slonezp

So sorry

Mom is starting hospice care tomorrow. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers.

Sounds to me like you dodged a bullet

That's a trick question. A $200,000.00 house will cost $400,000.00 if you finance and $200,000.00 if you pay cash.

I get the whole "you need credit to get credit" thing. It's not the end all be all. Use your credit wisely.

My son has zero credit cards. His student loan repayment along with a good job secured him his first mortgage at 29 years old.

I grew up with Tony Schumacher. Used to hang out in Don Schumachers garage after school. Tony started his racing career at Great Lakes Drag Strip. Friday nights were high school drag nights.

Schumacher

Fortunately for you, it's warm enough to enjoy the rain. We can't seem to break the 50's for highs and high 30's for lows in northern IL. It rained for 12 hours yesterday give or take. It was still cold enough that the nightcrawlers didn't emerged from their homes. They would have rather drowned than freeze to death LOL

And they have now closed 6 of the more popular forest preserves from Fri-Sun.

Looked at it closer this morning. Going to do it at the lake.

The center roller is cracked in half and the bell caps are deformed. It rained all day today. I'm going to take a better look at it tomorrow. I picked up the replacement today at Farm and Fleet.

Dumb question. Should I attempt it with the boat on the trailer or wait til I'm at the lake. I don't want to pull the old one off if its going to be an issue putting the new one on

Switching to a 3 blade SS prop might do you some good. A SS prop will have more cup, thinner blades that will create less drag, and less flex, but I don't know if flex would be an issue on a 90hp. If your local shop can't let you try different props, there are some prop rental sites that will charge around $50 to test props. That's better then shelling out $400 to find out the prop you just purchased isn't the optimum choice for your needs.

4 blade will give you better bite, better holeshot, and a loss of top end.

Normally oil or water

Im not concerned. The DNR isn't patrolling the chain because of funding and the LCPD hasn't put their fleet of boats in the water yet. How a 1/2 dozen police boats would enforce the order on the busiest inland waterway is beyond me.

Governor fatass has taken the liberty to close down the state for another month...even though we are on a downward trend. He has limited fishermen to 2 men per boat. Just got off the phone with my dad. Dad will identify as a frog if it allows he, myself, and my son to fish together. Way to go dad!!!

I'm gonna be the dick here. I'm a tradesman. My son, father, and sister are numbers people. I have destroyed my body to make a living. They have not. I'm legally crippled. I currently work 50 hours a week because cripple pay doesn't pay my bills. Dad retired at the top of his game. Sister just sold her business for $1M and my kid will be making more money annually at the age of 35 than I have made annually in my 50 years on this earth. I wouldn't trade my career for anything(besides the whole cripple thing) Just because someone can fix a lawnmower doesn't make them successful.

Remember this moment and when you have the means, pay it forward.

Are you still looking at crossover boats

Kalins Mogambo 6" grubs. Why screw around with 2 and 3 inch grubs. You're not crappie fishing. You can fish these traditionally on a jig head or swim them weightless.

Mogambo

We had rain today. I saw the lake effect snow coming your way. Gonna be crappy on my side of the pond for another week

I didn't...but I might