No Perch!

Posted by Greybeard on Aug 31st, 2007 in Fishing, News and weather | Comments Off

6 hours today, brought us one keeper and about three babies.  That was it.  From what I’ve heard, we weren’t the only ones who came home empty today.

Perch!

Posted by Greybeard on Aug 28th, 2007 in Fishing, News and weather | Comments Off

5 or 6 hours in one anchor spot, out about 1 mile and a little north of the Mouth of the AuGres River (28ft), brought three of us, 19 keeper Perch,  with 3 really nice ones.  We must have thrown back another 20 or thirty babies, including one hungry little 3.5in. Walleye cub.  Other than the baby,  the Walleye were no where to be found.

Crappy Gasoline, (read 10% or more ethanol)

Posted by Greybeard on Aug 26th, 2007 in News and weather, Technology and Music | Comments Off

I just read and article by the “Boat Doctor”  in  “Go Boating” magazine.  It was called “Ethanol a trouble fuel”. 

Big trouble if you have an older vehicle.

Proponents of E-10 (10% enthanol) say it reduces our dependance of foriegn oil.. But,,  many experts disagree.

It has been stated that it takes more energy to produce a gallon of ethanol,  than a gallon of enthanol can produce!!!

Corn (used to make ethanol) is eaiser and less labor intensive to produce than cotton.  Result,  we now have unemployed cotton workers,  and the likelyhood that the price of cotton products is going to go through the roof. (Translation= 10 bucks per T-shirt)

Back to what Ethanol does to our (older) engines:  Ethanol will dissolve plastic and fiberglass gas tanks,  and likewise plastic fuel lines.  It turns them into a gooey sludge that winds up in your carberator or injectors.

Ethanol,  like Dri-Gas, will absorb water until it’s molecules are to full,  then the alcohol will separate from the ethanol,  drop to the bottom of the tank, mix with any water,  and start a real cornucopia of bacterial vegetation that becomes SLUDGE,  and get’s pumped into to carberator or injectors.  The water that separates will also surely eventually cause holes in the bottom of aluminum or steel  gas tanks.  Once this junk makes it way to the fuel mixing system,  you’re in for a lot of work or a lot of expense to get the machine running right again. 

I’ve seen this happen on lawn mower’s, motorcycles, boat motors, almost everthing with a gas tank.  (Last week I had to replace an internal fuel feed line on the remote fuel tank for my outboard,  it had turned into something that looked like clear snot,  and also necessitated a carb rebuild)

It’s been proven that today’s fuel deteriorates very rapidly, with the great percentage of deterioration in the first 30 days after filling the tank.     It would make sense not to fill a tank that isn’t going to be used right away.  Using a fuel stabilizer is a good idea,  (one the magazine recommends is call PRI-G)  It also makes good sense to use good fuel filters,  and change them often. 

Best advice,  just be aware that today’s gasoine is expensive crap!!!  If you haven’t had problems with a gasoline engines fuel system,  you soon will!!!!!   Try to head off as many of the problems as possible. 

Happy Motoring,

GB

 

Blasted by spam

Posted by Greybeard on Aug 25th, 2007 in News and weather | Comments Off

Blasted by spam again in my comments section.  I guess I’ll be tightening things up a little more.

GB

Ammo Prices!!!!

Posted by Greybeard on Aug 20th, 2007 in News and weather, Shootist | 0 comments

This in from “The Smallest Minority” (see blogroll)

“”Ammo Prices.

Heard this afternoon at a local gun shop (I paraphrase):

Sept. 1, expect a 22% retail price increase.

Nov. 1 or thereabouts, expect a 13% retail price increase.

Jan. 1 or thereabouts, expect a 35% price increase.

That’s an 86% increase in less than six months. The person relating this information was standing behind the counter, not in front of it.

Take this as you wish, but I think I’ll be stocking up on components before the end of the year.”"”

 

When I hear things like this,  (and I’ve already heard it at my local gun shop)  it makes me think that the ANTI-GUNNER’s are winning,  if we can’t afford to shoot,  we won’t.

Make’s me a little sick to my stomach,,,,