Silk toilet paper and gold wheel weights

[Questor]

I just saw the most ridiculous thing in the Cabelas spring fishing catalog. A one ounce fishing sinker for $7.69. It's a kind of bullet sinker that's used for bass fishing. They are made of tungsten, which makes it the biggest waste of tungsten I've ever seen. Comparable lead weights that are just as good cost about a quarter.

[Bigeasy]

I don't know, the silk toilet paper sounds pretty good.....

Larry

[Questor]

And it's probably a better value for the buck. At least you'd get some satisfaction from it.

Then there are the hand made, micro-checkered and inlaid ebony disposable toothpicks.

[pastorp]

Questor, you need a job.............you got way too much time on your hands to dig up all this useless trivia!     Where do you find all this stuff, and why?

Regards,

[Questor]

I didn't dig it up. It came in the mail. I got the Cabelas fishing catalog in the mail today and was flipping through it.

[pastorp]

And Cabelas sells silk toilet papper, never heard of such.  I guess their claim to be the #1 outfitter in the world must be true. Who would-a-thunk-it. 

Regards,

[Questor]

I just made up all the items except for the $8 fishing sinker. The others had to be made up because I needed more examples of ostentatious examples of wasted money. Sorry. I should have been clear about that. Come to think of it, though, I just wore out a flannel shirt. Maybe I should go cut it up and try it out. It's soft and absorbent.

[pastorp]

Where I grew up we used dried corn cobs, but they were everything but soft.    Boy you had me going there Questor I was already making up next years christmas list.

Regards,

[LONGTOM]

I just made up all the items except for the $8 fishing sinker. The others had to be made up because I needed more examples of ostentatious examples of wasted money.

Why make them up?
You needn't look any farther than our government to get all the examples you could ever imagine! 


LONGTOM   

[torpedoman]

Where I grew up we used dried corn cobs, but they were everything but soft.    Boy you had me going there Questor I was already making up next years christmas list.

Regards,

We was poor but we had a sears catalog.

[pastorp]

The corn cobs was used after we ran out of the catalogs torpedoman. 

Regards,

[Brett]

You can thank the animal rights groups for $8 tungsten fishing sinkers.  Several years back some of these anti-hunting/anti-fishing groups got together and came up with this story that lead bird shot and lead fishing sinkers were devastating the environment and killing all manor of wildlife.  Of course it was nothing more than a ploy to stop fishing and hunting and their claims have never really been proven scientifically that I am aware of.   However,  the sporting industry had to do something to counter this attack, and also use the opportunity to make an extra buck off of us, so we have $8 Tungsten fishing weights and $40 boxes of Tungsten shot shells.   

[slim rem 7]

an they never will be confirmed ..not truthfully any way..the last one of this type i knew of was humane society pres.. in monroe n.c. . he ran with 30.000 of thier money last i heard..i don t believe in being inhumane to animals.. but these nuts would make eating meat a federal crime if they have thier way..an they might,, these day..slim

[rex6666]

You can thank the animal rights groups for $8 tungsten fishing sinkers.  Several years back some of these anti-hunting/anti-fishing groups got together and came up with this story that lead bird shot and lead fishing sinkers were devastating the environment and killing all manor of wildlife.  Of course it was nothing more than a ploy to stop fishing and hunting and their claims have never really been proven scientifically that I am aware of.   However,  the sporting industry had to do something to counter this attack, and also use the opportunity to make an extra buck off of us, so we have $8 Tungsten fishing weights and $40 boxes of Tungsten shot shells.   

Correct!
Bet their are more birds crippled with tungsten shot than were killed by the lasting effects of lead. That $8.00 weight must be a collector item
i can buy them for about $.50-$.75 for 1 oz last time i checked

[gypsyman]

Not sure if it was animal rights people, but around here, if I put decoys out in a corn field for ducks or geese, I have to use steel or tungsten shot. If I'm walking the same field for rabbit,pheasant or dove, I can use lead. Someone explain that to me. gypsyman

[rex6666]

Not sure if it was animal rights people, but around here, if I put decoys out in a corn field for ducks or geese, I have to use steel or tungsten shot. If I'm walking the same field for rabbit,pheasant or dove, I can use lead. Someone explain that to me. gypsyman

Let me try.
Years ago some animal rights group decided that lead used for water fowel
hunting was getting in the water, the these water fowel were eating it
and dying. If ducks or geese are involved they will eat lead shot, quail, pheasants and turkeys won't.

[gypsyman]

I can understand it in a marsh or over water, but in a corn field that gets plowed or turned over? Just doesn't make much sense to me. gypsyman

[Brett]

I can understand it in a marsh or over water, but in a corn field that gets plowed or turned over? Just doesn't make much sense to me. gypsyman

We are talking about rules formulated by government agencies Gypsyman, They don't have to make sence and seldom do.