JohnF

And shaving with a straight razor is so durned exciting. JF

Ideally, we only buy blowers as insurance. JF

Our dump weighs all garbage coming in and trucks going out. I'd check with one of the guys I know there. Weigh the whole rig then drop the trailer and weigh the hauler. oops. Sorry. Just saw that someone beat me to the dump. JF

But what if everyone stopped reading the fishing threads? JF

We see them in the deeper pools where we hunt smallmouths. They just cruise around in small groups in the slack water. I worry about snagging them when I'm running sub surface baits thru a pool. We have white suckers and redhorse down here. Corn on a hair rig works, but then so does a plain ole worm. JF

Just because we smell like fish doesn't mean we can't be well groomed. JF

He puked the first time his thumbnail pierced the intestine. There's warm green stuff in there. JF

Be a tossup between the railway spare gang lifting track and the meat packing plant. I guess the spare gang would win. I'll never forget that first day, 8 hours of walking along the roadbed picking up old escutcheon plates and chucking them up into a gondola car. If you can imagine a big tough 18 year old nearly reduced to tears from the fatigue and pain, you can picture me that day. I think what saved me was that when they'd stripped the plates off the ties they'd left them close to the ties so I was able to hook an elbow into the ladder on the car and let the car drag me along. A friend of mine would probably argue that the packing plant was worse. His first day he got the job of stripping leaf lard off the warm intestines. That is a really crappy job. I had the job one day but was smart enuf not to let myself puke in front of the rest of the gang. JF

Yup. I'm sure Burke just got on the phone after last night's game and told his counterparts with the Ducks and the Flames that he'd decided they were gonna do this trade. JF

If only Burke, Wilson et al knew half of what we know, the Leafs would be leading the pack. JF

And so the Woody was born. JF

I used to have one of those. But then I went fishing with 2Rs for a few days and my wife sold it. Now we live in a condo. No mancaves allowed. JF

Besides, Dave squirts on his lures, doesn't he? JF

It really is. Fast enuf to get a little air off a wake too. My favourite flavour of bass fishing. Kinda like fishing off a low dock except the dock takes you to the fish. Looks like you blew a thumb on yer glove. Remind me to bring some more up in the spring. JF

Is the primary purpose of RIDE programs to scare those of us who might be tempted to drink and drive, or to catch lawbreakers? How many of you think twice about driving after a few drinks when you know the RIDE guys are out? It's the difference between crime prevention and just catching a few miscreants. JF

Yet they're only recalling the last two years? JF

Just asked my son the renovator about it. He says quartzite is very cool. He suggests also recycled glass or concrete. Those are things he's been playing with. Of course, his tastes might vary from ours. JF

I guess I'm just not paranoid enuf to be a Canuck then. JF

I kinda like the occasional opportunity to show the leo's that I'm law abiding. Seems to me that if more of us had the attitude that we have nothing to hide it might put more pressure on the criminal element who are hiding stuff. As it is I think too many folks want to be confrontational with law enforcers just because they have some notion their rights are somehow being infringed upon. If you have nothing to hide then what right is being limited? I don't get it. Is the very rare inconvenience of a roadside booze check not worth helping keep the real drunks off the roads? And if you get caught then doesn't that justify the check? To resist law enforcement in any way is just helping the bad guys IMNSHO. JF

Did you by any chance start doing this 10 years ago? JF

Lots of inland waterway along by Ft.Myers Beach. Rent a kayak and explore there. And what about the Ding Darling Reserve on Sanibel? I'm sure I've seen guys shorefishing in there. Just gotta watch for gators along the shore. Lots of crabs for bait though. I wonder if the Peacock bass make it up there. I know they're around on the Miami side. JF

So, just for fun, where's the fallacy in this story? We know one can't get something for nothing, even the government. JF

Heck. It's fun, like doing a Fill-In-The-Blanks puzzle. JF

This is the joy of the free enterprise system. The retailer is entitled to ask whatever they want. The consumer is entitled to say no and shop around for a better price. In most situations like this there is no obligation on the part of either participant to do the deal until they have signed a mutually agreed set of terms. So, If you don't like the retailer's terms, go elsewhere. But if that retailer has a unique product (i.e. one you can't live without) then you'd better be prepared to pay a premium. They call it supply and demand economics. JF

Cuz they've been obnoxious enuf to finally be officially recognized as a dirty word and the cussbot has to change it. JF