Make A Few Calls

[oneshot]

Couple months my wife don’t need Fishing License and I’m needing someone to go with me.

Figure we will have more fish than we need. Got a New Fryer so make calls to kids and friends. Fish Fries 😁

oneshot

[snagged in outlet 3]

2022 I get the 60 year old discount permit!    I think I’ll get the fishing hunting combo.   I’ll probably take up hunting again when I retire in a couple years.  

[BilletHead]

2 hours ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

2022 I get the 60 year old discount permit!    I think I’ll get the fishing hunting combo.   I’ll probably take up hunting again when I retire in a couple years.  

     Been there done that! What a bargain. 

[fishinwrench]

Don't y'all find it ironic that back when all they had to work with was license fee money...they did an outstanding job.  But now that they are among the richest agencies in the state they still continually raise license fees, and can't seem to accomplish diddly squat?  

[Johnsfolly]

4 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

 they still continually raise license fees, and can't seem to accomplish diddly squat?  

I need evidence that they are continually raising license fees. I recall one increase in the last 15 to 20 years in resident licenses and trout stamp costs. Looks like a trout stamp is still $10 up from $7 and $5 vs $3 for a daily park stamp.

I'm sure that you don't  charge more now for the same engine jobs that you did 15 years ago. You just absorb the increase in the cost of parts and supplies to get that work done and don't pass on those costs to your clients. I'm sure that you haven't changed your labor rates to keep up with inflation on that work either.

If you have changed your prices to keep up then why can't a state agency increase its permit costs to account for those same economic realities? 🤔

I know that the costs of feeds that we use to raise our fish have increased well over 30 percent in 15yrs. Even if we just increased our prices to keep up we couldn't do "more" with the monies received than we did then.

[snagged in outlet 3]

2 hours ago, Johnsfolly said:

I need evidence that they are continually raising license fees. I recall one increase in the last 15 to 20 years in resident licenses and trout stamp costs. Looks like a trout stamp is still $10 up from $7 and $5 vs $3 for a daily park stamp.

I'm sure that you don't  charge more now for the same engine jobs that you did 15 years ago. You just absorb the increase in the cost of parts and supplies to get that work done and don't pass on those costs to your clients. I'm sure that you haven't changed your labor rates to keep up with inflation on that work either.

If you have changed your prices to keep up then why can't a state agency increase its permit costs to account for those same economic realities? 🤔

I know that the costs of feeds that we use to raise our fish have increased well over 30 percent in 15yrs. Even if we just increased our prices to keep up we couldn't do "more" with the monies received than we did then.

Beat me to it.  

[Johnsfolly]

52 minutes ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

Beat me to it.  

One of the benefits when you don't sleep much anymore 😒

[snagged in outlet 3]

11 minutes ago, Johnsfolly said:

One of the benefits when you don't sleep much anymore 😒

No kidding.  But I turn off technology around 8:30 to 9 most nights.   And never ever open work emails after 5 pm.   I can’t do anything anyway except grind on it all night.  

[fishinwrench]

8 hours ago, Johnsfolly said:

I need evidence that they are continually raising license fees. I recall one increase in the last 15 to 20 years in resident licenses and trout stamp costs. Looks like a trout stamp is still $10 up from $7 and $5 vs $3 for a daily park stamp.

I'm sure that you don't  charge more now for the same engine jobs that you did 15 years ago. You just absorb the increase in the cost of parts and supplies to get that work done and don't pass on those costs to your clients. I'm sure that you haven't changed your labor rates to keep up with inflation on that work either.

If you have changed your prices to keep up then why can't a state agency increase its permit costs to account for those same economic realities? 🤔

I know that the costs of feeds that we use to raise our fish have increased well over 30 percent in 15yrs. Even if we just increased our prices to keep up we couldn't do "more" with the monies received than we did then.

They just in the last 2 years (I think....TIME seems to go so fast these days) increased the Trout stamp cost.  And immediately after the increase they appeared to do EVEN LESS.    Less in the parks, and far less in the Red and White ribbon areas.     

I'm not so petty as to fuss over a couple dollars, so that really wasn't my point. My point, and it's undisputable, is that the quality of Trout fishing in this state was noticably better way back before they had all this money, all these employees, and all of the latest high-tech equipment that they have now.  

I've only raised my rate twice since I started my business, and the first raise was at the request of my friendly competitors.  It was actually for THEIR benefit more than mine.    Nevertheless, I definitely never became more of a slacker after doing so.  

 

[jdmidwest]

Local town here cried and pleaded for internet use tax vote and the numbnuts passed it.  It was for law enforcement and fire dept, road improvements.

City announçed this week that they were going to use it for employee raises.