Thought of the day......

[Big Muddy]

"""Pain makes you stronger....Tears make you braver....Heartbreak makes you wiser....And, vodka makes you not remember any of that shit."""

[Buckrub]

In wine there is wisdom
In whiskey there is strength
In water there is bacteria

[Big Muddy]

You got that right....worse case of screamin' sheeitz I ever got was from drinking outta a crystal clear brook in Colorado.

Yeah, I know, it was dumb, but it was my first trip out there back in '88, and I was indestructible, back then.

Giardia, however, brought me to my knees....literally, I sheeit for three straight days....I shoulda gone to the hospital, but it was 40 miles down the mountain to the hospital, and I woulda ruined the other guys opening-day elk hunt.

One of the guys had some Flagell antibiotic, and it worked wonders, but slowly.

Got to feeling a little better, and a day or so later, missed my first Colo. elk....450 yards, shooting nearly straight uphill.

The 5x5 saw me about the same time I saw him.

I was squatted with my pants down, getting rid of more giardia, and had to shoot from that position.

Needless to say, I made a "shitty" shot!!! ;)

[Buckrub]

You took HOW many years to tell that story???????

[Big Muddy]

I'm too ashamed to tell most of 'em , Bucky. ;)

Did I ever tell ya about one of our hunting buddies, dying overnight from altitude sickness in his sleeping bag???

Happened, I believe, back in '89.

[Buckrub]

See? I tell 'em all, and I'm labeled a dipwad. "ONLY BUCKY" could do this, that, or the other.

I figger I'm just about perfectly normal.

[quercus alba]

You're a perfectly normal dipwad bucky

[Buckrub]

Aw. That's one of the nicest things you ever said to me.

*sniff*

You too, Vince. I think you are absolutely normal for a true dipwad.

[quercus alba]

Us dipwads have to stick together Bucky

[Buckrub]

Don't tell the rest of 'em......but I like you best.

[BarryBobPosthole]

I've drank out of a lot of streams up in the snowmelt area and haven't caught the beaver fever. They say its just a matter of time if you do it regularly.
BKB

[Big Muddy]

Just don't swallow.....or, you might get the fever....or, the lickety-split disease like Michael Douglas caught. ;)