Eddie Munster

I agree with M Starr: don't put yourself in a position where you'd have to explain to your spouse that nothing was happening. My wife and I trust each other very much but we installed boundaries regarding members of the opposite sex that eliminate any doubt. As M Starr said: No travelling with opposite sex coworker and certainly no dinners/lunches with them either. If your job requires that you maintain a close working relationship with a member of the opposite sex, you'd better either act like a complete prude or start looking for a new job. No member of opposite sex at house when spouse isn't there unless they're YOUR blood relative. No close friends of the opposite sex. Chicks hang out with chicks and guys hang out with guys. Any flirting or perceived flirting needs to be talked about IMMEDIATELY. If one of you is doing something that makes the other feel uncomfortable, you'd better say something A.S.A.P. This may seem like going overboard and of course someone will think 'Man, you guys don't trust each other'. Well we love each other enough not to make each other have to give any benefit of the doubt.

T & P sent. Sorry you had to witness that bud. Tragic. I was just down in Melbourne, FL staying at a hotel on the beach and saw a couple different 7-8 year olds walking through the hallways by themselves. They were going to either the pool or the beach but no parent in sight. These days you can't let them out of your sight for SEVERAL different reasons. As the father of two teenaged daughters, I walked them to the bathroom of public places up to the age of 14. I may be paranoid but nothing going to happen to them on my watch.

My wife was with me at Wally world looking at fishing line and she saw the Cajun red fishing line and asked why it was red. I replied 'guess it makes it harder to see'. Then she asked "if red is hard to see underwater, why am I buying Red Shad color?" I said "cuz they catch fish". Does seem kind of contradictory doesn't it?

Rick you know he's never gonna give them up, never go let them go, never gonna................

The older I get, the more this statement resounds with me. I'm a basically content person. I don't *** what's on someone else's plate, or parked in their driveway or how big their house is. I also don't care who makes what money or who is married to who. I'm happy with my lot in life and know I'm living a blessed life even if it started out bad. I'm more willing these days to shell out a few more bucks for quality and resisting the urge to go cheap. Chances are if I spend a little more, I'll take care of it better than I would if I went the cheap route. Growing up poor may make you frugal but it also makes you appreciate what you've spent your money on.

Well put Avid. My PB was luck. No doubt about it. I was fishing and my boat (9' Pond Prowler) started leaking. I pull it up the ramp to let it drain and figure I'll cast a couple near the shore by the dam. I just happened to see a swirl near further down the shore and threw a plastic worm there. She barely twitched the line but I got a good hookset and got her in. What started out looking like bad luck (boat leak) turned out to be good luck being in the right place at the right time with the right bait.

If you can see them, they can see you. Try backing off some, casting PAST them while out of their sight.

Great find Root Beer; thanks. Way to seduce women (the young pretty ones that is)? Generally speaking: Have money and/or treat them like dirt. For some reason they don't know how to recognize a good man until they've been used as a doormat by someone.

T-rigged with a 1/8 oz bullet weight is how I've been fishing them. Red shad tears em up.

If and when the package shows up, tell Newman and/or Cliff Clavin the gang here says 'hey'.

NTRTWSFS Now that right there was some funny _____ ;D

I've been catching quite a bit on the Green Pumpkin w/red flake on a t-rig with a 1/8 oz bullet weight. That color matches the local lake nearly perfectly and the flakes seem to float in the water. I haven't tried them on a shaky head yet but will certainly give em a run.

You must be a terrible driver. ;D Actually, I was thinking 'only 15? Rookie'.

The only stump pond I've heard of is 'stump-broke pond' and I don't think any of us want to go there. Seriously; what state is it in? Have you tried google maps, etc? Gotta give us more to work with.

Yeah the Pirates just traded away their best player to the Braves. Good deal for the city though with the Steelers and Pens. WOOT!

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Not talking about A tattoo. I'm talking about the people with numerous ones or covered in them. A discreet one/two is no one's business and not a deal breaker. Key word being discreet. As far as walking out of a store or restaurant because someone's tattoo'd up, well I'm not talking about my impression of someone making me a hamburger or selling me a lawnmower.

I'm saying if I were an employer and someone came in all tatoo'd out, I wouldn't hire them. Same if you had a bunch of piercings that were visible or needing a haircut/shave, stoned, drunk, whatever. How bad do you want the job? Bad enough to look polished or you just want to keep it real? Well, as a family man that cares more about putting food on the table than on 'being me' I'll do what it takes to get and keep the job. Don't try to draw any other conclusions about my statement other than I wouldn't have someone representing my company that doesn't look professional in my opinion and may cost some business.

Great looking mod Chris and a great looking truck. Love those tires. 8-)

That actually ticks me off when somebody says that. Not only is that discriminating and wrong,you could very well be passing up the best employee you might hire. Me,I'll just wear long sleeves and cover them up.You'll never know it till I'm hired on and already made a good impression on you. 8-) Well, in my post I said if you showed up with them VISIBLE looking for work. Sure cover them up and you stand a chance to get the job but KEEP em covered while you're on MY job site. When you're on MY job site, you represent me and my company = my rules. And it's not discriminatory; it's called a consequence of your choice of lifestyle. You want to have tatoos all over your body; fine. Just realize that the employers of the world will think twice about having someone like that as the face for their company. Or if you do get hired, you'll most likely be limited as to how far you'll be able to advance. Same goes for people that want to smoke the wacky tobacky. Toke up all you want but realize that certain career fields will be off limits to you. Like I said, no offense meant. I'm old fashioned about some things.

Good story and good point to keep in mind is that cops are human. They feel the same emotions as anyone else but at times they have to deal with the some of the worst people in society. Put yourself in their shoes; someone tries to run you down, shoot you, evade in every way they can and then when they're out of options they throw their hands up and expect to be handled with 'kid gloves'. :-? That or the cops walk into a home where a kid/woman has just been brutalized and they have to show restraint NOT to do what should be done and that's to shoot the perp right there. I salute all our officers but couldn't do that job.

I don't see why people get tatoos and frankly wouldn't date a girl that had one. Well, at least not more than 1 time. And if I were an employer and someone showed up with several tatoos visible looking for work, it would be a VERY short interview. No offense meant; guess I'm just old fashioned in some ways. I wonder how many people on Forbes Fortune 500 list have tatoos?

Well, I believe if it's your time to meet God, it's your time to meet God but you CAN do things to hasten the meeting. The story stated their car swerved into oncoming traffic so sounds like they did something to speed up their meeting. Sad...........

My brothers and I used to tear up the bass in Pennsylvania years ago with Producto Grape 8" worms and last year I ordered some. Here in Georgia I haven't gotten one bite on them.

Bandit Series 100 Medium Crankbait in Tennessee Shad color (one that I found in a tree 8-)) Zoom U-tail Worm Red Shad 7" Zoom Trick Worm Grn Pumpkin Red flake 7" Caught the majority of my fish so far this year on these three baits.