fishinwrench Posted February 9, 2023 Posted February 9, 2023 Wow, that Dust Buster was a die hard! Can't believe it didn't trip a breaker. 😅
Members Conor Posted February 9, 2023 Author Members Posted February 9, 2023 The Dirt Devil that appears to be possessed by the Devil did finally trip the circuit breaker or GFCI when it stopped running. You could tell it was really slowing down and am sure eventually windings in the motor melted and shorted out. I tried turning the breaker back on to see if the show would continue but it was apparently game over! The breaker wouldn't reset until the vacuum was unplugged. I seemed to keep going through outdoor GFCI outlets every few months so finally put in a standard outlet without GFCI and replaced the circuit breaker with a GFCI/breaker unit inside the panel. This seems to work great and not need replacement every few months. It is a sealed box but guess enough moisture gets inside that the GFCI doesn't like it. There was one time I picked up an older extension cord and felt a slight tingle. The breaker tripped immediately so I know it works. That cord went in the scrap pile to be recycled. Conor
Terrierman Posted February 9, 2023 Posted February 9, 2023 I found a broken off Rebel Wee Craw in a tree branch this one time. MOstreamer, Flysmallie and Quillback 1 2
Ryan Miloshewski Posted February 9, 2023 Posted February 9, 2023 Caught a, presumably, used condom once. That was neat. FishnDave and Daryk Campbell Sr 2 “To those devoid of imagination a blank place on the map is a useless waste; to others, the most valuable part.”--Aldo Leopold
fishinwrench Posted February 10, 2023 Posted February 10, 2023 1 hour ago, Ryan Miloshewski said: Caught a, presumably, used condom once. That was neat. "neat" would have been catching it while it was being used. Catching it afterwards is just gross. 😂 FishnDave, fshndoug, JestersHK and 1 other 4
Bushbeater Posted February 10, 2023 Posted February 10, 2023 I lost a nice pocket knife on a Courtois gravel bar. My name was engraved on the blade. About 3 years later a friend called, had found my knife. Johnsfolly, BilletHead, MOstreamer and 7 others 10
BilletHead Posted February 10, 2023 Posted February 10, 2023 22 minutes ago, Bushbeater said: I lost a nice pocket knife on a Courtois gravel bar. My name was engraved on the blade. About 3 years later a friend called, had found my knife. Best story going on here! Terrierman and Daryk Campbell Sr 2 "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
kjackson Posted February 10, 2023 Posted February 10, 2023 Possibly the strangest and certainly the most disconcerting sight I've seen was a jon boat. I was fishing below the Beaver Lake dam and saw the boat. It was maybe 10 feet up in a big tree wrapped around the trunk. I still have a hard time imagining what the river was like when that happened. Daryk Campbell Sr 1
Dutch Posted February 10, 2023 Posted February 10, 2023 We launched at Schooner Creek when there was a ramp. A young couple with a red aluminum boat and a white suv came in as we were leaving. When we came back by a boat trailer was floating. As we got to it there was a white suv directly below it and no boat in sight. The young couple was talking to a guy in the parking lot. After we finished fishing and pulled out everything was gone.
Flysmallie Posted February 11, 2023 Posted February 11, 2023 Plenty of strange things out there to find. We found this on the Niangua. We set it up here and left it. I did some research and found that the original burial place was in Springfield. No idea how that ended up where it is. Also on the Niangua. fishinwrench, Terrierman, MOstreamer and 1 other 2 1 1
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