I just went to youtube,they are there and easy to find.

Umy is trying to post a shout out,Ill see if I can add it.

Just had this guy fix my door. IDO will not let me post this?!

A number of you answered the call this past fall when my garage door broke.
The first two companies I called never called back.
The third one Apple Valley garage dooor Matt Whyte answered the call and took care of me. My door broke again yesterday ( Sunday – I think it’s cursed ) and I called him again and he showed up at the end of his day at 6:45 pm and saved me again.
Just a shout out to whoever knew him and sent him my way. Great guy, fast and honest. Hard to find these days!

Randy, I know we pretty much agree on everything in nature, owls in the evening after the other birds go to sleep, the call of the Whippoorwill, the bobwhite in the mornings, even the sparrows are good to hear when you are outside when its springtime.
And one of the most satisfying sounds there is when you are trying to take it all in, the very distinct crack of a 220 swift round at 4000 fps taking the dang feral cat off of the fencepost outside your bedroom window at midnight that is yowling for a mate or a fight with another tom.

Lets see if my experiences help anyone, I grew up running farm equipment with straight pipes for exhaust stacks, stood close to hundreds of drag race engines with open exhaust, airplane engines screaming at full throttle setting fuel pressures, and ran tools/equipment that are very loud including air hammers with zero ear protection, it wasnt thought of back then.
I have shot tens of thousands of rounds of shotgun and high powered rifle rounds, no hearing protection during those years
Fast forward to the late nineties, after six years of working with ag chemicals I ended up with dysautonomia due to toxic effects of solvent, almost identical to agent orange syndrome.

I started having ears that rang nonstop, so loud I was afraid a plane would home in on the signal and try landing on me, it was unbearable.
My doctor at the time attributed it to many years of going unprotected and said I had to live with it, nothing could be done about it.
Funny thing, when I was being tested for chemical exposures I noticed the ringing would calm down, or get worse, way worse, what the heck?
I mentioned this do my doctor, part of my testing for chemical reactions was to keep an hourly daily register on what I had to eat and drink and how I felt a half hour, hour, three hours and so on later to see how combinations of foods and their additives would affect the many reactions I suffer with.
We were trying to see what chemicals in foods affected me worse, phenol, glycerides, salts, many forms of alcohols that are used in foods, meds, etc.
Red dyes, yellow dyes, on and on, these things could be tied back to the chemicals I sprayed and how they were related.

I started noticing that certain foods or combos of foods made it worse and it depended on what chemicals were used to preserve them, nitrates, xanthan gum, and numerous others.
After about six months of eliminating a lot of those things the ringing became almost nonexistent, then I drank a mountain dew, good Lord !! the ringing started immediately ! and it was horrendous! 48 hours later it subsided.
Long story short, in the last 22 years I have become attuned to what will set it off and what wont, sometimes I forget and eat or drink something that affects it, then suffer with it until my body processes it out of itself.

At my shop, I have control over what chemicals I can use and what I cant, and sometimes what I have to use cannot be avoided so its mask up, put on the neoprene gloves and hope to heaven that the gloves wont dissolve before I am done with it, I dont use that stuff that very often and I try to pawn that job off if I can.
I gotta be honest, somedays fumes from outboards especially two strokes can make me loonier than a shithouse rat, dizzy, hallucinations etc, not much fun, but I struggle through it.

I will mention sugars and salts while I am at it, any synthetic sweetener makes my ears ring terribly, when I drink soda it has to have real sugar in it.
Salts, MSG, I have to ask, how is it legal for some of this poison to be used??
My point is, start paying attention to what you eat and drink and how it affects your ringing ears, it will take a while, but if you can even get a little relief it will be worth the time spent, trust me on that as it is very nice to sleep without a garret turbine screaming you to sleep.

Harumphs all around,Hedley Lamarr is whos buying up all of the ground.

Thought this was a funny update

PVC pipe wrapped with wire attached to the hot side of an electric fencer.
Ground wire hooked to expanded metal at the base of the post.
Turn conventional squirrels into flying squirrels.

Cat lives matter.
EPG is the pussy whisperer in more ways than one.

Dutchboy wrote:

I don’t keep a boat long enough to name it.

Iowaboy1 has a unique name for his.

HA! My older brother stoops, bows, and worships the almighty Lund, it was bad enough he about drove me bonkers over it.
To me, a fish doesnt give two cents what a boat cost, if it floats, I can catch fish out of it.
So to rub it in when our first grandson came into the world I bought a ’95 Tracker Pro 17 deep vee and sold our old Alumacraft Jon, I needed storage to keep sharp pointy things out of a babys reach.

I came up with the name Nautalund, five years later after a mishap on the interstate I bought another boat, a ’96 Starcraft superfisherman 170 and of course, its name is Nautalund II.

I saw a boat with, Shake, Rattle, and Troll on the back, I dont remember the brand of boat but it did have an old Merc tower of power on it.

And,if theres a burn ban in effect it may affect your fun.

At least theres not much left to burn in some spots.
Might want to take a break to check your brakes after some of those hills on the way there.
If your taking a plane you can look at the plains.

Well,it is spring time,is it headed north like other critters do?

I have witnessed him use a chainsaw to get to fish,the guy is determined!!

Bear,that merc shouldnt take much juice to start.
Perform a voltage drop test on both battery cables.
Put one of your volt meter leads on the positive cable at the battery,the other lead goes to the positve cable where it attaches to the starter solenoid.
Attempt starting the motor,if you see a large reading over half a volt that cable or connection is corroded.

Do the same with the negative cable,test lead at the negative post,other lead to where the cable bolts to the block.
If it reads over half a volt that cable is bad.
Ive seen corrosion in the middle of the cable you cant see until you slice the insulation,look for swelling along the length of the cables,that will give you an idea where the corrosion is.

From there if they test good either the starter needs serviced or the battery is weak.

Hell lets throw chewing tobacco in the mix,spit cups,bottles full of chew spit,YUCK!!

I am a Suzuki dealer, as of today, Suzuki forbids lithium batteries for starting batteries.
They are researching it now and I will post an update on whether or not they will be allowed.

Years ago during my first marriage I walked into the house and the dishwasher was making a horrendous noise and smelled something awful, I thought the house was going to blow up, I told her no more eating at taco bell !!!

If you have stuff networked you may be reading ghost voltage if there is a power or ground problem at that plug,this an issue with sensitive volt meters.
Apply a load like a test light to that circuit,most likely it wont light the bulb now that you have a real load on that circuit.

Edited,I thought you were having problems at the reel.

Fantastic tribute Randy, you are a good man with a big heart, I know your folks are proud of you.
I never got the chance to meet your dad or mom in person, but I did meet them through you and the experiences you have shared with me and I appreciate everything the three of you have taught me.

Thank you Randy for allowing me to see into your life these last few years, I am honored.
I wish I could of been there to see the gathering of those he fed all those years the day he passed.
God bless you Randy.

Mike,can you find what you want here?

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1593299973/lake-house-decor-osakis-lake-map-svg

I bet the bushings are corroded too,best take it apart so you can actually lube the bushing and shaft,not a big deal.
Let me know how I can help.

I meant for you to buy the sea star kit,sorry.
Andy,does that set up have tilt steering?? They are known for getting seized up from corrosion once in a while.

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big_g wrote:

Elon would come up with the most comprehensive plan, that would have the best bang for our buck. Now Kamala…. what would she do ??? Your turn.

I was thinking Boris ,Natasha, and ?

Gary, thanks for your reply, I am curious about AIS as a lake I have frequented since ’84 has been gin clear down to 14 feet until the last five or so years, it has no inlet waters feeding it.
I would wager that its due to lawn fertilizers that are over used and used on non native grasses so lake side owners can have golf greens for lawns.
Now the lake with very little wind can become very dirty with algae, that may be good for some species as it is part of a food chain, however, it takes away sunlight that promotes plant growth at deeper depths that supply beneficial oxygen for all living things in the lake.

So, do we pray that zeebs come in, ( they are already there now ) and clean the lake up so its gin clear again?
Everyone thought the sky was falling when the zeebs invaded Michigan and now its a walleye factory, plant growth at depths is at record levels and oxygen levels are high and winter survival rates are better as I understand it.

I guess my question is, if we let nature take its course, ( zeebs die off and dont reproduce as much as food levels for them are low ) will things balance out as they always seem to do if left alone??
If I am wrong please correct me.

Gary, have you ever heard how much AIS is carried in by birds, turtles, and such??
How much of it in an affected lake is carried by streams to others??
Or is that never considered?? Genuinely curious.