Bryson City, North Carolina
 

My springtime trip to the Old North State is officially
booked. Me and Kipper the hound will be fishing the waters
of Graham County, North Cackalacky from May 8-13. We'll
be staying he

http://www.rockcreekcabins.com/index.html

We're not the best of fishing partners, one of us is always
more interested in splashing around and being a nuisance
than in actual fishing (and Kipper can be a pain in the arse
too ;-), but I'd love to get filthy, stinkin' drunk with any
roffians who happen to be in the area.

If you plan to be around send me an email and I'll give you
my cell number. My cell phone doesn't usually work in the
mountains (and that's a feature not a bug ;-), but I stop
on the Skyway most days to check messages.

--
Ken Fortenberry

"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
.. .
My springtime trip to the Old North State is officially
booked. Me and Kipper the hound will be fishing the waters
of Graham County, North Cackalacky from May 8-13. We'll
be staying he

http://www.rockcreekcabins.com/index.html

We're not the best of fishing partners, one of us is always
more interested in splashing around and being a nuisance
than in actual fishing (and Kipper can be a pain in the arse
too ;-), but I'd love to get filthy, stinkin' drunk with any
roffians who happen to be in the area.

If you plan to be around send me an email and I'll give you
my cell number. My cell phone doesn't usually work in the
mountains (and that's a feature not a bug ;-), but I stop
on the Skyway most days to check messages.

--
Ken Fortenberry

Ken, as one whose plans for the next several months are in a state of
constantly flux (probability theory not withstanding) and as one who does,
in my humble opinion, excel in the manly art of getting filthy, stinking,
drunk, I'd love to join you but don't know if I can or not.

However, shouldn't you be a bit more careful about posting such to the 'net
.. . . you never know what creep might show up! (insert: wit, dry humor,
comradic comments, greetings and flicitations...)

john

"Ken Fortenberry" wrote

.. Me and Kipper the hound will be fishing the waters
of Graham County, North Cackalacky from May 8-13. We'll
be staying he

http://www.rockcreekcabins.com/index.html

nice looking digs.

We're not the best of fishing partners, one of us is always
more interested in splashing around and being a nuisance
than in actual fishing (and Kipper can be a pain in the arse
too ;-), but I'd love to get filthy, stinkin' drunk with any
roffians who happen to be in the area.

some combination of myself, renda macrae speight, james macdonald
roberts, k.k. fish, and dash riprock hedrick may be present early in that
time frame.

If you plan to be around send me an email and I'll give you
my cell number.

i can't get past your spam screens.

hope to work out a meeting.

wayno

asadi wrote:
"Ken Fortenberry" wrote:
My springtime trip to the Old North State is officially
booked. ...
snip
However, shouldn't you be a bit more careful about posting such to the 'net
. . . you never know what creep might show up! (insert: wit, dry humor,
comradic comments, greetings and flicitations...)

Hell, I don't care who shows up, I'd even hoist a glass with
dumbass, yuppie beer snobs. The only caution is that you
take the hound disclaimer at face value. Charlie Choc's sons
were targeting smallmouth one evening and Kipper waded right
into the middle of it effectively ending their fishing.

We're gonna do Slickrock, Snowbird, Santeetlah and some new
to us little streams that Jeffie mentioned one time. We have
to stay out of the Park, they don't allow dogs in the Park,
so that means no Hazel for us. So basically we're pretty
poor fishing companions willing to share a meal and/or a
drink or two at the end of the day.

Would be good to see your creepy little self again in any
case. ;-)

--
Ken Fortenberry

Ken Fortenberry wrote:


Hell, I don't care who shows up, I'd even hoist a glass with
dumbass, yuppie beer snobs. The only caution is that you
take the hound disclaimer at face value. Charlie Choc's sons
were targeting smallmouth one evening and Kipper waded right
into the middle of it effectively ending their fishing.

So ol' Kipper isn't well trained -- doesn't obey voice commands. What
are you going to do when goes after a raccoon on public land? Shoot him?

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

Wayne Harrison wrote:
"Ken Fortenberry" wrote:
... Graham County, North Cackalacky from May 8-13 ...

some combination of myself, renda macrae speight, james macdonald
roberts, k.k. fish, and dash riprock hedrick may be present early in that
time frame.

I was hoping for a somewhat smaller audience. No cameras please
when I wear the powder blue at your victory dinner.

If you plan to be around send me an email and I'll give you
my cell number.

i can't get past your spam screens.

hope to work out a meeting.

See your email.

--
Ken Fortenberry

rw wrote:
Ken Fortenberry wrote:
Hell, I don't care who shows up, I'd even hoist a glass with
dumbass, yuppie beer snobs. The only caution is that you
take the hound disclaimer at face value. Charlie Choc's sons
were targeting smallmouth one evening and Kipper waded right
into the middle of it effectively ending their fishing.

So ol' Kipper isn't well trained -- doesn't obey voice commands. What
are you going to do when goes after a raccoon on public land? Shoot him?

Kipper has passed all 10 elements of the CGC (Canine Good Citizen)
test. It's just that in three tries he didn't pass all 10 on the
same day. He's trained well enough to suit me and if he catches a
coon I'll congratulate him and tell him what a good hound dog he is.

--
Ken Fortenberry

Ken Fortenberry wrote:

Kipper has passed all 10 elements of the CGC (Canine Good Citizen)
test. It's just that in three tries he didn't pass all 10 on the
same day. He's trained well enough to suit me and if he catches a
coon I'll congratulate him and tell him what a good hound dog he is.

Too bad there are no longer porcupines in North Carolina. The best I
could hope for is a skunk or a bear. I'll hope for a skunk. There's no
reason for poor Kipper to suffer too much, as long as you learn your lesson.

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

rw wrote:
Ken Fortenberry wrote:
Kipper has passed all 10 elements of the CGC (Canine Good Citizen)
test. It's just that in three tries he didn't pass all 10 on the
same day. He's trained well enough to suit me and if he catches a
coon I'll congratulate him and tell him what a good hound dog he is.

... The best I
could hope for is a skunk or a bear. I'll hope for a skunk. ...

Kipper is 70 pounds of Coon Hound - Husky mix, ... we think.
He's a shelter mutt rescued from the Champaign County Humane
Society as a 16 pound puppy.

Kipper has had both bear and skunk encounters. The bear made
off with Kipper's kibble but she ran away from Kipper not the
other way around. As for the skunk, Kipper figured out just
exactly when, in the dark of night, to get the hell out of
Dodge. The whole area smelled of skunk as Kipper came back
to the campfire wearing a ****-eating grin and smelling no
worse for the wear.

He has hybrid vigor. He's a real dog, not like those overbred,
half-senseless, dimwitted pure breeds you spend a ridiculous
fortune to have specially bred for lethargy and compliance.

--
Ken Fortenberry

Ken Fortenberry wrote:

He has hybrid vigor. He's a real dog, not like those overbred,
half-senseless, dimwitted pure breeds you spend a ridiculous
fortune to have specially bred for lethargy and compliance.

I currently have two mutts and two purebreds (a Golden and a Border
Collie), and I've owned quite a few dogs -- both mongrels and purebreds.
It's not so much the genetics of the dog that determines whether it
misbehaves (like running after game and disobeying voice commands),
although genetics makes a difference. It's the commitment and the
competence of the owner to train the dog properly.

I also have two very well fed cats that roam outdoors, and that to the
best of my knowledge don't kill birds, much less raccoons.

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.