Fishing Rhino

You're getting warm with feather, but head is way off.

Very good!

There was something unique about a transition in the Princess Summerfallwinterspring character that occurred. What was it?

Thunderthud was on regularly. The other not as often. I think they may have been cousins Thunderthud had a common expression that was later adopted by some on the west coast. Do you remember what it was/is?

Bingo.

It was a chimp, whose "last name" was Muggs. I let the spelling slide. But for full credit I need the full name.

Very, very close. Try again.

Hint, but it may not help much. The animal had a flower pot on its head.

The Howdy Doody show had two Indian (native American) chiefs and one princess. What were their names? There was also an animal character that was an amalgam of several animals. It might have been a duck billed platypus. What was its name?

In its early years, the Today Show had a mascot. What was it, and what was its name? Who was the morning anchor during that time.

It could be the fuel. It also could be an air leak in the fuel line. It could also be a plugged vent line. It could also be the filter. You say you switched tanks. What kind of tanks? Are they the tote around six gallon type? Does each have its own fuel line, or, when you switch tanks do you disconnect the fuel line at the tank? I have a John Deere lawnmower. The vent in the top of the gas cap gets plugged with dust, maybe every two or three years. I'll fill the tank, and the motor will run out of fuel when I use up about a quarter of a tank. I have to poke a small wire into the hole in the center of the cap to clear the clog. With the vent clogged, as fuel is burned it forms a partial vacuum in the tank. At some point the fuel pump can no longer draw fuel from the tank. While you use non-ethanol gas, the fuel line will still deteriorate over time, just not as quickly. Have you changed the filter, or did you just pour the water out and put it back together. Have you been out since you got rid of the water? Have you checked/cleaned/replaced the filter on the motor. Is the filter you pulled the one on the motor, or do you have a separate filter? More information is needed.

Haven't seen you in a while. How's everything going? Hope all is well. I remember that "conversation". I was looking at a Tracker Tournament V18 if I recall correctly. Its shape was more rounded that the angular trackers, and had a new, softer riding hull. That was the last year they made the Tournament V18. They had the Z7, leftover, with a slight hollow in the starboard side near the stern. It was purely cosmetic, not structural, and with the price being a couple of hundred dollars less than the tracker, it was a no brainer. The Nitro was bigger, more storage, beefier trailer with brakes. Two years later I traded it for the leftover Z8 that I now have. I bought the 7 for 19,300 dollars and got 16.000 dollars for a trade in two years later. The Z8 was marked down from 33,000 to 29,000. I got a thousand dollar BPS gift card which netted the Z8 to 28,000. 200 HP, retractable tie downs, hydraulic steering, lighted forward compartments, one piece molded cockpit with the forward center storage molded in as well, rather than the plywood in the 7, a ratchet cord cover, a 58 gallon fuel tank, external connector for the battery charger and the rapid planing system hull. I sprung for it. It is much more comfortable in a chop than the 7, gets on plane effortlessly. I liked the 7 I had, but wouldn't want to go back to it.

You guys got 'em both. Beverly Hillbillies and the Flintstones had a Dash Rip Rock character.

On what television show did Dash Rip Rock appear from time to time? That'll be a toughie on the youngsters. There are two correct answers.

The Tracker/Nitro owners card will get you a discount of 20% on the BPS branded merchandise. It will get you 10% on all other brands. Not everything qualifies for a discount. Electronics, no discount, at least not on the upper end stuff. Shimano products, no discount. Probably the same for the other top name brand reels and rods. There is one caveat. If BPS merchandise is on sale, you get the sale price, or the discount, whichever is lower. I believe that is a recent change. I know I've bought sale stuff and gotten the discount on top of that. Regardless, that is the current state of affairs regarding discounts. It is a sell at the marked price, no haggling. Not sure how that works if you have a trade in. They usually have some good deals on leftovers when they have their big Boat Show "sale" in late winter or early spring. My Z-8 was marked down $4,000.00. Then you get a thousand dollar BPS gift card, and the Nitro Owners card, which is good for two years. Another way to get some good deals at BPS is when they have the special nights for reward card or preferred customers. You get double, sometimes triple reward points, another ten percent off your purchases at that time, which does apply to sale items as well. Other than that, BPS prices on baits/lures are no bargains, unless you fish their branded stuff.

I would keep the 200 HP engine. It would cost 5,000 dollars more to get the 250. That's a lot of money for 50 HP I'd rarely, if ever, use. I'd rather have that five grand to spend elsewhere. Electronics, gear, or two or three fishing trips to warmer climates in the winter. It's not a question of the money. It's a question of, is it worth it. For me, the answer is no.

Let's talk about disabling the GPS. No problem. If the GPS is tampered with, the texting feature is automatically disabled. But, how can we disable the GPS? There are jammers, but they are illegal. Remove the GPS antenna? The problem is, you are not tracked via GPS. Cell phones are tracked via triangulation from cell towers. I did a search, and there appears to be a lot of confusion regarding disabling the GPS and/or the tracking electronics. Some say yes. Others say no. Just a thought.

There is a simple solution. Almost all, maybe all cell phones are GPS enabled. They can track or find any cell phone in the world because they all transmit a signal that tells where they are. Cell phones automatically adjust the time when you cross into a different time zone. All you need is for the phone to know how fast it's moving over the ground. When it is moving faster than, say three mph, the texting feature would be disabled. Period. End of story. Navigation systems are like that. The ones we've had in our vehicles will not allow you to perform certain functions when the car is moving faster than a couple of miles per hour. You can still perform certain functions, and select from stored addresses, but you cannot enter a new address via the touch screen when you are moving.

"Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference."

Or, the 3,000 teenagers who die yearly because of texting while driving. What a waste.

The only thing I can think of is the cost of fuel to tow the boat here and there. I average 40 to 50 bucks round trip for a day of fishing. The boat is cheap to operate because we do not have any large impoundments around here. I burn maybe two gallons of fuel per day of fishing, spending at least 95% of the time on the trolling motor. I can run from May - September on 55 gallons of fuel. While I don't like the cost of fuel for towing, I enjoy the drives to the road trips and our daughter's home in GA. The ride home, not so much.

Haven't seen them in a while.

Welcome home. I remember the avatar, and the unusual screen name. Lucky to be able to do that at my advanced age. Any relation to Ponte Vedra?