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#71
Raving?... Reviews / Re: My favorite edc knife
Last post by msmith - December 31, 2025, 04:41:00 PMQuote from: Todd Rahm on December 31, 2025, 03:20:52 PMI've been carrying the same Benchmade for 25 years. Even send it back periodically for a cleaning, sharpening and tune up.
I've lost more Benchmades than a feller ought to.
Bought one and carried it daily. Was in the backwoods of WV, across a creek from a backroad. I got off a power pole and noticed it was gone. There was about 4 inches of snow, but I sifted through snow and leaves in an area about 10 feet in diameter. No luck, so I bought another one.
Six months later I happened to be in that area and decided to stop and take a look. I found it about six inches outside the perimeter that I had sifted snow and leaves. Since I now have two of the same knife, I gave it to my Big Dawg. He lost it.
Later that summer I was weed eating and the weedeater lifted it off my pocket and I lost the replacement. So I got another.
The next year, I forgot that weedeaters seem to pull these knives from my pocket and lost another. This is why I was looking at the ZT knives.
I have had the Kershaw for about 5 years now and it seems to be immune to weedeaters. I think it's the rubber inserts in the slabs and a stiffer clip. I really like it and I like my BM too. I really like Benchmade's Axis lock.
#72
Non Hunting/Fishing Photos / Re: Lost a calf
Last post by Hawks Feather - December 31, 2025, 03:42:05 PMQuote from: FinsnFur on December 30, 2025, 11:08:21 PMQuote from: nastygunz on December 30, 2025, 07:10:10 PMWith the high cost of beef this thread made me wonder if cattle rustling was still a thing-
Yep, we have a guy at work wearing a nice blinking ankle bracelet for stealing cattle. Not his first time getting busted for it either.
You know if they still allowed hanging for cattle thieves it would have only happened once!
#73
Fishing Photos / Re: Bluegills for Supper.
Last post by Hawks Feather - December 31, 2025, 03:40:04 PMNo need to wait for summer. Right now sounds like a good time to eat some to me.
#74
Raving?... Reviews / Re: My favorite edc knife
Last post by Todd Rahm - December 31, 2025, 03:20:52 PMI've been carrying the same Benchmade for 25 years. Even send it back periodically for a cleaning, sharpening and tune up.
#75
Fishing Photos / Re: Bluegills for Supper.
Last post by Todd Rahm - December 31, 2025, 03:18:02 PMNice Jim, I miss the ice fishing days.
#76
The Tailgate / Today in history 12-31
Last post by remrogers - December 31, 2025, 02:18:16 PM1988
Dec 31
Chicago Bears beat Philadelphia Eagles in freaky Fog Bowl
On December 31, 1988, the Chicago Bears defeat the Philadelphia Eagles, 20-12, in a playoff game plagued by a thick fog starting late in the first half. Playing conditions at Soldier Field in Chicago become problematic, and fans in attendance and television viewers struggle to see the game, dubbed the "Fog Bowl" by media.
The freak conditions were caused when cold air over Lake Michigan was blown by a breeze toward warm air at Soldier Field on the lakefront, according to the National Weather Service. Meteorologists said the fog was so thick that it was like having clouds on the ground.
"It will be remembered as the best game you never saw," Fred Mitchell wrote in the first sentence of his game story in the next day's Chicago Tribune.
"We couldn't see anything—absolutely nothing," CBS-TV play-by-play broadcaster Verne Lundquist told the Associated Press. "We had to look at the TV just like everyone else." Lundquist's color man, Terry Bradshaw, told viewers the game should have been suspended.
Bears defensive end Al Harris likened the bizarre conditions to playing in a cemetery. "I never saw anything like this," he said.
The NFL considered suspending the game, but the league ultimately left the decision to referee Jim Tunney and the NFL commissioner's representative.
"We felt the playing conditions were satisfactory," Tunney said. "They were really tough in the middle of the third quarter ... No word came to me that either coach wanted to stop play."
Other NFL games have been plagued by thick fog. In 2017 in Foxboro, Massachusetts, fog was so thick for a game between the New England Patriots and Atlanta Falcons that NBC relied on its Skycam for most in-game coverage instead of the usual sideline cameras.
The week after the Fog Bowl, the Bears lost to eventual Super Bowl champion San Francisco in the NFC Championship Game.
Dec 31
Chicago Bears beat Philadelphia Eagles in freaky Fog Bowl
On December 31, 1988, the Chicago Bears defeat the Philadelphia Eagles, 20-12, in a playoff game plagued by a thick fog starting late in the first half. Playing conditions at Soldier Field in Chicago become problematic, and fans in attendance and television viewers struggle to see the game, dubbed the "Fog Bowl" by media.
The freak conditions were caused when cold air over Lake Michigan was blown by a breeze toward warm air at Soldier Field on the lakefront, according to the National Weather Service. Meteorologists said the fog was so thick that it was like having clouds on the ground.
"It will be remembered as the best game you never saw," Fred Mitchell wrote in the first sentence of his game story in the next day's Chicago Tribune.
"We couldn't see anything—absolutely nothing," CBS-TV play-by-play broadcaster Verne Lundquist told the Associated Press. "We had to look at the TV just like everyone else." Lundquist's color man, Terry Bradshaw, told viewers the game should have been suspended.
Bears defensive end Al Harris likened the bizarre conditions to playing in a cemetery. "I never saw anything like this," he said.
The NFL considered suspending the game, but the league ultimately left the decision to referee Jim Tunney and the NFL commissioner's representative.
"We felt the playing conditions were satisfactory," Tunney said. "They were really tough in the middle of the third quarter ... No word came to me that either coach wanted to stop play."
Other NFL games have been plagued by thick fog. In 2017 in Foxboro, Massachusetts, fog was so thick for a game between the New England Patriots and Atlanta Falcons that NBC relied on its Skycam for most in-game coverage instead of the usual sideline cameras.
The week after the Fog Bowl, the Bears lost to eventual Super Bowl champion San Francisco in the NFC Championship Game.
#77
Raving?... Reviews / Re: My favorite edc knife
Last post by msmith - December 31, 2025, 11:24:51 AMI always liked Buck Knives but gravitated toward Case. I keep a Case Trapper in my hunting bag for field dressing and skinning critters.
The Leek is absolutely a winner! The Blur is also a Ken Onion design.
Now I'm thinking that I am going to have to pick up a Leek in the near future.
The Leek is absolutely a winner! The Blur is also a Ken Onion design.
Now I'm thinking that I am going to have to pick up a Leek in the near future.
#78
Fishing Photos / Bluegills for Supper.
Last post by FinsnFur - December 30, 2025, 11:25:09 PMMy favorite time to fish for bluegills is through the ice.
We been off work for the last 10 days, gotta go back the 5th and I been out harvesting freezer fodder for summer fish suppers
I'm having too much fun, I need someone to call me in sick Monday.
A couple trips harvest pics.
Only caught 15 this after noon. By the time I got out there and got set up, the sun was going down. It sucks being on vacation and not looking at a clock or a calendar.
Even managed to pull a bass through the ice with my 4lb test last week. Not sure how that line didnt snap but...
We been off work for the last 10 days, gotta go back the 5th and I been out harvesting freezer fodder for summer fish suppers
I'm having too much fun, I need someone to call me in sick Monday.
A couple trips harvest pics.
Only caught 15 this after noon. By the time I got out there and got set up, the sun was going down. It sucks being on vacation and not looking at a clock or a calendar.
Even managed to pull a bass through the ice with my 4lb test last week. Not sure how that line didnt snap but...
#79
Raving?... Reviews / Re: My favorite edc knife
Last post by FinsnFur - December 30, 2025, 11:13:00 PMNiiiiiiCE! 
I LOVE Kershaw knives.
My absolute all time favorite is the Ken Onion Kershaw Leek with speed safe release.
I got three of em and there's always one clipped to my pocket.
I LOVE Kershaw knives.
My absolute all time favorite is the Ken Onion Kershaw Leek with speed safe release.
I got three of em and there's always one clipped to my pocket.
#80
Non Hunting/Fishing Photos / Re: Lost a calf
Last post by FinsnFur - December 30, 2025, 11:08:21 PMQuote from: nastygunz on December 30, 2025, 07:10:10 PMWith the high cost of beef this thread made me wonder if cattle rustling was still a thing-
Yep, we have a guy at work wearing a nice blinking ankle bracelet for stealing cattle. Not his first time getting busted for it either.