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This is getting old.
How so?
Evidently , there's only so much trenchant social satire that some people can withstand before the painful truth overwhelms the witty comic format.
Also, postal carriers don't wear bow ties.
Surely they did in the 1930s?
Pink slime technology hadn't been developed yet then. It must be some sort of future/past batman like alternative timeline.
He's got no purple panda with him either.
How is it getting old? Really?
He's done essentially the same joke every 3 or 4 weeks since like 2002 (I started reading Dancing Bug when it showed up on Salon, but I think I've probably read them all now). I agree with the social commentary, but I'm tired of Lucky Duck. Honestly, it feels like these are the strips he phones in when he can't think of something interesting.
And that's fair enough. He's produced a lot of material.
And to be clear, I wouldn't complain if I didn't like his other work.
But the Lucky Duck strips have gotten pretty stale over the years.
Considering how good some of his other social commentary is, the Lucky Ducky strips often fall flat because they try to address much more complex issues. This one doesn't even make sense in that the entire justification for the trickle-down argument is that the money is supposed to end up going to the "Lucky Duckies". Hollingsworth Hound in this case should be applauding this happening for Lucky Ducky for the first time, trying to convince L.D. that he has his best interests at heart.
The last Lucky Ducky/Hollingsworth Hound comic on BB was back in January.
He hasn't done the same joke every time. Capitalism has. And the Hollingsworth Hounds of the world thank you for being so blasé about it.
Maybe the fact that this is the way the world actually works is getting old.
Oh, no – tedious gags about 1-dimensional class-warfare stereotypes makes me laugh so hard my monocle pops right out.
I, for one, can't wait for these Lucky Duck strip scenarios:
– in spite of numerous felonies, LD can't get fired from his insanely lucrative low-level govt job because he's part of a powerful voting bloc
– LD's bankrupt Widget factory still gets billions in loans because he's a political donor to Government Goose
– Hollingsworth's net worth is completely siphoned into federal coffers but his "contribution" doesn't make the slightest damned bit of difference because Federal Fox can't stop spending trillions of dollars every year
Oh, wait, you're MITT ROMNEY!
Folks, the Mittsner is in the house!
Out of the three scenarios you're tossing out there, one of them has LD as Hollingsworth Hound's role (unless there's a way to get billions and own a factory while still dirt-poor).
– LD's bankrupt Widget factory still gets billions in loans because he's a political donor to Government Goose
Lucky Ducky is a working class everyman…er everyduck, so this makes almost no sense. The kind of people that manipulate politicians to receive corporate welfare and government largesse (while simultaneously complaining about *big government*) are the Hollingsworth Hounds of the U.S., The Kochs, the Wall Streeters, the oil men etc. Our beloved oligarchs.
It's been said a million ways, but it's always true that it's business as usual when the elite business class craps on everybody else, and "class warfare" when the shat upon complain about it.
I see what you tried to do there by making a thinly veiled reference to Solyndra, for the benefit of anybody else viewing, your narrative has been shown to be Mostly False
The mistake here, Gas Pumper, is in trying to speak logic to someone who's shitting straw men faster than you can light them on fire.
Totally nailed it there, guy.
Especially with the bland "it's always true" appeal to common practice that stealing from a smaller class of people isn't class warfare when you rob them with good intentions. Only GOP oligarch oil baron wouldn't want to give more money to us so we can feed the masses!
The real issue couldn't possibly be that the govt is spending entirely too much (which it is), or that there's already a huge tax burden on the upper register of the income brackets, or the crushing amount of entitlements being paid out that a large portion of the "shat upon". It's that Rich Guy McStrawman isn't giving enough back of what he's earned. Who cares how he earned it or how he wants to use it, just take more. Because people love when you forcibly confiscate their property.
Close, but not quite on the Solyndra reference. (And "Mostly False" is a really shining declaration of only partial malfeasance.)
Maybe it's referring to the auto bailout, Solar Trust of America, Ener1 or Fannie/Freddie… Take your pic!
It's so hard to keep track of all the handouts to virtuous causes that end up costing us billions. The important thing here is that if rich people give them more money, they're gonna create tons of jobs for everyone.
or that there's already a huge tax burden on the upper register of the income brackets
lmfao. Not true in any imagined universe that you choose to inhabit.
Funny that choose those privately owned GSEs but ignore all the other financial institutes that were bailed out by both party's as well as the last president. They should have had to help themselves with private funds, or be winded down, or taken over by the state, just like they did in Sweden.
It's that Rich Guy McStrawman isn't giving enough back of what he's earned. Who cares how he earned it or how he wants to use it, just take more. Because people love when you forcibly confiscate their property.
A portion of his money is not his "property", he can "Go Galt" and live on a ship in the middle of the ocean if he doesn't want to contribute to the society that enabled him to accumulate his wealth. Also the Hollingsworth Hounds of the world are more than happy to use their power to confiscate other people's property when it suits them, see the Keystone Pipeline for just one example of many. Or all the so called "Liberty" types who have made fortunes off the spoils of the U.S. military complex.
There was a time in U.S. history when taxes were truly progressive, from low taxes on people with very low incomes graduating fairly smoothly to taxes on the rich that were as confiscatory as those in the most Socialist Western countries in Europe. We tried it. During the Eisenhower administration, right after the end of WWII, and tax rates are a pretty easy thing to fact-check.
Funny thing: Truly Progressive tax rates with the wealthiest Americans paying the most didn't cripple the economy at all. To the contrary, people with money who wanted more HAD to invest it wisely in order to make it grow; not just rely on an unending spiral of tax cuts. Contractors doubled down by ENCOURAGING the building of roads and bridges with government funds, for which their labor and materials would of course be used, and their companies (and they personally) would in turn be enriched by a share of the profits made building the roads and bridges WHILE CREATING JOBS WHICH FURTHER STIMULATED THE ECONOMY.
A spiral of growth was created, and our economy expanded under these high tax rates like it never had before or has since.
We always have a choice: Old-world economic aristocracy in the style of the czars or the old French or English moneyed aristocracies, exactly the sort of economic model Americans fought a revolution to overthrow; vs. an economy with progressive tax rates that requires training and work and infrastructure and continual investment in training and work and infrastructure in order to maintain solid economic health.
Perhaps you have a newsletter and/or website to which I could subscribe?
Oh, and good to see someone else caught the bs Solyndra dig. Add the Fannie-Freddie crack and ignorance of how well the auto bailout worked, and all Layne has left to do is take a shot at the CRA — railing about how the crisis was really caused by banks being forced to loan money to poor people because Clinton'speniskenyanmarxistbushneverreallyexistedFREEDUMism.
Or something. I really don't get those people.
Keep up the good fight. I'm going back to lurking …
Aren't they still running "Mallard Fillmore" in the dailies? That one might be more your speed.
I'm also wondering if you can name a single billionaire who is consistently taxed at above 20% of their gross income including capital gains, etc. Or if you can cite an instance of an "insanely lucrative low-level govt job".
Right on, dude. When you can't address the substance of a differing opinion, stoop to personal attacks and ask for specific instances that you can then swat away. Why not go the extra lazy-ass mile and call me troll astroturfer for the Kochtopus?
Tax all the billionaires in the nation and you won't even dent the pace of the debt we've been wracking up in the past 8 years. Implementing this stupid, pandering tax would only raise an estimated $2.8 billion a year. Which comes out to less than a day's worth of new debt incurred by those selfless compassionate champions of the lower classes in Washington. Already this year they've managed to rack up an impressive $780 billion in debt. I know math is hard, but you shouldn't have to use all your fingers and toes to figure out the bigger number issue there.
But you know – rich people just gotta pay more money. Problem solved!
And govt pay? Pretty well evidenced that it's greater than comparable positions in the private sector – and that's before you even factor in pensions, benefits and the greater obstacles for termination of employment.
Guess 'Family Circus' is more your speed.
From your own link.
Key findings:
• Federal. The federal pay premium cut across all job categories — white-collar, blue-collar, management, professional, technical and low-skill. In all, 180 jobs paid better average salaries in the federal government; 36 paid better in the private sector.
• Private. The private sector paid more on average in a select group of high-skill occupations, including lawyers, veterinarians and airline pilots. The government's 5,200 computer research scientists made an average of $95,190, about $10,000 less than the average in the corporate world.
• State and local. State government employees had an average salary of $47,231 in 2008, about 5% less than comparable jobs in the private sector. City and county workers earned an average of $43,589, about 2% more than private workers in similar jobs. State and local workers have higher total compensation than private workers when the value of benefits is included.
So this is really trivial, with the exception that government jobs help keep standards and pay higher for the private sector as well.
Red herring is red.
Since tax cuts for the wealthy have been a proven failure, along with austerity as well, it's on you to come up with some magical source of revenue.
But you know – rich people just gotta pay more money. Problem solved!
Yes they do. That's one part of fixing the problem indeed. And I'd phrase it more like: "Rich people just gotta get off their gravy train".
? What part of your post had anything to do with any part of mine?
For example, where is the "personal attack"? Suggesting that you might like a comic strip featuring a duck that explicitly endorses a politically conservative POV is supposed to be an attack? I mean, sure it's not funny but it's pretty obvious by now that you have a shit-poor sense of humor in the first place.
I don't know which specific tax you're talking about…you'll notice I said nothing about any particular tax in my post. I do think it's pretty hilarious (obviously unintentionally so) that you jump straight to this "Kochtopus" garbage on the basis of 4 sentences, two of which are completely benign (seriously, what's wrong with recommending "Mallard Fillmore"?) and the other two of which are completely legitimate questions. Which, by the way, you almost entirely ignored. ("greater than comparable" is not the same as "insanely lucrative")
So you're an idealogue. And you probably don't have an original thought in your head. But your best argument is a tu quoque, projecting on me all your biases about liberals — again, on the basis of four sentences that have shit all to do with your accusations.
Keep living in your angry, hateful little fantasy world, man. You're the best laugh I've had all day.
How exactly is questioning the points you made to introduce your argument not "addressing the substance" of this differing opinion? If you're expressing your argument with those points then those are exactly the points you should expect to be questioned on and those which you should be able to back up. You didn't offer anything of a reply, unless this reply IS supposed to be your evidence for "lucrative low-level" government jobs. Maybe the answer could be that those government jobs are actualy offering something closer to a fair price for labor, and that the private sector has had supressed wages (what about the stagnation of wages for about 80% of all US jobs in terms of real spending power over the last 30 years). It couldn't be that massive wealth inequality gives more leverage to those who ultimately decide on what they are willing to pay their employees, leading to a greater skewing over time – business practices have always been fair when it comes to labor.
Give us some substance that isn't just based on the assumption that people already actually earn what they get, that fairness and meritocracy define our nation's economy. I certainly don't share that view, especially on a structural level, and I've seen plenty to make me believe the opposite is true. Also, what difference does it make? Why is it that what those with great wealth "deserve" is somehow more valuable and more fundamental than what would lead to the best for the most? Maybe what you see in that is communist Russia, but what I see is socialist Germany or Norway, societies in which parental income has far less of an influence (or at least predictive correspondence) with future child income than here in the US. That sounds more like equality of opportunity to me…
Also, where are you getting the $2.8B amount? I've seen it at $36B on the low end – still not amazing, but over an order of magnitude greater than what you've suggested. The Buffett Tax itself won't solve the problem, but its passing would open the door for more meaningful tax reform, breaking the stalement that Grover Norquist's pledge for the GOP has created. Perhaps the repeal of the Bush tax cuts for those making over $200K/year (as the Dems pushed last year), which would result in much greater revenues, perhaps the aggressive pursuit of international tax havens, perhaps treating capital gains as standard income. It has to start somewhere, and I can't see a problem with it being those people who have been flourishing during the economic stagnation, many of whom were also those who caused it in the first place. I'm sure the rich will be bled dry by such crushing taxes, though, and it will harm our economy just as deeply as it did in the decades after WW2.
But let's go further…
How about that Solyndra investigation, which has been mining for dirt to throw at the Obama administration for a year and has ultimately come up with little to nothing in the way of wrongdoing? It's not like Germany ran into cost problems with their large solar industry, either, due to massive Chinese expansion meant to undercut everyone else and shore up wavering overall manufacturing exports. But China never engages in practices meant to skew world markets in their favor.
How about all that government overspending on the "shat upon"? It couldn't be that such spending actually saves us from greater costs in the long run in terms of medicine and law-enforcement (but hey, there could never be food riots here, and why should we feel compelled to care for people who show up to emergency rooms). It couldn't also be the case that all of these programs now have time limits and employment /education /health requirements for adults. It couldn't be that all of these programs are carefully monitored and subjected to cost-benefit analysis, regularly reported upon to Congress. It couldn't be that poverty in the US is an issue far deeper than most people are willing to recognize because doing so would call into question many deep assumptions about the nature of our world and the modern social contract. Nobody has ever gone through great efforts to avoid the truth.
And how about Freddie and Fannie? Wasn't it great when they stopped accepting loans made with few requirements for being too risky, and then private institutions stepped in and took the mortgage security industry to an entirely different scale, one without any of the strict-by-comparison oversight that the FM's were subject to? Those hundreds of billions we paid to bail them out were terrible, especially when compared with the trillions paid secretly to private banks (which still didn't cover their losses, which they probably plan on hiding until the end of time by refusing to mark-to-market the assets they still hold). Wasn't it also great when those same private institutions created all of those completely invisible CDO's between each other which caused the collapse to spread to every major finance institution? I thought that was brilliant, and highlighted exactly how businesses always ultimately act in the public interest through the free market when they lack regulation weighing them down.
It also couldn't be the case that along with increasing revenues, the current administration pushed for a massive infrastructure program which would have created jobs (for low-wage workers, whose income is generally spent back into the economy almost immediately) as well as saving us tens of billions (at least) every year that we otherwise lose through additional fuel costs, transport delays, and accidents caused by our crumbling roads and bridges. That was a terrible idea with no merit, especially because it would mean the government spending more money in the short-term. The GOP would never try to prevent useful policyfrom passing, milking the economic crisis as a way of winning political points.
seriously, what's wrong with recommending "Mallard Fillmore"?
'Cause "Mallard Fillmore" is of, by, and for humor-deficient dolts and self-centered, shortsighted rubes. I'd be insulted too.
– LD can't get fired from his insanely lucrative low-level govt job because he's part of a powerful voting bloc
Huh? Working people? Government workers?
Tell me, do you think these working people in this "powerful voting bloc" have more or less influence in politics than the average American? And do you think the men who have given millions to the Republican super-pacs have more or less influence in politics than the average American?
Barney Frank has said that "Big money is very important, but on issues that the voters speak out on, they will kick big money's ass." Unlike Layne Frank considers this to be a good thing, but it should also be noted that Frank's comment doesn't take into account the fact that the reason big money is important is because votes can be bought.
Oh, no – tedious gags about 1-dimensional class-warfare stereotypes makes me laugh so hard my monocle pops right out.
The guy who has the gun to your head, forcing you to read it? Tell him he has my permission.
So… you think it would be exciting for Hollingsworth to win a round? But but, it would defeat the whole gag. Lucky Ducky is the underdog (so to speak) but he always outsmarts Hollingsworth. It's like the Road Runner, you know. I mean, of course we all want Hollingsworth to pull one over on Lucky Ducky, but it's the wanting it (being denied the satisfaction of seeing Lucky Ducky get his comeuppance) that makes the joke so EXCITING!
Agreed. Ready to vote republicans out of office yet?
*sigh* We're all getting old. What can ya do. . . .
Not as old as filthy, inhuman avarice.
Poor Hollingsworth Hound. He should take his money and stuff it in a mattress. That'll keep it out of the hands of the hoi polloi.
Better Lucky Duck than Dolan [yes, that's how it's spelled] Duck.
Lucky Ducky should be paying tax on that $1. He's cheating the system.
So trickle down economics and tax cuts for the rich actually work! Never thought this would come from Tom the dancing bug :)
It's true. Let them eat dollar menu, Laffer, cancer burgers!
WAH! i want my comics to be about cats with eating disorders and the hilarious, unpredictable things children say and do!!
ARGH! Now *I* want an ammonia burger! LUCKY DUCKY!!!!
See, trickle down economics does work!
The real irony about the whole trickle down thing is that many of the rich and super rich emphasize how they are not spending their money like crazy. Just recently I read about Melinda Gates who was quoted saying she doesn't care about luxury goods and tries not to pay more than necessary.
It was written a long time ago, but Studs Terkel wrote a book called "Working" which was a collection of interviews with people just talking about their jobs. A garbage man observed that middle class and poor people's trash was filled with all the brand name stuff; rich people's garbage had generic and house brand garbage.
He's gonna need to get that top hat reblocked. Tsk tsk.
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Okay, yeah, I know: these have been around awhile. But, I just recently bought some Simpsons figures online. I bid on Bart, Homer, Krusty, Milhouse and Groundskeeper Willie. This line has received such acclaim, and I wanted to finally get some and see for myself. Let me just say, I wasn't really too thrilled with these, as everyone else has seemed to be...
I'll just cut right to the chase here. When did Homer Simpson ever have green shoes? Why can't Milhouse hold (basically) any of his accessories? Why can Bart barely hold his accessories? Why won't Santa's Little Helper stand up? Why (a common question in this thread) can't Krusty really hold some of his accessories?
Homer's green shoes I can live with, it's really no big deal (maybe they are green and I just think they're gray...or I got a variant ). But the fact of them releasing Milhouse with this giant Squishee and he can't even hold it, no way, no how and that it looks like he can hold his walkie-talkie, but he can't (even with that little handle. The only way to do it is to turn it around the wrong way), and that he can barely hold on to the ice cream cone is just, well, wrong. There is just no excuse. Every other figure could hold at least some of their accessories. Except: Bart has some real trouble holding that can of spray paint. Everytime I push it in his hand, it pops right out. Same with Krusty and the video camera. What, may I ask, is the point of throwing in accessories that the figures can't even hold? Why even bother? And SLH? If the surface you're putting him on is completely flat, don't even bother. It's a balancing act. So, I had to lean him against Bart.
I wanted to try to get a lot of figures, even though Series 1 will cost me a pretty penny. But now, I'm not so sure about it. Don't get me wrong though - as I'm sure I will have a lot of people arguing with me on this one. They look nice. For me, they're great display peices. I knew going in they were to have limited articulation, so that's no big deal. I just love the Simpsons and I wanted to get some of my favorite characters. But I'm disappointed with how some of this is being done, and I don't understand it.
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best mid-sized cichlids?
Hey everyone :) After 10 years of being aquarium free, i decided to go for a cichlid tank again because i loved having my cichlid tank so much when i was younger.
If anyone has any suggestions as to what the best mid sized cichlids are as far as color and personality that would be great. The first two i bought for my cichlid community were a albino tiger oscar and a salvini. The salvini was an impulse buy as i was staring at tanks at my LFS and had never seen one before... once the google images popped up for adult salvinis i had an employee bag one up for me.
At this point I am thinking an electric blue jack dempsey based on some of the research I have done, or maybe a blue acara. Is there anything close to a miniature fiestae? Anything colorful that would go well with these two?
I just don't want anything bigger than the oscar.. so something around the savini's size
I don't have a final tank yet, just temporary for the juvis.
geos , honduran red points, convicts maybe a flower horn or pike cichlid if you can dilute their aggression
my fav cichlids are rams they're always awesome but will be eaten by those guys if u mix em lol
You are going to need at the very very bare minimum of 75gallons, 125G+ would be best. There are many mid sized cichlids which will work with your two. Severums are an obvious choice...you would be forced to go for a tank in excess of 100G with choosing them with your O and Sal. A female JD would also be good, Green Terror is another option, Convicts, larger Thorichthys sp., larger Cryptoheros sp., Eartheaters, etc.
If it were me I would opt for a 125G...go for a small shoal of black line redhooks(5-6) your O, your Sal, and then add a male Rotkeil Severum, and a Green Terror along with a few smaller cichlids like a group of Cutteri.3x75 gallons|2x55 gallons|2x50 gallons|3x40 gallons|1x29 gallon|1x10 gallon
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thanks for the suggestions. MCH where in va are you? I am in northern virginia. Also, I cant find anything on the red hooks you mentioned. Green terror would be cool.. i may end up going with a 75-90. I guess it depends on what kind of good deals i can find on craigslist
(not my fish) This is what I am referring, most reference lists them as simply Black Bar SDs..however there are a few different morphs...and this one which also has the red extended anal fin of a red hook SD is IMO the most attractive.
In a 75-90G you will be very limited in what you can keep with your Oscar...I would keep it simple and only put the O, the Sal and one other Cichlid that also taps out about 6".
I live about 2 hours away from Roanoke
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Those red hooks (Myletes rubripinnis) are monsters (up to 12") compared to the run of the mill silver dollars (Metynnis argenteus - 5-8")
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Your cichlids are in the upper range of aggresion and will need a very spacious tank size, if you plan on adding other fish you will need to go up too about 100 gallons at least. Then you can think about getting larger shoaling fish ie Silver Dollars, as well as cichlids such as the T-bars, blue acara, mayan, female green terror or perhaps a jack dempsey? There are many fish you can mix with your two given enough room


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This one comes with no guarantees. Just a combination of studying and trying to combine lightweight/ castable, bulky, bright, and shiny. I'm embarrassed to say that after I started this I realized it was going to look like something that fell out of Ronald McDonald's fly box. You want fries with that?
Hook: 1/0 Daiichi stainless steel
Thread: Clear mono
Belly/spreader: Mike Martinek's fibers, pearl
Wing: Icelandic Sheep fur
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Head: Coastal deer belly
The only thing special about tying this is using Mike's fibers for the spreader. I pull off/ out a clump, pinching it in the middle I straighten out the fibers, double them up once or twice, tie in and glue at the rear of the hook. I then pick out the fibers for a tail with a dubbing needle.
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Description The cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii) is a species of freshwater fish in the salmon family of order Salmoniformes. It is one of the many fish species colloquially known as trout. All subspecies of cutthroat trout are sought after gamefish, especially among anglers who enjoy fly fishing.
Several native subspecies of cutthroat are currently listed as threatened, generally due to loss of habitat and introduction of non-native species.
Cutthroat trout are native to western North America. The cutthroat species has evolved through geographic isolation into many subspecies, each native to a different major drainage basin. Native cutthroat species are found along the Pacific Northwest coast, in the Cascade Range, the Great Basin, and throughout the Rocky Mountains. Some coastal populations are anadromous, living primarily in the Pacific Ocean as adults and returning to fresh water from fall through early spring to feed on insects and spawn. Most populations, however, stay in freshwater throughout their lives and are known as non-migratory, stream-resident or riverine populations. Anadromous fish may reach weights of 20 pounds (9 kg), but those fish which remain permanently in freshwater may only reach a weight of 2 pounds (1 kg). At least three subspecies are confined to isolated basins in the Great Basin and can tolerate saline or alkaline water.
Dimensions Up to 30" (76 cm); 41 lbs (18.6 kg).
Endangered Status Three subspecies of the Cutthroat Trout are on the U.S. Endangered Species List. The Lahontan Cutthroat Trout is classified as threatened in California, Nevada, Oregon, and Utah. The Paiute Cutthroat Trout is classified as threatened in California. The Greenback Cutthroat Trout is classified as threatened in Colorado. The decline of these subspecies can be attributed to changes in habitat, usually caused by water-management practices but also by livestock grazing and the mining and timber industries; overfishing; and the introduction of non-native fishes which prey upon, compete with, and hybridize with the natives. A newly introduced illness called whirling disease may also develop into a major threat.
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Rowdy stopping enroute to the pile. He gave me a little crooked sit so I staighted it out.
He will stop directly in front of the pile. So we are ready to move on. This morning he was giving me all kind of trouble flaring from the chair. I moved up closer and it went away. I thought I had this straightened out but it came back. He hasn't had any pressure at the flair point and just started doing this today. The flair is from the right side send only. See attached video. Any suggestions besides moving up? Note he stopped immediately in front of the pile and was square but had a lazy sit which I corrected.


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|For those thinking of purchasing this pontoon. I love mine, as for lining up the valves I do not see what the big problem is, I had no problems lining mine up. This is my first pontoon and I am very happy with it, the only thing I can figure is that people do not have the patients to simply un-velcro the valves and line them up. Inflating is a breeze, the rack on the back is great, I can put a cooler back there along with alot other equipment. I attached a berkley 3 rod holder on the back with zip ties so now I can have 3 rods with me. The only thing that is a waste on this pontoon is the rod holder they include with the boat, there is no where I can see of to put it so that the rod will not be in the way when paddling.
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I am going to Jamaica for my first time next month. some friends go there every year for 3 months.
I LOVED your story it was not too long at all. How wonderful to be able to have that experience with your son.
We are staying up on the cliff's in our friends house. doing it local style. It is really the only way to doit.
Your blog has me even more excited for my trip.
Negril AGAIN - by far the best trip to date.....
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My mission:
To convince a city-slicking 12 year old boy that Disneyland is not the best vacation in the world. The tools I have to complete my mission: a tight budget, 2 tickets to Jamaica and a 12 year old boy with an attitude about going. He thinks that just because its my favorite place on earth, why should I have to inflict it upon others? What is there to do on a beach all day for 7 days straight? His biggest concern was staying up all night the night before departure packing his most fashionable clothing and burning CD's of songs that will remind him mostly of home while we're gone.
Saturday, after 6 hours of a rare direct flight from Calgary, Canada to Montego Bay, Jamaica, our plane begins its
to the bottom where all the coral reefs are, and he could distinctly see the different depths of the Caribbean Sea.
Finally the plane turned to an angle where we could see the island, although it doesn't look like much from the air, just a bunch of green hills dotted with a bunch of white houses. No concrete jungle in sight, and no theme parks. I know in my heart the joy of stepping off an airplane into this beauty, this climate, this culture, this natural wonderland....but does he? What will he think of the seemingly low-tech airport compared to the likes of the big cities we've been to? What will he think of the gong-show taxi ride to our cabins, an hour and a half away in Negril? What do I mean by gong-show you might ask? Pay close attention later, to any of the descriptions of our taxi rides!
Our plane touches down and anyone who is Jamaican on this flight applauds the landing, something I became accustomed to in past trips
In 2004 at Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay (MoBay), there were no boarding bridges from the plane to the airport yet, so when you land there you descend a flight of stairs onto the tarmac. While still in our seats the front and rear doors of the plane are opened up and immediately the warm, humid air rushes through the cabin, and instantly my pants are sticking to my legs. To me this is like "old faithful", the fresh smell in the air, the humidity, the heat. I find myself thinking "this is it...he'll either love it or hate me for subjecting him to this."
While we wait in the customs and immigration line, my mind wanders to whether or not our taxi man Lloyd will be waiting for us when we get through. In Jamaica, time is usually not of the essence, it's known as "Jamaican time" which means if there's a clock on the wall it usually doesn't work. Finally a distraction....the singing ladies! Aside from the fact that I'm actually in Jamaica, the singing ladies are my favorite part of arriving
work for the Jamaica Tourist Board and they greet every plane-load of tourists with a performance of random folk songs such as "Welcome to Jamaica". It's very apparent that the people of Jamaica know tourism is their #1 industry.
For me the excitement of having yet another Jamaican stamp in my passport is payoff enough, for Curtis it'll take a lot more convincing. The ride from MoBay to our cabins in Negril is an hour and a half of countryside and some not so nice scenery, which will serve as his first impression of this country.
As we step out into my beloved Jamaican sun, up rushes Lloyd, our taxi driver to whisk us away. We don't actually know him but I spoke with him on the phone 2 weeks earlier to book our ride. He was recommended by the lady who owns the cabins we are staying at. He shakes my son's hand as if to treat him like a man and asks if its his first time in Jamaica. Curtis says yes sheepishly, actually having to admit he's a tourist and not a regular. But they do the man thing and quickly get to know each other on the way to the taxi van. Curtis finds it amusing that the vehicles in Jamaica have a right-side driver's seat and drive on the opposite side of the road
Most of the highway between Mobay and Negril is full of potholes and lined with little wooden shacks in poor repair. Although, if you look up to the left you will see the odd white mansion on the hillside and wonder who actually lives there. After traveling a ways outside of Mobay, over to the right is the ocean which follows
you the rest of the way to Negril.
Curtis is very quiet in the back seat and it makes me wonder if he's already regretting this trip, since the majority of the scenery is small wooden shacks, children and old people seemingly riding their bicycles and walking to nowhere, and cook shops that look like somewhere you wouldn't eat if you were paid. I turn to ask Curtis if its too windy back there, as Lloyd prefers to have all the windows down rather than turn on air conditioning. This does wonders for my curly hair, considering that humidity + wind = messed up afro! To my surprise Curtis answers, "no, I'm just taking in the scenery".
Finally we reach pretty much the first civilization since leaving Mobay, a town called Lucea (pronounced Lucy). It's a bustling little place, the streets crowded with people, cars and buses carrying other tourists on their way to Negril. Our speed reduces from Mach 1 to a crawl, and I always marvel at the apparent "I've been driving in Jamaica my whole life" expertise of these taxi drivers inside town or city limits. There never appears to be any road rules. Pedestrians, cyclists and vehicles compete for right of way, yet no one gets hit. And when two cars pass in the street there is only a fraction of an inch between them
Lloyd stops behind another taxi van whose driver and Caucasian passengers are standing around the van. There's also a police officer talking to them. Lloyd gets out, runs into a store to get Curtis a beverage and then stands outside talking to the other driver. After a few minutes, Lloyd and the Caucasian couple approach our van and get in. The story was that the other taxi didn't have current JUTA stickers and is forbidden to carry passengers for money. Lloyd agrees to take on the 2 passengers as they're heading for Negril as well.
The two Americans sit in the back with Curtis, and after conversing for a couple minutes we learn they have come to Jamaica to get married and honeymoon at a large resort. They are quite disgusted with their experience so far since they had only been in Jamaica a few hours and it was a disaster. As if trying to impress Curtis isn't hard enough, he gets to hear first hand someone else's horror stories. I immediately jump in and assure them the rest of their trip will be unforgettable and that in a couple years they'd look back and laugh at the mishap. I hate when I hear tainted views of Jamaica, I sort of take it personally.
After driving another half hour, the familiarity of "my town" comes rushing back to me when I see the first of the major Negril resorts on the right side of the road
like to be mashed in with all the "other" tourists. I get to see enough North Americans when I'm at home. In my opinion, staying in an all-inclusive resort defeats the purpose of traveling to a country with a different culture.
Our van slows down as we approach this monstrosity of a resort, the Riu, on the right. I've heard and read a lot about it. I know it's beautiful, known worldwide and overpriced, but serves its purpose for people who want to come to Jamaica and not worry about organizing their own marriage and honeymoon. Lloyd pulls into the rounded driveway right in front of the main doors so we can see into the lobby. Wow. Impressive. We wish the couple well, congratulate them on their marriage and I sincerely hope the rest of their trip would be hassle free. I see them slip Lloyd some money that he tries to refuse, with no success.
Onward. 15 minutes or so up Norman Manly Blvd, where the hotels gradually got smaller and much less than MEGA, the van slows and stops. This is it, the moment of truth
The place we're staying this week, Lazy Dayz, is run by a fellow Canadian out of Ontario. In 2004 it was comprised of about 6 rustic cabins, a gazebo style loft, a 2 bedroom guest house, and a really nice beach house where the owner stays when she's in Jamaica, and gets rented out when she's not. There is also a really tiny wooden cabin where the cleaning and maintenance staff stays.
The two cabins I rented for the week are the smallest, but are built up on a really large wooden deck that has 2 picnic tables and 2 porch swings. In between the 2 little cabins is a smaller wood structure that houses 2 toilets and 2 sinks, separated by a wall. Behind that is an outdoor shower...one of the surprises not even I knew about! This shower area is only partially surrounded by a fence about my height, and the toilet building. To me, this seems charming. Who wouldn't want to shower outside surrounded by lush greenery and the sound of reggae music?
Although I have to admit, the first time I used it I kept my bathing suit on assuming someone's sole mission was to walk around the corner and catch me naked
Lloyd gave me his cell number in case we needed to get around during the week, and then he left. As he drove away we were presented with the keys to our 2 cabins by a staff member. She pointed towards the staff quarters and advised us that if we needed anything we should come there and ask. I also knew that the Canadian owner of the property would be arriving in a couple of days. I felt completely safe and secure here, although we hadn't actually opened the doors yet.
The grand opening....I felt like a married couple about to cross a threshold and I'm nervous. Remember, I'm in Jamaica facing a city boy who didn't want to be on this trip. This is day one, I don't want to go through 6 more full of misery from a child wondering when we're getting the hell out of here! I've done this trip before and stayed in
meager accommodations and I know I can handle it. In fact, it increases the pleasure I get from experiencing life. But the only places my son has been involve amusement rides and skateboard parks.
I insert the key, turn the knob, open the door and VOILA
I relax a little more about Curtis now because he's been to my uncle's cabin before and loves it there. There are definitely no frills here but I also know we won't be doing anything inside these cabins except sleeping. The purpose of our trip is not to hang out indoors and play cards. Once Curtis actually steps outside of these gated grounds he will finally see what I see and feel what I feel on this God-given island.
Curtis has a smile on his face so it seems that all is well and I can rest easier. I start making excuses for the lack of a fancy hotel but he seems to think "whatever". I think that means he likes it, he already has his shirt off and ball cap on, ready to hit the beach. Its very late in the afternoon now, the sun will be setting in a couple hours and I
realize we haven't eaten since before lunch time
The next challenge that I have in mind for him is food. Yes you can find burgers and fries in Jamaica, hell there's a KFC and a Burger King in Mobay. But the less expensive food is local food and it's really something that shouldn't be missed. If you don't eat local you really haven't experienced anything here. One of my favorite places to hang out in past trips is called Sun Beach Bar and that's where I figure we'll eat our first meal since its familiar and its close by. They have local and western food and lots of Red Stripe for moms.
Our cabins were set back on the moderately treed property a little ways, so we started walking towards the front of the property passing the staff cabin, the 2 bedroom house, the loft and the beach house. At the front of the property there is a large iron gate that's left open during the day. Beyond that I see the magnificent Caribbean Sea in its entire blue-green splendor. I can hear the rumble of the waves washing up on the sand, I can smell the salty air, and I can see the yellow-orange sky as sunset is approaching. I know Curtis has never seen anything quite like this before. Stepping through the gate, the full effect of 7 Mile Beach overcomes us. I've seen it before but each time is like the first. You actually have to know my son to know that when he says "whoa" he means it. I think the magnitude of the scenery is one of the few sacred things in my little world.
We turn to the right and walk up the beach. Sun Beach Bar is a few hotels down the beach. It's been a while since I've been there and as I walk up I'm shocked to see it's the same girl, Sophie, working there
During our ride from the airport to our cabins I used my cell phone to contact Piper, who was going to come meet us at some point during our stay. Using a foreign cell phone in Jamaica is not advisable since the roaming charges are astronomical but when compared to the cost of renting a cell phone for the week, it worked out to be the about same. As long as my calls were quick, to the point, "where are you? Okay see you there", I wasn't worried about the bill when I got home. Oddly enough I had found out that incoming calls were more expensive per minute than outgoing calls. Interesting. And I must explain the only reason I even insisted on having a cell phone there was because I have friends in Jamaica from previous trips. Life is better there when you can contact your local friends.
This first night we decided to take it easy since we had been up since 4AM to catch our flight
Somewhere we could sit and enjoy the sound of the ocean until we were tired enough to sleep. And we were also
waiting on Piper to come greet us.
Walking the opposite way from where we went to Sun Beach bar earlier we discover we don't have to go very far before a bartender is calling us over to 'his' bar for refreshment. Well that was easy, we didn't have to look for anything because it found us! Curtis thinks we should stop there so we walk up and each take a seat on a bar stool that is permanently fastened into the sand somehow.
This place is called Irie Beach bar and unbeknownst to us this first night, it would become our home and family
for the next 6 days. The bartender, Jerome, was young, very cute and had a great sense of humor. Immediately he starts asking questions about where we're from, when we got here, when we're leaving, if we're hungry, etc
My first mouthful of Red Stripe is heavenly, not because it tastes any better than other beer, but because I'm in Jamaica. Everything is better here, heck even a sunburn is better here. I divert myself from conversation with Jerome long enough to notice that Curtis is sitting down the beach close to the water and in the dark. Next to him is an old, scrappy looking Rasta man and they seem to be deep in conversation themselves. Jerome chuckles and tells me my son is very outgoing and brave and I occasionally keep turning to see that Curtis is okay. It is definitely night now so it's best to err on the side of caution.
At one point I turn around to look down the beach again and a very fine looking man catches my eye and seems to be heading towards the bar where I'm sitting. But as he walks closer my eyes light up as I realize its Piper! In my bewilderment of how he found us at this exact bar a big grin spans my face and I jump up and give him a hug
Its actually been 11 months since my last trip here so a big hug is warranted. He tells me that when he went
to our cabins and discovered we weren't there he decided the next logical step would be to search the beach in the dark. That theory is a bit iffy to me but I guess it worked.
Piper is a strapping young man, 6'4" and well built, whom I met by accident on my very first trip to Jamaica. He's a police officer and was doing security at the concert I came to see my first time here. We met, hit it off and the rest is history. On my second trip I stayed at his home, met his family and neighbors and was able to see the REAL Jamaica through local eyes. I will treasure that trip forever. Thankfully we have managed to keep in touch.
Piper sits down, orders a drink and I notice the look Jerome is giving off. I can tell he's wondering if this man is ruining his chances of becoming friendly with me. Its fun. A few moments later I call Curtis back up to the bar to meet Piper, they've spoken to each other by phone before so its time they meet. Curtis thinks its cool to meet a Jamaican police officer and starts asking him all kinds of questions about it, including why he's not wearing his uniform and where his gun is
I say goodnight to Jerome and he informs us that he's also working the morning shift tomorrow and that we should come by for breakfast. I agreed. As we're walking back to our cabins Piper offers to take Curtis up the road to pick up half a jerk chicken they could split. You never have to go far to find a random food vendor on the side of the road with his makeshift barbeque, cooking up plenty of jerk chicken. You pull up along side in your car, buy it by the quarter or the half, they wrap it up in foil and off you go. Their barbeques are actually a cut-in-half-lengthways metal barrel with coals burning inside and a grill over the coals. Away went the two of them while I organized my luggage a little more and changed for bed.
A short while later Curtis and Piper reappeared with a big foil package and a couple of drinks. Immediately I wonder if Curtis will actually enjoy and be able to handle jerk chicken in Jamaica. You can buy jerk sauces in North America too but somehow its nothing like authentic jerk. In a previous trip I ordered jerk chicken and the restaurant actually served the sauce on the side because not everyone can enjoy the full effect of the fireball going down their throats. But wonders never cease to amaze me, the child ate it without batting an eye, although I could practically watch the sweat beads pop out of his skin on his nose and upper lip.
The chicken seemed to suffice for the two of them and they finished their drinks
I saw Curtis to his cabin which was only about 30 feet away from mine. I was a little worried if he would mind sleeping by himself in his own cabin. They were literally just 4 wooden walls, 2 windows on the front and one window at the foot of the bed. All three windows were just screened with wooden, horizontal louvers that could open and close. Inside, the ceiling was similar to the inside of a garage, vaulted with the framing visible. Outside, the roof was topped with tin sheets. The front doors on each cabin were pretty much just regular wood doors with a knob that locked from the inside, nothing fancy or overly secure.
Curtis jumped into his bed, made up with plain white sheets and a bit of a heavier blanket on top. Not once did either of us use the heavier blankets, even with the cool sea breeze that blew at nights. I lay down beside him, we chatted a little about the day and I asked him if he liked it so far
It's the most amazing phenomenon in Jamaica, no matter what time I go to bed there, I always rise at the crack of dawn with the sun. I'm not sure if it's the heat that makes it impossible to sleep when the sun's up or if it's the reggae music that seems to start around 6:00am every day. It's just a happier place to wake up to. As I lie in my bed and see the sun peering through the louvers, the oddest sound I've ever heard comes out of nowhere. It's obviously a bird but I have never heard this one before. There's not even an accurate way to describe it unless you were standing in front of me listening to me imitate it. Comically enough this bird becomes the source of much laughter between me and Curtis throughout the trip. Even to this day, 4 years later, one of us will randomly just make the sound and we both burst out laughing
I open my louvers, put on something decent and step out my front door. It's ridiculously early yet as soon as I step outside the caretaker appears out of nowhere and waves a friendly "good morning" to me. It makes me smile and he carries on about his business. In between mine and Curtis's cabins is a picnic table which eventually becomes our swimsuit-drying table. I sit there for a minute wishing I had a cup of coffee, and knowing I'm not nearly beautiful enough yet to walk to the nearest restaurant and get one. I decide to peer into his cabin to see if there are any signs of life. Not yet. So now would be a great time to test out my first outdoor shower.
Since this is my first time using a shower that's outside and only partially surrounded by a four-foot fence, I decide to err on the side of caution and shower in my swimsuit. I'm not sure who I thought would come parading around the corner at this hour wanting to take a peek, but I wear it anyway. Well if it wasn't the most amazing feeling to be in a cool shower in the warm air, out in the open. When I put my head back under the showerhead and look up all I see are palm trees and blue sky above me. Does life actually get any better than this? Even thinking back on it right now it makes tears well up a little at the simplicity of it all
Shortly after I'm dressed and sitting at the picnic table Curtis emerges from his cabin in his boxers. He doesn't look how his usual groggy self looks at 7:30am. He's smiling, shirtless and ready for the day. He decides there's no point in showering until later since he'll be swimming in salt water. So towards the beach we head once again, to
keep our end of the breakfast bargain with Jerome. On the way up the beach I told Curtis about the awesome fruit shakes they could whip up in a hurry to go with his breakfast. They are pretty much made-to-order, any flavor, any tropical fruit you ask for. And for the grown-ups they'll actually put a shot or two of rum in there. My favorite is the Hummingbird. It has milk, banana, rum cream, Tia Maria and grenadine. It whips up into a nice frothy, pink shake.
We arrive at Irie beach bar, the same place we sat the night before with Piper. One of the things I love the most about Jamaica is everyone is up at the crack of dawn and happy. Just like Jerome, as soon as he sees us he gives us the same welcome as the night before
After breakfast the sun is already blazing so we shed our clothes and hit the water. We could pass so much time just laying on our backs floating in the water, watching the action on the beach; the odd tourist, vendors selling their wares, other people in the water. I'm pleasantly surprised at how quiet Negril is at this time of year, I would have thought otherwise. And I'm also pleasantly surprised that my son is satisfied with such little action. Everything was going to be alright.....and he still hasn't discovered Rick's.
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*Rick's Caf� - My son ends up being obsessed with it after one day. I had planned to take him there a few times over the week but he ended up spending 5 out of 6 days up there! After the first day my friend Scott the diver and his friends Hector and Cory started picking up Curtis in the afternoons and taking him up there, where I would come and meet them later on. It was also only by the 2nd time at Rick's that Hector started driving us back to our cabins every night after Rick's. Fabulous friends.
*Irie Beach Bar - We pretty much ate all our beach meals there since Jerome made us come back the first morning. At the end of 7 days we knew the entire staff and I was getting custom made meals to order! YAAY! My favorites, some of whom I still keep in touch with are Jerome, Lincoln, Allan, Peter and Sheldon. There was also a young guy who hung out at Irie every day named Fabian, who was a pretty fun guy too. Him and Curtis would joke around a lot together.
*Jungle nightclub - One of the nights, long after Curtis went to bed, I knew some of my friends would be at the Jungle so I decided to walk over there
*Walking day - Curtis and I spent one day just walking up the long Norman Manley Blvd to see what we could find. We talked to a vendor who burned reggae CD's to sell, we test drove some motor scooters and I considered renting one until I realized I'm not that great a scooter driver LOL. We found an internet caf� and decided to chill for an hour and each sit down to check and send emails to our friends and family back home. We stopped and took pictures of the Jungle nightclub, Roots Bamboo beach club, and various other things. We stopped walking way at the other end of the road at Selina's Caf� for a meal. I had found Selina's on the internet randomly before this trip and discovered that she is from my hometown of Calgary, Canada. She moved to Jamaica years ago and opened this restaurant. So when we arrived there I made sure to chat with her and tell her where we're from too. She was really nice and after our brunch she offered to drive us into town since we were heading that way anyways.
*Beach days - During the early part of every day we always hung out on 7-Mile beach, before going to Rick's up in the cliffs
Immediately he took out the camera and started snapping inconspicuously. He also took some other really cool pics on the beach which I've posted in this report.
*Shopping - I'm not a big shopper when I go to Jamaica. For me I'm there because I love the country, not to buy souvenirs. But one day Curtis and I did the shopping thing because I knew he wanted to buy for some friends
back home. I taught him the art of negotiating for better prices before sending him off on his own. We looked at beaded jewelry, wood carvings, towels, beach wraps, etc. Once Curtis got an idea of what was out there I gave him $1000 JD (about $20 CAD at that time), we picked a meeting spot and off he went. The funniest part was when he returned he had nothing but a bracelet and no money left
*Nights in the cabins - Our nights in those little cabins turned out to be some of my most cherished moments with my son ever. Remember I mentioned the bird we kept hearing that made us spontaneously erupt into laughter?
We heard that little guy every morning! Some nights we'd also lay in Curtis's cabin and listen to the "ping ping"
of almonds falling onto the tin roof, until one time the little pings were interrupted by a huge KABOOM! We laughed so hard speculating what that might have been. Our best guess was a coconut LOL! Sometimes we'd just lay there listening to the constant honking of car horns on the road. In Jamaica, honking is a friendly gesture like saying hi, so it goes on constantly, its not a sign of "get the hell out of my way"!! One night Curtis and I laid in his bed laughing and talking so late that I just fell asleep there and never ended up back in my own cabin.
*Saying goodbye - This is ALWAYS the hardest morning to face in Jamaica. We had our last breakfast at Irie on the beach and we remained pretty quiet through that. Most of the staff we grew to love was there that morning so it was nice to see them all one last time. Our drive to the airport was really quiet, as was our trip home.
To be continued...............
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I am going to Jamaica for my first time next month. some friends go there every year for 3 months.
Awww thannks! Wow I forgot I even wrote on Travelpod, it was so long ago! I've since started a REAL blog and have been to Jamaica 10 times....#11 coming next month.
It makes me happy when people are excited for their trips to Jamaica! I'm excited for you! Hey if you wanted to read more and see waaaay more pics you can always check out my personal blog. Its called JamaicaMyWay.com
Have a great trip!
We just got back from Negril and I know exactly how you feel. We plan on going back in April. We also hung around Sun Beach and also met Sophie. We were lounging in our chairs and when she was finished her shift she came to say goodbye to us as she knew we were leaving the next day. Negril is paradise and the people that live there make it more so


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I just looked the Defiant up on Amazon. Man it looks perfect, especially if it is around the Hot Wheels scale.
I assume the cables on the back are so that it lights up on a Christmas tree?
I have a Darth Vader like that (so his lightsaber lights up). I see what you mean about being wary of the cables.
When you find it Basker, I'd like to hear your opinion about removing the cables, too.
Anyone have thoughts about if and when Hot Wheels or another company might make a Defiant around this scale?
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The latest outlandish charge to be hurled at Israel is Mossad involvement in a spate of shark attacks in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm-el-Sheikh. Israeli officials have said that the claims are too ludicrous to respond to.
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Some said sharks had been drawn to shallow waters after cattle being shipped in for last month's Islamic feast of Eid al-Adha had died and were thrown overboard. Others suggested it could have been part of a secret plot by Israel's Mossad intelligence agency.
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Hunted pheasants three days in a row. Nose to the grindstone, raw and bleeding. This stuff coupled with neo-sporin appeared to help greatly. Briar Looks like Rudolf, but I think it made the difference between hunting him or leaving at duck camp.
A pointer dog friend had some and swears by it. Both dawgs put in some miles in some tough cover. We had a nice shoot. Mallards on Saturday, and chickens the last few days.
Bramble (dark nose) never had this issue. It will be part of my first aid kit, unless there is something better.
And, as part of the hunt, the pointer ran into one skunk, and the retriever one porcupine. Made for a fun evening de--smelling, and de-quilling.
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A young lad in the village is becomming a monk today and there is a bit of a party going down. As part of the party everyone walks around the village with a local band dancing and drinking and generally making merry with lots of noise. We sit outside the house and watch them pass.