One day a rather inebriated ice fisherman drilled a hole in the ice and peered into the hole and a loud voice from above said, “There are no fish down there.”
He walked several yards away and drilled another hole and peered into the hole and again the voice said, “There’s no fish down there.” He then walked about 50 yards away and drilled another hole and again the voice said, “There’s no fish down there.” He looked up into the sky and asked, “God, is that you?” “No, you idiot,” the voice said, “it’s the rink manager.”
How Do Recreationists Make Activity Substitution Decisions? A Case of Recreational Fishing
Abstract
The substitution of other activities for recreational fishing is of particular interest to those interested in fishing participation patterns because when activity substitution occurs, an individual’s participation in recreational fishing is reduced or discontinued. This article explores the relationship between commitment to fishing and willingness to substitute other activities for fishing using recreational fishers from Queensland, Australia. A model is developed and tested which posits that willingness to substitute other activities for fishing is indirectly related to level of fishing commitment through the intermediate variables of experience preferences, consumptive orientation, and perceived constraints on fishing activity. Results demonstrate that the mechanism linking commitment to ability to substitute is complex and involves a number of intervening variables. The conceptual model developed and tested here should prove useful as a basis for further exploration of the relationship between commitment and substitutability in this and other populations of recreational fishers.
kinda a long way around the block to give Scott a hearty pat on the back…. I hope you have a blast brother!!!
The Drunken Fisherman
1917 – 1977
Wallowing in this bloody sty, I cast for fish that pleased my eye (Truly Jehovah's bow suspends No pots of gold to weight its ends); Only the blood-mouthed rainbow trout Rose to my bait. They flopped about My canvas creel until the moth Corrupted its unstable cloth. A calendar to tell the day; A handkerchief to wave away The gnats; a couch unstuffed with storm Pouching a bottle in one arm; A whiskey bottle full of worms; And bedroom slacks: are these fit terms To mete the worm whose molten rage Boils in the belly of old age? Once fishing was a rabbit's foot-- O wind blow cold, O wind blow hot, Let suns stay in or suns step out: Life danced a jig on the sperm-whale's spout-- The fisher's fluent and obscene Catches kept his conscience clean. Children, the raging memory drools Over the glory of past pools. Now the hot river, ebbing, hauls Its bloody waters into holes; A grain of sand inside my shoe Mimics the moon that might undo Man and Creation too; remorse, Stinking, has puddled up its source; Here tantrums thrash to a whale's rage. This is the pot-hole of old age. Is there no way to cast my hook Out of this dynamited brook? The Fisher's sons must cast about When shallow waters peter out. I will catch Christ with a greased worm, And when the Prince of Darkness stalks My bloodstream to its Stygian term . . . On water the Man-Fisher walks.
From Selected Poems by Robert Lowell, published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Inc. Copyright © 1976, 1977 by Robert Lowell.
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Uhm, OK yeah I read the whole poem twice and I still can’t tell if Robert Lowell likes fishing or not.
there was a young trout named Dan
who loved to steel bait from the line
one day it was said
a fly hit his head
and Dan became fillets in the pan
Jolly Holly wanted nothing more than to fish
In her entire life, she had made only one wish
All I need is a boat
One that will stay afloat
She had never been described as a sexy dish
Holly had other attributes. She sure could cook
And no one else was better at baiting a hook
With minnows and grubs
She stayed out of pubs
Because most men never gave her a second look
There was an air about her… not a pleasant one
It was a fishy smell that fellers liked to shun
Then one day she met Gus
A man, big as a bus!
He looked at Holly and said, “Take me fishin, hon.”
Wasn’t long, ‘fore Gus moved in with Jolly Holly
The fished all day and made love each night, by golly
He married that lil lass
On a boat, catchin’ bass
Got a collie and twin girls, Molly and Polly
wakey wakey
On deck:
Try to workout (toe rot is impeading)
Put together new deck stuff
Get sand for new umbrella
Get pea stone to finish a garden project
Mow lawn
Impeding
Angel Dust makes honorable mention. Its a great album.
My list isn’t exactly a greatest albums of all time thing. It was the albums that … at one point or another I was obsessed with. And I wanted it to be a trip through time, so I started with middle school (pretty much).
Much has been left out.
Toe rot gets in the way of so many things.
Porch project needs more TLC and materials, luckily I have both.
Grocery store trip later, Ran out of Sweet Thai Chili Sauce last night, I like it in my barbecue sauce concoction. Chipotle Tabasco sauce on sale this week, yum. Milk, okra, you know, the usual stuff.
“Everything’s Ruined” is one of my favs.
I’m only on my second day of antibiotics. Its doing better- I think. I did hit it a few times yesterday, and while it hurt like a sunofabitch, I didn’t see stars. So that’s improvement, right?
To get everyone dancing this morning.
Once I went on a multi day hike and the combination of my hiking boots and a too long toenail led to toe rot. The ER doc (PA actually) removed my great toenail and put me on antibiotics. It healed and a nail regrew but it looks funky. It’s thicker than my contralateral nail and has a few ridges in it. They both smell the same though so I’ve got that going for me!
I clipped my toes before the run – this isn’t my first <strike>rodeo</strike> Ragnar. One of my pair of shoes weren’t as awesome and my toes did hit the ends on the downhills which didn’t help.
But I’m pretty sure it was kicking all the roots that did my toe in.
Just pretend that the html works. That’s what I’m going to do.
I like this lady’s writing, not all of it, but most of it:
https://accordingtohoyt.com/2024/06/26/doom-doom-doom-2/
I like beginning the day with an Ole and Lena joke. Pupster being a native Minnesotan will appreciate that.
first I thought it was Sarah Rumpf, and recoiled like it was a snake in a box. Hoyt is ok, though.
heh, fuckin palestinian bullshit
https://x.com/RubinReport/status/1806305383662694897
She’s a bit longwinded for my taste.
A rock band is performing and the singer sees a kid with a banner asking to play guitar with them. The singer asks him: – Do you really know how to play guitar? – Yeah! – What’s your favorite band? – Guns N’ Roses What happens next is incredible.
https://x.com/historyrock_/status/1806306985631002636
Guitar kid is awesome.
Looks like a setup, but a fun one.
damn car in, putting together 30 albums is harder than I thought. So much to choose from.
Perhaps the best named show in history:
https://x.com/NamrokNamrok/status/1805828440022491193
I’m not much of a fisherman. I’ve gone, sporadically over the years. Usually just casting from shore or a dock. A few times ice-fishing. The most fun was doing that on Cape Hatteras on the beach with big surf rods, when you could drive on the beach. Something tells me that requires a permit these days. I think I just liked being on the beach more than the fishing.
Maybe if I liked to eat fish more I’d find it more enjoyable.
Jamal, when the Alarm Rang.
fresh fish, so good. In Iowa it’s few and far between. love catching some walleye in Minnesota.
I wonder what the sky looks like in the Media Matters office
https://x.com/mmfa/status/1806327180965663046
I’m not going to watch the farce-bate tonight.
I still think Trump’s bravado far outweighs his ability.
He’s going to be debating three people, and two of them control his mic.
And the cameras.
Maybe Biden will shit himself, but they probably will give him an enema just before showtime.
Tonight’s preview …
What are you doing to combat climate change?
https://x.com/TheGreenOldDill/status/1806288284852600925
Trump arriving at the debate
https://x.com/Buzzsaws1990/status/1806336037041361105
brandon arrives
https://x.com/Buzzsaws1990/status/1806336893098840540
Musical trivia for today: The song “Killing Me Softly” was about Don McLean.
Jesse Kelly: This awesome. Trump is far ahead. It’s difficult to see how Biden could possibly catch up without some gigantic televised event that somehow gets rigged to make Trump look like the antichrist.
https://x.com/JesseKellyDC/status/1806334994207387697
Parents are asking their kids to imitate Joe Biden
https://x.com/chiIIum/status/1806290238894932119
I have been following the trials so far, this is interesting and sad:
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2024/06/in-the-feeding-our-fraud-case-the-bribery-indictment.php
What color Porsche is Shohei Ohtani going to give this bat boy for saving his life?
https://x.com/DMAC_LA/status/1806199629211750635
More on Assange …
https://jimbovard.com/blog/2024/06/26/assange-is-free-but-feds-war-on-free-speech-continues/
Maybe Biden will shit himself, but they probably will give him an enema just before showtime.
His final debate preparation will be to shove an anal plug up his ass.
gonna see the Nadler shuffle?
Australian Karen meets MTG
https://x.com/catturd2/status/1806283200076890426
Supposedly NASA is worried about maintaining the ISS and has suggested bringing it down. I like Bob Zubrin’s idea of just pushing it into a higher orbit and leaving it up there to become a museum someday.
or let it break up in flames like Skylab
So a Russian missile from Cuba, one of 5, programmed by Russian technicians, was shot down over Florida spreading cluster submunitions and injured 100 people on a Miami beach, killing about 6, 2 of which were children.
Ooops. Sorry. It was US missiles, US technicians, shot down by the Russians, and it was a beach in Crimea. On a religious holiday.
Our leaders are trying to trigger WW3. We are controlled by criminals.
Lots of interesting stuff here today. Finally tried some of the pickled garlic today, quite tasty, different, with a little zing. Will do again, like your mom.
The ISS is maintained in low Earth orbit by a collaboration of five space agencies and their contractors: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), JAXA (Japan), ESA (Europe), and CSA (Canada).
It’s hard to imagine any unanimous decision being made about the ISS. If it comes down, odds are a good bit of it won’t burn up on reentry, right?
any idea why Brandon would refuse to take a drug test?
Anyone?
Bueller?
Maybe Elon will buy ISS for a dollar, like Newsweek.
new gift ideas!
https://x.com/HardPass4/status/1806130068013383802
What did you bring for lunch? Taco salad!
https://x.com/Trav_A_22/status/1806364914631528709
The ISS is maintained in low Earth orbit by a collaboration of five space agencies and their contractors: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), JAXA (Japan), ESA (Europe), and CSA (Canada).
To do what exactly?
I know we got Tang and Velcro out of the early space program, but what are we getting out of this dickaround?
This was how Peter Kuran created the title card for The Thing:
https://x.com/mccrabb_will/status/1806174454868840889
LED titties … coming to a strip club near you!
any idea why Brandon would refuse to take a drug test?
If we had real journalism in this country every single network would be asking that question.
Alito is done with Justice Jackson
https://x.com/HansMahncke/status/1806376383264018665
I know we got Tang and Velcro out of the early space program, but what are we getting out of this dickaround?
Experiments in long-term freefall/microgravity, as I understand it. Also a chance to expose human bodies to that plus a shit-ton of cosmic rays over long spans of time. Highly trained, highly motivated, intelligent humans, at that.
LED titties … coming to a strip club near you!
Finally, something that makes LED buttplugs seem less crazy.
Are you sure this buttplug contains no metal or LED’s?
Why do you care?
Well, I’m having an MRI next week, and I need to make sure.
Remove before magnetic resonance.
Control the color of your buttplug from your phone! Just download our App.
Some great songs in the follow up comments
https://x.com/Samantha_SN1/status/1806063292722335763
Those butt plugs are UV to disinfect before eating ass
gonna need more UV
You know, you could always just take out the buttplug before the MRI.
You need to stop that crazy talk, RIGHT NOW!
Those butt plugs are UV to disinfect before eating ass
They should make them bronze then, rather than stainless steel.
As an intern your job during trauma codes was Rectal-Foley-Blood in that order. Rectal exam was to verify there was no rectal bleeding, Foley was placed to drain the bladder and you took a 60 cc syringe to fill it from the femoral vein to pass off to the nurse who filled the tubes for a CBC, coags, CMP and tox screen. All the while the other members of the team were putting in the ETT and getting an EKG along with making decisions about CT vs immediate OR if needed. The modern day intern is probably tasked with removing the butt plug.
Experiments in long-term freefall/microgravity, as I understand it. Also a chance to expose human bodies to that plus a shit-ton of cosmic rays over long spans of time. Highly trained, highly motivated, intelligent humans, at that.
I’d love to see a cost/benefit analysis of knowing the long-term freefall microgravity effects. Or knowing the effects of long term exposure to a shit-ton of cosmic rays.
I’m all for knowing those things. I’d just like to know what it is costing.
Long-term freefalll/microgravity causes muscle atrophy. Plus you get horny.
Astronauts should exercise while they are in space, eat right, and take along women.
Lowest man on the totem pole got the rectal foley blood task so as a 3rd and 4th year student I was well acquainted with the drill. As a 4th year I did a month clerkship in my hometown ER which was a teaching hospital for BU. One day we had a trauma code and no one was able to draw blood. The nurses all freaked out when I offered to do a femoral vein stick because they didn’t let students do anything there. The attending must have been overwhelmed because he gave me the OK. It was with great pleasure that I delivered 60 cc of blood to the nurses less than 5 minutes later.
It’s well known that you can’t get pregnant in zero gravity because the sperm don’t know which way to swim. At least that’s the line I always use
When I’m in zero gravity I think it’s fun to pull out and watch the fireworks.
well now you know why they still have the ISS!
The 4th dog, damn!
https://x.com/AlaskanCourtney/status/1806401252412342674
They should take that dog to the ISS for experiments in long-term freefall/microgravity, and exposure to a shit-ton of cosmic rays over long spans of time.
Then rerun the race.
When I’m in zero gravity I think it’s fun to pull out and watch the fireworks.
Do you want tiny bubbles of semen floating around the crew capsule? Because that is how you get tiny bubbles of semen floating around the crew capsule.
They’ll know who did it, your DNA is on file.
I think it’s cajun chicken and alfredo night tonight.
Do you want tiny bubbles of semen floating around the crew capsule? Because that is how you get tiny bubbles of semen floating around the crew capsule.
“Freefall experiments” That’s what communists are for. Just ask Pinochet.
None of my Tinkerbell thoughts are appropriate for a family blog.
Orange kitty went to the vet yesterday. Her remaining 4 teeth are infected and she will lose them soon, vet says she can still eat dry food, but I foresee more tuna and soft food in her future. Sweet kitty. They shot her up with anti-biotics so she has slept a lot since. Soft treats are on my shopping list.
Who had “Disney is no longer kid friendly” on their bingo card?
“Freefall experiments” That’s what communists are for. Just ask Pinochet.
We can’t help they could only get helicopters, not spaceships.
Heh, Elliot had teeth removed too. He can’t have bones anymore, and prefers dry food be wet a little.
80s 90s 2ks on Sirius is a fun listen today
close, but not quite it
Charlie don’t surf!
Red pesto turned out good, not quite as good as regular basil pesto but fine. I used the pickled garlic in it, but I don’t think that hurt it one bit. Will be saved and used.
Saw something the other day about AOC comparing herself to Evita. Well ok then.
Hey Oso, did you see your Reds are scheduled for a big ole L tonight?
From David Burge (Iowahawk):
Sad news this morning. The legendary Kinky Friedman has died. He was 79.
Irreverent, iconoclastic, but with a heart as big as Texas, he lived on his own terms. Truly one of a kind.
I’m trying to figure out what my favorite Kinky quote is. Among them:
1) “If elected, the first thing I’ll do is demand a recount.”
2) “A fool and his money are soon elected.”
3) “There’s a fine line between fiction and non-fiction, and I believe I snorted it in 1976.”
4) “I believe musicians can run this state a lot better than politicians. We just won’t get much done in the morning.”
5) “Remember: Y’all is singular. All y’all is plural. All y’all’s is plural possessive. “
6) “Money can buy you a fine dog, but only love can make him wag his tail.”
7) “Friedman’s just another word for nothing left to lose.”
Fuck Iowahawk
The biggest thrill a ballplayer can have is when your son takes after you. That happened when my Bobby was in his championship Little League game. He really showed me something. Struck out three times. Made an error that lost the game. Parents were throwing things at our car and swearing at us as we drove off. Gosh, I was proud.
Bob Uecker
So Brandon is going to allow contractors into Ukraine, with US personnel? He’s gonna get us killed. Letting the ukes use predator drones for intel on dropping cluster bombs too.
Brandon isn’t going to “allow” anything.
He’s lucky if he can remember to wipe himself.
I think rural called this the other day:
https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2024/06/27/SpaceX-awarded-ISS-deorbiter-vehicle/2091719474676/
J’ames, we might get all of our runs in one game, tonight. Elly❤️
Heck, SpaceX should declare it as abandoned and claim it under maritime law. Push it into a higher stable orbit and try to make some productive use of it.
Fix the leaks and stock it up as an emergency shelter/station for the next space accident, like whalers used to due in Antarctica.
It cost a pretty penny to push all that mass up there. Seems a shame to waste it.
*do = due
Marvelous Monday Material
https://nypost.com/2024/06/27/sports/paraguays-luana-alonso-captivates-olympic-fans-before-paris-games/
Test
major Brandon fuck up already.
this is like clubbing baby seals.
I’m sure the media will spin it differently. Brandon has never looked older.
iran had a full blown ICBM attack against Israel? Brandon is losing it.
so they carried swastikas out of fields in Charlottesville, singing?
LIV Dan is watching the debate. Reminds me of CBF testimony against Kavanaugh.
Trump wants clean water and air, that’s his climate change agenda. haha
Buzz Patterson
Can you imagine the New York Yankees playing a high school baseball team? You’re watching it.
Kelly O’Donnell
NEW: Two sources familiar with the situation say “President Biden has a cold.”
Mr. RFH had enough of the debate in the background and said either turn it off or he would leave the room. I turned it over to Star Trek: DS9, it was a dumb episode, so now we’re watching Olympic trials.
In partial answer to Hotspur’s question, a lot of progress in robotics, sensors, batteries, solar cell efficiency, and rad-hard electronics for the battlefield. Earth observation and photography. They have been promising a cure for one type of muscular dystrophy – biology is not my bailiwick, but that one sounded like it was going to happen soon. A lot of “do this, not that” for a lot of little fiddly bits on spacecraft. A company spends $500 million on a weather or communication satellite, it’s good to have it last for 15 years, not 3.
Hoping it is the type of Jerry Lewis that benefits my cousin. I’m that selfish
Joe Biden’s handicap is better than Tiger Woods at his peak.
https://x.com/billysandytodd/status/1806514924622860542
Osita, it’s Duchenne’s. There was a clinical trial of a drug developed through crystal growth experiments on ISS that slowed the disease’s progress by half.
The dems told us all week how sharp Biden was, and is. Now they will tell us someone else is the best. Remember who told you Biden was sharp.
Tried to go back and watch a little of the debate. Did Trump announce his VP?
no VP yet
Biden’s face not moving – lots of botox or Parkinson’s?
though he did have that slack-jawed gape that really drives the point that the lights are on but nobody’s home.
Didn’t watch but sounds like SBSP did about as well as my team at pool tonight: poorly.
I really hope they can’t replace Joe, but most likely the whole point of the really early debate was to push Joe out. They wouldn’t do that if they didn’t have a plan. The question will be who fills that spot now.
Hilary wants you to know that she’s tanned, rested, and ready.
Daniel envisioned rocky peaks.