fishinwrench

Hands down the best dryfly bite you'll ever have on the Niangua. 🙄

I missed this post. There was life before the internet, this is true. Has it been 20 years? Man time does fly.

I apologize. I missed out on every single time they responded. Is there an archive by chance, I'd like to read/hear them all.

You missed my earlier point. Playing along (addressing concerns), at least reasonably, is just part of their job. Suck it up buttercup and do the right thing. Enter the room, address the concern, then you can respectfully refuse to hash it out any further. You can't just punch anything you aren't in the mood to talk about with the "NUTJOB" stamp and carry on. If we could just do that then Phil's place would still have bedbugs, and the Duck's would be running tours today. Their stance kinda appears to be an attempt at minimalizing genuine concerns. Surely you aren't in support of that?

Correct. Being an Agency makes it even easier. They have more people available to disprove outright lies.

If I had already spoken my piece, attempted to clear things up, and they still kept on with the slander, then yeah I'd blow them off, after inviting them to PROVE IT. MDC, to my knowledge, has never openly addressed any of it, and I think doing so is past due. It isn't like they don't have time. Enough has been spread around that if I was MDC I would have a forum titled "Open Discussion of LD claims and insinuations".

Doing the best you can includes being responsible enough to respond to concerns. If somebody (Ham) says "Wrench sold me a motor with a bad water pump, and assured me that it was fresh and working fine. He bold-faced lied to me". I would at least say that I didn't bold face lie, what actually happened was that I aquired the motor with a fresh water pump, it was test run before I ever took possession of it and it was pumping water just fine. Just before delivering it to him I realized the tiller arm bushings were sloppy, so I quickly replaced them and test ran it one more time. It fired right up, shifted fine, and was pumping water, so I put fresh gear lube in it and dropped it off to his buddy in Springfield. I made a whopping 60.00 on the deal. Something went wrong between then and a month later....and Ham still hates me to this day over it and has shared his side of the story plenty. Maybe somebody started it out of the water before taking a trip out of state....I dunno, but that's what I suspect. I've been open for a debate about it to anyone who cared to discuss it, and there has been about 4 of them. That's the right way to handle bad press, not just pretending to ignore it, declaring him a Wack Job, pleading the 5th, and waiting out the statute of limitations.

Just take the blue pill, man. Don't question it. Life is better that way.

Pond Prowlers are cool, you can stand up in them. 👍

I only care because if you come up here and go fishing with me, and use my stuff, you'll move the blasted handle and you won't move it back before you leave. So the next time I pick it up I have to cuss you and call you a retard behind your back, when I'd rather do it to your face. 😊

Voltage regulators SOLD

Everything is good except the crankshaft. CDM module ignition. Tilt/trim system that DOES NOT leak down. Lower unit is in excellent condition. Cowlings are perfect. I know there are tons of these motors out there. If anybody wants some pieces off of it just holler. All parts priced @ 1/2 of what new ones sell for, and I'll give 30 days warranty on everything.

Maybe some folks have woken up before you? And they ain't laughing 😊

That's fine, as long as the ones paying you are not upset or concerned. But if they are (even SOME of them) then IMO you are obligated to respond. Am I out of line for thinking that?

I believe it's true, for the most part, but what difference does it make if nobody is gonna (or can) do anything about it. Might as well just take a Viagra and STFU. If he was spouting lies then they'd attack him for it. Oh yes they would. Or they'd at least say.... "We understand why some may think this but here's the real deal".....then go on to explain. They truly do owe that to us, don't ya think? When your boss hears something that concerns him about your work, and you know that it concerns him, do you just plead the 5th or do you offer up an explanation and welcome an investigation with full cooperation?

IMO you can complain to your friends all you want, but if you're gonna go full public, with articles in magazines and newspapers, then you should have enough evidence and momentum to continue the fight to the next level. Dabble-mont is just out there making noise that most are tired of listening to.

Retarded guides exist. Even 16 year veterans.....as was proven in the latest tragedy.

Dang! Did you hit your head, or what? I must have gotten KO'ed getting into the hammock yesterday. Woke up 3 hours later and couldn't even remember how I got there.

Media bias. Blue pill.

Kinda, but I don't single out the MDC and ignore all the other blatent, in your face, BS that goes on in the world. I give more time to Mercury Marine, and Law Enforcement Justice than I do to MDC. If LD thinks the MDC is the most corrupt entity that can effect his life then he is definitely nuts.

Yep, seats and pedestals are the first thing to get tossed on every boat I plan to use.

I had a HOA when I lived in Georgia. One of my neighbors didn't like my dirt bike sitting out and another hated my pointer bird dog even though he never barked, stayed in my yard and never caused any problems at all. I knew which ones they were because they were the only ones that never smiled and waved in passing. As luck would have it the president of the HOA's husband disappeared and I was the only single stud in the area. The Honda XR250R and Mack Patches Wonder, the best English pointer ever.....got a pass from that point on. 😁

It is a growing sport that's for sure. I'd be into it in a big way but I don't really enjoy fishing while sitting down. Especially while sitting down that low.

I wouldn't bet on that. At least 4 calls have been made in my area about a deer problem but no action has been taken. Since the only legal way to kill them is with a vehicle a few of the slightly crazy locals have put heavy duty brushguards on their trucks and started purposely mowing them down. Kinda sick but hey whatever it takes. The number of retarded doe's and button bucks around here is beyond rediculous, and the motorcyclist community is especially tired of all their buddy's getting hurt and killed.

I don't think he's a wack job, or a liar, but his efforts to gather up a posse and make MDC accountable have continued to fail for so long that even I have become tired of listening to it. It would be more fun if MDC would respond, but they never do. I suspect because an open mouth gathers no feet. If they could disprove his claims, or explain why things are done the way they are, in a way that would make sense to everyone, then I think they would. I know that if someone kept publicly accusing ME of wrongdoing I would definitely feel compelled to have my voice heard and make an effort to clear things up. Freedom of speech isn't a green light for undue/unjustified slander.