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My brother and I took his boys Owen(6) and Isaac(4) fishing in the Humboldt bay on Saturday. Owen is getting to be an old hand at this but Isaac had never caught a fish. My mission for the day was to get him connected with a surf perch and start the fishing addiction. It was a little cool but...

We have this critter on the west coast called abalone. Essentially it's a large marine snail but easily the best thing I have ever tasted. There is no commercial fishery for them in CA any more. 15+ years ago my dad saw abalone "steaks" at the big fish market in Los Angeles. Back then they...

One of the guys from our local forum posted a thread with pictures and video of a recent fishing trip. Eric is a kayak fisherman to the core. On this day he paddled in the Eel river casting for steelhead trout. The area he was fishing is about a 40 minute drive from my house. It'll give ya a...

Thanks to all of you for your advice on trucks to tow the V. Last weekend Janine and I travelled ~ 3 1/2 hours north to Grants Pass, Oregon to look at a truck I had seen on Craig's list. I drove home in a 1995 F250 7.3 liter turbo diesel 4x4 with dual gas tanks and a crew cab. It's a two-tone...

I am still looking for a truck to tow the V. Do any of you find it necessary to have a 4x4 to get it out of the water and up the ramp? TH

I'm looking for a used truck to tow the V. My Ranger is severely under gunned for the task. Is an F150 or Dodge 1500 enough or do I need to kick it up to the F250/2500 group? I'm figuring ~ 5000 pounds for the V + fiberglass camper shell + SCUBA gear + camping stuff.

RETIREMENT PLANNING FOR 2008 If you had purchased $1000.00 of Nortel stock one year ago, it would now be worth $49.00. With Enron, you would have had $16.50 left of the original $1000.00. With WorldCom, you would have had less than $5.00 left. If you had purchased $1000 of Delta Air Lines...

I had a few guys over to watch the UFC last night. I made 10 pounds of Italian meatballs and grilled them with a few chunks of apple wood to get a little smoke flavor. The meatballs then went into a large pan and were covered with a spicy marinara sauce. After baking for a while the whole...

I had a once in a lifetime wierd event happen yesterday. I recoonnected with an old girlfriend via the internet a while back. We were together for 5 years when I lived in Los Angeles many years ago. She mentioned that her dad would be getting an honorary Academy award this year and that she...

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When my Yamaha 150 died last year I saved the prop thinking I could sell it on EBay. Nobody nibbled at the EBay offer so I thought I'd offer it up here in case someone wants it. It's a 13 3/4 x 17 in decent shape with just tiny nicks on the blades.. The outboard was probably late 80's...

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This was sent to me this AM. I couldn't agree more. TH Like a lot of folks in this country...I have a job. I work, they pay me. I pay my taxes and the government distributes my taxes as it sees fit. In order to get that paycheck, I am required to pass a random urine test, with which I have...

I was so inspired by Blue's pictures of the grill I thought I'd post a pic of my own super bowl eats. I got this recipe for Italian hamburger from one of Emeril's shows. The link to the recipe is below. The bun is a whole loaf of french bread. The burger rocks...