Can we have a "It's not all bad news" thread?
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I think it’s a great idea for (serious) political factions to actually describe the future they want. Of course the Republicans won’t do this as their vision is “The 0.05% live in luxury artificial habitats and the rest of the population are literally disposable ignorant meat slaves barely surviving in the climate wastelands”. Seems to me the Dems aren’t much different but with a slightly higher percentage in the enclaves.
Anyway.
Anyway.
YAY
www.cnn.com
Devin Nunes officially resigns from Congress
Devin Nunes, a Republican who has represented California since 2003, has officially resigned from Congress, ending a nearly 20-year stint in the House of Representatives.
www.cnn.com
For the majority of the readership when do we define midlife turning into old age?
I wouldn't want our members trying to get into overworked ER's due to ill-timed life demographic decisions.
That's why I switched to golf. The hardware is more expensive, but the medical bills and recovery time are offsets.
Just so he can continue to grift.YAY
Devin Nunes officially resigns from Congress
Devin Nunes, a Republican who has represented California since 2003, has officially resigned from Congress, ending a nearly 20-year stint in the House of Representatives.
Call me when he's officially indicted.
I'll let you know when I get there.
(Old age that is, not ther ER)
Actually, as a founding member of Bad Judgment Tuesday I fully support old folks doing dumb things.
Old age is when I can't ride a bike anymore. I figure I have 10-15 years until that point.
My grandad told me "you are only as old as the woman you feel"
Stoney once called me "the youngest old guy he knows". I liked that, then I remembered the source.
also there's a very realistic chance he'll get replaced with someone worse
Central Valley always disappoints.
Golf?
Paging crabjoe, crabjoe to the white courtesy phone.
Paging crabjoe, crabjoe to the white courtesy phone.
It requires a level of concentration, some skill, a little luck, and a shit ton of creativity. It's actually a lot like skateboarding, that's why I dug it in college. And because you couldn't get credits for skateboarding. Well, I'm guessing you can now, but you couldn't then.
I meant from the creativity aspect of it. I was a street skater who grew up without fancy skate parks. You had a curb, or a lip, or a set of stairs that might even have a hand rail and you figured out all the various ways you could injure yourself on it. Sometimes you pull off something amazing.
In golf you have a bunch of clubs that do a bunch of stuff. If you pull everything off, it looks wicked easy. But shit goes sideways in a hurry and are you screwed, or can you pull a trick out of your ass to save face? And what trick do you pull? Some guys have one trick, some guys have a big ass bag of them. Are you both creative enough to come up with the shot needed and skilled enough to pull it off?
I use the same visualization and feel as I do with skateboarding. It just hurts WAY less to fail.
for me that's fly fishing. you are always thinking always adapting and improvising. Only problem is that most of the time the fish proves to be smarter than I am.
I fished several spots in Montana this past summer and came to the conclusion there are no fish in the state.for me that's fly fishing. you are always thinking always adapting and improvising. Only problem is that most of the time the fish proves to be smarter than I am.
You fished in the Holy Grail of North America and caught *nothing*??
What were you using? Tenkara??
And if I liked fish, I could see that as an option. You still get to drink beer, you are either alone or with folks you choose to be around, you are in nature, usually a nice piece of nature.for me that's fly fishing. you are always thinking always adapting and improvising. Only problem is that most of the time the fish proves to be smarter than I am.
Catch and release just seems mean. But I could see holding a beer and rod while floating and just not have a hook in my fly.I don't like fish, but I like fly fishing. It's way better than gorf.
"Statistically speaking, your chances of catching a trout are not appreciably increased by having a hook on your line."Catch and release just seems mean. But I could see holding a beer and rod while floating and just not have a hook in my fly.
-I Just Made That Up
ETA: C&R is quite a bit less cruel if you crush the barb on the hook. Then again, the chances of fish just spitting the hook increases exponentially if you do this. NTTAWWT
I fish barbless and yes it is a much more difficult game"Statistically speaking, your chances of catching a trout are not appreciably increased by having a hook on your line."
-I Just Made That Up
ETA: C&R is quite a bit less cruel if you crush the barb on the hook. Then again, the chances of fish just spitting the hook increases exponentially if you do this. NTTAWWT
So my first fishing trip in Oregon scared me for life. In California, we never caught sturgeon big enough to keep. I had no idea there was an upper limit, too. With a buddy here, he pulls in this thing, I don't want to call it a fish, because this was no fish. I didn't have a tape measure nor would have been able to use one, but best guess is at least 10 foot tip to tail. Now we gotta release it?"Statistically speaking, your chances of catching a trout are not appreciably increased by having a hook on your line."
-I Just Made That Up
ETA: C&R is quite a bit less cruel if you crush the barb on the hook. Then again, the chances of fish just spitting the hook increases exponentially if you do this. NTTAWWT
/coolstorybro
It’s kind of the same with halibut, the females that repopulate the species are the ones that grow to the “barn door” sizes, they aren’t as good to eat at that size and you are really F-ing over the species by keeping those ones.So my first fishing trip in Oregon scared me for life. In California, we never caught sturgeon big enough to keep. I had no idea there was an upper limit, too. With a buddy here, he pulls in this thing, I don't want to call it a fish, because this was no fish. I didn't have a tape measure nor would have been able to use one, but best guess is at least 10 foot tip to tail. Now we gotta release it?
/coolstorybro
I think 72” was the max for sturgeon when I lived in CA, if that’s not enough fish for you…we caught many and the steaks were good.
This conversation is amusing... when I go fishing most of the fish I catch are in the 6-12 inch range.
I want to catch the fish so bad. I love eating the bastards, for me that’s the point. Fishing isn’t fun, catching fish is. But I suck at it. Summer before last I managed to catch two small trout on separate days in Idaho. Our family of four shared a single trout for breakfast. My little one eats the skin and eyes it’s freaking disgusting but I love her so I try to get her more eyeballs to eat. Neighbor campsite the guys get out of their boat with like 20 trout. His kids get plenty of eyeballs to eat.
im gunna work at the fishing more this summer. Kid needs her trout eyeballs.
im gunna work at the fishing more this summer. Kid needs her trout eyeballs.
