DonAndersen Posted September 10, 2014 Posted September 10, 2014 After being nominated as a curmudgeon, I headed for the net to find put what the collective wisdom defined as a "curmudgeon" and found http://m.wikihow.com/Become-a-Full-Fledged-Curmudgeon. If I'm not there yet, please feel free to point out the shortcomings & I'll work on the issue. Bah hum bug! Don Quote
murray Posted September 10, 2014 Posted September 10, 2014 After reading this description I fear that I am on the verge of becoming a Curmudgeon, for sure I hang out with a couple. Murray Quote
ParsonsBruce Posted September 10, 2014 Posted September 10, 2014 Add me to the list. I'm so there, right down to the cigar. I believe the tendencies starts right around the time when the kids leave the house. Quote
ParsonsBruce Posted January 29, 2015 Posted January 29, 2015 Grumpy Curmudgeon Day! I can't be grumpy today as I don't have to go into work. Instead I get to spent quality time in my wood shop. https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/curmudgeons-day/ 1 Quote
Taco Posted January 29, 2015 Posted January 29, 2015 I am not a curmudgeon I'm a prick. It says so <<<<<< there <<<<<< over top my avatar pic 1 Quote
DonAndersen Posted January 30, 2015 Author Posted January 30, 2015 I am not a curmudgeon I'm a prick. It says so <<<<<< there <<<<<< over top my avatar pic But Taco, , You Nominated yourself suggesting you are barely a "Prick in Training"! Try harder - apparently little blue pills help. Don 2 Quote
Taco Posted January 30, 2015 Posted January 30, 2015 Don't know nothin' about no blue pills but maybe the odd yellow one now and then...... And I thought a Grass Master woulda known that a prick is a transcended curmudgeon.. you know, existence on a higher plain if you will. Quote
DonAndersen Posted January 30, 2015 Author Posted January 30, 2015 Taco, This is only if the Grass Master smokes it rather than fishing with it. Till I smoke the grass, I'll stay @ the curmudgeon level. And you floated the boat yet? Don Quote
Taco Posted January 31, 2015 Posted January 31, 2015 Nope, too uninspired to chop any hole let alone one big enough to float a pontoon. Playin' with the Scotties and buildin' my version of a star anchor will do for now. Drill stem and 3/4 inch rod for the arms and stuff'r full of wheel weights, 8-10lb should be enough no? Quote
DonAndersen Posted January 31, 2015 Author Posted January 31, 2015 Taco, You are making an anchor for.... I use a 5 lb lead anchor for most places including Police except when it is blowing over 30 mph. Then I run a 10 lber. In softt bottom lakes all you will need is a 5 lber. For sandy bottom lakes like Bullshead, an anchor that digs in is important. In near 100 days in a pontoon boat in 2014, I used the 5 lbers for all but two days. River fishing requires a different anchor. Don Quote
Taco Posted January 31, 2015 Posted January 31, 2015 I got a lead 5lber I made but I've been blown around in my super fatcat, Just making a heavier one that'll dig in. Similar to this Quote
fishinglibin Posted January 31, 2015 Posted January 31, 2015 Taco did you make a mold for this and if so, how? Quote
Ricinus Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 Geez Taco, that thing would anchor the Queen Mary.. Mike 1 Quote
Taco Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 That ain't mine, that's a robbed pic of a 30lber that Outcast sells, you girls have trouble with the word Similar ? Mine should be roughly 6" wide chunk of 4"(?) drill stem with the wheel weights to bring it up to 10-12 lbs, the ends welded shut with 1/4" plate and 10 pieces of 3/4" solid rod welded on for star arms, Don't know if I want the tie off point in the middle of the anchor like above or on the end. I'm fatter than Don and catch more wind. Quote
Ricinus Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 Hah. BTW, I think the tie-off would work better in the middle so the knobs on both ends would dig in. Mike Quote
angler Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 Had one of those style from Hyde for my drift boat. Got rid of it after 1st use. It just bounces along the rocky bottom. Went back to pyramid style. Being round-ish, like my standby cement filled paint can for the tinnie, it rolls off uneven bottoms. my 2cents. Quote
Taco Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 And a pretty decent derail from Don's original cranky old farts thread..... Quote
Ricinus Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 Curmudgeons have a tendency to do that.. Mike Quote
billie Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 How did Don's aspirations to curmudgenry turn into an anchor thread. You guys gotta stay on topic . My kids say I get honourable mention. Quote
Taco Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 If you check back it's Don that started the derail.... besides one of the signs of curmudgeonry is a wanderin' mind........................... ???? Now where was I ?????? Quote
DonAndersen Posted February 2, 2015 Author Posted February 2, 2015 Billie, Yupe -- a total derail & it was me. But forums are about BSing & I'm a master @ BSing. Don 1 Quote
Taco Posted February 3, 2015 Posted February 3, 2015 And in keeping with Don's hijack here's what I came up with. Need's about 3 lbs of wheel weights to bring it up to 12lbs and the top welded on. May get it powder coated, I got some other stuff I built headed for the coaters anyway Quote
BrianR Posted February 3, 2015 Posted February 3, 2015 taco; are you welding the pipes ends closed.me thinks micro organisms[rock snot] etc.. I went thru one of those,boat wash things the gov't was doing.Came back from Montana.They took the hubcaps,of the trailer wheels.flushed the bunks etc. Quote
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