General Music Chat

82 degrees today. Thank God it's an anomoly. It's been 13 degres below normal this month. Returning to cooler weather tomorrow thank God. I may want to move to Minnesota if I survive another possible heatwave. Don't know what I'd do there at my age, but Kansas heat is simply too much for my Russian blood.

82 . . . we call that a cold front in Texas . . .

10,000 Lakes

10,000 Lakes
10,000 Lakes

There are 161 species of fishes

There are 161 species of fishes

There are 161 species of fishes


And I'll be your drummer.

82 degrees today. Thank God it's an anomoly. It's been 13 degres below normal this month. Returning to cooler weather tomorrow thank God. I may want to move to Minnesota if I survive another possible heatwave. Don't know what I'd do there at my age, but Kansas heat is simply too much for my Russian blood.

Amen. Do you have any idea how much money us oil guys lose when it gets to hot?

10,000 Lakes

10,000 Lakes
10,000 Lakes

There are 161 species of fishes

There are 161 species of fishes

There are 161 species of fishes


And I'll be your drummer.

. When I was a teenager my father was very seriously considering taking a job in Minnesota. I was drooling over the fishing possbilities. My life would have been very different if we had moved there, and yes, if I move there I'll look you up.

It was 91F in SoCal yesterday. Today in Dublin Ireland it is -2C. Quite a change in comfort levels.

Weren't you complaining about the cold and snow a month ago?!

If you were closer, Rich, I'd have already showed up on your front door. lol

Weren't you complaining about the cold and snow a month ago?!

No, I was complaining about lazy assholes not shoveling.

I remember going fishing there as a kid. Lots of very tasty pan fish to cook and eat on the spot. Delicious. The only problem was that it was an extremely went spring and summer. The mosquitoes were about the size of sparrow hawks would threaten to carry you off every time we went out side the tent.

Bob, Russian? I wonder how many of us are.

This is why I have double barrel shotgun.

This is why I have double barrel shotgun.

Yeah! Just go out on the the balcony and fire 2 shots... That will scare them off.

Been bit by just about every nasty bug out there: mosquitos, gnats, horseflies, deerflies, ticks, fisher spiders, recluse spiders, chiggers, fleas, etc. I've fished in deep woods, in fileds next to ponds, etc. Bugs love water. Insect repellent is a must for me. I find recluse spiders in my house all the time, little bastards. I got the worst reaction from chiggers. They're the most diabolical of all God's creatures. Can't see them. Can't feel them bite, technically they don't bite but put a tiny drop of enzyme on your skin and suck it up, then fall into the grass and molt into a harmless mite. It's the enzyme that we're allergic to and is the itchiest thing known to humans. And they live in colonies so you usually get "bit" dozens of times. Just safer to douse yourself from the knees down with repellent.

Been bit by just about every nasty bug out there: mosquitos, gnats, horseflies, deerflies, ticks, fisher spiders, recluse spiders, chiggers, fleas, etc. I've fished in deep woods, in fileds next to ponds, etc. Bugs love water. Insect repellent is a must for me. I find recluse spiders in my house all the time, little bastards. I got the worst reaction from chiggers. They're the most diabolical of all God's creatures. Can't see them. Can't feel them bite, technically they don't bite but put a tiny drop of enzyme on your skin and suck it up, then fall into the grass and molt into a harmless mite. It's the enzyme that we're allergic to and is the itchiest thing known to humans. And they live in colonies so you usually get "bit" dozens of times. Just safer to douse yourself from the knees down with repellent.

Bob I don't know what to call these critters. 10 years ago I took my kids down to the Nissequogue river. One side is the LI sound that flows salt water into the river, the other side is the river that dumps fresh water from the Smithtown wetlands. Any way it is a fun place to go SNAPPER fishing. Baby blue fish caught on the lightest tackle available.

Any way the tide went out and exposed a sand/mud bar halfway out. Fishing ended, my wife decide to take the kids out to explore. I decided to sit on the beach and break the law by having a beer and a sandwich.

Half an hour later they came out bitten to pieces. They didn't even know they were bitten. NASTY MO FOs. Live in the mud. After that I wouldn't think of getting out of a canoe stuck in the mud. Locals call them "mud fleas" NASTY MO FOs... Chiggers, Skeeters... those bites lasted for weeks.

Chiggers are nasty. You can get bitten when on an infected lawn, too.