This is wild, thanks for sharing. To me, it reaks entirely of the manson family stuff. Wouldn’t surprise me if CIA is grooming these clowns in some manner to push some deep state conspiratorial bs.
No doubt we’ll see a Netflix docudrama thing eventually. I’ll watch it lol
I’ve never encountered one longer than a few minutes. I can’t even imagine one dragging out for half an hour. Yikes
That’s my point exactly. Having done the job before, I specifically pointed out that it should take less time than it takes you to get ready to launch.
Saw it happen, took over another launch for a few weeks because they had a line out the parking lot on Saturdays and complaints were coming in. Guy was going full blown magnifying glass inspection on every rig during busy Saturday afternoons.
Also had the guy with the power wash truck show up every other week. Spent 45 minutes setting up that mat every day, and never once washed a boat or trailer. It’s not a well managed program to begin with so I wouldn’t cry about the cut funding. The one nice part is it’s an option for a paid internship for students out there looking. All the hospitals want college biochem undergads to work for free.
I should add there’s no reason for these people to cause a traffic jam. There’s like 5 questions to ask, whole boat owner is waiting in line. if your boat hasn’t been in the water for more than a week, no need to inspect. If it was previously in a zebra mussel lake or river, or a clean body of water, heading into mille lacs which is already fully infested, no need to dilly dally with inspections.
Actual inspection is 5 minutes tops- livewells empty? Check. Pitot tube free of zerbas? Check. Trailer free of weeds? Check. On your way into the water.
The inspectors taking 30 minutes to inspect a boat and causing traffic jams at a launch are power tripping, and you should complain to the local office about it. There’s no reason they can’t run a full inspection by the time you get unstrapped and plugs in ready to launch.
I can weigh in with direct experience. I’m college, I took a MN DNR internship as an AIS inspector on Mille Lacs. It was the only paid internship I could find, and I wasn’t in the business of working for free.
Stationed at Father Hennepin State Park, after the first week I noted that people aren’t coming in and out during the week at a state park in any respectable numbers. I observed much higher traffic at liberty Beach and other public accesses.
After another day sitting there not doing any public educating, I requested a move to another landing. Here’s where the fun starts. Some program manager in Brainard decided, arbitrarily, to staff the state park but not the public accesses on the southeast corner of the lake. Had to get approval from 3 levels of supervisors to move myself to a landing where I could actually work for the tax money they were paying me.
They paid “supervisor” interns twice as much to drive around in circles checking in on us to make sure we were working…. Yet requesting more work took multiple levels of escalation and days of waiting for a reply.
I learned an important lesson that shaped my career after college- I won’t apply for any government job, ever.
That being said, myself and some others were actually doing good work, education, helping clean off weeds (which most boat owners genuinely appreciated), sometimes washing the boats when they gave us a wash station.
I developed good relationships with some locals who were in and out 3-4 days every week, saw some amazing pics of huge smallies and muskies, tipped off local CO’s on an illegal northern dumping operation, generally made the best of the situation.
Also spent a day with an actual DNR biologist out of brained. Found out they are incredibly rare, and if you want to actually work DNR you won’t get there without LE experience. They’re a law enforcement agency first and foremost, conservation/ biology in a distant second.
Chemtrails from all the planes you see? No, contrails.
However, when Uncle Sam does stupid things like cloud seeding, it turns the conspiracy into somewhat of a reality.
Starting to think I’m just no good at fishing, I hardly ever catch anything on plastics unless I’m trolling the river with raps.
Leeches, crawlers, and crappie minnows get me about 90% of all my walleyes.
I don’t much care what the tourney guys do in all honesty. I recently stocked up on the preserved shiners so I always have something “real” to fall back on in my bag. Hoping to try them out soon.
In true IDO fashion you know what you need to do. This one has wheels, so it’s like portable ya know
Was at rockfest a few years ago and one of our camping neighbors had two of these networked together. It was awesome, I’d say they are definitely “loud enough”, whatever that means!
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Am I the only one reading the statement correctly?“Caught limits AND released 100” is a whole lot different than “caught limits THEN released 100 more”. The author makes no indication as to having caught a limit then continued fishing. This statement is ambiguous and could simply mean it took them 100 catches to reach their limit.
Also even culling is legal in MN provided you aren’t already at your limit. See the current MN regs book, Page 32.
Nope.
Nope to which part?
3 times now ordering snowmobile parts from eBay, the stuff ships and makes it to river falls. My mail carrier texts me and says shipper never paid full postage (my mail carrier is great btw), asks me if I want to pay the rest of the return it.
Tell her to return it. A week later I get a refund from seller.
How the hell does it even get on the first truck without proper postage?!?!
Here’s my strategy that appears to be working: Get your lifetime license, go to Holiday and ask for your re-print every year. The staff won’t be able to get the system to pull it up, or the system will be down mysteriously. Then go to the next Holiday and get the re-print there. The 2nd store always figures it out after about 30 minutes LOL
Am I the only one reading the statement correctly?
“Caught limits AND released 100” is a whole lot different than “caught limits THEN released 100 more”. The author makes no indication as to having caught a limit then continued fishing. This statement is ambiguous and could simply mean it took them 100 catches to reach their limit.
Also even culling is legal in MN provided you aren’t already at your limit. See the current MN regs book, Page 32.
I spent time in a laboratory, manufacturing, and eventually landed in Global regulatory affairs. Spent a short time managing EHS at two manufacturing sites but the workers comp side of that coin is absolutely terrible. Back in global regulatory affairs, specifically chemical compliance as it relates to import and export of goods from many countries.
It pays well. A lot of dollars ride on doing the job correctly, but it’s not inherently difficult the nice part is nobody wants to do it so it leaves room for those of us who don’t mind. Just need to be good at reading government legalese and translating it to real-world actions. What does that mean, What can we do, what can we not do, oops we did something what do we do now.
The one thing I’m constantly amazed by is how many corporate types are absolutely terrified of making a real decision; big or small, just choosing a path and sticking to it seems to be completely foreign to about 85% of the workforce.
Whichever you go with, if you’re like me and buy used trucks that are 3-4 yrs old, the 2500 is such a better value than the 1500 today it’s unreal.
I’ve always had Chevy trucks. 1997, 2010, 2016, 2020.
2010 was the best and most reliable of the bunch. 2016 was the worst by a mile.
Used 2500 gassers selling for 2/3 the price of used 1500’s around my area it’s wild.
I don’t have direct experience but I see Norsk advertises these 14.*V batteries as purpose-built for the live imaging setups from Garmin, Humminbird, and Lowrance. I would assume it’s a go
https://norsklithium.com/product/14-8v-15ah-lithium-ion-battery-with-charger/
We used the hell out of our 3rd party extended warranty. That 2016 Tahoe we had was the worst vehicle ever. Before 99k we had the tranny replaced, a few weeks later the motor was having a lifter issue, we had all our air ride replaced, shocks all replaces, even wiggled in new heated seats because they quit working. New stereo because it quit pushing the hidden screen door up, all oil lines replaced, tranny cooler and a few other things. I think we paid 1800 for the warranty and cashed out of it for 17k if I remember right.
Helps having the woman manage a auto repair place. Her business did all the battling with the ext warranty and got everything approved.
The quality discrepancies are absolutely wild, thanks GM. In my garage the 2016 Tahoe has been the most reliable “newer” vehicle we have and the only one that hasn’t seen a flat bed at 130k miles. My 2016 silverado on the other hand… and my 2020 2500hd ate 2 high pressure fuel pumps in 14 days time.
The 2009 malibu is the true goat and just keeps chugging along getting a modest 27 mpg. That car makes me happy.
Oh man, you’ll love the glock 19 and 17. I know i would never trade either of mine for the sig. But you’ll be happy the day you do.
Have a 17, always thought I shot it poorly due to the grip. Shot one with an Apex trigger in it last night, now I know why I shoot mine poorly. Mine was a police trade-in, and I suspect I have the extra heavy trigger in it. Feels a lot more than 5.5 lbs.
Also- I just found a home for P320 in the family, I’m going to mark as sold. Sorry thumper, and thanks for the interest
I hope that in the afterlife I do not have to face all of the chickens that I’ve consumed over the years. I eat various chicken dishes probably 5 days per week. Wings, strips, nuggies, breasts, thighs… I like chicken a lot.
Man those are really cool. But for that price tag, I’d probably run an S10, put tracks on it, and pull a skid shack around. Similar portability, could probably accomplish that setup for maybe $30 – 40K?
It would allow the MN regime to eject an overwhelmingly republican subset of the state’s vote. It’s not outside the realm of possibility, however improbable it may be.
I’m a weekend warrior but between Friday afternoon and Sunday night I tend to put away a LOT. Wife is 1 glass of wine every night type, she wanted to do dry January to shed a few pounds of baby weight. I agreed to do it with her because she really needs someone to help her be accountable with stuff like this.
I’d do whatever she wants if she’d get off Facebook and Instagram all the time!
I’m glad my sleds are older and I don’t care if they get started up or not. The wheeler is paying for its self 12 months a year lately.
Same situation here, a 2005 and a 1995. Might actually drain the gas out this season since this will be year 2 of no usage. Plus size I’ve had plenty of time to refurbish them lol. Things run like brand new right now!
I think the eskimo, strikemaster, and K-drill are all good units, and I’ve had the pleasure of drilling with all 3.
I’ve been running a K drill since they hit the market. Crazy how cheap you can find used ones now! I wouldn’t hesitate to buy a used unit from any of the manufacturers; blades can be sharpened or replaced but there’s no moving parts or anything to worry about, they’re just expensive rotating shafts, essentially.
K drill uses a chipper blade, I think eskimo and strikemaster offer both blade styles. If you’re in really “dirty” ice chipper blades are nice. They are a little slower than lazer blades in good clear ice. If I were buying new today I’d probably go for the eskimo, but I have no reason to replace my K drill at all after 5+ years.
In this case I would agree with BC for sure. If seller isn’t open to offers I’d walk too. 12k is a lot even for a yamaha.
For some more context related to miles on an ATV, I beat my Kawasaki into oblivion like once a year on a long riding weekend with my friends. My machine has just 1200 miles on it, but they’re very hard miles. It’s been submerged, fully, multiple times. It goes in the mud. Occasionally it pulls more than it should on the rear hitch. I’d never advertise it as “only” having 1200 miles because I know it’s been beat on. Keep an eye on that stuff while you’re searching, sometimes low mileage ATV’s have been run to hell and back, just like high mileage units may be in really nice condition.
That counterfeit currency comment is absolutely clowning
2500 gasser would probably suit your needs really nicely. I just made that move, and I don’t think I could ever go back to a 1500.
I got an 2020 L8T Silverado. Test drove a 6.4 hemi ram 2500 and it was a better ride but also a brand new 2024 with no miles on it. Stuck with the Chevy because I got it for a good price and don’t feel like spending more for no real benefit. If I were buying new i’d consider both and find the best deal on one or the other.
I certainly don’t have any practical need for a diesel, have driven a few. Would love to have a 2007.5 Silverado 2500 diesel but only if I drove down south and bought one that hasn’t seen the mandatory state-sanctioned salt bath every winter.
On warranty return it’s tough for manufacturers to take them back, because they’d have to pay for the shipping and lithium batteries are DG, so they’re required to be properly packaged with the correct DG markings. They’d also eat a hazmat surcharge for every shipping label they send out for rma.
It’s cheapest for companies to just let you keep the faulty one and figure out where to recycle it. Not saying that’s right or wrong, but reality of shipping batteries these days.
It’s also not legal in the US to ship a lithium battery by air that is known to be faulty. The more you know
O’Reilly will take them but you don’t get a $5 gift card like you would with a car battery core. I drop my old vex batteries at O’Reilly just to keep them out of landfill
On 1911’s I own a sig in 10mm and a Ruger in .460 Rowland, and I love them both.
I used to own a Remington and, believe it or not, that one was by far the most accurate probably due to the extremely tight bushing fitment. That bushing was similar to those on hand fit guns. I do regret selling that one but that was a different time in life where I couldn’t afford to just keep a gun I wasn’t shooting anymore.
For a good value 1911, I chose Springfield Armory. For the 1911 that gets wiped down and put away, gotta go original and get a Colt, preferably 70 series. However, as of late, I got a sweet tooth for Brownings and the Hi Power is a classic John Moses Browning gun as well.
I believe Springfield and FN both just released hi-power remakes this year with Springfield offering the better modernized package at a better price. I have no direct experience handling either though.
Yeah, have the L6 Verado. That motor is so quiet! Thanks for the thoughts everyone.
Mojo, great offer, appreciated. I am the Des Moines area so wouldn’t be unlikely to the make that work. But thanks again!
If you’re already in Iowa I wouldn’t hesitate to reach out to Iowaboy1. He is something of a genius with outboards.
