| Favorite team: | Alabama  |
| Location: | Kingwood, TX via Monroe, LA |
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| Interests: | Hunting, Offshore, Inshore, BJJ |
| Occupation: | PM-Pipeline Contractor |
| Number of Posts: | 10943 |
| Registered on: | 7/11/2013 |
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re: What is the first major news event you recall watching?
Posted by MWP on 11/12/25 at 8:11 am to MamouTiger65
I remember watching Reagan getting sworn in as President. I think I was in 2nd Grade. Teacher brought a TV into the classroom to watch. I think I was more impressed that a TV could be moved like that.
I remember the Iran-Contra hearings as well. Probably the first major news event outside of the Space Shuttle crash I can recall. It was on every afternoon for a while when I came home from school. That was also about the time I began thinking joining the Marines was what I wanted to do after high school and watching Oliver North on TV looking like I can take whatever the frick yall can throw at me and give me some more made me think damn the Marines are some hardcore motherfrickers.
I remember the Iran-Contra hearings as well. Probably the first major news event outside of the Space Shuttle crash I can recall. It was on every afternoon for a while when I came home from school. That was also about the time I began thinking joining the Marines was what I wanted to do after high school and watching Oliver North on TV looking like I can take whatever the frick yall can throw at me and give me some more made me think damn the Marines are some hardcore motherfrickers.
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f I'm not going to eat it I'm not going to kill it
At this stage in my life, it is this. I could care less about horns or putting anything else on the wall. I only shoot what I am going to eat. My diet is so protein heavy that eating beef and chicken has become very redundant that eating deer, Axis, elk, doves, ducks, and saltwater fish is a welcome change of pace.
I might would be different as it comes to deer if I still bow hunted because there is so many ways to frick up a bow kill shot that getting a trophy with a bow still means something where shooting a deer at a feeder with a rifle is about like shooting a cow in pasture for me.
re: Arkansas Officer Confronts Constable After Woman Feared He Was Fake Cop During Chase
Posted by MWP on 11/7/25 at 8:49 am to KemoSabe65
They must fund the Constables around H-town way better than anywhere else. Their squad cars are very nice and well marked. If they pull you over there will be zero doubt they are real police since they probably have more lights than HPD/ Harris County units and pretty well have the same uniforms. I honestly think they are in a foot race to be more tacticool than the ISD Police who probably have better shite than all of them combined.
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We used to have relatives there.
If you have relatives in Morehouse Parish around Bonita/Mer Rouge you are probably related to my wife if you are white. Her grandmother was one of like a dozen siblings that grew up in that area. My MIL's brother was a big farmer up the road in Wilmot/Parkdale.
re: Do you still cut your own grass or do you hire it out?
Posted by MWP on 11/5/25 at 2:43 pm to white beans
When I discovered that time is better spent doing something else I gained back the 2 hours of my life each week for $25 a pop.
Plus my knees are toast and pushing a mower kills them.
Plus my knees are toast and pushing a mower kills them.
Always wondered if it was Bear Bryant or the integration news clip on campus that swayed the movie so Forest would go to Alabama. The actor that played Coach did have some decent screen time and Bryant was damn near a national celebrity then but the integration scene probably carries more historical significance. Regardless, Gump is a term I wish Auburn could have inherited.
re: Duck Season 2025/2026
Posted by MWP on 11/5/25 at 9:28 am to KemoSabe65
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Sometimes I feel sorry for you Baws that still chase birds.
I quit tryin to squeeze that urange years ago but good luck to ya.
Trust me, I am not as mad at them as I once was. We hunt the opening weekend of each split here in Texas. The camp we stay at is on Trinity Bay and has a nice pier with lights so we fish every evening and most times end up with a few Reds/Black Drum that we usually keep if legal. The fishing offsets the duck hunting because yes, the duck hunting has gotten worse down here. That's why we hunt the openers which are usually decent and then play it by ear on other hunts. Fringe benefit of knowing the outfitter for 30 or so years. We don't have to really book months in advance. Also got a buddy that has a real nice farm on the Eastside as well. He manages it exclusively for waterfowl and it is usually pretty good and I get a few hunts there as well. Plus, I still go back to NE LA and hunt with buddies. Plus, we go to Canada now every Fall.
South Zone in Texas opened this past weekend. We hunted the marsh South of Anahuac. It was actually pretty good Saturday morning. Ended up with 28 between 6 shooters. Mostly teal with a few greys and the Mottleds were thick. However you can’t shoot those for the first 5 days of an opener and they obviously read that regulation. Sunday was dead even though conditions were perfect. Birds probably moved to North zone stuff or East to Louisiana. Even the Mottleds left. What else is odd is that we saw no whistlers and they were obscene during teal season.
Agree, never consent to a field sobriety test or basically anything in the field including the breathalyzer. Don’t give them any ammo to use against you because that is all they are doing. You can agree if you are stone cold sober but if the cop is intent on giving you a DWI you are probably getting arrested anyway.
I will say losing your license even if you don’t get the DWI is pretty damn bad. Most employers do DMV checks on prospective/actual employees and that license suspension is a gigantic red flag.
I will say losing your license even if you don’t get the DWI is pretty damn bad. Most employers do DMV checks on prospective/actual employees and that license suspension is a gigantic red flag.
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You're going to be so jacked it's going to take a lot from your breathing.
Breathing and how to control it. That is one of the biggest issues that not just amateur boxers have to deal with but wrestlers and tournament jits guys as well and maybe even more so for those guys. You can have all the cardio in the world but unless you can control your breathing you are going to fade quickly and become worthless. That's why most decent coaches push sparring and as much live rolling as possible. The more you can master your breathing when put into a high stress situation the better you will be. In fact I would say proper breathing is just as important as cardio. I used to make it a point to try and pay attention to my opponents breathing. If they started taking deep breaths with their mouth and not inhaling through their nose and exhaling normally I would always back off and just let them gas before I exerted any real energy. Usually it was a walk in the park after that.
re: Duck outfitters Texas
Posted by MWP on 10/31/25 at 2:55 pm to HuntFishMan
Yeah Pintail is really pricey but they kill birds. They have great property so you are kinda paying for that. Not sure if that covers lodging and food but that’s off the hook too.
We hunt the Eastside of H-town around Anahuac and Winnie with a few outfitters we have been knowing for many years plus some private but we pretty well know everybody over there. It’s had its highs and lows over there for sure.
We hunt the Eastside of H-town around Anahuac and Winnie with a few outfitters we have been knowing for many years plus some private but we pretty well know everybody over there. It’s had its highs and lows over there for sure.
re: Anyone here an amateur / competitive boxer?
Posted by MWP on 10/30/25 at 10:13 pm to shutterspeed
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I've started training boxing and muay thai late in life (to go along with a bjj/judo base).
We got a lot in common.
I was opposite, boxed as an amateur growing up. My uncle ran a boxing gym back home so it was seamless going to the gym. I loved it but a broken nose and a few jacked up ribs later I realized that I was never going to ever go pro. Believe me I knew it, we had some legit pros in our gym and sparring with them convinced me I wasn't going to make a career as a boxer.
I got into BJJ in my 30's well after that literally because I missed that kind of training and joined a school that also had boxing and MT. It was a MMA school and we had lots of fighters train there. Some UFC but mostly local Houston pros. Lots of guys would come in to train jits with the owner of the school. He was one of the first black belts in Houston. Rolled with quite a few UFC dudes and up and coming future UFC guys. It was fun. We got access to all the classes but I loved jits the most. I also fell back into boxing just for conditioning. Did MT for about a year but martial arts really got in the way of family life and had to pick one so I stuck with jits and it has been a journey.
Oh and good luck OP. Nothing compares to the feeling of measuring yourself as a person when you lace them up and step into that ring.
re: Triple homicide in Monroe
Posted by MWP on 10/29/25 at 7:50 am to Bjorn Cyborg
Heck the Garden District at this point could be labeled borderline ghetto. It used to be Louisville was the line but I think that line has been pushed to Forsythe Avenue and may be Park Avenue in a few years.
re: Plane crash in Ruston
Posted by MWP on 10/22/25 at 9:58 am to Goldensammy
Yep Clay is who I was referring too. Not to take away from this tragedy but when I saw the owner of the plane I wondered if it was him. I don’t know him except for one time we traded PM’s on the old Refuge hunting site about this flooded timber property they just bought. I told him I used to hunt there a long time ago. Other than that I know he runs with the DC crew. I think him and Martin are tight. He is on a lot of their YouTube clips.
I think they also run the prison out on 15 going toward Alto from Monroe. Big duck hunters. Own some nice waterfowl properties. Hope the pilot isn’t one of the guys I am thinking of in that family. Really cool dude and really religious.
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Swirlies were definitely a thing. Subjected a few shitheads to them
Yep I pledged Kappa Sigma in the early 90's. Pretty sure everyone in my pledge class had to get one at some point. It was fricking disgusting and the main active that would make you do them was a dumbfrick JA that would give himself one. I honestly have no clue how someone didn't get gravely ill. That's why I tried to never be at the house ever as a pledge on a Friday or Saturday night.
re: Jeep owners, is this how you think we see you when on the road?
Posted by MWP on 10/15/25 at 2:09 pm to Gulf Coast Tiger
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I hardly ever have the door and top on my Jeep
I had a 80' CJ7 in my youth and also had a '72 Bronco but this is a Jeep thread so I will stay on topic.
I never had the doors on and very rarely had anything but a bimini top on during the Summer and that was only if it might rain. I had a soft top with doors for the Winter months and maybe would put the doors on with the bimini if it was supposed to really storm. I guess I gave zero fricks because I had a cheap radio (nice ones get stolen easily obviously), next to worthless speakers, and the floor inside was undercoated.
So my question, how bad would the electronics on modern Jeeps be damaged if you went this route completely because honestly I wouldn't want a Jeep or Bronco that could not handle being topless all the time....lol.
re: Tiger Woods has another back surgery- your childhood is over
Posted by MWP on 10/15/25 at 1:58 pm to Saint Alfonzo
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Training with them as a LARPer doesn't make you one of them.
I didn't say that. My point was he did shite that very few civilians would ever get to see because of his status that helped to frick up his body. Plus, he carried this over to his personal life as in his workouts consisted of activities that would lead a rational person to think he was considering enlisting. I don't think Phil or VJ were doing jumps with active duty SEAL's or running with packs. That's not something pro golfers do. In fact, I know that this SEAL fetish was a catalyst for him and Haney and I believe Steve as well having some words and not sure if it was the actual reason him and Hank split.
re: Happy 250th Birthday, US Navy!
Posted by MWP on 10/13/25 at 12:41 pm to GrammarKnotsi
Yeah but CWO’s are like unicorns. You hardly ever see them and they are quite stealthy so even recognizing them makes it difficult.
re: Tiger Woods has another back surgery- your childhood is over
Posted by MWP on 10/12/25 at 2:33 pm to makersmark1
Well his dad was SF in the Army so he was raised in that culture. Tiger was given all access into a world few civilians get to see with a brotherhood that nobody outside the Teams really understands. He wanted into that fraternity. How else do you explain a multi-millionaire golfer running around Orlando with a pack on his back and doing jumps with active duty Team guys? I think once you get to the top of Everest you need a new mountain to conquer.
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