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Steve you don`t have to go to the gym to lose weight, staying off your butt helps. Get a set of dumbbells, loaded movement will burn more calories than unloaded movement. A question of motivation and spare time, back when I was single I used to carry the dumbbells around the house after work, lifting them a break and lift again. Back then though the living room furniture was a weight bench, off 7 months in 94 with a back injury, lost 30 pounds, same program but the dumbbells were used while lying down. Walked from my house to the traffic circle a couple times a day ( 1 mile each way ) did laps around it at night when the traffic died down on the bike. A lot harder to do with the family around but it can be done, I used to drink back then too, just burnt more calories than I took in, actually had trouble keeping weight on. At one point I was down to like 173 pounds, at 6'2' that wasn`t enough, more comfortable between 190-200. LOL my butt is my home now.

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Less cylinders generally means less thirsty, rear end gears are generally a compromise, lower number better fuel economy, higher number quicker take off and pulling power. EG. a car with 4:10 to 1 gears is going to get down the track quicker than the same car with 3:23 to 1 gears. A screamer at high way speeds though, engine is turning more RPMS to maintain speed, increased fuel usage. Over drive transmissions were a way to help, allows a lower number rear end to have the same pulling power and increased fuel economy by adding an overdrive gear to the tranny. Allows for a higher number first gear in the tranny to make up for a lower one in the rear end. Pick up trucks are intended for pulling, hauling, they probably come with a higher gear in the rear end than a car, a towing package might add to that. Rear end gear ratios used to have some options, a higher gear number will make the ride seem more peppy a lower number better on fuel, not as good towing. Got a 4.3 in my Astro, first gear is a screamer, kicks into second at like 10mph, designed to get the ride moving at bit faster. Transmissions like the douG Nash five speed (manual) could be ordered with different gear ratios like a 3.25 to 1 first gear instead of a Muncie 2.20 to 1 first gear to allow quick pickup with a low axle gear, more top end speed better fuel economy.

Canada lost a record 129,000 jobs last month Fri Feb 6, 2009 4:45 PM EST business, economy, canada Rob Gillies, Associated Press Writer TORONTO — Canada lost a record 129,000 jobs last month as the unemployment rate surged more than half a point to 7.2 percent, the single-worst monthly job loss figure in the country's history. The numbers are far worse than the 40,000 job losses economists expected and outpace losses in Canada's two previous recessions in the 1980s and 1990s. Statistics Canada began taking a labor force survey in 1976. Danielle Zietsma, a spokeswoman for Statistics Canada, said the agency does not have comparable data from before 1976 but said January's figures are a record for the number of jobs lost in a single month. Canada's labor market was much smaller during the Great Depression of the 1930s. "Nobody was even looking for anything close to this," said Craig Wright, chief economist at the Royal Bank of Canada. "Perhaps firms are looking at the gloom around the global economy, and all the gloom in the U.S. and saying even if we haven't felt it just yet, it's coming so let's get ready for it." Wright said the country is witnessing a complete collapse in confidence and unprecedented uncertainty. "It's just big, sharp and ugly," Wright said. Wright said the U.S.-equivalent based on labor market size would be 1.3 million jobs lost. He said that the U.S. labor market is about 10 times the size of Canada's. "In that sense the U.S. actually outperformed Canada," he said. The U.S. lost 598,000 jobs in January, the most since the end of 1974, with the unemployment rate jumping to 7.6 percent. Statistics Canada reported Friday that the cuts in Canada brought to 213,000 the number of jobs the economy has shed in the past three months. That wiped out all the jobs gained from earlier in 2008. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said his Conservative government would not alter its $32 billion economic stimulus package unveiled last month despite the dire jobs report. "We will not be blown off track every time there is some bad news," Harper said when asked about opposition calls to expand the stimulus program. "We cannot have in Parliament, quite frankly, instability every week and every month, every time there's a new number, people demanding a different plan. This is a massive stimulus plan." Harper said he anticipates more job losses to come but said the more troubling news came from the United States which posted even larger job losses than the previous month. Canada's economy is largely dependent on what happens in the United States. Nearly 80 percent of Canada's trade is with its southern neighbor. "The United States remains the epicenter of this particular crisis and this remains very troubling," Harper said. The financial crisis and the global sell-off of commodities have hit Canada hard. The central bank is predicting economic output will contract 4.8 percent in the first quarter. The drop in employment was most pronounced in manufacturing, which suffered the largest monthly decline on record, with 101,000 jobs lost. "That's an unbelievably large decline in every sense of the word. It's phenomenal in terms of how sharp that has come off," Wright said. Avery Shenfeld, senior economist at CIBC World Markets, said many of the layoff notices announced in recent months were put into effect. Shenfeld said they knew hundreds of thousands of job losses were on their way but predicting exactly how many will show up in any given month is virtually impossible. Unlike the U.S. there is no weekly data on unemployment benefit claims in Canada that can be used to gauge how quickly jobs are being lost. Statistics Canada said Ontario's auto sector, where the Detroit automakers have major operations, took the brunt of the cuts but didn't release the exact number. The forestry sectors in British Columbia and Quebec, which are heavily dependent on U.S. homebuilders, were also hit hard. Ontario, the center of manufacturing in Canada, lost 71,000 jobs in January. Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty said he is looking at changing the welfare rules to allow more people to apply. Claims have seen a sharp uptick since the end of 2008. Ontario Finance Minister Dwight Duncan called the jobless numbers "deeply troubling," and said he hopes it will prompt the federal government to widen unemployment insurance benefits. Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said Canadians should expect further job losses. "The United States economy has not hit bottom. The U.S. housing situation continues to deteriorate so Canadians ought to expect that this is going to be a difficult year," Flaherty said. He urged Parliament to acclerate the legislation process so that the stimulus package is passed and said they already lengthened the amount of time unemployed people will be able to collect insurance if they are laid off to 50 weeks from 45 weeks. He had hinted at the bad news on Thursday when he described the figures to be released as "regrettable." TD Bank economist Derek Burleton, who earlier this week presented the gloomiest forecast to date in predicting 325,000 job losses in Canada during 2009, said he was shocked that the country is already one-third of the way there after one month. "There is no sugarcoating this," Scotia Capital economist Derek Holt said. "Normally when you get that kind of surprise you immediately look beneath the print for some encouraging details, but there weren't any," Holt said. "This was an all-around bad report." © 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. 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They eat these http://www.fishingworld.com/brannansbass/D...mp;SKU=Arkie-CF

Just got back from Cleveland, man I don`t miss it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJqVneZP6tA

Just another day "on the beach"

A simpler time Roy, didn`t take much to make people happy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maRHBwtY1Qo...feature=related

LOL Roy had that one bookmarked, along with this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Okd0CFLyvlM

The guy can draw a crowd, that was pretty evident at most of his campaign stops. Now if he can turn the economy around! He was left a mess!

plastic crawfish are usually seen rigged as a trailer on a bass jig, I have also fished them on a plain jig head in rocky area for smallies when I am looking for a smaller profile bait. Creature baits are more or less a flipping and pitching lure, rigged Texas style. Them and the craw have their uses, but most of the time it`s a worm or lizard for me, usually if you throw a worm or lizard in front of a bass it will take it, same with a tube. No particular line test for me, although I do try to fish heavier line in junk, usually 17-20 pound Stren mono. Unusual for me to use less than 10# test anyway expect in open water.Hardly ever used braid or floro. 3/0 - 5/0 widegap hook, mustad ewg works for me. Texas style and usually pegged with a rubber peg. Although cover can be a feeding spot I believe it is more often used as an ambush point, safety zone. Opinion? Doesn`t hurt to carry some if a different look is needed to provoke a strike, not something to get carried away on. alot of different ways to rig most soft plastics and at times it doesn`t hurt to experiment.

Just one set of millionaires helping another set of millionaires get richer! At the peoples expense. They should be forced to build their own stadiums and not use tax dollars for them.

Phil, ya buddy! Your company loses billions, you come whining to the tax payers for help and deserve millions in pay and perks for it? A bonus for being extra STUPID? The worlds biggest self promoters.

Former Truck driver, retired & disabled, now working on driving my wife nuts!.

Any one study history? Southern states lost the civil war here mostly because they had little or no industry, they got what they needed from the northern states or overseas through trade. Once their ports became subject to blockade it hurt them badly. Second civil war here started during the 60`s, the jobs war. Southern states still didn`t have industry, modern farming methods and tools freed up labor, but no jobs for them. Welfare states, it started the great raids on northern industry. Move your plants, here, few if any unions, cheap labor, tax abatements. Every trade magazine had ads for companies to move south. Some companies offered skilled trades the opportunity the option to move with them eg. Grumman Aircraft and others. Companies learned from that, cheap labor down south, but cheaper in Mexico, the next move, plus few if any pollution controls, officials easily bribed. Now China and India. Jobs loss has been going on for a long time, just might be at the tipping point now though, sooner or later you can`t recover.

Thanks Gerritt, a lot of friends, former co-workers, even bosses were employed at the DHL terminal in the Cleveland area (Middleburg Heights). Job loss here in the states is becoming epidemic. BrookPark Ford plants, engine plants 1&2 and casting plant once employed about 12,000 people, now about 1,200? Chevy Plant in Parma 3-4 thousand now less than one thousand. Ford Plant in Lorain closed. Massive jobs cuts at Avon Lake Ford plant. Twinsburg Chrysler Plant Ford Walton Hills and the trickle down affect to other local industries and businesses, even city government. Having all the eggs in one basket can totally screw up a community if that business has a down turn or goes bust. Jobs affect the housing market, no jobs? No home sales, and home losses. People get hurt! DHL was trying to compete against UPS, a tough job any where.

If your looking for a bigger boat Florida may be the place to go, repo`s are at a record rate. A story on the news about it Monday? Repo man said they went from 20-25 a month to 150 35-45 footers a month? need the home, need the car, lose the boat!

Size of boat? Obviously a 16-19 footer is going to be easier to tow, larger boat may require a special vehicle to do it safely? Like a pickup, full size van, ect? I have had smaller boats and one larger, a 25 foot SeaRay, the SeaRay was kept at a marina summer and winter. SeaRay was able to sleep 4 so like a campground on the weekends. Summer dock at the time like 600 bucks, early-mid 80`s winter storage and winterizing around 350. 70 gallons of fuel to fill it (233 mercruiser stern drive I/O). First couple nice weekends of the year were devoted to getting it ready, Bottom paint if it needed it, polishing, teak work, docked about 55 miles from home. Insurance summer and winter! about 450 at the time. 200-300 bucks a weekend to spend the weekend on the boat, LOL I was a drinker back then and single. Beer ice food a bottle pop gas dining out. Smaller boat you can trailer, keep at home? Not limited to one body of water, rough windy weather meant being tied up to the dock with the big boat, a bit much to handle in those conditions docking. Smaller boat you can take to an inland lake, maybe not as bad, easier to handle? Even alone? SeaRay was like 12-16 gallons of fuel an hour at cruising speed 24-26 knots, but would handle 4-6 foot waves pretty easily, fuel costs for water skiing? No clue. Imagine pricey. Nice heavy boat, hard to beat the ride over a smaller or lighter boat. Brother had a Bayliner Capri, 19 foot v-8 I/O much faster in calm water, open bow sort of useless if it got rough. Other brother had a Bayliner Trophy? 22 foot v6 4.3 I/O boxy caught the wind, lighter so the ride wasn`t as good, easier on fuel. All my smaller boats have been fishing boats, not too good for much else, no power to ski. The Capri was towed with a older Ford thunderbird 1978? The Trophy with a full sized chevy van. Make sure the car you drive will tow the boat you buy! Unless you intend on keeping it docked.

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Yep same thing, I think the original senko was made by Gary Yammato? Somebody makes something new everyone makes a knock off. Haven`t used them much myself, but Texas rigged, wacky rigged and even on a jighead, light with an over sized hook say 1/8 ounce with a 3/0-4/0 hook. Used wide gap worm hooks for Texas rigging, mustads ewg 3/0 -4/0 a sproat style hook for wacky rigging. Small rubber band (Brace style0 o ring in the middle and the hook slid between it and the senko will help prevent tearing like you get sticking the hook in it directly.

I remember hearing a number on California`s economy, bigger than a lot of countries, I think Canada was ranked 10th in 2005 and California is right near there also. Nice job by the way! A lot of problems out there now, spending problems, immigration problems, jobs loss, and the housing market. The government has been pretty stupid in my view, California has one of the, if not the largest illegal alien populations in the country. Most are low or no income, California has to provide education and health care to them, whether they can pay or not, number was like 3 to 5 million people? Not paying or paying very low taxes and receiving benefits that far out weighed them. Housing market hit hard by defaults on home loans, crazy prices for homes out there. My brother lived outside San Diego during the later 70`s until about 1995? I bought a brand new home here in 75 for 28,500, he came home to visit and thought my yard was large, LOL 50X126? he paid 3 times as much for his home out there at the time. Falling property values? less revenue to the state. Think the number I heard is a 40 Billion short fall for them? Roughly what it costs us for 4 months in Iraq? Big spending and tax cuts(income loss) gets you one thing, debt! It has been building for at least the last 8 years and has now reached the breaking point, all the states are hurting to some degree. The trade policies were fool hardy? An initial boom as we shipped machinery and setup to receive imports? but revenues to state and the federal government dropped as higher paying manufacturing jobs were replaced by lower paying service industry jobs, and less of them. Every county here in Ohio is looking at cutting services and layoffs, same with the state government, a lot of states have had their un-employment funds run out and are borrowing from the fed to maintain benefits. Same story across most of the country. If the US has financial problems it is going to affect the rest of the world, we are the worlds largest market, and people aren`t buying.

Check your payment, principal v. interest which is bigger? Lowering the interest portion of the bill saves you money monthly. Really doesn`t take a lot to get the interest portion down, instead of stopping at the gas station, McDonalds for a cup of coffee take one from home, 20-30 bucks a month more you can throw on the principal, rent a movie instead of going to the movie theater. Always found a way to put at least 100 extra bucks on my mortgage a month, sometimes quite a bit more. Took an original 25 year loan down to less than 15 years. Refinanced when interest rates dropped. Last refinance was for safety, sick and didn`t know why, refinanced the 15 years loan, lower interest rate and payment went from 625 to 225 for 10 years. Just a safety thing in case I couldn`t keep working, turned out to be a wise move. House has been paid for a few years now, you don`t have to strap your self to do it, just make good choices.

One of my buddies went down there a few years ago with his family. He is a tournament angler here though, hired a guide and shiner fished for a day, he got a 10+. He didn`t do as well on his own, nothing over about 5 pounds. He had trailered hi triton down there. Want a big fish and are on a tight schedule a guide is the way to go? Think they also charge for wild shiners over bait store ones.

10-4 what Gary said, about 1/3 off the price of a new one and if the reel is in great shape well worth it. Like to see how these reels are still performing after they have been around longer myself, old ones, green had brass gears, new ones aluminum, lighter, but as durable?