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Ron, If I'm on strange waters, I like to leave enough time for exploring backwaters or interesting places,(caves or historical sites). I'm an avid fisherman, so I almost never make distance an issue. If I end up 10 miles further than planned or 10 miles shorter, I just make sure I can fish...

You "can" make a great alchohol stove out of a couple of those "bottles". :idea: Lee

I'll never criticize anyone who spends time with thier family. Doesn't matter if we're "camped" on the sofa together watching a good movie, or waiting out a rain storm on the bank of an unfamiliar river. I once "camped" for four days in a hole 16" deep, a poncho with sod over it for camo...

"Mrs. Schneidermann, this line is normal inteligence, your son Lee is down here. He'll have to go to a special boat-building forum. We'll have to send him to The Southern Paddler" * *From my upcoming book, "My Life as Forest Gump" Lee :wink:

I have no argument that tying yourself to a boat is a really bad idea on most inland waterways. Trying to navigate thru a strainer is an equally bad idea. My only point was that it takes very little moving water to pin a body to an immovable object. Once it has you, you won't coming home for...

There's a little river here in eastern Iowa that is littered with aluminum canoes bent in half from hitting what y'all call "strainers". I don't think it makes a bit of difference if you're tied to the boat or not. Once the water pins you, you're done. Situational awareness is the only thing...

Guess I just never heard 'em called that. We always called 'em log jams. Lee

There are very few words that help a family when something like this happens. My sister is married to a firefighter. The man is a walking "risk-calculator". I'm sure Mr. Cox will be missed by not only his family, but by all the lives he affected by his own short stay here on earth. I doubt the...

They're also called dovetail saws, Japaneese cabinet saws, and pull saws. They have very thin blades and cut on the pull stroke instead of the push stroke. Mine was made by IRWIN, and I found it at a Menard's here in Cedar Rapids. I was able to get some nice fitting compound miters at the...

SEVENTEEN CENTS!!!!! Chuck, how come he gets paid more than the rest of us???

Cappy, Have you looked at Matt's method posted on the JEM forum? I thought it would never match the appeal and strength of a scarf, but I now feel like the "skeptic who visited the chiropractor".... I Stand Corrected! Matt's butt joint method is quick, strong, and attractive. I'm going to...

I'm no stripper, but I did do a strippped top for my kayak. The comment about not needing all the strips to be "full length" is absolutely correct. I ended up using alot of the drop off pieces to fill in the shorter areas. I would highly recommend that you invest $15.00 in a small pull saw. I...

Irish Catholic-Jew tells all!! Scrapers are pretty easy to make too. A piece of scrap stainless steel 3/16ths thick, cut to a rectangle 2-1/2 X 4". Hone it on your belt sander till the edge "rolls" and you've got yourself a scraper. Hone two edges,(short ways and long) and you can get into the...

Doing what's expedient(cheap) I'm using a discarded vien from a verticle blind. It's about 3" wide and has a "cupped" shape formed into it's length. I just cut a piece off about 4-6" long and spread the epoxy with it. I suppose you could use a rubber spatula out of the kitchen if the misses...

Well said, I,m going to have to convert to Catholicism to get forgiveness for that crack. :oops: :oops: Lee

I'd love to jackie, but I've had my eye on a 19 year-old Korean girl down the street. Now if I can just talk my wife into it?????? :lol: :lol: :shock: Lee

"Through all of the low points (believe me, there were plenty to go around), it was the goodness of Man that always lifted my spirits." Careful now, you're going to open a "thread highjackin' moment" with talk like that! :lol: :lol: :lol: I'm not much for commitees an' organizations...

Never figured helpin a nieghbor was a hand-out, just a hand. :wink:

I would have figured just the opposite. Everyday camping since Katrina!! :x :x :x Lee We've been down there twice since, re-building churches.

Bounce dryer sheets have kept the mice out of my pop-up camper for alot of years now. If you know anythng about campers in storage, you know that they are a magnet for mice. Especially true here in the North country during our long winters. Bounce really does work when placed in the drawers...