Terrierman

Bad idea. Get this done before she comes home.

Sell one of your flyrods and use the change to buy a pallet of lump charcoal and an electric starter.

A man of your means deserves quality equipment. And quality equipment pays many dividends in the end products you and your family will enjoy well into your dotage.

I have no issues with putting a brisket or a pork shoulder on in the evening, and letting it cook all night. Just load enough fuel and don't give it too much air. The learning curve is not all that steep or long. For the long cooks of big cuts, I always use the stone to assure indirect heat and also place a pan with liquid of some description under the grate, which also helps to catch drippings and ease cleanup.

Kamado Joe or the original Big Green Egg. You will only cry once, and they will last a lifetime.

Only if he likes jail. Most folks will do a lot to stay out of jail.

Good. I don't want to pay for his nonconformation butt for ten seconds.

You are one of the St. Louis dudes the Terrierman will abide. There are a few others. I used to live there so I know what it's like.

How far will you drive to hit a hot white bass bite?

Guilty conscience?

Company's coming: An old classic appetizer - brick of philly, jar of Heinz chili sauce and a can of lump crab, Ritz crackers Main: leg quarters rubbed with Head Country dry seasoning. Done on the egg of course. black bean and corn salad with onion and cilantro. Agave for sweetener and red wine vinegar to set it off. green salad. not from a bag. Dessert: An honest to pete homemade apple pie - Granny Smith apples of course. And a lattice crust, the way God and Grandma Dot intended it.

Nicely done Sir! Of all the people I know, I cannot think of anyone more deserving.

I have fifteen doves in the crockpot right now. S&P and a little Head Country on the breasts, then in the crockpot. They're braising in a cup of Sweet Baby Ray's original and a cup of root beer. The smell is intriguing to say the least. When we're ready to eat, I'll take the dove breasts out of the crockpot, put them on some parchment paper on a cookie sheet, brush with some more BBQ sauce and brown them under the broiler. Sides will be baked sweet potato, green salad and corn on the cob. I'm hopeful. It was really hard not to do bacon wrapped dove jalapeno poppers. But I'm trying to climb out of a rut. edit: I cook corn on the cob fully immersed, not steamed. Add about a tbsp. of salt, tbsp. of sugar and 1/2 cup of milk to the boiling liquid. Does anyone else do similar? 2nd edit: I got a monkey jones on my back. Serious wonder about what BH sauce would do.....

That would be a very nice tackle box gun. Fair price too. Good luck on the sale.

Could not happen to a nicer man. Heartiest congratulations Bill Babler. Sorry you lost the fish but it's clear you gave it your all.

High praise from any fat woman.

Water patrol on Mark Twain lake actually wrote me a ticket for improper spacing on the letters on my boat - after getting checked for everything else and all OK. I thought that was a little over the top, and it has colored my view of the water patrol ever since. This occurred in the late '80's so you guys that don't think I can remember anything are wrong!

Nice trip and report. Thanks for putting it up.

Grandfathering boat operators based on birth date makes no sense at all to me. Same way with hunter safety.

Yeah it's been real pretty the last couple of nights. Glad you all did well. As to what's wrong with people..... heck if I know. Didn't get raised right or something is my only guess, but even that's not 100%. I've got 2 kids and they are night and day, raised in the same house with the same parents.

Murfin's Market fried chicken; Reece cole slaw, Reece redskin potato salad; Jamisons to drink. What a day. Another one for the so called retired guy. I actually cannot even stand the thought of food yet.

This has been the most insanely busy spring and summer for a so called retired guy.

Ribeye, baked sweet potato, cucumber and onion salad and sliced tomato.

What are you supposed to do when your truck breaks down? Sorry but you are FOS.

Most land is owned to the center of the roads that border it. Without the no parking signs, people could go to the bridge and drag a boat to or from the river. My comment stands. We own the rivers, but we can't access them. Which stinks to high heaven. Wasn't that way then and should not be that way today.