jdmidwest

I always wondered what the Viking word for "Taste Like Turds" was. Now I know it in 2 Viking dialects....

Nothing warms the cockles like a good ole sugar overload. Looks like the locals are more used to the climate, I see shorts and short sleeves in the pic.

Perry county today along the Mississippi River.

2 questions. Where do you find a whale tail for a jet motor or did you have it made? How many times have you knocked it off?

I like salmon from a can, just have to pick out the bones though. Now they have it in pouches that make good duck blind or float food.

Yep. Nothing left but the big decision. Marinade in toxic chemicals and take a front row seat to a dose of radiation equal to an atomic blast or risk a 30 percent chance of it popping back up and dealing with it then in the lungs or bone. Next few weeks are going to be tough decisions.

Went back in for a followup visit today, the wounds are healing nicely. Cancer was only in the one node I found and had not spread any further. Pet and microscopic exams of the nodes pulled out in surgery confirm that. Doc feels it has been there all along and not a new case, it just reared its ugly head 16 months later. I have a meeting with the Chemo and Radiation Doc's next week to plan the next stage of treatment.

My buddy texted me on way back from doc, his brother has bought a new house in Cape Girardeau this year. Walked out and started picking up limbs getting ready to mow and started finding morels all over. Was over 25 at last check, all hiding in deeper grass. Its on.

Did they dribble a little white gravy or quacamole out of the snoot to make a little booger?

Did you check the tongue patch?

At least my head is cocked in the right direction for mushrooms. If I were squirrel hunting and had to look up, I fear it would just flop on back over my shoulders and be gone. They just glued me back together this time, no staples.

Good looking grays. I hit a spot today, still nothing. Going to hit Illinois over the weekend, sunshine on Sat should get them popping.

Mine drifted to the other side into a node that they did not take out. They are all gone and will find out tomorrow if they will radiate this time. Good luck with the treatments.

1. You go to your favorite hole and someone is fishing it............ Get shoulder to shoulder with them and tangle up with them a few times, they will leave. 2. You are quietly fishing and covering a lot of water when you come up on someone fishing.............(when possible I had us quietly get out of the water and walk around them) If you have waders on, just plow out in front of them between casts. If too deep, stand behind them long enough to make them miss a few casts and strike up a meaningless conversation at the top of your lungs. 3. What are some of the mortal sins (or minor) that you wish other novice anglers knew and refrained from. Fishing a trout park on the weekend, it usually leads to foul language and evil intentions toward fellow mankind. I noticed you must have went during the week. The pros show up on weekends and holidays and they will irritate any sane man. The above is what I normally encounter on a weekend. They don't wear waders, I call them stompers. Splashing and stomping around making all kinds of noise instead of slowly and quietly moving around. They high bank you on the opposite side and cast over your line. Then my favorite irritation is the bait fishers in the fly area, always one or more of them it seems. During the week, fewer people and more enjoyable. The only way I tolerate weekends any more is to start out down river and fish in mornings. Then fish the park around noon or afternoon after most pros have their limit and not seeking a second or third helping.

Good luck with it. Did it come back in a lymph node or somewhere else?

Things went pretty fast this time. I had just been back in for a checkup on Feb. 15. It was in the first node past where they started pulling them last time. Pet showed it only in that area. Not anywhere else yet, so still a good prognosis. Still not where I wanted to be, resetting the 5 year clock.

Took a 3 day trip to St Louis in the Barnes Hospital Area last week. Got in a bad knife fight and the mugger took all of my lymph nodes on the right side. I woke up three weeks ago wed. and noticed something funny feeling under my right jaw. I poked around and found a small pea size lump that was tender. My new grandbaby was coming that day, so I let it ride, hoping for the best. Things calmed down from that and on Monday, I made the appt. Thurs comes and I am facing the doc. It takes him a while to find it his self. Did an ultrasound and decided to biopsy, just as a precaution since cancer has been there before, on the other side. I got the call the following Tues afternoon, cancer is back. Squamous cell carcinoma. Nurse laid out my plans, Friday Pet test, Tuesday surgical removal of remaining lymph nodes. Tuesday was a walk in the park compared to the last. 2 hour surgery and 2 days in hospital. Pain was minimal this time, only a few Tylenol to knock the pain. New scars, new numbness, stiff neck. Otherwise, good to go. Will find out on Wednesday what my next step will be, probably a stint with the nuclear med guys.

Tornado went north of it, missed it by a mile. Should be normal with no damage.

Thats why I switched all my license brackets over to steel ones. Those flimsy plastic ones break off too easy. After time plastic gets brittle and force of water or wind can snap them off.

I don't think, in all of my years, I have ever seen anyone catch a fish at 98 MPH. They do jump into the boat from time to time.

Its official, bankrupt and closing stores. Looks like all the ones I visit are safe for now. http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2017/03/10/breaking-gander-mountain-close-19-stores/

That guy probably paid pretty good for the cabin and access on the Kenai. Most public access during salmon runs is worse than Montauk on opening day. You wait in line to get into parking lot, wait in line for ferry on the Russian, then combat fish with others for the salmon bounty in the river. When we went up in 2000, you could bring back a cooler of fish as checked luggage free. Airlines charge for extra bags now, so fish has to be shipped back over nite for a fee. But, its a trip worth doing. Try to do it in the off season or a remote camp for the best experience. Otherwise, you fight the crowds of tourists.

Pretty sharp.

Some old feller at Meramac Spring tried to get me to use a white marshmallow when I was nailing them on corn. Told him the same thing, yellow is the way to go.

Yellow and chartreuse always work. White is worthless.