Afternoon all,
Currently 38° and sunny, high later of 48°.
Friday went as predicted, Wife got shrimp at Culver's and I got the Walleye. I had a nice chat with the owner. As the Chamber of Commerce is in the City Hall, I had meet him as they were granted Chamber space for interviews and such and had a 20 minute conversation, letting him know I have driven deliberately to the Culver's in Webb City, Mo. I started chatting with one of the dining room hosts and told him the same thing. I overheard him tell the owner about the trips and the owner asked him "What Table? I know him!" I introduced him to the wife and my son who was with use. He told me he'd finally gotten the land purchased in a closer town to where I live. I said I'd probably be more regular there when they open. He's expecting to open in December.
As far as fish fries, there are a couple on Fridays in the area, but mostly catfish. We just don't have the variety here without bringing it in. When I lived in Michigan, we had a lot more variety of fresh fish. I do miss it. Kind of hard to have fish when you don't have a lot bodies of water.
For those doing the guns, I have one of these:
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It's an M1867 Werndl-Holub rifle. It is a hand me down heirloom. As near as it was told to me, A group my great-grandfather belonged to bought a bunch from Bannermans in the mid-19 teens to go back overseas and defend Poland. My grandfather was born in 1917 and this gun had never been fired in his lifetime, nor mine to this point. I do know it takes a black powder cartridge. I have located ammo for it, but it's a lot expensive in my book to fire it.
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