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fattyflattie

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  1. Don’t have to worry about this, that’s the fuck side of town that no one, including the people that do, wants to live in. More concerning.
  2. 10-15%. No idea they were that unreliable.
  3. You’re describing what topwater fishing is to me. Watching that wake come up behind and then the toilet bowl flush into a 30” sow, or the hand grenade that goes off when that upper slot red somehow wraps their stupid bottom feeding mouth around the back end of that spook. Caught a >100# YF on a popper and spinning reel, after watching them soar into the sky when they missed it. Chicken dolphin on single hook spooks around weed lines. I bet I could catch 20x the fish if I didn’t insist on fishing one lure 95%+ of the time. But when it’s on, there’s nothing like it (for me). I’ve got a shoulder I got to get figured out because it’s keeping me off the water for far too long.
  4. A 10# sow is tough enough on a corky, I don’t have enough years left to make that happen on a fly. Hell it took me 20 years to break 30” on conventional tackle.
  5. The porn can’t confirm, but the 3 degrees hotter is real. Makes up for the lack of a soul imo.
  6. Make no mistake, I’m sure he’s happier than he lets on. I chalked it up to what it’s like when you hook a red while fishing Baffin in Feb. Off my line carp, I’m here for the sows. On legit 30+ fish days I’m sure you’re looking for something new to bite. I assume because I’ve never been a part of something like that.
  7. Iirc they got heavy into bills in the 70’s, family and friends as crew. The old man is almost 80 now, so yeah he’s not captaining the boat anymore, or hunting bills in the gulf for that matter. They’ve downsized their SF (to a smaller one) and chase pelagics down in Mexico and CR now. For many years it wasn’t uncommon to have 2-3 captains from that family tree running boats fishing the big tournaments here (Poco, legends, TIFT) at any given time. Salty, salty family on both sides.
  8. I took the kids CR50 around our green belt for about an hour a couple of nights ago. I forgot how relaxing it can be even when poking around at relatively low speeds. I need a dual sport.
  9. Did shoulder a few months ago. I fell asleep for what felt like hours.
  10. This is someone who easily has triple digit sails, and they probably getting close on blues. Grew up fishing the Marlin tournaments. It’s (big) blues or bust for them, for whatever reason. I always personally loved them. And tuna. And trout.
  11. Don’t think sails are as bad, and the light gear helps. Have a buddy that fishes down there 1-2x a year and they’ve had a couple 35+ days over the last few trips. Unreal. Thing is, sails no longer do it for them. Which would suck imo.
  12. Hiding cash under your shoe in a clear box, huh? That looks great. Following because full closet is in my list. But I don’t have the talents for this. If wife would let me weld something up, I’d be in business.
  13. It’s pretty easy to know who to bend your ear for in regards to economics, engineering, and even what’s trending on TikTok. Posts actually reported?
  14. We were in same boat. Damn, didn’t realize how bad we missed it. Guess I might get a reunion trip to Oz in a few years.
  15. Burying transmission lines has been about 70% of our work over last 5 years or so. It’s very, very expensive.
  16. Yes, I understand very well the difference between transmission and distribution. Your post references neither, only that infrastructure isn’t valued because losses to shareholders. Which patently (and anecdotally in this case) is false.
  17. I used to manage an engineer that was great at engineering, but couldn’t take the stress that comes with the projects we’d execute. He worked at HEB thru college, and was assistant manager or something similar when he left. He wanted to go back so bad. I often wonder if he ever just said fuck it, I’ll take the cut and returned after I left.
  18. Theres been North Houston pole trucks putting up new poles everywhere you look in a 75 mile radius outside Houston for the last 18 months. Replacing wooden poles with the brown painted metal shit. Probably so they can decrease profitability, right.
  19. That’s what I was thinking. Medicine ball would be a bitch on my 40 yo shoulders, though. Didn’t think I’d be over weight, username blah blah. I’m pretty well past the weight (~20#) but the physical wouldn’t be an issue. Even if he wasn’t mentally insufficient, not a chance short and fat Rittenhouse makes those weights.
  20. Used to go by there on lunch breaks every 3 weeks or so. You can handle some really cool stuff. They aren’t just high on the rare stuff, they’re higher than giraffe pussy on everything. Lots of it WELL used and beat to shit, too. Must be doing something right though, they’ve got ALOT of inventory.
  21. I’ve never trusted those. I get it, garage storage is sweet. But there’s better ways.
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