PlaySomeHonk

I caught my first bass in my great grandfathers pond on a black and yellow HH spinner bait in 1969. I just received my order today from HH of some 1/8 oz glow in the dark tandem rigs for my dock at night on Bayou Terrebonne.

I like her. I also don’t know why Grace Knox didn’t play the second half that I noticed.

I skin a bunch of deer and I don’t split the sternum. I just let the guts fall enough to get the tenderloins out. Cut the front quarters off, backstraps and hind quarters, and occasionally the neck.

If you’ve got some data to back that up, it will be the first I’ve seen. So please share.

I bought 400 acres in Amite County in 2008 when I was 47. Moved residency from La to Ms in 2013, retired in 2017 and lived there since, with a camp on bayou Terrebonne. I harvested several hundred thousand $ worth of timber and formed an LLC which owns the land, so all farm expenses are deductible. And there are no state income taxes on 401k and IRA’s. One of the lowest property tax counties in the state. That’s not the case with surrounding counties, Pike, Franklin and Wilkinson. Politics aren’t in good shape in those counties.

Land value has appreciated 40-45% since 2008, maybe more. And the best of all is the recreational value. I built a 5 acre pond in 2014 (largest so far 13 lb 4oz bass), kids catch plenty of fish, manage intensely for deer, turkey and other wildlife, grow gardens, fruit tree orchards, and forage for natural bounty like chanterelle mushrooms, dew berries, blackberries, paw paw’s and more. Have 2 creeks to swim, fish, hunt in too. I can’t recommend it highly enough. Buy quality recreational land because the supply is diminishing. PS - just like anywhere else, neighbors matter.

Eagles

Exactly. It seems like she’s been trying many different combinations of line ups. USCe is damn good too but I’d hate to be Dawn Staley this season trying to combat this gargantuan offense and defense.

Mulkey obviously realizes what she’s built and what she has with this team. Not only generational individual talent, but a very cohesive group that goes 11 deep or more. Bella Hines, Grace Knox, Zakiyah Johnson, and Richard could prove to be the best bench in WCBB.

FlauJay, Mikayla and Fulwiley can create their own shots in one-on-one matchups as good as anyone in the country. Then they have the beef in the post with Koval, Joyner and even the freshman Yarnovich…..and did I
Mention future All American Grace Knox? And they run the floor and PLAY SWARMING DEFENSE better than any team Mulkey has had at LSU. I’m buying Kim Mulkey stock in my portfolio.

Yes the refs suck, especially the DEI Viking shield maiden but add the Weeks brothers, Haulsey, Delane and Perkins and this is a different game, even without Nuss and Anderson, despite the poor arse officiating.

I sold some to the same shop early last week and got $1 less than spot too. If spot was less volatile, sell price on eagles are normally higher than spot. When spot was $26 a year ago, eagles were $33ish.

Still holding much more but I’m retired and needed to fund a project. Spot was $63 when I sold. I think I started the run lol

I doubt there is a span table for a piling/round post because they aren’t conventionally used for that. I couldn’t even find a span table for a 8x8 timber which is odd. There is a very rough rule of thumb to use 1” of thickness and width for every foot you are spanning, which would be a true 12x12 timber, but that’s not with a 6k rolling load. 8” piles are way light.

Spent my career in construction and Eng, and I have multiple bridges on my land in MS, and also low water crossings which support loaded log trucks (80k lb). Bridges that I drive my tractors over, 1 has 18”x24” beams with 3x12 decking and the other is an 18 wheeler float trailer.

If it was mine, I’d use 18x12 (18” in vertical) minimum with 3x12 decking, all treated at .80 pcf. And make sure the bridge is in a straight section of the creek, or it will wash out. Broken concrete or rip rap on the upstream side of the bridge will help it not wash but it still should be in a straight run of the creek.