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Let me list all of the things I find wrong with your post. #1 ............... Guess that's it!

Fortunately, there are several groups that will sponsor your desire to play shoot'em up. Here's a link to one of them! http://www.marines.com/?WT.srch=1&WT.mc_id=G_MARINE_RECRUITMENT#default

Not bad. So are we witness to a quasi-Dirty Harry self portrait?

This part of Team Yensen agrees with that part! Good Luck!

Great looking catch A-Jay!

Welcome to the forum Clint. A couple of random thoughts came to my mind. What time does this place open up in the mornings? Maybe a trip at the crack of dawn to try out some topwater may help. What about fishing around those docks? Bass like to hang out in the shade. If they hold under that bridge, then the docks could produce as well. What about renting one of those boats? Their website says that rowboats and electric motors are availble for rent. Would the folks at the rental concession store your chair while you got out on the water? There may be an ADA lift on their docks to get you into the boat, or you may just have to have somebody hold the boat while you get in or out. That would open up a lot more of the lake to you. Finally, when these other guys say use soft plastics, take their word for it. A T-Rig worm is the way to go!

So are you going to part with your recipe?

So at least tell me those guys took you to Coyles for their buffet breakfast or lunch. So many good eats, I'm sure that the button on those world famous shorts would have snuck open!

Gosh you were almost next door and didn't call... My aunt and uncle had a cottage on the SE shore near Prudenville for years and we always spent a week or so there every summer when I was a kid. I'll really be looking forward to looking at background shots to see if I recognize any of the places you were fishing. Now for a change of scenery (and serenity) you should be up there for Tip-Up Town, it's a zoo!

Good for you! Tell us when you get into that fulltime position. Will a guy with a Bass Resource bumper sticker get any slack?

It sounded better than "Have A Nice Day!"

Speaking from prior experience as a flight chief in a military police unit, I can tell you that missing appointments isn't an unusual problem. The higher up you go in this type of organization, whether civilian or military, I couldn't tell you how many times that my schedule was all FUBAR. Besides emergencies which we should all be able to understand, there were many times that an appoitnemt/duty ran over the time that I had allotted for it. I can understand why you were put off, but can also understand why your representative said what they did. You're going into a profession where most of the people that you will be dealing with are actually going to fell put off themselves! During your internship you are going to get first hand knowledge of tactful ways to address that problem. Until then, swallow your wounded pride and accept the fact that what took place was out of your control, and most likely out of the other person's control as well. A simple email back to him to reschedule your appointment shouldn't be that hard. Sample: Dear Xxxx, I'm sorry that you were delayed from making our previously scheduled meeting. At your convience, could you call me so that we can arrainge a new meeting date. Perhaps we could schedule it for early in your shift before you get tied down with your other responsibilites. Respectfully, Stasher1

The Four Stroke Outboard. I knew I wasn't going to be forced into buying a few gallons of Quicksilver each year, but the additional fuel economy was a real nice bonus as well.

At this point I really don't care if I get a response from this group. However, I was under the impression that this Tackle the Storm movement was somehow involved with it. The whole thing came about due to an article that Don wrote under that title and provided a mailing address to RCBC. I wouldn't have gotten their address anywhere else if they are only a local outfit. Just another of life's lessons.....

"Potter isn't selling, he's buying!" (It's A Wonderful Life)

I'm not a real big fan of supposed professional team sports, but did have to chuckle when I saw the consequences of the new rookie pay scale. Pretty soon, staying in college will pay just as good as the NFL does!

The longer you fish and the older you get, you'll find out why most retired folks fish during weekdays. This issue is one of those reasons.

A 15' flat with fish marked at 12'-13' seems to sound like whatever those fish were, they were suspended. If so, I wouldn't think that's too shallow for a dropshot rig even in clear water. Perhaps not fishing it completely vertical, but it could work. What baits/methods did you use to catch the few that you got? What type of cover was on this flat?

Actually Glenn, I was expecting a letter from the group. Of all the different organizations that I have donated to in the past, I don't ever remember not getting a reply back at least thanking me. Granted that most of them were doing so in hopes of future support. I'm not sure if that means that RCBC won't need that help again or not, but I will keep it in mind.

I never heard anything about the first event with RCBC Outdoors. They did cash my check, but other than that total silence about what they did with the stuff I sent them.

One of the neighborhood kids had one of those bikes. Crashed it one day, and the damage that gear shifter did to him almost made him "one of the girls". Ouch!

Hey Steve, Do you know how many Yankee Smalljaws I plan to introduce these grubs to? Great looking baits!

Why, didn't you see the thread on Amy Winehouse? People of all ages will do things they know full well will bring negative attention for the simple reason they want attention so bad. Kids don't normally have the same ability to logically think things through that adults do so it is hard to hold them to the same standards. From what you've said on here, plus from my own experience, this sounds like the problem is due to either a poorly thought out attempt for attention, sibling rivalry, or a combination of both. Since you've already tried punishment to cure it and that hasn't worked, any suggestion of a new form of punishment isn't going to help either. What you need to do is to find out what has triggered it. You said that this problem has been going on for a couple of months now, so I have to ask if it ever happened before that? If not, than you can probably figure that something or someone triggered this back around that time. That's quite a long time ago in a kid's world so for him, he might not even remember the actual event, or he may not want to tell you. You, the wife, and the other adults in his life are going to have to put your heads together to try to figure out what was going on just prior to this. It might be something that an adult would think was trivial, but to a kid it might not have been. How long has it been since you've had the kids? Did his brother get some different or special treatment for reason back then? When are the boys' birthdays? Did they have a visitation with their Mom or Dad back about that time? Regardless of what you find, it is obvious that trying to punish him for this type of behavior isn't working, so you are going to have to try a completely new tract to break this habit he has. I think both Nate and Slonezp gave you some good advice, and those things might be worth trying. I don't think it's time to shave his head to look for the "666" birthmark yet, but I'm glad you're trying to figure out how to stop the problem before it escalates. Good Luck

Impossible. That would mean Rootbeer would have to be in his late 40's!

I know it sounds really good Ronnie, until you take into account that everything other than debt payments and savings gets more expensive by 23%. An $800 per/month rental expense goes to $984. $200 worth of groceries will now cost $246. When you consider that even of all couples making $100k per/year, that close to 90% of them live paycheck to paycheck. That is why I said earlier that it would "take a real modification of how people look at buying a home". My worry is that John & Jane Doe are going to take what little extra they have and blow it long before they save enough to pay a large lump sum sales tax on a major purchase. And I don't want to be argumentative with a fishing buddy.... But when the IRS ceases to exist, who collects all of this sales tax? Like it or not, there will always be a federal agency that is tasked with making sure that it collects all of whatever tax we have. Granted that most people won't have to deal with a dizzying array of ever changing tax laws (which is a good thing), but businesses will still be tasked with tax laws to learn and follow. And whoever is working at IRS now will most likely be doing the same thing on a more narrow scale. Unless of course you figure you'll also have to collect and pay sales taxes when you hold a yard/garage sale, sell a house, a boat, a car/truck. See where I'm going with this? Because I'm sure all of you know that you are supposed to report income from such sources, just like I'm supposed to ask as the tax preparer if you've got any of that income. Fun..... Huh?