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  1. Would be cool to meet you and share a few stories, black drum likely, they like sand fleas and peelers (usually that is early for peelers). Depends on water temps… we used to have de bay or Hudson River fish come through, but those days are gone, there is always a chance…. April 23rd 2010 was a good day.
  2. The md side also starts closing around mid / end of may due to nesting birds, usually it closes from km21.8 to the va line. but that is more sand than the va side to share, the limit is still 145 trucks… during the summer md side is pretty crowded. On the weekends if you dont get there by sunrise, you are waiting to drive on the beach.
  3. 24 years for me. Its nuts, I remember 15 years ago watching the old avaya and nortel techs, good freinds, just fade away with IP. And here we are. In my world, we have two teams for info security. Its all policy, it makes everything so much more enjoyable, if we didn’t have them we would all be out of a job. (Probably watching) Went through several rounds of layoffs across different companies and haven’t been promoted to customer yet, but i know it’s coming. Lost working with good friends cause of it, but they seemed to fare just fine. Lagerhead, good luck on the test! Certs are good to get your foot in the door, if you like working in this stuff. You have to become a manager, if not people, then systems (Meraki, Aruba Central). Or burn out being a project manager
  4. i remember you had to go to cisco campus in NC or out to San Jose, i heard of guys going to Canada and i think san Paulo or rio down in brazil for the voice IE. today im not sure how they do the lab portion. On the voice side with UCaaS now, there is no troubleshooting like we did before, i cant login to the SBC or servers to see what is going on… all i can do is open a ticket and escalate and pray. I haven’t done any official training in webex or teams or zoom, its all gui and no technical whatsoever. Give me a day to figure out the GUI and where everything is at and i can build. Im moving more into other management and networking. Im resisting going the API route that will be ran by AI here shortly. i agree on the state of IT, after covid its not the same, cant see how thats so relevant but it is.
  5. I held a ccna and np for over 15 years… always re certified at the cisco networkers / live. I had the UC or voice np, and route/switch. ccna is entry level. It’s not an easy test, or wasn't back in the day. It covers a broad range of stuff, but is still route/switch.Just remember there is the cisco right answer and the standard right answer lol. i let mine expire after 10 years, next step for me was an IE, and would of gotten that if i worked for a cisco partner and they paid for it, but i never went down that road. There are also other vendors than cisco, last few years cisco has gone downhill, especially on the support side, where they had an advantage historically. you talk to any competitor and they have ex cisco employees that love to bash them. today, i enjoy interviewing CCIE’s and making them feel stupid… not that im smarter than them, just to get to that level, you know your stuff, but most don't have real world experience or can only focus on one narrow field. They are also cocky as a general trait lol… don't put CCIE after your name on your resume… I do know a few cisco employees with double or triple CCIEs that could build, fix, and troubleshoot anything you hand them.
  6. Sorry to hear about Dennis and Gene, RIP.
  7. Sharing some pictures, over the holidays i finally pulled the trigger on a new lathe setup… im happy… I didn’t go with Renzetti due to costs, hopefully i don’t regret it. As with most stuff i do, its not stock out of the box, added some custom 3D printed stands from Reeds Rods, was blown away with the quality. Biggest challenge is going from my old setup that similar to the Renzetti with the wrapping motor spinning the other direction, and how i work with thread. I may add another motor if i cant get used to it. Rod is a 20-40 blank i got from john at all tackle, it will be used in the fiberglass jetty, if i feel like lobbing 6oz and a bunker head. Will have a fathom2 size 30 lever drag.
  8. The ‘microwave’ guides are great on a spinning rod, lighter inshore, they make them for surf spinning as well. I have them on a rod i use with braid and maybe a light shock leader, for bait in the surf. I would agree with Paul's statement that they seem smoother, wouldn’t promise they add distance. i think the best benefit since they tame the line coming off the reel quickly, the top half of the guide train is small and light, improving the rod action, and fighting fish. they don't make the same sense to me on casting / conventional setups, but they make them for that, iv don't have experience with those. I was thinking of using them for a longer surf / heaver but wanted to spend more $$$ on the fuji titanium.
  9. I had a DG blank, felt for me it was too stiff. sold it before i built it after going back and forth for some time. I put it in the same category as the CCP 8-12. It will throw the farthest, but after fighting a few fish with it (and toss in a few rays), it wasn't 'fun' to catch with, just kicked my butt. Maybe im a wuss, or just getting old, but iv had my share of these types of heavers and not buying another one... same with the fusion blanks 15 years ago. If 10s are not holding on an open beach (that isn't a popular point) ill pack up. If i need to stay, i have my two 1509s that are adequate, and i would argue given that current, the wind generating it is more of a killer of distance than the lead. I like the surf machine max, i have one, building another 50/50, and i have the LT as well. I fish 7-8 oz and this blank for me kills that range. I'm also building a DG lite blank, threw it in the bay behind HJ this fall, and had to thumb the reel to stop it, as i was running out of line on the reel. will do the same weight i throw with the SMM (7-8nbait), but has more power in the mid section. Following Ryan's recommendation on the build, will take 3-4 in off the tip, 'hatteras spec', so that will be 12'8 or 12'9.
  10. Haven’t posted in a while… but looks like i may be busy this winter and into next year. I stumbled on a opportunity to get some guides from across the ocean direct.
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