Big Cliff

Nice job Dan, it is a fair bit of work but it sure is worth it!

Brian, what I do is after smoking the bacon, I return it to the fridge to cool down then I slice it and freeze the slices individually on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Once the slices are frozen I put them in a heavy gage zip lock bag and that way I can just take out what ever I need when I need it.

We were with Xplornet at one point and finally got rid of it, we just had too many problems. Sorry I can't offer a better solution unless there is someone else offering service in your new area. We ended up going with a local provider and it was a huge improvement.

Very well done, congratulations! You'll never forget your First deer!

Believe me, I have no issues with anyone being gay, I have a great grandaughter who has decided that is her life choice and I love her and support her with all my heart. The point I was trying to make was that to appoint someone just because they are male or female, straight or gay, doesn't make any sense. These are the people that are going to help run this country and I would like to see the person best suited for the job get the job.

Sounds like the best solution to me.

What is negitive? I wouldn't care if it was all women if they were the most qualified, what does bother me is that he is already pandering. What's next? Should 50% of them all be children, gay, .............. I think he should be picking the best people for the job, not a quota.

So he has picked a cabnet based on gender, 15 women,15 men. He hasn't picked them because or their qualifications but because of what they were born as. Right off the bat I'm thinking IDIOT!

Boy I know from some of the replies that my OP might seem like a joke to some of you guys but I didn't mean it as that. My refrence to the bar fights was just to show that a big guy might start it but when backed into a corner even a little guy can come out swinging even if he thinks he doesn't have a chance of winning. With all that is happening in the world today it is only a matter of time before someone decides to call someone elses bluff and away we go. You can hide up North, down South, in your boat fishing if you want but that isn't going to change the facts. Some have suggested "I can live off the land". perhaps, but can you make the medications that many of us rely on today to survive? I can hunt, fish, and know how to find a lot of ediable plants but I can't make the heart medications that my wife needs every day just to survive. Thirty days is about the best I could hope for. Some have suggested "doom and gloom", well how about "probability and possibility"? Isn't it better to be prepaired (and I'm not even sure what that involves) than be caught totally off guard? Can discussing this change the final outcome? Probably not but pretending that the possibility isn't there sure won't either. Why bother even bring it up then? Well I learn about things by asking questions then listening to the answers, doesn't mean I always agree with what I hear but I always try to consider it and I always learn from it. To those that think this is a waste of time, so be it, to those that think we can't change it; we probably can't however to those who think it won't happen or it isn't going to affect you, I fear you are in for a big surprise!

I had a huge maple, over 70' tall, 30" at the stump and right beside my boat house, within 20' of my neighbors boat house and within 50' of my house. I hired a company to take it down and remove all the branches and block the rest of it, cost me $750.00.

I haven't been to a bar in a lot of years lol, can't afford the beer prices and I quit fighting when I figured out that even if I won the fight I still ended up hurting!

Is WW3 on the horizon and in our very near future? My morning routine involves doing the “necessary” things, getting my coffee, checking in here to see if I can contribute anything use full then reading the news. For the past little while I have noticed a trend and it scares the heck out of me. It seems that almost every day the US is challenging someone and these some ones are starting to challenge right back. Iran, China, Russia, North Korea, ISIS just to name a few. The incidents seem to be escalating very rapidly lately. Several are now issuing their own challenges almost daring the US to do something to try to stop them doing whatever they want. The threats seem to be getting bolder almost as if to say “I dare you!” It seems that a real fight is brewing and Canada is going to get dragged into it whether we want to or not. So far it has all been posturing; “if you do that again then we will have to react (retaliate)”! So far thank god no one has but I fear that at some point in the not too distant future someone is going to just to save face and war will be inevitable. Perhaps I am reading it all wrong but I have been in a lot of bar fights in my younger years. I survived by not waiting for the other guy to “give me his best shot” and then fighting back. If I knew I was going to be in a fight I fought! The worst thing you could say to me was “lets step outside” because I would drop you right there! What I see happening now is so similar to those bar fights; oh I’m big and tough and you better not get in my way or else!” Then some little guy like me figures what the heck and hits you! I might be wrong but I do believe that if China or North Korea wanted to hit us (Canada and the US) there wouldn’t be much left but the cleanup. I’m not worried about me, I’m old and already figured out I won’t be around forever but I am worried about my kids and my grandkids. I guess there isn’t much I can do about it either way but I sure wish I could!

They do make the body easier to find

Congratulations, looks like you got a super deal! I was kind of wondering what was happening because I saw the other boat sitting at Jim's but in a shelter.

Wouldn't it be easier to ask what they haven't lied to us about in the last 50 or 60 years?

WAY too much money for that job! You can rent one of those high lifts (will take you up 60' ) and take it down limb by limb for a couple of hundred.

We had our roof done in steel last year, cost me $520.00 more than it was going to cost if I had it re done in shingles by the time I calculated everything in. We love it, house stays cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter. I would never go with shingles again!

This was one I found on the internet, I have been making it for quite a while now. (and yes, salmon and trout substitute quite well for muskie ) Ingredients 1½ lb muskie fillet cut into 6 equal pieces ¼ cup butter, melted ¼ cup maple syrup 2 tbsp grainy mustard, I used Dijon Wholegrain Mustard 2 tbsp soy sauce pepper to taste 1.Preheat oven to 425 F degrees. 2.Arrange the muskie pieces in a 9x13 inch baking dish. 3.In a small bowl, whisk together the butter, maple syrup, mustard and soy sauce. Pour over muskie. Add some freshly ground pepper, if preferred. 4.Bake for about 15 to 20 minutes or until muskie flakes with a fork.

I hear you, I feel the same way!

10-4 on that one

Boy am I old! I remember when they were $0.37 a pack and a loaf of bread was $0.05. A draft beer was $0.10 and we could put enough gas in our car for the weekend for $1.25. Mind you, I was making $0.25 an hour so it probably relates LOL.

Ya, but did you hear about the astroid that is heading our way? Not kidding either, should miss us by a couple of hundred thousand miles but they aren't sure at this point! http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/now-thats-close-shave-secrets-halloween-asteroid-2015-tb145-headed-earth-1526093

I am so sorry to hear of your loss, words won't cure the pain but time will. Just keep him in your heart, every once in a while when you are out fishing remember to look up and thank him for the person you are today because of what he did in his life. God bless! Big Cliff

Don't even get me going on that one my friend, have you ever noticed how many handycap parking spots there are at these casinos? Have you ever noticed how busy they are right after the welfare cheques come out? Wasn't all this money supposed to be going to supporting our medical coverage and upgrading our medical system? I guess the casinos and lotteries aren't very profitable!

I do totally agree with you, they are loosers! In this case the choice of drugs is pot, I've smoked pot it didn't destroy my life and I know plenty of other people that do smoke pot and they do it responsibly. I have nothing against pot or booze or even tobacco for that matter, each to their own. You want to come sit on my deck and twist one I'd have no problem with that, heck I might even share a toke with you but steal from me so you have enough money to go buy pot/booze/smokes, now that I would have a problem with. Anyway, I understand your point but your question was "show me"! Saddly I speak from experience far too close to home. I will say this; I would love to sit and discuss almost any topic with you be it fishing or life in general. You are always welcome here (bring your own bag) There is always a cold beer in the fridge for those that partake! We might not always agree but we'll have a great time debating it!