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Many years ago the fam went to StL and we had been told to try Zia’s. I took a wrong turn (I think off Kings Highway?). Turned down a street to get turned back around and a crazy dude was driving in circles in the street. When he stopped I started to drive through and he gunned it and turned toward the side of our van. I got through but we were shook. Had dinner at Bob Evans next to the hotel😄

He's obviously got you blocked

I hate that stuff too. One member here used to text me and Facebook message me all the freakin' time. He took it too far, multiple times, so I blocked him both places. Nope. I thanked Phil because he gently suggested no politics. Just like the really easy-to-follow rules say. Good luck to you. I hope you can find something/someplace that makes you happy. Have you ever checked out the Reddit politics forums? I hear they're a hoot!

When is it you're going?

Best of luck for a speedy recovery! That comment about scalpel scraping made me cringe!

I figured that had to be a joke, but I guess not. https://shopdonjr.com/collections/mens-apparel/products/guns-dont-kill-people-mens-apparel-1

Kelly's Heroes. Great movie with about everybody in it, including Clint.

This one about made me cry An e-mail from an attorney friend: Happy birthday! [name, phone number redacted] CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This message, and any accompanying attachments, are confidential and are only intended for the individual(s) or entity to which this message is addressed and may contain information that is attorney work product, privileged, confidential or protected from disclosure under applicable law. This message is not intended to be relied upon by unintended recipients or by any third party. If you are not a named addressee, you are bound by this confidentiality and you should not disseminate, distribute, or copy this message. If you are not a named addressee, please notify the sender immediately by e-mail and delete this message and any attachments from your system. There is no intent on the part of the sender to waive any privilege, including attorney/client privilege, which may attach to this message or any attachments. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free, as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. McAnany, Van Cleave & Phillips, P.A. accepts no liability for any damage caused by any error or omission contained within the message or by any virus transmitted by this message. If verification is required, please request a hard-copy version.

That sounds like an interesting event, but won't be able to get over there this evening. If it was earlier in the day I'd play hooky and go see it. I've seen a lot of good looking stuff from him by you and Marty in the What's Cooking thread!

Well, shucks... Thanks for the birthday wishes!

But wait, there's more! Buy three in the next 15 minutes and get a Pocket Fisherman, Banjo Minnow and Bas-o-Matic!* *Separate shipping and handling.

Looks like a guy diving out of the way of an oncoming vehicle!

Remember these confounded, finger cutters?

Isn’t that the one where Uncle Si got an award?

What he said.

We white water rafted the Arkansas near Buena Vista a few years back. Hope you have a good trip!

We love Colorado. Many family vacations and fishing trips have been there. We spent a few days in Snowmass this summer, which is a short drive from Aspen. We spent a couple hours in Aspen, and that was enough. Stopped in a shop that had western wear and other stuff. I was needling my wife that she should get some boots. Picked up the most hideous pair I saw and turned them over to see the price. $800, and the soles were worn. Everywhere we went I noticed girls with boob jobs and Botox lips. Not our thing at all. So @oneshot, where are you going?

Gotta love it when the kids jump in!

We've done garlic a few times, and I'm toying with the idea this year. Yes, it's readily available and cheap, but there are some interesting varieties and the size of heads we got was decent. It's also kinda fun to have something going over the winter.

I think I mentioned it a couple pages back, but we figured out it was mice eating some of our peppers. So, I started setting out traps. So far we've dispatched 15 of them using the Victor traps and Jiffy Chunky (which I think America's Test Kitchen says is best, and I think I agree). 4 traps disappeared -- I have no idea what happened, but I hope some critters aren't suffering with a trap on their tongue/nose/paw/whatever. Did a few sticky traps too. One disappeared, one made it's way halfway across the yard, and two got turned over and covered with dirt. No more sticky traps. Now we've got too many peppers

Onions didn't make the cut in my garden. Tried them 2 or 3 times, from transplants, sets and seeds. The biggest were about the size of a golf ball or maybe a little bigger. Not worth it for me.

Welcome back! The place isn't the same without you!

I use airtight containers in the back of the fridge. Any time I get something with a moisture absorbing packet I stick it in one of the containers.

Nice to see a little activity in this thread! I’ll share a couple recent ones. We’re overrun by tomatoes now so I thought I’d do something to use up a few. Tomato Gratin based on an ATK recipe. French bread cubes, diced tomatoes, garlic, olive oil, Parmesan. This was good and will do again, but not good for leftovers. I had a taste for gumbo so I did it despite the season. Chicken, shrimp, andouille and some flounder we had. Green peppers from the garden. Thank goodness we found a use for those nasty things😀. Wifey thought it was delicious, which makes this guy happy. It was very good. And finally, I found some good looking cukes so I thought I’d give fermented pickles another try. Saltwater brine, dill, garlic, spices, etc. We’ll see how this is in a couple weeks: