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Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1

Yep. Being from eastern WA and having spent a lot of time on the Columbia, they are still there and on the Snake as well. Used to know an old hard hat diver who worked on the dams (like Ice Harbor and McNary)and he told stories about being down working on the upstream dam face and getting bumped/nudged by a submerged, water logged tree and then turning and looking one right in the eye. Said it freaked him out no end. There are a few pics like this in the museum in the Tri-cities of fish like this that had been hauled out by mule teams and laying in a buckboard with still ten or so feet hanging out and dragging on the ground. About 40 years ago I was shad fishing off of Clover Island (in between Richland and Kennewick) and saw one breach which they will do occasionally even though they are bottom feeders, that I swear was about as round as a 55 gallon drum.
Yup, I grew up right on the Clark Fork of the Columbia. We were on a vehicle recovery in a deep channel below a bridge with our with our big rig tow truck. The Sheriff diver came out of the water in a panic. He said he felt a nudge on his back, turned around and there was a submarine with eyes looking at him. I think he breached too.
 
how did we survive. Bare footed standing on a sickle blade licking a sulfur salt block riding in the back of a truck and no one gave it a second thought. Those were the days.

You forgot drinking out of the hose, cooling off after hauling hay bales in a water tank (God, the cows drank there!), eating peaches and apples right off the tree w/o washing, tomatoes off the vine, ....
 
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It's a wonder we survived, I grew up on a big dairy farm update NY at the same time! I even kept a container of Nestle Quick in the barn and would make a shake from the cows that had the highest butter fat.
Look out for that cutter bar!
Yesss! ran a couple of Jerseys in with the Holsteins just for that purpose. The shakes weren't cold, but they sure we're good!
 
You forgot drinking out of the hose, cooling off after hauling hay bales in a water tank (God, the cows drank there!), eating peaches and apples right off the tree w/o washing, tomatoes off the vine, ....
And don't forget shucking an ear of fresh sweet corn and eating it while picking corn (I still do that), but you better stop at one or you will get the green apple quick step!
 
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Just curioius, do you think this fire was a set up to purposely hurt first responders? Set a fire to disguise a bomb going off??????