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Well, shoot. You're correct there Cricket. Mebbe I should slow down some when I's reading.

Whoa there college boy! That should read citizen's, as it's the possessive form of the noun citizen. Carry on.

I just spit Coke Zero all over my monitor

...actually he's in SASS. Not sure if that's the exact same thing. Also -- good on you for taking those kids under your wing. Kinda makes some of the nonsense we end up talking about on here seem even less important. Ask away -- there's a lot of good info to be had here.

Welcome. A good friend of mine does the Cowboy Action Shooting thing too. Goes by the name of Osage Jack. Know him?

I think Pat Paulsen said it best: 'All the problems we face in the United States today can be traced to an unenlightened immigration policy on the part of the American Indian.' I'd vote for him for president this year if he wasn't dead. I might anyway.

But the Indians kept such crappy records. The occasional petroglyph, picture on pottery or legend is all we got. Meriwether Lewis kept some journals, but that was only about 200 years ago, and focused only on the Missouri River and surrounds. His spelling was horrible, and he wasn't too good at drawing pictures.

You got a big enough life jacket to float you and all that hardware?

Hmmm. Hadn't heard of that one. Sounds good and is now on my (already too long) Amazon wish list.

Yeah, not gonna get nearly as much heating effect from the hoops. But I start everything indoors and move it out when it warms up. Hoops go on naked and get covered when the temperature dictates. Are you starting seed or doing seedlings with the lettuce? How much clearance between the glass and the soil?

Al and Chief -- both excellent posts.

I thought maybe it was the Fetzer valve. Hmmm.

Is that what they call 'fish porn'? Sorry.

Last time I saw him was over in the "Trespass" thread beating a dead horse. You can also search through the members link up top and send him a message through the forum here.

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?