Slow at work, so I S&G'd the car

[White95Max]

Here I am at the work site today... I'm not sure why the car turned out so dark. :nixweiss

That's a really beautiful park. For anyone that wants to know, it's Potawatomi State Park in Door County, WI.



So anyway the day started out pretty slow so I decided that I might as well use some S&G on the car.



Here's a few pics...

There I am in my work uniform...

I...I...can't look...

A nice picture, but there's a certain aesthetic defect that catches my eye.

I really like S&G. It smells nice, goes on/off effortlessly, and is not too highly priced either (especially when you buy a gallon like I did)!

 

[Spilchy]

What a beautiful lake front like you mentioned. Must be a great fishing spot for you. What job do you have there?



Car has a nice glow and brightness to it :xyxthumbs



I used #16 on a white Acura today. Something about white when it's all shined up that makes it so crisp and clean.



Great job

 

[White95Max]

I work for Wisconsin Sea Grant, which is a public outreach organization that deals with invasive species in the Great Lakes area. There are Sea Grant programs in all of the Great Lakes states and some along the coasts as well.



My job is to talk to boaters about invasive species and encourage them to clean off any vegetation and/or mud on their boats, trailers, etc... to avoid the spreading of any invasive plants/animals that may be stuck to their boat/equipment after they pull their boat out.



It is a great fishing spot. People come from all over the state to fish Sturgeon Bay. The smallmouth bass population there is incredible. There are lots of bass fishing tournaments there every year as well.



Unfortunately the smallmouth population is struggling against the invasive Round Goby that is making its presence well-known in the bay and in the Great Lakes. The gobies eat fish eggs, and they'll easily outnumber a female bass when she's on the nest. The bass will chase a couple gobies away, and the rest of them will swarm the nest the instant she chases a couple other gobies.



This is a prime example of how people don't care about these things until it's too late. People don't worry about prevention steps to keep the invasives from spreading, but then they complain when their favorite fishing/boating spot has been overrun by dense mats of invasive plants or their precious bass fishery is struggling due to non-native competitors or nuisance species.

 

[Spilchy]

Cool job Maxy! I've seen programs about these invasive species that come from places like China and attack aquatic life here.



Sounds like a fun way to spend the summer.

 

[White95Max]

It is a cool job. Most of the invasives in the Great Lakes region come from transoceanic ships from the Caspian Sea and other areas of Europe.



You may have heard of the Asian Carp situation in the Mississippi River. Undoubtedly anyone who lives near the Mississippi or Chicago Rivers has heard of them. They came from Asia (obviously) and were brought in to control algae growth in a fish farm in the South. The Mississippi River flooded, and the fish escaped into the river. So they have been moving steadily northward, and there is an electric barrier set up in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal to keep these fish from passing into the Great Lakes. The carp eat zooplankton, which is the major food source for young fish. Since these fish can get very large (50lbs+), they will have a devastating effect on the food webs of the Great Lakes if they ever get past the barrier.



IMO, it's unbelievable that people could be so dumb not to think about a possible river flood that would connect their ponds (housing a non-native species) with a major river system. :down

 

[Spilchy]

These are the same people that don't believe that humans have a serious impact on the environment as a result of industrial pollution, deforestation, etc... that leads to an accelerated, damaging climactic effect outside the normal geological changes that the Earth experiences. It's real bad in third world and developing nations.



You don't have to be labeled a "Tree Hugger" like those freaks on college campuses to realize this