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Sweet lines. I think either of the "Bluenoses" would have to trim their sails to keep up with that.

Red Snapper is my favorite, but hard to come by and expensive

Rodger that. I've seen it in stores here but holy cow  :o I could buy T-bones for Buddy and I and a nice bottle of wine for what my serving would cost.

Up here it's salmon or lake trout (closest fresh water cousin to salmon) on the cedar plank. Most other game fish are too delicate and the smoke overpowers them.

Catfish has a bit of a sweet taste to it. It is a mellow tasting fish ( when cleaned properly ) and lends itself to being battered well. .

I don't remember if you were around when we talked about Bourbot a couple of years ago but they are a fresh water member of the cod family that look like a cat fish and an eel may have been indiscreet . Most people don't eat them because they are ugly bottom feeders and hard to skin. But they do live up to their reputation as "poor mans lobster or cod". Boil up the back half and use the front in a neuberg, battered , or in sherry and challots.

Of course green fried maters is the ultimate side dish with catfish

I haven't made those in years. When I were a lad my uncle often had that on the menu at breakfast before we went hunting. It wasn't until the movie "fried green tomatoes" came out years later that people quit looking at me like I had three heads when I suggested frying tomatoes. LOL.

Completely unrelated to what this site is about; but we've ben friends for so long I had to share. I was back home yesterday for my nephew's high school grad. As you know Mom passed away 24 April. Sheila (my sister) had cleaned out Mom's closet and presented us all with an unusual remebrance of Mom before Tyler's service. She had taken Mom's most "signature" outfits and had them made into quilts. They each had our names embroidered on top and Mom's dates on the bottom. there are pieces of her favorite jeans, That frilly pink sweater she loved, etc.. in everyone's little "blankey". Chokes me up , but thought it was unique and something someone might want to think about when they have to deal with this.

How about Roy Rogers and his most famous, really famous, but obviously not so famous north of the border (USA border, that is), Happy Trails!!!

You're dead right. I guess I was having a brain freeze. He was the most watched of the lot and I completely forgot about him and Dale. Now I have to go scrape the rest of this egg out of my handlebar mustache. They say the memory is the second thing to go , right after.....what ever the other thing is.

I hope this doesn't offend; but once saw a really funny cartoon caption. A cowboy is dragging a horse be the halter,the horse is standing on a flat cart. The caption reads " Roy Rogers pulling his trigger"

(I'll describe it to you guys one day -let's just say we sat in lawn chairs and watched it on a cement block wall that was painted white).

When Sheila and I were kids, Dad put up a forty foot all channel antenae and we got all three channels available in rural Manitoba: CBC (canada bradcast system) english,CBC french, and snow LOL. Later CKND (local tv from Winnipeg).

One of my jobs while I was in school was as a projectionist at the local theatre ( Turs/Fri night with a new feature Sat). We had two lamps that ran on a carbon arc light provide by converted dc power and two carbon rods tha had to be re-alighned and maintaind through out the entire 5-6 reels of a movie.If you've ever watched an old movie ( say TCN) you'll see balck dots pop up in the top right corner of the pictue . At the first one you sparked up the other projector,and then 10 seconds later you switched over to that projector at the next dot and cooled the first one down as you manually rewound that reel for the next showing and fiddled with the alighnment of the two carbon rods.

Who was it sang that we had joy we had fun we had seasons in the sun--but the wine and the song, like the seasons are all gone? Susan Jack? I wouldn't trade my upbringing for what my neice/nephew's school mates have. Raised on Barney videos,play station, and a microwave; most can't do much more than wash their hands and lord help us if the power goes out. They'd never figure out how to read a book or plant a garden,much less do any work.

While cat fishing is becoming more popular here,especially on the Red river north of Winnipeg, I've yet to taste cat's. Too spoiled with alll the  other species I guess. You're menu sounds great. If I win the lotto and can afford to go further than the mail box for a change we're on.

I've heard of this "sport" of your's. I don't think it has caught on here yet, but can't say for sure. I do have some concerns about the physics though.Maybe it's the metric; but I can't see feeding a hundred and teen pounds of don't float,chain smoker, to a 45 pound fish in zero visability as a good odds prospect. NIneteen , with a gut full of hooch, you might have goaded me into it. Now, I think I'll just stap on a tank and use the Illinois approach. I'll let it take me for a walk (swim??) until it gets tired then pass you the rope. LOL

While I never got around to building one; I had plans to build a portable stand with a length ( or two ) or conduit and a number of discs cut from 1/4" (6mm) plywood to replace those useless paper packaging as seen on hook and loop fastner . I intended to put a spring over the conduit to hold the discs firmly against the webbing/hook and loop etc...My theory being that pins would hold the "other" webbings  and a piece of opposite hook/loop would do the same for the velcro etc... Knowing that I have a brain like a forty pound smarty; I intended to be sure to load them so that they unwound counter-clockwise so that when I forgot to secure them all the ones not being used wrapped back up. Much like people with cats or small children making sure the toilet paper gets loaded the right way round.

Uh oh Darren better watch out for the black helicopters

I'm not worried.Much like the people from southern Ontario, American maps show a blob of real estate the size of Rhode island labelled "Rupert's land". LOL. Target acquistion would be a problem. 8)

Tell ya what Darren. I will give you all of DC ( and its inhabitants ) for your oil sand fields.  There is a lot more worth in your oil then in anyone in DC.

Actually the oil patch is winding down. The big boom now is in Saskatewan ( that's the rectngular province in the middle for those with newer maps  ;D). How about Quebec and the french   speaking separatist for Peurto Rico and the Hawain islands?

Up here they sell it as Typar . Available in black grey, and I believe white from some places. Personally I hate the junk; I much prefer Enbond. That's the dust cover material that looks like landscape fabric. In fact in a pinch I've gone down to Home hardware/Canadian tire/etc.. and grabed some landscape fabric to finish a project rather than wait for/pay shipping on enbond.

Looks to me like the pot's calling the kettle black 

LOL something like that  ;D.

I've always gone with 10 " max and as required for where the canvas needs held to make it follow contours.

Did any of you Northerners feel it ?

Way too far east of me. Even when I 'm home in Kenora Ont. I'm closer to VAncouver than Ottawa.

what are you Canadians doing up there ? You messing with Mom nature again ?

I would guess that that is our oil you've been pumping out down there and this was an air bubble much like when your jerry can goes "glug" "glug" because you didn't open the vent.  ;D

Canada, ( our 51'st State )

You know, your new White house is alot closer than the old one was.
Don't make me and the boys row down there with a book of matches again.  :P

( do not send the swat team; It's friendly banter between the Col. and I)

I'm lucky to have small arms that can fit through cup holders right up to my shoulder

8) just not very far.  :-* (sorry June I had to).

Howard; safe journey,enjoy.

Gene; you're dating yourself  :D , Wasn't that and old Gene Autry (sp) standard. Or was it Tex ridder?

I have a plate from an OLD singer that will cover everything but the (?) feed dog bar for the testing.

That unfortunately is the most important piece of tin in that area. I doubt that tape would support the outer presser foot properly.

I know y'all think I'm a nut job about this machine

Not in the least. You have to have the right tools for any job and if you've been "getting by" with less it's HUGE to get properly equiped.

I'd never seen or heard of them until I found this one on the dump.[and none since]. Engine was seized,needed some fibreglass work,paint,decals etc but I restored it. There was enough of the seat left to pattern a new box and the boggies/track were not bad. I had to get the jackshaft rebuilt a couple of years later but not a bad project. I kept it stock except for the ski extensions.

Pretty kewl technology for 1970/71: electric start, storeage under the seat, and a built in kick stand. There was a spring loaded bar that wrapped around the gas tank ( '71 remember--- tank's in the back) that you could swing down to hold the track up off the ground.