I ain't diggin' on Iowa

[cattb]

Would you like to sometime?  I didn't know you were a trouter.  The stream access laws down there aren't nearly as liberal as ours, but I wouldn't mind trying to get out on some of the creeks my Gramps fished when he was a kid around Lansing.


Also.  Jeep wins 10 internets for funniest post of the day!

As much as I would love to, I doubt I will have time. The last time I trout fished was about 8 years ago. Not sure if my waders are even any good anymore and they are not dry cracked. I used to go in Wis and MN every year for quite a few years. MN is real nice up towards the Yucatan area, if I remember correct it is part of the root river system. I have a flat bottom if you be interested in going out in the lake sometime. Also last year in spring early summer I was getting nice crappie in Lake Neshonic.
I used to do alot of walleye fishing also, I guess getting married and having a child slows things down abit.

[cattb]

Iowa is not that bad, just go to the middle of nebraska.

[PFactorDave]

We had 50 people shot over Sat. and Sun just cause it got in the 70's during the day. 10 fatals. Seriously, count yourself lucky you dont live in a craphole city.

And yet, Chicago and the State of Illinois have some of the most restrictive anti gun laws in the country.  How're those working out up there Mr Daley?

[uptown]

Iowa is not that bad, just go to the middle of nebraska.

lol yeah Nebraska and Kansas too. Iowa is starting to sound pretty good when I think about those 2 states.

[Slate]

Well, others have ruined this for us...
I go to Wharton every year in the fall for a trail ride/clean-up day.  Someone brings an "off-road" trailer and we pick up trash as we go.
Last year, there was more trash at the bottom of the fire tower on Apple Pie Hill than my family generates in a year!
All of it from d-bags climbing up the tower and dropping stuff off of it into the puddle at the bottom.  TV's, computers, microwaves, you name it and it was in there.  It was horrendous.  That is the kind of stuff that pisses off the Pineys and prompts them to lobby the government about the area.  I have also seen examples of them being more aggressive than that such as driving 16d nails through boards and placing them in the mud-holes, point sticking up 

It's a shame that some can ruin it for everyone else...

That is the problem sadly, thanks for being part of the trail clean up. Wharton has miles and miles of beautiful wilderness.  My wife is a Piney. I was born in Mass but grew up here so she says I'm barely a Pine Needle. 

It's gotten really congested here and like Daniel Boone "I need elbow room" The trick is to have some country living but not so far out you are isolated and bored. I'm no "Doomsday Prepper" 

[VonMessa]

That is the problem sadly, thanks for being part of the trail clean up. Wharton has miles and miles of beautiful wilderness.  My wife is a Piney. I was born in Mass but grew up here so she says I'm barely a Pine Needle. 

It's gotten really congested here and like Daniel Boone "I need elbow room" The trick is to have some country living but not so far out you are isolated and bored. I'm no "Doomsday Prepper" 

I suppose it is all perspective.

I'd rather live in isolation, whereas Uptown is getting annoyed by it.

The only problems that I have where I live are the neighbors.

I would prefer to not have any...

[Hannibal]

A hole saw was the first thing I looked for around here, but no one had a diamond tip. Need that to cut through the marble. Went to Menards in Ottumwa and seen the Rod saw for a lot less priced...bought it instead. Now I wished i would have spent the extra money on the diamond tipped hole saw. Guess tomorrow it'll go get one. Just hate wasting 1/2 a day to go do it.

@AAJagerX.....DesMoines wouldn't be too bad, but then again anything is better then Appanoose co.    

You don't need a diamond tip. The cheap carbide hole saws they sell at menards work fine as long as you use water with them. I used to just pull the hose of my wet saw and let it run over what I was drilling. If you don't use water they dull instantly on stuff like porcelain but they'll still drill through it. Marble is so soft it wont be a problem for them. It helps to drill a pilot hole first though.

[uptown]

You don't need a diamond tip. The cheap carbide hole saws they sell at menards work fine as long as you use water with them. I used to just pull the hose of my wet saw and let it run over what I was drilling. If you don't use water they dull instantly on stuff like porcelain but they'll still drill through it. Marble is so soft it wont be a problem for them. It helps to drill a pilot hole first though.

Thanks Hannibal. I just picked up a carbide hole saw when I went up to Menards today. I started cutting and about 30 seconds in my drill takes a crap on me    So after dinner i'll send the wife to Walmart to pick me up a cheap Black and Decker and hopefully  get this job done tonight.  I have 2 holes to drill and 6 tiles to lay and then I can start grouting in the morning hopefully. 

[Rich52]

And yet, Chicago and the State of Illinois have some of the most restrictive anti gun laws in the country.  How're those working out up there Mr Daley?

Daleys gone. We have a new idiot running the place now. One just as dedicated to making Law Abiding citizens moving targets and denying them their constitutional rights. IL. citizens dont actually vote in Leaders they just pretend to, the actual winners of elections decided in backroom handshake deals. Its all so corrupt it makes you heartsick. The rural areas are a little better but even there American citizens are stripped of their rights to carry the means of self defense.

I'd never recommend moving to IL. or Chicago most of all. My wish is to retire in a small town right out of a Norman Rockwell painting.

[RedTop]

Waverly Iowa.  Represent

List of things to do.

1. Stare at Corn Field
2. Stare at Soybean Field next to Corn Field
3. Shoot stuff
4. Drink (remember shoot before drinking)

Stepson graduated at Waverly...wife is from that area...Been to Waterloo a few times where her parents live....coming that way in June as a matter a fact. It is different...no doubt about it.

[VonMessa]

Thanks Hannibal. I just picked up a carbide hole saw when I went up to Menards today. I started cutting and about 30 seconds in my drill takes a crap on me    So after dinner i'll send the wife to Walmart to pick me up a cheap Black and Decker and hopefully  get this job done tonight.  I have 2 holes to drill and 6 tiles to lay and then I can start grouting in the morning hopefully. 

Should have used your "laser" 

[Slate]

  That "Lazer" is going to cost you.......................

[PFactorDave]

Daleys gone. We have a new idiot running the place now. One just as dedicated to making Law Abiding citizens moving targets and denying them their constitutional rights. IL. citizens dont actually vote in Leaders they just pretend to, the actual winners of elections decided in backroom handshake deals. Its all so corrupt it makes you heartsick. The rural areas are a little better but even there American citizens are stripped of their rights to carry the means of self defense.

I'd never recommend moving to IL. or Chicago most of all. My wish is to retire in a small town right out of a Norman Rockwell painting.

Ya I know.  I live down here in central Illinois.  The Peoples Republic of Illinois.  We'd be much better off if Chicago got accidentally nuked or something.

[xbrit]

Ya I know.  I live down here in central Illinois.  The Peoples Republic of Illinois.  We'd be much better off if Chicago got accidentally nuked or something.

What I find funny is when you tell someone you live in Illinois they always say "So you live in Chicago?"
But then again we live in a State were our Governors make our license plates.

[ap1102]

Texas land of the free, home of the hardware store in every town. Shooting , drinking, fine women, country, city, music, hill country, flat land, farmland, lakes mountains, beaches, squeakes, bastages, military bases, rodeos, state fairs, tractors, race tracks, gun ranges, gun shows, restaurants, brothers, sistahs, borders, wild side, tame side, wrong side of the tracks, red light districts, airports,  did i mention fine women.......ahhhhhhhhh. I'm happy