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No docs in the family only nurses. However, many of the doctors that they work for and with have told them that they are not getting vaccine as they don't believe it is necessary and also that they don't yet trust it to be proven safe. The simple math doesn't add up to me. I have a 99.5% (or better) chance of fully recovering from Covid (and did) and the vaccine is purportedly 95% effective while surrounded by many unknowns. Further I am beyond skeptical of anything that the government tells me is safe and effective and even more skeptical of anything being pushed by Big Pharma. Although the report has pretty much been buried even the CDC stated recently that of all the reported Covid deaths less than six percent of the deceased had fewer than an average of 2.6 pre-existing contributing comorbidities. Everybody is going to believe what they're going to believe and everybody has to do what they believe is best for them personally and I'm not looking to change anyone's mind about any of it. However, I consider myself to be an independent thinker and I don't believe much of anything that anybody tells me on face value. As an old retired analyst I depend on and trust my own research and conclusions and no vaccine is where I'm at on this one. And I say good for you regarding all you are doing to support the effort to help people. The world needs more of you.

I've mentioned in a prior post that I and all five members of my immediate family had Covid in late October. Like a cold for all of us and I'm 68 with a thirty year history of respiratory issues. We also have five frontline healthcare workers (nurses) in our immediate and extended family. None of them are getting the vaccine as they don't see the need nor do they trust it. Perhaps more telling is that quite a few of the physicians that they work with/for are also not going to get vaccinated for the same reasons. The KC Star keeps reporting horror stories of overwhelmed hospitals and even of patients and bodies stacked in hallways in Kansas City. Two of my nurse relatives work at KU and one at St. Lukes in KC and they say that nothing could be further from the truth. I hope that every single person that wants the vaccine is able to get it in a safe and timely manner. I, however, ain't one of them.

I really didn't think the Finatic was all that expensive even at $38.99 for 300 yds. Especially when I was respooling Invizx once or twice a week when Ned fishing. Just couldn't keep the twists out and got tired of dragging it behind the boat three times a day in an effort to do so. And if the 40% off deal is still in effect its even more reasonable. I dunno - I'm a braid hater from way back but I like this stuff and it's super low maintenance which lazy old guys like me really appreciate!

Leaders drive me absolutely crazy. I know pretty much every good fisherman uses them (which might explain why I ain't one) but I just hate 'em. 99.9 percent of the time whatever line I'm using gets tied directly to the bait. The only exception is fluke/slugo type lures where I'll sometimes use a swivel cause of line twist but I hate those even worse and will usually just deal with the line twist as it occurs as opposed to breaking the line and adding a swivel. Knots and swivels going thru line guides are light fingernails on a chalkboard to me.😖

I have mentioned here in the past how much I hate braid although I do like to experiment with different stuff. After RPS endorsed the Finatic early last year I decided to try some and I actually really like it - at least for spinning applications. I've yet to have it wrap around a guide, knot itself or suffer an impaled hook. For me it casts further and easier than even Invisx and is super sensitive. Also the ten pound stuff is amazingly small diameter and the green and blue color is kinda unique. While it's not the easiest to see neither is fluro so that's pretty much a push. Another aspect I used to hate about braid is getting a deep hangup as most braid would pull the dang boat underwater before it would break off. The ten pound is stout enough to pull free more often than not but when hopelessly fouled it can be broke off without snapping a rod or gashing a finger. I haven't tried it on a bait caster yet but intend to this spring. They've had two 40% off specials in the last couple of months (one of which just ended yesterday) which makes the price more than reasonable. All in I paid $54.79 for two 300 yd. spools of the 10#. The stuff also does not fade or at least it didn't all of last year and seems to last forever. I spooled four spinners last April and see no need to refresh any of them in 2021. As for cold weather applications you need to find another field tester cause I ain't goin' out there no more in 30 - 35 degree weather!

Oh yeah - that sounds easy enough.😧 You lost me at "acquire some paint and flake to match"!🤦‍♂️

Man, with a setup like that you'd think you did this for a living or something......🙄 As a longtime toy lover I'm beyond jealous!

I'll be 68 in March and I think I hear voices but can't really remember for sure.🙄 What was the question?

I also use 'em for grubs and small swimbaits when fishing around cover as they seldom hangup and when they do I can almost always shake 'em free. I've been tossing his jigs exclusively for over four years now and I'll bet I could count the number that I've lost on one hand. I'll wear the paint off the heads and even lose the skirt (on the jigs) before I'll lose one to a break off. And they ARE great for crappie as you can fish the heaviest of cover with lots of confidence. On the recommendation of RPS I purchased some Finatic braid (10 lb.) early last year and I've come to really like the combination of Bo's heads and the Finatic line. On most trips I'll give a couple of Bo's heads away to guys I get to talking to on the dock and everyone that's tried them has been amazed at how weedless they are. And I wouldn't at all mind if Bo started making those crappie heads in 1/16 and 1/4 oz. either!

Pretty fish Dutch! I love how the colors seem to pop a little more in colder water. Although I don't really care that much for colder water in general.......🥶

For Neds I think Bo's NuTech crappie jig head is pretty dang good too and about impossible to lose due to hangups.

I think a refresher class might be of benefit. 😢 Sad here......

All y'all could use a little sensitivity training........🤨

I'm glad that not catching fish doesn't really bother me that much anymore. Seein's I'm on the fixed income these days the only way I can afford the Livescope is to sell the boat! Oh well, I had a pretty good run of blowin' money on stuff that most others couldn't afford for quite a few years. Y'alls turn now. Fun reading about it though. Although there still is that blood bank deal.....

And whut up with the wreck? Six weeks don't sound like no fender bender or shopping cart deal. You guys OK?

and thinking it's a big, fat crappie............

Man that place if full of 'em. I used to catch thirty or forty a day over there on a little red and white Roadrunner while crappie fishing. Used to drive me nuts!

Good for you! How much 100 MPH tape did it take to secure it to the deck?🤣

Holy cats! By my calculations that's $7000 if I go all in! How's a guy gonna beat that deal? May be a Livescope in my future!

Me too! I guess my point isn't to minimize the effect that the virus has had on some but rather to illustrate that it also isn't the doom and gloom end of the world scenario that the news media tries to make it out to be. The fact that so many are attempting to control and manipulate people through fear and untruths is way scarier to me.

Back in mid to late October all six members of our immediate family tested positive within a four day period. Two of us in our house and four at my brothers. All of our symptoms were about the same in that it was like having a cold and not a very bad one at that. Lasted six to eight days. Typical flu/cold stuff - body aches, chills, cough, headache, etc. What was weird though is hardly any of the symptoms were at the same time like with a typical flu or cold and they were so mild as to feel more like the onset of getting sick than actually being sick. One day we'd have some chills, the next day a few body aches, then a headache, etc. But they were never severe. Had low energy and felt a little rundown for a couple days so we all just stayed inside and rested up. The most severe symptom for all of us (but again it was more of an annoyance than actually severe) was the sensation of a sinus headache. I had it for three days behind my right eye and then it switched to the left and lasted two more days. A couple of times I also had the feeling that I was running a fever but my temperature was actually 97.4. Also had an unproductive cough off and on and a little tightness in the chest but again it was like coming down with something but never really getting it. We all tended to agree that the worst of it was the loss of taste and smell as that was crazy. My brother couldn't taste or smell anything for over two weeks although it was only a few days for me. He actually spilled gasoline on his hands one day and couldn't smell it at all. When my sense of smell started to come back EVERYTHING smelled like bacon for a couple of days. Actually kind of enjoyed that part...... We also know of another ten to twelve friends or acquaintances that have gotten it and their symptoms are/were nearly identical. Personally, I'll take whatever version of Covid that we all had over the "normal" flu or cold any day and I'm 68, fat, eat crappy, drink too much, have COPD and have had pneumonia four times. Don't believe everything you hear and see on TV.

Pelagic? How can a guy not love a well read boat mechanic!

Is that how you tell when you're "done" too?🤔

Not meaning to be critical and I sure hope that it works out for you. Just an observation as I appreciate you and others sharing so much great information as all this stuff is over my head! Good luck and anxious to hear how it goes.

Am I missing something? The description in that ebay link says the battery is "Lithium Ion" not lithium "iron". Reviews below the item are a little shaky and it doesn't seem to play well in the cold.