Thread: hey everybody

I've been watching for a while now and finally joined. I just wanted to say hi to all and think this is the best spot for crappie information around. Everyone is full of knowledge and more than willing to give a new guy some pointers. With that being said, I recently had a chance to travel to Black Bayou in Benton and ran into the Legend himself, Cajun Dave and LouisianaFishNut. Just wanted to say thanks to you guys for a great day of fishing and storytelling. I just returned from Iraq last month and this was my first trip out on the water. As these two know it wasn't a great day of catching but as always just a great day to do something you love.
Again hello to everyone and thanks again to Cajun Dave and LouisianaFishNut. And Jacob great job haulin in those slabs.

Welcome from Indiana
Thankyou for your service.

PS
The coffee pot is on

Welcome! This is a great site with lots of great people. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

And thanks for serving our country. It's you guys that make it so we can fish when we want to.:D

Welcome from Albertville Alabama.:D

Big Daddy welcome from south La. where the bayous flow muddy right now but a time is a coming when they will be crystal clear. Thanks for serving and keeping us free.

"gene"

Welcome to C.c bdyy.

Welcome from central louisiana

Nice to see you here. Thank you for keeping America Free

Thank you for serving our country and welcome home. now lets catch some crappie!!!

Welcome home and thank you for our freedom. I thought you and everyone might find this story interesting that I recieved in E mail today.

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> One of my sons serves in the military. He is still
> stateside, here in California . He called me yesterday
> to let me know how warm and welcoming people were to him and
> his troops everywhere he goes, telling me how people shake
> their hands and thank them for being willing to serve and
> fight for not only our own freedoms, but so that others may
> have them also.
> But he also told me about an incident in the grocery store
> he stopped at yesterday on his way home from the base. He
> said that ahead of several people in front of him stood a
> woman dressed in a burkha.
> He said when she got to the cashier she loudly remarked
> about the U.S. Flag lapel pin the cashier wore on her
> smock. The cashier reached up and touched the pin, and said
> proudly, 'Yes, I always wear it and probably always wi
> ll.'
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> The woman in the burkha then asked the cashier when she was
> going to stop bombing her countrymen, explaining that she
> was Iraqi.
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> A gentleman standing behind my son stepped
> Forward.
> Putting his arm around my son's shoulders and nodding
> towards my son, he said in a calm and gentle voice to the
> Iraqi woman:
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> 'Lady, hundreds of thousands of men and women like this
> young man have fought and died so that YOU could stand here,
> in MY country and accuse a check-out cashier of bombing YOUR
> countrymen. It is my belief that had you been this outspoken
> in YOUR own country, we wouldn't need to be there today.
> But, hey, if you have now learned how to speak out so loudly
> and clearly, I'll gladly buy you a ticket and pay your
> way back to Iraq so you can straighten out the mess in YOUR
> country that you are obviously here in MY country to
> avoid.
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> Everyone within hearing distance Cheered!