CDB you just never know what's gonna trip some peoples' trigger. You got me goin with one a few days ago, and I let you know how I felt. Ain't nothing wrong with that. You keep em coming. Let the admins worry about if it's appropriate. That was Mickey's opinion and he voiced it and there's nothin wrong with that, don't get on him folks. But I don't think we need to be worrying about offending every individual group of people every time we want to share a joke. Grandparents and mailmen. Who will it be next? Widows and ball players? We're all adults here. Grow some damn hide.

those were the days when


people actually talked to each other

we had it all and didn't realize it

do you remember"double dog dare"?

all the girls had ugly gym clothes

it took three minutes for the tv to warm up

no one owned a purebred dog

a quarter was an excellent allowance

you would stoop to pick up a penny in the gutter

you got your windshield cleaned,your oil checked,tires checked and gas pumped without asking,and all for free.and you even got trading stamps

laundry detergent had free glasses ,dishes or towels inside the box

they said they would keep kids back a grade if they failed--and they actually did it

a 57 chevy was every ones dream car--to cruise,peel out,lay rubber,or street race


young people went steady

lying on your back in the grass with your friends saying things like--"that cloud looks like a"--


playing ball with no adults around to make up rules

stuff from the store came without safety caps and hermetic seals,because no one then tried to poison perfect strangers

and with all our progress don't you wish,just once,that you could step back in time and savor the slower pace,and share it with the children of today

kids actually had to be selected to play on organized baseball or football teams



no one got trophys or awards just for competing

candy cigarettes,wax miniature coke bottles with colored sugar water inside,

party lines,pea shooters,78 rpm records,green stamps,mimeograph paper

do you remember when decisions were made by "eeny-meeny-miney-moe"?

mistakes were corrected by uttering "do over"

race issues meant who was the fastest runner

catching fireflies could happily occupy an entire evening

it wasn't odd to have more than one best friend

Saturday morning cartoons weren't 30 minute commercials for action figures

"olly olly action free" made perfect sense

spinning around getting dizzy and falling down was amusement

the worst embarrassment was being picked last for a sandlot team

war--was a card game

taking drugs meant orange flavored chewable aspirin

water balloons were a weapon


I am sharing this with you today because a friend "double dog dared "me to

remember the perfect age is somewhere between old enough to know better and too young to care

do you remember Howdy Doody,Peanut Gallery,The Lone Ranger,The Shadow Knows,Gene Autry,Roy Rogers,Hopalong Cassidy,Bob Steele,Tom mix ,Tim Holt,Lash Larue,Randolf Scott,Trigger

,buttermilk,Silver,Scout,and oh so many others from our past?Bob Hope,Bing Crosby,Red Skelton,Fibber Mcgee and Molly,Amos and Andy

Benny Goodman,Xavier Cugat

Clark Gable,Maureen Ohara,,Spencer Tracy,Katherine Hepburn,James Cagney,Edward G Robinson,Humphrey Bogart?

Hank Williams,Ernest Tubbs,Roy Acuff--to name just a few


Do you remember??




If you remember all or most of them

then you have lived my friend

THIS SAD STORY ILLUSTRATES ONE OF THE MOST SALIENT LESSONS WE LEARN THROUGH OUR LIVES.

It's easy to imagine life as simple---good or bad,but often we wind up with a mix of both that shapes our lives
and our characters,making us who we are.
now the story

One day a man was walking down a path and saw a butterfly cocoon that was about to open.As he watched a small opening appeared in the cocoon.The man sat and watched for an hour or two as the butterfly struggled to emerge through the small hole,.Then it seemed to stop making any progress,it appeared that it had got as far as it could and could get no farther.
the man decided that he could help the butterfly so he used his knife to enlarge the hole in the cocoon.The butterfly then emerged easily,but the body was withered and its wings were shriveled.
The man continued to watch ,expecting that at any moment the wings enlarge and open to be able to support the butterfly.But that did not happen,in fact the butterfly spent the rest of it's short life crawling around with a withered body and shriveled wings.
It was never able to fly.

What the man in his good will and kindness did not understand was that the restrictive cocoon and the
struggle required for the butterfly to get through that tiny opening was natures way to ensure that fluid was forced into its body and its wings so that it would be ready to fly when it emerged from the cocoon.


Sometimes struggles are what we need in life.If we were allowed to go through life without obstacles WE would not be as strong as we could have been,it would cripple us.
(NEVER ABLE TO FLY)


I asked for strength but was given difficulties to make me strong
I asked for wisdom but was given problems to solve
I asked for prosperity but was given a brain and a body to work
I asked for courage but was given obstacles to overcome
I asked for love but was given troubled people to help
I asked for favors but was given opportunities
I received nothing I asked for but was given everything I needed

I will live my life without fear.I will confront every obstacle and know that I will overcome it.

STAY SAFE EVERY ONE

I just love those stressful events, not. I guess one of them could be having your eye doctor who's trying to figure out why you have double vision tell you that she thinks you had a stroke. Went through three different eye doctors in the past week., two of them yesterday. That's a lot of examination time including having my eyes dilated twice in one day. After the MRI and hours of questions needed to complete examinations they came in and said that they had good news and I didn't have a stroke. That I have to admit it took a load off my mind. I left my house 4 a 9 a.m. appointment and after everything was finished got home at 2 a.m. Saturday. At least I know that I don't have to worry about another stroke. They tell me that there are several causes for double vision and they have ruled out the stroke and the other two are treatable so I should end up okay. Long as I can thread a line through the eye of a hook I'm in good shape. Have a great day I am going to enjoy my 45 up to 54 degree day in beautiful sunshine.

I like the advice of NO COTTON not even underwear, go silk if you can find/afford. I use polypropylene long johns and sometimes polarfleece pants over long johns, if it's really cold. You would be much better off with breathable waders and layers, rather than rubber and they will certainly last longer(fewer leaks). Frogg Toggs and Hodgeman both make several styles for relatively reasonable pricing, some less than $100, even some closer to $50.
My favorite ADD-ON for ANY wading is NEOPRENE SOCKS, about $25... best choice for ANY wading.
I believe that you will also benefit from not having cold, stiff rubber, which offers zero insulation as well as limits movement. The SOCK FOOT types are also much more comfy and warmer, however you will need to get wading boots, if you don't already have a pair.
I suggest you check out CRAIGSLIST. I just looked at our local CL, and saw at least half a dozen of each(boots, waders) for as little as $25-50, ...lots of folks gear up, then just don't go or give up the sport. Lots of bargains out there... meeting with a guy later today to see/buy a TFO flyrod with a Lamson reel, loaded with Rio line....$100 !!!!

We have been fishing for 4 years now and I was confident that there were no big fish in this small 50 acre lake I have as a second home..Always catching 1 lb perch and 1 lb Bass never anything bigger than that. I was stoked when he said “its a big one lol” when I reached down to grab it I could not be leave it as my Pb is almost 3 lbs lol..
But we took lots of pictures and released him...We will be talking about that for a long time!!
And yes we will be going out again today for a few hrs.
Thanks Guys!!