Like taking a picture of someone in public and feeling the need to share it on a fishing forum (social media) to ridicule them, as if anyone really cares.
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No clue what you’re referencing.

I saw a girl dressed up in very strange makeup/clothing this summer (not an animal but quite colorful) at an outdoor event. I was watching her and the whole time her group was visiting her eyes were darting around at whoever was walking by. It was obvious she was watching to see who was looking at her or noticing her apearance. I believe they are nothing more than attention seeking folks who for whatever reason are in dire need of being noticed, nothing more than that. Just a spinoff of people who post every aspect of their lives on facebook or social media as if anyone really cares.

Feel sorry for them actually.

I thought of that. I’ve never recalled seeing them on but will keep an eye on it now that I know they’re there. Each appears tied into the wiring for the other lights so extremely unlikely all 6 would all be “non-working” when the other lights have had zero issues. Thanks for the feedback, much appreciated.

Good one. That’s the running joke at our house. Tell my boys we could just walk through show with video camera and record and just play it back year after year. Nothing ever really new. Would save a lot of fuel, time, wear on vehicles etc. However, with that being said, we still always end up going to the closest 3 shows every year just to get out of the house.

I think next year is the Vikings year.

First off, thanks for the post. I am safety director at large company and will share your experience as a learning tool. Struggle to get staff to utilize the provided eye protection. Safety glasses as a rule are fairly cheap items and nothing will be scratch “proof”. Even scratch resistant will fail. The biggest enemy is dust. Glasses sit on shelves when not used and most, myself included and being an eyeglass wearer for 40 years, I used to just wipe with cloth or t shirt when they are dirty/dusty. Bad move. Run water over them and wipe dry with eyeglass cleaning cloths. This is the only way to prevent buildup of thin scratches. Also, you get what you pay for, buy the more expensive ones you can find, make sure they are ansi z87+ (labeled on the inside of the bow) for added protection. Most manufacturers are going the z87 or z87+ way anyway.

On a side note, be sure to wear a face shield as well when using angle or bench grinders. Extremely dangerous operations and again, a struggle to get our staff to wear these as well. They have the mindset, “It will never happen to me”…….until it does. Then it’s too late and you can’t undo the permenent damage that you have done.

Thanks for sharing your story.

Jimmy Jones wrote:

Cute. As far as I am concerned, anyone found guilty of shooting at any Law Enforcement should get life without the possibility of parole and they should not be eligible for bail ahead of the trial.

Could not agree more.

They are urged to stay indoors, not required.

FWIW, had my Ulterra in for some work at Scheels. The Minnkota tech there advised me to NEVER troll with the motor down. Can’t remember the explanation of why but I’ll take his word for it I guess.

suzuki wrote:

I could easily get kicked off this site for sharing my true feelings about this situation.

Ditto

Count me in on this as well.

Buy the Dewalts. I’m scared to death of cheap knock off’s on anything lithium since my nephew lost a brand new lakefront house to a fire caused by the fillet knife issue couple years ago (there was actually a recall on them). There are waaaay too many instances of cheap/faulty lithium batteries causing fires. Not worth the risk to property/life. Unless you are nearby and can somewhat monitor them while they are charging, just don’t plug in to charge and run to town or leave unattended. Just my .02c worth.

Hmmm, being retired law enforcement I would say most (at least from personal experience) are very well versed in firearms and their proper use. They train on a very regular basis.

Paid for by the fair. Off duty officers. Love seeing them around. Would feel much safer if we had social workers patrolling instead.

I’ve been fishing leaches on Devil’s Lake for 20 years. On occasion will ball up for no apparent reason. I hook them once through the sucker and that’s it. Saw local pro on tv show who always hooks them once about 1/2 way down. Never tried it but I will this year. Maybe gives better presentation? Prevents balling up? We shall see…..

For $38 there should be 2 burgers and enough fries to feed 10 people. Ridiculous. Wife just went to Burger King yesterday, 3 whoppers, 3 medium fries, no drinks…$36. Things are getting nuts. We can afford it, just feel sorry for younger folks with kids. Heck, how can they even afford to take them out for a treat once in awhile?

Thanks everyone for taking your time to assist me. Truly appreciate it.

Here’s a novel idea, just obey the speed limit, problem solved.

Announcer said early in game he talked to Zimmer. Zimmer stated “I ain’t worried about Bailey, he’s been hitting them in practice”. HUH?? Maybe he should start worrying about his own job. Sorry, can’t stand Zimmer, can’t get his players fired up, poor decisions and on and on in my opinion.

Getting fed up, been a Vikes fan for 55 years, (and always will be no matter what). It just gets a little old, especially considering all the talent they’ve had through the years. Frustrating to say the least.

58 years old and still can’t stand it! Watch news shows or whatever and inevitably they do a story on flu/covid whatever, they always show a needle going into someone’s arm. I have to turn my head, for some reason can’t stand it and wife just laughs at me. Again, don’t know why, I can watch videos of surgeries, blood and guts, but just something about that needle going through the skin that drives me nuts.

Not sure, I’m busy going to work every day.

Broke the center out of 99 sportfish last year. Call auto glass place that does windshields. They told me it would be about $170. Shopped around, took it to the local glass/paint store, tempered, whole deal, $27 and looked perfect. Auto glass place was trying to take me to the cleaners.

I had one of the trim cylinders on my Yamaha f300 do the same thing. Sat outside beside garage all winter nothing. Brought it out one day to put in garage to start cleaning/prepping boat for the year, it started leaking. Why then all of a sudden? I guess it has to start sometime? Pretty easy fix but bothersome nonetheless.

Randy, just curious how you got that “bench” with pink diagram above so tightly into place between the 2 sidewalls? It appears no bevel underneath to put it in at angle and then lower one side so…… Or is that what the trim is for on the top, to cover a gap? I love it, looks amazing!

Check this out, might help.

Either way I would be adding 5th battery. Wouldn’t need another charger either as the 4th battery would still be used only for the big motor and kicker motor so alternators on both would keep it adequately charged, therefore 4th charger bank would go to new battery to charge after each outing along with Ulterra batteries. Should be good to go. Thanks again all for helping me out.

Arctic-How can you tell if graphs have interference? I’ve heard of it that’s why I mentioned it. Graphs “seem” to work ok now but I’ve read posts about interference. 3 pretty spendy graphs I have but not by choice. They happened to come with boat, I’m not too techy with the graph stuff but will definitely consider what you mentioned about the toggle switch if it could possibly help and give a better picture. although these old eyes probably wouldn’t notice the difference… Thanks again for patience in helping me out with this topic!

arcticm1000 wrote:

Trolling with your Ulterra should not affect how your Helix’s function. The Ulterra should have its own batteries. The main battery must be getting drawn down enough to make your Helix’s shut down when cranking the big motor. One option is to upsize your starting battery, but you would still likely have problems. Adding a 5th battery is the way to go if you have room.

Yes, Ulterra has it’s own dedicated 3 batteries. Everything else is on starting battery, graphs, livewells, radio, lights. Thinking even if I upgraded to grp 31 for 4th battery would run into same problem after it was couple yrs old when starting big motor. Interstate guy pretty much alluded to that. He could have sold me a pretty expensive grp 31 but was honest about it. Think I’ll add 5th battery dedicated to graphs only, therefore no interference from other electric things, have room for it but not by much. Will then just transfer 4th onboard charger connection to graph battery as don’t need to recharge cranking battery. Thanks for input guys, much appreciated!

Frustrating. Whenever possible, I YouTube the heck out of things and do them myself. Most often times saving money and KNOWING it was done correctly. It can be disheartening knowing the ineptitude of a lot of these businesses and the product they let leave their shops.

Agree, never even thought of that. Thanks!