Southern thing.

[SawyerTed]

And imagine I was thinking of fixing poutine and cheese curds before checking the still.  But there's a   Home Improvement marathon on stream I might watch instead.

[Resonator]

And I was just thinking if I have to open a bag of grit and throw it on a mess of ice. (-10 here).

[GAB]

Those big ice pops and cracks can wear on a persons nerves.
Does anyone else see the irony in here. If you take a look at the title and come in here to do some reading. I'm willing to bet this is not what you would expect.

Jake, if you take a good look at the title it appears that you hadn't had enough coffee yet that day and dragged your finger across the keyboard and got an extra letter in the title.   That little addition is causing people to scratch their heads and open the thread up in curiosity.  Please don't feel too bad as I have done dooded the same thing.
GAB

[GRANITEstateMP]

I'm thinking about either fixing up a mess of grits then going to check the ice, or just sit here and watch the Andy Griffith show while it snows.

Jeff,

Are you thinking of making said grits and then throwing them down on the ice for traction?  I guess that would work, and at least you'd get rid of some grits 

[TreefarmerNN]

I'm thinking about either fixing up a mess of grits then going to check the ice, or just sit here and watch the Andy Griffith show while it snows.

Jeff,

Are you thinking of making said grits and then throwing them down on the ice for traction?  I guess that would work, and at least you'd get rid of some grits 

As our local sage would say,

"Boy, you ain't from the south are you?"

[doc henderson]

Sounds like more of a statement than a question as is often the case... in the south.

[Jeff]

I enjoy grits, but they need to be made in the south or by someone from the south, otherwise we'd need to get out the malt o meal, which also can be a traction aid.

[Andries]

So you are saying, and this is how it sounds to a Southerner: 
Ice fishing involves you driving your high dollar truck out onto the top of a partially frozen lake . . you call this "Ice Fishing?!!!" 
Count me in!  Sounds like fun!   

There some generally accepted rules and etiquette regarding ice roads Robert.
Here's one:


Help the other guys fishing; be a fishing buddy.

Also (true fact) my truck is covered by my public insurance underwriter is she falls through. "Hard Water Fishing" is an endorsed activity sir.
A not-so endorsed activity is the . . ah, oldest profession in the world.
A news item two years ago involved many of the high dollar fishing shacks on the Red River near Selkirk, Manitoba. The one barbender showed is typical but so is the Grumpy Old Men's skid shack. Twenty four hour party time, legal gray areas (no road laws because there's no road, no boating regulations because there's no boats 🥳🍾👯�♀️🥳) It 'came to a head' when a regular parade of sex workers was visiting the fishermen. Channel Cats!
It's a bit more regulated now, with visits by the local CO and LEOs doing wellness checks. 
And they drive out onto the ice to do their work too. 🙌

[Resonator]

Around here as soon as you drive out onto the ice your insurance no longer covers you... and if you go through, it's very likely your truck is now totaled.  
Also the DNR will fine you something like $500 A DAY for every day it's sunk in there.  
And good luck getting it towed out, a lot of tow recovery companies won't touch it. They had one here on lake Wausau a few years ago where the truck that went through was a ways out from shore. The wrecker never left the shore (can't blame him), and he daisy chained every cable he had just to reach it.
Another one they had to get a diver just to go down underwater to hook up the cable. After he came back up he said while down there he tried to start it, but it was flooded.

[barbender]

As long as there's no drownings, I'm all about the humor!

"Channel Cats"😂😂😂 Yes Andries, talk about grey areas. Probably the only thing that stops some of those ice fishing cities from being on about the same moral level as the old logging towns (bars and brothels) is that a lot of people go out as families with the Ice Castles. Just a winter camping trip. 

Otherwise, you have large numbers of drunken men, which seems to create the "market" that you referenced.

Here's a news clip of the one I was talking about. Something I'd say about this, while there are some fools that go through every year due to sheer stupidity, ice is inherently dangerous and you can be playing it safe and still have a bad day- as in this case. I think these folks were actually on a plowed ice road (resorts put them in and then charge people access) and a crack opened up mid-day. When they realized that there was a crack, stopped, and attempted to back up, they fell through.

https://mix108.com/watch-fisherman-goes-viral-after-sinking-his-truck-in-northern-minnesota-lake/

[GAB]

There was an article a few years back of I believe two Girl Scout girls that loaded a wagon or sled with of all thing girl scout cookies and were peddling them to ice fisherpeople.  They did very well and also made the news.
GAB

[SawyerTed]

The south has its ways of claiming vehicles...

The beach in Currituck County Outer Banks aka Carova.



This is mild...

[barbender]

GAB, I like to hear of Girl Scout cookies doing well out there rather than ice hookers😂

[Jeff]

GAB, I like to hear of Girl Scout cookies doing well out there rather than ice hookers😂

To try and stay slightly on topic, my daughter made me some of the best chocolate chip cookies I have ever had. Cake like, yet still chewy.

[jb616]

My buddy ice fishes in Minnesota and stays out on the ice for a week. They have temporary restaurants and bars out on the ice as well. I've seen people going around and selling burgers, hot dogs and hot chocolate here in Michigan...

[customsawyer]

I'm glad you caught that Gab. I've read right over it every time. Then again some folks say I talk funny. Thanks for pointing it out.

[GAB]

I'm glad you caught that Gab. I've read right over it every time. Then again some folks say I talk funny. Thanks for pointing it out.

Jake:
You are very welcome.  I must say it is the first thing that got my attention and aroused my curosity as to what you might be attempting to say.  After reading your entry and looking at the keyboard I came to the conclusion it was an early AM, not awake yet, getting two keys in rapid succession and not noticing it.
Hope you are having sawing weather as I parked my mill for the winter.
At noon today the weather forcasters are predicting double digit negative numbers for early next week.  I missed as to weather that was wind chill or calm.
GAB

[Magicman]

GAB actually messed the spelling up.  I have been smiling about it ever since it was posted. 

[SawyerTed]

I don't know about where my southern brothers and sisters live, but it has been so cold around here the plumbers pulled their pants up! 

[Old Greenhorn]

Well 22° here all day with a pretty steady wind at 20mph, so the wind chill was about 3 or 4 degrees. We were doing our monthly food shopping and I saw a guy walking to his car wearing shorts, but because of the cold weather he had duct tape over the holes in his crocks to keep the wind down (he had no socks on).

[Magicman]

Well obviously he was not Southern because if so, he would have been barefooted!!  

[YellowHammer]

Southern plumbers wear bib overalls with no shirt.

I have a southern forklift, it got stuck in the .00001 inch of ice and snow today while a was getting a pack of lumber.  I was not happy.  Keep that stuff up nawth where it belongs.

Ice and snow serves no useful purpose, it's just rain that likes to show off and hang around.

 

 

[Old Greenhorn]

The sand and gravel they spread in that parking lot for the ice might have been to much for his feet, I didn't ask.

[customsawyer]

The only good use for ice, is to put it over my beer in the cooler or in a glass so I can pour tea over it. Anything else it is wasted. We have a cold snap coming next week and I'm not looking forward to it. Maybe it will kill some of the fleas, ticks, and skeeters.

[Jeff]

It won't.  It energizes and preserves them for the better weather when tall humans appear