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At least he didn't hurt the reputation of politicians any.

Hey there Laney. Just a little word of warning about this here ColdWaterFshr feller. A lot of the time he, uh, well, uh.....Glug, glug. You know what I mean? I pretty much disregard anything he posts after about 9 AM. Welcome to the forum!

Is that the one where the guy was really in Argentina with his mistress, not hiking the trail?

My raised beds are 4x4 and 8x4 -- two each for veggies, then a couple other for asparagus and raspberries. Are you using the just glass to warm things up? I've got some pvc hoops I can stick on when I need them for veggies.

Manure is good, but ideally it should be composted before you use it. It's a better soil amendment after composting, and it's less likely to have live weed seeds if your pile gets good and hot. Not sure what scale you're gardening on, but raised beds are a good option if you've got crummy soil and aren't talking too much space. Fill them with the best soil mix you can find, with lots of organic matter worked in. Make the beds narrow enough that you don't have to walk on the soil to reach everything -- about 4 feet wide. Between the good starting soil, plenty of organic matter and non-compacted soil, it will make a world of difference.

Last year was crummy. Real wet in the spring and then very hot for several weeks mid-summer. My peppers and maters shut down early August. Get them going indoors if you're doing it from seed; don't put them out until May 1 or later; keep them watered but not wet during the summer.

Beds are in great shape from the work I did last year. Got 5-6 different heirloom garlic varieties and some multiplier onions out there since fall. Tomatoes (Amish Paste, Cherokee Purple, Black from Tula, Brandywine, Celebrity), lettuce, peppers, herbs all started indoors last weekend. Another shipment of seeds in yesterday, need to get a few more things started. Need to get new plastic on the cold frame. Tomorrow's gonna be busy.

I've never set foot in FC or Hargrove's, but I've fished with Ted a couple times down on NFoW. Good guy

Interesting. I did not know that.

About page 400 out of a 1,000 in Truman. Man, this is a great read. I'm at the point where they're weighing the use of the A-bomb. They really debated the issue hard, and considered several alternatives: giving the Japanese a heads up; dropping it on a rural area; not using it at all. They had a real sense of what it could mean for history and civilization. Truman faced all this stuff after just 82 days as vice president.

Would a potato meet the definition of a projectile in 570.301.5? Where's Hoglaw?

flyingfingercricketwrench, I think you've been taking it personally, and trying to turn it into a gun rights argument. I'll sum up my point, and I hope you'll take it for what it is, not what it could be: I don't see a need to carry when fishing because the risks are minimal. I believe the risks go up when there's a gun in the mix. Have a good day, and please be sure to post a warning here if you're planning to be out on the stream.

No OTF -- this thread's completely different than all the others because, so far, no one has said 'MDC denies the existence of cougars in MO' yet.

So far, in 100% of my situations I could say "Once again I didn't need my firearm."

http://www.kansascity.com/2012/01/09/3418452/dumped-horses-are-a-problem-for.html

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That post is right on the money. Teach, teach, teach, and still take the precautions. The risk is so great that it requires extraordinary caution. We differ in that I just keep them locked up, and I don't feel the need to carry one. But we're on the same page: every gun is treated as if it's loaded, and I drill that into my kids heads every time. I'll unload a shotgun, rack the chamber a few times, let them look down the barrel and hand it off saying 'here, this gun's unloaded, right?' Or while hunting birds I'll ask about every 5 minutes or more, 'where's your muzzle?' When you've got it in your hands, you gotta be on your toes 100% of the time.

Uncle.

Yeah, it was sweet watching those Currentmanese come pouring outta there all covered in tater.

You mean tater gun? All this fancy talk and f-ers has me cornfused.

Man, flysmallie, flyflinger, fishingwrench. I get all the f-guys mixed up.

I let ColdWaterShtr fire it a bunch of times first.

Yeah, no doubt if an armed campus policemen had been right there it would have helped. But you kinda see my point, right? I notice suicide and accident up on the list, way ahead of homicide. I don't know how many of those were with guns, but surely some were. If a gun is a little less handy, might there be a few less of those? Accidents happen with children and guns with some regularity -- adults too. People kill themselves by all kinda means, but if there's a loaded gun sitting right there when you reach your wits end... I'm not demonizing guns or people who carry them, especially you because you seem like a pretty reasonable guy (though somewhat lacking in sense of humor ). But I think the presense of a gun in the heat of the moment and/or in the wrong hands can turn disasterous. Not so sure our CC laws can weed out 'the wrong hands', though I know they try. I'm sure lives have been lost because a gun was present in the heat of the moment. So I keep 'em unloaded and locked up. And I respect your right to do it your way.

Yeah, if those 33 kids would have been packing heat, or you'd have been there, that would have all turned out better, right? Oh, and way to miss the humor.

Yeah, somebody mentioned the 33 students at V-Tech, but look at the 10s of millions of kids safely in college before and after that... Darn near everybody that eats at Luby's survives.... The odds of the things you guys are protecting yourself against are pretty slim. The odds of somebody getting shot go up when there's a gun around. In fact, 100% of shootings occur when there's a gun around. I lock my doors, have an alarm system and have a couple killer Britannys to protect me at home. I sleep soundly and have sweet dreams every single night. Al -- you ought to put those shells somewhere else when the kids are over, at a minimum....