jack

I bought 8 plugs from this scource at the start of last year,have only used the first two,and they were fine.its comforting to know you have a few changes of plugs [new and unopened]. any problems and you can dump instead of clean.Their price is excellent..jack

In the mid sixties,My wife and I towed our "Strikeliner" to Scotland.We were launching into Gareloch,near Glasgow,when a smartly dressed little chap asked if we needed any assistance.I was surprised because he was wearing a suit;collar and tie,and I had suspected,when I saw him watching us that he would hit me with a launching and parking ticket.We declined his offer but he hung around and held ropes and pushed a bit here and there.When we were in,he said "I am a fisherman too,if you like I will show you where to fish". I pointed out that we were a bit pushed for room,what with all our kit and a dog."Oh no,he said,I have my own boat ,it's already in the water,just follow behind me.He appeared moments later in a smallish dinghy,and we followed him about and had a good few hours,catching smallish Cod and some Herring.When we returned to the slip,he jumped out and helped us to recover,and we offered to hep him,but in seconds he had pulled his boat [on its bottom ] up the slip and tied it to a ring.We offered to share our tea and sandwiches,but he declined,saying he had to catch the bus in order to arrive home where his wife would be waiting for him.He then explained that he had retired over a year before,but had not told his wife.Setting off in his suit etc,every morning Mon-Fri.and returning home on the same bus at 5,30.After he left we had a look at his boat.It was an old mirror sailing dinghy,stripped out.Its only seat was a canvas garden chair.He had a coil of anchor rope,tied to the head and rollers of a small portable mangle at one end and fixed to the prow of the boat by a table top fixing Mincer,with a screw tight foot.His engine was a miniscule Anzani.and he had left his rod and everything else in the boat.Here was a man,who had everything he needed to be happy,at minimum expense.A lesson for us all.jack

see my new post. "good old days" jack

Dont worry too much if this happens again,The club has a direct "therapy" link,and an excellent trauma councelling section...Keep ypur nerve..jack

Telling it,like it is.! jack

Good Luck ,with the new boat Paul,A very capable looking craft.Andy & jack

Good Luck,with the new boat Adam.I am sure however,{knowing you } you will make your own luck !! Andy & jack

Just had to get my wife to come in and see these,,too good to waste,just on me. .jack

HEY GNASHER, My misses saw a similar add on another site. You should see how little your misses is asking for you !! jack

Mike. look back 2 posts to my "path" [ooh bloody clever use of jargon there ].I expect you are missing out one of the steps.Its about 2 or 3 down in the system tools list. jack

Thanks Terry ,as a self taught dineosaur,I am always glad of P.C. help...jack

Do they have the right to come and look in my garden[ worried ].. jack

Nice site Dave.The caravan has gone from my daughters garden,but the trees I cut down last year are still there [and after all that effort too ! ] jack

MANY HAPPY RETURNS DUNCAN. Another day older and deeper in FISH ! hopefully.Jack

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Thats not bloody fair.!....I think I shall change my internet provider,thats what you get when you go for the cheapest jack

Never mind your Garage Tom. Who's been climbing up into Andy's boat.? jack No matter how many rods you have on board,you can always think of one that would do the job better..After all,that's why we have Christmas and Birthdays. .jack

How catholic we all are in our ability to help and encourage one another to be more "rounded" people. Keep it coming..jack

You Bloody tell them Terry.Old Gits like me are fed up with people just not bothering to use correct English.Our population is becoming "mongrelised".let's at least try to keep the language.We dont need "jolly good show,chaps,"just the basics. ....[ gets down from soap box. ].. jack

Truly excellent..jack

Well Paul at least there is One sane member among us [did you notice that Mike never included a fraction in his 0.5 baked reply ]. How do you store your fraction symbol,where you can copy and paste it conveniently..[or is that like revealing your best fishing mark ?...cheers jack

My own area.[shaftesbury ] is pants.! no closing in at all.,but then,we have a low population,and I think that is the criteria for detail work.My daughter lives in Christchurch and you can study her garden and see here folding clothes drier quite clearly.you can identify each car parked in the school next door quite sharply,But the caravan stood next to her garage belonged to the previous owners who moved out more than 2 years ago.!..So just how old is the image we receive.?.. jack

BBC,news this morning stated that;within 6 years Google Earth will be streaming "live" pictures,onto your PC. I often bring up my fishing location on the "earth" screen,Quite interesting to get a different view.It did occur to me that if I had a fixed plan,I could tell the wife or someone else,where I would be and she could keep an eye on me....Although I can see that for some less fortunate than myself,that this might not be such a cunning plan. jack

Mike you have discovered my secret !. I cant find any way to type fractions that ends up looking correct,is there a place on the keyboard that lets you select fractions?..jack

The Ray of course was largest at about 2.5 k.Nothing astounding,but nice all the same. Gordon ,You swine !!.Andy had to give me a tranqualizer when it was all over,.Jack