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... and they had drawn all over my face with permanent marker.
Was I really that drunk?
I'm a terrible babysitter. 
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Just tried out some pink rubber baby squid lures on a mackrel rig, 5 hooks, a light weight, off Teignmouth. Only about 600 yards out, put them in and literally within 10 minutes, 4 good sized mackrel!
That is a damned effective lure!
Got them off the net, from Japan I think, bloody amazing!
Too good though, I wanted to spend the afternoon out there, but dont need any more fish than that, you cant freeze them, so had to come in. 
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So kiss 'em, and let 'em go!
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F*** that, Thai red curry!
(I dont torture animals for fun, I eat what I catch. )
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I prefer chicken in my Thai Red Curry (but I'm doing fish tacos for supper tonight) - enjoy your mackerel though!
Are you making your own paste, or buying it in? I'll admit to buying Mae Ploy paste because cleaning the mortar and pestle after making the paste is too much like hard work...
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Munchies_Matt wrote: Got them off the net, from Japan
The Japanese are amazing fisherman and makers of most anything, really.
When you have time, there are some videos of Japanese craftsman making bamboo fishing poles and fishing in general, on YouTube - very cool...at least for me.
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Munchies_Matt wrote: you cant freeze them
Is that because they are an "oily" fish?
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I think it is just mackerel, it has to be eaten fresh. Even after a few days it isnt as good. Mind you most fish doesnt freeze that well, except skate IMO.
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It would shock you to see what tiny stuff we have to fish with up here.
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Have you try gummy worms?
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Are those the rubbery lug work lures? I have a lot of those too, and fake cray fish in the same box.
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I'm thinking the real gummy worms that people eat  . Haven't try it myself, just thought about it, maybe I'll try it next time.
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They will probably fall apart in the water, and I doubt they have a flavour fish would be interested in. 
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Mixed it with the squid 🤪 . Sweet and stinky = yummy to the fish
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Munchies_Matt wrote: Too good though, I wanted to spend the afternoon out there, but dont need any more fish than that, you cant freeze them, so had to come in. 
Smoke and refrigerate. Or simply give one to your neighbours in exchange for social points.
Good fish, but a bit pricey in the supermarket, and probably not as good as your fresh ones 
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If I had a smoker...
Yes, could get some for the friends and relos I guess. But you are right about it being best fresh, it is a nice fish fresh.
Next time I want to target some flounder, pollack and bass. Maybe a dog fish even.
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... "Plastic Surgery Addicts Anonymous". I can see some new faces here today, and I have to say, I'm very disappointed in you all.
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OriginalGriff wrote: "Plastic Surgery Addicts Anonymous". I can see some new faces here today, and I have to say, I'm very disappointed in you all. you're all a bunch of boobs.
FTFY
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I saw this NY Times article The $3 Billion Plan to Turn Hoover Dam Into a Giant Battery[^]
Is it just me, or is this about the stupidest $3 billion boondoggle ever?
Rather than pumping water that you've just released through the dam, back into the reservoir behind the dam, why not just let less water flow through the dam and supplement the shortfall with the solar energy? You'd be thermodynamically ahead.
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It seems storage of bulk power is still an issue so if they have an oversupply of say solar energy they turn it off. Pumping water uphill would use that over supply instead of turning it off and the water at the top of the dam basically act as a storage device. What happens to unused electricity on the National Grid? | Science Focus[^]
justifying 3bn expenditure is another matter
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
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I understand the concept of pumping water uphill into a reservoir as energy storage. And yes, a hydroelectric dam is what you use for this kind of energy storage.
The part I don't get, is where one uses a large dam like Hoover Dam for this. The thing's on a river. You can't pump more water upstream than you're letting flow downstream through the dam. The best you can do, is to pump all the water you let through back up. If you've got that much solar energy that you can do that, then you have more than enough to replace all of the electricity you get by letting any water through the dam. In fact, because of losses, you actually have more than enough energy.
Unless they're getting water from somewhere else, and the article doesn't say they're doing that, then this make absolutely no thermodynamic sense.
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The important issue is does it make economic sense? This kind of thing is done near Yosemite at Shaver Reservoir. Water is pumped uphill during the night when demand is much lower and power much cheaper. It flows downhill during the day to generate power during the time of highest demand and most expensive power. Economically this is a win, largely because of the very high cost of power in the area.
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Still doesn't cover the OP question, why not use less water when demand low. dunno about US hydro plants but visited some in NZ
medium sized plants they typically have 4 - 6 inlets, they can fully or jusr partially close any of these.
when consumer draw is low close the valves, and let the solar/wind run the consumer draw. rather then feed consumer draw from the dam and have wind/solar pump water uphill, (which as OP mentioned is simply way less efficient then slowing the water.)
what's next?
- build huge fans to spin the windmills on sunny windless days?
- build powerful UV lights to make solar when the wind blows at night?
- why not charge drone batteries so they can fly up and seed rain clouds above dams.
combine all these ideas (incl the water pumps) and many more to create endless ways to consume excess power rather than just turn the damm plants down!
This internet thing is amazing! Letting people use it: worst idea ever!
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There is probably some sort of legislation that prevents them from closing off the minimum flow. There may also be environmental or mechanical reasons to keep the flow going.
Oz is looking at doing the same thing in the snowy mountain scheme, I know that close off all the flow into Jindabyne the level drops by about 10m in summer.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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