Luck

[Crow]

Snow is Mother Nature's fertilizer, Benni!

[Benni3]

I had snow to plow today,,,but if not i would have been fishing,,,,

[Donnyboat]

Oh Yay, Benni, 300 pages, what a post, congrats, cheers Don.

[Benni3]

Oh Yay, Benni, 300 pages, what a post, congrats, cheers Don.

Thank you my friend,,,,

[Benni3]

Got skunked today,,,, to much road salt in the river,,,,,but got out of the house,,,,,

[Benni3]

And my friends garage burnt down,,, because the t-rex cought on fire under the car port,,

[Benni3]

Not good

[Benni3]

Got 2 tomatoe plants in 10 gallon pots,,,, hope to cross them this year,,,,

[Benni3]

I got 1 today ,,,,,

[Brewcrafter]

Benni - That's more than I got!  You are Da Man. - john

[Benni3]

I got 2 today and it hit 56f,,,,

[Benni3]

Orvis is a big employer here,,,,

[Midway Tommy]

Benni,

That's a bogus BS claim/story and old news. Here's an article from about a year and a half ago (Oct. 2024) long before tariff adjustments or assessments were even a consideration or the administration change.
https://www.retaildive.com/news/outdoor-retailer-orvis-layoffs-store-closures-discontinue-catalog/729325/

[Benni3]

Benni,

That's a bogus BS claim/story and old news. Here's an article from about a year and a half ago (Oct. 2024) long before tariff adjustments or assessments were even a consideration or the administration change.
https://www.retaildive.com/news/outdoor-retailer-orvis-layoffs-store-closures-discontinue-catalog/729325/

I don't really care what reason they said,,,my house is the blue dot,,,i have friends that work there

[oc1]

If they had stuck to their roots of high-end mail-order fishing equipment Orvis might still be financially successful today.  Focusing on clothing, opening stores and finally eliminating the catalog must have sounded like good ideas at the time.