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I used a wad of hi temp grease on the poles that held the feeders and it worked really well, Did not wash off in the rain.

The bees have put a stop to the feeders. They don't bother them during a honey flow, but when the dearth comes in late summer, they swarm the feeders. I still enjoy them flying around. Once they get accustomed to a feeder, the hummers will keep coming back. I have several buzz my head where the feeders used to be.

17' Grumman canoe, 15' Budwiser plastic canoe, 2) 12' kayaks, 12' Otter fiberglass duck boat and trailer, 14' Monark jon boat, trailer, 9.5 Evinrude, 17' BassTracker with a 35 Mercury and trailer, and a 8' Creek Company pontoon. I am also looking for a nice, light 10' kayak. I am boat poor now too.

I think Horton Heard a Who, not a smoo. Al Capp created the Shmoo back in the late 40's. FYI, you google smoo and it come up with smelly women parts, so you might be chummin with that bait.

Nice fish and nice flies. That pond looks almost like a lake. Whats that little pavillion for?

The yuppers and city folk have come up with a few good ideas like the raised beds and square foot garden. On the farm, we just laid aside about an acre near the house for the garden. Cellar for the taters and onions, all of the canned goods. Deep freeze for the other veggies like corn. Orchard for fruit and jellies, grape vines for grape juice. Those were the days, hard work and better living.

How fast was you going when it slid off the truck? I have a Creek Company that is 13 years old and still going fine. They bought out Buck's Bags in the 90's but kept the same designs. Great boats.

Topix helped nail a murderer here a few years ago. They pinched him for threatening his sister in law on Topix. About a year later, they sweated him out for the place he buried the estranged wife he slaughtered and buried in a sandbar along the Mississippi. He received 5 years for internet threat, and pleaded for 15 in a cold blooded, pre-meditated murder of his wife, Jackie Waller.

Plus, it is the in vogue thing to do. I saw a target commercial last night where they donated money to an inner city garden to promote better nutrition. I grow a garden because it takes up space in the yard and I have less grass to mow. Mowing grass is a total waste of productive time each week.

I have been fishing a Yum Craw and one made by River to Sea, both are pretty realistic and effective. I use a 1/8 oz jig with the Yum, the River to Sea is prerigged. Tube jigs work too. Bass Pro Tender Tubes are the best, nice and soft unlike alot of other tubes.

i am sure the armadillo will catch up with you soon in Milwaukee. Give it a few years. Where is the little Timber Rattler? Nice pics,

New York does not allow me to own my AR 15. It is not a restriction, if I live there, I could not own it. And many other places will not allow me to own several of my other guns. What part of your little simple mind does that not get thru too? You are a troll.

That is a tricky area, a spill could go in many directions, Jack's Fork, 11 PT, or even Spring River with the goofy Karst in that area. But since they make ethanol, they are probably government subsidized and relaxed in EPA regs.

I was thinking it used to be about 1K per mile for the 8 mile trophy area from Montauk to Cedargrove. That is about 8 miles if memory serves, so 8000 sounds about right. But I spend so little time up there anymore, there is no telling what they do now.

I was not upset about it, and it was lead in rifle and handgun ammo. The lead was getting into the buzzards when the eat the crippled carcasses. But until they come up with a better alternative to lead bullets, why ban them? Cars that are capable of going over the speed limit are sold every day, but no civilian needs to go over the speed limit. Why not put governers on cars to limit them to the speed limit? As long as automatic weapons are used responsibly, why not own one? Automatic weapons are restricted, you have to pay a high tax to own one. And, like the lead ammo, I am not upset, I live in a state where I can get one if I want one. I can shoot lead bullets all day if I want to.

Sure there is. Lots of states that restrict what gun you can own.

Very inspirational story. Just goes to show you what a little faith can get you.

District of Columbia was one that came to mind, overthrown by the Heller decision of 2008. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_laws_in_the_District_of_Columbia Illinois has restrictions and bucked the CCW until last year till the courts said they have to do it. Still fighting it. California is finding all kind of ways to get rid of almost any type of gun, lead ammo, etc. Several states ban certain types of firearms, limit the capacity, or have design restrictions. MO lets you own just about any type of firearm in its unrestricted design. And of course, silencers and auto's with a special tax permit. Here is a state by state if you want it from Wiki. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_laws_in_the_United_States_by_state

And thanks to many right minded people, you can still do that if you desire in almost all 50 states.

Congrats. What is the story behind buying a resort? Not many would think about starting a business at that age.

What honey? I am raising bees. I am building hives now. Once I hit my target number of 25 hives or so, I will let them do the honey thing. Because of my agressive splitting, they don't have time to make excess honey. But the hives are strong and they make it thru the winter with the honey I leave them. I may see some honey next year, but I am not planning on it till the following year. I could have bought 25 starter hives at $135 each last year and would have honey this year. I am going a cheaper route and making my bees make more bees in 3 years to reach the same goal and saving that big lump sum startup cost. $3375 for bees, $7500 for wooden ware and foundation was a big chunk to come up with. I let my 3 starter hives double each year for free and build the wooden ware in my spare time as I need it. I still have to buy the foundation as I grow and some of the frame components, and the lumber. But I will be saving alot of expense by doing it this way. I will be able to take that savings and buy some nice honey extracting equipment.

My hand is always steadier with a good snoot full. Otherwise, I shake too much to hit what I am aiming at.

Crocker kind of reminds me of some of the folks I have run into from South County St. Louis. There is a bunch of Hoosiers there.

I had 39 and spotty frost in open areas. The clouds blew out after the last rain sometime after dark last night.

Seems like I was wrong about the frost last night. We had scattered frost all over this morning. I think my garden was spared due to the trees around it. There was lots of it in the open areas.