All I know, is my yard is a mess. Backing trailers in and out has my side yard sloppy. I needed 4 wheel drive to get my snowmobile trailer out this morning. I have ruts all over the side yard.

I am in this same dillema, after I want to spend a 30 dollar fleet farm gift card and came out with 200 more in spoons I got home to realize I have so many spoons and want them organized better. Not sure why I need so many. The damn pinhead minnows is a do all and the only thing I’ve need for spoons in a while.

Eelpoutguy wrote:

Best thing he could do is learn how a worker bee will interpret his directions once he’s calling the shots.
If he remembers and takes that into consideration he will be a better engineer and gain respect.
IMHO

A year in the field won’t teach that. But yes I do agree.
Some form of a labor gig is always great for young men. Especially those that want to be higher ups in the construction design. Most higher ups being engineers are about as dumb as it gets when it comes to reality. It’s always nice to deal with ones who been in the field. But 1 summer in the field won’t teach much. And being hired as a temp summer kid, we just feed them the clean up after us kind of work. Most won’t get any real work due to the fact they are just disposable. Tell him to go landscape and do yard work. They love disposable kids.
We have 2 kids that were supposed to be temporary, both have worked for us for a few years now because they loved the money and work more then school and office. I hated school and new I wasn’t going to college, been very successful in the construction industry.

glenn57 wrote:

man all this food porn is making me hungry!!!!!!!

I woke up hungry and my brains running on what I can make today that I didn’t prep for yesterday

Recteq meatloaf, some pan fried diced up potatoes and cheese rice. The meat loaf was great, one of the better I’ve made.

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The kids having a blast sight fishing shallow crappies.
There isn’t a single other person on the lake today, sure is awesome

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No you can charge with same wire, just need the lithium charger.
I now have 5 vex lithiums between my 4 vexilars and my spare for running lights. They last along time

Brad Dimond wrote:

Don’t need a lake name but how far north and/or west of the Twin Cities?

Between forest lake and north branch. . 12 inches of ice.

It’s a wet one today. 1/2 to a full inch of water on the low spots. Ice is still thick. Seems every one stayed home. No one within eye sight. Fish are biting.

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Front winch on trailer. Winch it right up.

Riverrat wrote:

Yeah thats supposed to say 2027 and be green, you just lost a year of reg. As of 1:50 still no 2027 reg.

It was due. So I was supposed to get 25, 26 and 27 ? It’s a 3 year tag ?

Yeah your right. What the dirty dog is that. I just called and she said what you you guys said, nothing for 27 yet.

Atv is renewed and tabs on the truck are fresh.

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I’m glad i seen this. I was going to leave work and stop for both truck and atv renewals. Maybe I’ll wait till next week.

Matt Moen wrote:

We did a prime rib for Christmas. Like others, I do the reverse sear. It’s absolutely foolproof. Cook at 250 degrees til it hits 120 internal temp, rest for 30 minutes, then back in at 500 for 6-8 minutes. With homemade horsey sauce it’s tough to beat.

We’re flying home from Phoenix late NYE. I got a blackstone for Christmas so I’ll probably fire that up for the first time on NY. Apparently fried rice is unbelievable on it. Maybe we’ll do some shrimp fried rice.

Make sure to get that Japanese bbq sauce. Fantastic to cook that fried rice with. But a hibachi fried rice is better then fried rice, and it’s simple.

I prefer multiple smaller gun safes rather then a huge one. Easier to move when the time is needed.

Youbetcha wrote:

whats considered a good price? Just checked a couple and prices still seem nuts. I never check though.

That switch back is normally 16k and can be bought for 12 right now. Just depends on your priorities if that’s a good deal or not.
My brother just picked up a 22 can am outlander 570 with 180 miles on it for 5100, I though that was a great deal for the wheeler. The majority of prices are still higher then I feel like good deals are.

buckybadger wrote:

I found as little as 5” of ice and as much as 7.5 on Pepin today, with people running wheelers all over the general area.

This weather needs to either finish melting this remaining snow off and then just pivot to 50 degrees, or start getting back to normal and get us another measurable snowfall to make typical winter recreation a possibility.

We had 7” of snowfall with that last event confirmed by NWS, and it will be 0” by the end of tomorrow.

Oh it’s great. Keep the wheel houses and trucks off the lakes. There’s only been a couple days of struggling to keep water flowing at work, I can’t say I mind at all. My snowmobiles can keep sitting in the shed.

I’m on 12 right now south of home. Can see 5 or 6 trucks out. And crappies are biting. Hopefully we don’t get much rain

Bearcat89 wrote:

We bought 20lbs of crab legs and I’ll turn some ribeyes in to my favorite steak sandwiches that I make. Just chill with the kids and eat.

Looks like I’m pretty lame and will be doing the same thing this year. Kids love it, lady loves it, and I do as well. Probably will be sleeping long before midnight.

slipperybob wrote:

The leader material is usually very stiff and much harder to cinch your knot down.

But not even kind of hard. Harder but not actually hard at all.
Leader material is very abrasive resistant. I caught about 30 pike on 1 tip i had on the same 10lbs leader i made without it being destroyed. Where as regular 10 pound fluoro would have been shredded. I used it on tip ups and when I know I’m fishing around alot of zebra muscles or sharp rocks or waters with alot of snake pike.

CaptainMusky wrote:

Down in Texas. They do what they do. Prime rib, brisket, and lamb shoulder or roast. My goodness.

Oh does that all sound delicious

glenn57 wrote:

Christmas eve main course just put on the grill

Chicken titties ?
And what’s the rolled up tin foil for on both sides of the grill ?

Hey now
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That’s called being caught in the cross fire.

We have Lots of GM trucks at work. They are nice but the thing that drives me insane is how squeaky the cabs are. Doesn’t matter if they are a 1500,2500 or 3500 it’s enough to drive you nuts going down the road. Another thing I’ve noticed is I don’t think I’ve been in one that hasn’t had the check engine light on. They all run fine but it’s kinda weird. These are all 23’s and 24’s and I think the one with the most miles on it has like 20,000 on it and most of them have around 10,000 on them. Granted they have never seen an inch of tar in their life they just don’t seem that sturdy.
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After being in the construction industry and having a company vehicle for the last 17 years I’ve pulled with and done about everything with all the hd trucks. They all have their own issues. I pull a 12k lbs cat generator often and skid loader, mini hoe , big cat genset with a brokk 180 on back. I can tell you my least favorite is definitely the Ford. The Ford is a great rig but wouldn’t be my purchase. And I’ve haven’t been a chevy guy since the late 90s. But that at4 is a great rig. The Cummins is also a excellent rig. It’s really hard to go wrong with the 3 big diesels. They all have pros and cons.

How’s the bank liable to get a fake 20. Every bill is ran through a machine that validates them correct?

I’ve been running a 23 3500 at4 as a work truck besides my kenworth. I can tell you it doesn’t lack power, I drive back and forth from north branch to Rochester for the last couple weeks and the trucks handles great, pulls a trailer awesome and has me debating on trading my 6.4 gasser in.

Wells fargo is the worst bank ever. I have had a account there for a private savings for many many years. Probably 18 to 20. I just deposited a union issued 5k check on December 5th. They still haven’t put it in my account because of fraudulent red flags. They told me its the other bank holding them up, I called the union fund and they said no, they reported to wf on the 7th the check was legit. Now it’s the 23rd and I have yet to see the deposit in my savings.
I called and told them the moment it goes in I will be draining my account and closing up shop.

Wow that’s horrible. Never buy anything from that brand. What a joke that is.
Ask them how you get to the lake if you can’t walk through the parking lots.

Sounds like words from some one that does not have his presents purchased yet.
Merry Christmas all
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Lol I’m just teasing. I am the most generous Christmas shopper around. I spend way way to much money on presents for everyone. They have been wrapped and hiding in the crawl space for over a month.

Hey, it’s not Christmas yet. Everyone calm down.