Darth-Baiter

careful using ratchet straps to tie down a kayak. they are almost too powerful. you can distort a hull.

on the opposite side of moron moment. call it a stroke of genius that almost got me laid. lady locked her keys in her jeep cherokee. same year that i had. mid 80's. it had that tiny pivoting vent triangular window by the sideview mirrors. i stopped her... "stop!...i got this" i pushed on the tiny window relieving pressure on the lock. and using the mulittool i had spun it completely around unlocking her car. i reached in flipped the lock switch. BOOM!!

my wife has a tiny one she drops jewerly into. not sure it would fit my pistol barrels. i should see

oh boy. best of luck to you my friend. i for one am THRILLED you have not shuffled off this mortal coil. happy Holidays bud.

just this past season, i was punching. i felt the hard grab of a bass, and set the hook like it stole my wife. HARD. i lost my footing on my kayak and slipped forward. the only way to save myself and not go overboard was to kick my only stable foot into the air. my body went 100% horizontal and i just landed on the deck of my kayak. my pedal drive almost...well. if need-be..i'll draw you a sketch. it was close!! i landed mostly on my seat and the open floor space. my friend without missing a beat, goes.."just what are you trying to accomplish?". then he laughed at me all day. same dude that threw his rod into the water like a first time batter throws a bat. hahah.

i would have peed myself. this is a fantastic story.

i believe the geology term for this occurance is countour CLEAVAGE. whatever you call it..i would cast a jig at it.

has this ever happened to you? i would have guffawed, belly laughed at my friend..but this has happened to me. my hands were tired, wet, i was looking for a bomb cast at a distant target... swing, pfffttt, twoink!..splash. my rod hits the water. my friend saw me do it, so he put his Trolling motor in reverse and reached down, red-faced and came up with excuses. my friend did it this weekend. he flung an A-Rig, backlashed, and the forward inertia plucked his cherished combo out of his baby soft hands and into the Delta. haha. i didnt laugh. i really didnt. admittedly, most of my cast are not swinging for the fence, i dont forsee it happening ever again..but never say never. i do hope it happens in the summer.

Clearlake is the odd duck. they use an unit called a Rumsey. example. right now the lake is at -2.44 Rumsey. i think a dude named Rumsey stuck an elevation monument on some rock outcropping and the entire region just went with it. wish he used his first name. Dick Rumsey. "how deep is the lake right now..?" oh, its is 2 ___ deep. cold too!" I MADE UP THAT FIRST NAME PART. his name was Dewitt Rumsey. hahaha..

hahahha...or a red kicker blade. those sound odd.

i am very accurate with a spinning set up. spring time i can side arm a drop shot next to protruding stick with military precision. hahah... i stand up in my kayak and cast to holes in weed beds. i love spinning.

WOW! i am happy it all worked out. kudos for not being completely soured on the process.

very cool!! last estate sale i lost my mind and bought a two man vintage crosscut saw. seriously filed it under useless purchase. i dont even have a barn that could use "Barn Art".

i know a guy that rocks a turqouise/diareha medicine colored Pelican. he is a GREAT fisherman. does really well on our local small lakes. kicks my butt. i asked if he fished Clearlake or the Delta (thought about inviting him)...and he said, he didnt feel his kayak could handle bigger waters. not sure what that meant. could have been a confidence thing. i didnt press. it does float very close to water level. (freeboard?)

i'm glad my package appears delivered. my wifes gift on the other hand is in oblivion. gonners. i am crestfallen.

change your username to Zillionaire!!! haaha...(you're welcome)

I'm relatively new here. I fall in the, "nope..dont know the guy" category. but if they are friends of yours, they are friends to me. Merry Christmas to the wanderers..

curious. how much did all that explorative work cost you? I am getting dressed to make the journey to the mechanic I love. inconvenient as heck but he is trusted. the half ton chevy diesel is so nice. I see a GMC AT4 version driving around my neighborhood and stare at it with envy. way to rich for this public servant..but a man can dream.

I am looking for engineers. I am SHOCKED how at the end of so many interviews (that I thought were going swimmingly well) the candidate will ask, "so how much of my work can I do from home"? I specialize as a field engineer on heavy construction. Bridges. so unless some lucky candidate is having a bridge build in their living rooms...ZERO chance. well, not true. I would allow meetings and training classes.. PJ pants okay.

WAY tooo soon Glenn!! hahahah

forums are sometimes the weirdest places. a forum is a place where you can ask a simple yes/no question, and somebody will take it as an attack to their own way of living. let me make up an example. totally made up: you ever have to put a muzzle on your dog? EVERYONE! only a bad dog owner needs to muzzle a dog... it isn't the dog, it is you LOZER!!! there are no bad dogs...only bad owners...you !@#$!@$!@#$!@#!! dirtbag!! the topic can be anything!! hahahahaha... can a crankbait be used on a spinning rod? yes/no. can I prune my trees in the summer? yes/no do you drink your coffee with egg nog? YES!YES!/no. hahah.. I got a solid C- in my required college psychology class. I wish I could take it again in the modern world. I am not that old and I have seen it really change. I bet there could be a solid week of lecture on the human mind when it is offered an anonymous platform to read and offer opinions....hahhaha. I've been guilty of it myself. totally guilty. just wondering what made my mind think it was okay to do it.. like all things everything isn't good or bad. I love forums. the commaradarie.. the s-talking. but there is a dark side to all of it.

one day, i will be a Zillionaire. if i could get wholesale, it would be sooner. hahah. nice problem to have OP.

i'm not saying i have a great work ethics. that is for my bosses to determine. having said that, i get my work done and fast. i remember my dad telling me that whatever i do, do it to my best ability. he felt even the lowest job was practicing for the next more advanced position. having said that, there is zero doubt that my siblings heard and follow this. they both kick butt at work. it is crazy to watch.

this is going to be good!!!!

Yup. Greg messes with his drag constantly. Funny almost