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Will do. I think.

What the hell? That one zipped right over your headdress, Cheef. Nevuh mind.

[birthday wish rescinded due to nastiness on other thread]

Hey KA, TF -- let's try to keep this thread on track. Geez.

Thanks for the green light, oh great one. Not wanting to blow this opportunity, I have consulted one of the foremost resources for mean names. Someplace I'm sure you're familiar with: Cheezus.com/mean so, here I go: Chief ... you're a pale-toed sphincter jockey!

When I was just a young boy My mamma told be son Someday you'll meet a dreamer Whose life has just begun And then there'll be another A name like Mic-O-Say They'll say he has a good heart You serious? No way! But tell them how they should be They'll soon see things your way Just know that you can't cure them It's in their DNA

When I hear that whistle blowin' I hang my head and cry.

3 people jump my bones and there's been 1,500 views and there are something like 6,000 members. Get it now? The rest of your post is just nonsense.

Eric: I simply suggested we steer away from the politics. There were a couple posts heading that direction, by folks other than you too. Go back and read my first post with a cooler head, and then read your response and the progression all the way up to 'zip your pie hole'. I think what I suggested was pretty reasonable, and based on the history of problems in that area and requests by the site owner to avoid it. If the real moderators don't like me jumping in occasionally, they haven't mentioned anything to me yet. Your problem is you feel the need to respond to every single post, usually with some twisted world-view embedded in the response. You're like the nerdy kid who can't get anyone to see his point of view. He gets pissed because he can't make his point, and assumes everyone else is stupid because of it. This forum has given you a platform, and it's obviously one of the most important things in your life. Have a ball. Before you stretch the dislike of my methods into endorsements of your nonsense, consider the hundreds of members here that haven't posted and the 1,800-plus views of this thread as evidence that no one gives a rip what you think. You've made yourself completely irrelevant. Chief: Now we can add Jackwagon to Nancy Boy and dickweed. Keep 'em coming. I love the intelligent discourse.

I didn't single you out -- I made a general comment about politics and this forum. You tagged me King Ness, and then loaded on this crap. It's the same as always Eric -- jump to the conclusion it's directed at you and over do your response. You're narcissistic, your positions are poorly supported and you often make statements aggrandizing yourself. Closing in on 2000 posts? Don't you have a diaper to change? NOW -- that was directed at you. Chief -- you're still a putz. A mean-spirited one at that who somehow feels it's OK to say anything to anybody. Rat -- take your own advice, simply put. You guys ever read what you type?

Oh -- now it's personal. Nice. Goodbye, as in you're leaving? What will we do without your constantly flogging the forum with your political BS? Maybe talk about fishing? It's just old Eric. Really old. The vast majority of the folks here just don't give a rat's arse what you think about that stuff, and you're largely ineffective in making your points because of your inability to steer clear of it. You think you've ever changed anybody's mind here? Nope. So, you just like to hear yourself talk, right? It's a forum about the Ozarks, dude.

Tell you guys what...how about you nip the political stuff in the bud before it gets out of hand. We've been asked, repeatedly, and some of the same folks, to steer away from it. So we oughta. Seems like no matter what the hell the thread is, they always go the same direction lately.

Yeah -- they're around, and it's worth making a report. Maybe it turns out, maybe not. We scared one up in SW Kansas about 8 years ago while pheasant hunting. Happened awfully quick, but the size and long tail was unmistakable. Definitely not a lab or a bobcat. Can't be 100% sure either. For whatever that's worth.

Goodun...snipped

Good stuff there. Also: Pure Prairie League, Allman Bros. Dallas: sure glad you're finally over the Streisand kick.

Yeppers!

It varies, 'cause I'm always mixing it up. But the long drives often result in me associating a particular artist or album with a certain trip. Trip last spring it was Marshall Tucker. Another one, Little Walter & Howlin' Wolf (Chicago blues harmonica). There's been a lot of Niel Young, Alison Kraus, Chet Atkins, Bill Monroe, Lonesome River Boys, Jack Johnson. Remember a couple trips long ago with Nancy Griffith and Mary Chapin Carpenter, another Johnny Cash. When I hear "I Am Woman" it reminds me of duck hunting trips with my dad and brother when I was a kid. Hate the song, love the memory. Gavin -- you've always got something interesting in the car. I like it when you're driving! Satellite has made it possible to hear a lot of different stuff anywhere, but I get plenty of that day-to-day. When I'm hitting the road, I set up a playlist on the iPod and listen & learn something new. Long drives home on Sunday, I'll often listen to Prairie Home Companion to get my fill of corn(y).

I know.... (wasn't referring to you, or anybody for that matter.)

Love 'em! Thanks for sharing.

Trespassing is an art. Spouting law isn't artful.

Oh @#$%! Filamentous algae is coming! A/K/A 'Fool's Didymo'.

Sounds like fun, Gavin. What's the word from Tom re: Westover?

Wait -- ain't the government currently run by humans? Are they different than the ones outside doing the wrong thing every time? Looks like this thread has jumped the shark. Bye-bye fellers -- it's off to read up on didymo on my own.

Lotsa studies mentioned there OB (and others). Got any links to some of them? I'd really like to know. I think everyone agrees there's a pretty good chance that this stuff CAN be transported by felt soles. But it's a leap to conclude its presence at some popular fishing locations is all about the boots. Chief chides conservationists that won't inconvenience themselves, and that's a valid point. But let's see the science and make our conclusions. I'd give up felt if I thought it was part of a problem, and I'd give up fishing altogether if something I am doing is causing harm. Anybody remember whirling disease? Sometimes this stuff sorts itself out. KCRiverrat -- did you let Evan Williams on the computer again?

I'm still using felt. Jury's out on the spread of this stuff, but busting my arse is very high on the list of things I want to avoid. I broke my tailbone about 10 years ago, and it took about 5-6 years to quit hurting daily. Not fun. -- don't do it. I have a collapsible wading staff, but I haven't really gotten into the habit of grabbing it. My tummy tells me this whole thing is overblown. But, I'm open to hearing the arguments and getting a little better educated about it.