Fishing Rhino

Fact is indeed stranger than fiction. Talk about double, triple, and even quadruple entendre. "FARMINGTON -- While the state has yet to officially cancel any events involving horses that might have been exposed to a local recent equine herpes outbreak, owners and arenas are taking precautions. Because of the outbreak, contestants at the Davis County Sheriff's Mounted Posse Junior Queen Contest had to cowgirl up Thursday night without their mares. Instead of competing on horses, as is typically the case, contestants were asked to trot around the arena with stick horses as their show ponies....................." http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=15716018

Hmmmmmm. Wasn't Chaplain mocking Hitler? Hitler sounded exactly like that in many of his speeches. Beware of wolves in sheep's clothing. Would he still get your vote? History is replete with those who decried "dictatorships" while in reality they were dictators.

Seriously, if I could do anything approaching that, it would be in this canoe.

Not a bad "starter ride". Most folks would love to have a rig like that at any age, let alone fourteen. Very nice. May he make many happy memories aboard her. Next on the list, in two or three years, a tow vehicle. May I suggest:

Nahh, not me. Whoever that is, I'd be embarassed to be that graceful. I'm just a happy go lucky, clumsy oaf. I do have a canoe that color however. Why the music, "The Lady in Red"? The video is about a man in green.

If you're going to get a roof rack "system", they come in all configurations. You can get containers that will hold skis, fishing rods plus tackle. If you're concerned about the price of a Port-a-boat, you'll be shocked at the cost of a good, sturdy Thule or Yakima roof racks. You'll need to budget close to five hundred dollars for the roof racks alone. You can buy less expensive roof racks, but in the end, you get what you pay for.

Before you go through all that work, place a piece of plywood across the seats, and with the boat in shallow water, move around on it, and do some casting to get an idea of its stability and suitability for the project. I fish from my bass boat, and my canoe, standing and fishing from the bass boat, and always seated in the canoe. There may be times when standing is preferable, but overall, when you consider the stealth, and low profile of fishing while seated, it's a trade off.

Makes me wonder why Minnkota stopped selling them. Two thoughts come to mind. Their "performance" was disappointing, or they just didn't sell, possibly for reason number one.

Once upon a time, schools taught the three R's, readin' and 'ritin' and 'rithmetic. The social stuff, and the birds and the bees were the parent's responsibility to teach their children as they saw fit. Same for morals and ethics. Now kids can't read, write, do simple math in their heads, but they sure are indoctrinated in philosophy, beginning at very early ages. Philosophy is fine at the college level, after they have a useful, functional education to be productive in society. Schools are putting the cart before the horse. It's a sad commentary that colleges have to provide remedial classes for the basic fundamentals that should have been taught in K through twelve.

Individuals can be every bit as corrupt as large companies. Even retired military officers. Here's a case I have personal knowledge of, and I will name company names that were involved. When I left my job as general manager of a production woodworking company on Cape Cod, I was approached by one of the principles in a company by the name of Mason and Sullivan in Osterville, on Cape Cod. It was founded by a Mr. Ed Lebo, who had recently sold out to CML or CLM Associates. Mason and Sullivan sold clock kits for everything from simple mantle clocks to tall clock cases. They were marketed to hobbyists who dabbled in woodworking and crafts. CLM or CML bought companies that sold products for leisure time activities. Some of the more well known names included Boston Whaler boats, Hood sails and another company that sold tents and other outdoor activity equipment. These "principles" wanted me to assemble these cases for them, and asked if I was interested. I was, and we struck a deal on a handshake. A few months later, one of the principles, Bob F (Real name and last intitial) told me that for a small percent of each item, he could "steer" more business my way. He also told me that I could pad the price to more than cover his cut. During the conversation, Bob F related to me how Bob B (again, real name and last initial) had become the top honcho at Mason and Sullivan, once CML or CLM had acquired the business from Ed Lebo. Bob B was a retired military officer, and at the time was in the employ of Brookstone Tools. They sold their wares primarily through catalogs. They dealt in high end, high quality woodworking tools such as screwdrivers, chisels, elegant workbenches, etc. Brookstone Tools heard that Mason and Sullivan Co was up for sale. They sent Bob B, a retired military officer to gather info about M and S. Once he had completed the job of getting all the pertinant details, including financial statements, etc., Bob B ran to CLM or CML with his packet of info. He made a deal with them to be the head of Mason and Sullivan in exchange for the info he had gathered. To the best of my knowledge, CLM or CML had no knowledge that he had acquired this info at the direction of Brookstone while he was in Brookstone's employ, and the deal was struck. I told Bob F. thanks, but no thanks. Shortly after I was made aware of this bit of history, I caught them lying to me, and severed my relationship with them, but not until I had put them through the wringer. They paid dearly. Bob F, who handled the logistics of getting their materials from my place and settling on a price for work I had done, couldn't agree fast enough to every number I threw at them. He knew what I knew, and that the only reason I knew was that he had blabbed it all to me. He was in a bind, and he knew it. In the end, I got three grand for what amounted to sixteen hours of work. The other thing I tortured them for was that I demanded payment, either by cash or a direct deposit into my checking account. I told him point blank that I did not trust them to pay me by check. He had to get the approval of Bob B, and when he called, Bob B flew into a tirade and asked to speak to me. He tried everything to get me to take a check from reasoning to ranting. I told him, they were liars, not to be trusted, and it was either cash or direct deposit. Until then, their truck which was loaded and parked in my driveway with a logging truck blocking their exit would stay. How long it stayed depended on how long it took for me to get either the cash, or confirmation from my bank that the money was in my account. To throw salt into their wounds, I informed them that one of their employees had made an offer to me that he could get clock movements for me at half price. The only way that would be possible would have been for him to steal them. They wanted to know who it was and I refused to tell them. I was ticked that they ahd lied to me, and derived a great deal of satisfaction and pleasure at sticking the knife in them, figuratively, and twisting it. From there, I went into commercial lobstering. Here's a School Clock I made from reject pieces when I made a run of kits for the clock. Every piece had to be perfect, no blemishes, sapwood or other imperfections were acceptable in their kits. So I picked the parts for this clock out of the scrap barrel. Every blessed one of them. The date on the image is when I took the photo. The clock was made more than thirty years before.

If it's an abcessed tooth, try this. Get a glass of ice water. Take some in your mouth, and hold it against the aching tooth. I'm not kidding, but it only works on abcessed teeth. Hot/warm water will make it worse. This is how my dentist explained that it works. The pain is caused by pressure of the abcess on the nerves in the gum at the root tip. Cold water, or anything cold against the gum at that tooth cools the abcess and the fluid which is causing the pressure contracts taking pressure off the nerve. It only works on abcesses. At that point, the nerve in the tooth is dead and not sensitive to cold. The cold water works instantaneously to relieve the pain. How long it provides relief depends on how much water you hold in your mouth. You can swallow it without harm, but after a while you'll spit it out and take on another charge of ice water. You won't sleep, but you'll be pain free.

"OK, maybe not patents." The "documentaries claim it was patents, not ideas." How do you buy an "idea"? For an auto, or oil company to "buy" an idea, they'd have to know that it was more than an idea. They'd want to see the finished product, and verify that it performs as claimed. Then the company would have to patent the idea/product. Should they fail to patent the idea/product, there is nothing that would prevent the person who came up with the idea from conspiring with a confidant, giving him all the info he would need to "invent and patent" the idea/product. The company would have no claim against the co-conspirator because he has no agreement with said company. The problem is, you have to believe the oil companies are basically evil, gobbling up any and all advances that might reduce our consumption of their product. If they are that evil, then they will not buy an idea without being able to patent this wonder carburetor. Sans a patent to protect their evil investment it would be possible for the original inventor to double cross them with the above scenario. It's way too complicated. There is no way any carburetor known to man, including the notorious Fish carburetor will deliver a hundred miles per gallon in the average car we all drive. There is a lot more to the fuel delivery system in a car engine than the carburetor and/or fuel injection. In fact, a gasoline engine is really nothing more than an air pump. The more air it can pump, the more power it can deliver. The valves and ports determine how much air an engine can pump. A NASCAR Sprint series engine is 358 maximum cubic inches, with a Holley four barrel carburetor. Today, they produce well over 800 horsepower, closer to 900 than 800. This is accomplished by maximizing air flow through the air filter, carburetor, manifold and head ports and finally the valves. They maximize power in existing air movement by changing the jets in order to obtain the optimum air fuel mixture.

It has become fashionable to point out the salaries that the CEOs of large companies make. Ooops, I think they now call it compensation. In any case, while these salaries, and their recipients are in the news everyday, the fact is that if their salaries were eliminated, it would not make one iota of difference in your life or mine, unless you are one of those execs. I'm extremely grateful to my parents for teaching me this great life lesson. Do not look down your nose at those who have less than you and do not *** those who have more. All the negative press about the salaries of the heads of large corporations who manage the affairs of these companies, but nary a word about the salaries of celebrities and athletes whose pay for their services frequently dwarfs that of said execs. About the necessity for gasoline, I suppoee it's not a necessity in the sense that all a body really needs to exist is food, water, and some method (clothing or shelter) for maintaining body temperature. Don't tell us about riding a bike if your home is heated, you have running water, a computer, and a warm bed in which to sleep. You are a college student living 200 miles away from home. I'm guessing you live on or near campus. That makes biking practical for you. For others a bike is not a viable option. There are those who earn their living on the road. They cannot use a bike.

I'm guessing you are concerned primarily with the noise factor. I've seen fishing shows, and tournament broadcasts where the pro is fishing metal docks in marinas as well as individual docks. I cannot speak from personal knowledge, but it occurs to me that if a pro fishes them, the positives outweigh the negatives.

The Dodd-Frank bill is smoke and mirrors. If the market was controlled by the U.S. then the government could actually regulate the commerce in oil. I'm not saying that would be a good or bad thing. Just saying it would be possible. But, trading takes place on a worldwide scale, and U.S. legislation does not govern the world. It's going to take a lot more than "balls" to get alternative energy rolling. It's going to take technology and knowlege that can actually make it a practical alternative, that can legitimately compete with the energy produced by oil, coal, or natural gas, legitimately being the key word. As long as it takes incentives, be they tax credits or whatever to "compete" with oil, coal, or natural gas, the alternatives do not legitimately compete on their own merits. I take my Nitro Z7 out once a week. Whether I can afford to do it more often or not is moot. I cannot justify spending the fifty bucks or so it costs to tow the boat to the waters on which I use it per trip. The boat only uses two or three gallons per trip, vs the ten gallons, give or take for the tow vehicle, round trip. I am fortunate that the most productive water I fish is only minutes from my door, and I fish it from a canoe. I feel for those who do not have that alternative. An interesting aside. Following the oil embargo, the Massachusetts politicians linked the tax rate to the price of fuel at the pump. Then, a funny thing happened on the way to the forum. The price at the pump started to decline from the record highs of the gas lines days. Ooops. The pols, seeing that their legislation would actually result in lower taxes and revenues, revoked their law which they expected would automatically raise the tax on fuel without them actually having to repeatedly pass legislation to "enhance revenues".

Why does anyone have to be gouging us? Oil is sold on/in the commodities market. It is basically an auction, and similar in some ways to the stock market. If traders think the price of oil is going to skyrocket, they will pay a higher price. Oil companies need a certain volume of oil to meet production schedules. If the price is driven higher, they have little choice but to pay the higher price, or cut production. OPEC tries to achieve a minimum price per barrel by increasing or decreasing production. But in the end, they do not set the price. They send it to market, and they are at the mercy of market forces, be it boom or bust. It's speculation which drives the price, just like it drives the stock market. I have no idea how old you are, but I'm old enough to remember gas wars and being able to buy gasoline (regular grade) for fifteen cents per gallon. Coke or Pepsi was a nickel from the soda machines. Candy bars were a nickel, and a loaf of bread was 12 cents. In 1966, the sticker price for a Pontiac GTO convertible with tri-power, four on the floor, a positraction rear end, and AM/FM radio, plus a few other options was around 2700 bucks. Ted Williams was the first baseball player to get paid a hundred grand for a season. Here's an idea. Let's do away with the tax breaks for big oil. Let's make it more expensive for them to produce a gallon of gasoline as a result, not to mention all the other products. Guess who will foot the bill for that extra cost? How 'bout this? Let's tax the oil companies twenty five cents for every gallon of gasoline they produce. When some suggest doing away with tax breaks, subsidies or whatever, it amounts to the same thing.

By the way, here's a line from the article by a self proclaimed expert. Brown, who produced the first dial-fuel gasoline-alcohol care back in 1979, explained that the compression ratio in an engine holds the key to combustion --- combustion which produces horsepower, mileage and exhaust emissions. “These explanations are oversimplified, of course,” Brown explained. “But, if a piston travels 4 inches upward to compress the air-fuel mixture in a cylinder 5 inches long, the compression is said to be 4 to 1. That he should make such a simple mathematic mistake is very telling about his "expertise". He is wrong. The compression ratio would be 5:1, not 4:1. Why, you ask? Simple because five units of air are being compressed into one unit of space, hence, the compression ratio is 5:1.

That rumor was first floated around decades ago, and it involved the "Fish" carburetor. Isn't that an interesting coincidence? At first it was the auto manufacturers who first "acquired" the patent. Then, when the price of oil began to skyrocket the oil companies bought it up. There has never been a carburetor (and that's what we are talking about here) that can control the air fuel mixture as precisely as computer controlled fuel injection. There is an ideal air/fuel mixture. To little air, the engine runs rich, belches black smoke (in extreme cases), fouls plugs, and has poor performance. Too much air and you have a lean condition, which will produce more power and better fuel mileage, until..........it burns the pistons and valves, destroying the engine. Here's one article from 1983. First the auto makers are the conspiracy. Then it's big oil. What it really is, is BS. http://www.rexresearch.com/fishcarb/fish.htm

With very few exceptions, every cost of providing goods and services is paid for by the end consumer. Most people think of gasoline or diesel fuel when they think of petrochemical products. Fiberglass resins and epoxies are petrochemical products. There are more than 4,000 petrochemical products that are made from petroleum (crude oil). Here's a list of the most popular and frequently used products: ■Artificial Limbs ■Bags (garbage bags, shopping bags) ■Balloons ■Bandaids ■Candles ■Clothing (polyester, nylon) ■Combs ■Computers, calculators ■Crayons ■Credit Cards ■Dishwashing Liquids ■Disposable Diapers ■Eye Glasses, Sunglasses ■Fertilizers ■Fishing Rods ■Flooring (linoleum, tiles, carpets) ■Garden Hose ■Hand Lotion, Cream, Petroleum Jelly ■Helmets (bicycle, hockey, etc.) ■Heart Valves ■Helmets (bicycle, hockey, etc.) ■Insect Repellent ■Insecticides ■Life Jackets ■Milk Jugs ■Paint Brushes ■Panty Hose ■Parachutes ■Patio Furniture ■Pens ■Perfume ■Rope (nylon) ■Safety Glass ■Shampoo ■Shower Curtains, Shower Doors ■Soft Contact Lenses ■Soft Drink Bottles, Plastic Bottles ■Tape (clear, masking, etc.) ■Tapes - (cassettes, vcr tapes) ■Telephones ■Tennis rackets ■Tents ■Toys, Dolls, Model Cars ■Tires (synthetic rubber) ■Toothbrushes, Toothpaste Tubes ■Trash Bags ■TV Cabinets ■Umbrellas ■Unbreakable Dishes ■Waterproof Jackets, Boots, Pants

Let's assume that the "big oil" companies reduced their profit to a break even number on a gallon of gasoline. How much would that save you at the pump? Unless you know the answer to that you are all excoriating the oil companies without having a clue. Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

Would you have preferred A.C. Gilbert?

McDonalds, WalMart, Exxon, etc. It doesn't matter who or what it is, those at the top are evil, and need to be taken down a peg or two. It makes the insecure, jealous, or whatever feel better about themselves.

We need a national three day waiting period before you can buy eating utensils.

Lionel?

Google Sea Sprite or United Marine. Then center console. Wish I could be of further help. I do like what I see in the photo. Looks like it should be a stable, roomy, open boat that will handle choppy water pretty well. While it may not have the closed storage of a bass boat, you should be able to hold several combos on racks below the gunnels. Good luck with her.