jdmidwest

I ran across this post this morning reading my news feeds. What a statement. How can you call a man armed with a handgun who was reluctant to face a superior armed individual with a rifle a coward? An AR 15 in 5.56 creates about 1300+ foot pounds of energy and has an effective range of several hundred feet. It may or may not defeat most personal body armor. Shoulder fired, it is very accurate and deadly even under stress. And was probably capable of firing up to 30 rounds without reloading. Then you have a well seasoned officer in a nice relaxed job, very low threat probability. Maybe a kevlar vest, surely no chest plate or heavy armor. Armed with a handgun that produces a third of the energy, a third of the capacity, and a very short effective range. David and Goliath, in a round about way. You can arm chair quarter back all you want, but don't call him a coward. We will never know what went thru his mind, but unless you have someone ordering you to push on, it would be a hard life decision. One he will live with all his life. If he had been armed fully for the threat with superior firepower, it may have been a different call. But his chances of survival in an encounter with the crazed killer would have probably been pretty slim. I am ashamed and saddened as always by this ordeal. We can never face the common denominator, the crazed person with an axe to grind. They are going to grind that axe with a car, a bomb, a knife, a sword, poison, or a gun. Laws were in place that should have caught him. Law enforcement was aware of him. Someone dropped the ball. The gun did not lead him into the school and kill the people, the crazed individual did it with his own axe that he picked up to use that day. The anti gun war machine was cocked and ready with its senseless agenda. Attack the real cause of the situation. Society. Bad parents or lack thereof. Reality TV. Morality in general. If you want to attack the real case, I have my axe in hand to start chopping away. And for God's sake, lock down a school, prepare for a threat, and protect our kids. Surely all of the tax money they suck down could accomplish that. Watch over my kids like I do. Give them at least as much protection as we do our common criminals in jails and prison. Control access and stop this nonsense. __________________

And, all you have to do is lean to one side to roll her out when she gets out of line.....

Stealth seems to fade with age. You can't hear yourself make noises like you did when you were younger. Turkeys don't seem to age much or loose their eyesight and hearing. I have noticed that game seems to pay more attention to me now than the younger days. I get busted alot more now than when I was young. As far as putting a red dot on a scattergun, I have never really seen the need. Blinds and decoys work, but a smart Tom can pick them out pretty fast. I think the global warming has pushed the mating season back, MDC has not adjusted accordingly. The season seems to run too late now. Youth season seems to be spot on. I drove past a field the other morning after a ice storm and there was several toms in full strut slipping around on the icy ground. First thought was wow, they must be numb to the world. Second thought was that cold north wind blowing on his exposed butt must be pretty chilly, the ice chunks surrounding his toes, and ruffled feathers losing all his body heat, man he wants to breed worse than I did that morning. Imagined tossing myself out of bed, naked, into that mess of weather. Sex would be the last thing on my mind. May have been different at 18.

Almost sounds like something is blocking his specific MAC address.

Those old Cox planes would whack the piss out of a finger starting up. I had several of those too. Probably too dangerous now.

Being the smallest kid in my class, I was the object of many a torture. I would fit in a locker. They proved it a few times. But I never let that stop me, nor did I once carry a gun to school to do anything about it. I carried a pocket knife daily to school, but never harmed a person with it. I was also the smartest in my class, so I did not run into many bullies in Chemistry, Trigg, and Pre Calc. But when I did, I would think things thru and usually come up with some sort of revenge. I could dish it out pretty good for my size and learned a few tricks. When I got to college, there were those clicks too. Since I could pass a test without much effort, I had plenty of time to do other things. Now, that is outlawed too. They call it hazing. But I never considered shooting anyone because I was being "picked on". There are no emotional scars. But all of my best friends are the ones I have made since College. I hardly ever see any of my old classmates. I never worried about getting shot while I was in school. And that was a time when most of the parking lot had guns in the vehicles for hunting before and after school.

It is on the roof. The ladder thing was what I was dreading in a snow storm.

Just came up with one, switched over to rain and solved problem. Snowflakes were so big that the digital antenna signal even cut out a few times before the rain started. I am ready for spring. I was wanting to be on Pickwick this weekend tossing my new flies. Pickwick is spilling all gates at over 200,000 cfps. At that point, current in lake parts we fish is too strong for good fishing. River below is over the ramps and dangerous for many many miles. KY Lake at Jonathan Creek Thurs was a nice shade of brown and rising, assume Pickwick is the same. And it is raining heavy there too.

Here are some good answers to the gun control issue for those that wonder about it. http://blog.cheaperthandirt.com/5-top-gun-control-myths/?utm_source=emarsys&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Chronicle+021718-5+Top+Gun+Control+Myths-2018-02-17+09%3A10%3A31&sc_src=email_2988448&sc_lid=158339564&sc_uid=ZMq35qBQCu&sc_llid=662909&sc_eh=c66e9fb459906f041 I support background checks, it has prevented many felons and ones with criminal past from getting guns legally. It does nothing to stop the real problems, mental health and stolen guns. Hipa policies and the general public seem it is not needed to spread info around about the mentally ill that normally commits this kind of crime. Until something cures this problem, it is bound to happen again. Back to the Tide pods.

My first boat was a 15' Budwiser plastic canoe. Then a 17' Grumman canoe.

Grrrr. Just lost the TV. Free HBO and Skinamax this weekend.

I guess I have held many a record fish in my lifetime. I all depends on the method what makes them a record now.

What is sad is that kids even have to worry about any of it. They should be worry free. It is the parents job to make and keep them secure.

No need for stricter gun laws, only the ones that are sane and obey the laws abide by them. Just like all the other laws including the one about "thou shalt not kill". Cut the publicity out. Quit making each shooting an ordeal. It just stokes others to try the same things. Growing up, we had 30 minutes of local news and 30 minutes of national news at 5 pm and 10 pm with a morning show. 3 channels. News blurbs on the radio at sporatic times. Daily Newspapers. Now, hundreds of channels to funnel it 24/7, the internet, radio, satellite, and even a newspaper or 2 still. Everything gets sensationalized. Growing up, arguments were settled with a fist fight as a kid. Now, even talking bad about another kid will bring down severe punishment. That leads to them taking more drastic measures. The internet and kids has had a negative effect on them in so many ways. Raise your kids right, love them every minute you can, and pray things work out.

A record fish for 10 minutes will always be a record fish. I have seen those that beat their own records.

Wonder what the state record is for smallmouth bass on a gig is?

Add gunsmith to your accomplishments...

I have used Torpedos for years with great success. Tossed a few of the newer frog plastics too. Trouble is, since the otters have eat all of the frogs out of the streams, fish have forgot what they are and do not recognize them as food.

So I may be on to something. Time will tell, strong front coming in Friday and planning a day out on Sat. Most I have tyed so far have been on the large side, I am working on smaller ones now. Marabou, artic fox, and some kind of goat hair that flows well. That artic fox when wet looks pretty good. May do a few shad in craft fur to test also.

Depends on depth, fishing from boat with 10' road. Probably use slip bobbers.

More patterns. What about it crappie guys, will they catch a crappie?

I miss his posts. He spent alot of time on the Spring River. I never ran into him there, but met some of his kin once.

Lots of articles on it. It may just be a southern thing. I catch river smallies on the fly and tyed a jig up of my favorite river fly also. Still have some shad colors to go, just started with the most popular ones according to one article. Ice here today, house bound for sure. Was going to hit a gunshow with Dad but no way I am going 150 miles one way on these roads. Another full day of tying in store for me.

Length times Girth times Width, subtract the photoshop average, multiply the Facebook value, Tweet it, copy it, fantisize about it. It is still a carp that gets fat cause nobody fishes for it.

Like the Fishing Cricket, he has gone from the forum for a long time. I was doing a search for "portable fly tying boxes" and he popped up on a post from 09 in a wood working forum. He used to be a major player on here.