Terrierman

I wish I could have put all that into haiku but head hurts trying

It's the internet for crying out loud. Have fun with it however you like. No need to take things so serious.

Nice trip and nice report. Thanks for posting.

I got a Buffalo Jones Monkey on my back.....

Certified mail, return receipt requested would be my next step. And then one from an attorney.

There are apps that only disable texting while driving. Hands free is safer than having to handle the phone. Honesty compels me to admit that I cannot count the times I've missed a turn because I was on the phone though. I bet you have too. And if not, then kudos. So there is still an element of distracted driving.

There are at least five apps out to disable phone/disable texting while driving.

Aw come on. Tell us what's the best color tube.

How hard could it be to take a photo of a fish being weighed and then of it being released back into the lake.

Finally, something we are in 100% agreement on. A lot of this thread seems to be about somebody catching and keeping "my" fish.

It still amazes me that the app that shuts phones down while moving above a certain speed isn't mandatory or at least a lot more widely used.

Kids could walk to the corner or ride their bike to the pool all by themselves without somebody freaking out and calling the cops on their parents.

Protected you from the Taliban and ISIS and built you a few roads.

Great trip. Thanks for posting.

I'm of two minds about this. LEO have a job that most of us would never be able to put up with. Think about it, they deal with problems and problem people day in and day out. I would be fruit loops in less than a week. And the job is at least occasionally honest to pete dangerous. Maybe not as dangerous as managing a few guys like I do, or rebuilding boat motors like some other people do, but now and again a cop gets shot in the line of duty. I get that there are a lot of other deserving folks that don't get the publicity that LEO gets or a fireman or veteran who gets shot saving his platoon does or a lot of other stories that make good news. And that's too bad. But the fact that not everyone gets big press doesn't take away from what the person who does get the press did. Usually involves putting others first, even to the point of risking and occasionally losing your life over it. That's nothing to scoff at or belittle.

did you miss the list of things that irritate wrench? It was lengthy, yet not comprehensive.

This is a problem without a solution.

Excellent. Congratulations. Alaska will be my second big trip after retirement.

Just curious if you used to own a 15' boat and got rid of it because it was a mediocre double duty vessel or just offering an off the cuff opinion. Or tried one out and just didn't like it or what. As I indicated, I've got one and really like it a lot. Wouldn't want anything smaller for certain, but I'm in an area where I have a lot of skinny water and really like the super shallow draft.

That spot should be fished out by now.

You're nominated for being an immortal.

Just whatever you do, for crying tears in a bucket, do not drink any beer at this soiree'. (another word for Joe D to fret about).

Whatever happened to the saying "If you don't have anything nice to say, come sit by me"? Never mind, it's doing fine....

Aristotle's kids generation.