[speaker001:] okay
[speaker002:] have you ever uh organized a family reunion
[speaker001:] uh no I never organized one but we're we have one uh we're going to have one on Memorial Day I guess they've had one the last two years
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] we go out to the my dad's farm and uh and you know it is just a picnic and spend the night
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] go fishing and stuff like that
[speaker002:] how many people usually show up
[speaker001:] oh about ten
[speaker002:] oh it is not that big
[speaker001:] huh-uh
[speaker002:] because
[speaker001:] it
[speaker002:] um we've had sort of weekends like that too but I never thought of it really as a reunion
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] I sort of think of a reunion with my uh all the extended family
[speaker001:] everybody yeah
[speaker002:] yeah that would be hard for us because most of the family is out in California and some is in New York and North Carolina and it gets
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] kind of hard to get everybody get everybody organized uh is there someone do you all just sort of chip in and help out with stuff when you are there or
[speaker001:] uh yes yeah my my uh dad has a house out there anyway and there is there is uh he keep us uh food down there year-round so
[speaker002:] um-hum so he doesn't live there though
[speaker001:] uh no it's it's it's like a country country home
[speaker002:] vacation home
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] yeah it sounds nice um are there kids that are there too or mostly adults
[speaker001:] yeah the grandchildren
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] just a few it just depends uh uh uh all my grandparents are dead so uh there is there are not you know none of them are there and and uh then an uncle is dead so
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] the the big family is a lot smaller that it used to be
[speaker002:] um-hum are you all located in Texas
[speaker001:] uh yeah we're in we are all uh like they live up in Sherman it is near Lake Texoma
[speaker002:] um-hum but
[speaker001:] and uh all of his children live in the Dallas area too so
[speaker002:] yeah do it that to me is you know Dallas I know of Houston I know of and that is about it
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] in Texas the rest of it is sort of a big void to me
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] but uh you know we have uh well we all got together it was about two years ago for I was I'd graduated from college and um I was going to live in France for a year and so my parents invited it wasn't just family it was friends too but um we all got together for just a party and that was kind of fun
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] nice to have everybody be together at once and things like that
[speaker001:] French reunion
[speaker002:] well
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] not quite French but uh it was sort of a reunion before leaving it was fun it was on um New Year's Day so it was almost a celebration of the new year too at the same time
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] that was kind of fun but um who was it a friend of mine had a big family reunion a couple of years ago and you know everybody flew in from all over the place for the weekend and it really sounded like it was fun but I am not quite sure what I would do I think it'd be fun to like rent a big mansion or house someplace and have everybody meet someplace where they do not really know
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] and have different areas to explore and things like that so that'd be kind of fun
[speaker001:] yeah meet in the middle
[speaker002:] yep
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] where nobody lives
[speaker001:] right
[speaker002:] but at least that way it is at nobody's house so nobody one no one person is responsible for everything
[speaker001:] yeah and they don't have to clean up afterwards yeah
[speaker002:] yep that's for sure the cleaning up can be a mess
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] but um do you have horses or anything at your dad's farm
[speaker001:] I'm I'm sorry
[speaker002:] does your does your dad have horses there
[speaker001:] uh no he doesn't really have any any uh uh domestic livestock anyway
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] the he leased uh to his neighbor for the cattle to feed on
[speaker002:] I see so it's so he really does use it as a vacation home it is not like a farm that he has somebody else run for him or something like that
[speaker001:] yeah pretty much he has a garden and uh a lot of fruit trees and blueberry bushes and things
[speaker002:] um-hum well that sounds nice do people actually pick the fruit and things
[speaker001:] um-hum and then there is wild blackberries there too
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] so he gets
[speaker002:] yeah I used we used to go pick wild blackberries at my friend's property but we never got enough I used to make jam but I never had enough to really make you know more than a jar or something
[speaker001:] huh
[speaker002:] so it wasn't so worth it
[speaker001:] yeah it is kind of they're kind of off and on it seems like
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] depends on the rain
[speaker002:] that sounds is does he have a lot of land to go walking around and things there
[speaker001:] um it is uh it is uh eighty acres
[speaker002:] well that is pretty big
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] I do not know how they do scale down there you know here it would be a huge amount of land
[speaker001:] yeah yeah
[speaker002:] yeah because the person's house here that has a lot of space is three or four acres as opposed to tens of acres
[speaker001:] yeah and and uh and most of it you know you just spend time on maybe ten acres of it
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] and uh because that's where the ponds are and where everybody fishes
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] we kind of have a an infor mal contest my uncle uh put some bass in uh his pond a few years ago well he put some crappie too but the bass we have not been able to catch any of the adult bass yet so
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] they're in there but they're real spooky
[speaker002:] yeah I think my dad put some we have a little pond at ours at his vacation ho me too and yeah I mean really little and they were having problems with too many goldfish because we had put some goldfish in and there were too many little goldfish and so the big ones never got bigger
[speaker001:] uh-huh oh yeah
[speaker002:] and uh somebody suggested to get a bass
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] and so they went fishing and caught a bass near some place and put it in there and never saw it again
[speaker001:] never saw the bass
[speaker002:] no so we do not know if it is living or
[speaker001:] oh oh it is probably in there just burping goldfish
[speaker002:] yep
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] we still have lots of little goldfish they propagate pretty well those little fish
[speaker001:] yeah they really do
[speaker002:] this yeah because we started we have got hundreds in there now and we started with I think ten or twenty little feeder fish that I picked up for a dollar you know many no matter how many it was for a dollar
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] and and some of them are probably eight inches long but he wants your really big ones you know the ones that get to be like a foot and a half long
[speaker001:] oh yeah
[speaker002:] and
[speaker001:] they have there's a uh
[speaker002:] it
[speaker001:] you might put some like some yellow catfish in there I do not know if they'd live very well up in New York but they get huge and uh they routinely use them for bait for uh goldfish for bait for yellow catfish
[speaker002:] oh okay well we we'd want to put some small ones in so they do not eat the big guys the goldfish too but yeah we could see I do not know if yellow catfish live up this way but catfish do I think
[speaker001:] um-hum yeah they live in the Mississippi River all the way through Minnesota and up into Canada
[speaker002:] um-hum so that you mean well we could try it that is a good idea
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] he's he was trying to catch them you know using little uh I forget there's little uh nets you can use to catch fish to use as feeder fish and things like that minnow nets or something my father was taking those and trying to catch the goldfish and it was really funny because uh
[speaker001:] um-hum uh
[speaker002:] one time he left the net in the pond and he like would put some tuna fish or things in the middle of it to attract the fish
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] and uh he left it in the middle of the pond and that night he came out and the trap was gone and it was a raccoon that had taken it
[speaker001:] right
[speaker002:] so it was really funny and you could see that you know you could see where the trap the trap was dragged and things like that
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] and so
[speaker001:] yeah that's what happens
[speaker002:] but do you guys have fishing competitions while you are there
[speaker001:] yeah and uh we feed the catfish they feed the catfish like uh
[speaker002:] uh
[speaker001:] every couple of weeks and uh and sometimes that's the best time to catch them
[speaker002:] when they're feeding
[speaker001:] yeah because they'll just they will just come after anything then
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] and you could catch a couple anyway during that time
[speaker002:] what do you feed them
[speaker001:] uh mixed Purina uh it is uh cat food uh catfish food
[speaker002:] really
[speaker001:] yeah but
[speaker002:] I mean it's especially made for catfish
[speaker001:] yeah well I do not know how much different it is from dog food but you know it's um it looks like Purina High Pro
[speaker002:] uh-huh that's funny
[speaker001:] but they come up to the top and it is the best time to take pictures because they come up to the top and you can see their whiskers come through the water and
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] and they're the catfish the big catfish just kind of vacuum the top of the water
[speaker002:] uh-huh I have never seen catfish you know except in filleted filleted on a plate I think maybe I think I have seen once or twice in like the museum
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] but I've never seen them just alive someplace that would be fun to see
[speaker001:] well they are really funny fish when you catch them they make a kind of a a burping growling sound at you
[speaker002:] um-hum uh-huh
[speaker001:] and they try to hit you with their tails
[speaker002:] how big do they get
[speaker001:] oh well the channel catfish get up to uh I think the world record is fifty something pounds
[speaker002:] okay but how long in feet
[speaker001:] um that that is only about three and a half feet long
[speaker002:] do you know that's pretty big though
[speaker001:] yeah they get real fat
[speaker002:] yeah uh-huh
[speaker001:] um from the time they they stay slender until they get to be uh eighteen inches long and then they start to widen out
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] uh my daughter we were up there one time and my daughter was fishing and I think that was when she was three and she caught a catfish by accident she was fishing for sunfish and she said here and she handed me her rod and reel
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] and and uh you know it it was just pulling drag out
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] and it swimmed wherever it wanted to
[speaker002:] yeah that sounds amazing I'll have to see them sometime but all righty
[speaker001:] okay it was nice talking to you
[speaker002:] nice talking to you too uh enjoy your uh weekend
[speaker001:] okay bye-bye yeah have a nice Memorial weekend
[speaker002:] okay you too bye-bye