Two Glasses of Wine

Posted by Greybeard on May 14th, 2008 in News and weather | Comments Off

“TWO GLASSES OF WINE

When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in

a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar and the 2 glasses of

wine…

A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front

of him. When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large and empty

mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls.

He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.

The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the

jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between

the golf balls. He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They

agreed it was.

The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of

course, the sand filled up everything else He asked once more if the jar

was full. The students responded with a unanimous ‘yes.’

The professor then produced two glasses of wine from under the table and

poured the entire contents into the jar, effectively filling the empty

space between the sand. The students laughed.

‘Now,’ said the professor, as the laughter subsided, ‘I want you to

recognize that this jar represents your life. The golf balls are the

important things; your family, your children, your health, your friends,

and your favorite passions; things that if everything else was lost and only

they remained, your life would still be full.’

The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house ,

and your car. The sand is everything else; the small stuff.

‘If you put the sand into the jar first,’ he continued, ‘There is no room

for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life. If you spend

all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the

things that are important to you.’

‘Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play

with your children. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your partner out to

dinner. Play another 18.  Do one more run down the ski slope.

There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal. Take care of the

golf balls first; the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The

rest is just sand.

One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the wine

represented.

The professor smiled. ‘I’m glad you asked. It just goes to show you that

no matter how full your life may seem, there’s always room for a couple of

glasses of wine with a friend.”

Author:  UNKNOWN

State of the Sea Ray

Posted by Greybeard on May 11th, 2008 in News and weather | Comments Off

*Four new tires on the trailer.  (one blew out during storage)

*Derusted and painted all four trailer wheels

*Installed second battery and dual battery switch

*checked out all electronics

*Installed Happy Troller Trolling Plate and purchased two drift socks

*Buffed and waxed from the deck line down,  (the top side will get waxed while she’s in the water.

I think it’s just about ready for,,,

WALLEYE FISHIN’  

Government gift card, Digital TV

Posted by Greybeard on May 10th, 2008 in News and weather, Technology and Music | Comments Off

Hah,  I used my government issued digital tv card to by a digital TV converter today at Walmart.  Guess What?  I get the same number of channels over digital (0ver the air) TV, as I get on Analog (over the air) TV.   ZERO!

Oh well,  I guess I’ll alway’s have the thing,  should someone ever decide to put in a broadcasting station we can receive.

The U.N. and America’s Interests

Posted by Greybeard on May 9th, 2008 in Political | Comments Off

From, IMPRIMUS,   John Bolton,  on the United Nations as opposed to American intersts.

“”Norming”", is the idea that the U.S. should base its decisions on some kind of international consensus, rather than making its own decisions as a constitutional democracy”

“The problem with the United States is its devotion to its Constitution over international norms”

“International Norms,  pushing for prohibition of ALL private firearms ownership”

“The U.S. pays 22 percent of the cost of U.N. agencies,  and 27 percent of peace keeping costs”

“The U.S. should pay for what it wants,  and insist that it get’s what it pays for”

“Senator Kerry,  stated that American policy should meet some kind of International Test”

If all these quotes from Mr. Bolton’s speech,  fired you up a bit,  go to the IMPRIMUS website and read the whole speech. 

And finally a quote from my April 23rd post:

“ARE WE THAT STUPID?”

First run in the Bay

Posted by Greybeard on May 5th, 2008 in Fishing | Comments Off

We took the 17 footer out after Walleye yesterday.  It was kind of windy,  but the waves weren’t overpowering.  We did some trolling,  and some drift fishing.  Unfortunatley,  the fish didn’t seem to be there.  In nearly 4 hours I didn’t mark a fish with the fish finder. 

We trolled the river out, (and back in),  and we trolled about a mile into the wind (and maybe a mile out),  then drifted back to the mouth of the river pulling crawler harnesses.  The 17ft boat and old 40 horse Merc.  were really peckin’ em off,   we easily averaged 1.8 mph to 2 mph while trolling,  and about 1.2mph drifting.  The new JLV Lures were running great while trolling,  they looked beautiful in the water.   We ran  JLV  Bladed Shad and Little Shad on my side of the boat,  and tried Hot-n-Tot’s and Reef Runners on the other side.  While drifting, the boy’s used crawler rig’s tipped with nice fat crawlers,  and I tried pulling a bright yellow Firetiger, Luhr Jensen Rock Walker,  which actually ran very well at the speed we were drifting , with the wave action adding to the motion.

It’s to bad we couldn’t locate any fish,  ,   ’cause I think we were presenting them with a really nice gourmet lunch.

The 17 footer is a whole different ballgame out there in the Bay,  than the Sea Ray.  We got quite a bit of spray when ever we headed into the waves,  and there was a lot more boat motion while drifting. (on the postitive side,  we also had a lot better speed while drifting)   I’m thinking that 2 footer’s are about my limit in the smaller boat.  In the next few day’s I should have the Sea Ray in the water,  and we’ll start figuring out those planer boards boards.  Hopefully the fish will co-operate. 

~~>GB