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The Tri-Lakes Realtor's Association is pushing for more and more docks to be installed. Lake of the Ozarks, here we come ! Ughh ! http://www.hometowndailynews.com/16383/realtors_voice_concerns_over_revised_table_rock_master_plan.html

Oneshot, I sure hope for your sake that your gallbladder removal can be done using the "scope" method rather than the old way. Not a whole lot to it with the "scope" with only about five little puncture wounds. Best of luck. Used to be with Lyme disease, one of the early telltale signs was a circular red rash around the tick bite that looked like a typical bull's eye. Had the darn stuff in the early nineties and the Doc took one look at the rash, pulled out a medical book and showed me a picture of the bull's eye that had appeared on my leg and said "I'm saving you the cost of the blood work" and put me on oral antibiotics. From what I read back then, Lyme disease, left untreated, can result in some pretty serious, long-term heart problems. It's nothing to play around with.

Exactly ! Plus the well known affinity that Ethanol has for accumulating water right out of the air. Those lucky enough to be using their rigs frequently keep the gas and Ethanol pretty well mixed, but boats left sitting will, at some point, suffer separation with the heavier specific-gravity Ethanol falling to the bottom of your fuel tank and you all know where your fuel pick-up is located ! From what I've been hearing from neighboring States, there is no-Ethanol, 87 octane fuel available for a slight price premium but, for some reason, not in MO. Seems to me if it can be sold in other States just to our West, why do we have to pony-up for 91 octance or higher to avoid the blasted Ethanol ?

Walgreen's carries a product back in their first aid section by the band-aids called "Chiggarrid" that comes in a very small, dark brown glass container. You usually have to search for it pretty hard. It's a liquid plastic containing camphor that you dab on each bite and wait a couple of minutes until it dries and it relieves the itch for about 24 hours and keeps infection from setting in if you have vigorously scratched the bite. If you cannont find the Chiggarrid, one of the liquid bandages found in the same department like "New Skin", that is also a liquid plastic coating, is almost as effective. Fels Naptha was a great poison ivy preventer but never used it for dratted chiggers. We find it sometimes at Wally World.

Thanks for your reply. I appreciate that. Have a great day.

Hardy-har-har ! Got a rise out of all of you didn't I ? By the way, I wasn't the one who commented "lead 'em like a duck", just LMAO at that phrase. Yep, I know fully well a dock isn't considered your "castle". And did I advocate in one single word to SHOOT the thieves on sight ?.... not unless you flunked reading comprehension. There has to be some ending to this problem and the Water Patrol can't do it and neither can any other branch of LEO. It's up to dock/boat owners to take necessary steps to protect their property somehow, someway. Knowing the historical inadequacies of the Stone County Prosecutor's office I wouldn't waste my time in taking any surveillance photos or videos to him. Heck, most of us around the Lampe area are ticked-off that one of the two killers that simply walked away from the LUC Boy's Ranch last Winter and brutally beat and stabbed to death the two elderly residents of Trace Hollow was granted a change of venue to Newton County. In other words, people are fed up with crime and lenient treatment of criminals and some aren't going rationalize it away with an "Oh Well" attitude anymore and are not going to simply sit back and put up with it. And Champ, unlike most of your informative, common sense posts that are appreciated by all, your claim that my post added fuel to the fire of the anti-gun nuts was way out of line as I did not advocate shooting anyone, just laughing at a phrase and questioning suggestions that the drudgery of hauling every last piece of equipment out of their boats at night was the ONLY way to stop this thievery. You guys with experience know darn good and well that people with boats on trailers in their own yards or in front of their motel rooms are frequently targeted as was Mr. Babler's expensive trailer hubs at the boat launch parking lot in broad daylight on more than one occasion.

"Lead "em like a duck" ! Yeah buddy ! ROTFLMAO ! Since when has it become unlawful or un-American to protect your property with force ?

As evidenced by a few of the foregoing posts, the libs lost a round.....now let the name calling commence like it always does as they attempt to demonize anyone with a differing opinion. They are so predictable and unable to compromise or recognize and value another's opinion it's hilarious. Their way or the highway !

Here is a link to what MO Lt. Governor Kinder sent yesterday to the Secretary of the Interior. http://twileshare.com/aqpm

The Stone County Commission approved a resolution Tuesday to oppose the National Blueways System designation for the White River watershed. Commissioner Dennis Wood says the citizens of Stone County want clean water, but they don’t want the mandates. MO State Representative Don Phillips perhaps summed it up best and in fairness to both sides ( yeah Al, like YOUR side doesn't have an "Agenda" !? LMAO ! ) in his latest newsletter : Blueway Designation Innocent or Potentially Problematic? The White River National Blueway designation seems innocent enough on the surface; however there are numerous causes for concern with the primary “red flag” being a lack of accountability by those that make up the “stakeholder partnership.” (There are 26 sponsors that make up the stakeholder partnership of the National Blueway but most all are state and federal agencies or organizations; none are private citizen groups associated with individual property rights). In fairness, there’s no language in the Blueway designation about “land grabbing” or “further regulating” or any of that sort. (That would be foolish!) The language focuses on conservation efforts, promoting wildlife, flood control, agriculture, etc. And, I think we’re all onboard with those efforts. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s website states the purpose of the Blueway is to “Boost Tourism, Expand Recreational Opportunities and to Fuel Local Economies.” My fear is that a designation like this starts off with little effect one way or the other on personal property rights but, has the potential to eventually escalate into a serious threat to land owners and farmers along the designated area. What’s to keep that from happening in five to 10 years? Suddenly the Blueway becomes sacred ground. If the National Blueway designation is really as innocent as it’s portrayed then why do we need it? The supporters say the Blueway designation is basically a badge of honor and they claim we’ll go higher on the federal funding food chain with millions of dollars designated for environmental quality along the 722 mile Blueway. I’m certain there will be plenty of money for the Blueway, but that’s not the issue. We already have enough oversight, regulations and restrictions on landowners concerning the environment and clean water. Most citizens realize the importance of protecting our environment and the need to be good stewards of our natural resources. We also need to be able to continue exercising our freedoms without further intrusion or even the potential for additional regulations. Here’s what Jo-Ellen Darcy, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, had to say about the designation, “In keeping with President Obama’s commitment to the “America’s Great Outdoors Initiative” the Corps (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) is proud to be a part of the National Blueways initiative which recognizes and supports stakeholder partnerships.” People don’t trust our government and for good reason. And, we especially don’t trust groups that come quietly through the back door with government’s stamp of approval and with no accountability. Partnerships are fine but partnerships without accountability can become a powerful team that’s simply covering each other’s backs with a wolf-pack mentality. One set of partnership groups can come to the aid of other partnerships that have the same cause thereby creating a powerful ability to unite for the good of those in the “stakeholder partnership.” It will be interesting to see how this all plays out!

Supposedly, there was an item on the Agenda of the Stone County Commission to discuss the White River Blueway on June 18th but those minutes have not been posted as yet.

The Big Rains last week hit up North so anything flowing into TR from the North side is loaded with silt. Around my place we only recorded about .86 over two days vs. reports of upwards of three-four inches from about Nixa North.

Hey neighbor...do you mean the Mikey ?? Just wondering 'cause I am unaware of the "Mickey" ( maybe I need to put my cheaters on !) but have two of the "Mikey's" and the larger one outfishes the smaller Jr. about 20 to 1 in my experience. Big old thing but it seems to bring them up pretty good while the little one or Jr. just doesn't seem to have the necessary action, even if worked on real light line. Most times it works best for me in deep cove mouths around the Pt. 17 area where you get those long narrow and deep coves. Further back in the cove or on timbered bluffs....not so much.

An old,but very true statement in Real Estate is "location, location, location". Inquiring which Lake is best for your requirements varies greatly with the available property. The Corps managed Lakes all have a required "set-back" distance from the water's edge that is highly changeable and not logical at all. Some locations (there's that word again) you can't even see the water until the leaves fall of the hardwoods and others you never see the water because of the "wall" the dratted Cedars have grown up to form. Other locations on the same Lake are "Grandfathered" and you are allowed to clear cut and mow right to the water's edge and they have a gentle slope down to the water. Those Grandfathered places are mostly very old and not in the best shape but if you have the financial means, you can purchase one of those properties, tear down the old structure and start new with updated construction from the ground up and that can actually be far less expensive than trying to re-hab an old strutcture that was poorly built to begin with. good luck and tell the Wife she'll love it once she grows used to it.

Yep, and now you gotta' pray the Govt. doesn't get it's hands on your retirement savings because they are eyeing I.R.A.'s for possible taxation if you earn over a certain amount. It seems they aren't satisifed with the taxes they will collect on your voluntary and mandatory withdrawals when that time comes.

Thanks for the reply. Had no idea that constrictors of any species could manage that with those angled teeth. Guess we were watching from upwind...thankfully [grin] ! My only guesstimate is that the tree squirrel was just too large to swallow but I'm certainly no expert. We go out of our way to protect Black and King snakes on and around our place as they seem to keep the Copperheads down and the darn burrowing Ground Squirrels from overpopulating. This big old guy or gal was easily a very thick seven footer and one of the biggest I've ever seen close up.

Yeah, definitely. Lot's of cattle in AR between the northern edge of the beginnings of the Boston Mtns. and the White and we all know about the Chicken and Turkey raising operations. Long Creek, Big Indian and the Kings' get hit hard with Ag runoff during moderate to heavy precip events. What many of us are trying to figure out this year is why TR is the clearest it's been in 30 years. Reminds me of the early to mid 70's before the CAFO operations got rolling.

What he said....plus..... Don't wish your life away....ever. Take it as it comes and treasure every moment. As some of us are finding out the hard way it's a very short time that is given to us.

With those rearward facing teeth in a constrictor's mouth, you'd think that once they start swallowing some prey it's a one way trip right down the old gullet. Apparently, Mother Nature has provided the snake with some kind of safety valve or reverse gear because we just encountered a 7 foot black snake on our property that was trying to swallow a squirrel. The big old snake got the squirrel down to about the shoulders and then must have decided it bit off more than it could handle and that's when we spotted it sort of slowly thrashing about and actually disgorging the squirrel carcass. In the short period of time the snake was attempting to swallow the squirrel,the snake's digestive juices had already begun working on the squirrel's head. Don't know how that snake could reverse it's attempted ingestion of the squirrel but it managed to do just that but did not look too happy or healthy afterwards as it crawled off into the Ivy bed.

Stick with Mr. Babler's advice about using butchered Sunfish for crawdad trap bait. Best bait there is and we always catch our share of mini-lobsters every year but haven't dropped our traps in just yet. Water temp. too cool and too changeable I'm guessing. Being a lifelong Mizzou fan since before Dan Devine days and having an alumnus in the immediate family here is the chief rea$on Mizzou went to the SEC http://www.stltoday.com/sports/college/mizzou/first-year-in-sec-bringing-mizzou-over-million/article_b81444e0-cdab-5c70-880f-9b93f0ae38bb.html and http://www.stltoday.com/sports/college/mizzou/sec-money-brings-upgrades-to-mizzou/article_6371a1f1-a649-54cf-8176-3e51512ff71b.html The Administration got real fed up with OU and Texas receiving the lions' share of the league revenue in the Big 12. As usual, it's all about the almighty dollar and I don't blame them.

ROTFLMAO !!! I don't know who starts more incorrect, crazy rumors...the UPS guys or the chicks doing hair at the local "miracle shops" ! I've heard some doozys from both sources lately. [bIG GRIN ]

According to 306.100 sub section 16, auxiliary lighting is OK while fishing but not while underway. These boats NEVER shut those high powered lights off in my area,they must not have an off switch. Both our local State Rep. and the MO Highway Patrol, Water Division, are terming this tournament a real "hot button" issue and they received a large number of complaints from area residents about the two-night-long audible and visual peace disturbance. So there were plenty of area residents upset with the operation of these boats. But what the heck, somebody made a few bucks so screw everybody else...right ? And no, Frenzel, it wasn't limited to just one night so obviously you weren't being awakened every ten-fifteen minutes from dusk to dawn two nights in a row. The large V-8's powering most of the Airboats were never shut down either and I wondered how they were "sneaking" up on fish while cruising shorelines, points and bays. Those carp must be deaf...and dumb !

I'm glad I'm not the only one to comment on this. It wasn't only in Clevenger since there were reportedly 110 boats entered. Two sleepless nights in a row with multiple roaring engines that never got shut down and incredibly bright lights, that never got turned off, shining in our home all night so bright you could literally read a newspaper by them is a little too much. And no, this is not an exaggeration, maybe an understatment. What happened to the MO law that a vessel operating after sunset could only display navigation and anchor lights ? Are there no decible limit laws on Table Rock because these things sure exceeded them ? These boats were running back and forth all night long down the middle of the lake to their "hunting" grounds with those nuclear powered lights on. Anybody else trying to do a little Spring night fishing had to be blinded. Not every boat was a roaring Airboat but those that were kept their big engines going even while "cruising" the flats, bays and shallow points looking for targets. They finally shut down and pulled out about 6:15 this morning...YAWN ! I hope their little tournament is over and good riddance.

Please believe me when I say I am not trying to pick a fight here and I couldn't agree with this Gentleman's statement more. But....has it occurred to anyone that this is EXACTLY what has happened with the Big Money Bass Tournaments ? Resources....valuable....career....ring any bells ?

Like it or not, class warfare or not, this is a large contributor to "gloom and doom". If you haven't seen this already, it's well worth your time watching. Class warfare ? Yeah, but from the top down. After 42 years at a Fortune 500 Corporation employed in the Corporate Hdqtrs. offices in Finance, I can tell you firsthand that most of this is caused by rubber stamp Boards of Directors and their cross-serving on each other's Boards. They regularly vote obscene rates of compensation, consisting of salaries, bonuses and stock options to the current Corporate Officers thus denying shareholders legitimate profits which would then filter down into the economy. The SEC does little or nothing to regulate this raping of Corporate Treasuries and this Country is the acknowleged leader in this travesty.