OT: Anything Goes 28: Good Weather (for now) Edition

[No Fun Shogun]

http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2130555

How about this weather?

*Thor sees Illinoisans enjoying Februrary weather, brews up a cold front*

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[Hawksfan2828]

Yeah, I've been going out there a long time. The amount of morons on the water on the weekends is ridiculous. Packed is an understatement! Was out there last year Labor Day weekend... and yeah, it was chaos. I have friends that I've fished with a ton on their boats. Ice fished it quite a bit as well. So I'm familiar with the entire Chain. If I were to get it, it would be 95% for fishing, and the other 5% would be to drag the kids out and go tubing once in a while during the summer.

I'm kind of past that whole partying on the water thing, although I've done some insane partying out there back when I was stupid and reckless. Blarney Island was always a blast.

It's fun every so often, but I don't drink when I'm driving my boat. I may have one or two over a long period of time, but it's no different than being in my car, to me. Except way more dangerous and with way more drunken morons all around you...

Just picked up my boat last summer, and it wasn't ready for the water until August. So I didn't bother with the Chain sticker. Debating it this year, though.

Yea, Blarneys can be a blast but even I'm too old for that. That place can get pretty crazy... I used to go a lot when I was in my 20's..... But now I normally just get a case of Bud, get drunk and fish and gamble... There I a little bar across the street from my families cottage on Lake Marie where the locals go, it's cool they have 1 dollar beers, volleyball, darts and pool which is fun....

See, when I go out on the boat I never drive - I always have someone else drive so I can drink, we usually just go out cruising through the channels or go to the sand bar... Heck, a couple of years back me and a few buddies put a TV on his pontoon and we streamed the World Cup on the middle of the lake which was pretty awesome..

See, now I got an itch to take my boat out given how nice the weather is.. But it's all winterized in my garage and there is just no logical reason to put it back in the water, because I don't have any desire to re-winterize it just to use it a couple of times.... I do have a little bass boat too with an outboard that I could take out but it's nothing special.

Ah, I'll be back on the water in a couple of months anyway..... I'll have the boat in probably by mid-April and I will be set for the summer...

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Man I am having a good day

1) Ran into some old friends who are now married and had lunch with them (Hadn't seen since we graduated HS in 2003)
2) The vacation week I put in at work was approved
3) Won $5,000 on an instant ticket

 

[BK]

Man I am having a good day

1) Ran into some old friends who are now married and had lunch with them (Hadn't seen since we graduated HS in 2003)
2) The vacation week I put in at work was approved
3) Won $5,000 on an instant ticket

Not a bad day at all.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Buried the lede there, bud. Five grand would've been my #1 thing mentioned!

 

[IU Hawks fan]

5 grand! Holy ****, that's incredible.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

What's the take home on that, like 3 grand?

 

[ChiHawks10]

What's the take home on that, like 3 grand?

Has to be around there.

Next HF Hawks meet up tab is on BWC.

Grats BWC. That's a good day. I think you had said **** wasn't going well so far this year. There's a little turn around for ya.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Yep today was a very nice day to what was a poor year

And yes I believe after taxes it will be a little over 3K+ payout. Still for a $20 investment that is still a great haul

Game I won on the odds for 5k prize are 1 in 25,283

 

[Clownish]

A $10k ticket win pays about $6,400 here.

 

[Sarava]

Yep today was a very nice day to what was a poor year

And yes I believe after taxes it will be a little over 3K+ payout. Still for a $20 investment that is still a great haul

Game I won on the odds for 5k prize are 1 in 25,283

Awesome! Congrats man! Which game was it?

When my mom won 10k on the $5 ticket I bought for her, the check that came in the mail was $7,100ish

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

I had 100x symbol with $50 underneath it

 

[No Fun Shogun]

NASA announced that seven earth-sized planets orbit the nearby star TRAPPIST-1 (39 light years away), three of which may lie within the star's habitability zone and thereby possibly have liquid water on the surface.

Neat stuff.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Exoplanets are interesting but given how limited our ability to view them and study them is at this point I don't get excited much about them anymore

Hopefully we can improve technology to study them in coming decades

 

[Blue Liner]

Yep today was a very nice day to what was a poor year

And yes I believe after taxes it will be a little over 3K+ payout. Still for a $20 investment that is still a great haul

Game I won on the odds for 5k prize are 1 in 25,283

I just hope the check doesn't bounce when you go to cash it. Cuz, you know, Illinois.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

It is far too nice out to be employed

 

[CourtneyDagger50]

It is far too nice out to be employed

It is far too nice out, and I work from home, and it is my job to explore Rockford.

.....I'm a happy camper.

 

[IU Hawks fan]

It is far too nice out to be employed

Of course Saturday is supposed to be colder and maybe snowy

Doing a bus trip to the Wolves game from a bar in LP, would've been nice to ride with the windows down and not worry about a coat.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

I mean I work outside but man I'd much rather be grilling with a couple beers in me than hauling freight

 

[IU Hawks fan]

I think Ray just popped up in my "peeps you may know" on Facebook

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

I'm picturing a color coordinated track suit with matching shoes and hat.

 

[CourtneyDagger50]

I mean I work outside but man I'd much rather be grilling with a couple beers in me than hauling freight

Haha, I get to choose what I do most days.

 

[RayP]

I think Ray just popped up in my "peeps you may know" on Facebook

Srs? Think I have one or two degenerate Loungers as friends on Facebook.


If it's a picture of a canal in Venice, with no other pics then yeah that's me. Never actually use it though, but somehow some people find me through my wife from time to time.... although that's probably be even weirder.

 

[IU Hawks fan]

That's so strange - it was an older guy, so I thought it couldn't be you, but the only reason I thought it might is that he's from here originally and lives in the Atlanta area now. Too funny.

Since we've emailed for fantasy & my NCAA pool a few years back I guess my cookies know your full name - really creepy that Facebook somehow gets to that.

 

[RayP]

That's so strange - it was an older guy, so I thought it couldn't be you, but the only reason I thought it might is that he's from here originally and lives in the Atlanta area now. Too funny.

Since we've emailed for fantasy & my NCAA pool a few years back I guess my cookies know your full name - really creepy that Facebook somehow gets to that.

Probably my dad then, same name.