No bait, no scent attractant - nothing.
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Smile For The Trail Camera
Plenty of deer on the trail camera. What's interesting is there is nothing there for them other than the curiosity effect.
No bait, no scent attractant - nothing.
No bait, no scent attractant - nothing.
The Series
The 2010 World Series between the San Francisco Giants and the Texas Rangers kicked off in San Francisco this week.
One player, Ranger catcher Bengie Molina, is guaranteed a World Series ring regardless who wins. Molina spent the first part of the year with the Giants and was traded to the Rangers on July 1 making him eligible regardless of the series outcome.
Bengie is the oldest of three brothers who are all major league catchers and are the only trio of brothers to have earned championship rings.
One player, Ranger catcher Bengie Molina, is guaranteed a World Series ring regardless who wins. Molina spent the first part of the year with the Giants and was traded to the Rangers on July 1 making him eligible regardless of the series outcome.
Bengie is the oldest of three brothers who are all major league catchers and are the only trio of brothers to have earned championship rings.
Friday, October 29, 2010
Top Ten War Movies - #2
Number two.
And another point of view.
When I registered for the draft pop offered me some counsel about enlisting in the military.
He said to not wait for the draft notice but to enlist in the Navy. Not the Army. His reasoning was that I would be assured of three square meals a day and a warm bunk every evening. In retrospect, his advice became a moot point because Nixon instituted the all-volunteer military and the draft disappeared. Nonetheless, I dunno about dad's wisdom.
While I have no personal experience in the matter I happen to think that there is nothing worse than having someone shoot at you.
Especially if you are underwater.
This 1981 motion picture is a riveting portrayal of the horrors of warfare.
Starring in Das Boot were Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann, Hubertus Bengsch and Martin Semmelrogge.
If you ever have an opportunity to watch it in surround sound on the big screen - hang on tight...
And another point of view.
When I registered for the draft pop offered me some counsel about enlisting in the military.
He said to not wait for the draft notice but to enlist in the Navy. Not the Army. His reasoning was that I would be assured of three square meals a day and a warm bunk every evening. In retrospect, his advice became a moot point because Nixon instituted the all-volunteer military and the draft disappeared. Nonetheless, I dunno about dad's wisdom.
While I have no personal experience in the matter I happen to think that there is nothing worse than having someone shoot at you.
Especially if you are underwater.
This 1981 motion picture is a riveting portrayal of the horrors of warfare.
Starring in Das Boot were Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann, Hubertus Bengsch and Martin Semmelrogge.
If you ever have an opportunity to watch it in surround sound on the big screen - hang on tight...
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Fishy Economics
Fishing is a big deal in Wisconsin.
It is estimated that $2.3 billion of annual economic activity can be attributed to fishing in this state.
Fishing-related retail sales account for $1.2 billion and the sport brings in an additional $90 million in state tax revenues. It is also responsible for approximately 26,000 jobs.
Source - WDNR
It is estimated that $2.3 billion of annual economic activity can be attributed to fishing in this state.
Fishing-related retail sales account for $1.2 billion and the sport brings in an additional $90 million in state tax revenues. It is also responsible for approximately 26,000 jobs.
Source - WDNR
Monday, October 25, 2010
Fast Food Nation
The fast food industry is a massive, global market. The industry generates billions of transactions worth an estimated $100 billion annually.
Two of the biggest, YUM Brands and McDonald's, have footprints all over the world. YUM Brands, which includes, among others, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and KFC, has over 37,000 restaurants in over 110 countries.
McDonald's has over 32,000 stores in 117 countries and serves an average of 60 million customers a day. Not every idea generated by these fast food giants is an instant hit with the public, though.
View a list of 15 major fast food failures.
Two of the biggest, YUM Brands and McDonald's, have footprints all over the world. YUM Brands, which includes, among others, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and KFC, has over 37,000 restaurants in over 110 countries.
McDonald's has over 32,000 stores in 117 countries and serves an average of 60 million customers a day. Not every idea generated by these fast food giants is an instant hit with the public, though.
View a list of 15 major fast food failures.
Friday, October 22, 2010
Top Ten War Movies - #3
Steve Spielberg directed this 1998 motion picture.
Starring Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns and Barry Pepper.
The opening scene - the 2nd Ranger Battalion's assault on the Normandy beachead - left me numb.
I saw this movie with my pop - a combat veteran of the Normandy invasion. I can count upon one hand the number of times in my life I witnessed my father shed a tear. So effective was Spielberg's portrayal of combat that dad cried during this movie.
Starring Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns and Barry Pepper.
The opening scene - the 2nd Ranger Battalion's assault on the Normandy beachead - left me numb.
I saw this movie with my pop - a combat veteran of the Normandy invasion. I can count upon one hand the number of times in my life I witnessed my father shed a tear. So effective was Spielberg's portrayal of combat that dad cried during this movie.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Deer Camp
Last Sunday afternoon Braumeister and I had to repair a couple of deer stands.
Recent high winds tore some of them-up pretty well.
One of the oldest stands that has stood mightily against two decades of everything Mother Nature threw at it is totally destroyed.
Toast.
One of the supporting trees actually snapped-off above the floor and took the rails and seat to the ground.
Monday, October 18, 2010
Smile For The Trail Camera
Yesterday Girlfriend and I fetched the memory card from the trail camera and moved it to a new location - right near some fresh antler rubs.
Braumeister, Lawyer, Mennonite and I hunted last weekend. We have two baldies in the freezer and came close to having four. Lawyer and Brau missed a couple of head shots on Sunday morning.
We saw many more deer than we shot-at. At great risk of drawing the wrath of the deer gods we think the place is swarming with deer. We all had a good chuckle over how the next Governor of Wisconsin wants to appoint a Deer Trustee so that he can take politics out of the woods and put the deer back in.
We think that's silly. We think he needs to spend more time in the woods or come and join our deer camp.
Here are some of the deer scampering about.
I have now identified five distinctly different bucks.
click on any image to enlarge
Braumeister, Lawyer, Mennonite and I hunted last weekend. We have two baldies in the freezer and came close to having four. Lawyer and Brau missed a couple of head shots on Sunday morning.
We saw many more deer than we shot-at. At great risk of drawing the wrath of the deer gods we think the place is swarming with deer. We all had a good chuckle over how the next Governor of Wisconsin wants to appoint a Deer Trustee so that he can take politics out of the woods and put the deer back in.
We think that's silly. We think he needs to spend more time in the woods or come and join our deer camp.
Here are some of the deer scampering about.
I have now identified five distinctly different bucks.
click on any image to enlarge
Saturday, October 16, 2010
CSI Comes To Deer Camp
Braumeister has got the field-dressing of deer down to a science.
Literally.
This year he's using autopsy gloves.
Friday, October 15, 2010
Top Ten War Movies - #4
I have seen this motion picture countless times since the first time I saw it in the theater.
Released many years following the original conflict this fantastic work by Oliver Stone still garners viewership and respect for its intense portrayal of life and death, good and evil, competence and incompetence. And the closeness of the relationship of those comprising a Platoon.
In my opinion it stands as one of the best films about the Vietnam war ever made.
This 1986 picture starred Charlie Sheen, Willem Dafoe, Tom Berenger, Keith David, Francesco Quinn, Kevin Dillon, Forest Whitaker, and John McGinley. Johnny Deep was also cast in this movie.
It is also remembered for the haunting music of Samel Barber's Adagio for Strings.
Released many years following the original conflict this fantastic work by Oliver Stone still garners viewership and respect for its intense portrayal of life and death, good and evil, competence and incompetence. And the closeness of the relationship of those comprising a Platoon.
In my opinion it stands as one of the best films about the Vietnam war ever made.
This 1986 picture starred Charlie Sheen, Willem Dafoe, Tom Berenger, Keith David, Francesco Quinn, Kevin Dillon, Forest Whitaker, and John McGinley. Johnny Deep was also cast in this movie.
It is also remembered for the haunting music of Samel Barber's Adagio for Strings.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
It's Going To Be A Boy
Blogging may slow down here for a spell as the day job and some volunteer fundraising has me tied-up in fits.
This is not necessarily a bad thing but it is seriously impinging-upon my recreational activities.
Bottom line is posts will probably become fewer and further between. Same for the other blog.
The good news is that Daughter called tonight to let the Frau and I know that they're having a baby boy next spring.
With two granddads lost this year this is terrific news.
Nature always fills the void.
This is not necessarily a bad thing but it is seriously impinging-upon my recreational activities.
Bottom line is posts will probably become fewer and further between. Same for the other blog.
The good news is that Daughter called tonight to let the Frau and I know that they're having a baby boy next spring.
With two granddads lost this year this is terrific news.
Nature always fills the void.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Furniture or Vehicle?
With the exception of the frame, fenders and bumpers the coach work of this truck is made entirely of wood. Amazing.
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Friday, October 8, 2010
Top Ten War Movies - #5
Number Five on the list.
It is getting tougher to make the cut.
This 1957 classic starred William Holden, Alec Guinness and Jack Hawkins.
Sometimes in the broader context of was are found smaller and more personal wars. The Bridge on the River Kwai does a terrific job of portraying just such a situation. Plus the British stiff upper lip.
Although a work of fiction - the film is loosely-based upon the building of a bridge in 1943 over a river for the Burma-Siam railway.
It is best remembered for the tune whistled by the POWS - The Colonel Bogey March.
It is getting tougher to make the cut.
This 1957 classic starred William Holden, Alec Guinness and Jack Hawkins.
Sometimes in the broader context of was are found smaller and more personal wars. The Bridge on the River Kwai does a terrific job of portraying just such a situation. Plus the British stiff upper lip.
Although a work of fiction - the film is loosely-based upon the building of a bridge in 1943 over a river for the Burma-Siam railway.
It is best remembered for the tune whistled by the POWS - The Colonel Bogey March.
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Taking Longer to Empty the Nest
The US Census Bureau has been releasing all manner of useful information in the past few weeks.
One of the more curious findings is following a decline over many years - households have reversed course and started to increase in size.
In 2009 the average household consisted of 2.59 individuals. This was up from 2.56 two years earlier. The first increase since 1993.
According to Julia Coronado and Yelena Shulyatyeva of BNP Paribas - this is not because parents are having more children. They attribute this to the phenomenon of children taking longer to move out.
There are likely a number of factors at play but it is suspected that the main contributor is the recession and the difficulties youngsters are having with unemployment or landing a first job.
In simple terms - living with their parents has become more attractive or a necessity.
Learn more about this over at The Economist.
One of the more curious findings is following a decline over many years - households have reversed course and started to increase in size.
In 2009 the average household consisted of 2.59 individuals. This was up from 2.56 two years earlier. The first increase since 1993.
According to Julia Coronado and Yelena Shulyatyeva of BNP Paribas - this is not because parents are having more children. They attribute this to the phenomenon of children taking longer to move out.
There are likely a number of factors at play but it is suspected that the main contributor is the recession and the difficulties youngsters are having with unemployment or landing a first job.
In simple terms - living with their parents has become more attractive or a necessity.
Learn more about this over at The Economist.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Monday, October 4, 2010
Cheeseheads With Attitude
I don't know how many of you are familiar with the group known as CWA.
They've been publishing some quirky tunes since the late '90s - such as Where the Hell is Neenah? (Set to the music of Tone Loc).
And Cheesehead Baby (Beck's Loser).
Go Pack!
They've been publishing some quirky tunes since the late '90s - such as Where the Hell is Neenah? (Set to the music of Tone Loc).
And Cheesehead Baby (Beck's Loser).
Go Pack!
Sunday, October 3, 2010
The Beast
I have found the twin brother of The Beast.
A woman from Green Bay drives this ride.
Just between you and me - I have authentic (and nicer) rims.
Sandblasted, painted and clear coated. Finished with authentic PMD glass bezels on the hubs and 1968 lug nuts with the black centers.
Brother In Law said we should take The Beast to the show next year and sit with these ladies.
Friday, October 1, 2010
Top Ten War Movies - #6
No proper assemblage of cinematic representations of war would be complete with number six on my list.
If you ever have an opportunity to be in the vicinity of Fort Knox, KY you absolutely must visit the General George Patton Museum.
Patton is the third installment of the 1970 movie trifecta.
George C. Scott does an absolutely brilliant job of portraying the mercurial Patton and Karl Malden is cast as the perfect complement in General Bradley
Very few figures from the Second World War inspire as much controversy, admiration or awe as this plain-spoken cavalryman.
I took great personal interest in this production as my father was a combat infantryman who participated in the liberation of France and Belgium. After the breakout at St. Lo they were frequently attached to elements of Patton’s armor (or vice versa) in the dash across northern France. The frequently outran their supply lines and literally ran out of gas by the close of August, 1944.
Pop used to tell a story about an episode during the war where he saw the General actually directing traffic.
I have no reason to believe that he was making it up.
Particularly since this was before the movie ever came out.
I know this is nit-picking, but all the armor used in this movie was from the 1950s. M47s for the US and M48s for the Jerries. Ironically – both are named for Patton.
If you ever have an opportunity to be in the vicinity of Fort Knox, KY you absolutely must visit the General George Patton Museum.
Patton is the third installment of the 1970 movie trifecta.
George C. Scott does an absolutely brilliant job of portraying the mercurial Patton and Karl Malden is cast as the perfect complement in General Bradley
Very few figures from the Second World War inspire as much controversy, admiration or awe as this plain-spoken cavalryman.
I took great personal interest in this production as my father was a combat infantryman who participated in the liberation of France and Belgium. After the breakout at St. Lo they were frequently attached to elements of Patton’s armor (or vice versa) in the dash across northern France. The frequently outran their supply lines and literally ran out of gas by the close of August, 1944.
Pop used to tell a story about an episode during the war where he saw the General actually directing traffic.
I have no reason to believe that he was making it up.
Particularly since this was before the movie ever came out.
I know this is nit-picking, but all the armor used in this movie was from the 1950s. M47s for the US and M48s for the Jerries. Ironically – both are named for Patton.
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