Post by jmcquownPost by Ed PawlowskiPost by jmcquownPost by Leonard BlaisdellPost by Ed PMy granddaughter went on a charter fishing trip on the Gulf of Mexico
today. She caught a few but only kept one fish. Red Snapper has a
limited season. They are also bottom feeders so the line was dropped
180 feet to snag this one.
This was the largest caught so she won the pool. Most were less that
half the size. It is 32" and weighs about 20 pounds.
So far, I have one fillet for tomorrow and I'll get more tomorrow to
freeze. My job in this was to take her to the boat at 4AM today and
pick her up when they got back at 5PM.
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When I was a kid, Dad and I fished for red snapper off of Bodega Bay.
When I got older, I learned that there are no red snapper in the Pacific
Ocean. We caught red rockfish. They had super nasty spines on their
back. I fell on a gunny sack full of them once. I've never had red snapper.
Nice fish, by the way! Congratulate your granddaughter for me.
Oh...and you're a good grandpa. She owed you the fillets for the taxi
time. ;)
She is my favorite. When she first moved to FL she lived with me
a while until she bought a trailer and is now four miles down the
road. Walking distance to work. I'm still her wheels, but she
always does little things for me. There are always flowers on my
coffee table from taking her shopping.
Nice! although I find it interesting, in this day and age, she
doesn't drive.
Jill
Perhaps she can replace her glass eye with a camera for better
peripheral vision.
I'm sorry, I did not know she is visually impaired. It was not
intended as a criticism, Ed.
I didn't know about her visual impairment either. I thought she
might be one of those people who don't like to drive. When I was
young I could not wait to drive. I had so much trouble waiting that I
once got caught driving without a license. I have people in my
family who don't like to drive. My brother's late wife did not get a
license until she was in her 40s and she never liked driving. Big
niece has a license but never drivers. A nephew did not get his
license until he was in his 30s and almost never drives. He told me
he hates driving and is much happier to sit in a passenger seat and
read. I don't understand it.
True, some people don't like to drive so they never get their license.
Or never needed to. My maternal grandmother never learned to drive a
car. But hey, she was born in 1896, in the days of horse & buggy.
She probably knew how to drive a buggy. After they emigrated to the
U.S. she never needed or wanted to learn to drive a car. Grandpa
drove the car. The grocery store was in walking distance.
I wanted to get my license but my father wouldn't let me. Everyone I
went to school with (and my brothers) got their licenses at 16. It
wasn't until I turned 18 and the legal age was 18 that I said to my
mother, I'm going to the DMV to get my drivers license and Dad can't
stop me. She said, "But you don't know how to drive!" Of course I
did. I had a friend from school named Darin who had his license and
a VW Bug. 3-speed, standard transmission. He'd pick me up and we'd go
to some neighborhoods where they had put in the streets but had not
yet built houses. Darin taught me how to drive. I said, "Mom, I'm
going." She said "Okay. Let me take you. But you have to learn to
drive my [automatic transmission] car first." That took about a day
and we went and I got my license. It wasn't until a couple of years
later I bought my first car. I went with the standard shift, though. ;)
I had to push my son to get his license. I knew that the government
was preparing to go with a graduated licensing system that would mean
it would take a lot longer to get a license and that there would be a
lot of restrictions on new drivers. He used to drive our car until he
left home. He went to Africa for a while, came back for university
here then transferred to Montreal. He relied on public
transportation. Later on he moved to Toronto and again relied on
public transportation. He moved back this way and finally bought a
car when he was 34.
I grew up in the suburbs. No public transportation to speak of.
Where I live now, still no public transporation to speak of. No
stores within walking distance and I'm certainly not within walking
distance to work.
Sorry, Ed. No criticism of your thoughtful granddaughter was intended!
Jill
No offense taken. You'd never know if you were not told is was a fake.
She does everything well and does ride a bike.
In her teens, she was with the family at Disney and in line for a ride.
passed out.
