Terrierman

You're welcome. It's well deserved.

There's two, despite the last sentence.

Want another one? I had my two children for zero population growth and then a vasectomy in 1977 at the age of 26. I walk the talk. They've both had their two and called it quits. So they do too.

Okay, here's one.

Who's going to argue in favor of screwing up the world for their grandchildren? Own up to it if you don't give a crap. Go ahead. I want to know.

I didn't see that one coming. I still say there are more nice people in the world than there are mean people. We just hear more about the mean ones.

It's not our world. It just isn't. We get to be here for a while, but then its their world. How can anyone possibly justify messing up their nest for them?

Is there a limit somewhere on what you take on and then excel at? You don't seem to know such a thing....

I dream those dreams. In them I have uncomfortable boots and a beard.

Yeah, hilarious. Laughing through the graveyard.

Sorry Dutch, there is not one thing funny about global warming and especially global warming deniers like the OP seemed to be.

Followed him from boat ramp on Truman to his cabin.

Sad but true.

Now seems like a good time to say it again: Every big fish started out as a little fish.

Agents can be super picky. I have a friend who got ticketed from a fed for having an improperly labeled duck in his freezer. Forget what it cost him, but it was not inconsequential.

Weather =/= climate. Say that to yourself over and over.

Just a guess but perhaps the White is warmer now than the tributaries and the bass have figured that out.

You see more fiberglass trout boats running jets on the White River than you do props. But I have a 20x48 Shawnee Commissary Boat with a plywood floor in it running a 9.9 Yamaha prop. Rumor has it the motor has been rejetted to 15 specs but that's just a rumor. The boat is not lightweight. But nearly all of the White River boats have a lot of rocker to them and that really helps running shallow. I get where I want to go enough that I ditched the idea of upgrading to a jet. My boat will run speedwise very close to a 40/20 jet on a boat the same size. I've also used my boat to float the Eleven Point, James and Beaver Creek. I can't get up some of the shoals a jet can but other than that they are really close. A jackplate might make a little difference, but not a lot.

I dunno. That guy doesn't look like he's 6'5" to me.

It would be my honor.

One of my fondest memories is of a float trip on the Gasconade a day it snowed 8 inches. Bad weather = good memories. Glad you got out and did well.

You two deserve a day with each other. And I mean that in the very best way. Two real experts.

I like that idea a lot.

I did a pretty righteous tri tip yesterday. Fire only. Applewood smoked. It was real pretty when I sliced it - that just right dark pink and very juicy. Had Italian green beans and garlic mashed potatoes for sides. Threw two chicken breasts on the egg along with the tri tip. Thinking ahead for chicken pot pie tonight. Nobody ever criticizes my pictures.

That is a very interesting read about how biologists waste their time and our money. Not. That kind of thing just fascinates me. Thanks for putting it up.