Daryk Campbell Sr

I've worked retail of some kind most all of my life. The management during orientation sternly explains to new employees not to interfere with people who are stealing. Doesn't matter how obvious it is that people are stealing, you don't approach. The common reason is it is cheaper than a lawsuit from the thief, and or workers comp for the employee. The "solution" to help prevent potential thieves is to "give them great customer service ". That was in the hopes of someone not being bold enough to want to steal in front of the associates. Meanwhile I made Kings Hawaiian Roll sliders. They were great as appetizers. https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/216756/baked-ham-and-cheese-party-sandwiches/

3rd. No pressure Marty.

Merry Christmas You Filthy Animals. Marty, you can't tease us like that. I do hope you enjoy the new...... BOAT? @dblades, if you are ever needing someone to go fishing with, I will gladly make the drive.

To be fair, your reference is also one sided. As well as quite an old set of data. I'm just curious to get a layman's report of what it takes to build, and demolish vs the gains. One reference will tout the benefit, another touts the problems, but none are giving complete information. Im really interested, but I'm not in the field and most information is way above my head. I am and I believe most people are, easy to sway with missing information. We don't know what information may be missing. So, why not be as thorough as can be for the sake of most people. Example: it takes "x" amount of energy to construct this, and "x" amount to deconstruct. In its life cycle it produces "x" amount of energy. That's what I'm wanting from an article that's trying to sway me a certain way. But..... I guess there no benefit to them for that. By the way, I'm just having general conversation, no blame to anyone on information provided. I enjoy learning about many things, and this really got me interested, but I feel alot was left out of the articles, and I'm upset with the writers, not the ones who provide it. Merry Christmas all.

They go by the St Louis area with the blades enough to where it isn't a novelty to see them. They are large. Driving through Illinois, you can see some of the wind farms, and they are really neat to see. I don't know the science of why they are going out of service, and cannot be retrofitted but I'm curious to know the full story. Not really curious enough to godown the rabbit hole. I just wish they would get deeper into the story, or share the links that are relative. This just seems to be one sided reporting. Not blaming you Marty, it's qn interesting article. Just got me curious. LOL

Im always fascinated by one sided reporting and selling. When the push was to install and operate these, and electric vehicles, and solar panels etc., they sell the benefits. They promised it was eco friendly blah blah blah. Now that they have made their money, they are looking for assistance in removing them and (realizing) the technology was not as well thought out as it was sold. I'm sure lessons were learned, improvements were made, and it will benefit future science. I do believe that. I prefer the story also include how much energy each one has contributed, what has been learned, and how it compares to other energy sources.

No, I got a loft room, so if my son needs to retreat, he can.

Got that corrected. Thanks for the tip. I also figured out why the starter wasn't engaging. I traced the wires, verified voltage to the solenoid, and verified the wires were in the correct order and location. Thankfully I took a slow video of the motor and wires. I thought I had a bad ground. I could disconnect the wire from the neutral safety switch, and ground it out to get the starter to engage. Further YouTube and forums research showed others having similar issues, showed the switch could often be misaligned and the plunger would not activate. Corrected that, and the starter engages. Now to get a new battery as mine is very weak. One step closer.

Got mine in. Thanks Phil. Make sure to select Phil in the drop down. Really, for the entertainment of the forum, we all should be donating to cover as our dues.

That's the way it goes. To have a rough day but still report is fully appreciated.

Nothing of real concern. Just shallow water. Sorry for the confusion.

Today's weather started either rain. We slept in had a late hearty breakfast. Deer back straps perfectly cooked by Rick, along with crispy bacon, and some left over fish and potatoes as well as casserole. Had a great day on the water, doubled up many times. Ray caught a beautifully marked smallmouth, some browns and plenty of rainbows. Rick flat out was a fish whisperer. He was our (Ray and I) guide. He worked the motor while relaxing and allowing us to catch fish in the Shoals at Buffalo Shoals. We started off great. Then Rick decided it was time to show us up. After some issues with line breaking, we all seemed to have issues, Rick started catching and he never stopped. He became wore out and allowed Ray and I to catch again. Cody and DJ went over to the Buffalo and had a great time over there. They had an issue coming back from there, we came across them while Cody was pulling the boat. We all fished near the ramp for another hour or so, then came back to have dinner. Cody made an amazing gumbo that we all shared. WOW. That's all I can say about that. There may have been hints that it may make an appearance at Taneyfest 2025.

Friday night dinner. Fried blue cat, fresh cut Fried potatoes, potato casserole courtesy of Rick's wife, with creamy mac and cheese. Well, it was amazing! We stayed up and watched a couple movies, Cody and I fell asleep and the guys left us out in the living room.

I did not get it to start in time for Jigfest, but I plan to get it wrapped up for Taneyfest. I bought all of the OE parts from www.MarineEngine.com as recommended by Fishinwrench. I did complete the transom replacement, as well as installed a trailer hitch on my van. I had two blind nuts that were welded into the frame break, and had to drill them out. I had to remove the bumper to install the new replacement bolts.

The first day (Thursday) we went launch, but Rick @Terrierman realized there was a problem with his tiller. The throttle handle was missing. He and I didn't go out. Cody @gotmuddy, and Ray went out for a couple hours, DJ met up they caught a few trout, and a couple smallies near the confluence of the Buffalo. Food, well, amazing as usual. Cody brought trout dip, candied jalapeño dip that he covered a block of cream cheese and we had fried bologna sandwiches, until the red beans and rice was served along with smoked chicken thighs. Miles, the owner of Rileys Outfitter helped Rick out and got the motor fixed well enough to use. We got out today (Friday to fish. David ( @dpitt ) came out to play. Unfortunately I didn't get any photos of him or his cool boat. Rick and I almost doubled on each of our first fish, unfortunately while I was raising mine into the boat it came off. I didn't touch it, so it didn't count (Rick's boat, and his rules :-) ) we caught quite a few fish, I was throwing Lilley's Jigs, tri olive with a red wrap seemed to shine for me. Rick was using multiple colors of jigs as well as a Doty Signature Series Sculpin jerk bait. Fish of the day was a 20" brown i caught. My personal best. It fought hard, stayed deep for quite a while. Rick was very helpful in my landing of the big brown, I would have probably lost it had he not coached me and netted it for me. The bonus of the day was a sucker caught in the mouth on a jig, caught by Rick.