Posts by LunkerBuster

you are not alone m friend...I was in the exact same position but instead of doing independent research I asked the dealer. I said what is the fee for, since a fee is paid for service, I asked what exact service they were providing me? the dealer said it was "standard" and I said that was unacceptable, I was paying him for the car, I was not going to pay him extra for allowing me to pay him for the car.

I asked again what service he was providing for us, he had no answer. I said I wasnt going to pay them for nothing and that i wanted to speak to the manager.

at this point the manager has the audacity to say that they will waive the dealer fee but that they would need to renegotiate the price...I laughed and bid them good day

what a scam

I want to ad a fee for everyone who is stupid, just call it that, a moron fee. anyone who pays it is a moron

I got really heated at work w some dumb butch who was talking about how she saw some woman interviewed who was attacked in the 80s and the lady was saying she is still scared blah blah, I can't believe that people are so dumb to assume it is the animal and not the owner. Like guns, they are not weapons without a person behind them. Grrrrr

Damn don. That sucks. Good luck with the chore

Dan you lived in CA for 25 years!?!?

Great report. Thanks so much for the glimpse into your life

Without. I'll have my banks board and a lifeguard can if someone needs one

Great shots

Wow. You weren't kidding about thumper having some bigass ears

I would have agreed but Gerald and dove the lauderdale area on saturday, an old spot I used to dive a lot. And it was very very fishy. Lots of life. More, in fact, than I had seen here in a while

Not so much shootable, but still assuring amounts of life

Quote from mrmike

I'm debating whether to even bring my gun, I'm determined to get bugs and make some lobster ceviche. time will be around 530 hopefully get 2-3 hours in

Bug ceviche is a good goal!!
You have to have a gun or else huge fish will follow you all dive

Doing a late afternoon dive on thurs w mike. Shore for sure. Anyone wanna join?

Hahaha mazal tov. Use it for 100 years in good health.

You will never, never ever be happy with the finish... Strip it and go nude w oil.

Yesterday off sobe on the paddleboard, no diving, went out about half mile. Could clearly see bottom the whole way. No waves. Wished I would have had a mask.
Gonna try a few potential lobster spots today in the same area.

Stud hoggie.

Looks like you made the best of a challenging day.

Here are three others I have done

On the pic of the back of the shells you can see what too much bleach will do on the big shell on the right

Quote from Dude george

beautiful!! Never tried bleach, will try that...

Be very very judicious with it. I litter all drizzle the bleach over the shell just to kill everything and loosen stuff up. It will pull the color out and take the top layer off the actual shell which you don't want.

After the drizzle and then the steel wool. I will rinse it really well and then do steel wool with just water to loosen the material

I have heard of muratic acid, vinegar, and chlorine too but never tried any

Hahaha yeah. I have been collecting them for a while and I have learned some stinky lessons.

I have them both outside hidden by some bushes where the critters and dryness and heat will make sure they are ready for the inside

I will hit them with a dremel and a copper wire brush to get the last of the plant material off the shells.

Queen before

During

So Gerald and I got in a nice little shore dive this morn and while no bugs came home w us I did score two nice trophies, a beautiful queen conch shell and a massive horse conch. I am cleaning them both now so I thought I'd put up a thread for others to share their tips.

I'm sure some of you ab guys have nice tricks

For scale, that is a four gallon bucket

Just a drizzle of bleach and steel wool so far

Stud!!!

Nice. You working tomorrow man