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Carpenter Most of you who have watched the Food Network have probably seen my work somewhere on the channel without even realizing it. Started out as a hobby. Morphed into a hobby that I got paid to do. Now I do it full time and love every day I walk into my shop. Most of the time I'm building temporary stage/set pieces in strange places. Case in point, the project I just got done with took 3 months to fabricate. It was installed and lasted for almost a week. It was torn down in three and a half hours and part of it was trashed right after. Never sounds good when you say that much work basically got pitched. I do occasionally get commissioned to do a furniture piece, though I'm still building my skills on that one. I've been working on the same table for my house for the last seven months. Completely handmade. No power tools involved. That is a humbling experience.

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He speaks the truth. The PQ is a great little reel for the money. When you can get them on sale, it's almost a no brainer.

Went out to Holiday this morning for around three and a half hours or so. Had around an 18-20 pound bag. I was happy with that considering I haven't been there in months. Wind was ripping. Probably go again tomorrow and try a different area. Water levels are pretty high right now.

Water has dropped further since my last trip. Was able to sneak out for about 4 hours yesterday morning. Made a longer run than I normally do. Found a very productive stretch. Plenty of fish to be caught. Was able to fish an area until I stopped getting bit, back up and fish it again over and over. Nothing huge, but it was definitely fun.

That was such a great show.

Good stuff, Lou! Some nice healthy looking fish right there.

So I recently decided that I was in a serious need for a new laptop. I told myself when I sold another few small photo/video projects that I would treat myself to something new. Well that happened a few days ago, so I decided to go shopping... Somehow I walked back into the house carrying a 2500 dollar Macbook Pro. I haven't owned a Mac in, well, a long time. I know, I know, I could have bought a PC based system for far less money with better specs. I'll still be keeping both my laptop and desktop in addition to this. The laptop will go to the kids, I'd expect it to last a week. Another selling point for me was that I, my daughters, mother, brother, and several good friends all have multiple apple mobile devices. If that wasn't the case, I certainly would have spent more time looking elsewhere. I've been very interested in a Mac for a while, but when I saw the 15" Retina screen in front of my I was darn near sold. I've got two weeks left of playtime before the times up to return it. My first impressions are very good though. I still have a long way to go messing around with the new OS. Handles editing 4k video like a dream though. Conversion and render times in 4k aren't phenomenal, but they certainly aren't bad either. Especially when you consider that it's not a desktop. Have to see how the learning process goes before I make my final decision on it. I feel like a complete rookie using this thing.

Probably one of my favorite shows on the tube, fishing or not. Hell of a nice guy too. I've had the opportunity to sit down and talk with him a handful of times. The amount of knowledge he has about fishing is just astounding.

I've been using them for a while now. Darn good bait.

Ain't modern technology great.

That definitely is not for a tachometer. That's the speedometer. Before you mess with anything, get the Tach fixed. You could be propped wrong, motor height wrong, both, or any number of things. Fixing the Tach will instantly help you know what's happening.

Scary part about the IFBB guys, yes they're on gear, but it takes an incredible amount of work to do what they do. Metroflex has produced some seriously big, strong freakin people. Average Joe Schmo juice guy will never step on stage and look like that. That pic of him isn't even a great one. Love Ronnie, but Levrone is still on the top of my list. Dude had such a crazy looking body. If you want to see straight freaky, check out some of Kai Greene's recent photos.

If I were repowering, I'd definitely be looking at a 4 stroke. But man, I just love the sound a 2 stroke makes. On my offshore boat, I'd kill to have a new four stroke. That monstrous motor is so loud it's not even funny. You can forget about speaking to somebody when moving at cruising speed.

The original outboard on my saltwater boat had roughly 2000 hours on it before the powerhead let go. Water pump failure caused the powerhead to fry. Had it completely rebuilt and its at around 1800 hours now and runs flawlessly. Like Rhino said, hours are not the end all be all determination of a motors health. Solid maintenance record and having a good mechanic check it out are better indicators of how it'll run.