After a week of getting rained on in the Outer Banks, the Bosslady and I were ready for a change. We spent one night in Wilmington, NC visiting with her aunt and uncle, then it was time to head down the coast to St. Simons Island, about 90 miles south of Savannah.
We stayed at the Sea Island resort, which is actually three hotels: The Cloister, located on the beach on Sea Island (a narrow finger of land just off St. Simons), The Inn, located centrally on St. Simons, and The Lodge, which occupies the southern tip of the island. This trip had us staying at The Lodge.
The Lodge used to be a working plantation called Retreat. The Avenue of the Oaks that lead to the hotel was planted in 1848.
There are guard gates at both The Cloister and The Lodge. The guards at The Lodge are supplemented by a colony of feline assistants.
As the hotel is located right on St. Simons Sound, we were treated to the sight of the wreck of the MV Golden Ray. In September 2019, the ship was leaving the nearby port of Brunswick, entering a sharp turn in the channel that leads to the open Atlantic. Turns out that the ship’s officer had made a serious oopsie when putting in numbers in the vessel’s loading computer, and when the turn was attempted, the boat (and some 4000 cars) heeled over and sank. It couldn’t be righted or refloated, so a giant scaffolding was erected and the ship was sawed into pieces and barged away. The hulk was finally cleared in November 2021.
One more shot, for scale.
As ships leave the port, they “salute” the lighthouse at the entrance to the sound with their horns. The lighthouse was first erected in 1810.
The lighthouse was knocked down during the unpleasantness of ’61-65, then rebuilt in 1870.
Just up the coast from the lighthouse is a former Coast Guard rescue station. It’s been converted to a local history museum.
The museum touched on pre-Columbian peoples, and had a bit on Colonial-era landowners and customs, and the growth of the region as a tourist destination. The largest exhibit by far, though, was St. Simons in World War II, when Brunswick was churning out Liberty ships. Given the emphasis on shipbuilding, I was mildly surprised to see a large plane on exhibit.
On our second to last day, the missus went to the spa, while I went fishing. Cruising past the wreckage in the sound, I was able to catch one of my better sunrise shots of the trip.
Mid-summer in the Golden Isles means shark and tarpon. While the weather was gorgeous and the tides were right, the bait pods were nowhere to be found and the tarpon had lockjaw. No matter — I wasn’t looking for the catch of a lifetime, just something that would pull back. Four blacktips and one spinner shark later, I was a happy boy.
The wife is becoming more and more impressed by the region, especially since due to the westward bend of the Atlantic coastline north of Daytona Beach, the area doesn’t get hit by hurricanes all that often (after 5+ decades in Florida, we’re both kinda hurricane’d out). But that’s speculation for another time. For now, we’re good with visiting a few times a year and appreciating the natural beauty of the place.
‘Til next time…
Cruising past the wreckage in the sound, I was able to catch one of my better sunrise shots of the trip.
That is a great picture.
Thanks. That one (and probably the oaks at sunset pic) will go up on the wall in my living room eventually.
Looks quite peaceful, nice fish! Shpip!
Alway bad when your calculations are off by a factor…
Fortunately for me nobody dies, but it can involve big sums of money. I used to work with equity traders who hated to trade Berkshire Hathaway for the same reason.
I had a nice long reply to this article, clicked “post” and then got the dreaded “You must be logged in to comment” error page. FFS!!!!
Love it when that happens.
It seems so random. It’s not like it’s a set period of time. It’s like the server reset itself and didn’t like my browser’s cookie.
I think the login resets every two weeks. But yeah, who pays attention to that.
The worse one is a blank page and “commentpost” or something like that in the address bar – that one seems to be random. And leads me to copy my comment every time – until I get tired of it and it strikes again.
Yep, I will remember to hit CTRL-A CTRL-C before posting for a while and then will forget and then it will strike.
#metoo
Long story short: I love the NC coast, haven’t spent much time at all in coastal SC or GA, but they both look very nice to me.
I mentioned catching a mix of blacktip (about a sixty-pounder pictured in the post — average for the area) and spinner sharks. Despite having caught sharks for more than forty years, I was unfamiliar with the latter species. So I had this brief conversation.
Me (to fishing guide): Why do they call them spinner sharks?
Guide: Hook one and find out.
Me: Oh… that’s why.
They’re a helluva lot of fun.
Wow! flying sharks
Beautiful!
And so nice to catch on a single short charter!
Sounds like a nice relaxing way to enjoy a vacation. Great pictures and history.
Good looking fish there shpip. Do you toss the sharks back?
This trip was planned to be all catch and release. The sharks went back into the water, none the worse for wear. Any tarpon that I happened to land would’ve received the same treatment — snap a few quick photos, maybe measure if I wanted a mount, then back into the briny shallows.
So speaking of beach vacations, we had bought tickets to Maui last October when there was a really good sale on. It’s now looking as if we are going to cancel due to the crazy rules they have implemented. They are no longer considering the wife and I ‘“fully vaccinated” unless you get a booster (which we are not) and so you now have to take a Vid test before you go and can only use their “trusted partners” that charge 120 bucks each. So, an extra 600 for all of us. Then, it looks like since we are now unclean we won’t be allowed to eat in a restaurant. And to top it off you have to get some weird tracking device on your phone. Fuck that noise, that is infuriating. Maybe we go to Florida instead. I’ve never been and have always wanted to see the Keys.
Fuck that noise. Fly fishing for tarpon of the Keys while dropping LSD, that is what the cool kids do, I am told.
That sounds fricking tremendous Zwak.
Fly fishing for tarpon of the Keys
Hell, you can go noodling for tarpon, if you’re brave enough.
Tarpon typically show up around Key West in early spring, then begin to migrate north along the Gulf coast, feeding and gaining weight as they go. By the time they get to Homosassa, northwest of Tampa, they’ve reached some truly impressive proportions.
We’ll miss you KS. I agree with you to skip Hawaii while this craziness is on. Until the tourist industry credibly threatens to drag the Guv outside the tourist submarine this state will continue in their ultraviolet blue ways.
The guv and his health minions are scared silly at the inevitable lawsuits once the boot is lifted from our throats. This state has one of the highest “vax” rates and one of the highest per capita Covid positive rates for several months and they seemingly can’t put 1+1 together.
Enjoy FL or the “third coast”. In a couple of years the rapidly crashing HI tourist industry will offer you some great, really yuge, deals. Come on by then. But in my opinion skip Maui for Kaui or the Big Island.
Thanks dbl, it is really a bummer. I’ve been to the Big Island once and to Maui twice before and yes Kauai is very much on my list of places to go. When I bought the tix in October I was thinking the madness would be very much subsided by April, but it really looks like it is not. That booster thing is a deal breaker as both the wife and I will not be getting it and my kids aren’t getting anything. I’m sure we won’t be the only people canceling trips due to the latest bullshit. I very much feel sorry for all the people over there that are dependent on the tourist industry.
I hope you’re right about the deals; no way I’ll be seeing the wife’s relatives on the Big Island anytime soon.
A shame, I really enjoyed our time there (should have stayed there vs. flying to Maui for the back-half of our last trip).
Lanai is nice if you like golf or entertaining yourself, but incredibly expensive.
If the weather cooperates, we’ll sail to Molokai, Lanai, Maui, and return to Oahu over the extended Presidents Day weekend. This summer we’ll race to Kaui and back from Maui.
Hopefully sanity returns. Molokai used to be known as the “friendly island” but has had people attacking tourist’s cars because of fears of da Vid. (Pretty easy to do when there is only a very few rental cars on the island.)
Shpip has some good advice about the “redneck riviera” along the Gulf Coast.
I LOVE tarpon fishing and grouper eating. Boca Grande is where I spent my junior high and high school years. Family friends have been judges in the Tarpon Tournament for many years, so as kids, we would delight in hanging out on the judges barge and sneaking beers. I hate NYC and miss SW Florida quite a bit. https://youtu.be/4tsZLkTjpC8
Come on down, the
water’sfreedom’s fine.In all seriousness, we have some 800 miles of beaches, not counting the sandy areas on the shores of our 7,500 lakes or 4,500 islands. Beaches on the Atlantic side are hard-packed, brownish sand that you can drive on. Remember that Daytona was where people went to set land speed records before they discovered the Bonneville Flats. Gulf of Mexico beaches are soft, pure white, sugary stuff. The Keys, paradoxically, are based on the nautical life but don’t really have much in the way of beach.
One thing to keep in mind: the Keys in October are quite nice, but it’s the tail end of hurricane season, which can truncate your trip right quick. Probably won’t happen — even the Keys only get a ‘cane every four or five years, but it’s a possibility.
I’m kind of an unofficial Florida docent-at-large, and would be happy to help give you potential plans and pointers should you decide to come down. pjshpip (at) gmail
I may just hit you up for some travel advice Shpip. This trip was set for April (we just bought the plane tix In October) for the kids’ spring break. Now that looks like it is off.
*starts a web search for Florida plane flights*
Yeah, April’s a good time to visit. The college Spring Breakers are back on campus, and the snowbirds have mostly packed up and returned north as well.
Pro tip: avoid flying into / out of MCO and especially MIA if at all possible. FLL isn’t much better. You can sometimes save time (and definitely save hassle) flying into a smaller airport like Jacksonville, Sanford, Bradenton, or even Key West if you have your heart set on the keys. Of the big airports, Tampa is far and away the best.
Tampa does seem to have the best flight deals from SFO. Where would you go within a couple hours of there? We usually rent a house and are more into the low key thing. We have often rented beach houses in small towns in Mexico and just swim, snorkel and fish and eat seafood and are quite happy doing that. Play games or watch a movie in the eve with the kids.
Farthest south I’d go is Sanibel / Captiva. Great beaches, superb sunsets and shelling. Nearby Boca Grande might be more your style, or even Burnt Store Marina (made famous in Randy Wayne White’s “Doc Ford” series of novels).
Farthest north from Tampa would be Cedar Key or Suwannee (the town is named for the river, which empties into the gulf there). Very laid-back and slow paced. Light tackle fishing for spotted seatrout, redfish, flounder, Spanish mackerel is excellent.
Bit of a regional bias here, as I was born in Tampa and raised in Dunedin, but you could also consider going west from Tampa to the Gulf. You’d have to deal with traffic, but there are lots of cool side trips to do, from the Salvador Dali Museum in St. Pete to the Sponge Docks in Tarpon Springs.
I can definitely help with this. Again, pjshpip (at) gmail.
Thanks for the tips Shpip. I may just be hitting you up in the next months for more info at your email. Cheers! And nice sunset pic you got there.
The tiny town of Englewood (about halfway between Sarasota and Ft. Myers) has some of the best beaches on Earth. Well, that whole stretch of the Gulf coast does but Englewood is likely the least crowded access point to the sand. Pine trees, palmetto scrub, and white sand beaches… Heaven on Earth.
You should definitely pass on that.
I have that same plane. No. 7 jointer. They made one even bigger, the no. 8. 24″ and 9+ pounds.
I dated a girl in high school who had a similar collection. A real plane Jane, that one.
I thought it was going to be Jekyll so we could all bitch about the Federal Reserve.
Oh, The Bosslady and I have spent some time at Jekyll Island, but not this trip.
Today in Howard Stern is an asshole.
Or, maybe Meat lived his life the way he wanted, unapologetically. Obviously a foreign concept to many.
Isn’t there both no proof he died of covid or that he was unvaccinated? I thought we just had a TMZ rumor.
Yeah that seems a bit too perfect.
I don’t know and I doubt any of the MSM are going to look into it, or that Stern will hesitate before bloviating more about this topic.
Yup, there’s more to life than staying alive. Stern is a fucking tool.
I think you get credit for saying he has become Don Imus. He really has become everything he used to rail against.
I hate that Robin went along. I used to love her side of the show too.
You can’t be surprised. She has rarely shown any independence.
For fellow New Yorkers:
Yolanda Vega retires as face of NY Lottery
After 32 years (!)
Fauci found a way to destroy whatever credibility he had left.
https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2022/01/26/dr-anthony-fauci-says-children-younger-than-4-will-likely-be-getting-three-doses-of-the-covid-vaccine/
You’d think just showing his quote that you could get the AIDS from sharing a box of cereal with someone in the 80’s or whenever would be enough to discredit Fauci for the rest of his life.
Sure, if only some of the media would bring it up.
They’ve done a deep dive scrubbing negative Fauci AIDS stories. Search results on the major engines don’t show up shit besides puff pieces blowing Fauci for his heroic respond to AIDS. You’d never know what a hack the guy was.
I like the feline assistants.
Cats are natural Firsters. Dogs tend to be dumb and slow. Mentally weak creatures. Natural seconders.
I used to like you.
#metoo but one of them seems to be asleep on the job.
That’s part of their charm.
I see Geraldo is back to snorting coke.
https://dailycaller.com/2022/01/26/geraldo-rivera-fox-news-kamala-harris-supreme-court-justice-the-five/
Maybe he meant “terrifying”?
Is terrific Puerto Rican for terrifying?
Meant as a reply to Bro in 16 above.
JFC the threading has gone crazy tonight.
If you’re First, you don’t have to worry about threading. Insert that meme of the black dude pointing to his head to think here.
The year is 2049. 27 years since The First That Will Change Everything was birthed by The Bro. The Glibertariat, as The Great Firster’s chosen people, are now each warlord of their own district. The world no longer has roads because there is no longer taxation, but there is no taxation so everyone is happier for it. And there are no longer fat chicks. Each female is on a tightly controlled diet that forces them to stay thin so they can serve in their male Firster counterpart’s or the rare female Firster’s harem. The Brochettaward has transcended this dimension to sit on his throne in The First Realm, watching over the going ons of Firsters.
In 2050, there will be a great war that will usher in the The Great Firstening after which only one Firster can remain in this realm. The war will, in true Firster fashion, be short but brutal and efficient. The world will be united under one Firster’s rule. This Firster will be come known as the Second First of All Firsters, Brochettaward the II.
Paradise is coming.
How to say I’m out of touch without saying I’m out of touch.
https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2022/01/26/sally-kohn-hopes-the-ensuing-outrage-of-spotify-granting-neil-youngs-request-will-provoke-some-change/
The weird thing is that in the pre-Trump times, Sally Kohn was actually like a good personal friend of Steven Crowders. I’m sure that shit has ended by now, but she was even on his show a time or two that I remember.
Neil Young fucking sucks. His music is vastly overrated shit, the best of it happening with three other dudes with the initials C, S, and N. He did a cool soundtrack to the movie Dead Man, that was atmospheric and moody and good because he didn’t sing anything. But that is his choice, a stupid one I’d say, but his to make. For Spotify it was no choice at all, they paid a fuckton of money for Rogan and he has the listeners.
I was told something similar but different about the future.
https://youtu.be/rYMpgk-Hisw
False prophets will all be turned into fourther slaves. Being a seconder or thirder slave is bad enough. You do not want to be a fourther slave.
Did you hear SP on the Adam Carolla show a bunch of years ago?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RB-wqONX-KA
SP covering “Lick It Up” is everything you want.
I didn’t but I will now. Thanks for the link.
So, I came across this piece today: https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/01/utah-low-taxes-and-the-rewards-of-economic-freedom/
It leads to this nifty link which is a nice alternative take to the freedominthe50states dot org site (not linking since limited to 2 links per post).
So under these metrics, Wyoming does look significantly higher – depending on your priorities.
As far as the “Public Employees per Population of 10000” …. I take that as – given the size of the state (compared to say RI), the state has more spread out healthcare facilities, universities, etc – I could be wrong, but that number doesn’t spark the same issues in me as say – their tax rate or their take on firearm rights, etc.
I agree with you. WY and UT are both at the top of “my where to move when I retire” list. The biggest issue I have with WY is the winters are brutal. I used to love XC skiing and winter camping, I am sure I’d still enjoy both but arthritis in my hips might make the nights outdoors too long. I love the fact WY had move residents when they were admitted as a state than today- and all the major species from the 1820’s are still present.
There is some lake sailing in both states but the high quality of sailing is keeping WA in the mix as well. Seattle and King County are right out though.
I’d like to give her a punch – for the children.
The educated people who vote for her have fewer children because climate change
Also, no working penises.
It would be hard to find a better example of the utter failure of late stage progressivism than San Francisco. The standard twin excuses of “needing more funding” and “obstructionist right wingers” in no way can be used here. Her party owns this mess absolutely and completely.
As long as one GOPer or liberty loving person breaths in this country the progs will never own any situation of their own making.
The last GOP mayor of Chicago left office in 1931 and for Detroit it was in 1962. Yet somehow all the issues of these cities suffer from is become of the GOP. I bet they even blames the woes of da Bears and the Lions on Nixon and every GOP president since.
Yep, I’ve heard progs here in Cali blame Reagan and even Pete Wilson, because it can’t possibly be the fault of the supermajority Democrats in Sacramento.
But overall the media strategy is always:
Problem in Florida? it’s DeSantis’ fault!
Problem in Chicago? it’s America/society to blame! (and sometimes Indiana, for Chicago specifically, lol)
In the last 20 years or so, the needs more funding line is particularly laughable. It’s one of the richest cities in the world. If they can’t raise the funds from their uber proggie constituents, then it can’t be done.
Rogan should invite Young onto his show.
Lol, at least to thank Neil for all the free publicity that will increase Rogan’s number of listeners.
That would be fantastic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ju11gCisOL4
Ron Livingston on playing Nixon from Band of Brothers. Didn’t realize they really worked at those characters.
Too long to watch the whole thing at this point of the evening, but 5 minutes in I already love it.
Band Of Brothers was an amazing piece of work. Glad I own it on BluRay but need to watch it again.
Nothing about that video disabuses me of the notion that I’d like to have some beers with Ron Livingston.
Sure, to get all the details about filming Sex and the City.
Thanks OBE, I just finished BoB for probably the 10th time, Nix was a favorite of mine, great find!
The British airborne facilities are soft. Ft Benning baby! All the fun in the sun and rain. The US Airborne School does a great job. I was lucky enough to graduate on June 5, 1981, and we had our wings pinned on us by some of the surviving pathfinders who jumped into Normandy before the 82d and 101st arrived. I was proud to wear my wings on the flight home.
Of course, once you arrive at your first jump unit you find out that you learned about 5% of what it takes to pull off an airborne operation for real. It is merely a way to get Soldiers to work.
Thanks for the video, it was fun to watch the cast get a hint of soldiering.
Did they build any escort carriers at Brunswick? That could explain why they had a large plane at the museum.
Yes they did I read a story just today aboot it.
That won’t even get a mild squint from Swiss. Go to the box — two minutes, and feel shame, then come back with better puns.
That’s an impressive catch.
I assume you mean the shark, since you’ve already met my most impressive catch IRL.
But yeah, sharks in the 50-70 pound range are a lot of fun, especially when using appropriate gear. The charter captain’s rule was “I’m the apex predator around here. Any fish that’s going to dispute this isn’t allowed on my vessel. We’ll take some pictures of him and cut him loose.”
Morning, Glibs.
suh’ cuh
I’m looking forward to UCS branded Damascus steel knives for sale on Glibs.
I’ve never made damascus, that’s a more advanced technique.
The overhead to get set up to do it is expensive too. I would definately need to have a workshop set up in a building for everything that requires. (Aka There’s no way in hell I’m setting those welds by hand)
Good morning, U, homey, Sean, & wdal (and to the latter, welcome to the early morning crew.)
My boss is WFH today, and (::knocks wood::) I’m past the worst of my job’s January madness, so I’m almost tempted to call it a virtual vacation day….but I have a feeling the boss will call me at least once. He doesn’t like working from home.
I’m glad things have calmed down at the office.
I haven’t checked my work email, so I don’t know about my office. 😉
Don’t do it!!! Unless, of course, you’re expecting some word about…something important. (Important to YOU, that is.)
Naw, they said they’d need two weeks to make a decision about the promotion, so I’m sticking with vacation mode.
I hope Murphy’s Law of Time doesn’t apply here – estimate the amount of time some task will take, multiply the number by 2, and move up to the next higher unit of time measurement.
I get nervous when things calm down because that’s when boss-boss starts beating the drums about getting the stuff done that nobody wants to do.
The big thing coming up next month is our audit/exam, and all I have to do for that is occasionally pull some report for someone who actually talks to the examiners.
Mornin’ UCS, and all the rest of you reprobates. Today is “Fun at Work Day”! And $employer shipped a box of goodies to put everyone in the right frame of mind. Including:
– Rubik’s Cube
– Coloring Book, with colored pencils
– Jigsaw puzzle
– Deck of playing cards
– Festive socks
All sporting our spiffy company logo! Well, if our raises don’t keep up with inflation at least I have something to fall back on.
sup’ fam
whats goody
/I dont know how people do it. Its my day/night off, and since Im taking Tres V 2.0 to school this morning, Ive been up since midnight drinking tea. Im blind, stinking, sober.
It’s habituation. I’m used to not having alcohol in my system, so I don’t notice the absense.
Dude!
I dont work till tonight so I aim to remedy it as soon as I get back home.
@Timeloose. Get the Sig. Or go retro and get a S&W third gen .45. Both are single stacks, but excellent pistols. Or just suck it up and get a Glock…
My G21 is a tack driver.
Whenever I hear the phrase “tack driver” or “nail driver” in relation to a firearm, I get the impression that the speaker means it’s only fit for use as a hammer.
Sean,
Thanks for the feedback. I’ll be checking out my shops inventory this week and see what is available. There are a ton of barely used and new pistols to chose from.
I’m very impressed with the SIG 238. It is flawless and very accurate for a subcompact.
I’m surprised none mentioned a Beretta. I imagine they make a 45 in a few models.
https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/pennsylvania/gov-wolf-vetoes-congressional-map/article_74d44366-7f04-11ec-9c23-832c5d924237.html
Of course he did. He’s a penis with ears.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/01/truckers-freedom-convoy-driving-canada-protesting-vaccine-mandates-crowds-country-men-women-show-support/
Convoy!!
https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/jeopardy-champion-amy-schneiders-history-making-run-ends/ar-AATbl4e
It’s a tranny??? ***SIGH!!!*** I guess they’ve found their permanent host, then.
Is the Trebek era available in a boxed set?
He previously hosted a smarty-pants game show for students in Canada, and he was fully awesome – https://youtu.be/FcWYJHdeN8Q
That. Kicked. Ass!
Our next Supreme Court justice?
It’s sad to see so many on the right (and even some libertarians) falling for the proggies’ and neocons’ attempt to salve their bruised egos. In 2014, they played a bunch of silly political games trying to peel the Ukraine out of Russian orbit. Putin had warned them that that would be something no Russian leader would ever accept. But, that was old news. Putin was an old fashioned white guy. All that old, fusty stuff about realpolitik and balance of power didn’t matter anymore. Putin wouldn’t have any recourse from their strategy because these were the best and brightest trying this. They had soft power. Their parents told them as much. And their professors. And everyone else in their echo chamber. And Putin showed how silly their machinations were. He was willing to get in a military fight over the matter. They weren’t. Hell, they’d announced they weren’t. And so they were left with their dicks in their hands. Looking ridiculous. As guys showing up to a fight with their dicks in their hands are wont to do.
Donald Trump at least had the good sense to leave sleeping dogs lie. But, now the neocons and liberal imperialists are back. And they’re going to show that mean old Putin. And so they’re telling us that Putin must be stopped! He’s the new New Hitler. And if we don’t stop him at the Ukraine, why, surely he’s got his sights set on Latvia and Lithuania and even Poland (and from there, France and Germany)! Even though those countries are NATO members and the Russians did nothing when they actually became NATO members.
And for this, we’re risking World War III. And certainly pushing Russia further into Chinese arms.
Hopefully we’re just blowing smoke and we’re not that damn stupid because what we’re attempting with Ukraine would be the equivalent of the Russians peeling off Mexico with a coup and bringing them into their orbit. There’s no way we’d stand for it and Russia has drawn a line with Ukraine and I think they mean it. NATO is useless as a defensive alliance anyway, there’s zero chance of a Russian attack through the Fulda Gap.
Even if we’re just blowing smoke, it’s still stupid. We’re leading the Ukrainians down the primrose path that somehow they can successfully take a hard line against Russia (they can’t) because they’re somehow going to eventually get NATO membership (they won’t) and have America back them up in a conflict (we won’t). And, from our perspective more immediately important, we’re pushing Russia even further into the arms of the Chinese. China and Russia do have conflicts of interest. It would probably make more sense for us to exploit them than to get them to find reason to work those conflicts out.
This X1000! It’s like being an observer for the start of WWI and screaming at all the participants to stop but nobody can hear you.
It is kind of like that…but with nukes.
Nukes. Ah, fond memories. When/if the schools return to in-person instruction, this will undoubtedly be added to the curriculum.
A little before my time but I didn’t need to click.
Hindsight
“Sure! Let’s put a senile puppet in the big chair! We’ll make out like bandits! What could possibly go wrong?”
Oh look a nice shiny button, i wonder what it does?
Good morning all. what a world we live in.
I wish we had back the Diet Coke button.
What shocks me is how many people who agree with the notion of the senile installed puppet are willing to drink the Kool-Aid on this.
Just chalk it up to the yay military jingoistic bullshit attitude that conservatives tend to have. It’s stupid but there you go.
“We have to fight them over there so we don’t”…
The lyrics are the same but the title has been changed
I always thought libertarians mis-courted conservatives on the whole issue of military interventions. The whole “blowback” theory and contentions of U.S. imperialism wouldn’t ever get much traction. I think libertarians would have a lot more luck arguing that the “American fighting man is the cream of America’s youth and the finest in the world” and that random third world sh*thole wasn’t worth them getting a paper cut.
Domino redux. Reminds me of an old Hank Williams song.
I really enjoyed this article, Shpip; thanks for writing it up. You had me with fishing and guard cats, but the ship breaking apparatus was icing on the cake.
Yep! Judi’s paternal lineage is from North Carolina and she’s always wanted to go there. Her middle daughter did the the Grand Tour of the US when she was a mere stripling with her Aunt and Uncle in a motorhome one summer. Got to meet her Great- Grandmother shortly before she passed away at age 94. Memories she will always cherish.
The Boca Grande Tarpon Tournament – https://youtu.be/CTCDRQ3x_ZY
I’d like to fish with those girls but it’s way too crowded and we’d need ball gags.
That’s why I liked fishing in your country. Only cabin on the lake, only fishing is the people that came in on the same plane and you’ve known for 30 years or more. I miss Ontario and the good times. I’ve spent the last few days revisiting via the videos we made, a good way to spend a winter day inside.
Nice! I agree that fishing should be as solitary as you can manage. Good friends in a boat can be mighty fine but you only reach those Zen moments when it it just you, the river and the fish. Extra points when the bears are stalking. I used to leave the coarse fish behind for them which in hindsight was probably a really dumb thing to do.
I’d kill the suckers and squawfish and leave them on the shore. Little wonder that the bears would perk up whenever I showed up. “Appetizers, Yum!” :-0
Oh you’re one of those libertarians*.
*I’ve never read the book but I listened to the author talk about it at length. As usual someone please assume I’m an idiot and/or incorrectly infer an opinion on my part, then mansplain the broad strokes at me.
Ps – something something civic responsibility, accountability, culture, no man is an island, torts…
Pps – mornin’ Festus
Mornin’ Pasty Friend!
Great article, Shpip. Back in 2004 we spent a day in Brunswick on our way to Wally World as Hurricane Charley passed by. Obviously didn’t get much sightseeing done, but now I really want to visit St. Simons even though I am not a fisherman.
My immediate health issues seem to have subsided. No more achy joints and fatigue. I can keep food down again in reasonable portions. Good, spry night at work. Hope it was the rona. Balance issues notwithstanding Festus is mending!
Congrats! A healthy Festus is the bestus Festus!