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 💦 even in the middle of Fla [ Tampa ] the headline reads " cooler weather is here "

Add to the headlines ' 86 million in U.S. ' under freeze alert

CBC [ worst taste in music ] featured ' Russell Louder '. Style or Genre .... ???? 

I wrote ' intriguing ' as my comment. RL is a trans performance artist and musician. I hear a synthesizer in the background and a backtrack of drums - then the voice.

I'm not doing that thing .... ' it reminds me of ....... ' b/c it doesn't.

The day turned into sunshine affected coolness. Rain is due in spits and spats. Days of sunshine due in three days. I can report that the leaves are freely tumbling, the rain and wind bring swarms down.

Alright. The E Tec again. The world has its problems. The bassboat isn't one of them. However, the Stratos has been a useful piece of equipment. 

Overall. The Stratos is fast, capable of 30 + MPH which is fast. There are bassboats on the 'bee [ 250 + HP ] that can hit close to 50 MPH. Which is fast, remembering  that the bassboat has no brakes.

The Stratos has a range of something like 120 miles. However, you may have read that my 'bee rule is - can you make it home in 5 minutes. 

So, fast, but not too fast, good range but stays close to home. Huh ! what does the Stratos do ?  then. 
Stratos 176 provides a very stable fishing platform w/ foot control trolling motor.

Advertised and proven to balance loads across the beam w/out tilting outrageously. Never has leaned. And that is saying something for a boat. 
My baby......
I've fished since I was 6 y.o. and got to buy a bassboat at 58 y.o. - figured that it was about time.
Then bought a boathouse [ oh, there was a house also ] as a place to keep the Stratos. Stratos has been there for 13 years now. Since arriving at the 'Q [ or ' bee ], Stratos has been one one body of water.

A batch of research went into the purchase of this bassboat. In the end, on a dollar for dollar basis, the Stratos came in at secondplace by approx. $ 300. The Stratos was a gem.

Stable platform!