No but I've parboiled em. Like when you're canning tomatoes. Skin just lips right off.

Self respecting Boilermaker? Ain't that a oxymoron?

Very cool. And I'm buying it. As I recall, growing up the fishing around northern Indiana sucked. If that's changed please tell me what is it that you fish for there

well for one thing I believe theft and murder and much worse threat to us than illegal v**er. Maybe not, I spent 21 years in Military service defend our Constitution as it stands now. I still believe it's worth defending. So I will.

BTW I was born and raised in South Bend. A nephew who graduated from Valporaiso U
And on who attended Purdue.

Hapax legomenon

May I direct you to Wikipedia.org and the above article. The only place I've found any mention of sassigassity. "perhaps" audacity? Perhaps I'm gonna hafta do more research? Or return to Dickens?And would you have known what Hapax legomenon was if you hadn't looked it up? You're welcome.
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Let me do some research. I've read a considerable amount of Dickens, but i'gotta amity never that one. Maybe I should? Are you a for real Navy Commander? As in O-4? I am a retired Navy Chief.
In any case, welcome aboard the Stage. I ve only ever know one Navy Commander real well, and I must says he was a real a_hole, So if you are one also ( a Commander, not the other ) I will reserve judgement for now. But I will also drop the Sir. I do respect the rank and the uniform. You should too and drop the stolen valor? He who shall remain nemain nameless and I were on security watch together and he was trying to impress we lowly e-men with his considerable knowlede. Sort of your version or trivial persuit. "
who said the evil that men do lives after them, the good is oft. . . blah blah blah?
I gave him the correct answer and told him who the author was and with work it was from.

So I love the game and pretty damned good at it. Just please don't under estimate the old
Chief and bring it on.

I'll have to look it up. Never heard of it and I've lived in CA for nearly fifty years. Welcome aboard the Stage. Oh and what do you enjoy fishing for? Salt or fresh? Boat or bank or wade? Fly or conventional?

Probably way better than I should be. We used to laugh about ol folks falling and breaking their hip, catching pneumonia, then they die.

Yes indeed. Not sure if it's Cajun or creole. I'm guessing cajun because according to my ol shipmate who introduced me to the word and himself as a "coonass", creole has tomatoes, cajun never.

Ever been to the PI/. Ever eat balut?

And all you liver knockers. Apparently you've never had well prepared dirty rice?

I'm for sure gonna try. I could sure use some time lakeside.

Thanks Whitey. I am.