Archive for February 22nd, 2014

A farewell to fishing

Posted on Saturday, February 22nd, 2014 at 9:02 pm

Well, I had gotten a call from the Irma at the storage units, and the lock on my D unit had been missing.  Today, I finally got there, and I found that the only thing missing were my rods and reels.  The boxes had been pretty much rifled, but there wasn’t much there that could quickly be converted to cash.  So nothing else was obviously missing.  I put on a serious lock, this time.  I got things in order and got the items I wanted (including one of my Lazy Boys), and came back to Brenham, after grabbing a spindle and some cheese in Bastrop.  (I can’t believe they charge twice as much here in Brenham for the same cheese.  I stocked up on smoked gouda.)

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My response to the loss is that I haven’t been fishing in ten years, and that I don’t have a place that is convenient for fishing or a fishing license.  And again, there aren’t that many bodies of water that I trust these days as far as pollution goes.  But at the same time, it makes the mountain of fishing tackle I have a moot issue.  I’ll live without them, regardless.  I can always borrow a rig when needed.

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The truck ran fine.  The check engine light still comes on, even though the battery was disconnected for several hours, and should have reset it.  So I guess I need to have it checked.