Smirkeaux

re: Eagle Scout project question Update on page 4: The Eagle has landed!!

Posted by Smirkeaux on 2/20/24 at 2:25 pm to Lonnie Utah

Reach out to the Certified Angler Instructor program in BSA. Better yet...have your son take the course and it will provide him with some info and tools to make the project better.

Cabelas and BassPro usually donate to BSA. They will help you.

re: sauce piquant olives or no ?

Posted by Smirkeaux on 8/18/23 at 5:42 pm to ThatBaw

Depending on where your family is from this is what they may have made as a court bouillon. It's good too.

Fish Puttanesca

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re: What are some memories from your young vacations to Grand Isle and other Louisiana areas?

Posted by Smirkeaux on 5/29/23 at 5:39 pm to Methuselah

salt crust before dawn on the boat left in the slip overnight.
cool May mornings with dad dragging a trawl for bait or food if we caught enough
after lunch...beach with mom to scope crabs
Sundown...bridge fishing with pawpaw

if not shrimp season.
dawn in the surf- fishing
repeat above

Every summer weekend for a year or 2 till the camp got destroyed by a hurricane.

Also cast netted a bunch of shrimp off of Highway 1 on the way down to the island in the fall.

I miss the salt crust on the boat...the smells of salt air. haven't experienced that since katrina.

re: Louisiana granted final funds for Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion

Posted by Smirkeaux on 3/9/23 at 7:32 pm to lgtiger

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This has been forgotten... A good Cajun guy proposed this 30 years ago. Very hard to find any info on this project and its been forgotton by almost all of us.

re: 2023 Spring Garden Thread

Posted by Smirkeaux on 1/11/23 at 9:28 am to Tornado Alley

Anyone ever planted fignomenal fig tree? It seems to be a short tree and it may fit in an area where I don't have much room. I am really curious if it just produces 1 or 2 at a time or if it's a decent producer.

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re: Baton Rouge power outage

Posted by Smirkeaux on 9/3/21 at 7:08 am to ell_13

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Check this map out...shows substations and transmission lines.

I think if you overlay both this and the outages you can see how they are working.

re: The 2021 Garden Thread

Posted by Smirkeaux on 3/24/21 at 7:04 pm to PillageUrVillage

What is your opinion on collecting water off of asphalt shingles? I read some places online say its ok and others its not.

Roof runs off into the garden eventually any way...

re: Robinhood Drawing Down Credit

Posted by Smirkeaux on 1/28/21 at 4:31 pm to CaptainJ47

what happens if we have stock or cash there and they go belly up?

Money Talk

re: Delta Moves On...Cleanup Begins

Posted by Smirkeaux on 10/8/20 at 9:36 am to LSURussian

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So it is going to fall apart in the next couple of hours?

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Also known as doing a Marco...

or a Falcon in the Superbowl

re: 2020 Garden Thread

Posted by Smirkeaux on 2/22/20 at 9:29 am to BallsEleven

Are trying to grow plants in zero G?

:lol:

re: Camp chef vs pit boss vs z grill pellet smoker

Posted by Smirkeaux on 7/14/19 at 5:30 pm to creolechef

My camp chef has been good to me. Dependent on the size you get it will fit the ribs you want.

I went with camp chef for 2 reasons...the ash clean out and the pellet cleanout. It also has a slide away plate to get direct heat but I have not tried that. I bought the pellet grill because I wanted something to cook with dont have to baby.

I have been completely happy. Check Dicks Sporting good...they ran a 50% off sale recently. For that...I can overlook their gun policy

Food and Drink

re: Anyone got a review of the ryobi 9” bandsaw?

Posted by Smirkeaux on 6/1/19 at 4:37 pm to Glock17

Its pretty good. Don't expect to cut a 2in piece of wood like its butter. get new blades right from the start. The stock blade is horrible.

re: Minnow traps

Posted by Smirkeaux on 5/13/19 at 9:53 am to Janky

cheese-krafts singles and bread.

re: Install cabinets before or after laying hardwood?

Posted by Smirkeaux on 5/9/18 at 6:10 am to Golfer

after...2 reasons. Easier to finish with them out of the way and also the time you save by not having to cut and fit floor around them makes it quicker.

You can do the areas under the cabinets with smaller scraps to safe money or not fully cover the area but just cover the outline of the cabinets.

I did the same with tile. Just made sure the edges were supporting the cabinets. Under the stove and fridge I used all the off cuts or chipped tiles.

re: The Real GOAT Generation: Millennials

Posted by Smirkeaux on 9/7/17 at 12:06 pm to dfintlyHmmrd

Can I have a large fry, coke and a big mack?

:nana:

re: Have any of you used mergansers as crab bait?

Posted by Smirkeaux on 2/16/16 at 6:55 am to TiptonInSC

It could be over limit and out of season possession would be an issue.

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Vanguard Roth allocations

Posted by Smirkeaux on 4/15/15 at 12:48 pm

I just opened one with 5500 as last years contribution. I just finally have enough extra cash to start this now. I will be adding to it at a rate to get me 5500 more by the years end. This will be a supplemental to my current jobs plan.

Target retirement date is 2033. So should I go with one of their retirement target date funds or put it in some other fund(s).

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