The Great Outdoors

[jhawks99]

64 and more rain today. Flood warnings out for most of the state.

[ousdahl]

First wildlife crossing along 70 in CO

Swipe to see the wildlife…omg bobkittens!

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[TDub]

I need a decent but relatively inexpensive bank fishing rod, and also another that a 7 year old can operate and handle. Any suggestions?

[TDub]

there's about 9000 options at the local farm and hunting store but figured I'd ask here first if anyone has experience with a certain type or brand that they liked.

I'm sure they would all be fine, but still.

[Sparko]

I have an Image Professional with an open face Shakespeare reel, and an Eagle Claw collapsible with an old and reliable Zebco 33. Kids like the push button--and so do I on the 33 because I like to bike to lakes.

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

To you smart people on the The Great Outdoors thread.....
I have windows that face north and windows than face west. I am on the 50th floor.
I have been told spiders don't climb up the 50 floors and they get up here by being blown around.
Typically wind/s blow in from the west.
I currently have spiders in 4 of my 6 north facing windows. None in the west windows.
In each/every of the 4 windows, they have spun webs and are hanging out in the top right corner of the windows. Why there?

[Sparko]

Prevailing winds. They are angling for surprised insects. May be shaded too. I would think at 50 stories, the West wind is cyclonic often, much better when cut.

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

Prevailing winds. They are angling for surprised insects. May be shaded too. I would think at 50 stories, the West wind is cyclonic often, much better when cut.

Good answer! I think. Thanks!

[TDub]

Prevailing winds. They are angling for surprised insects. May be shaded too. I would think at 50 stories, the West wind is cyclonic often, much better when cut.

particularly when being funneled through a cityscape

[jhawks99]

there's about 9000 options at the local farm and hunting store but figured I'd ask here first if anyone has experience with a certain type or brand that they liked.

I'm sure they would all be fine, but still.

My kids loved their Snoopy fishin poles

[KUTradition]

I need a decent but relatively inexpensive bank fishing rod, and also another that a 7 year old can operate and handle. Any suggestions?

shakespeare and/or zebco

[Overlander]

I bet 90% of us learned how to fish with a Zebco reel

[ousdahl]

so I've got a bunch of wild strawberries in my yard this summer.

They're fruiting and everything.

But, despite checking them daily, I still haven't found a single ripe one I get to eat.

Seems the varmints is quicker than me.

[Overlander]

Seems the varmints is smarter, more productive and more motivated than me.

[ousdahl]

Jesus fucking Christ, dude.

[Overlander]

Jesus fucking Christ, dude.

I know… right?

[ousdahl]

okay, since it's come to this, and since I'm so dumb and unproductive and unmotivated, just give it to me straight, like for real:






what else should I be doing to get them strawberries?

[Overlander]

Get a fucking productive, motivating and real life?

[Shirley]

I bet 90% of us learned how to fish with a Zebco reel

^^^

[Shirley]

‘Absolutely incredible’: Man rowing solo across Atlantic is surrounded by whales

Tom Waddington is on a quest to row across the Atlantic Ocean all by himself — but on Sunday, he found plenty of company at sea, when a pod of pilot whales thronged around him. They followed him for hours, growing from a few playful animals to hundreds of large creatures. At least one smacked into his small boat.

The whales popped their heads above the surface and seemed to play together — a gam of whales, gadding about — as Waddington, who is rowing some 2,000 miles from the Newfoundland coast to Penzance, in the United Kingdom, watched in amazement.

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