"Calif Bill" wrote










take the Canoe / kayaks to June Lake area. Going out to fish Stripers in
the Sac Delta tomorrow.



Let us know how it goes

I haven't been out there in several years. I "need" to get a new heavy
rod, my old Loomis 8wt is too heavy and slow for an old man. Where do you
go out there? I go to Franks Track and I also like San Luis forebay for
Stripers.

I spent an hour this morning on the Stanislaus at Honolulu Bar , got a
couple hits but fighting the tough wading to watch a bobber got old quick.



As for the OT thread ... I doubt if many here are more fiscally
conservative than myself ... I haven't had any debt of any kind except for a
mortgage on a small 2 bedroom home and a few acres of dirt around it in many
years ... I drive a '92 Dodge with 274,568 miles on it and I'm aiming to
keep it another year or two, if possible ... I don't buy anything unless I
really feel it's needed, not just for budget reasons but for ecological
ones. I talk the talk .... and try hard to walk the walk, too.

BUT, I am in my fourth year of big spending on my son's college education
....because we have to invest .... not just scrimp, ... to insure the future

Without investment in alternate energy, infrastucture, and education to help
our kids compete, they are doomed. With the investment it will still be
damn tough for them. "Investment" is NOT giving more money to the rich
people, btw.

What, imho, we REALLY need is to teach our kids that "I am what I own" is a
pathetic, empty, thing to feel and think about oneself. But, kid's, damn
'em, learn from watching, not from what they are told .... drive that old
clunker another couple years and smile as you do it and maybe our kids will
get the message.