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NHmachinist · Feb 7, 2024

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Wife is in Florida for the week. Just babysitting KODA
He is a lot to handle . Constantly wants to play and we walk about 3 miles a day . He’s 14 months old now !

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I bet he sheds

US Marine · Feb 7, 2024

This door bar on my roll cage in my Camaro is fun to watch me climb over then fall into my seat . When I was younger I was more agile now a comedy act to watch

Yes there's a pull pin to swing the door bar out of the way but I just climb over that bar !!!

jwctaco · Feb 7, 2024

US Marine said: ↑

This door bar on my roll cage in my Camaro is fun to watch me climb over then fall into my seat . When I was younger I was more agile now a comedy act to watch

Yes there's a pull pin to swing the door bar out of the way but I just climb over that bar !!!

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Bet that’s a site to see

Marty65 · Feb 7, 2024

jwctaco said: ↑

Thank Goodness we came to our senses
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I’m not hugging trees yet and probably won’t start but I am starting to hear the other side of things. But I’m not packing my shit for California yet!

Marty65 · Feb 7, 2024

It’s full of strange things, we’ve all seen Andy

MTgirl · Feb 7, 2024

Marty65 said: ↑

It’s full of strange things, we’ve all seen Andy
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Too much of him if you ask me…

sdk1968 · Feb 7, 2024

Bill0351 said: ↑

Same as mine! Completely untrainable wife meets an (allegedly) untrainable husband. Both with control issues. My best friend, and a terrible influence. She’s not litter trained either. Perfect!
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hear ya man.

She's loyal, dependable & meaner than an outhouse rat...

But she's mine. Gulp.

Marty65 · Feb 7, 2024

MTgirl said: ↑

Too much of him if you ask me…
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We’ve got to get him a hobby!

MTgirl · Feb 7, 2024

Lurkin said: ↑

Waaaay back when I was in the area there was quite some talk of water quality in the Butte area due to the history there. That still an issue?
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There has been significant work to clean things up but it’s never going to be perfect. There are lots of testing monitoring sites all around the area.

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I’m sure the story is the same everywhere but some things went on here that you can’t get away with today. Rivers flows redirected so hydroelectric dams could be located near towns with textile mills. Treatment facilities for textile mills that supposedly treated and returned water to the Catawba River that smelled very much like raw sewage downstream of the outlet pipes. A recent project has returned the flow to the old river channel in this area to make a place for whitewater kayakers and there is talk of another state park. The channel has been closed off for a little over a hundred years. I’m not sure if the dam above it was opened in 1916 or construct started on it. But below that dam there has been a smaller dam diverting the water towards great falls and another hydroelectric dam cutting off the old channel. They didn’t take it completely down but worked on the channel and parking and other things. Then they opened up a section in the middle it appears to be at least class 3 at the opening you can see that part from the bridge below the dam. Had it not been for the tourist attraction angle I’m not sure it would have gained any traction to restoring flow to the natural channel though.
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out here it’s mostly mining. Lots of old claims up in the mountains, mine shafts flooded and ground water exposed to whatever minerals are in the mine that then run down stream. Few areas are pretty much dead due to those types of issues and I doubt that anything will ever be done to fix it as the mines are so remote it would be difficult to do any remediation work.
And then there’s the once or twice a year “accidental “ discharge of the Yellowstone club sewage treatment ponds into the Gallatin. Yeah. Won’t see me fishing down stream there!

Cwopinger · Feb 7, 2024

Good morning everybody

Marty65 · Feb 7, 2024

MTgirl said: ↑

There has been significant work to clean things up but it’s never going to be perfect. There are lots of testing monitoring sites all around the area.
out here it’s mostly mining. Lots of old claims up in the mountains, mine shafts flooded and ground water exposed to whatever minerals are in the mine that then run down stream. Few areas are pretty much dead due to those types of issues and I doubt that anything will ever be done to fix it as the mines are so remote it would be difficult to do any remediation work.
And then there’s the once or twice a year “accidental “ discharge of the Yellowstone club sewage treatment ponds into the Gallatin. Yeah. Won’t see me fishing down stream there!
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Not trying to stomp any toes this morning but you should take a ride through West Virginia. The state is beautiful in the summer but in the winter when the leaves fall. You can ride through the same area and look back up in the hollows and see where the people dumped out their appliances and trash. I had someone tell me about how the mining company fixes it back after they removed the top of a mountain to get at the coal. Because they smooth it out and plant grass. I had about 20 acres up there a few years back but I received a good offer on it during Covid so I let it go.

jwctaco · Feb 7, 2024

Marty65 said: ↑

I’m not hugging trees yet and probably won’t start but I am starting to hear the other side of things. But I’m not packing my shit for California yet!
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Coming from a state that was completely “clear cut “ ,Michigan has come a long way. We have pretty good trout fishing. DNR guy once told me that if you want to know the conditions of an environment, check the trout population.

MTgirl · Feb 7, 2024

Marty65 said: ↑

Not trying to stomp any toes this morning but you should take a ride through West Virginia. The state is beautiful in the summer but in the winter when the leaves fall. You can ride through the same area and look back up in the hollows and see where the people dumped out their appliances and trash. I had someone tell me about how the mining company fixes it back after they removed the top of a mountain to get at the coal. Because they smooth it out and plant grass. I had about 20 acres up there a few years back but I received a good offer on it during Covid so I let it go.
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Those problems exist almost everywhere if you know where to look.
Up in Alaska there really aren’t any salvage yards or recycling centers as the cost to ship everything south is too expensive. So you can just be driving along and be surrounded by endless wilderness then bam - dump of old cars and appliances and furniture just left to rot because people wanted to get rid of them and didn’t want to pay and arm or leg to do it properly.
So yeah, humans are dumb and ruin things everywhere.

jwctaco · Feb 7, 2024

Marty65 said: ↑

Not trying to stomp any toes this morning but you should take a ride through West Virginia. The state is beautiful in the summer but in the winter when the leaves fall. You can ride through the same area and look back up in the hollows and see where the people dumped out their appliances and trash. I had someone tell me about how the mining company fixes it back after they removed the top of a mountain to get at the coal. Because they smooth it out and plant grass. I had about 20 acres up there a few years back but I received a good offer on it during Covid so I let it go.
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Lurkin · Feb 7, 2024

MTgirl said: ↑

Those problems exist almost everywhere if you know where to look.
Up in Alaska there really aren’t any salvage yards or recycling centers as the cost to ship everything south is too expensive. So you can just be driving along and be surrounded by endless wilderness then bam - dump of old cars and appliances and furniture just left to rot because people wanted to get rid of them and didn’t want to pay and arm or leg to do it properly.
So yeah, humans are dumb and ruin things everywhere.
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We are an invasive species.

Marty65 · Feb 7, 2024

jwctaco said: ↑

Coming from a state that was completely “clear cut “ ,Michigan has come a long way. We have pretty good trout fishing. DNR guy once told me that if you want to know the conditions of an environment, check the trout population.
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I believe that’s what has opened my eyes to some things. And it’s not really important to me anymore if I catch anything sometimes it’s just about where you’re standing.

jwctaco · Feb 7, 2024

My father’s family farm in Alabama is completely gone. Family lived there almost 200 years, gone in less than 10.mr Peabodys coal train hauled it away

jwctaco · Feb 7, 2024

Lurkin said: ↑

We are an invasive species.
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Planet Earth will be here long after we’re done and gone

jwctaco · Feb 7, 2024

Marty65 said: ↑

I believe that’s what has opened my eyes to some things. And it’s not really important to me anymore if I catch anything sometimes it’s just about where you’re standing.
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Absolutely
Did you have a good day fishing
Oh yeah
How many fish
I don’t care

BarcelonaTom67 · Feb 7, 2024

Good Wednesday to all. Nice day here, hope all in the path of the massive storms are staying dry and safe.

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