frogtog

Amazing !!! :

Welcome to BR and I would have to say the Rattle Trap.

Just so happens that today nine years ago I got flooded and took a pretty good beating money wise. I am so glad I didn't wait for the Government to show up because they never came. But what did show up was friends and one in particular who stayed with me for 68 days helping me rebuild. My friend has to have surgery on the 30th of this month, I talked to him yesterday and he told me there was no need for me to come to the hospital because I am suppose to be in a tournament that week. I just hope he doesn't think for one minute that I won't be by his side when they put him under. That's what friends are for.

RW how on earth could you go and say something bad about the MAN? :-/

A Duke fan and don't want to own up to it. ;D

I seen it first.

I would have to say Roger Staubach, he new how to win a game and second would be Dan Marino, the best ever quarterback without a team.

We do have some good people on this site. Wonder if Glen ever thought that this site would turn out the way it has.

Our Deer in eastern NC just tear your car all to hell. The Deer hold up pretty good. ;D

If Burley goes, I'm going with him.

Hess station in town 3.46 three blocks over all the stations are 4.29 Are we getting the shaft or what?

When I see something on the FF I will take a CR and see if I can figure out what it is.Now about that weed bed on the drop off, I would have to take my CR and use about a five foot leader with a #1 hook and a Trick worm to get those bass out of the grass. I would almost bet my wife's diamonds that bass visit that grass often.

Jack you da man!!! Yall be safe and let us hear from you when it's over.

Wonder why the gas prices didn't go up when a storm was in the gulf five years ago. Dxxm bunch of crooks.

Just looked at the news and the Government is going to release a couple of gallons for us to use.

I just went to an Exon station to get gas and they would only let me get $40.00 worth due to the storms in the Gulf. Has anyone else experienced this. I stay in eastern NC. I need to know, my business depends on gasoline. Sure hope the 70's ain't coming back.

I promise that it works, I have been doing it for like a year now. I first got wind of it on the Clark Howard Talk Show. Go ahead and try it for a while and you will say "WOW" ( You have to do it every time you use it )

Are these the ones you are talking about?

For all of you that hunt deer................. I had this idea that I was going to rope a deer, put it in a stall, feed it up on corn for a couple of weeks, then kill it and eat it. The first step in this adventure was getting a deer. I figured that, since they congregate at my cattle feeder and do not seem to have much fear of me when we are there (a bold one will sometimes come right up and sniff at the bags of feed while I am in the back of the truck not 4 feet away), it should not be difficult to rope one, get up to it and toss a bag over its head (to calm it down) then hog tie it and transport it home. I filled the cattle feeder then hid down at the end with my rope. The cattle, having seen the roping thing before, stayed well back. They were not having any of it. After about 20 minutes, my deer showed up -- 3 of them. I picked out a likely looking one, stepped out from the end of the feeder, and threw my rope. The deer just stood there and stared at me. I wrapped the rope around my waist and twisted the end so I would have a good hold. The deer still just stood and stared at me, but you could tell it was mildly concerned about the whole rope situation. I took a step towards it...it took a step away. I put a little tension on the rope and then received an education. The first thing that I learned is that, while a deer may just stand there looking at you funny while you rope it, they are spurred to action when You start pulling on that rope. That deer EXPLODED. The second thing I learned is that pound for pound, a deer is a LOT stronger than a cow or a colt. A cow or a colt in that weight range I could fight down with a rope and with some dignity. A deer-- no chance. That thing ran and bucked and twisted and pulled. There was no controlling it and certainly no getting close to it. As it jerked me off my feet and started dragging me across the ground, it occurred to me that having a deer on a rope was not nearly as good an idea as I had originally imagined. The only upside is that they do not have as much stamina as many other animals. A brief 10 minutes later, it was tired and not nearly as quick to jerk me off my feet and drag me when I managed to get up. It took me a few minutes to realize this, since I was mostly blinded by the blood flowing out of the big gash in my head. At that point, I had lost my taste for corn-fed venison. I just wanted to get that devil creature off the end of that rope. I figured if I just let it go with the rope hanging around its neck, it would likely die slow and painfully somewhere. At the time, there was no love at all between me and that deer. At that moment, I hated the thing, and I would venture a guess that the feeling was mutual. Despite the gash in my head and the several large knots where I had cleverly arrested the deer's momentum by bracing my head against various large rocks as it dragged me across the ground, I could still think clearly enough to recognize that there was a small chance that I shared some tiny amount of responsibility for the situation we were in, so I didn't want the deer to have to suffer a slow death, so I managed to get it lined back up in between my truck and the feeder - a little trap I had set before hand...kind of like a squeeze chute. I got it to back in there and I started moving up so I could get my rope back. Did you know that deer bite? They do! I never in a million years would have thought that a deer would bite somebody, so I was very surprised when I reached up there to grab that rope and the deer grabbed hold of my wrist. Now, when a deer bites you, it is not like being bit by a horse where they just bite you and then let go. A deer bites you and shakes its head--almost like a pit bull. They bite HARD and it hurts. The proper thing to do when a deer bites you is probably to freeze and draw back slowly. I tried screaming and shaking instead. My method was ineffective. It seems like the deer was biting and shaking for several minutes, but it was likely only several seconds. I, being smarter than a deer (though you may be questioning that claim by now) tricked it. While I kept it busy tearing the bejesus out of my right arm, I reached up with my left hand and pulled that rope loose. That was when I got my final lesson in deer behavior for the day. Deer will strike at you with their front feet. They rear right up on their back feet and strike right about head and shoulder level, and their hooves are surprisingly sharp. I learned a long time ago that, when an animal -- like a horse--strikes at you with their hooves and you can't get away easily, the best thing to do is try to make a loud noise and make an aggressive move towards the animal. This will usually cause them to back down a bit so you can escape. This was not a horse. This was a deer, so obviously, such trickery would not work. In the course of a millisecond, I devised a different strategy. I screamed like a woman and tried to turn and run. The reason I had always been told NOT to try to turn and run from a horse that paws at you is that there is a good chance that it will hit you in the back of the head. Deer may not be so different from horses after all, besides being twice as strong and 3 times as evil, because the second I turned to run, it hit me right in the back of the head and knocked me down. Now, when a deer paws at you and knocks you down, it does not immediately leave. I suspect it does not recognize that the danger has passed. What they do instead is paw your back and jump up and down on you while you are laying there crying like a little girl and covering your head. I finally managed to crawl under the truck and the deer went away. So now I know why when people go deer hunting they bring a rifle with a scope so that they can be somewhat equal to the Prey.

Ok this is not a fishing tip but a money saving tip none the less. I use expensive razor blades the Mach 3 blades. Darn things are expensive haha. Anyway, if you want to make 1 blade last 6-8 months or close to it. Yep 1 blade can last that long. All you have to do is blow dry the blade once you have finished using it. Clean it the same way by running it under water just blow dry it dry before setting it back into it's carriage. Water is what makes them get dull not our beard hair. Small rust develops on the edge making them get dull. I am using the same blade since September and it is still very sharp and doesn't cut me. Another way to make them last is to dip them in alcohol to wick away the water. Alcohol will dry and not rust them. So perhaps some of you that are blow dryer challenged can use some old aftershave or rubbing alcohol. I picked this up from another site, but I have been trying it for like a year and have only used to blades since last Oct. It also helps to store away from any moister.

Go with the flowers, they work for all occasions every time and woman love them or you could seen the flowers and the gift certificate.

> THIS IS WHY WE LOVE OLD PEOPLE > A farmer stopped by the local mechanic shop to have his truck fixed. > They couldn't do it while he waited, so he said he didn't live far and > would just walk home. > On the way home he stopped at the hardware store and bought a bucket > and a gallon of paint. He then stopped by the feed store and picked up a > couple of chickens and a goose. However, struggling outside the store he > now had a problem - how to carry his entire purchases home. > While he was scratching his head he was approached by a little old lady > told him she was lost. She asked, "Can you tell me how to get to 1603 Mockingbird Lane ?" > The farmer said, "Well, as a matter of fact, my farm is very close to > that house I would walk you there but I can't carry this lot." > The old lady suggested, "Why don't you put the can of paint in the > bucket.Carry the bucket in one hand, put a chicken under each arm > and carry the goose in your other hand?" > "Why thank you very much," he said and proceeded to walk the old girl > home. On the way he says "Let's take my short cut and go down this > alley. We'll be there in no time." > The little old lady looked him over cautiously then said, I am a lonely > widow without a husband to defend me. How do I know that when we > get in the alley you won't hold me up against the wall, pull up my skirt and have your way with me?" > The farmer said, "Holy smokes lady! I'm carrying a bucket, a gallon of paint, two chickens, and a goose. How in the world could I possibly hold you up against the wall and do that?" > The old lady replied, "Set the goose down, cover him with the bucket, put the paint on top of the bucket, and I'll hold the chickens.

fivebass I have always been a NCSU fan. Back then there was no such thing as ECU winning a football game. ECU is just a few miles down the road from me, so I will go with ECU but I will always wear my Red Hat.

Can't cull a dead fish in the ABA or Bass ( but i'm sure they do )

Man I am so proud of ECU now if I could just get NCSU to win something would make me fill even better. :