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As a bagpiper, I play many gigs. Recently I was asked by a funeral director to play at a graveside service for a homeless man. He had no family or friends, so the service was to be at a pauper's cemetery in the Kentucky back country. As I was not familiar with the backwoods, I got lost and, being a typical man, I didn't stop for directions. I finally arrived an hour late and saw the funeral guy had evidently gone and the hearse was nowhere in sight. There were only the diggers and crew left and they were eating lunch.I felt badly and apologized to the men for being late. I went to the side of the grave and looked down and the vault lid was already in place. I didn't know what else to do, so I started to play. The workers put down their lunches and began to gather around. I played out my heart and soul for this man with no family and friends. I played like I've never played before for this homeless man. And as I played 'Amazing Grace,' the workers began to weep. They wept, I wept, we all wept together. When I finished I packed up my bagpipes and started for my car. Though my head hung low, my heart was full. As I opened the door to my car, I heard one of the workers say, "I never seen nothin' like that before and I've been putting in septic tanks for twenty years." Apparently I'm still lost.... it's a man thing.

I use mostly ladder stands and have several of them . Most of them are the ones from DICK's that I bought on sale . No more screwing in steps , building ladders , etc ..

Be careful about having a lot of slack in the line . If you have too much , you could snap your back on a fall . I have a HSS and fasten the tether strap about head high to the tree . It gives me just enough room when sitting and plenty when standing . No problem . I bought a Rescue One CDS harness and plan to use that this year . One of the responses on another site by a poster was , " I never wear a harness because I have never fallen of come close to falling " . I wish him good luck .

An article from this week's Catholic Courier http://www.catholiccourier.com/news/local-news/drilling-method-yields-fractured-dialogue/

Maybe you could post the GPS coordinates ..........

Corn The price of corn touched a record high of almost $8 a bushel earlier this month, amid some of the tightest supply, demand conditions ever seen. Corn has also been affected by the severe weather that has hit the wheat crops, whilst European farmers are contending with the driest growing conditions in three decades. But it is not just weather conditions that are affecting the cost of corn; U. S. economic policies are also playing their part. About a sixth of global production of corn is now converted to ethanol - a biofuel. The United States spends about $6 billion a year on federal support for ethanol production. Thanks to this financial assistance, one-sixth of the world's corn supply is burned in American cars. That is enough corn to feed 350 million people for an entire year. And the ethonal ruins engines and parts . :

Great pics .....thanks for posting them . Love the pic of the bucks in the creek !

Some of us old folks are lucky . I was able to purchase the lifetime Sportsman's License for $50 a couple years ago . I still had to pay $42 a year for the Bow and ML tags but that will change for me this year .

The neighbors aren't gonna either... That's the only thing that bothered me about QDM . I would let the young ones go and as soon as they hit the adjacent property i would hear a Boom , Boom , Boom ! But ..... I have to live with my conscience .

I would feel totally guilty if I killed a young buck with so much potential. He gets a free pass from me this fall. So does his bachelor group buddy, "Wide Boy," another great looking 2 year old that I've been watching since last summer... Yeah, Id pass on him as well, but it would be tough lol Well , this old fart wouldn't give him a pass ! http://www.downsouthhuntingforums.com/images/smiles/2cents.gif[/img]

This has gotten off topic but reminds me of an old work related incident ......... One of the guys used to bring in copies of Playboy Magazine and keep them in his locker . At lunch time he would break them out and peruse through them . One of the other guys picked one up , saw the pictures and said , "oh , this is terrible" ! Page after page he would repeat , "oh , this is terrible" ! Finally another worker said , "then why the hell do you keep looking at it" ? I don't agree with a lot of the political views and if I wasn't a moderator I probably wouldn't even bother to look at them .

Took a picture of an Ice Cream truck on Main street

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I only use an arm guard when I am hunting just to keep my shirt sleeve snug . Havn't had any arm rash in several years (knock on wood) .

I certainly don't condone this activity but I'd bet if that happed to a person , most of the public would pay little attention . And there wouldn't be a reward .

I guess if we are going to nit-pick , it wouldn't be a "near miss" , it would be a "nearly hit" ! ...

I don't care who you are , that's funny ! ;D Git 'r done !

10 pounds a minute . Who's cranking that baby ? ???

Could Obama possibly be an Afro-American Socialist ? ???

LMAO, I cant believe I did that, thanks for the correction Eddie Sorry , but I had to bust you on that one . I thought holy crap , 48# of meat would take 24 hours to grind . I don't think so . ... ...

Keynesian economics (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Loudspeaker.svg/11px-Loudspeaker.svg.png[/img] /ˈkeɪnziən/ kayn-zee-ən; also called Keynesianism and Keynesian theory) is a macroeconomic theory based on the ideas of 20th century English economist John Maynard Keynes. Keynesian economics argues that private sector decisions sometimes lead to inefficient macroeconomic outcomes and therefore advocates active policy responses by the public sector, including monetary policy actions by the central bank and fiscal policy actions by the government to stabilize output over the business cycle.[1] The theories forming the basis of Keynesian economics were first presented in The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, published in 1936; the interpretations of Keynes are contentious, and several schools of thought claim his legacy. Keynesian economics advocates a mixed economy—predominantly private sector, but with a moderate role of government and public sector—and served as the economic model during the later part of the Great Depression, World War II, and the post-war economic expansion (1945–1973), though it lost some influence following the stagflation of the 1970s. The advent of the global financial crisis in 2007 has caused a resurgence in Keynesian thought. The former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, former President of the United States George W. Bush, President Barack Obama, and other world leaders have used Keynesian economics through government stimulus programs to attempt to assist the economic state of their countries.[2][3]

2 lb per hour is a tad slow . : I would be more inclined to think 2 lbs per minute .

Yupper , that is one hog of a deer ! Congrats !

And the price is ......... ?????

I guess the next time someone eyeballs me through a scope I will try to be more cordial . "Excuse me sir but would you please not look at me through the scope on your loaded gun and please take your finger off of the trigger and put your safety back on." That might be more politically correct . Yeah , right ! :