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A man is chillin' at home when he looks at his window. He is flabbergasted to see a gorilla in his tree. Freaking out, he calls 911....they hang up on him. Still freaking out, he thumbs through the yellow pages and, lo-and-behold, there is a gorilla removal service. He calls the number and about 15 min later a man shows up in his truck and gets out with a gun, a dog, and a net. The gorilla removal guy tells the scared man, "ok, I'm going to need a little help here....this is what we are going to do. I'm going up in that tree and I'm going to shake the branches. When that gorilla falls out of the tree, my dog here is going to run over there and bite its b@lls off. At that point, I can hop on down and put the net over the gorilla...you got it?" The man says, "yes" and the other man hands him the gun and starts to walk away. Confused, he has to ask, "what do I need the gun for?" He says, "In the off chance that the gorilla knocks me out of the tree....you shoot that godd@mn dog!"

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I don't log on that much anymore, but that was the funniest crap I've heard in a good while...thanks

The latest headlines.....nice http://www.newschannel5.tv/2008/8/13/996362/Agencies-Working-to-Remove-Poisonous-Fish

guitar here...play for a local band vids ---> I'm on the far right

dumbest joke ever.... A frog walks into a bank, looking for a loan. He strolls up to the teller, Patty Whack, and asks her for a $20,000 loan to go on vacation. Ms. Whack tells the frog that loans of that size are not usually granted. So, that frog says, "here, I can offer this small, porcelain elephant as collateral." The teller, with a confused look on her face, asks the frog, "is there anything else you can offer?" He says, "well, my father is Mick Jagger." Not knowing what to do, Ms. Whack goes to the bank manager and explains, "hey, this frog is in here asking for a $20,000 loan to go on vacation. He says his father is Mick Jagger and he is offering this little, porcelain elephant as collateral...I don't get it." The boss replies..."its a nick-knack, Patty Whack. Give the frog a loan. His 'ole man's a Rolling Stone." sorry

...ahh the ever-relenting question of..."how can I help someone, without sounding like a *****? Help when you really think the help is wanted. As a teacher, I have to face this choice on a daily basis. Some people simply 'don't want to be helped'. Its a cynical and crappy way to look at life, but it is true. Be nice when the opportunity arises, but don't stick your nose where it doesn't belong. A person, with even modest interpersonal skills, can figure this out.

This is coming from an English teacher....the level of ignorance exuded by today's youth is unprecedented...the lack of higher education exhibited by today's 'middle class' is unacceptable. I love the fact that the internet can be a source of unlimited information; however, I feel that it has become an impending source of laziness throughout the populous. As an addendum, it is fine, but as a source for actual education, I feel that the system is flawed. Microsoft Word is great for people trying to write a message to their friends, but if you want to be taken seriously, you need to come across as an intelligent and up-to-speed, individual. So what, great, thanks to MSW or the equivalent, you can sound as distinguished as a Nobel laureate...it doesn't make you any smarter. These kids don't know their own a.s.s. from a hole in the ground. ...in essence....think, process, and then produce. Don't let loose an endless stream of incomprehensible BS. Make sure that when people read your post, they take you seriously. That is what is all about. Don't come across as a dumba$$. I think all this post represents is an incentive to try harder to make the site more honorable. If a random person happens upon this site and sees a thread abound with misspellings and grammatical errors, how do you think people will perceive this site? There is a bad enough stigma surrounding people with our shared tastes...no sense in propagating stereotypes.

With any P2P program, you stand the risk of getting viruses. Look at the file type and size before downloading and make sure you have up-to-date anti-virus protection (I like AVG free). Limewire is good for downloading individual songs, while Shareaza is good for bulk downloads. With Shareaza, you can get the corpus of work from a particular artist, organized by album and year, in one go (search applications for artist name). Remember...check file size. 2,000-7,000 kbs for most songs, up to 13,000 kbs for longer works (Pink Floyd, Rush) A discography (corpus of work) can be anywhere from 700 Mbs to over 2 gigs.

Hey, people, its been a while since I have been on, but I wanted to share some things. video of hurricane Dolly in Brownsville, TX follow link -> trip to the Arroyo (Arroyo City, TX) (ignore dates - batteries changed)

Hows it goin' people......I know its been forever since I have been on, but things have been hectic and the fishing has been non-existent. But..the summer is here, work is over on saturday and I'll be d@mned if I don't get some fishing in. I just bought a house on the water, but I havn't been able to catch squat yet (unless you count submerged trees...to which I've already lost 4 lures :'( ). I plan on being more active this summer, so be expecting some pics. peace -J

Due to work, and the band, and problems w/ my now ex-chick I've been out for a while. Well, I just wanted to drop in and wish everybody a safe and happy holidays. I hope to be back into the swing of things soon. - J

When I first saw this I was stoked........now that I'm teaching, Ive got some extra bucks, and I figured the time frame would land during our spring break...........but I just checked it out: SB 12-16 :'( hopefully next time.

Congradulations, sir. They picked a hell of a dude for the job; I'm sure you will do fine. -J

Very nice, there Russ. Such a good thing, and it looks like you truly enjoy it.............can't get much better than that. -J

I live near the coast so the wind is something that I deal with all the time. What I normally do is pick my locations carefully. Try to find areas with natural windblocks (trees here, but someplaces may have cliffs hills or other things that will block the wind in a particular direction). If you can't find a wind block try and find a spot where you will be casting with the wind. Casting into the wind usually winds up turning your hardest casts into wimpy go-nowhere casts. Casting perpendicular to the wind sucls too because you may be able to cast where you want to bu the slack line blows off to the side (for me this usually means into a tree or something). Like me, if you can't beat it, try to use it.

Its all about Karma.........whether you believe in it or not. What comes around, goes around. So, don't make fun of the guy that got skunked and don't b!tch if you were that guy. Sooner or later, we will all have our day in the sun........don't mess it up for the other guy.

This is mainly for LBH, but is meant for eveyone to see. The challenges have been going pretty good so far; however, there have been some folks who have claimed to have never been challenged. Also, from personal experince, its seems that is sometimes takes weeks for your challenge to come though, even after someone has signed up after you. This could be problematic in several respects: 1) people work, and cannot always find ample time to go fishing. 2) weather fluctuates (and so do water levels).......the more time to work around these factors the better. Look, the rule is that you challenge the person before you, so by the time you sign up, you already have someone to challenge. So far, there is a post for sign ups and for results, but the challenges themselves have been stricltly PM based. By creating a post for challenges, it would allow the moderator (LBH, sorry to hint at extra responsibilities) to keep tabs of who wasnt challenging. Maybe if there was a 2-5 day limit to when you could post a challenge this would ensure that everyone signing up would get their turn, and have enough time to complete it. Just a thought. -J

lb for lb I would go w/ the LMB as no. 1. Redfish are great. A nice 30" bull red will definately give you a run for your money; however, a king mackrel hitting your line at 20 mph and stripping your spool before you have a good chance to react is a lot of fun, too.

Hooking a fish in the eye usually happens (or at least in my own experience) when using spinners, buzzbaits, jigs and the like. The single, long-shaft hook goes in through the mouth and out through the eye. When removing the hook, you can do two things: 1) if the barb is pointing away from the eye (like in the ill.) work it out gently, you may only wind up scratching the skin around the eye 2) if it looks like the barb will hit the eye, try to flatten the barb w/ a pair of needlenose first.

The section of resaca that I fish most often is about a half of a mile long, in the middle there is a 100yd stretch or so of dense coontail. The stuff is so thick that it comes out of the water about 1/2 an inch. (pics of the area are in most of my recent posts in the My Fishing Tournament or Outing section: http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1155866776 http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1154940532 http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1154570324 I was pretty intimidated by the density of this stuff, but the action I would see in it was to hot to ignore. The bass love this stuff, other species of panfish and baitfish thrive in this stuff, and it provides the bass with an excellent place to hide and ambush their prey. For me, buzzbaits are the weapon of choice. The single, upturned hook is almost 100% weedless in the coontail. Stay clear of anything w/ a treble hook for sure, or you'll be puling up 20lbs of the stuff. If you are going to throw a jig, stick to the edges of the vegitation, to avoid foul-ups. In my experience, few things work well in this environment. Poppers will work, so long as the coontail is far enough beneath the surface of the water to allow clearance for the hooks. I'm not sure of the formation of the colonies in your body of water, but in mine, there are clear (or significantly less dense) areas between the thicker patches. Through these you can run shallow cranks, suspending jerks, and floating Rat-L-Traps pretty well. The stuff is a pain in the butt to fish in, but it just may be a pandora's box of nice bass. Good luck.

80% of the time I fish alone, but every now and then I take our band's drummer, Johnny, or my friend, Bill (both will pop up in pics from time to time). I've tried to convince both of them to join the forum, but I guess they are too lazy. My best fishing partner, Cooter, moved several years ago and is now living in Oklahoma and doing tournies........kinda wish the dude was still around.

This last year I got a $3,500 tax return and promptly spent it on a jon boat, trailer, battery, battery charger, and trolling motor. Best d**n tax return I ever spent. If I had 5K now I would get a gas motor for my lil boat.