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Every once in a while you toss your lure out there and there's an immediate, ferocious strike. I just love it when that happens.

Alright, alright. I suppose I can see that. Anyway, it could be that the hairspray is coating your lungs and protecting them from the harmful effects of smoke. Of course, there may be some health issues with hairspray-coated lungs, but I haven't seen any studies.

Welcome and congrats on finding a way to get back to fly fishing. But, before we get tooo cozy, we need to know where you stand on concealed carry, smallmouth migration, smoking and Bigfoot.

Man! That's what I call Duck Hunting KC Style

Why thank you Ronnie.

But wait, 'faced down directly at the cat'? Where else would it be facing? And, cats is fuzzy by nature.

Yeah -- Jennifer Lawrence. I knew she was in Hunger Games. I've heard of Ride With the Devil -- sounds like my kinda stuff. Thanks for the info -- I'm gonna check this out.

Agreed. Let's continue this in the morning, ok?

OK -- truce, OP79. I'm a smart-azz from way back, and I love to exaggerate bad behavior to the point that it's completely stupid to make the point. Believe me, I'm 180-degrees from all that nonsense. I appreciate your passion for the good stuff.

Didn't read the book -- didn't know there was a book. I really liked the movie though. The girl -- whose name escapes me -- did a real nice job. And, I like a dark drama now and again.

Yeah, and now I'm gonna capture this for posterity. Prick, threats? PM me -- you'll find I'm a pretty likable smart-azz. And I'll delete these posts and give you a fresh start. Better hurry -- people are reading....

OK a-hole: I'm gonna quote that.

Holy chit, OP79 -- you gonna waste post #16 on that? I'm doing you a favor by not quoting you in this post, so you're able to delete it and start with a clean slate. It was sarcasm!

Hell, if a prowler showed up in my yard, and me and Kevin (across the street) felt threatened and decided we needed to take him out, chances are one of us would be kilt and the prowler would turn out to be a neighbor walking their Yorkie. Put your freakin' six-shooter away, cowboy, and clean up your yard.

Well, I've worked with cats professionally myself. I don't like to brag, but I was the head trainer for Siegfried and Roy, back before the accident. So I guess I'm saying I can tell the difference between a tabby and a tiger, and I know how they think. All cats are focused on the three F's -- food, ... well, I'll let you fill in the blanks. They don't care if you're living in a gated community with a manicured lawn and architectural lighting, or a Winters Bone shack with 3 generations of trash on the porch and a pit of caustic chemical residue in the back. They're looking to scratch the 'F' itch.

Thanks for the link, OB. It's nice to know my local 'secret spot' is crawling with e-coli, lead, chlordane, fecal stuff, and other things too nasty to mention here on the web.

You tournament dudes and your phony etiquette concerns! It's flippin' war out there, boys! Etiquette doesn't even enter into my thinking -- ever. When I'm on the tournament trail, anything goes. Some local putz who's not even competing? Screw him! I'm trying to make a buck and/or win, dammit! Clearly I've got priority over some numbskull just out with his kid/grandkid trying to catch a fish or two and create a 'memorable moment'. Cripes -- teach that punk how to win! And stay the hell outta my way! I can't beleive I've even got to explain this to you idiots.

Just know this, smokers: You're killing yourselves, and it's costing others in ways you're probably not considering. A life well-lived? It's hard to buy off on that logic. If you spend the last 20% of that life tethered to an oxygen bottle and drag down all the folks who depend on you -- either by costing the family a crapload of money, or sucking them into caring for your feeble, tar-stained-finger-azz, well -- your habit affects others. It blows my mind that some are advocating for smoking -- or the right to smoke. If you're holed up, living the life of a hermit in your little cabin, well -- ok. If you're not -- well, think about the rest. I've seen enough heart disease, cancer, emphysema, whatever -- and the effects it has on the rest of the family -- to know it's freakin' selfishness to lay that on others. Quit now, you self-centered pussies!

Chief -- another good point. 1,000 yard self-defense shots? Turn off 'Hurt Locker' and get a little perspective fellows.

OK you CSI wannabes: Trail cams are equipped with flash. That mushroom-shaped thing could be about anything. To discount the whole pic (which is so freakin' obviously a cougar or a labrador retriever) based on an anomaly like that is nuts! Oh, and who says cougars can't be photographed in nicely-landscaped yards? Not sayin' you're nuts, F&F, but....careful there.

And subsequent ones as well. Mrs. McAwee, my sixth grade teacher, would have all of you out in the hall for this!

This is getting out of hand! I think we all need to be a little more careful.........with grammar, spelling and punctuation.

Geez. At least he didn't shoot the poor thing.

That's a good point/question.

LOL