On This Day in History

jirqoadai wrote:

Daily Bread wrote:Its also daylight savings time

it cant be. ifn it is indeed, show us all the daylight youve saved so far.

You'd think after all these years since WWII it would have accrued a little interest.

HawkTheSlayer wrote:

jirqoadai wrote:

Daily Bread wrote:Its also daylight savings time

it cant be. ifn it is indeed, show us all the daylight youve saved so far.

You'd think after all these years since WWII it would have accrued a little interest.

It certainly has accrued my interest, Im an early riser and would rather have the light in the morning when its cool and you can get a few things done, then have a siesta in the afternoon

Ours started 26 September

vege57 wrote:

HawkTheSlayer wrote:

jirqoadai wrote:

Daily Bread wrote:Its also daylight savings time

it cant be. ifn it is indeed, show us all the daylight youve saved so far.

You'd think after all these years since WWII it would have accrued a little interest.

It certainly has accrued my interest, Im an early riser and would rather have the light in the morning when its cool and you can get a few things done, then have a siesta in the afternoon

Ours started 26 September

Yup. Me too. For years I got up at 4am. Left the house at 4.15.  Drove to where my skiff was parked at 4.30. Hooked up to the truck and headed out . Got to the nearest 24 hour gasoline station around 5am. Filled the truck and boat tanks up and headed south to the swamp for and additional hour drive.

Daylight around 6am , fine with me. Right before DST kicks in I could be on the water at 5:30 am daylight.  No running lights needed. Get to work about 6:30 after a 45 minute boat ride, set up to run in the flooded woods, and cut bait.

Usually 7 hours of non-stop work . Somtimes 8. Sometimes 10.  So on a good day i would finish at 1:30 or 2:30 pm.

Then have to travel to the market to sell. Then home. Another 2 hours at least total.

DST comes along and pushes daylight forward an hour causing me to lose an hour in the morning which always translates into way more than hour. But the markets want you there at the same time causing you to lose valuable running time and money.
Always a 12 hour day.

Dupe.

HawkTheSlayer wrote:

vege57 wrote:

HawkTheSlayer wrote:

jirqoadai wrote:

Daily Bread wrote:Its also daylight savings time

it cant be. ifn it is indeed, show us all the daylight youve saved so far.

You'd think after all these years since WWII it would have accrued a little interest.

It certainly has accrued my interest, Im an early riser and would rather have the light in the morning when its cool and you can get a few things done, then have a siesta in the afternoon

Ours started 26 September

Yup. Me too. For years I got up at 4am. Left the house at 4.15.  Drove to where my skiff was parked at 4.30. Hooked up to the truck and headed out . Got to the nearest 24 hour gasoline station around 5am. Filled the truck and boat tanks up and headed south to the swamp for and additional hour drive.

Daylight around 6am , fine with me. Right before DST kicks in I could be on the water at 5:30 am daylight.  No running lights needed. Get to work about 6:30 after a 45 minute boat ride, set up to run in the flooded woods, and cut bait.

Usually 7 hours of non-stop work . Somtimes 8. Sometimes 10.  So on a good day i would finish at 1:30 or 2:30 pm.

Then have to travel to the market to sell. Then home. Another 2 hours at least total.

DST comes along and pushes daylight forward an hour causing me to lose an hour in the morning which always translates into way more than hour. But the markets want you there at the same time causing you to lose valuable running time and money.
Always a 12 hour day.

how many slaves a day would you take back to the public market for their smuglers to purchase at auction?

jirqoadai wrote:

HawkTheSlayer wrote:

vege57 wrote:

HawkTheSlayer wrote:

jirqoadai wrote:

Daily Bread wrote:Its also daylight savings time

it cant be. ifn it is indeed, show us all the daylight youve saved so far.

You'd think after all these years since WWII it would have accrued a little interest.

It certainly has accrued my interest, Im an early riser and would rather have the light in the morning when its cool and you can get a few things done, then have a siesta in the afternoon

Ours started 26 September

Yup. Me too. For years I got up at 4am. Left the house at 4.15.  Drove to where my skiff was parked at 4.30. Hooked up to the truck and headed out . Got to the nearest 24 hour gasoline station around 5am. Filled the truck and boat tanks up and headed south to the swamp for and additional hour drive.

Daylight around 6am , fine with me. Right before DST kicks in I could be on the water at 5:30 am daylight.  No running lights needed. Get to work about 6:30 after a 45 minute boat ride, set up to run in the flooded woods, and cut bait.

Usually 7 hours of non-stop work . Somtimes 8. Sometimes 10.  So on a good day i would finish at 1:30 or 2:30 pm.

Then have to travel to the market to sell. Then home. Another 2 hours at least total.

DST comes along and pushes daylight forward an hour causing me to lose an hour in the morning which always translates into way more than hour. But the markets want you there at the same time causing you to lose valuable running time and money.
Always a 12 hour day.

how many slaves a day would you take back to the public market for their smuglers to purchase at auction?

Quantity was never the issue. I was very good at what I did. Still am . Lol
Price was the main factor.

The trick was to take the prisoners en masse, early in the season around Jan or Feb in the wild, or whenever the ponds slacked later in the year.
In other words, when the price was high and nobody else was catching anything .

Quantity wise, I've caught as much as 2400 pounds a day.
You'll never attempt that kind of work .

I don't blame you. You have to love it to work that hard!

Its nothing like rice field or pond fishing where 2 people can run 2000 traps a day with ease.

HawkTheSlayer wrote:

jirqoadai wrote:

HawkTheSlayer wrote:

vege57 wrote:

HawkTheSlayer wrote:

You'd think after all these years since WWII it would have accrued a little interest.

It certainly has accrued my interest, Im an early riser and would rather have the light in the morning when its cool and you can get a few things done, then have a siesta in the afternoon

Ours started 26 September

Yup. Me too. For years I got up at 4am. Left the house at 4.15.  Drove to where my skiff was parked at 4.30. Hooked up to the truck and headed out . Got to the nearest 24 hour gasoline station around 5am. Filled the truck and boat tanks up and headed south to the swamp for and additional hour drive.

Daylight around 6am , fine with me. Right before DST kicks in I could be on the water at 5:30 am daylight.  No running lights needed. Get to work about 6:30 after a 45 minute boat ride, set up to run in the flooded woods, and cut bait.

Usually 7 hours of non-stop work . Somtimes 8. Sometimes 10.  So on a good day i would finish at 1:30 or 2:30 pm.

Then have to travel to the market to sell. Then home. Another 2 hours at least total.

DST comes along and pushes daylight forward an hour causing me to lose an hour in the morning which always translates into way more than hour. But the markets want you there at the same time causing you to lose valuable running time and money.
Always a 12 hour day.

how many slaves a day would you take back to the public market for their smuglers to purchase at auction?

Quantity was never the issue. I was very good at what I did. Still am . Lol
Price was the main factor.

The trick was to take the prisoners en masse, early in the season around Jan or Feb in the wild, or whenever the ponds slacked later in the year.
In other words, when the price was high and nobody else was catching anything .

Quantity wise, I've caught as much as 2400 pounds a day.
You'll never attempt that kind of work .

I don't blame you. You have to love it to work that hard!  

Its nothing like rice field or pond fishing where 2 people can run 2000 traps a day with ease.

You da daddy of daddies

HawkTheSlayer wrote:
Quantity was never the issue. I was very good at what I did. Still am . Lol

vege57 wrote:

HawkTheSlayer wrote:

jirqoadai wrote:

HawkTheSlayer wrote:

vege57 wrote:

HawkTheSlayer wrote:

You'd think after all these years since WWII it would have accrued a little interest.

It certainly has accrued my interest, Im an early riser and would rather have the light in the morning when its cool and you can get a few things done, then have a siesta in the afternoon

Ours started 26 September

Yup. Me too. For years I got up at 4am. Left the house at 4.15.  Drove to where my skiff was parked at 4.30. Hooked up to the truck and headed out . Got to the nearest 24 hour gasoline station around 5am. Filled the truck and boat tanks up and headed south to the swamp for and additional hour drive.

Daylight around 6am , fine with me. Right before DST kicks in I could be on the water at 5:30 am daylight.  No running lights needed. Get to work about 6:30 after a 45 minute boat ride, set up to run in the flooded woods, and cut bait.

Usually 7 hours of non-stop work . Somtimes 8. Sometimes 10.  So on a good day i would finish at 1:30 or 2:30 pm.

Then have to travel to the market to sell. Then home. Another 2 hours at least total.

DST comes along and pushes daylight forward an hour causing me to lose an hour in the morning which always translates into way more than hour. But the markets want you there at the same time causing you to lose valuable running time and money.
Always a 12 hour day.

how many slaves a day would you take back to the public market for their smuglers to purchase at auction?

Quantity was never the issue. I was very good at what I did. Still am . Lol
Price was the main factor.

The trick was to take the prisoners en masse, early in the season around Jan or Feb in the wild, or whenever the ponds slacked later in the year.
In other words, when the price was high and nobody else was catching anything .

Quantity wise, I've caught as much as 2400 pounds a day.
You'll never attempt that kind of work .

I don't blame you. You have to love it to work that hard!  

Its nothing like rice field or pond fishing where 2 people can run 2000 traps a day with ease.

You da daddy of daddies

Fortunately, I look like my two younger brothers. We got da same daddy!

HawkTheSlayer wrote:

vege57 wrote:

HawkTheSlayer wrote:

jirqoadai wrote:

HawkTheSlayer wrote:
Yup. Me too. For years I got up at 4am. Left the house at 4.15.  Drove to where my skiff was parked at 4.30. Hooked up to the truck and headed out . Got to the nearest 24 hour gasoline station around 5am. Filled the truck and boat tanks up and headed south to the swamp for and additional hour drive.

Daylight around 6am , fine with me. Right before DST kicks in I could be on the water at 5:30 am daylight.  No running lights needed. Get to work about 6:30 after a 45 minute boat ride, set up to run in the flooded woods, and cut bait.

Usually 7 hours of non-stop work . Somtimes 8. Sometimes 10.  So on a good day i would finish at 1:30 or 2:30 pm.

Then have to travel to the market to sell. Then home. Another 2 hours at least total.

DST comes along and pushes daylight forward an hour causing me to lose an hour in the morning which always translates into way more than hour. But the markets want you there at the same time causing you to lose valuable running time and money.
Always a 12 hour day.

how many slaves a day would you take back to the public market for their smuglers to purchase at auction?

Quantity was never the issue. I was very good at what I did. Still am . Lol
Price was the main factor.

The trick was to take the prisoners en masse, early in the season around Jan or Feb in the wild, or whenever the ponds slacked later in the year.
In other words, when the price was high and nobody else was catching anything .

Quantity wise, I've caught as much as 2400 pounds a day.
You'll never attempt that kind of work .

I don't blame you. You have to love it to work that hard!  

Its nothing like rice field or pond fishing where 2 people can run 2000 traps a day with ease.

You da daddy of daddies

Fortunately,  I look like my two younger brothers.  We got da same daddy!

""We got da same daddy!""


That's a rare commodity these days ,

All the Maoris here call each other Bro or Cuz, because none of them know who their fathers are lol