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  1. Have a Shimano Twin Power 5000XD, looking to trade for the SW in the same size.

     

    Slight scuff on the clear coat finish, but not scratched down to metal.  Also note the slight ding on the spool (not on the spool lip).  Mechanically 100%

     

    Great reel but the SW would balance better on my rod.
     

    Might be a long shot… But may benefit someone that’s looking to lighten up their gear as this reel is about 10oz.

     

    I could add some cash for the right reel.

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  2. On 2/22/2024 at 8:53 AM, mikez2 said:

    The only thing I would say to that is;

     

    the license and training requirements have always been in place and wastewater has always been gross. Yet most of my career there has always been multiple candidates for every position. They were able to pick and choose the cream of the crop while offering bare minimum. 

     

    Now positions go unfilled and, in the industrial segment anyways, pay and benefits are through the roof.

     

    My last good boss worked into his 70s and stuck around as a consultant to try to train his replacement. We have been through 3 bosses since. All complete failures. Ten years ago they wouldn't have been considered as operators. Today they get management jobs because there's no competition. 

     

    One of the detterents is the oddball hours that need to be staffed. I don't understand why some plants do the obnoxious rotating schedules where you might work 1st shift one week and 3rd another. Who can live like that? It's not a big surprise to hear about operators falling asleep. Those shifts grind you down. 

     

    Those positions are always open and anyone with a license can get them no matter how much a F up they might be.

     

    Now that you mention, one of the reasons why I left the municipal side was the oddball hours/swing shifts.  8am/8PM one week, 8PM/8am the next.  One operator per shift covering plant, lab, maintenance duties.  Severely understaffed, We were pulling 100+hrs OT per year.  Money was excellent, but quality of life was... Chit...

     

    Another possibility is this career is not advertised enough.  Some are unaware that this form of infrastructure exists.  I've had discussions with people where they assume that flushing the toilet just disappears into the ground, or turning on that faucet magically produces clean water from a pond.

     

     

  3. Stringent licensing/training and stigma behind the job title I think, explains the lack of operators.

     

    To even get your foot in a municipal plant, you need to hold a license or have some kind of relevant experience/education.

     

    I run a WW department for a private sector (industrial pretreatment), which does not require licensed operators.  Two of our operators are above retirement age, open positions for years now.  We have been trying to recruit the younger folks to the job (internal).  No experience required, offering median salary to start + benefits.  No one wants the job.  People get grossed out when you even mention "Wastewater".

     

    I worked in municipal a while back, pumps/actuators would freeze up during this time of year.  Some more prone to others.  Operators are on-call to correct the situation.  We had a process monitor fall asleep in front of the computer one night.  Distribution pump stuck open, high level alarms going off and the water tower overflowing.  Half the neighborhood coated in a sheet of ice.

     

  4. 23 hours ago, NYNistler said:

    Wish I had the time, talent, and ability to do that. I'd love to keep mine from completely wasting away. I feel like it would go for another 250k if rust didn't eat it alive.

    Yeah these trucks would outlive us if it wasn't for the rust belt.

     

    Currently struggling with my rear diff leaking from rot...  Despite rust treating and washing after snowstorms and beach front driving.

     

    No where in NE has an unrotted doner axle for these trucks.

  5. 17 hours ago, StealthModes said:

    Your TwinPower is definitely a lot nicer than a Stradic.  The drag system & internals are way different.  You made a smart choice, especially going after rooster's!!  Both reels cast & retrieve the same - with the worm oscillation.

     

    Bass, actually have a very first strong run or 2 maybe 3, and your drag pressure range is amazing on those TwinPowers - compared to a Stradic, especially over extensive use.  

     

    ^^^Something, you may not notice... until 100 Bass later.  But, for striped bass, a Twin Power's drag system is in a class only with a Stella.  Not even the Vanquish internals are built like a TwinPower or Stella.  Stradics are amazing reels, and I use them the most for flounder & bass - because it's a perfect price-value point for my fishing.  But, if I had a choice.. I take TwinPowers for bass all day everyday, and Stradics for flounder.

     

     

    Are you referring to the SW or XD twin power?

     

    Though the XD performed well on my Mexico trip, the reel felt on the "lighter" end for those class fish.  

  6. On 2/13/2024 at 8:50 AM, NYNistler said:

    Glad it worked out for you. I'm a huge Toyota fan. My Sequoia is a different gen and motor, 2008 with the 5.7, but is an absolute bulletproof tank. I have 225k on it and it still runs like new. Frame is solid as a rock and was treated about 5 years ago under a recall. I have rust on the rear gate and complete chuncks of metal that have disappeared under the rear door and up the wheel well. Other than that, it has been the best vehicle I've ever owned.  I have a 2013 Tundra Rock Warrior as well, and it's great too, but it only has 130k miles, so it is just through the break-in period for a Tundra. Get back to me in 10 years and I'll tell you how it's going.

     

    My 1st gen had the same rot on the wheel wells too.  I used part of a filing cabinet to repair mine :p

     

     

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  7. I flew on the 737-900 not too long ago from SJD - ATL.

     

    That plane made so much ruckus before landing.  The spoiler thing on the wing (think it's called aileron?) was flapping around as if a hinge broke off.

     

    I just closed the window and turned up the TV screen volume :b:

     

     

     

     

     

  8. Don't have the FD but I do have the XD 5000. 

     

    Feels like a souped up Stradic with a smoother drag.

     

    I took it to Mexico and it held up well to Jacks/Roosters in the 20lb class.

     

    I don't think there is much of a difference between the two besides cosmetics?

     

     

     

  9. On 12/11/2023 at 6:26 AM, albacized said:

    Are we talking sea run white perch or the landlocked variety? I'm completely dialed into the latter, but have very little success in the sea run variety...I've caught just a small handful of the sea run variety since I'm moved to new england years ago (caught plenty in the potomac river way back when i lived in Northern VA back when I was a teen - I'm now 59). But the few sea runs I've caught were way larger on average than the landlocked lake/pond ones I catch. I could see making sincere efforts to catch those if I could learn that game a bit better

    Sea run Perch to be specific.

     

    The tidal rives around East Bay and surrounding areas of the Massachusetts border used to be a hotspot for them.  They were around in large numbers and of good sizes as well, but that was decades ago which seems to be the story for most species today.

     

    Grass shrimp on a Hi-Low rig was my method of catching White Perch.  I would catch the shrimp in the same body of water using a butterfly net.  

     

    I never had success with using lures though, but also didn't put much time into this method as well.

     

    But there is something appealing about targeting this species with an UL trout rod and lures....

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