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Bob, You have not missed much, not tasting saki. However not tasting tequila is sad.

Br'er Bear, No Matter what the dismal, doom and gloomers say say on the TV, most folks in this great, wide world, are good folks. That doesn't give anyone permission not to be alert and prudent. but it's been my experience, as long as I stay away from doctors, lawyers, tax collectors...

Br'er and Miz Bear, All will be well. I feel confident. All will be well. Y'all are in my thoughts, and prayers on your behalf, are being prayed. All will be well. Jim

Br'er Bear, Mz Bear is next to Yak on my prayer list. Jim

Oldyaker, Get the heck out of that hospital! There are sick people in there. and you might catch something! You are on my lengthy "lift up and heal" prayer list. Jimsong

One of the weird jobs I had in the olden days, was recovering fabric planes. Air Knockers, Tea carts, and Cubs, almost exclusivley. We recovered a 1937 J-3 for an old man, who may have bought the plane new. He had something like 60,000 hours, every bit of it in the Cub. He had checked out in...

I can see it now- dozens of Seadoos painted on the engine cowling of a Cessna 172. A Smiling Kayac Jack being awarded the Luan distinguished flying star, with saw dust clusters. Chuck will epoxy it to Jack's chest, while we all salute. (Talk amonst yourselves, I am all verklemt!) On a lighter...

It's too late now, but this is interesting material. http://www.conservapedia.com/Barack_Obama

A friend of my dad told a story of hand loading M1 rounds, with a reduced charge and wooden slugs, and killing squirrils in Italy, during WWII. Then stewing the squirrills in a helmet over a wood fire. I don't recall him saying anything about any pasta. But surely he had pasta as well. It was...

B'rer Bear, I agree every other part of a chicken tastes better than the breast. When I cook a whole chicken, I try to pawn the white meat off on my Little Darlin'. She believes that white meat has less calories than dark meat. The propaganda from dieticians that last twenty years or so has...

I hardly ever cook from a can, (tomatoes, broth, and mushroom, being notable exceptions), but this is a "recipe" I came up with in an emergency, And it's not at all bad. One- large can of chicken breast, chunked up slightly. Two- cans condensd chicken broth and one can of water. One- small...

One of my interests as a boy, was long sea voyages. I read at least two dozen books written by the sailors, themselves. From the thirties, and from mostly English mariners, the Primus was mentioned as the primary heat source for the sail boat. Sir Francis Chichester and Robin Knox Johnson...

I was in basic training at Fort Polk in the 60s. I about froze to death on guard duty, one very early August morning. It was 50 degrees, with 100% humidity. I warmed up later in the day, when it was 112 degrees, with the same 100% humidity. Twice in my life I have been so cold, that I worried...

The Cherokee in eastern Oklahoma still make blow guns out of river cane. Nowdays they use a red hot iron rod to burn out the segments. I understand before iron rods were common place the segments were burned out with with the glowing end of a slender stick. then sanded out with a stick and...

I was not sure where to post this info. Home remedies, tall tales, or humor. It would fit in all three catagories. Boy! Do I have a way to clear those sinuses! I don't recall if I related the saga of the "Ghost Chile" project. It started right at a year ago, when Robert, my lunatic...

"Pronouncment?" is that a word? I meant "pronounciation." Senility is gaining ground!

I am befuddled. (My natural state of being) I grew up pronouncing "piroge" as "Peerow". Mainly due to Hank Williams' song. (But then he mispronounced "Bayou" as well. (Great song, in any case!) When I was working in south Louisiana, I was informed by local fishermen, that the "G" is pronounced...

A couple of times a year, here on the edge of "The Hill Country", they have chuck wagon contests. The contestants cook everything over a 2X6 foot hole in the ground, filled with glowing coals, with a pot hanger over the fire pit, and bread baking off to the side. Everything is cooked/baked in...

I lost track of Alex Chilton about 1968. I figured the Boxtops were another one of those one hit wonders and the whole band was working in housewares of a department store now. There were a bunch of those one hit wonders in the early sixties. They gave it their best shot, and it was a good'un...

We were camped in a primative camp site on Lake Dahlgrin once. A very small lake with about four camp sites. And to get to it, you had to transverse two or three miles of at least pickup quality , if not Jeep quality roads. We had set up the tent, built a fire, had lunch, and were paddling up...