Been Gone Awhile

[drew03cmc]

Hey all, again. I have been absent from here for a few months due to work and not having time to do anything when I am home. I took a job in November as a railroad contractor out of Kansas City to hopefully build experience to get a job on the main line in a couple years, but I hate the schedule. When I work, I am out of town for a week or more at a time and when I am home, I spend every waking hour with my son and daughter. I haven't even replaced the brakes on a Bronco I was given two months ago yet. I hope to be more active as I can now tote my laptop with me on the road, but I have been reading quite a bit on here and see the same characters. Sorry for my absence, I know you all miss me, especially you Al.

[ness]

Hey Andy,

Welcome back. I'll try to catch you up on everything you've missed. There was lively debate on ***al **rming, and we are forbidden to talk about it now. **litics too. We got the didymo thing all figured out. Everybody is gonna quit stepping in the water, which should help. JDMidwest shot a cat for crapping in his garden -- then found out it wasn't the right cat. Speaking of cats, the big ones -- yes, I mean mountain lions are everywhere. And crap and tracks too. Shoot first, ask questions later if you see one. If the MDC comes sniffing around, it might help to claim you're Amish (I'm assuming you're not, since you got a computer and a Bronco, which I'm assuming is not the horse kind). Speaking of shooting, Eric1978 threatened to shoot somebody less liberal than him and almost got kicked off the forum, but Phil's giving him a tenth chance. Al Agnew went a bunch of cool places, saw some cool stuff and wrote a couple books and painted some pictures. Chuck Tryon, Dick Talleur and Virgil Ward all died. Mic coughed up the GPS coordinates of a 24-inch fish on Blue Springs Creek and got called on the carpet for it. A bunch of guys who have never posted before jumped out of the shadows and told him they enjoyed his reports. Turns out Coldwaterfsher is not Paul Dallas, but bears a striking resemblance to him. Chief's still around, seems to have mellowed some -- somebody said he was getting more fiber in his diet.

If I missed anything, please help Andy out guys.

[drew03cmc]

Jesus, thanks Ness. I can see that not much has changed except for not stepping in the water.

[mic]

Hey Andy,

Welcome back. I'll try to catch you up on everything you've missed. There was lively debate on ***al **rming, and we are forbidden to talk about it now. **litics too. We got the didymo thing all figured out. Everybody is gonna quit stepping in the water, which should help. JDMidwest shot a cat for crapping in his garden -- then found out it wasn't the right cat. Speaking of cats, the big ones -- yes, I mean mountain lions are everywhere. And crap and tracks too. Shoot first, ask questions later if you see one. If the MDC comes sniffing around, it might help to claim you're Amish (I'm assuming you're not, since you got a computer and a Bronco, which I'm assuming is not the horse kind). Speaking of shooting, Eric1978 threatened to shoot somebody less liberal than him and almost got kicked off the forum, but Phil's giving him a tenth chance. Al Agnew went a bunch of cool places, saw some cool stuff and wrote a couple books and painted some pictures. Chuck Tryon, Dick Talleur and Virgil Ward all died. Mic coughed up the GPS coordinates of a 24-inch fish on Blue Springs Creek and got called on the carpet for it. A bunch of guys who have never posted before jumped out of the shadows and told him they enjoyed his reports. Turns out Coldwaterfsher is not Paul Dallas, but bears a striking resemblance to him. Chief's still around, seems to have mellowed some -- somebody said he was getting more fiber in his diet.

If I missed anything, please help Andy out guys.

Holy crap ness...the people at work are looking at me funny because I'm laughing so hard and crying.

[drew03cmc]

I did like Ness' summary, but it sounds like absolutely nothing has changed in the last few months.

[Gary Lange]

Good to hear you still alive and kickin. Working on the Railroad is a good job especially if you can be a regular railroader and pay into the Railroad Retirement fund and when you retire you get a real nice salary. It sure is good to me.

[eric1978]

ness' recap coulda been even better if he woulda thrown in a little exaggeration.

Welcome back Drew.

[Trav]

Hey Andy,

Welcome back. I'll try to catch you up on everything you've missed. There was lively debate on ***al **rming, and we are forbidden to talk about it now. **litics too. We got the didymo thing all figured out. Everybody is gonna quit stepping in the water, which should help. JDMidwest shot a cat for crapping in his garden -- then found out it wasn't the right cat. Speaking of cats, the big ones -- yes, I mean mountain lions are everywhere. And crap and tracks too. Shoot first, ask questions later if you see one. If the MDC comes sniffing around, it might help to claim you're Amish (I'm assuming you're not, since you got a computer and a Bronco, which I'm assuming is not the horse kind). Speaking of shooting, Eric1978 threatened to shoot somebody less liberal than him and almost got kicked off the forum, but Phil's giving him a tenth chance. Al Agnew went a bunch of cool places, saw some cool stuff and wrote a couple books and painted some pictures. Chuck Tryon, Dick Talleur and Virgil Ward all died. Mic coughed up the GPS coordinates of a 24-inch fish on Blue Springs Creek and got called on the carpet for it. A bunch of guys who have never posted before jumped out of the shadows and told him they enjoyed his reports. Turns out Coldwaterfsher is not Paul Dallas, but bears a striking resemblance to him. Chief's still around, seems to have mellowed some -- somebody said he was getting more fiber in his diet.

If I missed anything, please help Andy out guys.

Phew....

[jdmidwest]

Sorry, no cats were killed that time, it was removed with a live trap. It found a new mousing location in a farm far away.

[Buzz]

Glad to have you back Andy.