aplumma

I am selfemployeed in the plumbing industry and I am very happy that I took the step 14 years ago. I started with 10,000.00 dollars a new van and all of the tools and stock I needed on the truck. I have was worked long and hard hours for 4 years before I could start keeping "normal" hours and it was tough to do 12+ days no matter what day it was. Now it is much easier because I have learned the ins and outs of the business and have a comfortable customer base. I had alot of good advise some spoken some observed and Daplumma helped me when I got too slow. ( thanks Joe) If I were you and I had an offer from Cliff to talk about it I would travel from Virginia to Canada for that meeting he has a wealth of knowledge that I would have loved to have had. Good luck and hard hours will eventually pay off just dont go into it under planned and under funded. Art

.99 cents a bakers dozen heck that is already 1/3 price. The few places we have shiners they are 3 and 4 dollars for the small. I havent bought minnows in I bet 10 years if they aint in the creek to net I go with somethin else. All this time I had been thinkin that you was a millionaire using 6 minnows at a time. I still love the fishin reports though so I will slip you a few bucks at lak air just to keep you fishin. Art

Thanks for the viewing it is always nice to see what people are up too in the Crazy season. It looks just as great as all of your other work. Art

Cliff I am sorry to hear that this has happened. I am glad to see even in your rant that you have keep your honor and integrity. The good news is their is a new project waiting for you to add your expertise to it will be the first door that you knock on that recognizes your value and morals that you possess. If their is anything that you think I can do for you give a holler It would be my pleasure... Art

I am glad to see that things are getting better for you and the fog is lifting enough for you to see all of your friends around you. The minor abuse you dished out as of late is quickly forgotten by all of your true friends. Welcome back buddy. Art

Rick I have a radio that is for auto use located in the front enclosure were I stand to fish. It has a plastic cover that retracts that you can get from overtons for about $24.00. The speakers are marine grade because the damp and fog make regular speakers soggy in a short time. The reason for the plastic cover is that I have a small remote that I use to control it from thru out the boat. The antenna is a short whip that is seperate from the boat and the electrical. Even with anodes and diodes on the electrical system you need to ground with a lead back to the battery. Without it you are allowing natural and leakage from other boats electrical systems access to your electronics. Just because a bolt of lightning hits a mile away it is enough to destroy your electronics. Art

So what kind of fish was he trying to catch with "that" lure???? Art

How do you look up a word in the dictionary if you cant spell it right in the first place???? Bring back the spell check Please. Art

And once we get them all contained in the little posted area we can.........shhhhhh I think someone is listening in run for it. Welcome Folks and thanks for your posts on the fishin in the area. Art

I would like to suggest a book for all to read, it was given to me by dalumma. The book is called " healing back pain" and written by John E Sarno M.D.. It is a book that reveals how the body deals with stress and how to stop it from turning into back pain. Alot of the pressure points and Acupuncture points are tied into stress effected areas that are triggered by your mind. While injury to the back is not cured by anything except healing some times by eliminating the triggers it makes healing occure quicker. Art

You might want to consider going with a cheap blank and guides for the first go around. It will give you a chance to make the mistakes on it before you blemish a 150.00 blank. The thing about a fishing rod that you make is you will see/feel the blemish every time you use it because after all you are your toughest critic. Just a thought. Art

I think he caught it in the woods because he is just covered with trees. Nice fish you got their. By the way what is that white stuff on the edge of the water we dont have that down here in the south? Art

Yea I think Spiel can add some insight however I do know that he does build on the Frontier blanks. Art

Looks good and working with IE 6 with cable. The balloons are to bunched up to get a clear picture of were it really is. The name list below is a big help if you know were you want to go but does little to give you a description as to were it is on the map until you click it. With the 2 MINOR items I mentioned it looks like a great sucess otherwise. Art

I use the dual frequency on my Garmin alot. It has the ability to use both at the same time. The difference is noticed when you are tracking the bottom for texture and dropoffs. Heres why... On a 200 khz 10 degree cone at 30 feet you are reading the highest spot in a 6 foot circle since the unit only reads the first and fastest reflection it gets back. The 50 hkz 40 degree cone at 30 feet is reading an area that is 20 foot around. That means that you can be 10 foot off the shelf before it tells you that the bottom is dropping off and if it is a trench less than 20 foot it will not tell you that it is even their. With the 10 degree cone you can track bottom and see when the bottom becomes large rocky to muddy or any other combination. With both on you can read the bottom and see suspended fish as you move around. I hope this helps you decide. Art

Yes when you are watchin the tv screen wondering if it was a fish.... you dont notice your pole jumping all around. Kind of reminds me of the first time I got a rear view mirror on my bicycle. I was watchen that mirror so much I drove the bike into a ditch. Art

One of the nice things about the ST Croix rods is they are built light so you can cast all day with it. Keep that in mind as you chose the reel a heavy reel will not be a good match for casting. I use Shimano reels and have found them very comfortable to use like the Curado low profile series. I have found that you should not shop for a reel due to its price get the one that feels great in your hands otherwise you won't fish with it and then were is the savings? Art

A Canadian who fishes for Catfish how did that happen? Man it took us Cajuns 2 years to get the other Canadians to stop fishin with crawfish and getum in a pot to cook. Welcome aboard and happy Catfishin. Art

I have been using the Tom Tom unit for about 2 years and think the world of it. I type in the customers address and off we go to job with the street names and the directions clearly marked and read out loud as you go. Art

Glad to hear you are getting rid of the brace bud I hope the fish cooperate on your new found freedom. Art

Face it towards water and I would go for it. We used to jump off of bridges into the river below before they banded us from it. Art

Rolf Harris is the singer that gets stuck in my head. He sings about the Austrailian outback the one you might have heard is "tie me kangaroo down sport". He has others it is more the cadence than anything else that sticks. That and the Partrige Families " I think I love you" it will take a trip thru my head and really do some damage sometimes. Art

free worms..... oooowwww sign me up. Art

actually he is playing Old Susanna but I am sure it was not the hit in Canada that it was down here. Art

When you come home drunk at 1:00 am and you have forgot your wifes birthday again then the ice on cooch is thick enough. Art