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Per a special request from the guitar king of Pittsburgh, hello to Sunil, george1, all my other PB friends, and all the JHAPs at sea.
"Live like you'll die tomorrow, but manage your grass like you'll live forever." -S. M. Stirling
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It is great to hear from you. Are the fish and cows doing well?
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Hello Theo, you are mentioned (fondly) quite often by us old-timers. Hope all is well. We miss you!!!
Just do it...
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We miss you brother, would like to see you again. Great meeting coming up in Texas in February.
"I love living. I have some problems with my life, but living is the best thing they've come up with so far." � Neil Simon,
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Ah yes........
Wait, it's not your birthday??!!!
Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:" "She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."
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If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.
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Ah yes, non carbonis urumbus
Do nature a favor, spay/neuter your pets and any weird friends or relatives.
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Per a special request from the guitar king of Pittsburgh, hello to Sunil, george1, all my other PB friends, and all the JHAPs at sea. Welcome home Theo....now you can post your own pictures with much better narrative! George [quote=george1]I have tried hard and long to get permission to post 2014 fish photos for my long time friend and sometimes lurker - but to no avail - well I finally succeeded. He grows some really nice fish, especially SMB, as well as LMB, BG and RES. He runs in stealth mode so he says - “just tell folks he is my “sons' brothers-in-law”. Enjoy! April 13 Caught the first Smallie of the year July 5 Caught this nice (16 Inch, 3 Lbs 8 Oz) Largemouth July 15 2013 Smallie Oct 5 Got these last weekend - a 17 inch, 2 lbs 8 oz Smallie. Our farm's SMB record (4 lbs 15 oz). [/quote
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Yo TG - that's a long honeydew and milk of paradise break
Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~ Henry David Thoreau
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Yo TG - that's a long honeydew and milk of paradise break Hmmm....it's not April Fools Day. It's not Halloween. It's not the Ides of March. Not sure what the occasion is, Theo, very glad you checked in.
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Ya know, I haven't had to go to the dictionary even once since you've been gone.
It's not about the fish. It's about the pond. Take care of the pond and the fish will be fine. PB subscriber since before it was in color.
Without a sense of urgency, Nothing ever gets done.
Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley Rancher and Farmer Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP
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This might be the Elvis in the million dollar + extrusion machine named Elvis. Glad you chimed in.
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I've never had the opportunity to get to know Theo, But I greatly enjoy reading his older posts.
Sure would get a kick out of reading some newer ones, also.
"Forget pounds and ounces, I'm figuring displacement!"
If we accept that: MBG(+)FGSF(=)HBG(F1) And we surmise that: BG(>)HBG(F1) while GSF(<)HBG(F1) Would it hold true that: HBG(F1)(+)AM500(x)q.d.(=)1.5lbGRWT? PB answer: It depends.
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Where's burgermeister when you need him???
Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:" "She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."
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I've never had the opportunity to get to know Theo, But I greatly enjoy reading his older posts.
Sure would get a kick out of reading some newer ones, also. Sparkie, after you get the kinks worked out of your edge mower, you need to move on to looking for practical modern applications for the trebuchet, and post some highly technical questions about moment arms, angular accelerations, and escape velocities. Theo might not be able to resist.
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Curious you should bring up the trebuchet, Yolk. I was just informed last weekend that my oldest son desires to launch pumpkins in a competition with a few of his cousins.
I've since been scouring the net' in search of plans for medieval siege engines.
But you're correct....edge mower comes first!
"Forget pounds and ounces, I'm figuring displacement!"
If we accept that: MBG(+)FGSF(=)HBG(F1) And we surmise that: BG(>)HBG(F1) while GSF(<)HBG(F1) Would it hold true that: HBG(F1)(+)AM500(x)q.d.(=)1.5lbGRWT? PB answer: It depends.
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It is great to hear from you. Are the fish and cows doing well? Interesting you should ask, Bill - I've been working with Polled Hereford/Smallmouth hybrids for a couple of years now. It's a combination that promises large size, fast growth (since they keep eating all Winter), and completely eliminating the need for Grass Carp. There's still a few bugs to work out, though. I was hoping for some tackle-straining fighting ability, but so far they've tended to be about as complacent as, well, Herefords. And in Winters like last year, it's a real pain chopping holes through the ice big enough to insert entire bales of hay, and the water quality can be, to say the least, pretty crappy. P.S. My daughter (now a Sophomore at Muskingum U., home of the Fighting Muskies) still has the goal of becoming an Aquatic Invertebrate Taxonomist. Way to inspire!
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I've never had the opportunity to get to know Theo, But I greatly enjoy reading his older posts.
Sure would get a kick out of reading some newer ones, also. Sparkie, after you get the kinks worked out of your edge mower, you need to move on to looking for practical modern applications for the trebuchet, and post some highly technical questions about moment arms, angular accelerations, and escape velocities. Theo might not be able to resist. moments of genius
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"Live like you'll die tomorrow, but manage your grass like you'll live forever." -S. M. Stirling
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Now that's got the mental juices flowing.
Initial questions:
1) How long can a GSF survive in a hollowed out pumpkin which has been filled with water, and the top cleverly reattached?
2) If need be, I think I can install a schrader valve, hidden in the pumpkin's stem as a means to supply pure O2. What psi can your average pumpkin be pressurized to, before structural integrity becomes compromised?
3) Does anyone have directions to Yolk's house, or preferably a nearby neighbor's residence?
"Forget pounds and ounces, I'm figuring displacement!"
If we accept that: MBG(+)FGSF(=)HBG(F1) And we surmise that: BG(>)HBG(F1) while GSF(<)HBG(F1) Would it hold true that: HBG(F1)(+)AM500(x)q.d.(=)1.5lbGRWT? PB answer: It depends.
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Now that's got the mental juices flowing. Sparkie, I'm sure in your devious-but-overly-optimistic mind you have something like this envisioned: only with a trebuchet launched pumpkin, occurring somewhere over the Mississippi River on its way to Tennessee. I will admit that being on the receiving end of such a delivery would be very worriesome BUT for the demonstated fragility of the HBG upon reentry.
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3) Does anyone have directions to Yolk's house, or preferably a nearby neighbor's residence?
Just how much is that info worth to ya, Sparkie?
Last edited by Rainman; 10/23/14 11:58 AM. Reason: I'm not saying I would provide ACCURATE info,,,considering I have an intense hatred for GSF....
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Who can find the "Golden Shriner" thread?
Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:" "She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."
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4) Which species is better equipped to survive high G forces? GSF or BH?
Yolk, my enthusiasm for the pumpkin capsule delivery method is dampened by the logistical improbability of successfully launching a projectile the kinds of distances involved in this purely hypothetical scenario. That's why I've decided to base my operations out of one of your neighbor's back yards. Hypothetically of course.
Surely some of them are vacationing at their villa in the south of France about now.
(When folks in my county hear the word villa, they think of PBS and that bearded guy who builds houses.)
"Forget pounds and ounces, I'm figuring displacement!"
If we accept that: MBG(+)FGSF(=)HBG(F1) And we surmise that: BG(>)HBG(F1) while GSF(<)HBG(F1) Would it hold true that: HBG(F1)(+)AM500(x)q.d.(=)1.5lbGRWT? PB answer: It depends.
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4) Which species is better equipped to survive high G forces? GSF or BH? Bullheads have far higher "splat" tolerance, however, nothing short of an aerial fireworks display compares to the beautiful, glistening sparkle of GSF scales filling the sky!
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