Recent content by Matt B

I’m a Seattle central alumnus (I took quite a few undergrad courses there anyway) and a big fan of the school, but not a big fan of working on motors. I’m just sorta cheap and expedient. I never liked working on cars very much even when one could work on them with a set of wrenches and sockets...

Fair enough. Mods please close thread. 😁

Yeah, I’m sorta cheap and well I got burned in the ROI of the time/skill/experience/cost/enjoyment equation this time. For additional context, in high school for a couple years I worked at an antique clock shop spending my time there mostly repairing antique clocks. I can do some mechanical...

You can basically see that scene happening in the text from the shop tech, at least I can, that’s why I included it. The service manager told me “it happens more often than you’d think.” Hey callback to another thread, I earned some miles to go tarpon fishing!

Shoot, I ain’t too proud. If I had looked at the inside of more than one carb in my life I might’ve noticed before slapping it all back together. IDK man. Maybe I was thinking the upper part of the housing would hold that pin in? Hahaha whatever

Thanks! I’m going to amortize the sh*t out of that repair with humpy slime. My goal is to make humpies landed/dollars spent an improper f*ckin’ fraction.

I got the motor back from the shop. Have a laugh at my expense, please: I don’t get it. I asked the service manager if it was this screw that I took a picture of to aid my reassembly: He said he thought it was. He’s not the tech. But what other screw would it be? I am 90% sure I put that...

Hell yeah! And not only that, he kept going back, trying, persisting, after 1) a dead battery 2) a broken push pole [srsly how often does this happen to a guide who I would have to assume is not using stick he picked up in the woods] and 3) a nasty cold front. @Shad did you tie all your own...

Way to go on your first tarpon!

I found a third drone in the river this spring.

Great stuff and pretty fish! I actually forgot about the early closure date up there this year. DOH!

Nothing like a hot convective upstream wind to row against all afternoon to dehydrate the sh*t out of you. Dunking the dorky hat helps a lot too. That’s one thing where the straw hat is at a disadvantage vs a fabric hat.

Wait, what? Are you taking the shirt off, getting it wet and putting it back on? Why not just save a step and immerse your whole body, shirt and all? You know…like, swimming? If you keep your shirt on I guess you don’t get to show off those glistening pecs and six pack.