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  1. SurfnFish

    Jon Boat Oar Lock Sockets

    since you're likely not rowing against heavy river pressure, a set of Allen bros nylon oarlocks?
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    NFR AI - How It Will Affect Jobs In The Next 5 years

    Maintaining robots and large scale 3D printers will require a whole new field of technicians. Intersecting with the emergence of AI, robotics and 3D production printing, however, is a projected shrinking of the US population in the decades to come. In the past decade there has been a...
  3. SurfnFish

    New Fly Rod

    The CT is a fine rod, really like my 864. Lotta folks will point to the Echo Ion XL, have a couple along with a couple of same price Fenwich Aetos rods, prefer the Aetos action and finish.
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    Alternatives Sought

    the large size MultiPro equipment case on Amazon, $55. Foam, reels, foam, reels, foam.
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    NFR AI - How It Will Affect Jobs In The Next 5 years

    Where the 'soft skills' listed in the article are highly admirable, they are rarely part of a job listing description. My son is working with a placement specialist in the tech industry who states there has been significant pull back in tech recruiting at the mid to upper management levels and...
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    Paulina Lake trashed by wind storm

    Just an FYI - as of yesterday Cinder HIll campground at East Lake remains closed when previously it has always been open before Memorial day. According to the East lake Resort crew it's due to budget cuts at USFS. The Resort charges $5 to launch at their docks and park in their lot. The Hot...
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    Electric motor on a Drift Boat

    could run a 55# Minn Kota all day on a 100 amp LifePO4 lithium battery and then some. I use my gasser to run to the first stop then use my MK for any runs under a quarter mile. Today I moved a bunch, battery showing 80% charge with four fishing days since the last charge.
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    Very Memorable Experiences in your Life

    they don't play....was on my buddy's small trailer launched sailboat, we had sailed out to Point Loma in San Diego for some surf, on the way back I pointed to the warning signs where the sub pens on the San Diego river are.."Dave what happens if we cross those signs?" Dave laughed and shoved...
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    1st World Old Man Problem - Tendonitis

    x2 on the Therabar which really helps with wrist and forearm issues, keep mine on the sofa side table....having had multiple orthopedic repairs from sports injuries (snapped left pec, snapped right rotator, torn meniscus and two herniated discs) and having dealt with osteoarthritis for decades...
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    Very Memorable Experiences in your Life

    We got lucky with the crowds that trip, just a handful with pretty much constant swell up to DOH. Timing could not have been more perfect, when our departure boat arrived wading ashore was a crew of pro chargers from HI. Son was there in 2006...no more having to take a small boat across the...
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    NFR AI - How It Will Affect Jobs In The Next 5 years

    "The global AI market will be worth $136.79 billion by 2035. 30% of K-12 students use AI tools at least once per day. 53% of K-12 students use AI for help with homework, while 51% of university students use AI to save time. 59% of students agree that the way they're assessed is changing due to...
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    The final (for now) piece of the PNW App Suite: Wind, Waves & Tides

    very impressive..got some chops there, Evan
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    1st World Old Man Problem - Tendonitis

    I dog eared this book to death when I was young and sparring
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    Very Memorable Experiences in your Life

    utter respect for your courage to jump in and do the right thing.
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    NFR AI - How It Will Affect Jobs In The Next 5 years

    Aside from the battle over integration, our schools weren't subject to the political social pressures of today, so there was uniform agreement on basic teaching curriculum with a nod to living functionally, whereas these days the disparate curriculum of the red-blue states reflect their...
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    What are you wearing?

    8 billion people on a shrinking rock that is polluted with plastic from the deepest oceans to the very cells in our body....a global drift to the corrupt strongman at the cost of democracy...diseases doing laps around the world while our own country tries to choke research to suit some arcane...
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    The good boat deal thread

    foot for foot, the most stable small boat there is https://seattle.craigslist.org/tac/boa/d/puyallup-truline-sportcat-10-10-hp/7936741106.html
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    Very Memorable Experiences in your Life

    our experiences, good and bad, planned or random, are one of the two strongest influences on our lives. The other is how we respond, which is the only thing we can actually control.
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    Very Memorable Experiences in your Life

    yea, some life experiences shape us in ways never expected. While in the service at Travis AFB, I stopped for a beer after my usual off base bike ride following my shift, where a drunken bear of an airman recently transferred to our air cargo unit from Alaska sat down at my table and began...
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