horn4life

well hell, you have 4 days left and the wind is laying down. Get to work! So I can live vicariously!!!!

You know visiting College Station just sucks... because it's, College Station. But this is a whole new season now, and hope springs eternal. Sure would be fun to send the Ags to an endless summer of endless boredom in CS.

That's what she said...

I used to carry two 3 woods back in the day, one with very low loft that I used as a driver on all but the longest of holes, and one with higher loft off the turf. In a way that lofted three wood was what allowed me to mostly use that shorter but straighter 3 wood off the box. Might even get a chance to play again occasionally soon... but haha I was saying the same thing this time last year...

If it's any consolation there have only been about two days since I went to Port a the last weekend in April that have not been pretty damn windy. You gotta get that humidity North somehow to create those monster storms! But you can always catch a buzz... 😉

For some odd reason this picture made me think of this picture

Time to start enjoying some cooler meals. My wife is trying to avoid acidity in foods but she loves a Caprese salad, so I used a Peach substitute. Damned Delisions! Second photo is a few days later with the charcuterie board, rosemary pistachios were something new, and we seared then chilled and seasoned the asparagus. Nice refreshing meal.

Sometimes... it just comes down to stupidity, arrogance, and some leaning Lincoln logs...

Reminded me of the old days when my Dad used to do some photography for team Yamaha when Kenny Roberts was a badass on everything with two wheels. Cool that his signature is on the bike. It was cool for me to have pit passes as a teen in the Astrodome when they ran the steeplechase and flat track events. Dad went out to Daytona a few times with Yamaha as a the team photographer. He got one shot of Kenny in a road race that became a big wall panel photo for the dealers nationwide, His profession was geologist but he loved racing and anything fast all his life and damned if could not take some incredible pictures. If you bought a motorcycle magazine in the late 70's he had a great photo that Can Am used on the back covers that he took at Rio Bravo. Anyhow he will be excited to see this old screamer with Kenny's signature.

Sorry for your loss. I don't usually look at the pics. But I think the title "Securing the Pipe" gives credence to the "I'm a woman" argument! 😉

I'll be honest. If you have to call a plumber for this sort of shit, fucking hand in your man card!!! Fixing a p-trap connection is as fundamental to manhood, as navigating without a map!

I live in NW Austin and I almost never go that way anymore. My mind begins to explode with the slow fuckers in the "fast/passing" lane on 35, and then the 410 South has been suckage for years. At least for the most part folks know to GTFO of my way once you hit 37. If it's a weekday I tend to roll down 183 as the ferry ride is sort of fun. But about now if I am not arriving early in the day I just go south on the one shitty section of 80 at Luling down through Kennedy and hook up to 37 in Mathis. I doubt it's any less time, but I arrive in Port A in a much better frame of mind! I am trying to figure out how to get down there again, but taking care of my Dad has killed my usual springtime forays. But looks like the weather has been blowing so much with high tides that I haven't missed much beach time. I'm curious to see how the staffing is gonna be at the new 3 story place that I assume is going to be open soon.

The main thing about Surf fishing is having a good shade cover. With some decent shade it's you can hang out all day long. One thing I used to do a lot when we knew when we knew we were going to be on the beach all day is precut some Tomato, onion, jalepeño and lime wedges for fresh ceviche. Nothing better than fresh caught ceviche on a frito scoop, delicious! It's also fun and crazy when one line bends towards the surf, and then another goes off. Tell me this wasn't exciting when I had the second line went off... Unfortunately with my house flooding two years ago with a total remodel, and this year taking care of my folks I had to go back a few years to find this Picture. But sure was a nice adrenaline rush at the time, trying to figure out which rod to loosen the drag on, and which to fight the fish on, AND not get tangled.

I didn't know shit about it until I saw a guy pull in a couple reds when sitting on the beach with our rug rats. How else was I to fish with little kids at the coast? It's certainly not always the most productive, but it's the most fun you can have with PVC pipe! I often refer to it as "DWF" ... drinking while fishing

ODDBALL coastal fishing question!!! I keep toying with the idea of a fat tire E-bike, to use for fishing at the coast. And wonder if you know anyone who uses one for fishing down there? As I was talking to my buddy and he said he sees folks putting them on the Jetty Boat in Port A all the time. It got me to thinking... how far is Cedar Bayou from the North jetty in Port A? Could it be E-bike accessible?!?!? Looking at Google earth it looks to be about 20 miles away, and the E-bike I am looking at has a ~60 mile range. But that range probably is greatly reduced in sand, I would imagine. A second Battery would eliminate my distance issues, and allow me to always have a spare charged. Aventon Adventure 2 link I am considering the purchase mainly to use when we put leave the RV in Port Aransas for the month of October. The E-Bike would allow me to not strand my wife without a vehicle, and allow her to use my truck for errands and shopping. Instead of waiting around for me, she can run the errands then bring the dog, along with some food/drink in the truck to where I am if I am on the fish. The old scenario was "sorry honey" the fish were biting... I also thought it might be interesting to use in the marshlands around Wilson's cut where I would not want to risk taking my truck. But the more I think about potentially figuring out how to make it all the way down to the beach side of Cedar Bayou might be fucking incredible. If I make it once and catch fish, I know my buddy will buy one just to not miss out. Plus I just thought it might be cool to take shelling in the more inaccessible areas and buy a second one for the wife. So anybody know anybody using an E-bike for fishing. I was having a rita with my buddy yesterday musing how cool it would be to pair a drone with the E-bike and just roll down the beach with the drone scouting the water and chasing the bait pods, and looks for the gaps in the cuts. But it might be a great accessory for our RV.

I agree with the go with some guides to cut the learning curve. Another thing you might find interesting is the TV show Texas Insider Fishing Report. I tape it in large part to live vicariously on the three regional coastal reports, and the tricks and tips part of the show would be great to cut your learning curve. https://texasinsiderfishingreport.com/ Once you catch the coastal fever you can spend money all day long if you want to, but perhaps the best thing you can learn in advance is to take care of your gear by washing it and wiping it down after each coastal use. My favorite fishing is actually sitting on the beach with the wife and dog surf fishing waiting for that big pole to bend. I may not always catch fish, but I usually catch a buzz.

Well I did learn that Stormy Daniels had a full ride to A&M...

Actually - I think the closest thing to bliss at ACL is and will always be... an air conditioned bathroom...

Meant to add this in- but got a call during my edit: I also personally don't think the Middle East will ever be stable. Simply as they centuries old tribal, ethnic, and religious rivalries are reinforced rather than muted year after year. You need look no farther than the last 15 minutes of Lawrence of Arabia to see this truth. After fighting and winning, these rivalries came to the forefront, and the victory simply evaporated into the desert...

Israel should be able to defend itself, and the Hamas attack was exceptionally brutal. But my mind tends to usually eventually drifts toward the use of the word "defend." When the body counts reach 10X, 20x or 100X that of the initial attack can you still call it defense? You also have to have two parties that want peace to get a peace agreement. Hamas doesn't want peace, and Israel doesn't want a two state solution. I also fear that the most dangerous thing long term for Israel is that politically (I don't have polling just antidotal evidence), that more younger Americans than perhaps ever before do not see Israeli actions that are causing horrific civilian outcomes as defense at all? If you lose American youth over a longer period of time, then the US funding that allows Israel to exist (you can disagree with this assessment) future funding will become more difficult to get, and threaten the very survival of Israel. From a simply logistics perspective I still cannot wrap my head around how long it took Israel to engage in the initial Hamas attack at the Music Festival? It's not like cell phones were not blowing up once it was clear what was going on. Not a lot of distance to cover when you can drive from Austin to Houston in 2.5 hours with traffic, How does it take a military with US military equipment hours upon hours to respond to such a horrific attack?

Apparently some outfit from plano did it as a one off SEMA custom. I needed some escape today so i looked online and they did a Youtube series showing the build. Pretty interesting. Let me know when you build your own Surly version! But interesting to see the details of the build. I especially like that you could shimmy between the cab and the camper if it was pouring rain. But I think whenever I get rid of my RV trailer Taco is where I think I am likely headed.

Just saw this thread the other day. And this popped up. TACOZILLA But this pick is the truth that everything new was once old. As this color scheme is I believe from like 1968? Only thing it really needs is this

Well looking at the video the kid can indeed make a bank shot within 5 feet of the rim. At Texas that could mean an additional win in the NCAA bracket! (strange but true...)

Honestly I love both the FG and the Alberto, especially when I am getting my gear ready to go watching the television. As they are superior knots as far as smoothness going through the guides. But I have to admit that when the wind is blowing I nearly always go double Uni. Simply as I've been tying it so long that I can do it basically by feel if need be. What I really needed this weekend was a knot that made the fish want to bite in 30 MPH winds. 😉

I'm using if for invisibility as I am using it for my surf rigs. Over time I definitely get more bites on the fluro rigs, than the exact same rigs with Mono. I am assuming the bite difference is the "invisibility" of the flurocarbon. I also use it on my bobber stopper float rigs we use at the jetty and sometimes in the surf (when it's calmer). It also is a little more durable than mono on the rocks at the jetty, where you are for sure gonna get some abrasion. After reading what I wrote I thought.. why not just look it up- Here was the google experimental AI overview - At the coast I like using #17 or #20 Fluro tied to smaller/lighter braid or mono as leader onto my lures. On the bigger surf double drop rigs I will use 30#. But again you sacrifice more bites the heavier (larger diameter) you go, IMHO.