ness

The river is spinning...

Garden's looking bare, like it always does this time of year. Bush beans are out now, pole beans are shriveling up. The Brandywine mater I posted on page 2 just got picked the other day. Pretty dog gone big -- I need to weigh it. Having a spell of cool weather and rain right now. Low of 69 last night, high in the high 70s today. Should set some fruit with those temps. Time to amend the soil and get the fall garden going.

x2

I'm not commenting on this topic any more, so all I can say is ... where's the friggin thumbs-up avatar?

I know I'm beating a dead horse, and this will be my last post on this topic: when people are acting like azzholes, and they come across another azzhole, the law doesn't freakin' matter. Right or wrong; Elder or Decour; navigable or not; high water mark; purple paint; keep out signs; easements; fishermen's rights; the government; how big Ed is ... nothing freakin' matters. What matters is how you act at that moment. Crocker asks nicely and the cousins calm down and say ok, and Dart is back home Sunday night. You with the bad azz mentality and the ones that feel the need to have guns for protection ARE the problem.

John: I wonder if you ever considered walking up to the man and saying something like, 'I hear what you're saying, and I don't like the trash anymore than you. I've got a bag of trash out in the car that I picked up today.'? I guess, in my humble opinion, your good deed is sorta offset by your shouting at that guy and coming on here to brag about it. Last shouting match we talked about on here ended up with somebody dead.

On iPhone it's settings general accessibility for starters

Take a look at your settings. There will be ways to adjust the speed and autocorrect

Looks like it's working Hog Wally. You haven't been misbehaving, have you? To my thinking this whole thing boils down to a couple pretty simple concepts. Know and do what's right. If a property owner comes around, first -- keep you cool. A hello and a smile would be a good start. Quoting, or worse, arguing floater's rights streamside is a no-win situation, so don't even bother. Playing dumb and asking questions would actually be more to your benefit. You can't make everybody in your group act right, so don't take responsibility for the everybody -- just worry about yourself and your family. If it starts to escalate give a friendly wave and a smile, then head on down the creek and have a good time. If the situation dictates, report the landowner's behavior to the authorities at the end of the day.

The ness family has never made the trek over there, and it's bugging me. This was gonna be the year, had done the early stages of planning, but early in the year that plan started to fall apart. Baby girl decided to take classes this summer and squeeze in a week as a camp counselor for kids with spina bifida. (Kinda hard to find fault with her summer plans). One of the boys got invited out to NC for a convention. Etc. So, it's gonna be 2014, and I'm starting to work on it. Gonna have to pay closer attention to these posts.

Used see a guy about every year when pheasant hunting in western Kansas. Always was limited out when we saw him, even at breakfast. We called him Topper.

Fair enough. But, you have been on a bit of a tear recently...

Did you look at the video? The guy's a dead ringer for Al Gore. No politics intended.

Mamma says it ain't always what you say, but how you say it. Mamma also says if you can't say something nice then don't say nothing at all.

Is that Al Gore in the video?

JD -- you've got some good points, but I don't think it's been established that the victim was a drunk. Regardless, the best thing to do in a confrontation is to schmooze the aggressor and forget proving your freakin' point. I said the same in the Shoal Creek/Prater thread a while back. There's a couple loud mouths, that no longer grace us with their presence, that were pushing buttons on gun-toting folk and probably were closer to a BIG problem that they ever thought. Screw the bravado -- you're out there to fish. Put Big Ed back in the barn and bring him out at the next gravel bar.

MMMmmm...OK. Jealous. A couple observations: 1) You should have shot those poachers that caught the 19-incher in YOUR water. 2) The first couple photos had me thinking I was on the wrong forum. 3) Virgin cutts in pocket water -- now that's fun. 4) Dry/dry setup is one of may faves. Even more now that my eyesight ain't what it used to be.

That's profiling, bro.

Every knucklehead on the stream already carries a gun!

Tommy Watson a favorite here. Great golfer, great guy, Kansas City guy and class act. 2009 British Open was some of the most exciting golf I've ever seen. Does lots of fundraising locally. Once called a foul on himself when he accidentally moved a ball -- that nobody else saw. Quit his long time home course in KC when they refused to admit his wife because she is Jewish. Had enough stature in the game that he called Tiger out on his on-course behavior and his personal life.

Just let it flow, Terrierman. It'll do you good.

And gentlemen don't spit, Mr. Woods.

You know, I got that. I think most everybody did. Yeah, I had to read between the lines a little, but I had the benefit of having read your posts over a long period of time. Some here seem to be way too keyed up and ready to blast away at anything that differs, even slightly, from what they've been told is the truth. I guess we should all feel lucky their only weapon is a keyboard and the only way we're likely to encounter them is if we choose to read their drivel. A big red avatar makes drivel easy to spot.

I too predict Mickleson will win. Hard not to like that guy. Tiger, however....

Thanks Phil.