A bright thing out there!
6/1/06 12:04 pm.
63 º F, Sunshine, SSE wind 4 mph.
Good afternoon,
Don’t know really what has happened outside, but there is a very bright light in the sky, nice temperature, and a light wind out there. Ain’t used to that. It really is a beautiful day, but the soil is wet as a sponge. The water still comes up between your toes! The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources made a startling statement - the mosquitoes will now start hatching! Guess those little fellas that have been buzzing around rather hungry, must be something else! They sure look, sound, and feel like them though. The frogs are sure are liking this time though.
We did go to Green Bay yesterday. Still no shoes for me. I thought we would go to a couple of stores and find little lower prices. Boy was I wrong! The prices varied between $140.00 - $170.00 a pair, rather than the high price of $100.00 a pair! Maybe I will have to make some from an old tire as the hippies did. I can’t believe the cost! Guess we will keep looking since I am not walking barefoot yet.
We did stop at Gander Mountain to look around. Found a couple of things we have been looking for, but have not found in the grocery stores recently. One was disposable cutting boards. We like them very much to cut up chicken and things like that. Just throw them away, rather than worry about the bugs that start growing on the wooden boards. The other thing was a spice, lemon-pepper, we use as a salt substitute. Tastes good too. All that we have found in grocery stores of late, also contain a sizable dose of salt! That seems rather counter to the purpose of the spice. We found a rather large container of it to be "normally" used on turkeys that are deep-fried. Surprisingly, to me, it is a product of Louisiana.
Of course while we were at the "Mountain" I had to snoop around the store. They have a lot of things I would like, but they also have a lot of things necessary to become a City Dude in the woods or on the water (that’s a scary thought) and really look good doing it. I would say that probably 75% of what is in the store is designed for City Dudes. Some of the things I would like to have are too old-fashioned to be in the store. Like a Jones style hat or a canvas upland game coat. I did manage to find a couple of things I really "needed" too. I have been talking several times about tying flies in the past to Margriet. I finally was able to show Margriet what I was talking about. I showed her some flies they sell in bulk (of course it was a fly tied on a #24 hook) and then the materials to tie them. The flies I used to sell for 35¢ to 50¢ each, are now $1.79 each. Actually that is pretty reasonable considering today’s prices. I suspect they are made in China or some such place. The materials are much higher priced than long ago, but they also were not as high as I thought they would be. Wish mu fingers would allow me to tie flies yet. I think the last I made were some jigs and poppers when the kids were little and there only were two! Kids that is.
We also took a trip to the south side of town check out the Christian Book store we like. It was something of a mistake and it took a lot longer than we would have liked. Seemed every route I attempted was under construction. Even one of the detours was under construction and had a detour! Seems most of the re-reconstruction in the city is taking place in that part of town. Margriet picked up a couple of books so I guess the effort was some worth it.
While in that area, and since it was about lunch time, we stopped at IHOP (International House of Pancakes) for lunch. We didn’t have any pancakes, but was tempted, rather Margriet had liver and onions and I had a smoked turkey sandwich with onion rings. Onion rings are a real treat for me. IHOP brings back a lot of good memories of the kids when they were small and we would stop at the one in Oshkosh for a treat of chocolate pancakes, containing chocolate chips too, with chocolate syrup and whipped cream over them instead of normal syrup! It was a big deal then and only cost 79¢! Now of course they are much more.
A little farther down the road is the Woodworker’s Depot, http://www.woodworkersdepot.com/, one of my favorite haunts. Since we were that close and we had not stopped there for several months, we snooped around there too. Of course I can always find things there that would be nice to have. I did look for a couple of things I really do need, but they didn’t have them or they were out of my price class. They sure do have stuff there! It is a very good thing that no one has given me a blank check to the store. Gander Mountain either for that matter.
Time to get a-going.
In Christ My Saviour,
Chris <><
63 º F, Sunshine, SSE wind 4 mph.
Good afternoon,
Don’t know really what has happened outside, but there is a very bright light in the sky, nice temperature, and a light wind out there. Ain’t used to that. It really is a beautiful day, but the soil is wet as a sponge. The water still comes up between your toes! The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources made a startling statement - the mosquitoes will now start hatching! Guess those little fellas that have been buzzing around rather hungry, must be something else! They sure look, sound, and feel like them though. The frogs are sure are liking this time though.
We did go to Green Bay yesterday. Still no shoes for me. I thought we would go to a couple of stores and find little lower prices. Boy was I wrong! The prices varied between $140.00 - $170.00 a pair, rather than the high price of $100.00 a pair! Maybe I will have to make some from an old tire as the hippies did. I can’t believe the cost! Guess we will keep looking since I am not walking barefoot yet.
We did stop at Gander Mountain to look around. Found a couple of things we have been looking for, but have not found in the grocery stores recently. One was disposable cutting boards. We like them very much to cut up chicken and things like that. Just throw them away, rather than worry about the bugs that start growing on the wooden boards. The other thing was a spice, lemon-pepper, we use as a salt substitute. Tastes good too. All that we have found in grocery stores of late, also contain a sizable dose of salt! That seems rather counter to the purpose of the spice. We found a rather large container of it to be "normally" used on turkeys that are deep-fried. Surprisingly, to me, it is a product of Louisiana.
Of course while we were at the "Mountain" I had to snoop around the store. They have a lot of things I would like, but they also have a lot of things necessary to become a City Dude in the woods or on the water (that’s a scary thought) and really look good doing it. I would say that probably 75% of what is in the store is designed for City Dudes. Some of the things I would like to have are too old-fashioned to be in the store. Like a Jones style hat or a canvas upland game coat. I did manage to find a couple of things I really "needed" too. I have been talking several times about tying flies in the past to Margriet. I finally was able to show Margriet what I was talking about. I showed her some flies they sell in bulk (of course it was a fly tied on a #24 hook) and then the materials to tie them. The flies I used to sell for 35¢ to 50¢ each, are now $1.79 each. Actually that is pretty reasonable considering today’s prices. I suspect they are made in China or some such place. The materials are much higher priced than long ago, but they also were not as high as I thought they would be. Wish mu fingers would allow me to tie flies yet. I think the last I made were some jigs and poppers when the kids were little and there only were two! Kids that is.
We also took a trip to the south side of town check out the Christian Book store we like. It was something of a mistake and it took a lot longer than we would have liked. Seemed every route I attempted was under construction. Even one of the detours was under construction and had a detour! Seems most of the re-reconstruction in the city is taking place in that part of town. Margriet picked up a couple of books so I guess the effort was some worth it.
While in that area, and since it was about lunch time, we stopped at IHOP (International House of Pancakes) for lunch. We didn’t have any pancakes, but was tempted, rather Margriet had liver and onions and I had a smoked turkey sandwich with onion rings. Onion rings are a real treat for me. IHOP brings back a lot of good memories of the kids when they were small and we would stop at the one in Oshkosh for a treat of chocolate pancakes, containing chocolate chips too, with chocolate syrup and whipped cream over them instead of normal syrup! It was a big deal then and only cost 79¢! Now of course they are much more.
A little farther down the road is the Woodworker’s Depot, http://www.woodworkersdepot.com/, one of my favorite haunts. Since we were that close and we had not stopped there for several months, we snooped around there too. Of course I can always find things there that would be nice to have. I did look for a couple of things I really do need, but they didn’t have them or they were out of my price class. They sure do have stuff there! It is a very good thing that no one has given me a blank check to the store. Gander Mountain either for that matter.
Time to get a-going.
In Christ My Saviour,
Chris <><
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