Anyone heard from Smoking Duck lately ?

FLBentRider · August 28, 2009, 07:15:37 AM

??? ???

KyNola · August 28, 2009, 07:18:37 AM

FLBR,
I was wondering the same thing. Hope all is going well with his family and him.

KyNola

pensrock · August 28, 2009, 07:21:26 AM

He moved to Mich. and said things are starting to look better, not sure if that means he's got job possibilities or not. He did say he was going to stop in here soon to catch up with everyone. I'll let him know you were asking about him.

KyNola · August 28, 2009, 08:46:47 AM

Thanks for the update Pens!

KyNola

Oldman · August 30, 2009, 08:16:04 PM

Quote from: KyNola on August 28, 2009, 08:46:47 AM
Thanks for the update Pens!

KyNola

Agree... thanks~~!

Smoking Duck · August 31, 2009, 02:24:33 PM

You guys must be awfully bored if you miss me :P

Pens is correct. I'm now a resident of Holland, MI. The sheriff sold my house on August 26th, so it became imperative to find new housing and while I seriously considered living in a van down by the river, my wife was dead set against that. ;)

The bad news: I lost the house, busted my giblets moving everything out of said house and because we couldn't afford the high deposit they required for pets in our condo, I had to get rid of our cats (well, that wasn't THAT bad ;D) and my precious Steeler :'(

The good news is we are in a condo that is really nice, our kids start at a new school after labor day, my wife got a job up here with a $6000/yr raise and I started my first day of work at a factory. It's not a great job as it only pays $8/hr and it's boring as hell and I truly believe they would teach a monkey to do the job but a monkey wouldn't accept $8/hr ;D However, $8/hr is way better than $0/hr so it'll do for now until I can find something that would challenge me a bit more than this.

I do hope to be on much more regularly these days now that life has somewhat settled and to be frank, I just didn't want to bring the forum down with my sad lot in life. You guys are always #1 in my eyes and didn't want anyone to be bummed out because of my troubles. Hopefully, this will be the start on the road to recovery for me and my family! Thanks for all the kind thoughts and messages!

Mr Walleye · August 31, 2009, 02:39:27 PM

Quote from: Smoking Duck on August 31, 2009, 02:24:33 PM
.... and to be frank,

I'm confused.... I always thought you were "Hazel"! :D

Just kidding Marc. It's great to hear from you and will be even better to see you around the forum more often.

Mike

Smoking Duck · August 31, 2009, 02:46:20 PM

Quote from: Mr Walleye on August 31, 2009, 02:39:27 PM
Quote from: Smoking Duck on August 31, 2009, 02:24:33 PM
.... and to be frank,

I'm confused.... I always thought you were "Hazel"! :D

Just kidding Marc. It's great to hear from you and will be even better to see you around the forum more often.

Mike

Hazel is what my walleye calls your walleye ;D ;D ;D

Mr Walleye · August 31, 2009, 02:59:36 PM

:D :D :D ;D

At least you didn't loose your sense of humor! ;D

I was out last weekend and we got 32 "eyes". Mostly in the 2 to 3 lb range but we did get about a half dozen in the 5 to 6 lb range. We are just heading into the time of year that you start to get some of the biggins...

Mike

Smoking Duck · August 31, 2009, 03:22:42 PM

Those 2-3 pounders are the best eating! Now, I'm jealous of you! Hope you saved some for the frying pan!

FLBentRider · August 31, 2009, 03:33:55 PM

Good to hear from you Duck!

I hope things turn around for you.

Bummer about Steeler.

How far did you have to move ?

Caribou · August 31, 2009, 03:45:14 PM

Hi Marc,
Glad to hear from you.
You can never depress us ;)
Take care!
Carolyn

westexasmoker · August 31, 2009, 04:03:39 PM

Hey Marc!

Good to hear your voice (although typed)! Hang in there buddy, things are bound to get better. Sorry to hear about Steeler, but ya gotta do what ya gotta do sometimes!

C

Smoking Duck · August 31, 2009, 04:41:01 PM

Thanks all.....the move was only about 110 miles north. Not far and it puts us about 10 minutes from my wife's Grandmother, which makes her very happy!

KyNola · August 31, 2009, 06:03:54 PM

Hey Marc,
Glad to know you are all safe and sound. Jan and I are so sorry for your misfortunes but we know you will be fine.

Larry and Jan