I use the clip. With respect to wearing on cards, I insert them such that the magnetic strip is on the outside edge which minimizes the distance it has to slide on another card. I keep the most used card on top. When I push them out, I can slightly lift up on the card to provide a little clearance.
You guys who switched to a ridge style, do you guys like that over a traditional wallet ? I notoriously have to much crap in my wallet and I’m on the debate to try the ridge .
I used to carry more than needed in my traditional wallet. Likely because there was room. Figured out the essentials, took photos of some things and ditched the rest. Going on 6 months and don’t miss the old wallet at all. Much smaller profile and no bulge to sit on.
Do you guys with the ridge wallet carry your fishing/hunting licenses in it along with your credit cards?
Yes. I have them in one of the card protector sleeves that credit/debit card can be put in. I then sandwich that between a couple of lesser used cards.
<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Randy Wieland wrote:</div>
Besides air, check for moisture/water in the line. Had similar issue with a lot of equipment that stays outsideWell to add to that – when the garage dipped down way into the negatives one night there was oil seeping out of one of the seals. Not a drop since …
If you are seeing oil it sounds like you need a new seal kit and bleed. The seal kits comes with or without the wrench to take the end caps off. Other than that, there is nothing special needed. I bought an adapter fitting for the helm fill port, a short piece of tubing and a funnel. Attached them all together. As far as the cylinder goes, just use a short piece of hose that can be pushed over the fitting.
I would fill the funnel part way up and move the oil container to the cylinder hose to catch the fluid. Repeat as needed. If you suspect water or other contaminates in your system, obviously you will not want to dump the old in the new bottle and will want to flush the system.
In my experience, if the current seals are ten years old, you are on borrowed time.
Looks like it might be related to an oscillating fan –
I would forgo the pet blanket but a reptile tank heater may be a better option. They make pad, ceramic, etc. versions.
Another option may be an oil pan heating pad. That coupled with a temp controller would limit the amount of time the heater was on. I would lean toward putting the contoller in the battery compartment with the threshold set around 0F or so.
I plan to take mine out but am considering the heater/controller route.
The answer depends on the wire size going to/from the fuse panel. Likely it is large enough to handle the load but you should confirm. On my boats, I typically bypass the factory fuse panel for the electronics and run dedicated 10 awg (or larger) wire from the main breaker to a seperate fuse panel.
I have had some luck with traps but have caught far more by stomping down the whole tunnel, waiting 20 minutes or so and going back out with a shovel. Regularly catch them in the act of rebuilding the tunnel.
Moles have been fairly thick this year. I have gotten over a dozen so far and there are a couple more that need attention.
<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Dutchboy wrote:</div>
My biggest issue is I went from almost never having to log in to now it’s sometimes multiple times a day.I’ll see what I can do about this. This wordpress functionality hasn’t changed any in quite a long time, that I am aware of.
I was working on a more permanent way to recognize members and automatically log them in if they are not already. The code is just commented out at the moment. What it will do is store a token in your browser’s local storage. This is not a cookie so doesn’t have an expiration date tied to it. Then when you visit a page are you are not logged in, the page will try and authenticate you with that token. If successful then the page would be reloaded to reflect your login status.
I’ll work on finishing this but it may be a next weekend task. lol
I sort of remember needing to decide on how I wanted to handle multiple browsers. (computer, phone, work computer…)
Thanks for all your support keeping things running. Will this change, or any other planned changes, make the website play nicer with a VPN? Using Nord and a while back the site was only unhappy with the Chicago server. Now I have to pause my vpn on any server to be able to access IDO.
Had a 2003 Heritage trailer with bearing buddys. Manual said they never needed repacking. Owned the boat for 17 years and repacked once. Only reason I did it then was because I had to replace the brake calipers/rotors. As long as they have a good seal, positive pressure and aren’t hot after use, I would not worry about it.
I haven’t been having any log in issues but over the last few months the website is blocking all of my vpn servers. Used to be that it did not like one of them but now have to pause vpn just to get on the site. As a result, I don’t visit quite as often.
On my maps, there is a line directly below the number, the length of the line is the distance represented by the number.
Pileated woodpecker ?
This would be my first guess.
I took one apart for the same fix. There are a few screws on the bottom and some tabs that lock into slots. I found it impossible to get the tabs loose without cutting them off. I cut the tabs first then took out the screws. On reassembly, the screws will hold everything together. I don’t recall having any issues with springs, etc.
We have not gotten a recent renewal notice so I don’t know what ours will do but appears to be going up across the board.
https://www.kiplinger.com/personal-finance/car-insurance/car-insurance-costs-skyrocket-in-2024
Almost as if the first sentence of the original post didn’t highlight that before asking…
I like hearing first hand accounts and average Joe’s opinions on things while taking it for face value
<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>buckybadger wrote:</div>
We have a meeting set up with our family attorney to discuss putting some assets into a trust. Obviously his expertise is what we will lean on in progressing, but I like hearing first hand accounts of people who have went through the steps already. I know a lot of the regulars here own acreage for hunting and whatnot. How many of you have went this route with hunting/ag land and properties?
When we had our trusts put together we went thru 2 attorneys before we bit the bullet and paid for someone that specialized in trusts. When we contacted the first two, we explained what we were looking to do and both said they could do it. After a short period of time it was obvious that was not the case. Admittedly, ours was a little different than most trusts but the devil is in the details and it can be worth paying a bit extra up front.
A book that helped us when we were researching living trust was “Living Trusts for Everyone” by Ronald Farrington Sharp.
We chose to set up individual trusts vs a joint trust in case estate tax limits were ever lowered enough to affect use, to protect assets from remarriage or squander, to avoid the expense/public nature of probate and to make it easier on the trustee after our death. At the same time we set up a health care power of attorney, a general power of attorney and a will. The primary purpose of the will is to capture any belongings that are not titled/registered in the name of the trust (e.g., furniture, sporting goods, vehicles not titled in the name of the trust, etc.
Working where I do I see alot of attorneys neglect to use the Vin numbers of vehicles in the trust. In MN you cant transfer using a trust unless it states the VIN.
Including the VIN in the trust is not required by Iowa. We have the vehicle registered in the name of the trust(s) and that is sufficient.
You are a good man for giving rescues a new home.
I stayed at that resort 8 or 9 years ago. Was a decent place and enjoyed my stay. I only fished Finlayson for one afternoon with limited success for pike and smallmouth. Mostly fished Marmion. I was there a bit too early and the smallmouth had not turned on that great. At that time, the electronic mapping for Marmion was rather limited and what was available did not shows hazards at all – and there are a lot of them. Hazards included standing timber that has rotted off at the surface making it extremely difficult to see until you are on top of it. Plus there are a lot of rock hazards that are not on the map. The resort owner had a paper map that provided more detail on location of the hazards. I stayed mainly on the south side of the lake and caught some decent fish but was not lights out. The ramp at Marmion was sandy and a bit shallow making it a challenge to launch/recover solo. Unless they have improved the ramp, I would not try it without 4×4. I should probably give Marmion another try someday.
Good luck.
No touching land, mooring, anchoring or contact with another vessel.
I went with 12v batteries. Primary reasons were I could use my existing charger and if I had to revive one I could jump from another 12 volt battery.
Wow, so much hate. Glad I do not carry that burden.
“It should start with you apologizing for allowing your cat to enter his property and an admission that you are the one at fault, not them or the cat, for the death of the cat.”
Not happening.
“Feral cats are destructive invasive predators. They do not belong on the landscape decimating bird populations. This is well documented.”
While studies have stated that cats are the leading human related killer of birds, I do not think it qualifies as “decimating” in most areas. The same studies show that cats kill 6 times the number of small mammals – mice, rats, chipmunks, etc. I don’t see too many people complaining about fewer mice, rats and chipmunks being around. Some human (not including cats) related bird death estimates are around 1 billion per year – this includes collisions with glass, vehicles, windmills, electrical lines, and communication towers as well as poison, electrocution, oil pits and industrial fishing bycatch. These studies did not include the impacts of habit loss (forest reductions, farming practices, urban sprawl, etc.) on bird populations. Should we start shooting out house windows, stop driving or maybe cut down some communication towers?
” I dont care if its a cat or dog. My dog will not even leave my yard. That is how any pet owner should train their animal.” Cats are a bit harder to boundary train than dogs.
“I bet it would be serious. I would seriously look you in the eyes and ask you why you didn’t have control of your animal and/or why you think it’s OK to let a predator run loose killing as it sees fit. ”
Should that discussion include letting the coyote run loose killing as it sees fit? What about the Coopers Hawk that stakes out my bird feeder in the winter? Maybe the racoon or possum that raids ground birds nests? What about the human predator that kills as it sees fit?
For the record, all of our cats are 100% indoors. However, they have been known to sneak out temporarily when carrying in groceries, etc. For a short period of time, we had a couple of garage cats that were fixed. They were garage cats because bringing them indoors with the other cats at that time would have been chaos. They have since been brought in. I would prefer that all owners would keep cats indoors and it frustrates me to see the places with a bunch of outdoor cats that are free to breed at will. However, I am not about to shoot one for simply being a cat. I know none of you will change my mind and I am near certain the anti-cat folks will not be changing their mind.
Sorry to hear that. It is unfortunate that you could not make it work out. A few years ago we had one get hit before we could bring it indoors.
Fortunately, we don’t live in an area where people feel it is necessary or appropriate to kill a cat just because it wandered onto their property. If one of mine happened to get out and I found out a neighbor decided to “take care of it”, we would have a very serious discussion.
Cleats. A few years ago I went without, feet went out from under me and mashed the back of my head on the ice. Ended up knocked out, with a concussion and took a trip to the emergency room.
Some more info from Mustangs website – https://mustangsurvival.com/blogs/resources/pfd-inspection-and-maintenance
Congrats! I have a ways to go to catch up but am one donation shy of 4 gallons.
Is this a joke? Those are lithium phosphate just like others. He calls them lithium iron, but that doesn’t change anything. Plenty of videos on YouTube about the dangers of knock off cheap batteries. Ice Holes site might open your eyes to some of the dangers. Stay away! PS: James/Norsk are making Lithium Ion batteries, these are Lithium Iron Phosphate(commonly called Lithium Phosphate). If you don’t know the difference you really should read up a little.
James/Norsk make both Lithium Ion and Lithium Iron Phosphate batteries. Their ice fishing batteries are Lithium Ion, their marine batteries are LiFePO4.
