Long Mike

Gawd, what a short fishing season you have!

When I'm fishing alone, I like to park my boat in an isolated spot and sunbathe naked on the front deck. ;D

Jack, look on the bright side. You could have bought an HP 42" plasma TV. ;D

As far as I am concerned, this thread is nothing more than a whole cluster of horse shat. I like what I like. You like what you like. You will not change my opinions and I will not change yours; even if you are wrong. ;D

Ghoti is probably still in class, so I will steal a little of his thunder and let you know that Trophy Country is a ten square mile, privately owned, fishing/hunting preserve, located in northeastern Missouri.

The best advice I can give is to get rid of the fiberglass boat and get an aluminum one.

If you had bothered to do any research, you would have found that the Eagles have sold more albums than any other group in history. Here's your sign

He's sitting here saying to himself "I am not alone."

I'm going to drive down to Lake Fork and go fishing with Fishfordollars. ;D

I've got it easy. To me, a cell phone is a phone. Nothing more nor less.

Muddy, be very proud of the fact that you know that you are very good at doing what you do. There are very few people who can cope with the stress that you are constantly under. If I were in your shoes, I would get arrested for assault.

Update. After receiving no real action from HP for weeks, I e-mailed a message to HP's CEO. Not surprisingly, I received a pre-packaged response, telling me that my complaint had been forwarded to the appropriate executive. Figuring that I was only one small voice amid a cacophony of complaints I would hear nothing further. LO AND BEHOLD! Today I received a call from an HP Case Manager. I'm not sure what a Case Manager is, but this dude has a lot of clout compared with the other drones I have been dealing with for the last several weeks! Believe me, I have made myself a real pain in the butt for the drones. I have called every day, pleading with them to send a technician to repair my set so that I could gleefully pay him $629 for the privilege of having my HDTV operable once again. When I received the call from the Case Manager, he didn't mince words. He said that he had reviewed my complaint to the CEO and a computer log of all my dealings with the drones. He felt that I had been treated poorly and, although my set was out of warranty, he would be sending a technician to repair my set AT NO CHARGE. I guess the moral of the story is, if you feel like you are getting dumped on by the troops, take your complaint to the General. I'll let you know how many more weeks it will take before my set is repaired. Six weeks and counting.

Jack, no thanks necessary. After the November ice storm last year we were without power for six days. I thank my lucky stars that I had the good sense to buy a generator several months prior to the storm. With the generator, we coped very well, but I felt very sorry for my neighbors who were not so fortunate. When you told me you had no power, I knew how miserable you and the wife were going to be, hence my offer to drive the generator down to you. Just being neighborly. BTW, I live in Tulsa, not Arkansas. ;D

I like pickled brussel sprouts. Recipe: 1 Brussel Sprout 1 cup vinegar 3 habanero peppers 3 cloves garlic 1 tsp salt 1 boiled egg Mix ingrediants together and bring to a slow boil. Let cool, and store in the fridge overnight. Then, eat the egg and throw away all other ingrediants. ;D ;D ;D

Well, I've never found Jack Daniels in a can, so I will have to say bottle.

Grimlin, if you had nothing good to say about my post, you should have ignored it.

Jeez, what a disappointment. I thought I was going to watch someone dance. Instead I got a disjointed nerd.

I have a dog who is 13. He was hit by a car when He was 3 and had to have his right rear leg re-built. From that point on I have always called him my thousand dollar dog. He's just a 65 pound mutt, but I love him dearly, and, as dogs do, he loves me just as much. Obviously, he's getting on in years and is now almost deaf. He's on daily pain medication because of the bad leg, and is having more and more difficulty trying to stand up. If figure he has about a year left before I have to make the decision to have him put down. You have no idea how much I dread that day. Just thinking about it gives me a lump in my throat.

Burley, it would be a lot more productive if you could locate the nitwit at HP who started the "let's buy HDTV's from the Chinese" movement, and then simply shoot him/her. The whole world would be a better place.

Just an update. I called HP again today, and was informed that apparently, the only person on the face of the earth who is authorized to schedule a repair technician has been on vacation. My TV has now been out of service for six weeks. Looking on the bright side, the Service Rep told me that I should receive a call from the Technician Scheduling God on maybe Monday or Tuesday of next week. Anyone want to buy a slightly used, piece of shet, HP 42" Plasma TV?

ROFLMAO

I AM NOT JEALOUS!

Cuthbert, when you told my we were going to get a two-fer, I thought she was going to be really easy.

At just under two years after purchasing my Hewlett Packard 42" Plasma TV, I suddenly lost the picture. I bought it from Best Buy, so I called them and was advised that they would have to ship it to one of HP's service centers. Apparently, there is not one in Tulsa. Best Buy could not tell me how long the set would be gone, nor could they give me a "ballpark" figure on how much it would cost. "anywhere from $100 to $1000." Undeterred, I took the set to a very reputable TV repair shop. After keeping the set for almost two weeks they called and advised me that they could not get the needed part from HP. Still undeterred, I contacted HP and advised them of my plight. Now get this, HP advised be that I had a relatively common problem with this model of set and that they could/would not send the needed part to the repair shop. However, they would be happy to send out a technician to repair my set for ONLY $629. It gets worse. 1st call. That's when I was advised that I was about to be raped. Unfortunately the service representative I spoke with was unable to schedule a technician to repair the set because I could not tell her the color of the light on my On/Off button. (The set was in the repair shop.) 2nd call. I was able to provide the rep with the color of my button and was again cheerfully advised that my set could be repaired for ONLY $629. Not having any other choice, I told the rep to schedule a technician to repair my set. The response? "I'm sorry sir, I am not authorized to schedule a technician. You will have to speak to my supervisor. He will contact you sometime during the next two or three days." That was three days ago. I still haven't heard from the Supervisor. Muddy will be pleased to hear that I maintained my composure throughout this entire incident. Suffice it to say that I will NEVER buy ANY Hewlett Packard product again. Just wanted to give you folks a "heads-up" about HP's plasma TV's.

Attaboy Fourbizz! You said it much more eloquently than I ever could have. I have added the word "suckiness" to my dictionary. ;D