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That right there is the heart of the issue. When there are guns around, a little rock chucking, smack talking, wife ogling, can turn into something deadly. Smalliebigs -- I had to Google that term to be sure it was what I figgered it was. I'm pretty surprised to see that in this forum. That's downright wrong to use anywhere, especially here. This forum sure has taken a nasty turn the last couple months. It's sure not what it used to be.

Nice! I brought in a few tomatoes last night that just started to turn. My biggest few are taking their sweet time though. We're gonna be away for a week so I gotta bring in some green ones. Never had groundhogs, but rabbits and squirrels have always pestered me. I even had a mother rabbit dig a hole in the middle of the yard this year and drop a litter of 4-5 in there. But they all disappeared one day. Here's the prime suspect: We've got a family of these in the hood -- I've seen two together, but my son has seen a bunch of pups too.

Sweet!

And Phil, sorry about the skeediddle -- I get a little charged up sometimes.

Brian Michael Boyer of Waterloo, IL - I do believe you're seeing double. Well, I was about to call you a weenie for bailing out. But you are the hero in this deal for sticking with it. That's a helluva lot more than most folks will do -- and you got the little twerp into some hot water. I think his tickets will sting some, but surely he deserved more. But he wouldn't have even got that without your diligence. Also -- you've brought a problem to light and fostered a lot of good discussion about how to proceed when something like this comes up. You also got Huzzah Valley and the the other outfitter thinking about what's going on down there, and that can't hurt. It may even help some. I've always argued for reporting this stuff as the primary means of drawing the attention of the CA's to where we want them. Without that, they may just make their required rounds and then clock out. If they've got a lead, the CA or his boss have a reason to go that direction. And that's good. So, I'm calling for kudos for doing your best to get this punk into some deep skeediddle.

Hey Brian Michael Boyer of Waterloo, IL -- what's with the periods in the middle of sentences? Hiccups?

When I got here, of course.

How '90s. Do you also keep a quarter in there to make the call?

There's more to the story. What do we gotta do to get it -- start making some calls?

Welcome, salmonrun10. Ask away with your fly fishing questions -- there are a lot of folks with plenty of advice here. Some of it's even good!

Alright Smallie -- what did the MDC agent tell you? Be as vague as as you feel is right, if that's what's holding you back. We're kinda left to assume he said 'nobody cares about small mouth, just leave us alone.'

Me too. And with Brian Michael Boyer of Waterloo, IL, you don't have to stay up late to get them!

Dang! Very cool shots. I know what you mean about taking stuff for granted. That's a good thing to keep in mind.

Yep -- makes sense.

That's about half of all the gooseberries I'll get this year. This is the 3rd summer on that bush -- two others didn't make it their first year. I rooted another Pixwell off this one -- it's gonna be a few years for that one. How's the fruit on your mystery bushes?

A few pics: Black Krim Brandywine Copenhagen Market Sungold Rattlesnake Black raspberry 'Jewel' Gooseberry 'Pixwell'

With a big honkin' bass boat, or about any boat, you're pretty much gonna have to use the public ramps. I drag my canoe into places where I never see a person all day. But I kinda look for places like that to begin with.

I think they're gonna go with Homo sapiens. That should be safe and won't offend anybody but maybe the few remaining Neanderthals.

Back to the topic at hand -- the thing that chaps me about all this is the effort and money that's being wasted rewriting legislation. Once again, the legislators are worrying about the wrong things, and the lawyers will be the ONLY ones who benefit.

No doubt a lot of folks concur with the sentiment -- but that's not the point. It's the language that's over the line. Phil has made it pretty clear that he'd like it 'family friendly' around here. The language Brian has used here -- in more than one thread -- is just wrong. If you're ok with that part of it too, well, congrats on keeping your fingers from typing something like it.

Hey Brian -- you're crossing the line there, feller. Again. As to the law -- you all might as well get used to this -- they're not the first state to do this, and won't be the last.

Nicely done, Smallie.

One of the things I try to do -- and it's not easy, and I'm not always successful -- is to not let nasty folks get to me or ruin my day. If you come in and treat the a-hole like an a-hole back, you'll just get more a-hole. Offer to help them out, and maybe squeeze in a little subtle counseling on ramp etiquette, and you may never have to whip out your guns. Or you could do like me and get a canoe and avoid all the testosterone.

I came home today and had a half dozen Sun Golds -- they didn't even make it to the house. I'm liking these things. Maybe 3 plants isn't too much. Looks like those synthetic boards are pretty rigid. Look good too.

Sorry sheriff, the boys is all keyed up. I kinda favor mandolin and dobro stuff, FWIW. Alison Krauss, Lonesome River Band, Del McCoury, Jerry Douglas, Ricky Skaggs, Infamous Stringdusters. Steve Martin does some extraordinary stuff -- not sure I'd call what I've heard bluegrass though. I'm not generally a big banjo fan, but a song caught my ear on the radio one day. Turned out it was Steve doing 'The Great Remember'. Check that out on iTunes and see what you think. Ended up getting that album and his next. Haven't heard much of the new one with Edie Brickell.