recommend slip bobbers...

Kids and newbies tend to set the hook really hard with the rod...

If it's a clip bobber, this tends to send the bobber wheeling all over the place, causing tangles and crap...

But if you have a slip bobber... And for example... say you're in 7 feet of water... And they set the rod tip 6 feet...

All it does is shallow them up in the water column... Or even if they set the hook 8 feet... The bobber only comes a foot out of the water etc...

So it adds for a lot less total snag ups and WTF moments!

*****

Tell CM I said "Hi" the next time to talk to him!

[GREENFEATHER]

well the gf is talking about moving someplace warm.................lol..............she says the winter sports just arent worth it

i may be in the keys in a couple of years

could be fun i dont know what i would do without having 4 seasons :(

I know what I'll be doing, diving in January, laughing at all the people freezing their nuts off ice fishing. I'll be spearing hogs and decorating my Palm tree for Christmas, lol.

[jwdjrs]

I know what I'll be doing, diving in January, laughing at all the people freezing their nuts off ice fishing. I'll be spearing hogs and decorating my Palm tree for Christmas, lol.It feels very gay stalking you as a friend :o :D

[PLANETGETLOW]

damn.......wrong thread, LOL

[Nainoa]

It feels very gay stalking you as a friend :o :D

Hey Man... Can you uh... Edit a [No-Homo] into that post or something...

I'm starting to worry about what new proclivities you picked up while passing the time during that 18 day power outtage.

[papi93]

I would also strongly recommend slip bobbers...

Kids and newbies tend to set the hook really hard with the rod...

If it's a clip bobber, this tends to send the bobber wheeling all over the place, causing tangles and crap...

But if you have a slip bobber... And for example... say you're in 7 feet of water... And they set the rod tip 6 feet...

All it does is shallow them up in the water column... Or even if they set the hook 8 feet... The bobber only comes a foot out of the water etc...

So it adds for a lot less total snag ups and WTF moments!

*****

Tell CM I said "Hi" the next time to talk to him!

Thanks again. I'll have to ask him if someone under 18 needs a fishing license in the state of Wisconsin...I can't remember. Pony Creek off of Lake Poygan sounds like the best option from the information you provided.

I'll let him know the next time we talk.

[Nainoa]

Thanks again. I'll have to ask him if someone under 18 needs a fishing license in the state of Wisconsin...I can't remember. Pony Creek off of Lake Poygan sounds like the best option from the information you provided.

I'll let him know the next time we talk.

MN it's age 15.

If you can get three days of warm sunny weather... then looking for a dark bottom area will also be productive.

[PLANETGETLOW]

-20 this morning with clear skies. High supposed to be 0

[GREENFEATHER]

It feels very gay stalking you as a friend :o :D

I rarely, I mean like once every 2-3 months, go into my bodyspace. Don't take it personally. I also have all of the email from here set to spam so I get nothing from here.


-20 this morning with clear skies. High supposed to be 0

It's supposed to be snow, sleet and freezing **** here over the weekend. I despise this **** with a passion. :mad:

[Nainoa]

-20 this morning with clear skies. High supposed to be 0

Wow...

They're calling for High of 20... Drove to work this morning at 9...

Loaded the truck bare handed even.

Amazing the difference in weather between you and I and it's only a 3 hour drive!

[PLANETGETLOW]

Wow...

They're calling for High of 20... Drove to work this morning at 9...

Loaded the truck bare handed even.

Amazing the difference in weather between you and I and it's only a 3 hour drive!

I know, it's rediculous.

Hopefully today is the last day of this crap. Looking like 20's and 30's for next week

[Nainoa]

Well here's a very tiny "Stickin' it to the man."

I get three weeks of vacation... And if I don't use it I lose it... And they have WAY screwed me on it in the past. (Once went to a business conference, and they docked me vacation time for it... As if the conference was a vacation trip for me!)

*******

So I originally asked to leave early today to get the fish house with the sun up...

Then my buddy Jerome (Who's supposed to be helping me bring the Fish house back on Sunday Morning) Called in sick. (Looks like his metabolic disorder might be coming out of remission.) :(


So the only company and help I have this weekend is Marlon... Who has to be back home tomorrow afternoon.

So I took off today at noon, so we'd have more time and he can play escourt for me.
Only the Accountant called in sick... And so my half day off... Won't be recorded against my vacation time.

Oh Yeah...

I'm a friggin' rebel... Stickin' it to the man! :D

I wonder if it's true what they say... That stealing a half day of vacation is really the "Gateway Drug" to Arson, rape and murder?

[Nainoa]

I know, it's rediculous.

Hopefully today is the last day of this crap. Looking like 20's and 30's for next week

Well... It should be cold for the weekend... Simply because we get our air mass off the Dakota's... And the Dakota's got a massive snow pack in this storm.

But next week, forecast is all upper 20's and low 30's.

Mark my words though...

We're going to see this as a 3 Lion Year... And this is only Lion 1 of 3...

[storm1507]

Good afternoon ramblers. I have enjoyed a week off from lifting and will be hitting hit hard again tomorrow. It looks like we have another batch of winter weather before spring gets here.


Thanks again. I'll have to ask him if someone under 18 needs a fishing license in the state of Wisconsin...I can't remember. Pony Creek off of Lake Poygan sounds like the best option from the information you provided.

I'll let him know the next time we talk.

Try to plan to make it fun and enjoyable without considering the fishing. The more action on the fishing the better no matter what kind of fish. But, if it is a slow day have a back up plan to fall back too.

Tell CM we said Hi.

[One More Time]

Just a couple hours left...:D. How is everyone? Your football teams landing any good players from free agency? My Titans haven't done much yet. :(

[GREENFEATHER]

Just a couple hours left...:D. How is everyone? Your football teams landing any good players from free agency? My Titans haven't done much yet. :(

Uggh, that's all they're talking about in the fukn Rant. :mad:

[Mindripper]

What a ****ty day...

My kids have the flu and its my boy's B-day weekend. :(

Fuuuuu....... Its a nasty one too so can't wait to be puking and ****ting at the same time in the next few days. :mad:

[GREENFEATHER]

What a ****ty day...

My kids have the flu and its my boy's B-day weekend. :(

Fuuuuu....... Its a nasty one too so can't wait to be puking and ****ting at the same time in the next few days. :mad:

When M and I lived in the apartment, I was ****ting on the toilet and puking in the shower one year. It was so bad that when I fart or burp really loud now the cat fukn freaks out.

[Nainoa]

Oooppphhhff...

Damn do I feel like I've been ridden hard and put away wet.

If you've ever wonder "What is it like to jump an F-150 Dukes of Hazzard style?" I'd have to advise from personal experience to take a pass.


Holy **** was taking the fish house in an adventure.

10 inches of snow the night before... No Ice road... No other houses in the area... Drifts up to 20 inches... Temp was -2... Thankfully the wind died down.

Had to use the low snow areas to build up speed to bunch through the succession of drifts. (This time of year sun and wind friction make drifts on the lake hard enough that you can stand on top of them.)

Jack stands were frozen 4 inches into the ice... Luckily torches and chisels went a long way.

Coming back in... My Buddy Marlon pulled the house and I broke trail a head of him...

I was coming into a really nasty area of tall difts... So I had to punch it, didn't want to get stuck and then stop Marlon behind me, with the house on his hitch.

I must have been going about 40 MPH when I hit what must have been an old windrow from an ice road...

Friggin' LAUNCHED...

Then of course when you drive on the ice, you NEVER wear your seatbelt (In case you have to ditch etc... )

****... I hurt everywhere from that landing.

But all seemed okay...

Fought our way into the bay...

Caught 2 Perfect keeper Pike (But the season just closed so they went back)

Caught 8 Crappies between 10-12 inches... NICE...

Granted the one that took every single rattle reel at 4:20 am... Was not my greatest moment.

Got down to -27 (No windchill) on the lake over night...

Had the wood stove so hot that it was friggin' glowing in places...

Took 3 of the coldest pisses of my life last night!

*****

Then of course driving back this morning... Murphy was in full effect... Friggin' blew another coil.

Luckily Marlon was right behind me so we switched up.

Sucks... there's another $150 out the door!

I knew more coils were going to go... Just going this soon, is the worst case scenario.

******

you know... I gotta say... Thank God for my Buddy Marlon...

There was a lot of "Roller Coaster" in this trip... And he was totally, the perfect A-team player... 110% Jonny on the spot, stepped up as hard and as fast as possible for every single problem... And we still laughed our asses off the whole damn time.

Got back here... And I offered him cash for Gas money... And he said "No man... I didn't do anything for you in all this, that you wouldn't have done for me."

It really is a blessing to have truly good friends.

[GREENFEATHER]

That's the way the Suzuki Samurai community used to be. I'd have towed you out holmes, I can has many diesel torques. :D Now I know I NEVER want to play on the ice in the Great White North, y'all can have it, I'll take my bridges in the Keys or poling along the flats there.

[Nainoa]

That's the way the Suzuki Samurai community used to be. I'd have towed you out holmes, I can has many diesel torques. :D Now I know I NEVER want to play on the ice in the Great White North, y'all can have it, I'll take my bridges in the Keys or poling along the flats there.

Well it was a blast driving around out there... Basically just the winter equivalent of Muddin'...

It was just the whole jumping and plowing my chest into the steering wheel that sucked!

I'm feeling a lot better today though...

[jwdjrs]

Morning guys.....sunny and windy here today, around 30 degrees with winds 25 to 35 mph

[Nainoa]

Morning guys.....sunny and windy here today, around 30 degrees with winds 25 to 35 mph

Still got that bitter cold sitting over top of me while those Dual Low's over you guys are keeping this Arctic high in place...

But coming up for the middle of this week through next weekend we've got forecasted highs crawling all the way up into the low to mid 40's...

And from what I saw from the fish movements and staging, they're staging up for an early spring...

So things are looking good.

[Nainoa]

Damn...

I'm thawing the crappies from yesterday in a bucket of salt water, and the cats are going CRAZY... Feel like some lion tamer with a chair and whip, trying to keep them from crawling into the goddam bucket the second I turn my back.

They are absolutely CRAZY for fish blood!

[GREENFEATHER]

Still got that bitter cold sitting over top of me while those Dual Low's over you guys are keeping this Arctic high in place...

But coming up for the middle of this week through next weekend we've got forecasted highs crawling all the way up into the low to mid 40's...

And from what I saw from the fish movements and staging, they're staging up for an early spring...

So things are looking good.

You guys are gonna thaw out big time while we're gonna get about a foot of the white **** overnight tonight. :mad: Nor'easters FTMFL!

[blkbelt42]

coming down pretty good now in Va.

[GREENFEATHER]

coming down pretty good now in Va.

Coming down really hard here too, Katie and Benny are in 7th heaven.

[GREENFEATHER]

A woman walked into the kitchen to find her
husband stalking around with a fly swatter

"What are you doing?"
She asked.

"Hunting Flies"
He responded.

"Oh. ! Killing any?"
She asked.

"Yep, 3 males, 2 Females," he replied.

Intrigued, she asked.
"How can you tell them apart?"

He responded,
"3 were on a beer can,
2 were on the phone."

[blkbelt42]

Coming down really hard here too, Katie and Benny are in 7th heaven.
:D I bet man, 12" already here in
Va. the whole city is shutdown...

[jwdjrs]

A woman walked into the kitchen to find her
husband stalking around with a fly swatter

"What are you doing?"
She asked.

"Hunting Flies"
He responded.

"Oh. ! Killing any?"
She asked.

"Yep, 3 males, 2 Females," he replied.

Intrigued, she asked.
"How can you tell them apart?"

He responded,
"3 were on a beer can,
2 were on the phone."It must have been a female that I killed yesterday, It's legs were glued together and looked like she had a headache :D :o

[Nainoa]

:D I bet man, 12" already here in
Va. the whole city is shutdown...

Pffft... 12 inches of snow is the line where I start thinking about putting the truck in 4 wheel drive!

;)
J/K


Hope all you guys are safe in all this....

[|ceman]

Hope all you guys are safe in all this....

No worries here. Didn't have to drive to work in the mess today.

Matter of fact, I won't ever have to drive to work again, as I got laid off on Friday. I guess there is a bright side to everything. :)

[storm1507]

Good morning ramblers.


:D I bet man, 12" already here in
Va. the whole city is shutdown...

We weren't supposed to get any last night...all east of us. But, I woke up to about 2", so we just caught the western edge of this strom. Take it easy over there.


No worries here. Didn't have to drive to work in the mess today.

Matter of fact, I won't ever have to drive to work again, as I got laid off on Friday. I guess there is a bright side to everything. :)

Sorry to hear this. Got any back up plans yet? Or just take it easy of 6 months or so? :)

[|ceman]

Sorry to hear this. Got any back up plans yet? Or just take it easy of 6 months or so? :)

Well, if you mean backup plan as in another job lined up, no.

I am planning on ramping up efforts to secure any employment, even if it's short term or temp work - every little bit helps. I also plan on doing more volunteer work, as previously I never had enough time, but now I do.

It's just another chapter in my life; not the end of the book.

:cool:

[PLANETGETLOW]

Melt snow melt!!

[jwdjrs]

Seems like Trolls are strong today

[Nainoa]

Well, if you mean backup plan as in another job lined up, no.

I am planning on ramping up efforts to secure any employment, even if it's short term or temp work - every little bit helps. I also plan on doing more volunteer work, as previously I never had enough time, but now I do.

It's just another chapter in my life; not the end of the book.

:cool:

Very true...

But I would still go sign in for Unemployment, if you haven't already.

I mean you've already paid for some portion of it... So might as well get some of your money back!

[PLANETGETLOW]

Seems like Trolls are strong today


double post :D

[|ceman]

Very true...

But I would still go sign in for Unemployment, if you haven't already.

I mean you've already paid for some portion of it... So might as well get some of your money back!

I thought that went without saying.

That is a no-brainer. Filed my claim for the first week last night.

I'm not independently wealthy such that I don't need the government mandated benefits.