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Ran across this article today about a college experiment. Put a plastic turtle in the road and see how many cars hit it. Surprised he did not cause a wreck from someone trying to avoid it. Interesting article. http://www.semissourian.com/story/1926312.html

Last week they were calling for 12 to 15 inches and we got a whiff of about 3 inches. Last night, minor snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches and we got 6 inches of nice wet snow. It really stuck to the trees and made things look nice and peaceful. Now the wind is picking up and the second snowfall is going on, off of the tree limbs.

Poor little birdies. I that a double banded bird or 2 different legs from 2 different birds? Don't look like you got any white stuff over there. 5 or 6 inches here this morning.

But the clogged pores on the cork make it slicker. I like to scrub mine from time to time.

I just use a little dawn and a toothbrush. I do the rod and the guides too while I am at it.

I have noticed that I have had to log in each time in the last 24 hours, that is all. View counter is back. Before, there was an issue saving edited post, I will try that now. Edit works now.

Greer at HWY 19, Whitten, and Turner Mill are all walk in access. River is low enough you should be able to hit a few holes from any of the accesses.

Ness was googling burkaturbanbikinigirl and it infected you all.

There is a pesky wax moth that I hope it repels. And it is very rot resistant.

Try gaymidgetporn and see what pops up on your computer Ness.

It is paid for by a government mandated tax on paying phone customers. There is a line item on your phone bill similar to the local 911. It is more like a sales tax or excise tax. And it has been around longer than cell phones, it used to apply to house phones. You can't really call it a mandated tax on an individual, just one the phone company collects and passes to the Federal Government. If you don't have phone service, you don't pay the tax.

I have not even had the heart to get up and go since Thanksgiving weekend.

Ness, you need to get a better browser and install an Ad Blocker. I don't see any adds. But my message bar in Firefox in the lower left shows that Google Analytics is watching our every move.

Back in the day, it was called commodities. Surplus food was given to the poor to supplement their food. Cheese, bread, rice, beans, oatmeal, etc. I think it was all packaged in white boxes and subsidized by the USDA. American farmers have always produced way more than Americans can consume. Some gets exported, some surplus was purchased by the government and used for the poor. Along came the food stamp, and now a government credit card. The later lets them use them on whatever "food stuff" they like. Soda, chips, seeds, ice, even bottle water. Giving them a choice has led them to what they have today. I have been thru some tough times myself. I have been unemployed and on my own. I ate alot of deer, squirrel, fish that I caught or killed myself. Then with what money I had for the food budget, I bought can veggies, soups, hamburger, lesser cuts of meat, rice, beans, potatoes and cooked my meals instead of buying prepared products. I never had to use any government assistance, When I was growing up, most were ashamed to take it. Now, it seems to be a way of life now for many, a right granted to them by someone.

I like working with the red cedar and sassafras. They make my buggers smell good with the after scent in nose from the sawdust. The Eastern Red Cedar is not really a soft wood like the western stuff. It is pretty hard and tight. I have made tying benches, gun racks, lawn furniture out of it. I checked Grandpa's old barn today and found stacks of boards stripped and air dried from back in the 70's in the loft. Cherry, Walnut, and white oak boards of different widths and thickness. Still in good shape from some old growth bottomland trees he had cut. It has been kept dry and has good air circulation. Looking forward to making stuff from some of that.

If you get out of the city and find a nice sawmill that does something other than pallets, you may find some nice cherry, walnut, sassafras, hickory, cedar, or oak. That dump truck load of cedar we just bought was scrap he sold for building fence. Stripped out, we have a stack that is 8' wide by 3' tall, mostly 2" rough cut boards 12 to 16 foot long for about the cost of 2 12" western cedar at Maynards. I don't know where you would find the maple, its pretty small around here.

The only reason that are obese is that they get free reins to choose what they buy with the food stamps. If the government controlled the products they purchase with our tax payer dollars, maybe there may not be a problem. Not to mention the all essential exercise factor that most do not get, since they get rewards for not working. HO HO's and Cheesy Poofs are more expensive per serving than rice and chicken, but as you state, they tend to buy them anyway.

Eric, I thought you went fishing from time to time also? Nice work. Where are you finding the wood?

We picked up a truck load of rough Cedar the other day to build some fence. Boards 2' thick and up to 16' long with rough edges straight from the local mill. A few were nice enough that I could pick out a few boards for hives. We have some Catalpa, Red Cedar, and Oak to be milled from the last windstorm that I plan on using in the future. But it needs to be sawed and dried. The same mill is going to contact me if any Cypress comes in. Last weekend, between deer hunting, we planed and sawed a few up. Today I finished out the project with my first cedar brood box and hive stand. I ended up cracking the boxes a little by not drilling the screw holes out big enough, but I don't think the girls will mind. It will just give them something more to do. I built a couple of 5 frame nuc box a few weeks ago out of pine to catch a swarm or start a new hive with a split also. And a hive stand out of western cedar to go with my existing hive. I am still getting the hang of my new table saws. The craftsman needs adjusted, the blade is not square with the fence, so I have to dress everything up on my portable table saw. And the red cedar is more brittle than the other wood I have been working with. I am going to look at some old cherry and walnut that my Grandad cut back in the 70's and stored in a barn. Hopefully the termites have not gotten it. Dad and I have been having a good time making stuff in our down time during the winter the past few years. We have our equipment scattered all over the farm in various buildings. One houses the planer, table saws and dry lumber. The heated one has the nailer.s and other stuff for finish work, we have a nice wood stove to keep warm with. I never took any shop classes in school, so this has been a great learning experience for me.

And they have a free Obama cell phone!

I think we are the only country in the world where people living in poverty have an obesity problem as their main health care issue.

Most of the newer schools that have been built have used concrete block walls. They used the material for its strength, earthquake survivability, and fire prevention. Most handgun ammo will not penetrate the walls, it is designed to expand in tissue and slow down. Solid walls stop it. Rifle bullets are another matter. Handgun ammo has evolved alot in the past decade. I personally carry Hornady Critical Defense, the design is to penetrate clothing without jamming up the expansion mechanism. But when it hits something solid, it expands and loses energy fast. There are several others, all designed to expand and create wound channels, but prevent over penetration past intended targets. Some of the suggestions I heard today included Tasers. Seems like there is clothing designed to defeat Tasers, and the shooter may have been wearing it. So Tasers would not be an option. Looks like a firearm in the school may be necessary and MO is offering up a bill in the State Legislature to achieve just that,

It can't be fake. If it is on the net, it is real.

Can you shoot a Federal Bird if it tries to take your kid? Or do you have to pay a fine?

The Corps manages the water for commerce, and with the Mississippi the way it is now, barge traffic is suffering during a busy season. They have a hard time caring about anything else like fisherman's wants or needs. They activated the floodway in SE MO last spring to save the worthless town of Cairo from potential flooding. Ruined farmland and wildlife.