u/BusinessSouthern9541

Went to a local pizza joint two weeks ago, struck up a conversation with a man 10 years older than I after he asked a question my recently deceased father would always ask people, “Where’d you play ball at”. Appalled since no one has asked me since retiring from college sports, we spoke and turns out he even went to the same college my father did, so we exchanged numbers. Then about a week ago he texted me asking to call on the phone, where he talked about a job opportunity, in which he’d want to call again to discuss further, which we did. Each time he didn’t explain what the job was or the company, just the possibility of growing a network and a business one day. Today we met for coffee, and he hit me with the name of the company, Amway. I told him I’d go home and research, he said “no don’t do that, you’ll get skewed reviews about how it’s not worth it or effective, watch this podcast I sent you first that explains everything and introduces everyone”. Went home and researched and now I’m here. I’m at a very vulnerable time in my life, father passed away in July, my mother is very manipulative and hasn’t been the nicest woman since his passing. I just feel used and manipulated, like he could sense I needed some bullshit to believe in again or something. He wants to meet Friday, how do I blow him off for good?

I’ve been fishing since I could walk, I’ve fished the same areas since then as well. Artificial bait was never really something that dad used unless we’re talking lures, it was usually worms, minnows, or crickets. In the past 2-3 years, I haven’t been able to catch a thing, let alone a bite. I’ve tried different baits, waiting for proper times and water temps. At this point I think granddaddy’s excessive trot-lining and gill-netting has cursed me. Maybe because my area is a “sportsman’s paradise”, the damn fish are used to all the tricks of the trade. Any help would be greatly appreciated y’all.

Edit: Out in the South Carolina lowcountry. Mainly trying for Panfish with no luck

I apologize if this isn’t the correct place to ask, I’m just genuinely curious if anyone has a definite answer. What’s the most amount of Overseas service stripes ever award to one individual? Some that I know about are Johnathan Wainwright IV had 11, William Westmoreland had 16, and Floyd James Thompson had 18.