dhpricco wrote:

Anyone have a MEAT! brand grinder and have any feedback on quality. They are running a sale right now and a 1hp and foot pedal for $350 and free shipping. Looks like they offer lifetime warranty as well. Might have to pull the trigger. Sick of using my kitchen aid grinder attachment and this looks like a pretty good price.

I have had that exact model for he past 2 years. Works great, no problems, it quickly eats deer and pork meat. Don’t have the foot pedal….it is so fast I don’t think the pedal is needed. Foot control on a stuffer…now that would be handy.

crawdaddy wrote:

I would like to make chicken curry at home and have it turn out like it does at India palace. Does anyone have any good advice or recipes for Indian food?

I love Indian food but save yourself a bunch of time and pick this up at the store. Add to chicken thighs and you are good to go with some white rice.
https://www.pataksusa.com/categories/simmer-sauces

Also, gotta have some naan bread on the side. Get from Walmart, Costco, Hyvee, etc.

Original Naan

Replace them with white pines. They grow fast and look much better when they get old. Overcrowding doesn’t seem to negatively affect them either. You will be happy you did.

Marine 31…bought it recently for the same purpose and it works very well.

https://www.marine31.com/

Paul D wrote:

Went to Byerly’s NYE to look for some seafood, King crab legs $69.99/lb,

Wow, I have been seeing them at $39.99 around Rochester and I thought that was high!

My top 4 in order:
1. Red oak – fantastic fall color and very fast growing in my opinion and I have seen that in my yard over the last 20 years.
2. Pine Oaks – same as above but a smaller leaf than red’s. I like that they keep some (not all) of their leaves through the winter.
3. White pine – very fast growing, soft needles, can plant several together and let the orange needles cover the ground so less to mow. Deer love to sit under them too.
4. Fall Fiesta Sugar Maple – if you can find them you can’t ask for a better color. Not fast growing but not slow either. I have a few that are about 16 years old and they are around 30′ tall. Trunk in maybe 10 inch diameter.

My opinion on others.
Locust – I have a Skyline Locust and it has been my fastest growing tree….which I like. BUT, keep it away from your deck, drive and roof. That thing drops 6 – 12″ sticks all year long. Any slight wind and it is dropping leaves and more sticks on my deck. And it is planted 30 feet away! Also, some of the best hardwood you can find. Dense/hard as heck and a nice color if you are into woodworking.

Elm – also a fast grower and looks nice when mature. I have one that is maybe 35-40 foot tall that I planted. Would I plant one again today? NO, due to the Asian Beetle that shows up in mid-summer and starts on the leaves. Then the leaves are constantly falling. What leaves remain have a nice yellow fall color.

Autumn Blaze Maple and Silver Maple – not a fan of the color or all of the seeds/helicopters they drop.

Birch – no thanks, except when you cut them down and let the wood spalt for a couple years. Makes some real nice turnings.

One final thought for the original poster. Do you have any maple trees on the property now and would you want to tap them for syrup some day? A couple years ago I started tapping a very large sugar maple at my parent’s house. The tree is 3′ foot across. It gives me at least a gallon of finished syrup each year….and it is the only tree I tap most years. Just something to consider….ya got to plan ahead. I wish I had but who knew these thing 20 years ago….not me.

And one final, final comment. DO NOT plant the new trees too deep. Error on the shallow side and be sure to loosen the root ball and remove any circling roots. Again, sure wish I had known this years ago but now I can see the errors I made years ago. Youtube has shown me how to do it right! Good luck.

hnd wrote:

it doesn’t but in reality historically an index investor over the long term will beat the active investor more times than not.

Sure, but that is compared to an ACTIVE investor. But picking a few sound mutual funds for the long term is as simple as looking for historical returns of 12% or greater. And only pick funds that have been around for decades….not years!

It’s a simple formula that I picked up from a guy named Dave. :grin: And since I did that, and stopped letting a so called planner pick for me, my retirement accounts have shot upwards. I can look at my graphs and see the day I stopped taking her advice. And this lady told me I was taking to much risk for my age(I was 44). If I had listened to her I would have missed out on the best bull run in history.

By the way, for those of you who are looking to start a Roth. You can do it with a few clicks. Go to Vanguard (or another service), open an account, deposit funds and declare the account as a Roth, then pick funds. It is easy and glad I did that a few years ago. My average return has been 17.5%. I am not bragging and I am definitely NOT an expert in this stuff but I want to say it can be done.

Jon Jordan wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>jrrendler wrote:</div>
Index funds. Don’t they just mirror certain sectors of the market? What good is that? And it shouldn’t take a financial adviser to provide that service. IMO

Correct. A typical S&P 500 index fund is balanced frequently and automatically. No fund manager needed. Index funds inside of 401k plans will typically have the lowest management fees and net out very good returns over the long run. Many beating out highly managed funds by highly paid fund managers.

-J.

Interesting. Thanks for the reply Jon. I appreciate the additional details you provided.

Index funds. Don’t they just mirror certain sectors of the market? What good is that? And it shouldn’t take a financial adviser to provide that service. IMO

I could only listen to parts of the first two videos before I had to turn them off. Sorry to be negative but boy were those overdone and boring. I am going to have to head back to Youtube to find Radiohead just so i can get the sound of her voice out of my head. Man that sucked.

Ok I’m sorry Grouse, but cmon. Really? Flecks first recruiting class was the highest ranked for the Gophers.. ever. 24 of the 25 recruits he pulled ranked higher than their average recruit ranking the previous 5 years before him. Dunlap was already committed to his hometown Florida Gators when Fleck flipped him. Programs stopped contacting Bateman because they thought he was going to stay in Georgia to play for the Kirby, until Fleck flipped him too. Faalele had offers from Bama, Auburn, UGA, FSU, LSU, and Michigan when he chose Minnesota. His first recruiting class are now sophomores/redshirt freshman. Dont look now but hes got a top 30 class coming in next year and a top 10 class, so far, in 2021 (including a big time QB recruit).

Bouncing from coach to coach, recruiter to recruiter, like the Gophers did for a few years there will kill any program. Then add on all of the sexual assault allegations? I’m not for all the rah-rah Fleck has to offer, but you cannot question his recruiting. Cant build a football program overnight. Patience my friend.
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Finally, an intelligent comment brought to this discussion!!

Honestly, we have paid attention to your posting over the years and bought that life jacket because of your comments and others on this site. We always, always have it on. Now I have to find time to get my daughter out. She has been with me twice and only landed one 5 pounder this year. She loves the fight and the pull on the line!

We love catfishing…….partly because we really suck at walleye fishing!

I always enjoy the pictures and details BK. Thanks for posting them!

My son Ryan and I went out of Bay Point Friday evening. Fished from 5:30 PM until 11:00. He pulled in 5 cat’s and I only one. I was using live creek chubs and he went with cut bait. The picture is Ryan with his largest to date at 18 pounds.

We were surprised that there were only 2 trailers in the parking lot when we arrived but that made it nice and quiet on the river….and the light wind kept bugs away! Made for a very good evening.

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I thought it was a snowmobile skipping open water……..

Last time out about a week ago, my son and I fished from 6am-130PM and we did not get a single bite. Man I hate to admit that. We generally fish from Lake City and south down river. So when you say the head of the lake are you referring to location A on this map? Or farther upstream? We would be really happy to get our hands on anything slimy. Sheephead would be a treat since we would smoke them.

It is great that you can shoot a show and get it on TV so quickly but it would be nice to have more open water. I honestly was burned out on the ice fishing shows (sorry) but maybe that is because I still barely catch any and grew tired of watching you guys pull in fish after fish!!

We had a situation like you describe last year. We caught one bass and someone in a boat comes right in on us. That is irritating enough but then we had to suck in the smoke from their cigarette’s. few things can urine me off more than being outside trying to enjoy a bit of sun and fresh air and we have to inhale some dip sticks smoke. Then after a while they yell over and ask what we caught. I think they got a clue when I was casting as hard as I could for their boat and any lines they had on the water.

My kids and I couldn’t believe it. We are just down river from Lake City with a little spot from shore standing on boulders nearly falling into the water, an occasional train rushing right behind us, and these bright light bulbs decide that “we” must have the great spot on the whole river. Ha, if they only knew how much I suck at fishing. The only good that came out of this…..it motivated me enough to finally buy a boat. 48 years without one was long enough to wait!! And let me tell you, I will not be pulling in on someone who is shore fishing.

I picked up one of these Kill-A-Watt Electricity Monitor things a couple years ago. Easy to use. Just plug it in when I want to know what it is costing to keep something running. Here’s a link from Home Depot.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Unbranded-Kill-A-Watt-Electricity-Monitor-P4400/202196386

I watched parts of the show last night and it made me realize just how much I like real rock and roll and the Beatles just don’t rock hard enough for me. Even my wife commented on their drums being a bit weak and she is no head banger. Yes, the Beatles have tons of great songs but given a choice while listening to Pandora I will usually skip them and go to something better.

Maybe I was just ticked off by seeing that smug LL Cool J as the host…..that was probably it. On a positive note I did like seeing Jeff Lynne.

Then how do you watch Gopher’s football or basketball. Or Twins games….and what about football games on ESPN? Or do you just live without?

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I called and was told that it is illegal to discharge a bow within city limits. Then I double checked the city ordinances myself. Unfortuantely, they do not have any reference to bow fishing or shooting an bow with a sting attached to the arrow. At least the city of Rochester has made that determination and allows bowfishing in certain areas. Oh well, would have liked to put a small dent in the carp population over there.

Do you know if a bow with a string attached is allowed within city limits?

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The little handles on the zippers are whimpy. 3 of them broke. 1 on the bag 1 on each door.

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I agree…..they are a weak. When mine broke on the bag I drilled a new hole in the middle of the black plastic thing that you pull on. Seems to have fixed it. It has been good for a couple years now. The wall thickness near the one end is too thin.

I think you will only need one heater with the thermal.

I am very happy with my Clam Big Foot XL4000. It has seen a lot of use over the last two years. I don’t understand all of the complains about setting it up in the wind. Sure it can be a little difficult but my son went out last week on a windy day by himself and set it up….no problem. We really like the extra room it provides. Last year we were fishing with my bother and his son (they have a Frabil flip over) and after some time all 4 of us were in the hub. We weren’t all fishing….they just came over to shoot the bull. So we had 4 adults in there with no problem…and three of us are over 220 pounds! So I think you and your daughters will like the extra room and you will find a hub style easy to haul. Good luck.

Brandy, lemonade, and honey….boil it and drink it before bed time….wake up feeling better.

Did you miss the part where I said “Do it in a legal manner.”

8-10 inches Sunday on Mazaska. ATV’s on the ice and some perm shacks.

Go ahead and shoot the deer. Do it in a legal manner and if it lands on your neighbors yard politly go over and ask them if you can retrieve it. Take your shot very early morning or late day so there is less chance of it even being seen….I think late day is better.

I am in a township so I don’t have to follow city ordinance. My lot is 1 acre and most of my neighbors lots are just slightly larger. We have a bike trail that divides my lot so I also own a seperate .24 acre lot on the other side of this trail. I have taken a deer in this area with a heart shot at close range, it went only 20-30 yards and died in a dry creek bed. I went to the my neighbors house and asked him if I could get the deer and he said sure go ahead. There was no problem and this was a neighbor who I had actually only talked to one time before this….and that was to ask him to take down the barbed wire he had strung onto my property. I should point out that the deer ended up in a spot where no one was going to see it about 150 feet from their house, lots of trees in the way and down a hill but the odds of that happening in this area are pretty good.

So I am in favor of you exercising your right to hunt but only you know the lay of the land you are working with. It might go well but it could also go poorly as others have pointed out. But I wonder what would happen if you shoot one and it ends up in a neighbors yard who says ‘no leave it.’ So the deer is just left to rot in their yard? Really, do they want that? That might happen but I doubt it. This is just my opinion and experience. I am sure others will say I am wrong. I also want to point out that I rarely hunt my own yard anymore. There are too many people out in their yards in the fall and too much movement so rarely have I ever had a deer in range and that is OK. Because of that I usually only go out very late in the season when it is snowing or a slight rain. Fortunatley, the last few years my son and I been able to get permission to hunt somewhere else and have taken a deer or two by mid-season so if I do go sit out back it is just to enjoy the snow falling and to watch for something to come by. I may have a bow in my hand but I really don’t need another deer.

Good luck with your decision.

Am I the only one who thinks your 15 year old daughter should NOT be in the local bar? Why would you take her there? And why would you reach out to meet with this troll? Just put a smile on you face and move on. That is taking the high road in my opinion.