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A friend recently sent this to me. It is called "Giving automotive advice on Facebook". I don't know the author. Humorous, embellished, or near-actual, it seems to touch every Internet forum -- including ours. Enjoy, enhance, ignore, insult ... Whatever!
Person asks question about carb adjustment.
First responder gives good advice.
Second responder agrees, adding one thing.
Next 57 responders have no clue, checking engine oil and air in the tires is now top of the list of things to check along with battery voltage and U-joints.
Responder 58 says WTF, then gives good advice about carb.
Responders 59-80 change subject, repeating bad advice from 55 responders with no clue, conversation changes to paint color and fan belts.
Original 2 responders with good advice give up trying to help at this point.
Original person asking question picks the worse advice FROM those with no clue and goes with that, then check the air in the tires and the battery voltage.
2 days later the question about the carb is again asked in a new thread.
This is not intended towards anyone, except maybe me. Over the years, I've probably been quite guilty of hi-jacking threads.  Mea Culpa Ken
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Ken that's perfect. I look at forum advice the same way I do as buying offshore import machine tools.... if you're willing to tweak on it, maybe break it down into individual components and Polish it up, then it makes a pretty good foundation to build upon. If you're expecting to put them both to use in their original state, then you may be under impressed with the results.
It depends. It always depends. Temper the advice with your own, unique set of variables.
"Forget pounds and ounces, I'm figuring displacement!"
If we accept that: MBG(+)FGSF(=)HBG(F1)
And we surmise that: BG(>)HBG(F1) while GSF(<)HBG(F1)
Would it hold true that: HBG(F1)(+)AM500(x)q.d.(=)1.5lbGRWT?
PB answer: It depends.
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Great post Ken !! I don't think we are near like that though in respect to bad advice. To many good fisheries guys here to let really bad advice sit unchallenged. 
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Well said by both. I have been in forums since about 2000. Have been in most to learn, but it never fails, your friend nailed it on the head!
If a grin does not come to your face as you read that you haven't been on enough forums. lol
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Fishing has never been about the fish....
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Good post Ken. Although there a lot of generalities about ponds, there are a lot of things that are unique to each water hole with fish.
It's not about the fish. It's about the pond. Take care of the pond and the fish will be fine. PB subscriber since before it was in color.
Without a sense of urgency, Nothing ever gets done.
Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley Rancher and Farmer Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP
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Can't wait ta be 58th but gotta say WTF?
Do nature a favor, spay/neuter your pets and any weird friends or relatives.
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