Flysmallie

Let me see if this soap box will still hold me. We have screwed this up for the future generations. We push them to get a degree (it's not rightfully so for everyone). We tell them they can be whatever they want to be (that's not true). We tell them they must have a career to be successful. And a big house, nice new cars, all the latest gadgets, wake boats, big screen TVs, and a healthy amount to pay back in student loans. Don't complain about what is out there because we all helped create it. But I don't worry too much about it. Take a look around. There are far fewer kids attending universities than are graduating high school. And there are a lot more going out and doing great things than there are just being a lazy turd. I've been fortunate enough to see this in many different examples. Friends of my daughters and friends of mine that are high school and college age kids. And their attitude is starting to change. Their starting to see that chasing a career is many times fruitless or that people chase that career and then hate it when it happens. Their starting to see other options, other choices. Their starting to understand that they won't be considered a failure if they don't have a degree. Each summer I get to spend a few days with an intern or two that we hire. For the most part they are very nice kids. They don't mind working hard. But they are starting to realize that 4 years at the University of Kentucky did little to improve their odds at success. Or that degree from Duke is pretty much worthless in helping them land that dream job. But I also see some that have done nothing and expect everything. Those are the people that we have mislead. Those are the people that feel that you can coast thru and somebody will hand you 100k to sit on your butt. We've always had those type of people and we always will. I don't worry about them, that's where we will find our ditch diggers. Not that being a ditch digger is a bad thing. I spend many days wishing I was on a road crew or something similar. Having a "career" is overrated and it ruins a lot of people's lives. I have a little sister that chased that career dream. Did really well at it and call her really successful. She lives in a huge house, drives her BMW, has a place at the lake, new boat. She also works 60 to 70 hours a week, travels a lot, is really stressed and doesn't have much time for her 5 year old son. She is the successful one in my family. I on the other hand never graduated college, worked my way up through a couple of different companies, maybe on a busy week put in a full 35 hours, don't like what I do, live in a modest home, no boat (unless you want to count a canoe) and don't really stress out over much. I spend a lot of time with my kids. I spend most of all the money I earn on my spoiled kids. Guess who is happier? Me. Guess who makes the most money? Me. Guess who society says is the most successful? Yep, her. We are getting it all wrong and we are teaching our kids to do the same. It's not the kids fault. They just do as they have been taught.

You are the cat catching machine. That white is up there a ways isn't it. Where do you put in at to float to Delaware?

Just another Ford vs Chevy debate.

I like that. I could probably even tie one of those.

You want Springfield to do something that might improve fishing? Good luck with that. The park board has been doing all they can to decrease fishing in this town for the last 15 years.

I think those anchor poles work better when you leave the boat in the water.

I guess I really don't have a team in college. But I do like to watch football. Any football. The last several years I have really got into watching HS football. If you do some homework you can really see some exciting games at that level. Looking forward to tomorrow night.

Your selections are really close to what I would have confidence in. I might add a bigger yellow streamer. And I would have a handful of gurglers. And probably just throw a gurgler the whole time.

Capacity. Your cell phone takes almost nothing to run. Your trolling motor on the other hand needs some power for a long period of time.

I think it started today. And there is fresh new water headed down the James today. The city went through our neighborhood a couple of weeks ago and oiled and sanded all the streets and never came back and cleaned it up like they said they would so that's coming with it too. Enjoy.

I've heard of these otter serial killings before. Doesn't make any sense. Why would they just go around killing fish for no reason?

Very, very few. That's why I have always liked it.

Holy bull trout those are some nice fishing spots. Great pictures.

You also have a very large storm runoff coming out of Springfield. I know a lot of you want to dismiss that but it's happening.

I think he was getting that sex change operation.

Phil it has happened to me on Safari and IE.

You caught more than I did sitting in my office.

Works for me. How are you trying to upload and what device are you using?

I wasn't going to be heartbroken. Maybe Phil could upgrade that. I know he has nothing better to do with his time.

Nope they are still there. When the window opens click on Categories and then click on core_emoticon_group_default. That will show them all.

Click on the star and that takes you to new content. The magnifying glass is for search of course. The Menu on the far right will take you to notifications and messages as well as a list of other options. Push some buttons, snoop around, get a feel for it. I like it. But I like change.

I like Lambert's. Good food, fun place. But I don't try to catch the rolls, there's a reason I didn't play baseball beyond little league. They will bring you one if you ask.

Looks great on my iPhone. Much better than the old version.

I saw that. What an odd solution to their problem. Let's see how that works out for them.