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Fiddler crab
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| Location: | South in winter North in summer |
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| Interests: | Fiddling |
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| Number of Posts: | 163 |
| Registered on: | 7/1/2024 |
| Online Status: | Not Online |
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re: Train Wreck In Wisconsin
Posted by Fiddler crab on 8/4/26 at 4:13 pm to BTROleMisser
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I have a couple fairly moderate Democrat friends here in Madison that are pretty politically connected... They full expect Tom Tiffany to run away with the election now. Hong is a wingnut commie
I’ve had the same experience here in Madison. She keeps alienating moderates with her idiotic stance on the protest that turned into a homeless encampment in my neighborhood. Today she said that the city shouldn’t have cleared it, going against overwhelming public sentiment. Business owners I talk with are done with her. She will likely win the primary but has no chance in the general.
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re: Wisconsin shooting: Corey Ruiz stabbed an officer AND grabbed a taser before being shot
Posted by Fiddler crab on 7/28/26 at 11:59 am to BTROleMisser
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I live in the middle of all this shite. I'm going to just have to try to ignore it as best I can to avoid going to jail. I live a couple blocks away
I also live a couple of blocks away during half the year and am fed up with this shite. Good news is that even the virtue signaling progressives that plague Madison are starting to turn against this idiocy.
re: BLM fun popping off in Madison WI. Police shot a knife-wielding felon who was resisting.
Posted by Fiddler crab on 7/25/26 at 4:59 pm to AlterDWI
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Now on Day 3 of these protests & I firmly believe this is going to backfire on them. This isn't 2020 where everyone is locked indoors in a mental panic. The optics of going up to random whites trying to simply eat lunch yelling at them threatening to kill them doesn't go over like it did six years ago.
That’s already happening here. I’m starting to believe that the lack of police response and cancellation of events is calculated to let confrontational protesters alienate Madison progressives who have virtue signaled in the past without understanding the consequences. The Madison subreddit is becoming unusually balanced, given its history. Or it could be that the authorities are just a bunch of cowards. Either way, the backlash has begun.
re: BLM fun popping off in Madison WI. Police shot a knife-wielding felon who was resisting.
Posted by Fiddler crab on 7/24/26 at 7:10 pm to sgallo3
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I thought them being retarded was a given if they are convinced by stuff on social media to throw their lives away...
What I’m seeing when I walk past the barricades is opportunistic politicians, local grifters, mentally ill homeless, narcissists with megaphones, and performative virtue signaling by self-proclaimed progressives of all ages. Don’t know how many are retarded or whether anybody’s paying them to be there. What I’m not seeing is any police presence.
re: BLM fun popping off in Madison WI. Police shot a knife-wielding felon who was resisting.
Posted by Fiddler crab on 7/24/26 at 1:30 pm to Chucktown_Badger
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What kind of response would you envision? Because you know what that does...it caters to the mob and emboldens them. It's kinda like saying "we know you can't act like civilized members of society and will throw tantrums, so we'll bend the knee".
Give the protesters who built the barricades and are blocking access to neighborhood businesses a deadline for leaving. If they don’t, remove the barricades and arrest those who resist. There have been no repercussions for criminal behavior that’s likely to escalate.
re: BLM fun popping off in Madison WI. Police shot a knife-wielding felon who was resisting.
Posted by Fiddler crab on 7/24/26 at 1:24 pm to SludgeFactory
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This isn't "irony" at all. This is "progress"! Get you some and love it!
About 3/4 of posters on the Madison subreddit agree with this and wouldn’t understand the humor.
re: BLM fun popping off in Madison WI. Police shot a knife-wielding felon who was resisting.
Posted by Fiddler crab on 7/24/26 at 1:18 pm to Scruffy
I don’t believe you understand my point. A large part of the Madison community supports the police, as I do, and believes, as I do, that these protests are harming more than helping the neighborhood. All in the name of justice for a violent criminal. By characterizing all residents here as supporting the protesters, you’re not giving an accurate picture of what’s happening.
re: BLM fun popping off in Madison WI. Police shot a knife-wielding felon who was resisting.
Posted by Fiddler crab on 7/24/26 at 12:52 pm to RTN
I live two blocks from there and find it ironic that protesters in the community are martyring a criminal who was stealing from them, threatening musicians, disrupting traffic by building barricades with stolen trash bins, closing businesses by cutting off access, and cancelling an annual fundraising festival for the neighborhood with no repercussions. What concerns me more is what’s going to happen if the police are exonerated following the investigation. I’d like to see some response now to forestall the chaos that’s likely to ensue.
re: Do you live in your favorite state in the US?
Posted by Fiddler crab on 4/26/26 at 6:55 pm to Redstickbaw
I’ve lived in 7 states and traveled to 48. It’s hard to pick a favorite. Vacation destinations aren’t always the best for year-round living. Family, friends, climate, music, and recreation are important to me so I live in Louisiana half the year and Wisconsin the other half. I’m not sure I’d call those my favorite states. They just have more of what I need overall right now.
re: What’s one trait you can notice someone is from South Louisiana?
Posted by Fiddler crab on 4/26/26 at 11:11 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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Maybe when it comes to marathoning through a 30 pack of beast light.
The Wisco badgers I know drink more beers (yep, plural) than any species I’ve seen in South Louisiana. I still don’t understand why they ruin a good old fashioned with brandy and soda.
re: Personal Protection Piece
Posted by Fiddler crab on 3/28/26 at 6:58 pm to SaintsReportExile
Kimber R7 Mako. Mrs. Crab carries a P365.
re: What is a good bug and tar remover for car?
Posted by Fiddler crab on 3/25/26 at 2:23 pm to prplhze2000
Baby oil
re: What is the most famous crime/murder in your area?
Posted by Fiddler crab on 2/27/26 at 2:21 pm to stout
In 1977 the Sonnier brothers, immortalized in Dead Man Walking, murdered David LeBlanc and Loretta Bourque near my ranch. Before David’s father, Lloyd, died a few years ago, he would help my neighbor repair his heavy equipment. He once asked me to keep my GSD away from him because it reminded him of his son’s dog. I heard him crying many times, asking “David, why’d you go out that night?”
re: Inclusion is a moving target, apparently
Posted by Fiddler crab on 2/9/26 at 9:05 am to KLSU
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I didn’t realize in 2026 Jews were being discriminated against in school.
The ad was about bullying, not discrimination.
Antisemitic bullying in schools increased 135% in 2023
re: Any tailgaters want to welcome some Midwesterners?
Posted by Fiddler crab on 11/12/25 at 1:22 pm to CollegeFootballCrazy
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Being Wisconsinites, it would probably be more like Miller Lite, but that's the general idea, yes.
You might have more success offering Spotted Cow or Belgian Red.
re: Keith Whitley or Randy Travis
Posted by Fiddler crab on 10/8/25 at 8:07 pm to Schleynole
Whitley. He was expressive and could move some air. Travis also was expressive but didn’t have comparable power.
re: Recs for Bardstown/Lexington
Posted by Fiddler crab on 10/8/25 at 3:59 pm to tigerlife00
Highly recommend the Bar at Willett in Bardstown after a distillery tour. They have limited hours and require a reservation because the word has spread about the upscale but unpretentious ambiance, creative small plates, and outstanding bourbon cocktails. Best old fashioned I’ve ever had, and the bartender was willing to share the recipe.
re: Safe to eat raw shrimp?
Posted by Fiddler crab on 10/4/25 at 10:17 am to Y.A. Tittle
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There's actually a "sweet shrimp" that's served raw. I don't think they get them out of the Gulf of America/Mexico, though.
They’re commonly known as spot prawns and have a May-June season in the PNW. You can pre-order a frozen shipment that may be safe to eat raw after thawing, but I wouldn’t want to risk it. Certainly not commercially. As this board confirmed, Gulf shrimp can’t safely be eaten raw after more than an hour or two after they’re caught.
My friend enjoyed preparing raw shrimp dishes while in Laos, but realizes now that there’s neither demand nor supply in most of the US. He used to catch freshwater shrimp in a tributary of the Mekong River and serve them the same day with Lao-Lao moonshine made from sticky rice to take care of any bacteria. Guess they’ve got adventurous eaters and lax regulations in Southeast Asia compared to here.
re: Safe to eat raw shrimp?
Posted by Fiddler crab on 10/1/25 at 10:24 am to LSUballs
He wants to serve raw shrimp with wasabi jeow som, a Lao specialty that he learned to prepare during his 20 years in that country.
Safe to eat raw shrimp?
Posted by Fiddler crab on 10/1/25 at 10:16 am
A friend owns a small restaurant in Madison, WI and wants to serve a Southeast Asian raw shrimp dish as a monthly special. He’s asking me about buying Gulf shrimp off the boat and shipping to him next day air. Google tells me that eating raw Gulf shrimp after more than an hour or two isn’t safe and that sushi-grade shrimp are generally cold-water spot prawns. Do any of you who catch, process, or sell shrimp know whether that’s accurate?
If not, and if he could serve day-old raw Gulf shrimp safely, could you recommend a source near Lafayette?
If not, and if he could serve day-old raw Gulf shrimp safely, could you recommend a source near Lafayette?
re: George Jones Live 1983 -Lafayette
Posted by Fiddler crab on 9/20/25 at 4:05 pm to geauxbrown
quote:Knew your dad. We backed some of the same entertainers out of Nashville. Great musician. Impressive that a sideman has a marker dedicated to him in his hometown.
During that time he worked for Donna Fargo, Conway, Dolly and spent 14 years as a touring drummer for Loretta.
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