Olebiker

You've done a good thing, my friend. I hate to see a boat allowed to deteriorate. I watched a neighbor's Stratos sit out in the weather uncovered and uncared for years before he finally sold it.

I have a bottle of Aramis that has been around for about five years. The older I get the less I can tolerate cologne on a man. There was a time when I had a collection of English Leather, Brut, British Sterling, Hai Karate, Jade East and, God help us, Aqua Velva.

I like me some cherry pi. Not with Frosted Flakes, though.

Nice troll, but nobody bit. ;D My worst investment was a Shakespeare 1969 baitcaster that I put on a Fenwick Lunker Stik. Neither one was worth a dern. This was back in 1970, I believe.

I seem to lose a lot of fish on jigs. Do you guys who catch fish on jigs shorten the weedguard that comes on them?

If you are just looking for light summer reading, you can't beat Louie Lamour westerns.

I sure hope you have some tips on how to catch fish at Talquin this time of the year. I need all the help I can get.

The Source by James Michener

I haven't liked much rock and roll since the Dave Clark Five. :-/

You don't have to tell me about kitchen remodeling. The military talks about mission creep. We have project creep. We just had granite countertops put in. It started off with SWMBO wanting granite countertops for the two bathrooms. When we went to pick out the granite for the bathrooms she saw a beautiful piece of granite that would work well for the kitchen. The price was good, so we placed the order. She decided that she wanted a ceramic tile backsplash all around in the kitchen, so I had to remove the partial backsplash we had which resulted in having to replace a bunch of drywall. "That new backsplash is going to be hidden in the shadow under the cabinets. We need under cabinet lighting." The electrician is coming tomorrow. "As long as we were doing the work on the kitchen we may as well install a microwave over the stove." That entailed removing a section of cabinet and raising it up about a foot and running an electrical line to plug the microwave in. When I removed the countertop in her bathroom, it messed up the wallpaper, so there is another job that someone else will get paid to do. Thank goodness we are doing this in the middle of the summer when fishing is an ordeal.

Ever eat boiled okra? That stuff is slimey. Jerry Clower used to say that he ate so much boiled okra as a kid he couldn't keep his socks up.

My buddy never would go get a colonoscopy. After his father developed colon cancer he told me that he was sure the colonoscopy had to less uncomfortable than the radiation and chemotherapy his father was going through.

Hey, I have a pinup of Paula Deen in my shop. ;D

http://www.*/define.php?term=beer+snob ;D Why would not drinking something that one doesn't like make them a beer snob? There are actually people in this world that drink beer for the taste and not for the alcohol content. It's not that the beer snob won't drink American lagers. The beer snob looks down his nose at anyone who likes them and accuses them of having unrefined tastes.

http://www.*/define.php?term=beer+snob ;D Then no, not a beer snob. That is unless drinking High Life, Newcastle, Guiness and Pilsner Urquell make me a snob. If you drink Newcastle you are alright with me.

That was the largest bass he ever caught. He released it.

http://www.*/define.php?term=beer+snob ;D

If you are referring to my avatar, that's my Dad in his BASS cap. It came with his membership. I do wear a Sonny's BarBQue cap that I got free, and a Falcon rods cap that I got free. The only other thing in my wardrobe with a visible logo are my New Balance shoes. I don't think that anyone would mistake me for a New Blanace sponsored athlete. :

Even Falls City tasted great on draft.

You're not one of those (shudder) beer snobs, are you?

I would love to have one, but I haven't been a medium in about 25 years.

Gimme a hint. Which beer are you talking about?

Because they are pretending to be something they are not: a sponsored professional.

I can understand a guy wearing a tournament shirt with a manufacturer's name on it if he is trying to win contingency money or even if the dealer gave him the shirt when he bought the boat. The ones that I think are silly are the guys who go out and spend $80 - $100 on a manufacturer's shirt.

I'd bet on it.