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I can handle the Durkee red hot suce or the bottle we get from the chinese mart with the chicken on the bottle, but Tabasco is just too hot!

No fair telling inside jokes

Don't worry, he won't tell you. BTW, why would you care if it was a male or female snake?

Great trip, as usual great report! You probably need to heal up a couple of days.

Good looking ties!

Crawfish?

A little common sense goes a long way, I rarely get out of my boat during a trip so I never encounter any bad guys on the river. I guess if you were in a super remote area near a smaller creek, or at night you could potentially have a problem. I never carry any kind of firearm in my boat unless I'm duck hunting. Until I feel unsafe on the river, I'm not going to carry. I don't begrudge anyone who wants to carry going fishing with me as long as they aren't the types who start trouble. Traveling for my business is a different story though. I nearly ran out of gas in downtown Little Rock at 11 pm and had to fill up in the ghetto. I was approached from the dark side of the parking lot by a guy who asked for money, I think he expected me to freak out and just hand it over. He wasnt carrying a gun in plain sight so I told him I didnt have any cash. He just stood there and glared at me. I just got in my car and left without an incident. I now own a pistol and would probably carry it in my car if I think I'm going to a high risk area.

. For the record Ness, I got it!!

I use mine all year long and mostly in winter so I rarely get dry rot

I'm surprised your dad didn't yell in his best german accent "What are you sinking about?" I know I know bad joke

One of my hopes in life is that I will instill just enough caution in my girls that they would think twice before doing something like that. Only worried about the older one. Sorry about your student, very very sad.

My buddy went thru a pretty ugly divorce and his new girlfriend was a real pistol. One night they argued and she picked up a bathroom scale and whacked him on the head. He pushed her back and she fell. With a smile on her face she called the cops who promptly showed up and and got right up in his face with drawn clubs. Point is, as long as its a 100 lb women they will believe anything she says.

Beware of small leafy overhanging branches.... Sometimes they hide a 4" diameter broken off branch

Let's just say it wasn't my best day

Nice fish Andy!! You're a great fisherman!! Last one is so beautiful

You're right Jack, cops are the bad guys and robbers are the good guys. I mean hey , all he wanted to do was shoot his former boss! what's so bad about that? I guess they were supposed to tap him on the shoulder and ask him who all he was going to shoot first? LOL you're a piece of work man!

Hope it comes Sept 14th in time for gigging season

At least someone is coming up with ideas, and thats a good thing.

The other day I started to take notice of people going in and out of Quik Trip. They were literally in there for 60-120 seconds and out the door. Most people were paying with credit or debit cards, the transactions took less than 20 seconds. When someone wanted cigarettes or a lottery ticket, you could see the impatient sighs happening. As comedian Louis CK says, the people in line are kind of like a silent movie of impatient people. He also noted that at the post office you actually start to feel the scrutiny of the people behind you in line checking you out to see if your package is “worthy” of wasting their time. I love watching people in grocery stores too…if there are 4 lines available you can almost see people move in ways that would make a cutting horse jealous. Invariably the line they choose will have someone in front of them needing a price check. My friend worked for a major corporation in St. Louis and reported directly to a well-known CEO. This CEO has all the nasty traits associated with the stereotypical CEO with few redeeming qualities. They had to go to Wal-Mart together and buy supplies. When they got to the checkout lines the CEO had a cow because every line had three people in them. He got upset and told my friend to just leave the cart full of stuff and let those MF’s clean it up because it was their fault for not having enough lanes open. We live in a world that when we make a phone call the signal goes to space and back and we get upset if this process takes more than a few seconds. We are upset because of weather delays at the airport and take it out on the ticket agent, who has absolutely nothing to do with the delay. Even when we do have to drive or fly a long way, we have GPS’s, Smart phones, DVD players, Kindles, accessory plug in to our car stereo, etc. My 10 year old gets impatient for more than 5 minutes in the car without some type of electronic device… My 2 year old says “daddy iPhone!” Even my dog is impatient! I’m saying all these things like I’m not guilty myself, which is a lie. I can sometimes be the most impatient person in the world. Case in point, I watched a guy stir his coffee for 40 seconds or so while he blocked access to anyone else getting in to the cream. I finally just looked at his face from the side profile and noticed he was in a peaceful trance with a little Mona Lisa looking smile on his face and really enjoying the moment, so much so that I actually felt horrible for being impatient and thinking those thoughts. I’m sure he had no idea what was going on. All this said, I can turn the switch and fish all day long without a thought in the world for time. I once glanced at the time and opened up an ice cold coke and took a drink and set it down on the deck next to the foot control for the trolling motor. Ten minutes later I took a drink and the soda was completely hot…WHAT? I thought. Well when I looked at my watch it was an hour later! I guess I was just casting and in a dream world, kind of like that guy in the coffee shop…

I'm always packin a fishing rod wherever I go, that's a thinking disorder too! just ask my wife.

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There in lies the problem. I think the easy availability and peer pressure gets them hooked, then the drug addiction trumps all the guilt and reason. Horrible cycle

The heck with the canoe...I'm excited about your smoker in the back yard!!

LOL, the truth hurts!