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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 5/30/2011 12:43:36 AM

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Wow! Three in a row!

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 5/30/2011 1:09:27 AM

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That pitiful thing wasn't 35" inches long jeff. Sorry. Now that Long Lance that CB posted...that's a catfish. If it doesn't weigh more than a 1960 VW beetle it ain't a catfish. It's a crappie. Pronounced cra (SHORT A) pee for those drunk midwesterners who think an A vowel ever sounds like like Aw Shucks. It doesn't. Ever. Period. End of story. Go home Yankee redleg because you haven't a clue about southern English.

....as a matter of fact it was...and we did catch Crappie in the same pond. The kind that are pronounced Crawpee btw

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 5/30/2011 1:16:01 AM

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Mynok-

Cra(w)pee we catch:

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 5/30/2011 1:16:31 AM

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whatever it is you're talking about...

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 5/30/2011 1:21:57 AM

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And no that picture is NOT me... just googled it

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 5/30/2011 1:42:46 AM

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Sir, there are no such things as crawpee in any North American water hazard. There are crappie. There are catfish of unusual size. There are bluefish and brim. There are bass and unfortunately Asian carp. But crawpee? No sir. No such animal exists.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 5/30/2011 1:59:32 AM

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... I have heard we have Pike in a lake just 30 mi east of us...never tried it...but I HIGHLY doubt there are.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 5/30/2011 2:29:45 AM

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I hope you realize I know it is Crappie, but I was spelling it like it is pronounced...

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 5/30/2011 2:34:55 AM

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Vacation time

and my blog has hit 10,000 page views

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 5/30/2011 4:33:13 AM

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You guys need to watch River Monsters.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 5/30/2011 4:44:47 AM

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Sir, there are no such things as crawpee in any North American water hazard. There are crappie. There are catfish of unusual size. There are bluefish and brim. There are bass and unfortunately Asian carp. But crawpee? No sir. No such animal exists.

I literally JUST finished watching an ESPN piece on the Asian Carp.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 5/30/2011 4:45:40 AM

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You guys need to watch River Monsters.

Nope. I actually enjoy going in the water, and I want to keep it that way!

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 5/30/2011 5:16:26 AM

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Mynok-

Cra(w)pee we catch:

Nice fish. One of the best tasting fish I know. Better that Bluegill (sunfish), Bass or Catfish (yes I know taste is subjective). And, much better than most sea fish, although White Sea Bass and Halibut are pretty good.Haven't had any in many, many, many years. Once my dad ran into a school in Lake Mead (40 plus years) and scored a bunch (we called it a good mess) of 2 to 2 1/2 pounders.

Thanks for the memories.

Note, when I was a little child and I'm talking from 5 on, my favorite food was fried fish. I was a pro at eating them, never having a problem with bones. Mom taught me how to feel for the bones with your tongue and if one did get pass eat some doughy bread.

Buck

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 5/30/2011 5:26:05 AM

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Grew up on fried fish myself. Dad brought some Halibut back from Alaska when I was a kid...fish was fish then. I love catching largemouth, I have yet to eat one though...

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 5/30/2011 8:51:10 AM

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You guys need to watch River Monsters.

Nope. I actually enjoy going in the water, and I want to keep it that way!

This pic is off the Internet - the one the host caught on the show was bigger!

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 5/30/2011 9:05:23 AM

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Hi all,

Good morning!

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 5/30/2011 9:18:07 AM

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Good morning friends.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 5/30/2011 10:02:44 AM

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Tithe...

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 5/30/2011 10:31:49 AM

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Morning chaps.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 5/30/2011 10:37:24 AM

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Still on leave, what-what?

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 5/30/2011 10:44:20 AM

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-78...

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 5/30/2011 11:47:50 AM

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Still on leave, what-what?

Too right. Got another two weeks to go as well

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 5/30/2011 2:02:07 PM

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Oh dear, oh dear... the Thread left undefended yet again...

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 5/30/2011 2:03:02 PM

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Queue music "Where have all the flowers gone":
When will they ever learn,� when will they ever learn?

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 5/30/2011 2:03:28 PM

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Just learned some more interesting facts about naval mines...

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 5/30/2011 2:04:45 PM

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According to today's Stategy Page:
"Naval mines achieved several striking successes during World War II. In the Pacific, naval mines proved more destructive to the Japanese war effort than the atom bombs. During a 10 week period between April and August 1945, 12,000 mines were delivered by American bombers. These destroyed 1,250,000 tons of Japanese shipping (670 ships hit, 431 destroyed). That's 18 mines for each ship hit. "

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 5/30/2011 2:05:31 PM

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They go onto say:
"The Americans had air superiority, so losses during these 1,500 missions amounted to only 15 planes, most of them to accidents. Had these missions been flown against opposition, losses would have been between 30 and 60 aircraft, plus similar losses to their fighter escorts. But even those losses were, in wartime, a victory if you destroyed or damaged 670 enemy ships."

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 5/30/2011 2:06:13 PM

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"A conventional submarine campaign was also waged against Japanese shipping. Comparisons to the mine campaign are interesting. A hundred submarines were involved in a campaign that ran for 45 months from December, 1941 to August, 1945. Some 4.8 million tons of enemy shipping was sunk. For every US submarine sailor lost using submarine launched torpedoes, 560 tons of enemy ships were sunk."

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 5/30/2011 2:06:46 PM

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"During the mine campaign, 3,500 tons were sunk for each US fatality. On a cost basis, the difference was equally stark. Counting the cost of lost mine laying aircraft (B- 29's at $500,000 each) or torpedo armed submarine ($5 million each), we find that each ton of sunk shipping cost six dollars when using mines and fifty-five dollars when using submarines. These data was classified as secret until the 1970s. It indicates that mines might have been more effective than torpedoes even if the mines were delivered by submarine.""

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 5/30/2011 2:08:36 PM

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"The U.S. has also been on the receiving end of all this. The Germans waged a minelaying campaign off the east coast of the United States between 1942 and 1944. Only 317 mines were used, which sank or damaged 11 ships. This was a ratio of 29 mines used for each ship hit. In addition, eight ports were closed for a total of 40 days. One port, Charleston, South Carolina, was closed for 16 days, tying up not only merchant shipping but the thousands of men, warships and aircraft dealing with the situation."

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