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  • koldfront kraig
    Coon Rapids mn
    Posts: 1832
    #2317526

    I haven’t fished Upper Red in years but I love reading your fishing reports.

    By far the best, most informative and entertaining fishing reports from any lake or any website.

    The cheatmaster 300 fish eliminator – i love it.

    Thanks Cookie.

    koldfront kraig
    Coon Rapids mn
    Posts: 1832
    #2317350

    I looked them up and they retail for $12,000 for 8 of them, $1500 each. The poker table and those chairs were made by the same high end company and I am sure the winning bid for around $1800 was probably a pretty fair price too. He must have had a fair amount of money at one time to drop cash like that on stools, chairs, and a poker table.

    <div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>koldfront kraig wrote:</div>
    Any idea why the 8 bar stools sold for so much?

    Current bid was $3076?

    Thanks.

    $1500 a piece for bar stools.

    That’s insane!

    koldfront kraig
    Coon Rapids mn
    Posts: 1832
    #2314858

    I work for a company that builds computer test equipment.
    I’m the manager of the metal shop. Machining and sheet metal. Mostly prototype, fixtures and supporting the other departments. Most of the production work goes out to venders.

    Ive been here since 1990. I lot has changed in 35 years. I’m getting tired. We are growing, more employees, more structure, more rules…more HR staff…

    Overall still a great place to work. Its nice working with the younger people. Most aren’t as bad as the internet would have you believe.

    I’m hoping to hang on for another 3-5 years. Fingers crossed.

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    koldfront kraig
    Coon Rapids mn
    Posts: 1832
    #2314845

    San Marzanos, cherry tomatoes and Tomatillos for me.

    A little bit of lettuce and cucumbers and some spuds in 5 gallon buckets.

    Any suggestions on a tasty cherry tomato that produces a lot of fruit?

    I tried a few last year that I wasn’t impressed with.

    koldfront kraig
    Coon Rapids mn
    Posts: 1832
    #2313520

    Any idea why the 8 bar stools sold for so much?

    Current bid was $3076?

    koldfront kraig
    Coon Rapids mn
    Posts: 1832
    #2301272

    it’s called corporate greed and is only going to get worse.

    Its a little more complicated than just dismissing it as corporate greed.

    If fuel prices, and wages are up, you have to expect that companies have little choice but pass that along to consumers.

    koldfront kraig
    Coon Rapids mn
    Posts: 1832
    #2296787

    I ended up with 58 pints of San Marzanos.

    I got a late start with my tomatillos. I used inferior potting soil. Kellogg brand raised garden soil. My tomatillos looked pathetic. After a weekly hosing of Miracle Grow they took off.

    I also didn’t know they weren’t self pollinators like tomatoes. I had them in planters about 3 feet away from each other. I placed them next to each other and within a week they started producing fruit.

    I ended up with 14 pints of salsa Verde plus we probably ate another 5 pints fresh. I didn’t realize how much I liked salsa Verde.

    The picture is from a day before the first frost this fall. The bumble bees loved the flowers. If I only had a few more weeks…

    Next year should be better.

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    koldfront kraig
    Coon Rapids mn
    Posts: 1832
    #2288298

    Going from a 4 to a 3 blade, same pitch will typically net you around 2-300 RPMs. Still too low for max RPM. Are you sure your motor is set at the correct height? And are you sure that MPH/RPM is correct? Something seems off.

    A 19″ Tempest should be the correct prop.

    I also wouldn’t be chasing the prop selection until you have the motor at the right height. You want to be as close to 6k RPMs as possible.

    Can you explain how motor height effects holes hot and overall top RPM’s?

    Would it also effect how much you can trim the boat while going full speed? What about tiller torque?

    Sorry if I’m hijacking this thread. If so I can start another one.

    koldfront kraig
    Coon Rapids mn
    Posts: 1832
    #2285027

    It could be way worse.

    You don’t have an adult child that identifies as a cat.

    koldfront kraig
    Coon Rapids mn
    Posts: 1832
    #2284869

    My first year planting tomatillos. I had the pots about three feet apart to start. Plenty of flowers but no fruit.
    After doing a little research I found out they don’t self pollinate like tomatoes. I jammed them together and made sure the vines were touching and it worked!

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    koldfront kraig
    Coon Rapids mn
    Posts: 1832
    #2277754

    The aftermath of eating Taco Bell is much worse than prepping for a colonoscopy.

    Taco Bell is waking up at 2:00 AM in a panic doubled over clinched up sweating with severe abdominal cramps.

    Although the colonoscopy prep was a hassle it was painless and had no discomfort. You just have to play it safe and stay close to the bathroom.

    koldfront kraig
    Coon Rapids mn
    Posts: 1832
    #2277363

    Sorry but I sold that a zillion years ago.

    koldfront kraig
    Coon Rapids mn
    Posts: 1832
    #2273798

    We made a bunch of planters from the old light fixtures at work when we went to florescent lights.

    I like salsa Verde so I’m attempting to grow tomatillos.

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    koldfront kraig
    Coon Rapids mn
    Posts: 1832
    #2270557

    I may have found something about it:

    House passes bill that would enshrine contentious and popular antisemitism definition into US law

    I’m pro Israel but this is a slippery slope.

    Of coarse the link doesn’t work. I find technology now days so draining. Everything changes so fast. Stupid Firefox. I cant wait to retire and go live in a cave somewhere.

    koldfront kraig
    Coon Rapids mn
    Posts: 1832
    #2270554

    The House apparently just passed a bill that makes it illegal to speak negatively or protest about Israel. Kinda strange to create a bill about that and why only Israel?

    Do you have a link to an article about this?

    Id like to read about it.

    Thanks

    koldfront kraig
    Coon Rapids mn
    Posts: 1832
    #2268838

    You all should know this – “Two things don’t belong in a fishing boat – Bananas and Politics”.

    i strongly disagree…

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    koldfront kraig
    Coon Rapids mn
    Posts: 1832
    #2266899

    This is what they look like.

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    koldfront kraig
    Coon Rapids mn
    Posts: 1832
    #2266878

    OK, I’ll keep the oil bath hubs but maybe buy a spare hub kit just to be safe.

    Thanks guys.

    koldfront kraig
    Coon Rapids mn
    Posts: 1832
    #2266850

    Being a grease hub guy that was my thinking as well.

    I’d like to hear from people who own or have owned oil hubs.

    koldfront kraig
    Coon Rapids mn
    Posts: 1832
    #2266843

    Have you ever had a leaky hub?

    Would it make sense to carry a spare cap, o ring and oil?

    koldfront kraig
    Coon Rapids mn
    Posts: 1832
    #2262462

    I prefer cole brew in the warm
    Weather (summer) and hot coffee in the cold weather. I use the attached cold brew jug with normal coffee grounds.

    Same with me. Once it warms up I switch to cold brew. I go about a third decaf though. Otherwise too much caffeine for me. Gives me the jitters.

    I get a couple mornings out of this 64 oz jug.

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    koldfront kraig
    Coon Rapids mn
    Posts: 1832
    #2231764

    I mulch mine too.

    If I left all the leaves in my back yard, I’d never find the dogshit.

    koldfront kraig
    Coon Rapids mn
    Posts: 1832
    #2226539

    Does anyone know why its only on Facebook?

    koldfront kraig
    Coon Rapids mn
    Posts: 1832
    #2222766

    It may be time to harvest some spuds.

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    koldfront kraig
    Coon Rapids mn
    Posts: 1832
    #2216476

    If I had to do it over again I would get into CNC machining.

    Someone who can program and set up these machines can make a nice living.Its amazing what these machines can do.

    Most shops are air conditioned and its not physically demanding work.

    Years ago I had a couple old timers working for me. Both mid sixties. One was a machinist and the other a sheet metal fabricator. Both highly skilled and experienced. The sheet metal fabricator had 2 back surgeries and both knees replaced. No work related surgeries or injuries for the machinist.

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