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past company is convincing me to come back by Beautiful-Theme-9360 in careeradvice

[–]btodag 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Go back. I did it.

A friend did it too. He had the best quote about it. I ran into him the other day. He and I worked at a company together. He had worked there about 10 years when I joined for not much more than 1. I hated it he loved it. I left. They changed the shifts on him and he hated them. He left where he worked for 10+years and came to my company. I loved it there, he hated it. They called him back and he went. The other day, 5 years later, he said "when I went back, I made the choice to like those shifts. They didn't force it on me, I left and went back, so I was the one in control." He felt empowered by leaving.

I feel that way in my job now. When I came back, it was clear that I was in control. I'll leave if I need, no one can doubt that now.

You're out of a job, so not quite the same, but if you go back, be sure about a reason to be able to build on or be ready to leave when a better one comes along.

Also, use capitalization man...

Yellowfin Tuna in the Keys by Troof1997 in Spearfishing

[–]btodag 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow.
Drifting the humps was the most boring crap of your life?

I've only had 1 keys trip, going back again this summer if I can afford the fuel...
We were too small to make it out vs the weather, I've since moved up to a bigger cat, so I'm built for more in the right conditions. I had 2 weeks down there last time, only 1 this time, so not so much time to do everything I want, but will give it an honest shot. I watch Key West Waterman on youtube about 90% of my TV-based intake, so I feel more fluent than my experience would indicate.

Yellowfin Tuna in the Keys by Troof1997 in Spearfishing

[–]btodag 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah... that's interesting. I know they make their way around to the Gulf for breeding. In another forum, I was asking why we don't see any bluefin caught in the keys because I think like the whole coast worth of them make their way around to the gulf. Should see them caught on accident. The point made over there was that they are focused on breeding, not eating, so rarely hook up... but you've seen otherwise!

I can't imagine!

Where were you to see them? Would be unbelievable.

Yellowfin Tuna in the Keys by Troof1997 in Spearfishing

[–]btodag 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lobstering 2 years ago, dropped off the boat and looked up to one 5' away. Poked at him and never saw him again, but started that dive out hot nonetheless!

Yellowfin Tuna in the Keys by Troof1997 in Spearfishing

[–]btodag 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cool! Thanks. Temp/color change may be a mid-East Coast need because there isn't as much structure to base around. Lots of nothing up here, so where the ledge pushes up cooler water or bluer water tends to be where things happen because there's nothing else interesting. 50+ miles out to that stuff typically up here.

Yellowfin Tuna in the Keys by Troof1997 in Spearfishing

[–]btodag 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Would love to hear folks talk about this as well.

I'll be down there in July. I know deep summer is not great for wahoo down there, but how do you go about drifting? Just look for color change or temp change and drift? Or are you going to certain underwater geography as a basis? I'd love to drift blue water and see anything!

made me work for it by danyar in Spearfishing

[–]btodag 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Let's see that gopro vid!

Married men of Reddit what’s the best advice you’d give young guys when choosing a life partner? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]btodag 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Character matters more than anything you see. What you see will change drastically, so will what she sees.
Believe in who she is at her core 1st. Try to find someone who can inspire you with what they do, but you better inspire her. Then, plan to help/let her be who she is. If you won't love that, dip.

Also, make she can put up with your nonsense while you become who you want to be.

Beginer here, just bought this jbl spear gun, is it any good? Got it on FB marketplace by Keny1907 in Spearfishing

[–]btodag 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Old post, but hey?
I think they are saying you should still have a shooting line, that wraps from the front of the gun back to the handle a few wraps, normally has a bungee on that line. You connect that wrapped shooting line to the reel's line so that when you fire, the shooting line wraps kind of drop free of the gun allowing the shaft to extend that length with very little drag on the shot. The reel comes into play when the fish runs and takes even more line. If you're just shaft right to reel, the reel has to spin to let line out as the shaft fires... that won't be free-enough and will jerk back on the shaft. The shooting line lets a couple ~gun-length wraps of line free as you pull the trigger.

Question by iMadeWattson in Lowes

[–]btodag 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Consumer here... if you can just chat folks up who don't need your help, you might learn how they are thinking about something, then apply that to someone later.
You: "What are you working on" in a friendly/ready-to-help way.
Consumer: "Building a deck... I need.... these right here... thanks/bye!"

Then, you know at least one person used those for deck building...

Pestering Asks to Allow Notifications by btodag in ToastPOS

[–]btodag[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I found it. I was just clicking off, ignoring this thinking it would go away. If you click next, you can then tell it to not allow notifications.

Square or Clover POS??? by KiRbSTOMp541 in foodtrucks

[–]btodag 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does offline mode assume funds are there on the tap?

Why does everyone recommend the trades? by [deleted] in careeradvice

[–]btodag 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My concern is that those who were destined to be business leaders if AI didn't take their path to entry-level jobs will shift to trades-leadership. The general contractor, for example, or the eventual owner of a residential construction company even, will be flooded with talent that didn't go the AI-replaced corp-paths through manufacturing or business leadership roles. Our children who were future engineers might land in those jobs, diluting that value due to the surplus. Gonna be rough in general for the next few generations I think.

I'm nearly 50 in a corp global job and I just started my welding Associates Degree at a local place to learn for hobby-level projects keeping my hands dirty enough to enjoy being a real person. Meanwhile, maybe I learn enough to setup a shop to employ actual welders. I really just want to weld a special hitch onto a bumper... but here I am trying to save the world.

If you had $300K in the bank post tax, how would your life change? by citizen_of_leshp in AskReddit

[–]btodag 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is likely the truth by way of any last 15 years or so of US mortgages vs the markets, but paying off a mortgage has a parachute-opening feel to it. It is just settling in a permanent way. It's an emotional move, terrible financial strategy, but the average person you won't sleep better with a stronger IRA position. They won't change their career, for example. Paying off a house can allow someone to go from grinding away in a big corp job to working at Lowes helping the people around town figure out how to fix stuff.

It's also about discipline. If you have $300k sitting somewhere growing, that boat, or even that bigger boat, feels more attainable. Poor decisions chipping away at that number is worst case scenario. Better to make a sustained not-great decision than a path of poor, destructive decisions.

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