Gilly

Amazing how dependent we can become on newer technology. I was preparing some project submittals Monday. Forwarded everything to our color printer......it's broken! "Well, you'll just have to use the old school method for now," the boss said......and that is......a highlighter. Holy smoke. Still waiting for the copier repair tech....

I had a '69 Dart Swinger, fun car. Friend of mine had a Swinger that was modified by Hurst. Had a 440 in it, glass front end. Not certain if he ever got it restored.

Good Lord, straw, you do cook your fish don't you? You certainly have your share of ailments. (Stomach problems...my brother was a big sushi eater and contracted some kind of problem as a result.)

Oh boy, Mike........I dunno about dat.

Did Bob call his mother an Antique?? Oh man, Bob, you're in big, big trouble.......Florida is not far enough away.

Welcome!

Yikes....hate to think how long it's been for clean underwear. Your mother is a brave woman. Reminds me of when we'd send our sons off to Boy Scout summer camp. When they got home they'd unpack their backpack....with the same clean underwear unworn.

Hey turkey dude! Wondered where you went. I had troubles with my login too. If you want to salvage your posts get ahold of the admin., they'll bail you out.

The same to you, possum, and to all.

After this past summer's flooding on the Missouri River and watching the politics play out, I don't have a whole lot of respect for Montana government. They pretty much told everyone else below them on the Missouri to kiss their rear. Having been directly affected by the flood my sense of compassion and humor for all things Montana & Corp. of Engineers is on the negative side of the ledger.

I read where the SEC will reap 30 million+ off of this game.

My blind is about 1200' off of the Missouri River about 50 miles north of Omaha. Large groups of high flyers yesterday.Lots of geese, not many ducks.They are hammer down in your direction boys, enjoy!

Tim, I think you and I are in the same book, probably not the same chapter, for sure not the same page. We are over extended...something has to give. Conservative conservationist that I am I would much rather not invest in lands/economies of other countries. That kind of expenditure has bothered me when it's hard to cover our own bases. But that's another book.......

Spot on Justin. I have tenants who I finally had to ask to leave after giving them a list of people who I knew would hire them. They felt they had been paying into the system (she was in her middle twenties, he was early thirties) 'all of their lives' and they were going to 'sit this one out for awhile'. Their job history indicated no special talents that would place any of the possible jobs I presented to them as below their dignity. This after letting them live there 2+ months late on their rent while they 'diligently' searched for work. Sorry for the rant. Lazy people bug the heck out of me.....especially when it's tax dollars they're living on. I'm in construction. We are seeing a lot of work coming up for bid that addresses infrastructure from VA Hospitals to roads, bridges, and military bases. At this stage in our history I would rather see tax dollars spent on that rather than conservation programs. No need to cut programs, put them on hold and do not expand them. And you are absolutely correct as far as doing more with less employee wise. My guys and I have chosen to work reduced hours, we work harder, look at ways to improve profits, run our equipment with far less idle time, etc. Things are turning around but none of us have wanted to hit the unemployed ranks. Winter is almost upon us so we're heading into a few lean months but 2012 looks better than 2011 turned out to be.

Well, folks, I am a private land owner. I weighed the options when I returned some of the land to habitat. Now the comment I'm going to make is very specific due to a few boneheads and in no way directed to the vast majority. I am not profit motivated. I do not count on the land as a living. I highly respect my neighbors who do farm for a living. I bought my land with the intent to return it to prairie & trees. So again, when making the decision on how to do this because the cost per acre is pretty high if you do it right, I considered programs. But having to allow people on our land was the last thing I wanted to do. You see, one section to my west is the beginning of a strip of land along the Missouri River that is owned by the state and is public access. Over the years we have been witness to a lot of disrespect to the state land and adjoining private acres and as we have traveled about that seems to be a somewhat common story. Thus the need for conservation officers I guess. I read about and have been witness to lawbreakers of the rules established for lands & waters of public use everywhere and thought many times..."do I want to subject myself to that kind of bs?" No. Emphatically no. Two weekends ago I finally posted no hunting/trespassing signs. We don't live there so because someone wanted to hunt it and no one was there to ask , a group of idiots hunted it anyways. We showed up just as they walked out. WTF I asked. "Well nobody said no" was their response. Yeah right. Am I concerned about tax dollars not going to support hunting on private land? No.

For us it's the adventure, drive time included. We live just south of Omaha but we have a place in Stockton. Five hours + door to door if we stay on track.....but therein lies the adventure. The fishing is the goal but heck if we find a cafe or antique shop or whatever in between....who knows how long it might take. We usually plan a 4 day weekend several times a year. Around Omaha three hours can put us on good fishing just about any direction. Locally the NRD has some great puddles they keep stocked for grandkid fishing.

I'm having trouble seeing that, too dark. Is that a pumpkin?.......looks fishy to me.

I'm confused....were you on a bridge at 245 and wondered about the 4 or 5 cars as others did too or were you on 245 at 235 or was it 245 and you were on 245....? Just kidding! Have a wonderful weekend, wish we were @ Stockton but we're stuck in Omaha headed out to a football party.

My daughter's a cop, U.S. Marshall actually. It is my prayer that everyone would just do what they're suppose to do and put officers of all kinds out of work.

Mic, as several have stated above one way or another, cash is king. The farmer needs the cash flow, retired land not so much as productive. Heck, I remember when you could knock on the farmer's door and get permission to hunt. Now? Well, so many of those farm homes are gone. You're lucky in some cases to even find out who is responsible for the land. Right next to me are 3 sections that have been in the same family since the land was originally deeded. Across the road and back aways 3000+ acres auctioned off to several corporations. Want to hunt the recreational areas on it? Sign a lease. Yup. No more knocks on the door and a handshake......cash is king. And the 3 sections next to me? He's the last one standing in his lineage.

"As far as the second link, the new biomass boiler can use this grass mix (and it was kind of cool). " Okay. I wasn't considering multiple uses when I developed our spot. Habitat was the singular goal. Sometimes trying to cover too many bases complicates the process.

That is exactly what I'm doing on my farm. The farmers/neighbors thought I was zingy when I took 30 acres out of production and planted a Pheasants Forever mix. It took 5 years to really see how it would work out. You wouldn't think a 30 acre plot would hold so many birds & deer but with the floods we experienced this year, our land was untouched whereas most everything else was devastated. I had to post it this last weekend to keep the idiot's from trespassing. The birds are thick in there. I'm going to leave them alone for a couple of seasons until the flooded areas re-establish themselves and hopefully the wildlife spreads out again. Note-your second link didn't make sense relevant to birds??

Not me...hate 'em. Stepped on a pair of moccasins when I was a little kid. Thank goodness it was cool and they were lethargic. I just remember my Mom freaking out and my dad cool as a cucumber picking me up, setting me off to the side and then killing the snakes. Little kid dreams left me with an intense dislike of snakes. My kids and grandkids have no fear of them......definitely not an inherited trait.

Are you going to leave it on the lift to work on it or move it on shore? Might want to be carefull with chemicals if over the water. Meguiars use to have a clay bar that worked on lighter crud removal but for some serious work I've used Mary Kate On Off.Nasty stuff but it works. I've tried soaking rags in vinegar and then laying the rag on the deposit. Works sometimes and not so well other times. I suppose that depends on the composition of the crud.