I don’t think a jump pack cares what kind of battery it’s jumping.

I’ve got an Interstate Battery brand jump pack. It’s saved me one time so far.

They did have a few interesting items.

I wish the man well.

I’m glad to see so many people here have finally woke up (in a good way).

A manly kitchen needs some manly knives.

IMHO, there was a difference between NZ and AUS as big as the difference between AUS & the US, each one going back a decade or two.

Even more spectacular than the views were the people. NZer’s were the genuinely friendliest people I’ve ever met.

I was in NZ in the 70’s and every pub I went into had a 24″ trout mounted above the fireplace.

Back then NZ was the second highest taxed country in the world and almost nobody worked on weekends (most of their OT & weekend pay went to taxes), so most businesses were closed on weekends.

It’s a great place to shop for wooly sheep skins and opals.

Every thing about this is suspicious. It’s eating up so many news cycles, it makes me wonder what’s not being talked about. Is it to distract attention away from the deep states’ stated goal to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power in DC and not certify the election results this week? I’m sure there’s more distractions (bigger than this) to come in 2025 to keep the Nuremburg II trials at bay.

I’ve never seen one of those. Looks like a fancy fly rod reel.

One of the largest cats I’ve ever caught was on a crawdad crankbait.

The heavy equip operator was a good idea. There’s not hardly a piece on them that a man can pick up by himself. He could start out with a truck driving school and a CDL. Then he could afford payments on a used Bobcat.

Draining down strategic reserves to suppress pump prices is absolutely political.

The best way to finish prime rib is dipped in au-jus and seared on an open flame grill. It’ll render out excess fat and sear in flavor. I first saw this technique in Sun Valley, Idaho at the Pioneer Saloon. By far the best prime rib I’ve ever had.
https://pioneersaloon.com/inside-pioneer-saloon.php

Our traditional New Years includes a pot of dried beans. I saved the bone from a Thanksgiving ham that I’ll use to season the beans.

The old family hillbilly wife’s tale is if you have a pot of dried beans with a penny in it you’ll have money the whole year.

I also don’t care for vacuum packaging, it seems to make the meat taste like plastic. I haven’t tried it in over 20 years, so maybe the plastic technology has improved since then.

It’s interesting that now that the 1700 page Continuing pork barrel Resolution and the resuming of firing nuclear capable missiles into Russia has been exposed that the drone distraction has died down.

I always laugh at the people that go on and on about how much better grass fed beef tastes.

Speaking of dead horses, did you catch what they were going to do with the man-killer horse in Yellowstone? I think it was Rip on the phone making arrangements to send it down to Mexico. What they didn’t say was why send it to Mexico. In Mexico it’s not illegal to butcher horses for human consumption. So at least it was worth something there.

I really enjoyed the whole show. Yea the last season’s episodes didn’t have as many scenes that made you cuss involuntarily or end with as many cliffhangers. But, overall it was a great show. They kept calling the last episode, the season finally, not the series finally.

I picked up a pair of nice insulated Muck Boots on sale a couple of months ago. These things are rated down to -60F.

Close Encounters was on TV last night. It was released in 1977. Hadn’t seen it in many many years. But it was interesting watching it last night. It had fast moving orbs and drones with multi colored lights before the mother ship arrived. Difference is, that movie had ET’s and the NJ drones don’t.

Maybe the West Coast drones will rise up against the East Coast drones and put them in their place.

I wonder if these things are being programmed to operate autonomously. It’s not hard to measure what frequency they’re operating on and triangulate back to where it’s broadcasting from.

Many police departments have systems setup to detect drone frequency activity, related to the shot detector/locator systems.

There’s bound to be some HAM operators playing hide and seek with the drones. You could probably use a Software Defined Radio to find whatever frequency they’re using. HAM’s make a game out of tracking down pirate sources.

I wonder if she would be interested in looking for shed antlers.

I would take the cover off and blow the dust out of it. If it does it again I’d replace it. They are cheap and easy to replace. Just don’t let the bare wires touch each other.

Oops, just realized the Zmzn Toadz isn’t a topwater frog, it’s a soft body plastic bait.

As soon as my kids could see over the dash & reach the pedals I’d let them drive in empty parking lots and country roads. Every time they drove I also had them drive backwards in circles and back into parking spots. When it came time for drivers ed & get a license they were already good drivers.

Biden is finally on the right side of history on something.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/12/06/a-proclamation-on-national-pearl-harbor-remembrance-day-2024/

I’d like to hear more about what the CEO had going on.
Was he about to turn whistleblower on something?
This reminds me of the Jan 6th pipe bomber that had a bunch of pictures of him too, yet supposedly can’t figure out who it was.

I took the liberty of grouping these frogs into several categories.

SKIRT LEGS – WALKING
– Spro Bronzeye Frog 65 (skirt legs); Red Ear (yellow belly), black, white, natural red, green pumpkin, browns
– Berkley Swamp lord (skirt legs, shrink tube gasket at body hole)
– Snagproof Bobby’ Perfect Frog Gen 1 and 2 (skirt legs)
– Terminator Jr (skirt legs, walking)
– Bully Wa 2’s (skirt legs)
– Teckel Whackers (skirt legs, aka – Reaction Innovations Swamp Donkey)

SKIRT LEGS – POPPER
– Spro Popping Frog (skirt legs with a popper head/face)
– Northland Reed Runner (skirt legs, popper)
– Gambler Poppin’ Frog (skirt legs, popper)
– Terminator Poppin’ Frog (skirt legs, popper)

PADDLE FEET
– Spro Flappin Frog (paddle Feet, coated hooks)
– Scum Frog Bigfoot (paddle feet)

SPINNER FEET
– Teckel USA Honker Frog ( metal flipper blades & barrel swivel legs, rests nose up)
– Teckel Sprinker, (single paddle foot spinner, original plopper frog)

LIVETARGET BRAND
Livetarget brand offers all styles of frogs including swirl tail legs, single & treble hooks

VINTAGE-RETIRED
– Wotta Frog (vintage, wood legs, 3 treble hooks, dive lip)
– Tru Tungsten Mad Maxx (retired, skirt legs)

My search winners are:
– Berkley Swamp lord (skirt legs, walker, shrink tube gasket at body hole)
– Teckel USA Honker Frog ( metal flipper blades & barrel swivel legs, rests nose up)
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I think the most important feature of any bait is the confidence you have in it. Thanks to the collective wisdom here on this forum, I’ll be able to fish these baits with confidence. Now, to pick out a few colors in each model.

edit: deleted the Zman Toadz, it’s a soft body plastic bait.