Memorial Day already?

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8 hours ago, mixermarkb said:

Easy there Skeeter- I don't hate all pontoons, and most pontoons with trolling motors know better than to cut between me and the bank while I'm out there fishing a main lake point.

This.

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Seeing the lake so crowded is conflicting to me...

On one hand I hate the ramp chaos and pulling up to people on my spot...

On the other hand- most of my best memories as a kid were at the lake.  Hopefully more kids are getting those memories now (and less screen time).

 

Friday I had to wait for a couple and their two teenage daughters to launch their pontoon at Eagle Rock- it was obvious the Dad was gonna have to do it all. Luckily it wasn’t his first rodeo and he was pretty handy with it all... but I was glad to wait and hope my daughters will still go to the lake with me when they are older.

[DADAKOTA]

Had the same experience at LOZ this weekend.  I have never seen that many people fishing from boats and docks the first weekend in May.  Wave runners, jet skis, canoes, kayaks, and folks swimming in low 60 degree water was all new to me for this early in May.  Combine all of that with the big cruisers and offshore racing boats and it becomes difficult to get around in a 16 foot jon boat.  We were around the 45 mm which typically does not get a lot of big boat traffic.  Not much social distancing on some of those big boats and pontoons.

[top_dollar]

14 hours ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

Most people don’t understand exponential growth.  I give you One penny today and it doubles everyday for 30 days or $1mil today?

This is way too complicated of a concept for most.  It's like taxes.  I once had a manager at walgreens tell me he didnt want to get a raise because it would bump him into a higher tax bracket.  🤦‍♂️ 

[garyw]

2 hours ago, top_dollar said:

This is way too complicated of a concept for most.  It's like taxes.  I once had a manager at walgreens tell me he didnt want to get a raise because it would bump him into a higher tax bracket.  🤦‍♂️ 

I once got a nickel raise/adjustment, brought home less money.......that was YEARS ago.

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1 hour ago, garyw said:

I once got a nickel raise/adjustment, brought home less money.......that was YEARS ago.

I don't know how it was years ago but getting a raise does not result in bringing home less money (annually) due to taxes.  The US operates on a marginal tax rate system.  So, if you jump from a 10% tax bracket to 15% tax bracket, you only pay the 15% rate on dollars earned ABOVE the 10% tax bracket threshold.  Most people don't understand how marginal tax rates work.