Anyone need new nippers?

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Me when dustinchromers goes off on something I think is stupid:

Me when dustinchromers turns his wrath toward dumb shit I actually like:
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I think it's great we live in a time with so many choices. It just sucks to see many making poor ones without tact or taste. That doesn't make them bad people. It just makes them tacky and the opposite of smart.
 
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I used to have the best nippers around - a chipped front tooth. Free and used on mono up to 30 lbs. I recently got my other upper front tooth capped since it was dead from a childhood injury and lost the ability to get the angle I need on my chipped tooth to properly use it as nippers anymore. 20+ year old, free nippers. Gone!

No worries, I’ll be smart and thrifty by replacing my tooth nippers with a couple of $1.99 pairs from Walgreens.

Then I remembered my dentist bill for the cap….after insurance. Makes those Greatful Dead nippers look like the bargain of the century.
 
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One of many things Chromers and I have in common is our love for Althea.

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$400 Mike Houser era Widespread Panic nippers would be a steal.



Take. My. Money.
 
I'm cashing out my crypto holdings to buy a few of these, and the new Sage trout rod.
If anything is left, I'll put it my 401k.
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MT_Flyfisher said:
Oh, what the H… As long as you’re going to pony up $400 for those nippers, you might as well put down an extra $200 and add that same design on the drag nut on your $1,550 DeYoung design Abel SDF reel.

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I got mold patterns on my Cabelas reels that look like that Abel. If you want to make an offer I would gladly take half what they ask for that fancy Abel. Of if you want to trade.....

These Cabelas reels, well they spin and wobble like a young trustafarian dancing to the dead/phish
 
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Dustin Chromers said:
Let's face reality. The dead are known not because they are musically awesome but because of their reputation and embracing of a culture surrounding drugs. I don't have any issue with drugs especially psychedelics but that's facts. The doors are much the same as well. Yes, I'll listen to both but I'm not high enough to think they are beyond amazing musicians. They're just ok. The artwork for the dead is beyond bad though. Yeah I said all that. It is cheap, tacky, and completely overrated. Now please someone regale me about that one time you took acid once at a dead show and it changed your life, I know you're out there. The dead are the Harley Davidson of music. They sell an image and culture inauthentic people who like to play dress up way too much are drawn to. It's not great music and those aren't great bikes. I know I'll be flamed for this but it's an honest opinion.
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It probably should be noted that "meaningful" and "musically awesome" are two completely different things.


that aside, if I had disposable income to waste on these things, I'd be far more interested in any of the DeYoung artwork on the reels....but then again, I'd probably rather have it on some other canvas than a reel.
 
Dustin Chromers said:
Way overrated. I do love how their fans are all not into consumerism and the like then have no trouble spending exorbitant funds for bad art of a has been culture and band. Don't even get me started on Phish. Not a horrible band and neither is the dead but the Phish fans are among the most annoying people on the planet for the most part.
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I was a casual fan at best, but was working in SF when they played their last concert at Wintergarten. One of my shipmates (from Sacramento) was a Dead Head, had tickets for all three nights, and invited me. Holy shit, what a fun night. You couldn’t help but dance in the isles. Still a fan today. They were sumpin.
 
clarkman said:
It probably should be noted that "meaningful" and "musically awesome" are two completely different things.


that aside, if I had disposable income to waste on these things, I'd be far more interested in any of the DeYoung artwork on the reels....but then again, I'd probably rather have it on some other canvas than a reel.
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Rock rash on one those reels - yowza.
 
Buzzy said:
Right, no one ever drops anything overboard. Never. Never a Leatherman Micra, never a Dr. Slicks hemostat, never a nearly new Olympus Tough (that really hurt). I can't fathom why anyone (anyone) would buy $400 nippers. I guess I'm just a poh boy from Sequim.
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Funny you mentioned hemostats. Mine went in the drink last time out.😖
 
Nick Clayton said:
I'll never understand the massive devotion to the Dead. IMO there are few bands on the planet more boring. I reckon U2 and Widespread Panic could give them a run for their money in the insomnia curing department, but not too many others can rival them for a sheer snoozefest.
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U2 has the greatest song of all time: Where The Nippers Have No Name


I want to fish, I want to take some flask sips
I wanna cut the tippet with my $400 nips
I wanna reach out and touch my fly
With the nippers I can't afford to buy, ha, ha, ha

I wanna feel disgust on my face
I see my entire paycheck disappear without a trace
I wanna take shelter from the Abel sales guy
With the nippers I can't afford to buy, oh, oh

With the nippers I can't afford to buy
With the nippers I can't afford to buy
We're still wasting our money
Wasting our money


 
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Panic covering Jerry? Oh hell yeah.

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Or how about Panic covering The Dead covering Jimmy Cliff? Houser's tone is like that first touch of spring time sun after a long winter.

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GOTY, no need to thank me. This is what homies do.
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Nick Clayton said:
I'll never understand the massive devotion to the Dead. IMO there are few bands on the planet more boring. I reckon U2 and Widespread Panic could give them a run for their money in the insomnia curing department, but not too many others can rival them for a sheer snoozefest.
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And here I thought it was just me that finds U2 boring, awful, a waste.
 
 
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Dr. Magill said:
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Maybe. But you still won't see their artwork on 400 dollar nippers. Even when Pink Floyd disbanded (an art and image heavy band) you didn't see them putting artwork and things on stuff. I mean Led Zeppelin sold some cars for sure but they did it with their music and not the pagan imagery that adorns their albums. I see dead stuff everywhere. The bears, the skulls, the roses. I mean what's the deal, do these guys need money so bad that they will sell off their artwork to put on purses, nippers, and fly reels? The official band of the hippie commune is a sellout cooperate whore. And meaningful music? Meaningful musicians stand for what they preach. But like Harley they are busy monetising their logos etc rather than building meaningful things. That new adventure bike monstrosity is so tacky they had to get Jason Momoa to ride it to even sell it. And it backfired in my opinion. You put anything or anyone next to Aquaman and it's going to be ugly. God I wish I were that good looking and charming. It's criminal.
 
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