Wayne SW/MO

I didn't know Vogels was for sale? I can't remember the daughters name, but do they still own it? That was a modulaer setup and it's about 30 years old, don't know how it's held up. At ay rate it's hard to compare I think because there is alot more commercial possibilties in Circle J now, or at least it appears to be. I don't know the people at Wild Oaks, they're after my time in the area. In fact, to my knowledge there is no one left except Larry's, NRO, Maggard's and Charley's that comes to mind.

Me neither, he would have to have been real close and had his eyes locked on me first.

It still comes down to the bottom line ($). That land sets in a grea place for a campground and at one time it was full of permenent campers. It could be again with the right money. Rogers bought the area where the old Ranch House and the trailers behind it were and up graded it. He has made millions off the park and I doubt he's through. I beleive ha also owns the big motel across from Ft Bennett, or so it's said.

I suppose if a person was really interested in a crawdad meal and lived in the White river watershed the the Table Rock craw would be the choice. They get large and they are native, problem solved and no need for a bug from Australia that gets bigger.

For many of us it was a good time, but for many others it was real test of fortitude. I have a great admiration for the combat veterans whether on a ship, in a plane or standing on the ground. One of my best memories is of meeting a code talker several years ago in Arizona and shaking his hand.

I believe we have enough experinece in just the simple movement of one species of crawdad from one watershed to another to warrant caution. I see no need to introduce or allow inadvernent introduction of species not native to even a single watershed.

If you're going to venture out in the winter remember if it goes south and you aren't prepared you have less that a minute on many waters before your muscles react. I often kayaked on the rivers when the water was cold and did som NW rivers that were very cold. The key is staying warm enough to get to shore and building a fire. I used a pair of snug neoprenes and a dry top with neoprene booties. I carried some fire in the waders pocket. I never had to use it and I'm glad I didn't, but I know a couple of families who wished their kin had. Be safe.

This Artic blast should shove a lot of ducks south. It's not the cold, but the lack of open water that generally moves a lot of birds. A buddy and I drove from Mustang OK to just south of Liberal KS many, many, years ago to hunt pheasant. It sleeeted and snowed most of the way and we were in a CJ-5 with a canvas top. Shot one bird, froze are butts off and left the Lab at home so didn't get to see him work. Memorable.

A pro told my son that spraying outside and in where ever there might be ants, etc would be effctive because they eat dead prey, alomg with the poison. I think the residual in our laundry room got a few. I spray at the base of the dryer and later dragged a couple out from under it. Having them in the house doesn't set well with me. Some came out of the laundry room and got trapped in the sink, which started the war. Later I found one loner in a bathroom, but I haven't seen any in the house otherwise.

Obviously things evolve, but there wasn't a county business license in the 80's. The guy who just lost it didn't have to change anything and he isn't the original owner.

We just went through a problem wth them coming into the laundry room. I think they were following ants in through the dryer vent. I sprayed with a bug killer in there and outside around the vent. We then set up traps. I haven't seen any lately. I have a lt of them in my shop, but unfortunately a lot of places for them to hide. They can get in to things you think they can't. I will eventually probably have to bomb them. Most professionals advise spraying to kill them and their food supply, vacumn, and the sticky traps. The spraying should include the outside foundation to kill any transients like ants. They seem to take command, I had a lot of wolf spiders and very few fiddlebacks, now all I have is the fiddlebacks in the shop.

I don't use a roux base anymore. Not after I found out that Panera uses cream cheese. I don't have the amounts at hand, but we add 8oz of room temp via a potato ricer. It's really good, but I haven't made any chowders since discovering the cheese trick. I don't know why it wouldn't be good in them also.

Why would the grandfather clause disolve if the usage is the same? In my experince with them they only become extinct if you remodel.

I'm not always a fan of honey in recipes, but I can eat a lot of it on biscuits, toast, or like gomuddy, mixed with peanut butter and in a peanut butter and honey sandwich. Honey is said to last indefinately as long as moisture doesn't invade it. They found some in Egypt in a tomb that very ols, don't remember exactly, and it was still edible. Apparently sealed up and stored underground in a super dry climate preserved it.

That's what we have used. When you end up with some left over smaller fish we have used them up. The trick we found with them is the timing in adding the fish. We had some less than steller results from adding the fish too soon. My technique the last time I made it was too add the fish for 5 minutes after the base was done.

Not if the price is right. Electricians and plumbers don't get rich in Laclede county. I also have to ask "What code?". They may have changed, but when I was working in the area even the city and the utilities didn't have any standards that were strict and there was no such thing as an inspection.

Fried chicken, mashed potatos, fried okra and gravy and biscuits with honey, yummmmm.

The one posted by rps is similar to what we made. It was basically a potato soup with some appropriate additions. I never thought about the clam juice, sounds good.

I would think any upholstery shop could do it.

I eat a lot of honey. I prefer it on toast to jellies.

The cold coming in will probably make duck hunting great for a time, but will probably drive a lot of them to the big lakes in this latitude.

Don't be surprised if Jim Rogers buys it if it goes low, which it probably will given the time of the year and the recent experience.

Burlap is easy to 3D which is a big plus if you're talking ducks.

Burlap works well and it's cheap in comparison. The color makes a good backgound for spraying on some breakup.

It's not all that deep. I doubt it averages more than 10'. It would take a few years of high water to define the river I think and even more to establish any deeper areas. A river that you could wade from Branson to Forsyth might as atractive, if not more so, than the White below BS. As far as the muck goes I doubt it would ever reach the dam. The upper end of BS has a soft bottom in many areas that I'm sure is a result of sediment over the decades. If the sediment remained suspended I'm sure it wouldn't take long for it to reach the flat land in southern Arkansas.