Fitty's Angling Ramble 7.0

[Nainoa]

I used to be like that a few years back. I wouldnt go anywhere with out at least one rod & reel on.
I can also relate to leaving a piece of gear behind

In recent years I've really become a minimalist when it comes to taking gear on a day trip. I used to be a pack mule, but Fitty slowly turned me minimalist.

Less back aches!

[44hunter]

In recent years I've really become a minimalist when it comes to taking gear on a day trip. I used to be a pack mule, but Fitty slowly turned me minimalist.

Less back aches!

Old man wisdom right there.

Thats why my dad has so many kids. Spread the gear out amongst us..

[Hartski]

Long weekend and I'm going to end up having to work at least 2 of the 4 days............

[Nainoa]

Okay... So last night I mowed the lawn, and it cost me right around $16 in gas! If we have a summer and early fall with timely rains, figure I have to mow once a week for around 16 weeks... Which is $256 for the year at these gas prices.

Currently you can get a grass eating goat for $100-$125.

Tied intelligently to a tree periodically through a day... I figure 2 goats would trim all the grass.

So if I just buy 2 goats, I save $6 and gain 3 hours of time in my always busy week.
Someone talk me out of this one?

[storm1507]

Go ahead Nainoa....should make for some very interesting stories for the ramble and your book.

[Nainoa]

Go ahead Nainoa....should make for some very interesting stories for the ramble and your book.

Yeah I figure I can train them to run from the sound of a Kazoo... Then on weekends we'll hitch them up to little red wagons, strap the neighborhood kids (And/or local midgets) in and race them up and down the long driveway.

Charge admission
?????
Profit!

[lhprop1]

Okay... So last night I mowed the lawn, and it cost me right around $16 in gas! If we have a summer and early fall with timely rains, figure I have to mow once a week for around 16 weeks... Which is $256 for the year at these gas prices.

Currently you can get a grass eating goat for $100-$125.

Tied intelligently to a tree periodically through a day... I figure 2 goats would trim all the grass.

So if I just buy 2 goats, I save $6 and gain 3 hours of time in my always busy week.
Someone talk me out of this one?

The amount of money you save in gas during the summer will be dwarfed by the amount of money it will cost to feed them in the winter.

[Hartski]

If you buy new ones each spring, fatten them on the grass, then butcher them in the fall, you might do okay....

[Nainoa]

If you buy new ones each spring, fatten them on the grass, then butcher them in the fall, you might do okay....

I figured I would milk em and then fight em... Pump one up with Cell Tech so he can be the Hulk Hogan of the Goat fighting circuit!

[GREENFEATHER]

Okay... So last night I mowed the lawn, and it cost me right around $16 in gas! If we have a summer and early fall with timely rains, figure I have to mow once a week for around 16 weeks... Which is $256 for the year at these gas prices.

Currently you can get a grass eating goat for $100-$125.

Tied intelligently to a tree periodically through a day... I figure 2 goats would trim all the grass.

So if I just buy 2 goats, I save $6 and gain 3 hours of time in my always busy week.
Someone talk me out of this one?

Don't work that way home cookin', goats are real assclowns too.

[GREENFEATHER]

[GREENFEATHER]

Bear Hunting
Bob was excited about his new .338 rifle and decided to try
Bear hunting. He traveled up to Alaska, spotted a small brown
Bear and shot it. Soon after there was a tap on his shoulder,
And he turned around to see a big black bear.
The black bear said, "That was a very bad mistake.
That bear was my cousin. I'm going to give you two
Choices. Either I maul you to death or we have sex."
After considering briefly, Bob decided to accept the latter
Alternative. So the black bear had his way with Bob.
Even though he felt sore for two weeks, Bob soon recovered
And vowed revenge. He headed out on another trip to Alaska
Where he found the black bear and shot it dead. Right after,
There was another tap on his shoulder. This time a huge
Grizzly bear stood right next to him.

The grizzly said, "That was a big mistake, Bob. That bear
Was my cousin and you've got two choices - either I
Maul you to death or we have rough sex."
Again, Bob thought it was better to co-operate with the grizzly
Bear than be mauled to death. So the grizzly had his way with Bob.
Although he survived, it took several months before Bob fully
Recovered. Now Bob was completely outraged, so he headed
Back to Alaska and managed to track down the grizzly bear
And shot it. He felt sweet revenge, but then, moments later,
There was a tap on his shoulder. He turned around
To find a giant polar bear standing there.
The polar bear looked at him and said, "Admit it, Bob,
You don't come here for the hunting, do you?"

[Hartski]

I sure could have used today to sleep all day and watch tv. It's STILL raining, and flooding is getting worse all over the state.

But, since this is a holiday for us, I get double time plus holiday pay for coming in to work. Tough to refuse $78/hr all day......

[Procta]

back from 4 days camping on Jekyll Island, GA


perfect weather hot sunny during day
cool enough for comfortable time around fire, sleep and clear night with a full moon


yeah dont wanna be here in the office today

[Nainoa]

I sure could have used today to sleep all day and watch tv. It's STILL raining, and flooding is getting worse all over the state.

But, since this is a holiday for us, I get double time plus holiday pay for coming in to work. Tough to refuse $78/hr all day......

I went to bed at 10:30 figuring baby would get me up at 6. She slept in until 8:15!

[|ceman]

back from 4 days camping on Jekyll Island, GA


perfect weather hot sunny during day
cool enough for comfortable time around fire, sleep and clear night with a full moon


yeah dont wanna be here in the office today

Admit it, you were looking for bears, you sicko.

[lhprop1]

So my wife was planting annuals in the yard this weekend. There was a blank spot that needed something and she couldn't decide what to put thereand she came to ask my opinion. I told her "I think I should put my peonies between your tulips."

She didn't think I was funny.

[Nainoa]

So my wife was planting annuals in the yard this weekend. There was a blank spot that needed something and she couldn't decide what to put thereand she came to ask my opinion. I told her "I think I should put my peonies between your tulips."

She didn't think I was funny.

Of course not, they're perennials!

[Nainoa]

Pretty funny... Last night in last fading motes of light outside, I was looking out the kitchen window when I see this GIANT Coon running/lumbering as fast as it could away from my garden area. I look back towards the garden and there was Jack, (the big ass barn cat that's been cleaning up my rabbit problem for the past couple of months) moving up on the coon, hackles up and looking pissed.

My guess is it's a mother coon looking to give birth, she must have thought the area under my fish house was a perfect den.

However this is where Jack has been living since February.

Jack started moving in on her...

And you could see the coon's body language as if to say "Mercy sir... I beg Mercy."

Jack breaks off in a dead spring for her as if to say "Death, is the ultimate form of Mercy!"

The coon beat it to the woods, and Jack just stood at the top of the driveway triumphant.

[lhprop1]

You should have gone all Turtleman on that coon.

[Nainoa]

You should have gone all Turtleman on that coon.

Somehow I get the feeling Jack doesn't like it when you try to steal one of his kills.


Man that is one bad ass barn cat.


I'm having waiting to just see him one day dragging a goose home.

[GREENFEATHER]

Pretty funny... Last night in last fading motes of light outside, I was looking out the kitchen window when I see this GIANT Coon running/lumbering as fast as it could away from my garden area. I look back towards the garden and there was Jack, (the big ass barn cat that's been cleaning up my rabbit problem for the past couple of months) moving up on the coon, hackles up and looking pissed.

My guess is it's a mother coon looking to give birth, she must have thought the area under my fish house was a perfect den.

However this is where Jack has been living since February.

Jack started moving in on her...

And you could see the coon's body language as if to say "Mercy sir... I beg Mercy."

Jack breaks off in a dead spring for her as if to say "Death, is the ultimate form of Mercy!"

The coon beat it to the woods, and Jack just stood at the top of the driveway triumphant.

Yea, I got $100 on the Raccoon. I've seen more cats killed by coons than the other way around. Most of the time the coons will fall back into the woods to avoid a confrontation, but when they stand, they do so with Ranger ferocity.

[Nainoa]

Yea, I got $100 on the Raccoon. I've seen more cats killed by coons than the other way around. Most of the time the coons will fall back into the woods to avoid a confrontation, but when they stand, they do so with Ranger ferocity.

Yeah my guess is that it was a pregnant mother looking for a place to have her babies and that's why she backed off and ran like that.

[Nainoa]

Ughhh...

Wife took the baby to bed at 6:30 last night. Then the baby got up for me today at 5:37

[Procta]

Ughhh...

Wife took the baby to bed at 6:30 last night. Then the baby got up for me today at 5:37

on the senior sleep cycle

[Hartski]

Stupid rain. Floods are getting worse....

[lhprop1]

Muskie season opens tomorrow. Only 20 hours until I'm on the water. I can barely keep my pants on.

[Procta]

any weekend plans?

[Hartski]

Check out the gun show for deals, maybe work a few hours, go shooting, weed the garden, try my newly bottled cider to see how the bottle conditioning is going.......

[Nainoa]

on the senior sleep cycle

Yeah I managed to get 10 hours of sleep last night (If you count falling asleep in the chair like an old man)

Still felt like I could have slept a few more hours.