North Platte WU
Newsletter Editors
at White's Marine Center
This months meeting is going to be at White's Marine Center because we decided to have a Christmas type party with some food and a more festive atmosphere. All are invited, bring your friends and we will give a ticket to each and everyone. From that group we will have a drawing and the winner will receive a $100 gift certificate from Sportsman's Warehouse.
We will also have our regular drawing from the entire membership, if that member is present at the meeting they could win another $100 Sportsman's Warehouse gift certificate so you will have a chance to win both just by showing up. Ya feeling lucky?? Last months winning loser was Gene Uhlich.
Jack Moore of the Casper EMS/Fire Department who is the Co-ordinator of the life jacket program will be at the December meeting to tell us how the program went this year and what if any changes are coming up for next year.
At our November meeting it was suggested we investigate the possibility of our club supporting some youth sports teams. If any one has a suggestion as to which sports or teams we might support, don't be shy and let us know.
As you know, March 10th is our annual banquet. We have a planning committee meeting twice a month putting this thing together. Soon we will looking for table sponsors and donations. Most of our members know one business they can contact to see if they would like to become involved with us. It would make it easy work if we each got one business to join in.
On March 9th, the evening before our banquet we have a room reserved which we will use to have a walleye seminar. This will be to used to have some of Wyoming's best walleye fishermen present tactics and techniques to use for our Wyoming's waters. We will expand what worked at last years event and reduce what didn't work. If anyone has some input as to what they would like to see or do, let us know and we will try to fit it in. At this time it looks like we will also have a fair amount of fishing gear to give away to the kids like we did last year. More on that as it shapes up.
Fishing reports, tips and tricks
In Montana, the old Billings Chapter of Walleyes Unlimited split from the state Walleyes Unlimited organization in early November and formed a new group called Walleyes Forever. The new group plans to focus its energies more on family-based recreation and working with youth rather than tournaments. There is still a wealth of information on their website: www.walleyesforever.com.
I found a good website for information on fishing knot tying. Has good diagrams and easy instructions go to http://www.fishing-khaolak.com/knots/index.html.
While I try to find interesting fishing related news and stories, on occasion I will mention other stories of merit. I recently came across this interesting story at Weekly World News.. Go to http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/national_videos/8. It has definitive proof that not only does Bigfoot live but has recently taken Salsa dance lessons. I don't make this stuff up.
The $2 Bill. Everyone should start carrying them!
I am STILL laughing!! I think we need to quit saving our $2 bills and bring them out in public
The younger generation doesn't know they exist.
STORY: On my way home from work, I stopped at Taco Bell for a quick bite to eat. In my billfold are a $50 bill and a $2 bill. I figure that with a $2 bill, I can get something to eat and not have to worry about anyone getting irritated at me for trying to break a $50 bill.
Me: "Hi, I'd like one seven-layer burrito please, to go "
Server: "That'll be $1.04. Eat in?"
Me: "No, it's to go" At this point, I open my billfold and hand him the $2 bill. He looks at it kind of funny.
Server: "Uh, hang on a sec, I'll be right back." He goes to talk to his manager, who is still within my earshot.
The following conversation occurs between the two of them:
Server: "Hey, you ever see a $2 bill?"
Manager: "No. A what?"
Server: "A $2 bill. This guy just gave it to me."
Manager: "Ask for something else. There's no such thing as a $2 bill"
Server: "Yeah, thought so."
He comes back to me and says,
Server: "We don't take these. Do you have anything else?"
Me: "Just this fifty. You don't take $2 bills? Why?"
Server: I don't know."
Me: "See here where it says legal tender?"
Server: "Yeah."
Me: "So, why won't you take t?"
Server: "Well, hang on a second."
He goes back to his manager, who has been watching me like I'm a shoplifter, and says to him,
Server: "He says I have to take it."
Manager: "Doesn't he have anything else?"
Server: "Yeah, a fifty. I'll get it and you can open the safe and get change "
Manager: "I'm not opening the safe with him in here."
Server: "What should I do?"
Manager: "Tell him to come back later when he has real money."
Server: "I can't tell him that! You tell him."
Manager: "Just tell him."
Server: "No way! This is weird. I'm going in back."
The manager approaches me and says,
Manager: "I'm sorry, but we don't take big bills this time of night."
Me: "It's only seven o'clock! Well then, here's a two dollar bill."
Manager: "We don't take those, either."
Me: "Why not?"
Manager: "I think you know why."
Me: "No really, tell me why."
Manager: "Please leave before I call mall security."
Me: "Excuse me?"
Manager: "Please leave before I call mall security."
Me: "What on earth for?"
Manager: "Please, sir"
Me: "Uh, go ahead, call them."
Manager: "Would you please just leave?" Me:"No."
Manager: "Fine -- have it your way then."
Me: "Hey, that's Burger King, isn't it?"
At this point, he backs away from me and calls mall security on the phone around the corner. I have two people staring at me from the dining area, and I begin laughing out loud, just for effect. A few minutes later this 45-year-oldish guy vomes in.
Guard: "Yeah, Mike, what's up?"
Manager (whispering): "This guy is trying to give me some (pause) funny money."
Guard: "No kidding! What?"
Manager: "Get this .. A two dollar bill."
Guard (incredulous): "Why would a guy fake a two dollar bill?"
Manager: "I don't know. He's kinda weird. He says the only other thing he has is a fifty."
Guard: "Oh, so the fifty's fake!"
Manager: "No, the two dollar bill is."
Guard: "Why would he fake a two dollar bill?"
Manager: "I don't know! Can you talk to him, and get him out of here?"
Guard: "Yeah."
Security Guard walks over to me and......
Guard: "Mike here tells me you have some fake bills you're trying to use."
Me: "Uh, no."
Guard: "Lemme see 'em."
Me: "Why?"
Guard: "Do you want me to get the cops in here?"
At this point I am ready to say, "Sure, please!" but I want to eat, so I say
Me: "I'm just trying to buy a burrito and pay for it with this two dollar bill.
I put the bill up near his face, and he flinches like I'm taking a swing at him. He takes the bill, turns it over a few times in his hands, and says
Guard: "Hey, Mike, what's wrong with this bill?"
Manager: "It's fake."
Guard: "It doesn't look fake to me"
Manager: "But it's a two dollar bill."
Guard: "Yeah?"
Manager: "Well, there's no such thing, is there?"
The security guard and I both look at him like he's an idiot, and it dawns on the guy that he has no clue. So, it turns out that my burrito was free, and he threw in a small drink and some of those cinnamon thingies, too.
Made me want to get a whole stack of two dollar bills just to see what happens when I try to buy stuff. If I got the right group of people, I could probably end up in jail. Of course, you get free food there, too.
Useless facts and space filler
In 2002, the most popular boat name in the U.S. was Liberty.
In Italy, Santa Claus is known by the name Babbo Natale.
In Japan, by the time man reaches the age of 60, he is commemorated with a special ceremony. This ceremony features the man wearing a red kimono, which denotes that he no longer has the responsibilities of being a mature adult.
Remember that December 14 is National Bouillabaisse Day
These businesses support us
Please return the favor!
White's Marine Center 3010 Energy Lane Casper, WY 307-235-3900 or 1-800-7884661
Western Walleye Magazine - Billy Brenton - Casper, WY Phone 307-472-9887
Ghost Town Canvas 67 South 6th Street, Mtn View addition 307-234-8208
Platte River Builders, Inc. 251 N. Jefferson Casper, WY 307-577-1244
Lathrop Equipment 4920 Lathrop Rd. Casper, WY 307-265-1870
Overhead Door Company of Casper, Inc. 2760 Fleet wood Place Casper, WY 307-265-6614
Red Butte Ranch Lodging and Fishing 8500 Bessemer Bend S Rd. Casper, WY 307-472-3784
USA Trucking 5370 Poison Spider RD. Casper, WY 307-266-3094
Scott's Hotshot Service 5370 Poison Spider Rd. Casper, WY 307-232-9000
Overman Realty 1411 E. Second St. Casper, WY 307-472-1363
Fairgrounds Homes 2130 Fairgrounds Rd. Casper, WY 307-237-7062
Stenco Supply 1465 Willer Dr. Casper, WY 307-235-4631
Compression Leasing Services, Inc. 1935 N Loop Ave. Casper, WY 307-265-3242
Some great quotes
Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree. In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall - ~Larry Wilde, The Merry Book of Christmas
There's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child. ~Erma Bombeck, I Lost Everything in the Post-Natal Depression
Perhaps the best Yuletide decoration is being wreathed in smiles. ~Author Unknown
The Supreme Court has ruled that they cannot have a nativity scene in Washington, D.C. This wasn't for any religious reasons. They couldn't find three wise men and a virgin. ~Jay Leno
On the lighter side
40th Wedding Anniversary
With a couple celebrating their 40th anniversary at the church's marriage marathon, the priest asked Butch to take a few minutes and share some insight into how he managed to live with the same woman all these years.
Butch replied to the audience, "Well, I treated her with respect, spent money on her, but mostly I took her traveling on special occasions."
The priest inquired trips to where?
"For our 25th anniversary, I took her to Barbados ."
The priest then said, "What a terrific example you are to all husbands Butch, please tell the congregation what you're going to do for your wife on your 50th anniversary?"
Butch replied: "I'm going to go back to Barbados and get her."
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