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My sugar snaps are done and the plants pulled. I have a second shift of tomatoes nearly at the replant stage for the flat. Both tomatoes and cucumber have flowers out. Basil has decided to really get going. I pulled up the bolting parsley and planted new seed. I would complain about the labor, but it's a patio garden.😁

I love doubles, especially the on top ones.

I hear you. I instinctively knew I was not well suited for the corporate/business world. I do not suffer fools gladly, I have always been impatient with delay, especially if it derives from fear of being wrong, and I have an unfortunate tendency to speak my mind. It seemed to me those traits should be utilized elsewhere. So I became a paid a******. 😁

My older daughter, who I love dearly, has an opinion on everything. She works as the teacher training/curriculum writing person for a Mass. charter school. She informed me some years ago that what I say and do is "colored by white and male privilege." She did not laugh when I pointed out that white was the absence of color, and it wasn't my fault I was a male. In the years since I have come to realize she was correct, but only in my unconscious thoughts and actions. This point applies to my incident yesterday and JF's comment several ways. The maskless friends and kids unconsciously know they are immortal. They know they are the top of the food chain. (The marina where I have a slip makes Big M look like a lower middle class neighborhood. I actually wish there were some place where my little boat fit in better.) And their world ends at the end of their nose. If you confront them, they would deny they act as they do. In fact, I am sure they would be offended. Reflection on one's place in the world comes from hardship, and, to a certain extent, the maturity derived from that experience. My parents, like so many of you, lived in and through the Great Depression, WWII, and Korea. Those experiences gave them a perspective well beyond their own nose. They raised me, and most of you, with the goal of our never having to face things of such nature. By instinct, they conformed to certain standards, not all of which were good or healthy. Their children, me included, only had to deal with VN, and that did not affect near so many in grave ways. We raised our children from our perspectives. The people we raised have perspectives that differ from ours and would be unrecognizable by our parents. One of the most notable aspects of their perspectives is the oblivious lack of empathy or regard for others, the failure to act unconsciously with regard for others. I realize I have used stereotypes and sweeping generalizations in my comments above. Consider it a personal framework of how I think of the world. That framework was what I used when I taught character along with content. I use different words than entitlement. I would use unconscious privilege. BTW, no offense is intended to anyone and the views expressed are not necessarily those of the management.

I went to the lake today. My boat has a broken trolling motor, but I went anyway. I fished without reward for a little more than four hours. I truly enjoyed myself. I know that at some point I will get this new lake figured out. When I came in, I secured the boat, gathered my gear and headed to the car. I was wearing my mask in case I encountered another person. There, at the junction of the walking ramp that leads up to the parking lot, stood three or four couples in ski outfits with three dozen rug rats. On top of that, a large extended family was coming down the walking ramp. The first group took forever to realize the second group could not pass. As i stood there in mask with gray hair, the first group reassembled, blocking the way to the ramp. I suppressed my natural reaction. Finally. one of them noticed me waiting to pass. He said, "We need to move." Another said, "Why?" As they finally moved, I lied to them. I said, "Thank you." It felt like lye in my mouth.

$100 with a maximum 18 foot length. I think it depends on the type of fishing you do. If you throw crank baits or troll crankbaits all the time that run in 15 feet of water or less, then, over time, the pole pays for itself in 20 or 22 snags. No retriever is 100% successful and a finite number of snags float to the top when you break them off. On the other hand, poles like that are a PIA and probably are not worth the time to deploy. Pay your money and take your choice.

Here it is.

July 8, 2010 on Table Rock. 13.75 lbs, 32 inch fish on a bottom bouncer with nightcrawler. The next week I caught an even 10 lb. fish trolling a Storm Thundercrank. I'll try to find a picture of that fish and add it.

Set it up like a drop shot, weight below hook, and use a barbless octopus or circle hook, size 6 or 8. When you feel a bite, just start reeling. This will minimize damage to fish you will release. When I used to bait fish below Bull, if I didn't use sculpins, nightcrawlers, or crickets for Brown trout, I used one kernel of corn and one salmon egg on the hook. My friends and I used to argue over whether you should put the corn or the salmon egg on first. Use enough weight to tick the bottom as you drift. If the bait gets ahead of the boat, reel in and cast again. Note: The classic White river rig uses a dropper line above the weight. I did not find it necessary, and I hung up less.

We all hear you. Grand niece does stage lighting for the Tulsa ballet and other one off gigs. She hasn't worked a day since early March. Younger daughter fell victim to a widespread layoff at the national lighting and design firm where she worked.

Never fished Stockton. The fish were too small.

Hire Duane Doty, Don House or one of Phil's people for half a day. Money very well sent.

I prefer the deep running Green Giant.

Jeff Fletcher will agree.

My wife says she likes the salad bar in this joint.

A former inhabitant of this board had the moniker of Powerdive. Mike was an avid walleye chaser before he moved to Florida. Obviously the name comes from what the big fish do at the boat. Anything above a 25 inch walleye is something for which you should be proud. Well done!

Soy, miso, garlic chicken with French style potatoes Dauphinoise done in muffin cups. .

Some years ago, GM acquired or eliminated all car manufacturers other than Ford and Dodge. What happened? Makers from other worlds stepped up to out do GM. VW and Toyota were two. Expect the same from here on out.

When I bought the tiller 75 hp Etec for my 2006 Alumacraft (a boat I regret selling, but the wife insisted I buy a steerng wheel boat) I bought a hydraulic tiller device that locked the motor where it was when you took your hand off. That meant you did not fight the torque full time. Mercury bought the company that made them and put them out of business. It competed with their Big Tiller engines. Oddly, their Big Tillers were designed by the same man that owned the company.

Wow. If I were not 70 and on my last boat, I would buy a Vexus with a brand new ETEC and fish the next 15 years. I may do that anyway.

Results:

I carry a jug of the 100x and a funnel in the boat. If the swells are not too bad, I simply refill.

ETEC all the way. Two boats since 2006 both with ETECs. Never have needed to turn the key more than once, even after three months of winter. If you buy one have it set for the 100x oil. You will go months before you need to refill the reservoir in the motor.

I just put half of a tri tip in the sous vide at 129. In the vac bag I added soy, miso, and much garlic. I pulled up the parsley to replant from new seed. I used it to make tabouli to go with the tri tip.

Smoked at 225, the bacon gets done but never crisps.