The ultimate thread! (possible NSFW) (#30)

[yooper]

Originally Posted by sisukid1975

Well, that, and also the fact that gas consumption has continued to go up as the prices have continued to rise... Yeah. For all the pissing and moaning about gas prices, nobody is really in a huge hurry to change their habits. (Except for those of us who will soon be commuting to work on 50-60 MPG motorcycles, that is ) We still don't see a lot more carpooling. ( I was offered to take part in the Beloit-Madison state employee's carpool today. Once I make sure the hours will work for me, I'll prolly do it, and only use the BMW to commute to the Meeting point at the Wal-Mart parking lot) We still don't see people beating down the doors of the VW Dealers demanding TDIs; the Honda dealers inquiring about their 65 MPG diesel accord; not even the Toyota dealer for the sub-par when compared to it's competition, yet brilliantly marketed and hyped up Prius.

Anyone getting the impression that the oilco's are simply trying to find exactly how inelastic the price of fuel really is?

Personally, it'd not surprise me if we did temporarily repeal the gas tax, that the price of gas wouldn't go down that much. Pure profit for the oilcos since they're probably getting closer to finding the point at which the camel's back gets broken and demand actually begins to shift downward.

In the meantime, you think the highways and bridges are in rough shape now? Just wait till after that experiment in futility is complete. Oh yeah, not to mention all the unemployment claims... In WI, there are legions of people and companies who wait all winter for the summer road construction season to begin so they can do more than subsist by plowing driveways and stuff...

I think the better thing would be a targeted tax cut -- on diesel fuel, since cheap transportation of goods is what drives the economy, and most of that transportation is diesel powered.

50-60mpg is gas guzzling. Mine gets 85mpg.

[rachel1027]

Originally Posted by DSRTRDR

can anybody guide me to the pics Rachel posted please

I am a slacker, not posted yet I will do it in th morning after I dig out the cable to download from camera.

[yooper]

Originally Posted by Mars

You keep 'em? How sizable are these guys? (I used to fish steelies up in Washington regularly...)

No, I can't bring myself to kill steelhead. The steelhead here are all wild fish (not native, but wild, the state stopped stocking them at least 30 years ago), and their environment is really tough on them, they are always on the edge of disaster.

If I catch a coho or a king salmon it comes home to eat. These are all hatchery fish, very little natural reproduction.

Suckers are nasty things. They go back in the river.

[yooper]

Originally Posted by Jman

I hate suckers. Such dead weight, can't wait to get them off the line and fish for something else.


Decent day. I am envious, haven't hooked a steelie.

Every sucker I caught today I thought was a snag on the bottom. I though "oh, a snag, feels like a big stick", and then it would start to move! Half of them were foul hooked. I hooked one right between the eyes! I have no idea how that happens.


Steelhead may be the most exciting North American freshwater fish to catch. Atlantic salmon might be stronger and faster.

[surfpig]

Originally Posted by Mars

You keep 'em? How sizable are these guys? (I used to fish steelies up in Washington regularly...)

I lived a block or so from the ocean and the Mad River estuary in Humboldt. I'd fish after school.

[yooper]

Originally Posted by surfpig

...making certain that volatile organic compounds meet or exceed California requirements...

Originally Posted by semlin

and keep your shirts clean

Originally Posted by surfpig

Not to mention the Hootus.

Originally Posted by semlin

i think you mentioned it

[yooper]

I bought one of these the last time they were on SAC. I'm pretty happy with it.

[yooper]

Originally Posted by surfpig

I lived a block or so from the ocean and the Mad River estuary in Humboldt. I'd fish after school.

Do you fish the Sacramento River much? Apparently there are some huge bass in there...

[stinkyfj60]

Originally Posted by valentine

IIRC, '85 was a split year. Earlies got the solid axle, late got IFS.

Werent "lates" considered 1986 model year?

[yooper]

substantialibus

[Jman]

Originally Posted by yooper

My friend Brian with the first steelhead of the day today, a very strong male, a little battle scarred. We were far apart when I caught mine, so no pics. I had my hands full just landing and releasing them without a net.

Attachment 229070

Noice. He looks a little tired.

[DSRTRDR]

Originally Posted by Jman

Oh, I had fresh ravioli with basil cream sauce. NOM NOM NOM NOM.

we also had nudles - with basil-butter-EVOO sauce and a Chianti

[Jman]

Originally Posted by dieseldog

said the man who takes public transportation and imagines that everyone else can too . . .

Hey, I plan ahead. What can I say?

[Jman]

Originally Posted by yooper

I wonder how many people will get it?

I get it.









Just not often enough.

[stinkyfj60]

fuck, I bombed my math test Tripped up by one problem. FUCK. Each problem was worth around 28points, so that one HURT. The good news is I did well on the other problems. I can score a 40% and walk out with a C. A 60% and I get by with a B. I am pretty sure I scored better than a 60%.

I did REALLY well on my Theatre test.

I also did really well on my Literature test. AND, that one, the prof pulled me aside and told me it was a pleasure to have me in class... NOT BAD!


One more test, psychology tomorrow at 1pm.

[stinkyfj60]

Originally Posted by Jman

I am envious.

And, it is not a sunroof. It is a factory moon roof. It has less miles than mine, and is older (1983). The seats have a neat blue plaid in the middle of them.... WICKED!

[DSRTRDR]

Originally Posted by rachel1027

I am a slacker, not posted yet I will do it in th morning after I dig out the cable to download from camera.

monnie had mentioned something......

[DSRTRDR]

Originally Posted by yooper

If I catch a coho or a king salmon it comes home to eat.

coho salmon in Michigan now that sounds so wrong

Originally Posted by yooper

coho or a king salmon it comes home to eat. These are all hatchery fish, very little natural reproduction.

geez, I wonder why

Salmon are actually quite amazing from a physiological perspective: they can live in freshwater as well as saltwater - they are able to osmoregulate.....

most fish are restricted to either habitat

[friend of mine when I was a student studied osmoregulation in Salmon funded by the Swedish government - you know what the objective of the Swedes was in this whole study: ultimate goal was to prevent the fish from swimming into Rusaian territorial waters in the Baltic Sea they couldn't have cared less about the real science ]