Hello from Northern Minnesota

**Pavarotti** · 03-23-2009, 11:54 PM

Hi everyone,
I'm new to the forum, and I'm very excited to learn from you're large knowledge base. I've done quite a bit of hunting and fishing as well as camping in my life. I've done a few survival challenges. One in particular, where i was taken miles into the woods in the middle of the night, left alone, and forced to find my way back to camp using only the stars. It was a great thrill. I've also enjoyed the 2 or 3 times camping with nothing but a fishing pole (we have over 10,000 lakes in Minnesota) and a buck-knife. I'm here to learn. I hope you guys can help. Thanks
P.S.: anyone up in northern Minnesota?

**crashdive123** · 03-24-2009, 06:25 AM

Hello and welcome.

**Rick** · 03-24-2009, 07:13 AM

Welcome home.

**Ken** · 03-24-2009, 11:11 AM

Welcome to the Forums. It's great to have you here!

**Runs With Beer** · 03-24-2009, 10:12 PM

Welcome to the forum.

**Gray Wolf** · 03-25-2009, 04:09 PM

Welcome...

**RBB** · 03-26-2009, 09:24 AM

Originally Posted by Pavarotti

Hi everyone,
I'm new to the forum, and I'm very excited to learn from you're large knowledge base. I've done quite a bit of hunting and fishing as well as camping in my life. I've done a few survival challenges. One in particular, where i was taken miles into the woods in the middle of the night, left alone, and forced to find my way back to camp using only the stars. It was a great thrill. I've also enjoyed the 2 or 3 times camping with nothing but a fishing pole (we have over 10,000 lakes in Minnesota) and a buck-knife. I'm here to learn. I hope you guys can help. Thanks
P.S.: anyone up in northern Minnesota?

Pyyva, Kuukilikuu

If you unterstand dat - you're from ta nort woots.

**chiye tanka** · 03-26-2009, 10:40 AM

Aho mitakuye oyasin, and welcome aboard.

**endurance** · 03-26-2009, 11:05 AM

welcome aboard

**trax** · 03-26-2009, 12:41 PM

I think we'll be pretty excited about learning from your large knowledge base too. I tried that finding my way back to camp just by the stars once, I'm still out there wandering around somewhere...welcome to the forums.

**Rick** · 03-26-2009, 01:57 PM

Originally Posted by Pavorotti

One in particular, where i was taken miles into the woods in the middle of the night, left alone, and forced to find my way back to camp using only the stars.

It's okay, Trax. My parents used to do that to me all the time.

**trax** · 03-26-2009, 04:38 PM

Originally Posted by Rick

It's okay, Trax. My parents used to do that to me all the time.

Oh yeah, kind of like when my Dad used to drop me off on some God forsaken dirt road in northern Saskatchewan saying, "hey son, wanna play catch the truck?"

**Ken** · 03-26-2009, 04:42 PM

Originally Posted by trax

Oh yeah, kind of like when my Dad used to drop me off on some God forsaken dirt road in northern Saskatchewan saying, "hey son, wanna play catch the truck?"

That was YOU I kept driving by?

**RBB** · 03-27-2009, 08:30 AM

Here is a sample of Minnesota some Minnesota speechways:

http://www.brownielocks.com/minnesotatalk.html

It doesn't include one of my favorites, "Inaminama (translation = "You know what I mean?")." The correct response is "minima (translation "I know what you mean.")."

Or, of course, if you don't know - you can just shrug.

**Rick** · 03-27-2009, 08:39 AM

And driving up there is a bit like driving in a different country with the road signs. I remember a sign for Pike River Flowage. I'd never heard the term flowage before but it just sounded nasty. And...they put signs on the bridges telling how much they weigh. Each bridge has a sign that says something like, "Bridge Weight, 9 tons". Who cares?

**RBB** · 03-27-2009, 08:54 AM

Originally Posted by Rick

And driving up there is a bit like driving in a different country with the road signs. I remember a sign for Pike River Flowage. I'd never heard the term flowage before but it just sounded nasty. And...they put signs on the bridges telling how much they weigh. Each bridge has a sign that says something like, "Bridge Weight, 9 tons". Who cares?

Flowage usually refers to a man made lake or pond which is the result of a dam. My mother was born on Dam Seven Flowage, one of a series of dams put in by the Schroeder Lumber Co in 1890 on the Cross River, and tributaries, to run logs down to Lake Superior.

As to the tonnage - it means the weight the bridge can hold. If your truck is ten tons - you may end up in the drink.

**Rick** · 03-27-2009, 09:00 AM

I had to look the "flowage" term up. It really was a new one on me. But it does sound like a body function. Yuuk!

As for the bridge weight....that was a joke. Apparently, not a very good one.

**RBB** · 03-27-2009, 09:06 AM

Originally Posted by Rick

I had to look the "flowage" term up. It really was a new one on me. But it does sound like a body function. Yuuk!

As for the bridge weight....that was a joke. Apparently, not a very good one.

Sorry (LOL!). Hard to read facial expressions on the internet.