TennesseeGuy

Happy birthday Roy. Enjoy yourself.

The driver was probably texting.

Cause was faulty brakes. Look for a recall.

The "Castle Doctrine" a self defense bill went into effect May 22, 2007 in Tennessee. It's been put to use by giving homeowners the right to defend against home invasions. It's working.

I have 140,000 miles on my 2002 and expect to add another 140,000 plus. It's been great. Transmission has been replaced and is strong. It knows the way to Red Lake and back.

It's not a good plan to put it on the market, fail to sell and then list with a realtor. Decide which way to go. Be prepared and stick with it. Sticking with it might mean that you'll home school your youngsters, get a cheaper internet service and go with gas stingy ride.

Not a surprise that he picked a team where there's no state income tax.

Hey Paul, being born in a farmhouse near Camden, Ohio makes me a redneck at birth. Wasn't a matter of "becoming a redneck".

Hi Jason, Many of my Morehead friends don't frequent barbershops.

I bought a really good haircut Tuesday. Total cost including the 25% increase in price plus 20% tip was $12 USD. No VAT yet, but it's in the works. JohnnyBass, did you really mean it when you wrote you were putting me in my place? I'm not sure what that means, but it's probably not a compliment.

As I said, the thread does not deserve a second post, but thanks for participating in this circlejerk. We definitely had a winner. And the winner is..........! Canadave would have chastised me for changing barbershop to two words.

Price of my haircut is up 25% beginning July 1, 2010. I'm pleased with the service and will tip 20%. Is that going to be okay with everybody? This thread does not deserve a second post.

Hey Mike, you really showed your guys a great trip. Thanks for the report.

That's a pretty strong accusation. Would you welcome the opportunity to prove it? You must really hate the barber.

Small business owners will see an increased cost of doing business because of new taxes. They must adjust their prices in order to stay open. Tax an item more and fewer people will buy it.

Beware of the salesman who honors a lifetime warranty by shortening the life of a customer.

Hey Dan, thanks for bringing us a report on my second home. I've been back home almost a month already and I'm missing it terribly. I told Whopper that you were in a pretty good mood the evening of May 13 considering I interrupted your sleep. Anyway it was good to finally meet you. TG

Thanks for the kind words. Actually there was more to the celebration than our getting a new water heater. We spent Friday night and all day Saturday with our three children, their spouses and our four grandchildren.

...........was 52 years ago today. Norma has been a great lady and I'm a lucky guy. To celebrate, we're investing in a new water heater. It's tall, round and almost totally white.

I forgot to mention one of the most important events of my trip. May 13 I arrived in Red Lake just in time to roust DanC before he was so sound asleep that he wouldn't answer the door. We managed to visit for about a half hour or so before we let him back in bed. We didn't enjoy a beer because I didn't want any fresh beer on my breath in case I'd be stopped by Red Lake police. DanC is putting in the hours and that's unfortunate because there a lot of fish to be caught up that way.

Roy, the water level was extremely low for May. It was more like mid October. My fishcop friend didn't visit although he checked us on our way home May 2009. We talked quite a bit and he did not ask if we had a license or if we had fish. He probably forgot to ask. He listened more than usual for him. Solo, I didn't troll. Probably because I don't know how. I troll only a couple of hours a season. Phil, we all missed you and we missed your sauce. Next May? Clive, the week is better when you're in camp. Hope you can make it back in a year or two. We couldn't have asked for better weather and fishing was everything we could hope for. Friends from my town are going in June 19, but I have jury duty for about 5 more weeks. I hope some young defense attorney sees me as soft on crime and allows me to be seated on his case, especially if he's defending a bad guy.

Beauty of a trip. Thanks for taking us along.

Also need to guard against receiving too little sun. It's hard to believe, but I had a vitamin D defiency. It can be serious. A daily dose of D-3 has me put me where I belong.

This was my 27th consecutive walleye opener on Little Vermilion Lake, although I had to cheat a couple of times by going in the second week of the season due to a couple of graduations I needed to attend. This stay was only 8 days, but I began staying two weeks around 1990 and made it for three weeks in 2005 when JP Bushey was new in camp. We needed to tour the lake and look for rocks. JP didn't need any help locating fish. Our group was short a few guys this spring as three of them had other issues that required their attention. We had a great week and missed our guys who had to stay back. Due to pretty nasty weather conditions the two previous years, we had several fishermen sit out this opener. Usually there's a full camp, but there were only nine of us for the week, three from my town in Tennessee, plus Kyle from Norton, OH & Larry from Geneva, IL joined me in my cabin. Only other fishermen in camp were four Ben Roethlisberger worshipers, from the Pittsburgh area. I went in Friday for a day of pike fishing, then Larry & Kyle joined me Saturday morning. Here's our ride in on Friday. < I never tire of looking from the airplane window. As usual the window could use a little cleaning, but the photos still look good to me, especially during winter. The Chukuni River flows from Little Vermilion Lake to Red Lake and this is a shot of Pine Ridge Road as it crossed the Chukuni. The water is off limits until June 15 and usually holds plenty of nice walleyes until the spawn is finished. Below is the mouth of Bull Whip Creek that usually holds both walleyes and pike in early season, but I didn't get around to fishing it this time due to low water. rrichards, an OFC member, had a friend make this personalized lure for me. I gave it a good workout the first day in camp. It came with my name on it. The workmanship is beautiful. It practically does tricks on the surface and has great action when being reeled in. Unfortunately I had a gimpy shoulder before leaving home and I put some pretty good hurt on it when leaving the dock Saturday morning. I was fishing alone and needed to push my boat off the ramp, then push it into a pretty stiff breeze before getting in, starting the motor and getting out of shallow water before being blown ashore. I made it okay, but put a lot of stress on the shoulder and must have had the bone spur go into something soft and tender. No throwing lures for me the rest of the week. All I could do is jig 1/4 oz jigs for walleyes, but I also managed to bring in my share of nice pike. I had a second cortisone injection upon returning home and hope to hold off surgery until around the first of November. My lawn and vegetable garden will need my attention until summer is behind us. Nungesser River flows into Little Vermilion at the north end. Here's a shot looking into the mouth. Heavy rain last September pushed a lot of sand out into the lake and a low lake level made it tough getting into the mouth of the river. I made it in on the left side, but it wasn't easy. Going out I thought I could turn left as leaving and pick up a channel that's been there for as long as I can remember. Wrong. I had to remove my pants and shoes so I could wade and pull my boat off the sand bar, through shallow water, across more sand and back out into the lake. I fished it twice during the week and it was good to me. The Nungesser River gave up plenty of walleyes and nice pike. Here are shots looking in and looking out at the lake. We had a sunny eight days with temperature at around 80F. plus every day. Fish were all over the lake and they were in a biting mode. The Canadian sun surely likes having it's picture taken. Fishing was good. Fishing conditions, weatherwise, were great. Every day. Bugs were not a problem. We missed our usual friends who are usually in camp during the opening week. We had empty cabins, but the entire month of June and first week in July are booked solid. Those who sat out the opener this time have missed out on a great week. I should have taken more pictures of fish, but fishing alone in hot weather put a crimp in my style. My camera timer can be set at 2 seconds or 10 seconds. 2 seconds is a little short for me to get a good pose and 10 seconds was more than I wanted for the fish. The few I took were barely fair, but at least I can prove that I got out on the water. My Frabill pen helped preserve the pike and I should have done a better job. Maybe I'll improve when I get my "new" shoulder. Thanks for taking a look. If you ever run across one of rrichards lures, I suggest you jump on it.

That same sentence was on our chalk board as I entered the classroom of Professor Houtchins in September 1952. It was freshman composition, listed as English 101. I received a C, thought that was pretty good, and quickly signed up for English 102 under the same professor. Got another C and was glad to have the course behind me.