Boating and drillin in the Eastern Gulf
 

Being a boater, a Florida Native (5th generation N. FL redneck) and
former oilfield engineer (I did drillstem testing so I truly know
about drilling operations), I think I am knowledgable about the
relative perils of offshore drilling in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico.
Over the years, I have seen my home state befouled by the tourist and
real estate industry and overrun by people who simply do not belong
here. By comparison to the plague of yankees who have descended on us
drilling is purely benign yet tourism is considered clean industry.
MY beaches are now covered by northern condo filth to the extent that
I cannot even see the beach along highway 98 in Panama City and
Destin. Along MY barrier islands I have been threatened by idjit
snowbirds who think they actually own the beach in front of their
trashy stilt homes ruining MY dunes.
The salt marshes that produce most of food in the coastal food chain
that have been filled for building apartments will NEVER come back.
By comparison, Prince William Sound is almost the same as it was
before Exxon Valdez. Yet, we are not even talking about oil spills
here, THIS IS GAS DRILLING, NOT OIL. Any conceivable accident from
gas drilling is insignificant to that done each week by the tourist
industry.
Fishing boats from NW FL go to the waters of Alabama and LA because
they have better fishing BECAUSE of the oil industry. The drilling
rigs provide habitat for fish.
Local politicians here in N. FL pandering to the fears of foolish
liberals tell us that tourism provides jobs but all they provide is
minimum wage seasonable jobs. The gas industry provides very high
wage permanent jobs. Given a choice between being a cashier at a
Panama City Hot Dog Stand for $6.00/hr or a welder offshore, which
would you choose?

Boating and drillin in the Eastern Gulf
 

Boating and drillin in the Eastern Gulf
 

On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:40:28 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

Being a boater, a Florida Native (5th generation N. FL redneck) and
former oilfield engineer (I did drillstem testing so I truly know
about drilling operations), I think I am knowledgable about the
relative perils of offshore drilling in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico.
Over the years, I have seen my home state befouled by the tourist and
real estate industry and overrun by people who simply do not belong
here. By comparison to the plague of yankees who have descended on us
drilling is purely benign yet tourism is considered clean industry.
MY beaches are now covered by northern condo filth to the extent that
I cannot even see the beach along highway 98 in Panama City and
Destin. Along MY barrier islands I have been threatened by idjit
snowbirds who think they actually own the beach in front of their
trashy stilt homes ruining MY dunes.
The salt marshes that produce most of food in the coastal food chain
that have been filled for building apartments will NEVER come back.
By comparison, Prince William Sound is almost the same as it was
before Exxon Valdez. Yet, we are not even talking about oil spills
here, THIS IS GAS DRILLING, NOT OIL. Any conceivable accident from
gas drilling is insignificant to that done each week by the tourist
industry.
Fishing boats from NW FL go to the waters of Alabama and LA because
they have better fishing BECAUSE of the oil industry. The drilling
rigs provide habitat for fish.
Local politicians here in N. FL pandering to the fears of foolish
liberals tell us that tourism provides jobs but all they provide is
minimum wage seasonable jobs. The gas industry provides very high
wage permanent jobs. Given a choice between being a cashier at a
Panama City Hot Dog Stand for $6.00/hr or a welder offshore, which
would you choose?

Careful, you'll become the eighteenth dwarf.

But, you'll be welcome.

Boating and drillin in the Eastern Gulf
 

On Aug 10, 9:00 pm, John H. wrote:
On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:40:28 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
Being a boater, a Florida Native (5th generation N. FL redneck) and
former oilfield engineer (I did drillstem testing so I truly know
about drilling operations), I think I am knowledgable about the
relative perils of offshore drilling in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico.
Over the years, I have seen my home state befouled by the tourist and
real estate industry and overrun by people who simply do not belong
here. By comparison to the plague of yankees who have descended on us
drilling is purely benign yet tourism is considered clean industry.
MY beaches are now covered by northern condo filth to the extent that
I cannot even see the beach along highway 98 in Panama City and
Destin. Along MY barrier islands I have been threatened by idjit
snowbirds who think they actually own the beach in front of their
trashy stilt homes ruining MY dunes.
The salt marshes that produce most of food in the coastal food chain
that have been filled for building apartments will NEVER come back.
By comparison, Prince William Sound is almost the same as it was
before Exxon Valdez. Yet, we are not even talking about oil spills
here, THIS IS GAS DRILLING, NOT OIL. Any conceivable accident from
gas drilling is insignificant to that done each week by the tourist
industry.
Fishing boats from NW FL go to the waters of Alabama and LA because
they have better fishing BECAUSE of the oil industry. The drilling
rigs provide habitat for fish.
Local politicians here in N. FL pandering to the fears of foolish
liberals tell us that tourism provides jobs but all they provide is
minimum wage seasonable jobs. The gas industry provides very high
wage permanent jobs. Given a choice between being a cashier at a
Panama City Hot Dog Stand for $6.00/hr or a welder offshore, which
would you choose?

Careful, you'll become the eighteenth dwarf.

But, you'll be welcome.

"round hear, we draw the line at 2nd cuzins but I got lucky an'
married a yankee who likes what I like ('cept she doesnt like
greens). My yank in-laws would be ok if they'd just learn to cook.

Boating and drillin in the Eastern Gulf
 

On Aug 10, 9:27 pm, wrote:
On Aug 10, 9:00 pm, John H. wrote:



On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:40:28 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
Being a boater, a Florida Native (5th generation N. FL redneck) and
former oilfield engineer (I did drillstem testing so I truly know
about drilling operations), I think I am knowledgable about the
relative perils of offshore drilling in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico.
Over the years, I have seen my home state befouled by the tourist and
real estate industry and overrun by people who simply do not belong
here. By comparison to the plague of yankees who have descended on us
drilling is purely benign yet tourism is considered clean industry.
MY beaches are now covered by northern condo filth to the extent that
I cannot even see the beach along highway 98 in Panama City and
Destin. Along MY barrier islands I have been threatened by idjit
snowbirds who think they actually own the beach in front of their
trashy stilt homes ruining MY dunes.
The salt marshes that produce most of food in the coastal food chain
that have been filled for building apartments will NEVER come back.
By comparison, Prince William Sound is almost the same as it was
before Exxon Valdez. Yet, we are not even talking about oil spills
here, THIS IS GAS DRILLING, NOT OIL. Any conceivable accident from
gas drilling is insignificant to that done each week by the tourist
industry.
Fishing boats from NW FL go to the waters of Alabama and LA because
they have better fishing BECAUSE of the oil industry. The drilling
rigs provide habitat for fish.
Local politicians here in N. FL pandering to the fears of foolish
liberals tell us that tourism provides jobs but all they provide is
minimum wage seasonable jobs. The gas industry provides very high
wage permanent jobs. Given a choice between being a cashier at a
Panama City Hot Dog Stand for $6.00/hr or a welder offshore, which
would you choose?

Careful, you'll become the eighteenth dwarf.

But, you'll be welcome.

"round hear, we draw the line at 2nd cuzins but I got lucky an'
married a yankee who likes what I like ('cept she doesnt like
greens). My yank in-laws would be ok if they'd just learn to cook.

For the past couple years, I been setting gullible people like HK
straight, "Dukes of Hazzard" was NOT a documentary. Stop believing
everything Hollywood says. Lots of us rednecks are a lot smarter than
u might thank.

Boating and drillin in the Eastern Gulf
 

Boating and drillin in the Eastern Gulf
 

On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 18:27:48 -0700 (PDT), wrote:


Careful, you'll become the eighteenth dwarf.

But, you'll be welcome.

"round hear, we draw the line at 2nd cuzins but I got lucky an'
married a yankee who likes what I like ('cept she doesnt like
greens). My yank in-laws would be ok if they'd just learn to cook.

What the hell is with people who don't like greens? My wife, bless her
soul, doesn't even like the smell of a batch of collards cooking in the
house. I keep telling her she's sick, but she says it's not her.

I've a friend here who gives me a bag of collards and green tomatoes every
time we golf. Naturally I make sure to golf with him at least once a week!

Boating and drillin in the Eastern Gulf
 

On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 22:42:08 -0400, "Earl of Warwich, Duke of Cornwall,
Marquies of Anglesea, Sir Reginald P. Smithers III Esq. LLC, STP. "
wrote:

wrote:


"round hear, we draw the line at 2nd cuzins but I got lucky an'
married a yankee who likes what I like ('cept she doesnt like
greens). My yank in-laws would be ok if they'd just learn to cook.

Just tell them to add salt back to the vegetables and then overcook them
till you can't tell what they are. ;)

Nope, bacon. Lot's of bacon. And onions, and garlic, and some Frank's Red
Hot sauce, or whatever they call it these days.

Boating and drillin in the Eastern Gulf
 

John H. wrote:
On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 18:27:48 -0700 (PDT), wrote:


Careful, you'll become the eighteenth dwarf.

But, you'll be welcome.
"round hear, we draw the line at 2nd cuzins but I got lucky an'
married a yankee who likes what I like ('cept she doesnt like
greens). My yank in-laws would be ok if they'd just learn to cook.

What the hell is with people who don't like greens? My wife, bless her
soul, doesn't even like the smell of a batch of collards cooking in the
house. I keep telling her she's sick, but she says it's not her.

I've a friend here who gives me a bag of collards and green tomatoes every
time we golf. Naturally I make sure to golf with him at least once a week!

The REAL reason she doesn't like the smell of greens while they are
cooking is they actually give off a sulfur smell, which is a diluted
form of mustard gas. The longer you cook them, the more sulfur they
release.

While I have never tasted greens i like, Alton Brown says the reason
most people do not like greens are they are cooked too long. He
recommends you only cook them 45 min or until they are tender. I think
most southerners cook them till they are almost mush.

Boating and drillin in the Eastern Gulf
 

John H. wrote:
On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 22:42:08 -0400, "Earl of Warwich, Duke of Cornwall,
Marquies of Anglesea, Sir Reginald P. Smithers III Esq. LLC, STP. "
wrote:

wrote:

"round hear, we draw the line at 2nd cuzins but I got lucky an'
married a yankee who likes what I like ('cept she doesnt like
greens). My yank in-laws would be ok if they'd just learn to cook.
Just tell them to add salt back to the vegetables and then overcook them
till you can't tell what they are. ;)

Nope, bacon. Lot's of bacon. And onions, and garlic, and some Frank's Red
Hot sauce, or whatever they call it these days.

Southerns have never found a dish that was not improved with the
addition of some form of pork. ;)

If you like Frank's Red Hot, you would LOVE Crystal Hot Sauce. Better
flavor than Frank's and the same mild heat.

Boating and drillin in the Eastern Gulf
 

On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 07:36:19 -0400, "Earl of Warwich, Duke of
Cornwall, Marquies of Anglesea, Sir Reginald P. Smithers III Esq. LLC,
STP. " wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 22:42:08 -0400, "Earl of Warwich, Duke of Cornwall,
Marquies of Anglesea, Sir Reginald P. Smithers III Esq. LLC, STP. "
wrote:

wrote:

"round hear, we draw the line at 2nd cuzins but I got lucky an'
married a yankee who likes what I like ('cept she doesnt like
greens). My yank in-laws would be ok if they'd just learn to cook.
Just tell them to add salt back to the vegetables and then overcook them
till you can't tell what they are. ;)

Nope, bacon. Lot's of bacon. And onions, and garlic, and some Frank's Red
Hot sauce, or whatever they call it these days.

Southerns have never found a dish that was not improved with the
addition of some form of pork. ;)

If you like Frank's Red Hot, you would LOVE Crystal Hot Sauce. Better
flavor than Frank's and the same mild heat.

There is only one hot sauce.

Tobasco.

This thread is now locked. :)

Boating and drillin in the Eastern Gulf
 

On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:38:48 GMT, John H.
wrote:

On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 18:27:48 -0700 (PDT), wrote:


Careful, you'll become the eighteenth dwarf.

But, you'll be welcome.

"round hear, we draw the line at 2nd cuzins but I got lucky an'
married a yankee who likes what I like ('cept she doesnt like
greens). My yank in-laws would be ok if they'd just learn to cook.

What the hell is with people who don't like greens? My wife, bless her
soul, doesn't even like the smell of a batch of collards cooking in the
house. I keep telling her she's sick, but she says it's not her.

I've a friend here who gives me a bag of collards and green tomatoes every
time we golf. Naturally I make sure to golf with him at least once a week!

It's funny - I can't stand the smell of bacon cooking. I actually get
physically sick when somebody (like Mrs. Wave who has it every morning
with two scrambled eggs) cooks it.

I leave the house for 30 minutes or so and after Mrs. Wave finishes,
she opens the door and lets the kitchen air out.

On the other hand, I love Brussels Sprouts and Mrs. Wave can't stand
the smell.

Go figure. :)

Boating and drillin in the Eastern Gulf
 

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 07:36:19 -0400, "Earl of Warwich, Duke of
Cornwall, Marquies of Anglesea, Sir Reginald P. Smithers III Esq. LLC,
STP. " wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 22:42:08 -0400, "Earl of Warwich, Duke of Cornwall,
Marquies of Anglesea, Sir Reginald P. Smithers III Esq. LLC, STP. "
wrote:

wrote:

"round hear, we draw the line at 2nd cuzins but I got lucky an'
married a yankee who likes what I like ('cept she doesnt like
greens). My yank in-laws would be ok if they'd just learn to cook.
Just tell them to add salt back to the vegetables and then overcook them
till you can't tell what they are. ;)
Nope, bacon. Lot's of bacon. And onions, and garlic, and some Frank's Red
Hot sauce, or whatever they call it these days.
Southerns have never found a dish that was not improved with the
addition of some form of pork. ;)

If you like Frank's Red Hot, you would LOVE Crystal Hot Sauce. Better
flavor than Frank's and the same mild heat.

There is only one hot sauce.

Tobasco.

This thread is now locked. :)

Guess again. !!!!!!

Tabasco is great, either in cooking or as a condiment, but sometimes it
can over power a delicate flavor, such as fish. At those times (and
only at those times) is Crystal the preferred hot sauce.

NOW this thread is locked.

Boating and drillin in the Eastern Gulf
 

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:38:48 GMT, John H.
wrote:

On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 18:27:48 -0700 (PDT), wrote:


Careful, you'll become the eighteenth dwarf.

But, you'll be welcome.
"round hear, we draw the line at 2nd cuzins but I got lucky an'
married a yankee who likes what I like ('cept she doesnt like
greens). My yank in-laws would be ok if they'd just learn to cook.
What the hell is with people who don't like greens? My wife, bless her
soul, doesn't even like the smell of a batch of collards cooking in the
house. I keep telling her she's sick, but she says it's not her.

I've a friend here who gives me a bag of collards and green tomatoes every
time we golf. Naturally I make sure to golf with him at least once a week!

It's funny - I can't stand the smell of bacon cooking. I actually get
physically sick when somebody (like Mrs. Wave who has it every morning
with two scrambled eggs) cooks it.

I leave the house for 30 minutes or so and after Mrs. Wave finishes,
she opens the door and lets the kitchen air out.

On the other hand, I love Brussels Sprouts and Mrs. Wave can't stand
the smell.

Go figure. :)

Brussels Sprouts YUK. I knew there was something wrong with you. Even
Tabasco can not fix them.

Boating and drillin in the Eastern Gulf
 

On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 07:34:38 -0400, "Earl of Warwich, Duke of
Cornwall, Marquies of Anglesea, Sir Reginald P. Smithers III Esq. LLC,
STP. " wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 18:27:48 -0700 (PDT), wrote:


Careful, you'll become the eighteenth dwarf.

But, you'll be welcome.
"round hear, we draw the line at 2nd cuzins but I got lucky an'
married a yankee who likes what I like ('cept she doesnt like
greens). My yank in-laws would be ok if they'd just learn to cook.

What the hell is with people who don't like greens? My wife, bless her
soul, doesn't even like the smell of a batch of collards cooking in the
house. I keep telling her she's sick, but she says it's not her.

I've a friend here who gives me a bag of collards and green tomatoes every
time we golf. Naturally I make sure to golf with him at least once a week!

The REAL reason she doesn't like the smell of greens while they are
cooking is they actually give off a sulfur smell, which is a diluted
form of mustard gas. The longer you cook them, the more sulfur they
release.

There is a difference between sulphur released in cooking greens and
sulphur mustard as I understand it.

I could be wrong though.

While I have never tasted greens i like, Alton Brown says the reason
most people do not like greens are they are cooked too long. He
recommends you only cook them 45 min or until they are tender. I think
most southerners cook them till they are almost mush.

I have had them done right - just tender and they are good.

The problem is you really have to be experienced in cooking them right
though.

Boating and drillin in the Eastern Gulf
 

On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:06:28 -0400, "Earl of Warwich, Duke of
Cornwall, Marquies of Anglesea, Sir Reginald P. Smithers III Esq. LLC,
STP. " wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 07:36:19 -0400, "Earl of Warwich, Duke of
Cornwall, Marquies of Anglesea, Sir Reginald P. Smithers III Esq. LLC,
STP. " wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 22:42:08 -0400, "Earl of Warwich, Duke of Cornwall,
Marquies of Anglesea, Sir Reginald P. Smithers III Esq. LLC, STP. "
wrote:

wrote:

"round hear, we draw the line at 2nd cuzins but I got lucky an'
married a yankee who likes what I like ('cept she doesnt like
greens). My yank in-laws would be ok if they'd just learn to cook.
Just tell them to add salt back to the vegetables and then overcook them
till you can't tell what they are. ;)
Nope, bacon. Lot's of bacon. And onions, and garlic, and some Frank's Red
Hot sauce, or whatever they call it these days.
Southerns have never found a dish that was not improved with the
addition of some form of pork. ;)

If you like Frank's Red Hot, you would LOVE Crystal Hot Sauce. Better
flavor than Frank's and the same mild heat.

There is only one hot sauce.

Tobasco.

This thread is now locked. :)

Guess again. !!!!!!

Tabasco is great, either in cooking or as a condiment, but sometimes it
can over power a delicate flavor, such as fish. At those times (and
only at those times) is Crystal the preferred hot sauce.

HERETIC!!! APOSTATE!!! BLASPHEMER!!! PERVERT!!! RECREANT!!!

Boating and drillin in the Eastern Gulf
 

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...

On the other hand, I love Brussels Sprouts and Mrs. Wave can't stand
the smell.

Go figure. :)




Nothing like a couple of eggs over medium and then sprinkled generously with
Tabasco sauce. Sorta wakes you up.

BTW .... I also like Brussels Sprouts cooked until they just get tender,
then semi saturated with vinegar. Vinegar is like wine; all sorts of
varieties.


Eisboch

Boating and drillin in the Eastern Gulf
 

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 07:36:19 -0400, "Earl of Warwich, Duke of
Cornwall, Marquies of Anglesea, Sir Reginald P. Smithers III Esq. LLC,
STP. " wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 22:42:08 -0400, "Earl of Warwich, Duke of Cornwall,
Marquies of Anglesea, Sir Reginald P. Smithers III Esq. LLC, STP. "
wrote:

wrote:

"round hear, we draw the line at 2nd cuzins but I got lucky an'
married a yankee who likes what I like ('cept she doesnt like
greens). My yank in-laws would be ok if they'd just learn to cook.
Just tell them to add salt back to the vegetables and then overcook
them
till you can't tell what they are. ;)

Nope, bacon. Lot's of bacon. And onions, and garlic, and some Frank's
Red
Hot sauce, or whatever they call it these days.

Southerns have never found a dish that was not improved with the
addition of some form of pork. ;)

If you like Frank's Red Hot, you would LOVE Crystal Hot Sauce. Better
flavor than Frank's and the same mild heat.

There is only one hot sauce.

Tobasco.

This thread is now locked. :)
And we know where you hide the key :))

Boating and drillin in the Eastern Gulf
 

Eisboch wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
On the other hand, I love Brussels Sprouts and Mrs. Wave can't stand
the smell.

Go figure. :)




Nothing like a couple of eggs over medium and then sprinkled generously with
Tabasco sauce. Sorta wakes you up.

BTW .... I also like Brussels Sprouts cooked until they just get tender,
then semi saturated with vinegar. Vinegar is like wine; all sorts of
varieties.


Eisboch



Brussel sprouts are about the only veggie I have never liked. I think a
lot of it has to do with their aroma. I use a bit of Tabasco sauce when
I fry light flavored fish.

Ever visit Avery Island in Louisiana. where Tabasco is made? It's a
couple hours west of New Orleans, and gives you another excuse to drive
around in Louisiana, as if anyone needed one.




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"hk" wrote in message
. ..

Eisboch wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
On the other hand, I love Brussels Sprouts and Mrs. Wave can't stand
the smell.

Go figure. :)




Nothing like a couple of eggs over medium and then sprinkled generously
with Tabasco sauce. Sorta wakes you up.

BTW .... I also like Brussels Sprouts cooked until they just get tender,
then semi saturated with vinegar. Vinegar is like wine; all sorts of
varieties.


Eisboch

Brussel sprouts are about the only veggie I have never liked. I think a
lot of it has to do with their aroma. I use a bit of Tabasco sauce when I
fry light flavored fish.

Ever visit Avery Island in Louisiana. where Tabasco is made? It's a couple
hours west of New Orleans, and gives you another excuse to drive around in
Louisiana, as if anyone needed one.

Nope. Been to New Orleans twice, once for a week during a trade
show/conference. None of us spent much time at the conference.

Second trip was to take Mrs.E. Quite a city and a lot of fun.

I got a kick out of visiting the Superdome as well. It was empty and a few
of us took the tour.
All the seats had a shadow-like image designed into the backs of the chairs.
The tour guide explained that the shadow made the place appear to be filled
to capacity to viewers watching on TV.

Eisboch

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On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:22:46 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
.. .

On the other hand, I love Brussels Sprouts and Mrs. Wave can't stand
the smell.

Go figure. :)

Nothing like a couple of eggs over medium and then sprinkled generously with
Tabasco sauce. Sorta wakes you up.

BTW .... I also like Brussels Sprouts cooked until they just get tender,
then semi saturated with vinegar. Vinegar is like wine; all sorts of
varieties.

mmmmmmsproutsandvinegar....

I like the cider vinegars mostly. We have a local variety from
Woodstock Orchards that is delicious - you can almost drink it
straight. :)

Couple of towns over, there is an orchard that makes a pear vinegar
which is, to put it mildly, interesting.

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On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:49:58 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:


"hk" wrote in message
...

Eisboch wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
On the other hand, I love Brussels Sprouts and Mrs. Wave can't stand
the smell.

Go figure. :)




Nothing like a couple of eggs over medium and then sprinkled generously
with Tabasco sauce. Sorta wakes you up.

BTW .... I also like Brussels Sprouts cooked until they just get tender,
then semi saturated with vinegar. Vinegar is like wine; all sorts of
varieties.

Brussel sprouts are about the only veggie I have never liked. I think a
lot of it has to do with their aroma. I use a bit of Tabasco sauce when I
fry light flavored fish.

Ever visit Avery Island in Louisiana. where Tabasco is made? It's a couple
hours west of New Orleans, and gives you another excuse to drive around in
Louisiana, as if anyone needed one.

Nope. Been to New Orleans twice, once for a week during a trade
show/conference. None of us spent much time at the conference.

Second trip was to take Mrs.E. Quite a city and a lot of fun.

I got a kick out of visiting the Superdome as well. It was empty and a few
of us took the tour.
All the seats had a shadow-like image designed into the backs of the chairs.
The tour guide explained that the shadow made the place appear to be filled
to capacity to viewers watching on TV.

Yep.

I haven't been back in almost 35 years unfortunately.

Someday I will.

Boating and drillin in the Eastern Gulf
 

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:49:58 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

"hk" wrote in message
. ..

Eisboch wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
On the other hand, I love Brussels Sprouts and Mrs. Wave can't stand
the smell.

Go figure. :)



Nothing like a couple of eggs over medium and then sprinkled generously
with Tabasco sauce. Sorta wakes you up.

BTW .... I also like Brussels Sprouts cooked until they just get tender,
then semi saturated with vinegar. Vinegar is like wine; all sorts of
varieties.
Brussel sprouts are about the only veggie I have never liked. I think a
lot of it has to do with their aroma. I use a bit of Tabasco sauce when I
fry light flavored fish.

Ever visit Avery Island in Louisiana. where Tabasco is made? It's a couple
hours west of New Orleans, and gives you another excuse to drive around in
Louisiana, as if anyone needed one.
Nope. Been to New Orleans twice, once for a week during a trade
show/conference. None of us spent much time at the conference.

Second trip was to take Mrs.E. Quite a city and a lot of fun.

I got a kick out of visiting the Superdome as well. It was empty and a few
of us took the tour.
All the seats had a shadow-like image designed into the backs of the chairs.
The tour guide explained that the shadow made the place appear to be filled
to capacity to viewers watching on TV.

Yep.

I haven't been back in almost 35 years unfortunately.

Someday I will.

If you make it back to LA, you need to visit the Bayou area. As great
as the cooking is in NO, the real Cajun and creole cooking is outside of
NO and Baton Rouge. I loved talking to the natives in Lafayette and New
Iberia and the food is unfrickingbelievable.

Boating and drillin in the Eastern Gulf
 

Boating and drillin in the Eastern Gulf
 

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On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:51:47 -0400, hk wrote:

would have rebuilt NO in proper
fashion.


The only way to fix NO would be to scrape the place, barge in 20 feet
of dirt and start over. FEMA won't let you rebuild below sea level
anywhere else in the country. It has to be 11' ASL


Maybe you could buy shiploads of rock & sand from Iraq, bring it over and
build up an area big enough to support a medium sized city.
Lots of work & money spread around over there might take their minds off
killing.

Boating and drillin in the Eastern Gulf
 

Don White wrote:
wrote in message
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On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:51:47 -0400, hk wrote:

would have rebuilt NO in proper
fashion.

The only way to fix NO would be to scrape the place, barge in 20 feet
of dirt and start over. FEMA won't let you rebuild below sea level
anywhere else in the country. It has to be 11' ASL


Maybe you could buy shiploads of rock & sand from Iraq, bring it over and
build up an area big enough to support a medium sized city.
Lots of work & money spread around over there might take their minds off
killing.



We could give the no-bid contract to Halliburton, or some other
corporation that sucks Dick Cheney's genitals.

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"The Democratic Party strongly and unequivocally supports Roe v. Wade
and a woman's right to choose a safe and legal abortion,
regardless of ability to pay, and we oppose any and all efforts
to weaken or undermine that right."

Boating and drillin in the Eastern Gulf
 

On Aug 11, 11:19*am, hk wrote:
Don White wrote:
wrote in message
.. .
On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:51:47 -0400, hk wrote:

would have rebuilt NO in proper
fashion.

The only way to fix NO would be to scrape the place, barge in 20 feet
of dirt and start over. FEMA won't let you rebuild below sea level
anywhere else in the country. It has to be 11' ASL

Maybe you could buy shiploads of rock & sand from Iraq, bring it over and
build up an area big enough to support a medium sized city.
Lots of work & money spread around over there might take their minds off
killing.

We could give the no-bid contract to Halliburton, or some other
corporation that sucks Dick Cheney's genitals.


Speaking of sucking genetals.. Clinton gave Haliburton no-bid
contracts in the Balkans too, idiot..
Fact is, no one else does what Haliburton does so it's a no brainer....

Boating and drillin in the Eastern Gulf
 

Boating and drillin in the Eastern Gulf
 

On Aug 11, 11:31*am, hk wrote:
wrote:
On Aug 11, 11:19 am, hk wrote:
Don White wrote:
wrote in message
...
On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:51:47 -0400, hk wrote:
would have rebuilt NO in proper
fashion.
The only way to fix NO would be to scrape the place, barge in 20 feet
of dirt and start over. FEMA won't let you rebuild below sea level
anywhere else in the country. It has to be 11' ASL
Maybe you could buy shiploads of rock & sand from Iraq, bring it over and
build up an area big enough to support a medium sized city.
Lots of work & money spread around over there might take their minds off
killing.
We could give the no-bid contract to Halliburton, or some other
corporation that sucks Dick Cheney's genitals.

Speaking of sucking genetals.. Clinton gave Haliburton no-bid
contracts in the Balkans too, idiot..
Fact is, no one else does what Haliburton does so it's a no brainer....

The word is spelled genitals, not genetals. I spelled properly for you.
Are you such a ****-poor reader you cannot even copy the spelling of a
word spelled out for you?

Learn to read. When you do, I'll take your crap a bit more seriously.
This is not the first time you have demonstrated your near-illiteracy.

Oh...you misspelled Halliburton, too.

Jesus.

--
"The Democratic Party strongly and unequivocally supports Roe v. Wade
and a woman's right to choose a safe and legal abortion,
regardless of ability to pay, and we oppose any and all efforts
to weaken or undermine that right."- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Harry, your sentence should say "I spelled IT properly for you."

Boating and drillin in the Eastern Gulf
 

On Aug 11, 11:31*am, hk wrote:
wrote:
On Aug 11, 11:19 am, hk wrote:
Don White wrote:
wrote in message
...
On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:51:47 -0400, hk wrote:
would have rebuilt NO in proper
fashion.
The only way to fix NO would be to scrape the place, barge in 20 feet
of dirt and start over. FEMA won't let you rebuild below sea level
anywhere else in the country. It has to be 11' ASL
Maybe you could buy shiploads of rock & sand from Iraq, bring it over and
build up an area big enough to support a medium sized city.
Lots of work & money spread around over there might take their minds off
killing.
We could give the no-bid contract to Halliburton, or some other
corporation that sucks Dick Cheney's genitals.

Speaking of sucking genetals.. Clinton gave Haliburton no-bid
contracts in the Balkans too, idiot..
Fact is, no one else does what Haliburton does so it's a no brainer....

The word is spelled genitals, not genetals. I spelled properly for you.
Are you such a ****-poor reader you cannot even copy the spelling of a
word spelled out for you?

Learn to read. When you do, I'll take your crap a bit more seriously.
This is not the first time you have demonstrated your near-illiteracy.


Typical wafa deflection.
Less than a week till Independence day! Yay Beer!

Boating and drillin in the Eastern Gulf
 

Boating and drillin in the Eastern Gulf
 

On Aug 11, 11:40*am, wrote:
On Aug 11, 11:31*am, hk wrote:





wrote:
On Aug 11, 11:19 am, hk wrote:
Don White wrote:
wrote in message
...
On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:51:47 -0400, hk wrote:
would have rebuilt NO in proper
fashion.
The only way to fix NO would be to scrape the place, barge in 20 feet
of dirt and start over. FEMA won't let you rebuild below sea level
anywhere else in the country. It has to be 11' ASL
Maybe you could buy shiploads of rock & sand from Iraq, bring it over and
build up an area big enough to support a medium sized city.
Lots of work & money spread around over there might take their minds off
killing.
We could give the no-bid contract to Halliburton, or some other
corporation that sucks Dick Cheney's genitals.

Speaking of sucking genetals.. Clinton gave Haliburton no-bid
contracts in the Balkans too, idiot..
Fact is, no one else does what Haliburton does so it's a no brainer.....

The word is spelled genitals, not genetals. I spelled properly for you.
Are you such a ****-poor reader you cannot even copy the spelling of a
word spelled out for you?

Learn to read. When you do, I'll take your crap a bit more seriously.
This is not the first time you have demonstrated your near-illiteracy.

Oh...you misspelled Halliburton, too.

Jesus.

--
"The Democratic Party strongly and unequivocally supports Roe v. Wade
and a woman's right to choose a safe and legal abortion,
regardless of ability to pay, and we oppose any and all efforts
to weaken or undermine that right."- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Harry, your sentence should say "I spelled IT properly for you."- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

snerk wafa;)
Less than a week now.. Yay, beer!

Boating and drillin in the Eastern Gulf
 

Boating and drillin in the Eastern Gulf
 

On Aug 11, 11:53*am, hk wrote:
wrote:
Less than a week now.. Yay, beer!

There isn't a server in the world that will elevate you from being an
ill-educated, foul-tempered, snarky, short, fat, child-endangering, and
usually off-topic little asshole, Scott.


I almost feel sorry for you. You gotta' be going nuts, here's a
suggestion... Get a life!

Stay tuned folks, it will get vulgar and juvenile as the meltdown
begins...;)

Independence day is less than a week away. Yay Beer!

Boating and drillin in the Eastern Gulf
 

Boating and drillin in the Eastern Gulf
 

On Aug 11, 12:00*pm, wrote:
On Aug 11, 11:53*am, hk wrote:

wrote:
Less than a week now.. Yay, beer!

There isn't a server in the world that will elevate you from being an
ill-educated, foul-tempered, snarky, short, fat, child-endangering, and
usually off-topic little asshole, Scott.

I almost feel sorry for you. You gotta' be going nuts, here's a
suggestion... Get a life!

Stay tuned folks, it will get vulgar and juvenile as the meltdown
begins...;)

Independence day is less than a week away. Yay Beer!

Oh, yeah, he's the biggest pig in usenet. There is not one other
person who is as much of a low life scum as Harry.

Boating and drillin in the Eastern Gulf
 

hk wrote:
wrote:
On Aug 11, 11:31 am, hk wrote:
wrote:
On Aug 11, 11:19 am, hk wrote:
Don White wrote:
wrote in message
...
On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:51:47 -0400, hk
wrote:
would have rebuilt NO in proper
fashion.
The only way to fix NO would be to scrape the place, barge in 20
feet
of dirt and start over. FEMA won't let you rebuild below sea level
anywhere else in the country. It has to be 11' ASL
Maybe you could buy shiploads of rock & sand from Iraq, bring it
over and
build up an area big enough to support a medium sized city.
Lots of work & money spread around over there might take their
minds off
killing.
We could give the no-bid contract to Halliburton, or some other
corporation that sucks Dick Cheney's genitals.
Speaking of sucking genetals.. Clinton gave Haliburton no-bid
contracts in the Balkans too, idiot..
Fact is, no one else does what Haliburton does so it's a no brainer....
The word is spelled genitals, not genetals. I spelled properly for you.
Are you such a ****-poor reader you cannot even copy the spelling of a
word spelled out for you?

Learn to read. When you do, I'll take your crap a bit more seriously.
This is not the first time you have demonstrated your near-illiteracy.


Typical wafa deflection.
Less than a week till Independence day! Yay Beer!

Your inability to pick up words properly spelled for you in simple
sentences and reuse them in a sentence of your own speaks chapters about
your intellectual laziness...or worse.

We already know you don't read very well.



Just,
You do know why Harry doesn't pretend to filter you don't you? It is
because he thinks his barbs have an impact on you.

Boating and drillin in the Eastern Gulf
 

On Aug 11, 1:26*pm, "Earl of Warwich, Duke of Cornwall, Marquies of
Anglesea, Sir Reginald P. Smithers III Esq. LLC, STP. "
wrote:
hk wrote:
wrote:
On Aug 11, 11:31 am, hk wrote:
wrote:
On Aug 11, 11:19 am, hk wrote:
Don White wrote:
wrote in message
news:2vj0a45d6cufqak1s3ucqd2jgegnvjcid7@4ax. com...
On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:51:47 -0400, hk
wrote:
would have rebuilt NO in proper
fashion.
The only way to fix NO would be to scrape the place, barge in 20
feet
of dirt and start over. FEMA won't let you rebuild below sea level
anywhere else in the country. It has to be 11' ASL
Maybe you could buy shiploads of rock & sand from Iraq, bring it
over and
build up an area big enough to support a medium sized city.
Lots of work & money spread around over there might take their
minds off
killing.
We could give the no-bid contract to Halliburton, or some other
corporation that sucks Dick Cheney's genitals.
Speaking of sucking genetals.. Clinton gave Haliburton no-bid
contracts in the Balkans too, idiot..
Fact is, no one else does what Haliburton does so it's a no brainer.....
The word is spelled genitals, not genetals. I spelled properly for you.
Are you such a ****-poor reader you cannot even copy the spelling of a
word spelled out for you?

Learn to read. When you do, I'll take your crap a bit more seriously.
This is not the first time you have demonstrated your near-illiteracy..

Typical wafa deflection.
Less than a week till Independence day! * Yay Beer!

Your inability to pick up words properly spelled for you in simple
sentences and reuse them in a sentence of your own speaks chapters about
your intellectual laziness...or worse.

We already know you don't read very well.

Just,
You do know why Harry doesn't pretend to filter you don't you? *It is
because he thinks his barbs have an impact on you.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Yeah, I know.. give me a week and I will be going cold turkey and salt
free....;) Humm, I'm hungry...;)

Boating and drillin in the Eastern Gulf
 

On Aug 10, 8:40*pm, wrote:
Being a boater, a Florida Native (5th generation N. FL redneck) and
former oilfield engineer (I did drillstem testing so I truly know
about drilling operations), I think I am knowledgable about the
relative perils of offshore drilling in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico.
Over the years, I have seen my home state befouled by the tourist and
real estate industry and overrun by people who simply do not belong
here. *By comparison to the plague of yankees who have descended on us
drilling is purely benign yet tourism is considered clean industry.
MY beaches are now covered by northern condo filth to the extent that
I cannot even see the beach along highway 98 in Panama City and
Destin. *Along MY barrier islands I have been threatened by idjit
snowbirds who think they actually own the beach in front of their
trashy stilt homes ruining MY dunes.
The salt marshes that produce most of food in the coastal food chain
that have been filled for building apartments will NEVER come back.
By comparison, Prince William Sound is almost the same as it was
before Exxon Valdez. *Yet, we are not even talking about oil spills
here, THIS IS GAS DRILLING, NOT OIL. *Any conceivable accident from
gas drilling is insignificant to that done each week by the tourist
industry.
Fishing boats from NW FL go to the waters of Alabama and LA because
they have better fishing BECAUSE of the oil industry. *The drilling
rigs provide habitat for fish.
Local politicians here in N. FL pandering to the fears of foolish
liberals tell us that tourism provides jobs but all they provide is
minimum wage seasonable jobs. *The gas industry provides very high
wage permanent jobs. *Given a choice between being a cashier at a
Panama City Hot Dog Stand for $6.00/hr or a welder offshore, which
would you choose?

Are you suggesting that tourism and relocation to Florida be outlawed?

richforman

Boating and drillin in the Eastern Gulf
 

On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 07:34:38 -0400, "Earl of Warwich, Duke of Cornwall,
Marquies of Anglesea, Sir Reginald P. Smithers III Esq. LLC, STP. "
wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 18:27:48 -0700 (PDT), wrote:


Careful, you'll become the eighteenth dwarf.

But, you'll be welcome.
"round hear, we draw the line at 2nd cuzins but I got lucky an'
married a yankee who likes what I like ('cept she doesnt like
greens). My yank in-laws would be ok if they'd just learn to cook.

What the hell is with people who don't like greens? My wife, bless her
soul, doesn't even like the smell of a batch of collards cooking in the
house. I keep telling her she's sick, but she says it's not her.

I've a friend here who gives me a bag of collards and green tomatoes every
time we golf. Naturally I make sure to golf with him at least once a week!

The REAL reason she doesn't like the smell of greens while they are
cooking is they actually give off a sulfur smell, which is a diluted
form of mustard gas. The longer you cook them, the more sulfur they
release.

While I have never tasted greens i like, Alton Brown says the reason
most people do not like greens are they are cooked too long. He
recommends you only cook them 45 min or until they are tender. I think
most southerners cook them till they are almost mush.

I cook the collards for 12 minutes, then drain and set aside. I then fry
the bacon in the same pot. While it is frying, I slice up an onion and a
few cloves of garlic. As the bacon nears completion, but not crisp, I throw
in the onions (after draining a little of the grease). I also throw the
collards back in, and cook everything until the onions are done. Just
before, I throw in the garlic slices.

Good stuff. About 45min to an hour is the total cooking time.