SuperDuty

He's very lucky he wasn't food for something. I'm anxious to hear more about the details. Just seems odd he wasn't still with the kayak unless he just got so weak that he was unable to hang on to it any longer.

Kinda the same way for me. I was pulling a lure out of my tackle box and somehow another lure caught my hand and then the other hook caught the tackle box and as I pulled my hand out of the box, it pulled the hook deep into my hand. It didn't really effect me much other than knowing I didn't have any cutters with me which is why I grabbed the lure and gave it a few very hard yanks and realized it wasn't budging at all. I probably coulda yanked it out but it would have taken a huge chunk of my hand with it and I wasn't up for that. I was just getting ready to use my knife to cut it out when my wife seen the kayakers coming down the creek. We happened to know one of them so it worked out alright.

Oh my wife would be more than happy to do that to me! Ouch! Yup that's exactly what happened to me last summer and also happened in my dominant hand. And with nothing to put pressure on the hook/skin, it made it very difficult to push the hook through the skin and past the barb.

I agree. Great job on that rifle! How much did the cryo cost you and what was the turn around time? I've changed my mind...don't ever buy a CZ because you'll not enjoy it. There would be very little work required, if any, to get it to shoot very well. And the set trigger that allows you to adjust the trigger pull down to ounces takes all the fun out of working a trigger over. A polishing is all they ever need. My CZ 527 .223 will shoot sub MOA @ 100 out of the box. The rimfires are literally one hole if you put the rifles in a vise.

I carry this stuff with me everywhere. gas pumps, creditcard pinpads, door handles etc - stuff we touch in public every day, are just infested with germs. I was never sicker in my life than when I use to service cc pinpads in retail stores. Anytime I touch things that the general public uses, I've got to get my hands clean immediately.

That's definitely a win/win anyway ya look at it @Tizi

Yes it should be good. Also, one of our best clients owns over 700 apartments in the nearby college town and also the largest mfg company in the state. They love my wife and I so their pest control business will be the first account I go after.

A few hours South of Chicago. Two times we had to hire a pest control company and both times it took weeks for an open spot. That's when we started researching getting into the industry.

Interesting Mike! Oddly enough, pest control is the next business I'm opening up. I'm working on my website now and will be attending the required classes in a few weeks to obtain all my licenses. There is a huge demand for it in my area and only two competitors who are booked weeks out. We've already got a huge customer base from our other business so that'll really help us take off running. My wife is also a realtor so that helps. I have zero experience so lots to learn. But I expect this business to do very well.

Lots of interesting careers here! And it really is amazing how our careers sometimes choose us instead of us choosing them. I surely admire the ones that made their dream job happen.

Blind rivets and pop rivets are actually the same thing but people often confuse them. I think what the other person is talking about is using a sealed rivet so it will be water tight.

It's not legal in my state and the stuff made me so paranoid when I smoked it when I was young that I'd never try it again.

Been dealing with back issues for 20 years now. The best thing I've ever discovered to help my back is an inversion table. The table has changed my life for the better. With that said, in August I woke up and could barely even move. I waited and used the inversion table and didn't help. I was pretty much bed ridden and couldn't really walk and couldn't lay on my back or sides because the pain would intensify. I had sciatica down my right leg so bad that I just wanted to die. This went on for two months basically being stuck laying on my belly in bed. I was sleeping at best maybe 3 hours and then wide awake in agony. I was being shuffled from doc to doc and nobody was ordering any scans or anything. Finally I got into a specialist and got an MRI, a nerve study, and two epidurals. Here it is 6 months later and I'm still dealing with bad sciatica but I can at least sleep now and lay on my back and even drive again. The MRI showed two herniated disks L1 and L4. My specialist said my only resolution is back surgery now. I met with the surgeon two weeks ago, he informed me that death or paralysis is a possibility. He also said there is no guarantee surgery will help me. He said I could get worse, stay the same, improve a little or a lot. At this point I don't know what I'm going to do. Opiate pain medicine is nearly impossible to get these days thanks to the druggies, and other medications don't even touch the pain. I take 3 pills a day for pain, use my inversion table, walk a whole lot, and exercise in ways that don't irritate my back. Good luck. Hope you have a good recovery on whatever you choose.

I've never done scuba but I use to use a 3rd lung system to dive for lobster around the keys and for scallops in the gulf. Had a blast doing that and didn't need any certifications.

Mine lasted about a year and it was bad. I would wake up in the middle of the night from the pain. I wore a compression brace over my elbow and tried to give that arm as much light duty as possible. After about a year the pain was fully gone and hasn't came back for the past year. So far so good. Hopefully it stays that way.

Man dude, really sorry to hear that! Must make fishing difficult, too.

My wife, her dad, and myself attend a lot of the races there (Kentucky Derby). It's a great time! My cousin is a retired jockey there.

@slonezp that's pretty funny! And what is it you do 50 hour a week?

So you're a deputy sheriff on road patrol or inside of a detention facility? I have a couple of buddies who are certified LEO's but work in a prison. 17 years can't go fast enough huh?! ? I'm 47 and my Hope's are that by 55, my sons will run both businesses and I'll collect 50% to spend my days fishing somewhere that has really good fresh and salt water fishing. Lol

So after a discussion with my youngest son last night about his goals in life, it made me reflect on my life. That conversation has lead to this question. So what was the career that you wanted to do for your life? Did it happen? How did you end up doing what you do? My dream job since I was a young man was to be a DNR law enforcement officer. That didn't happen for me as I was set to leave for college and my wife (girlfriend at that time) got pregnant. So, instead of college, I went to work. Having worked with my dad in construction, I naturally went to building houses. That lead to me eventually being an electrician and funny enough, I was an electrician for DNR overseeing the electrical work on all DNR properties for a 11k acre reservoir. That was tough because I worked every day right beside the guys who I envied for their job. The CO's would pull into my shop every day towing a boat or quad that they just used on patrol and I'd think how fun their job must be. I did enjoy some of those same perks, I would set buoys on the lake, dive down to retrieve sunken boats, work accident scenes on the lake, clear trails in the forest, and even do security patrols and rule enforcement at the recreation areas - but it wasn't law enforcement and that was my passion. After spending a few years as an electrician, I finally gave into a guy who had been bugging me for years to come work for him repairing copy machines, fax machines and printers. That lead me to servicing computers and networks, which I enjoyed 23 years in the IT field. And finally 5 years ago I quit the IT field after my business became so successful that both my wife had to quit our jobs to dedicate ourselves full time to our fast growing business. This year, we are opening our 2nd business. It's been a great life for me but to this day, I wish I could have become a CO.

Do yourself a favor and don't spend the extra money on these expensive branded chemicals in fancy cans. You can buy the active chemical for much cheaper and mix it yourself in a spray bottle. Phosphoric acid is what you want. I own a power washing company and rust on my trailers is what I deal with on a regular basis. You've never seen the likes of rust until you deal with sodium hypochlorite on an every day basis.

I say DO IT! My wife wants me to get her a classic. She wants either a pre-78 Bronco, or a 69 Nova. For me, it would be between an old scout, bronco, 67 Chevelle, or Chevy Apache 4x4.

Yeah there is no doubt that not as many people hunt that use to. I've got two boys and a girl, my one son has no interest in hunting and my youngest son is very passionate about it. All three of my kids love to fish. My 20yo daughter got her first bow two years ago for her xmas gift (that's what she asked for) and she does enjoy shooting it but is yet to hunt.

Congratulations! I've got a lot of respect for those that set difficult goals and obtain them.

You can pick up a cheap angle grinder from Harbor Freight if you don't already have one. A wire wheel attachment makes for quick work of rust. They come is all different size and shapes for large areas and tight areas. Once you've got everything cleaned really well, I'd spray the frame with phosphoric acid to neutralize any rust left over and let it dry really well for a couple of days. The rust will turn black from a chemical process and will no longer be rust or cause any damage. After that, you can paint it. As far as the bunks go, it's probably just the boards that needs replaced. So measure what you have now and cut new ones to size, wrap them in carpet, and mount them. You'll want to use treated lumber. Depending on how bad the bunk board mounts are, it's possible you'll have to cut the old mounts off and weld new ones on. This is where the angle grinder will come in handy again. If you don't have a welder, you can get a metal fabricator to do this for you for a few bucks, even if it requires making new mounts. The winch and the Jack can easily be replaced for not much money. You can usually find these at your local farm store. But the winch isn't anything but a big gear so it may just be stuck so if you lube it up and work it around, maybe you can get it working again. Good luck