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well my education just got a bit broader. Never HEARD of smash burgers before..........but I guess that is pretty much what I do when I cook my own burgers or country style sausages. Roll them into a ball and press down into a hot pan. But not cast iron on my glass stovetop...........

They are rich and entitled. And people like that are used to getting their own way, and don't consider other folks to be as important as them........

Self-entitled rich dickweeds.

Please see my pm

WOW!!! "Happy Trails to you, Until we meet again......." Make sure to visit Moose's Saloon in Kalispell! I have a buddy who lives in Plains, MT, about two hours from Columbia Falls. He is a hunter and angler, and I'll send a note of introduction. Good luck, Rick! Doug

Good idea! Thanks!

Yukon Jack, Peppermint Schnapps, Irish Cream.................

I have no idea how you made that avatar picture that size. But yes it is crystal clear when it is THAT size, just not when I was squinting at it in the avatar....

fishingwithbob has better eyes than I have...............😉

Sometimes it helps to have buddies in the outdoors industry............turns out a buddy of mine (Vortex optics) knows the sales rep for Eskimo, who knew of a Quick Flip 1 that was in a warehouse somewhere...............and it's on its way. Thanks for the advice, folks! Now let's get some of that hard water, eh! Doug

Makes sense. Thanks for the explanation. Doug

Back to Rizzo... This is VERY interesting! And of course counter-intuitive. It suggests there are less people dying, overall, on average, right now. Amongst your professional colleagues, is there a sense as to why?

Back to M2B2, you have been playing "ketchup" here. Good to hear you are out and about! Doug

Seems to me that trailering a snowmobile is kind of like painting a bullseye on your forehead......... .............but I do not have a lake in my back yard (unfortunately) and do intend to drive my truck, by myself, to go ice fishing. Locally. By myself. And not stop enroute. Police have more important jobs to do than bother drivers who are alone in their vehicle and obeying all traffic laws. And I don't want to catch covid, nor do I wish to give it to somebody if I am asymptomatic, so I fly solo. And the Argo stays in the garage............

Brian your computer is mal-functioning, doing misquotes and all that. 😉

NICE photo! It has "Northern Ontario" written all over it!

Wanzatika. Not sure of that spelling. We were there for a moose hunt, and did some walleye fishing as well. In a week I think we caught less than a dozen walleye, BUT I did shoot the only moose I ever shot. We did not see any bears, nor any other moose. There were a number of other issues as well, like only enough firewood for a day or so, and no chainsaw to cut more. We spent time that we should have been hunting or fishing, on gathering driftwood to burn in the wood stove, until they flew in a chainsaw and gas and oil. Good thing my buddy had rented a sat phone from them......... I would not go back.

You guys and your pictures, I never think to take photos............supper a couple nights ago was pan-fried venison loin medallions, done nice and rare, about four minutes in the pan. Today's lunch was cold sliced venison loin on a sandwich with mayo and lettuce. Very toothsome. But somebody ATE the evidence...🙄 No pics. Doug

I really hate mice, and mouse crap. We rented a cabin on a Hearst Air Services fly-in and it had a mouse condominium project inside. And when I asked about the boarded-up front window, "Oh yeah, there was a bear came through that last week with our last guests." 😮 So all things considered, I'd rather have the mice than Mister Blackie. But I still hate mice.

+1................I have no desire to go someplace HOT in the winter, I get enough heat here in the summer time! But I was adding to my knowledge about what can and can't happen these days. Two of my closest buddies usually go to Florida for the winter, but both have stayed home this winter. I had thought it was about travel restrictions, but clearly it must be about personal decisions. Thanks for the clarifications. Doug

Thanks Brian. One of these years I am going to give that a go.

So you wrap them in foil for three hours, NOT on any heat source at all, just letting them soak in their own smokey juices? Or do you keep heating them in the foil? By the look of that last photo, you put BBQ sauce on them when you serve them? I have done ribs a fair number of times, but never cooked them in the smoker.

That was Jimmy and Rich, trying to make grilled cheese sandwiches!!! But yes, GUILTY of beating on the stove in the middle of the night, it was the only way to get you guys up to have a drink with me! Fun times.............

And what, pray tell, is that? The ribs look AWESOME!!!!!

Thanks Brian. It's easy when cooking for myself! (And the eggs were done in the bacon fat! 😁 ) At the hunt camp: "can I have mine easy over?" "I want mine basted." "Geez, I can't eat raw eggs, make mine yolks broken and over hard." "Can I have scrambled please?" "Doug, don't forget to leave the salt and pepper off my eggs, I put it on myself." etc..............🙄 But no, I do NOT let most of the guys near the stove.........