Follow the money. None of the leagues want to see a Minnesota team in a championship. I remember when the Royals were in the World Series, was it 2015? Lots of talk about poor ratings. Ratings is network speak for “money”.

I’ll admit I’ve gotten cynical in my old age, but 6 decades of this would sour anybody.

SR

A Johnson 9hp, vintage sometime in the 1970’s. It would start if it was cold, but once it was warm you couldn’t get it running until it was cold again. After doing a lot of research I found that there was a design flaw in the intake manifold leading to vapor lock problems. I gave it away for parts as I couldn’t see myself sticking somebody else with this little monster. Tough to eat the cost.

SR

shefland wrote:

ok a story on myself. back in the 60’s I had a 53 plymouth, winter time, got a flat, could not loosen a couple of my lug nuts, bent the tbe wrench! only to realize later that I was wrenching in the wrong direction!Chrysler vehicles had reverse threads on one side of the car, on the end of the stud would be a R or a L, and of course they were dirty and rusty and I could not read them. Lesson learned

Yup done that myself. 1968 Dodge Dart. Broke off three bolts before I saw the “L” printed on the end.

You bent a pipe wrench?

Remind me to always be polite to you, sir.

SR

B-man wrote:

Sharon I’d look into a winch system before hiring it out or buying a new dock.

You could set something up yourself pretty easily (like a manual winch or ATV winch mounted to a tree or earth anchor)

HeySharon I think your Dad has a winch collecting dust in his garage, yours if you want it.

Seeing my girl fishing off the dock, brings back good memories

I mulch leaves in the fall. In the spring I have leaves, sticks, plastic bags, candy wrappers, and this year even an empty corn cob. Too much junk to mulch with my mower. Yesterday I raked it up and bagged it for the city compost site. I don’t feel bad about junk in there because the city dumps the street sweepers in the same pile.

I never ate any, but there was a place here in town that used to sell smelt by the pound bag. Best tip up bait for Pike ever, hands down.

SR

Bummer. Every spring they put that dock in, it rains non stop, and then the river goes nuts and they close the accesses. Hope this year is mellow

I don’t want to use a shotgun on silver carp, but I could see strapping the pads on and grabbing a landing net and playing carp goalie. What do you think, Deertracker?

Jamie, thanks for the idea. I spent some time cutting pieces of foam and it looks like this just might work.

Thanks for the help everyone!

SR

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Did a bit of research online, and it looks like there are about 25,000 brands of lithium battery on the market right now. I’m glad I’m too broke to afford these things otherwise I’d me very confused.

Not exactly a format change. Hard pass.

I’m old enough to remember when FM was a real backwaters in radio, AM and especially WCCO was king. Back then KQ would play an incredible range of stuff that you never heard anywhere else. Songs that ran for 10 minutes, underground bands, lots of great stuff. Segal-Schwall band. Turner, Ray, and Glover. Alman Brothers. Crow. Bonnie Raight before she got famous. It was awesome.

Then the station got sold in the mid 70’s and instantly turned “corporate” with repeating playlists, lots of commercials, and DJ’s who would never shut up.

Anybody remember Beaker Street from the mighty 1090, KAAY in Little Rock? You can still heard Clyde on Friday nights over the Internet at arkansasrocks.com

SR

Another big earthquake today near the island of Tonga.

Guess we can put up with some more snow.

SR

Twice in my life I have been standing on a lakeshore when the ice was breaking up. A gentle breeze making a million small shards of ice tap against each other. Each tap makes a sound like a little bell. A million little bells. You stand there taking this all in knowing it will be gone in a matter of hours.

SR

don’t poke the bear

I always liked the line “Grey is a colour, and gray is a color”.

I remember Dick Schaak. He had a place on a lake in Wisconsin. One spring morning I was way out in front of his place in waders fishing Walleyes. He came out and tried to tell me I was trespassing. I told him to, uh, attempt reproduction by himself. He was unhappy.

SR

Sharon wrote:

Yay! But also good with a big glob of horseradish sauce!

That’s my girl!

I have to ask. Do the Goshawks, owls, and other predators leave the Grouse alone in the winter too?

In all fairness I did say it was a crazy idea.

According to ESPN Cousins resigned with Atlanta.

Here’s a crazy thought. How about the Gophers dropping down to FBS? The best game I saw all year was NDSU versus SDSU. Montana State’s quarterback was all world. Great football without the million dollar price tag.

SR

I usually listen to Blues, and that’s hard to find on the air. Even the B.B. King channel on SXM misses the mark. Other wise yes you’re right.

“Tom Bernard retired some time ago from KQRS.”

LOL. It’s called sarcasm. Last time I listened to radio was “some time ago”.

I have a usb thing in the truck, haven’t listened to radio in many years. Is Tom Bernard still on KQ? Anyway I have a bunch of stuff I like and no commercials or endless blathering.

SR

What Matt said. I have a 50# and if there’s much current I’m going backwards.

Sharon you count weird. Everybody I ever played against started with 15’s, then pairs, then runs.

Dad

What is a “wind knot”? I’ve seen the term used in fly fishing, and in that case it’s a result of over powering the cast and has nothing to do with wind. Is your line maybe twisted? That could lead to kinks and snarls.

SR