Thanks to all on the well wishes for my first three quarter century day. As I told Four, "It's better to be seen than to be viewed." Cheers to all.

Own a drift boat, but have only been on the water with it a couple of times in the last year due to virus. Looking for a window to put it in the water to fish steelhead and salmon on Oregon coastal rivers soon. In younger days, a lot of my time spent hiking into Cascade lakes to fish for browns, brookies, and bows. Can't do those hikes any more.
Mike

Dbed: Sorry for your loss. My sister passed earlier this year. I still have my memories & miss her every day. Hope your memories help sustain you also.
Mike

I'm wicha Big A.

Two thumbs up BF. Thanks

Hey Bama - I think I can use these. Thanks

Permission granted. Sir !!

Don't know OZ. I was toting a rifle on terra firma while the squids were hiding out of sight. Lurking.
Mike

If he's smart, he's going to do as the Mrs. directed. Costs him nothing except a short time in the rain and will keep the domestic benefits coming. Plus, the swinger gets his wish. A win-win-win !

Doyle and the Mrs. were awakened at 3:00 am by a loud pounding on the door. Doyle gets up and goes to the door where a drunken stranger, standing in the pouring rain, is asking for a push. "Not a chance," says Doyle, "it is 3:00 in the morning!" He slams the door and returns to bed.

"Who was that?" asked the Mrs... "Just some drunk guy asking for a push," he answers. "Did you help him?" she asks. "No, I did not, it's 3 am in the morning and it's bloomin' well pouring with rain out there!" "Well, you have a short memory," she says. "Can't you remember about three months ago when we broke down, and those two guys helped us? I think you should help him, and you should be ashamed of yourself! God loves drunk people too you know."

Doyle does as he is told, gets dressed, and goes out into the pounding rain. He calls out into the dark, "Hello, are you still there?" "Yes," comes back the answer. "Do you still need a push?" Doyle calls out. "Yes, please!" comes the reply from the dark. "Where are you?" asks Doyle. "Over here - on the swing," replied the drunk.

• The ultimate conundrum: *Don’t know whether to jump into the shark tank or go bowling*
• He’s as confused as a blind man at a silent movie
• He looks terrible – like 10 miles of bad road
• I’m on it – like white on rice
• Don’t embarrass me - act like you’ve been to town before
• He’s busier than a one-legged man in a butt kicking contest
• He’s busier than a one-armed paper hanger with jock itch
• He’s as nervous as a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs
• I’m hanging in there – like a persistent hair in a biscuit
• I was born at night – but not last night
• She’s madder than a cat getting baptized
• Herding cattle is a lot easier than trying to herd cats
• He ain’t got the good sense that God gave a rock
• That’s as useless as a screen door on a submarine
• Don’t piss on my leg and tell me it’s raining
• Stick it where the sun don’t shine
• He knows as much about fishing as a pig knows about Sunday
• You shouldn’t be hunting anything smarter than you. You should be hunting worms.
• That makes as much sense as hub caps on a tractor
• Get away from that wheel barrow Fred – you don’t know nothing ‘bout machinery
• You wanna drive? You? You couldn’t drive a hammer up a dog’s ass !
• He is living proof that you can’t fit 100 lb. of manure in a 50 lb. sack
• Heavy rain today. It will sound like several cows pissing on a flat rock
• I was so poor that I had a tumble weed as a pet
• I’m so poor I can’t even pay attention
• If you don’t behave, Pops will counsel you severely about the head & shoulders
• Many people are wondering how some members of congress were able to find their way out of the birth
canal.
• Hurry up man, launch the damn boat. We’ve got dollars waitin’ on dimes here.
• When they outlaw cats, only outlaws will have cats. Same with guns
• I’m as bored as an Amish electrician

Randy - Looks like you have a lifetime supply of lids - depending on your age. I was through Lawrence a couple of years ago. Had I known of your collection, I would have begged for a tour. Impressive !
Mike

Well, Ben, Larry & scores of others responding to Ben's initial post, it seems like we gravitated away from Ben's post about the "side" hat bill on the cap. Just a little bit. If I assume that Ben is really serious about finding a side bill hat (and I don't, but do appreciate the humor), would you be looking for a right side, or left side billed hat? And, would you be looking for a long bill for protecting your shoulders? For the shirtless macho types.
Try Amazon? That may keep one busy for bad weather days.
Mike

Teach: Absolutely beautiful fish. Reminds me of my best day ever, fishing the Deschutes River in Oregon during a may fly hatch and catching native Deschutes Redsides. Thanks for jogging my memory lobe.
Mike

Plum: Moving, real. This is the guy I would want in my foxhole. Thanks much for sharing.
Mike