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Yeah if Alex is bringing plates and pop, I'll bring a case of water and a few bags of chips. With the way this KS weather is playing out, we probably won't need a cooler or ice. ;D

Nice fish. One day I'm going to win the lottery and come down to Stick Marsh ;D

ye have little faith ;D we all know im a good luck charm!!

Welcome! 8-)

Wow, good job by Newman!!

Country including some older stuff Classic Rock/Southern Rock Some newer/alternative rock and the occasional rap David Allen Coe, Merle Haggard, Johnny Cash, Brooks & Dunn, Tech n9ne, Lynyrd Skynyrd; I could name a million artists that I love but Brad Paisley will top the list. 8-)

Nope, nope, it's all a conspiracy. They'll ask you a few more times and by then they'll be able to triangulate your coordinates then they're going to "Search and Destroy" ;D

Since I'm in the dorms I'm limited on cooking apparatus. I usually eat at the dining hall but I've been living off alot of Special K bars and fruit cups. It's pretty darn tough to eat healthy when you're a busy on-the-go guy in a dorm hall!

;D Once I get married and have kids, I'd say this is what my reply would be. Otherwise i'd have it divvy'd up between my fishing buddies.

Never buy memory at Radio Shiz. Never mind that they're overpriced on every single thing they sell. xD memory cards can be had at Wal Mart for the same price you'll pay for SD cards. Yeah and while you're at Wal-Mart, talk to those "well-edumacated" sales associates :-X Yep, because you know those Radio Shiz salesmen are highly trained electronic commandos. : If I could only count the number of times customers have come to me needing help with their product they bought from Wal-Mart because no one there knows how to work it.

Never buy memory at Radio Shiz. Never mind that they're overpriced on every single thing they sell. xD memory cards can be had at Wal Mart for the same price you'll pay for SD cards. Yeah and while you're at Wal-Mart, talk to those "well-edumacated" sales associates :-X Dude, I'm well aware of that, and I very rarely rely on ANY advice that a Wal-mart associate gives me, although there are exceptions. I DO however trust the advice of my fellow BR buddies, that's why I posted this here. I appreciate the advice on the other camera's, but the deal is done. I'll have to accept the consequences/benefits of purchasing the Canon. Sorry, I didn't even see you bought the Canon :-[ I think you'll be happy with the 560, that's a good all-around camera. Let us know how it pans out! 8-)

Never buy memory at Radio Shiz. Never mind that they're overpriced on every single thing they sell. xD memory cards can be had at Wal Mart for the same price you'll pay for SD cards. Yeah and while you're at Wal-Mart, talk to those "well-edumacated" sales associates :-X

I work at Radioshack and I'm willing to bet the model you saw was the FE-210, it's a pretty good little camera. Yeah the xD cards are usually a little more expensive but Olympus makes some good stuff.

Baconator is tasty but the Quad-stacker from BK eats small children ;D Wendys rocks, even on my diet I can spend <$4 and get some great food that will fill me up but not reak havoc on my calories.

Mostly obvious ones: 1. Fish more 2. Fish new lakes 3. Get the tracker going 4. Finish in the top 50% of a BFL tourney

Oh no!! ;D Alex kept going on about how he wanted to extend the front deck back to the console and I kept yelling about how I didn't think it was worth the extra 10" or so we'd get from it. Feasible? Probably... There's a piece of aluminum at the rear of the front deck that I believe we somehow determined was a fairly important piece of structure so as long as your extension and rod locker doesn't involve tearing that up too much, it would probably work out just fine. My only disappoint with this boat is the lack of storage, I have no idea where we will put rod holders...

-I've done a lot of car audio and heard that circuit breakers deteriorate over time (after they're flipped so many times they lose they effectiveness), so I think I'm going to go with a fuse setup but I'm unsure still. -There's already a SS prop on it, I left that out :-[ -We haven't decided on an electrical system yet but I'll keep that in mind (I'm not sure if our TM we're putting on can do 24v...) -We're going to use Alex's hummingbird fishfinder, and I think we MAY invest in a gps/fish finder combo for the console but we're unsure on that. -The low oil buzzer should sound a "test" buzz when it's started, if not I'll know we need to service it 8-) Thanks for the tips, I appreciate it

A whopping $600! It was a heck of a deal, the guy had it sitting for a longggg time and just needed to get rid of it.

It's a 1988 Tracker Pro-17. Aluminum Modified V-hull. 45hp "Classic fifty" Mercury motor (45ELPTO from what I can gather). 1 livewell, single side console, in other words it is a new level of awesome. Current list of to-dos: -Redeck/recarpet the front -Refloor/recarpet the middle -Recarpet the rear -Rewire/organize the console -Figure out the starter issue -Put Alex's trolling motor on -Replace the corroded fuse panel -Figure out why the steering is seized -Mount the pedestal seat on the front deck -Setup the lighting -Figure out why the throttle wont go in reverse -Setup some rod storage -Fire extinguisher -Carpet the runners on the trailer -Decide on a fish-finder setup Future to-dos: -Second livewell? -Integrated cooler 8-) -Put a cd player where the tape deck was and replace the speakers -Put on our awesome animal horn/PA system We started redecking the front on Sunday. We decided to use birch and coat it in fiberglass resin/hardener to help water seal it. It's pretty much ready to lay on and screw on, then carpet. The trolling motor that is on it is in pretty bad shape, the prop is destroyed and the shaft looks bent. Starter motor has an "issue". Alex says there's some corroded and broken wires/contacts so he's going to try and replace those this week. Tracker is emailing us wiring diagrams too so we should be able to double check the ignition setup to make sure it's good to go. The livewell pump and bilge pump both work but the switches don't so we may have to rewire or replace the switches to those. Power tilt and trim works so we don't have to screw with that. It's a joint project between me and Alex (fatmanslim247 here on BR). Any ideas, feedback, etc. would be appreciated 8-)

Good thinking. I've been known to follow the one half, one half method. Which means I'll eventually get a workout with our emergency oar ;D

That's a cougar custom boat. Made here in Kansas 8-)

Fellow dsm'er! 8-) I used to drive a 92 laser awd. Amazing with the 6-bolt/4-bolt combo. That car was fast but it was way too unreliable. I had it for a year and it only drove consistently for about 4-5 months of that My only other real hobbies are hunting and computers/networking. Fishing is the #1

Is the weather as crazy everywhere else as it is here in Kansas? Two days ago it was snowing, today we have the windows open, enjoying a cool breeze. Take a look at this day we had last week: http://www.weather.com/weather/pastweather/hourly/66762?stn=0&when=012908 In one hour it dropped 40 degrees. :-?

ROCK CHALK JAYHAWWWKKSS Let's not discuss the wildcat game :-/

I hit the pits yesterday to no avail, couldn't see any signs of life either. Kansas weather probably has the bass confused ;D