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[Conan The Librarian]

As in "black sheep"?

You really should see a doctor about that vertigo of yours, Lar.

I was thinking about getting some of that ply that's specifically made for bending. One of my long-term projects is to make an Aztec calendar out of wood, and I'm trying to figure how to make a circular frame. I'm thinking that ply might be the only way I can accomplish that.

Oustanding pics, thanks. A couple of observations: That fisherperson isn't just crazy, he's totally insane. Then again, when we were in Moontana last year I saw some guys wading faster water than that. So that madrone was 9' in circumference?! Haysoos cristo, you'd need a big chainsaw for that guy. ;-) You mentioned a hatchery; I would have expected that to be a mostly wild fishery there. Do they just grow rainbows or brown trout to supplement the natives?

So I'm starting to see why you moved up into the rainforest. If you can keep the moss from growing on you I guess it's a nice place to live.

Chuck Vance

[Conan The Librarian]

Just curious ... what area do you live in? I'm always looking for new places to travel to see interesting scenery and fish.

Anyhow, enjoy the site. They do some nice work (even if it's probably too flashy for Larry's taste). :-)

Chuck Vance

[Conan the Librarian]

Go away trollboy ... there are grownups here who want to talk about woodworking.

Chuck Vance

[Larry Jaques]

On 12 May 2004 05:00:09 -0700, [e-mail] (Conan The Librarian) brought forth from the murky depths:

Bingo, after only HOW MANY tries? ;)

Vertigo, hell. That's pineygo, plain and simple, son.

I didn't see any backup, either. (Y'know, a guy with an Marlin rig and a line to the back of the fisherman.)

NO, it was closer to 30', but the front limb was 9' in circ. Note the diminutive car in the foreground for scale.

Mostly steelhead and salmon but trout are included in the 85 species.

wot?

I'm south of the rainforest. We average just 32"/yr here in the Rogue Valley, while the coast gets 100"+. Washington's Olympia rainforest gets 140"+. And for the most part, our rainfall here is light when it does hit, with sunshine for part of the day (before or afterward.)

Neener: you don't have a redwood tree in your back yard like I do.

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[Phil Hansen]

Live in a rural village (Rosetta) in the KZN Midlands in South Africa. Great fishing area. When are you coming

[Greg Millen]

I was thinking the same on the fake DA bit. His original email was different and his moniker was "DA Clarke" not "D.A. Clarke", a similar trick employed by our poopy-panted friend and MITD.

I won't believe it's him until he claims to be hisself...

Mind you, it's a good thing to see Chuck hoist his skirts and fire back, with O'Neener in fine fettle too.

[Conan the Librarian]

Heh. Yeah, when someone calls my manhood into question, they'd better be prepared to be bitch-slapped into submission.

Charlene Vance

[Conan the Librarian]

I'll have to check with SWMBO. (She's my travel agent.) She's got us booked for the Crowsnest Pass (Canuckistan) in July, and probably San Miguel de Allende (Mexico) later in the year. After that I know she wants to see Australia and New Zealand (so do I .... supposed to be outstanding trout fishing in NZ).

So maybe next year some time? :-)

Chuck Vance

[Conan the Librarian]

OK, so I'm not always the sharpest knife in the drawer. :-)

Vertigo, pineygo, whatever. I've never seen someone with such a prejudice against a particular wood. (Well, except for O'Deener and zebrawood, but that's another story.) Pine has a long and noble history in furniture-making and building.

From the looks of the current, I doubt that would help much. :-o

Interesting. So they raise and plant fish to benefit commercial fisheries as well as sportfishing? I'd be curious to see what sorts of policies they have on harvesting these fish. Catch and release doesn't really seem to jive with commercial harvesting.

Ah, so you don't need gills to live there?

Er, no ... that I don't. Just a couple of giant oaks.

Chuck Vance

[Larry Jaques]

On Thu, 13 May 2004 07:08:44 -0500, Conan the Librarian brought forth from the murky depths:

Do the fish bite back, Phil, or is that only in the Amazon? (in the other SA)

Give big, sloppy kisses to Xena, Gabrielle, and Callisto for me when you get to NZ, will ya, Conan? They're sure to love your handle. (No, I meant "nickname".)

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[Larry Jaques]

On Thu, 13 May 2004 07:25:22 -0500, Conan the Librarian brought forth from the murky depths:

So ScaryGingko(tmLJ) it, eh?

My prejudice is from several things. First, it being so cheap, so many dumb things being made from it. Pukey ducks, bird houses, etc. Second, I lived in a house with badly stained (naughty) pine in it for 26 years and never did pull up the carpet and strip/refinish it. You know how it goes. A bad stain job lives forever (until paint). (I'd like to hamstring the person who "finished" the interior of my last house. He may have puked into the shellac before applying it.)

He was in the slower stream, too. About 10' further and he would have been in 25mph faster rapids.

Salmon are overfished/endangered, so farming is necessary. BTW, there is no fishing permitted within the hatcheries, so forget about it. (No C&R either.) ;)

No, it's like a chillier, less-smoggy, friendlier, less-crowded LoCal. Summers get to 100F (with nice, cool nights.) There is no rain for 5+ months, just like LoCal. Winters are colder and wetter, down to 20F (with m+aybe an inch or two of shortlived snow) but not bad. I've almost adjusted to it now, after only 2 years here.

Are you as adverse to cutting them as I am mine? All i had in LoCal were poplars which I had planted myself. No, I take that back. I sorely miss my old pepper tree which graced the northeast corner of the lot. Beautiful! I don't think they grow up here but I really should check with the local Master Gardener's extension. My tree wasn't quite as large or full as this one, but close.

for reminding me.

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[Larry Jaques]

On Thu, 13 May 2004 07:25:22 -0500, Conan the Librarian brought forth from the murky depths:

I just get plain -dizzy- seeing that particular striping in your vertical-grained benchtop, that's all. It may be a side-effect of my astigmatism. Houndstooth and small checkerboard patterns do the same thing to me, but I can climb into the rigging of a moving schooner without any trouble. No vertigo.

Doesn't he also have an aversion to workmuttwood?

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[Patrick Olguin]

Tom Watson keyed:

I knew better than to be enjoying a beverage when I pulled up this post, and here's the evidence.

Little pearls like this are what LJ misses when he exercises his God-given right to plonk anyone who engages in significant Bee Aye Dee baiting. His loss.

'Course, he might see it now ;o).

O'Deen

[Bay Area Dave]

still obsessing over me, P.O.?

dave

Patrick Olgu> Tom Watson keyed:

[Larry Jaques]

On 13 May 2004 14:45:04 -0700, [e-mail] (Patrick Olguin) brought forth from the murky depths:

Ayup, he might at that. ;)

Thanks for sharing the plonkee's pearls. I do miss them, but the price for seeing them is just too high. FWIW, I plonked another poster eons ago because I got too tired seeing the rant about "Partial Birth Abortions" every couple dozen messages. Then there was Joe Woody Peckerhead. KnowwhatImean,Vern? :( Life's too short.

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[Phil Hansen]

No, you will not loose your fingers. The tiger fish further north in Zimbabwe are a lot more aggressive with serious teeth and a good fighter on the line. (so I'm told )

[Patrick Olguin]

Actually no, you top-posting idjit. Reread these two sentences. They refer to LJ losing out on interesting stuff when he plonks people who respond to you.

See? I'm suggesting that LJ misses out when he plonks. You're free to f*ck off now. Thanks.

O'Deen

[Conan The Librarian]

Those are some scary-looking fish:

Chuck Vance Just say (tmPL) I think I'll stick to something less frightening ... like piranhas.

[Conan The Librarian]

Sounds like a residual problem from too many pharmaceuticals in the

60's.

He seems to be able to saw right through it, no problem.

Sounds like you're blaming the wood for the idjits who don't know how to use it properly. :-)

Heh. I'm not much on shooting fish in a barrel, thanks.

As an aside, one result of all the stocking of hatchery fish has been that ingenious anglers have come up with a special fly for catching those guys. It's called the Purina fly. Looks just like a little brown pellet.

Sounds awfully nice to me. (Of course here we get 6 months of

90-100 degrees with humidity in the same range.)

Allende. At first glance they looked like mesquites or huizaches (because of the foliage), but they had a totally different seedpod.

As for cutting trees on my land -- no way, unless the tree became diseased. But I am not averse to harvesting wood from others who bring down trees on their land:

Chuck Vance Just say (tmPL) *meeep* *meeeep*

[Larry Jaques]

On 14 May 2004 05:01:19 -0700, [e-mail] (Conan The Librarian) brought forth from the murky depths:

the other SA.

don't think you want to fish for these, Chuck.

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