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Can't you just take this for what it was, a small victory over someone who was basically a tyrant? I don't feel bad about it and don't think I ever will.

The reason he said that was he knew I was stressing as if the entire company was at risk with every stake and tack I set. It was holding me back and Mike knew it. It was absolutely the best thing he ever could have said to me at the time and I'll be forever grateful, it actually changed my...

Thanks for letting me share these stories, no matter how lame they may be.

I really like the subtle revenge. Irritation can be very sweet even if you don't get to see it happen. When I first started working for him, we used walkie talkies that never worked to contact the office while we were in the field. He used to get furious when I'd call saying "Kirk to...

Al, I was in western KY. Sort of like saying it's the southern part. Every town would have a festival of some sort at different times of the year. My town, Princeton, had a tobacco festival. It was a huge crop but anyway, some towns seemed like an excuse to wave their rebel flags and display...

I thought you had gone to Eastern. I actually found out that Mr. Munn committed suicide through you, I believe. That guy gave me and a friend detention for playing dots during surveying II (a repeat of Surveying I). Made us come and watch his JV soccer game. Believe it or not, I left DuBois &...

Forgot to share one of the joys, yes, joys of pulling ticks after a day working in the woods. When I was living and working in KY, the company owner was a total jerk. If he was being nice, you knew it wasn't just to be nice but because he was going to benefit. Well, being a surveyor, one will...

I was a surveyor for about 24 years. I took two classes at my HS (Eastern Regional, Gibbsboro). The funny thing is, I didn't feel like taking woodshop but wanted to take a trades elective. The bonus was we had class across from the lunchroom and got a locker there. I got a call right after I...

Al, as usual, you make some good points. It's been a long time since I've been off trail in the pines. Even when my machete was razor sharp, in briars it would take much more effort and the briars had a magical ability, when cutting a line, to swing up and hit you in the face. They also had an...

One suggestion that worked pretty well for me...leather gloves. Hot or not, they really saved my hands when I was in briars.

I'm curious, do you guys ever take a machete for briars or is it purely climb, push, and wind your way through? Great pics by the way.

This line cracks me up....

So, this is why some Argentine friends are suddenly wanting the Falklands back. They are young students who normally wouldn't give a hoot. I remember that as being a brutal little war. This younger generation wasn't around for that war and may be ready to start the cycle over again of being...

Being a college student, the first thing our professors will tell us is to never use wikipedia as a source, which I believe is wrong. I've used it many times, for exactly what bobpbx suggests, the wealth of articles in the footnotes. The main article is used to get a general idea of the topic...

Did you do a rubbing? :)

Are there porcupines in the pines? The reason I ask is I just learned that porcupines are known to eat sasquatch bones. I have no idea how this "fact" came about but since it was on "Finding Bigfoot" it must be true. Just when I start to get a little bored with the show, it gets better.

Meanwhile, back at the price of gas....$3.79 seems to be the average down hea South of Tampa. What's the going rate up nawth?

We could use a Left Lane Law down here in Florida. The snowbirds come down and just love the left lane on a two lane highway. The funny thing is it's the locals who seem to have all the accidents trying to get around them. Another month and you all get your seniors back.

Seems like a better plan than the Bush administration's, which was to cut habitat. http://kdrv.com/news/local/35578 Politics aside, it's a tough problem.

I need a "Gone Squatchin!" hat.