Wiki's tend to be written by knuckleheads like me or you... you know.. folks that have an OPINION on the subject matter.

probably best to look to his actual political page and the LP platform page.

just saying.

The approved internet pics:

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MissSmallAimsSmall is also in the top picture.

whoa... whoa... whoa ..... whoa....

There are halibut fishing pictures here.... we need to stop all this politic/trolling/party bs talk and start talking about that rat now!!

If you re read this thread really well, and link posts to the so called traits of potheads, MG fits the bill perfectly.

Shhhh he just threatened to bring out the big guns........ Miss Smalls !'


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I'm telling ya!!!

I mean look at that GRIN... that's a pot smoker's grin if i ever did see one.

Lol

In all seriousness nice family MG. I really would love to hear more about the Halibut.

I am fairly sure miss smalls is his daughter

here, you can have it back......

Alaska. That pic is from the Gulf of Alaska just off the Kenai Peninsula. We spent a few days in Kenai and then went to Seward for the remainder of a two week trip. I like the Seward and Resurrection Bay area a lot better than the Kenai Peninsula. The fishing was better, the restaurants were better, the motels and cabins were better, and the guides were better.

Everyone and his brother makes a living from tourism in the Kenai Peninsula, and everyone is a guide. It's a real mixed bag quality wise.

Resurrection Bay is the most beautiful place on earth, and Seward is a small port town on the Bay. The Marina fish cleaning stations are really hopping every afternoon in the Summer with the head boats and the guides returning with their catches. You can go out and talk to the customers and the boat captains and pick a guide or head boat that matches what you want to do.

For halibut, the boats head for deep water, 200-400'. The current is strong, so you attach a 1-4 lb lead weight to your line and let down your line to the bottom and then reel it back in just a tad so your bait is close to, but not resting on the bottom. The bait is cut fish either brought out frozen or freshly caught and cut up. The halibut in the picture were caught near Kenai. We caught some bigger ones out from Seward. You can see the trolling rods in the background. We were trolling (unsuccessfully) for salmon on the ride in. We got into the salmon later in a trip in Resurrection Bay.

The bigger halibut are loads of fun to catch. One of the mates gaffs the bigger fish after a big long fight. Then the boats have almost a ceremony where you set the fish on top of the fish box and whack them in the head with a billy club to euthanize them so they don't suffer a slow death in the box. We caught some really interesting bycatch also, lingcod, seabass, etc.

We fished four times in the two week trip and brought home enough fish for a year. Great times and good eats.

Slickfish used post #132 on "W"

Wow what a thread.

BTW I am VERY opposed to socialized medicine.

Now can I get in on the popcorn rotation?

Maybe I'm smiling because I don't smoke dope!

From http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/1...453.x/abstract


Results.  Of the 8,650 who answered the questions about cannabis use, 754 (8.7%) reported cannabis use in the previous year with 126 (1.5%) reporting daily use, 126 reported (1.5%) weekly use, and 502 (5.8%) reported use less often than weekly. After adjusting for demographic factors, daily cannabis use compared with no use was associated with an increased likelihood of reporting two or more sexual partners in the previous year in both men (adjusted odds ratio 2.08, 95% confidence interval 1.11–3.89; P = 0.02) and women (2.58, 1.08–6.18; P = 0.03). Daily cannabis use was associated with reporting a diagnosis of a sexually transmissible infection in women but not men (7.19, 1.28–40.31; P = 0.02 and 1.45, 0.17–12.42; P = 0.74, respectively). Frequency of cannabis use was unrelated to sexual problems in women but daily use vs. no use was associated with increased reporting among men of an inability to reach orgasm (3.94, 1.71–9.07; P < 0.01), reaching orgasm too quickly (2.68, 1.41–5.08; P < 0.01), and too slowly (2.05, 1.02–4.12; P = 0.04).

Conclusions.  Frequent cannabis use is associated with higher numbers of sexual partners for both men and women, and difficulties in men's ability to orgasm as desired. Smith AMA, Ferris JA, Simpson JM, Shelley J, Pitts M, and Richters J. Cannabis use and sexual health. J Sex Med 2010;7:787–793.

Nah.. not buying the silly science.. that's absolutely a dope fiends grin :rotfl:

Cool.. you are allowed an opinion.

but might i ask.... WHY?

Is the current joke of a system that was written by the insurance and pharma industry better?

Insurance company profits have SOARED in the last 6 years. In particular as we neared the start date of Obamajokeacare the insurance company stocks on average almost tripled.

Like i said earlier, either it needs to run in a true free market style with government cronyism out of the equation. Or socialize it and make it work that way... either / or... something needs to be done.


ps... here's your bag of popcorn... hit jordan up for some cajun spice to sprinkle on it if your into that.

Basically I don't want government controlling my healthcare and it breeds mediocrity

Most of europe would disagree with you.... but as long as we can agree that some type of major reform is needed i have no beef.

Well let's take Europe as an example. I recently developed a hernia doing sit ups. While taking part in a government mandated physical fitness test. I was worried about running with a hernia. So I did an internet search about running I with a hernia. Most of the sites came up from Europe, UK in particular. What I got from those sites was that it was safe for me to continue to run. The other thing I found out was that the average wait to have a hernia that was not strangulated repaired was 4-5 years. I my case which the timing is not typical but still happened. I saw my family doctor on Thursday got a referral to see a surgeon who saw me the following Tuesday. He repaired my hernia Wednesday morning. Now in my case the surgeon was doing me a favor so I could get back to work in a timely manner. Yes I have insurance. Now in Europe that could not happen the doctor would have had to get government approval and put me on a waiting list.

I do agree we needed to do something with our healthcare system but socialized medicine is not the answer. Look at the examples in our country, Medicare and VA, who do you know actually likes them? Most people use them and are glad that it is something but don't really like them.

My dad experienced similar waits for a toe injury when we were living in Canada, the govy sucks at everything. Healthcare is definitely no exception!

I would rather make sure that my fellow man has access to some health care (even if it's not the quickest for non life threatening stuff) than let him die a slow and uneccessary death.

But as i said earlier i am okay with it migrating to a complete free market system as well.

My issue / beef lies with the US currently having the single most expensive health care system in the world (this is before the happy happy joy joy that obamacare is bringing us) and yet we are ranked 34 in the world for overall quality of healthcare.

There is not a doubt about the fact that we here in the US have access to the best possible health care in the world... if you can pay for it. (I'm not talking about the stuff that your insurance company foots the bill for)

Also according to various studies that i am seeing on the internet... average wait time for a non life threatening hernia operation are 65-80 days... not 4-5 years.

for an example see page 9 http://patients-association.com/Port...ing%20Game.pdf

That is an interesting article. I do not dispute that the study showed the average wait time of 79 days for a hernia repair. The search that I did was for running with a hernia and most of the sites that hit were from Europe mainly the UK and several stated the 4-5 year waiting time. Is that accurate? I have no idea. Were the sites I read scientific studies? no. What I do know is I want the government out of my healthcare and my personal life as much as possible. The funny thing is I have actually given them way more control of my healthcare than I like.

Were changes needed? Yes. Is Obamacare or socialized medicine close to being the answer? NO

On principle I also disagree something is better than nothing.

Fair enough.

My main dislike for "obamacare" is that it simply a mandate law written by the insurance companies themselves so that they can justify large rate increases while reducing actual coverage levels.

Frankly from it's very inception it was a classic case of trusting the fox to be in the hen-house because the fox looks like a trustable fox.

Not sure what your referring to by saying you disagree with something is better than nothing?

Just you said some coverage is better than no coverage. In principle I disagree with that. Now in specifics I may agree. sometimes it is better to have nothing than a little bit.

I agree with you on "obamacare" plus I can't wrap my mind around how the government can mandate you buy a product from anyone. The cost of healthcare coverage is going to skyrocket.

perfect country song


Docked my boat and set my lines out for a drift , lit up a blunt and wished! What if I smoked the whole dime bag and catch all the fish!

W do you recommend Hawaiian or Columbian?

would that be pop, pop, pass to the left or the right?

I lean right so I guess it's Pop, Pop, pass to the right just don't mess up the rotation

Apology sent MG.

I still fill the same, but over my coffee this morning realize that I could have left out the insults in my first response to you.

Apology accepted.

Back on the original post, there are a bunch of folks who troll the ship channel rocks in Prien by l'Auberge and in the PPG cut. They catch plenty of trout but it's not that much fun to me. I like to move the rod a little to make the bait move more erratically. I don't fish spinnerbaits much because it can be cast and wind. To each his own, whatever floats your boat or sinks your boat and fills your ice chest. Unfortunately, some of the trollers in Prien will put-put right by where you are casting and want to have a conversation while they are running through your spot.

Alcohol mixed with internet. Yep I've been there.lol

No alcohol involved! I'm just me

I'm so sorry i just Couldnt resist
 

With this guys smile i just couldn't resist

We've all those moments when we could use a "do over".

Lm ao.. I noticed that on the original pic MG said "internet approved pics". Wonder what kind of non approved pics he has? Lm bo.
Just messin with ya MG

Lol, it didn't register

Man, this thread has something for everyone.

Don't know about trolling the ship channel, but I've fished the Causeway and Trestles in Lake P. and have seen the technique work there.

Many years ago in the cove at Cypremort Point I was having a decent day on the trout. Saw a guy paddling a pirogue with two rods with lines out in the back. He was slaying the trout! I actually stopped to watch for a while. That trolling required a lot of work.

MG, I'm going to disagree on your assessments of fishing with guides. First off, where a guide launches is dependent on so much more than whether hs is industrious or lazy. On BL I've only fished out of Calcasieu Point but I can't see it making a difference since the entire lake is accessible with an appropriate boat.

I fished three days with a guide in Dularge and we left from his camp each day because he kept the boat in the water. We fished completely different areas each day, and I don't know if other launches were even an option.

In Lake P. the guide launched in Mandeville for the causeway and Dockside for the trestles because the run across open water could be minimized.

Here on the east coast of Florida we have many areas requiring idle speeds because of Manatees. I make occasional scouting trips with a guide friend I build rods for. In the past we always used the most central launch, but now we do select different ramps because it's not practical to have to go through the idle zones to move from one spot to another.

Fishing with a guide can be as lazy or as intense as you make it. I don't treat it any different than a trip with any other good fisherman. I always want the guide to fish because I learn local techniques as well as areas. I like to bring home a few fish, but I expect to fish for the entire time of the charter, not just come in with an early limit. I can clean my own fish. I do my share of netting fish and handling the boat as necessary, and I take care of my own tackle.

Want to help my son with his calculus and physics ;)

Now this is a funny post.

Had the whole family laughing out loud.

I hope the little guy is not mad at me for doing it. He has a great smile... very enthusiastic... :)