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GENERAL TOPICS => Tall Tales => Topic started by: Delmonico on November 01, 2017, 11:30:59 AM
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Should be candy on sale today.
Wore the frock coat, vest, tie and the Rand hat yesterday to work. The hipsters were in awe.
At the quieter store now in the better neighborhood, much slower pace.
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Morning all.
I just left the lights off in the house and let the dog bark when anybody knocked. Then ignored them until they went away. ::)
Sunny and 32 here right now. Our one hen is at the stage of molting where she's naked from chin to keel, and no wing feathers, so we have her locked up in the coop until it warms up a little more.
Just got done kneading a loaf of bread for the past hour. I had to use that einkorn stuff again because nobody has gotten around to buying any regular flour yet. I wanted bread and I'm too impatient to wait for flour, plus that spark of curiosity around this einkorn stuff prompted me to try it. Now I know that it's a PITA to knead because those "evil gluten things" take forever to build. So I'm going to let it rise for about 6 hours before baking to help. Might even knead it a second time. We'll see.
--TK
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Our one hen is at the stage of molting where she's naked from chin to keel, and no wing feathers, so we have her locked up in the coop until it warms up a little more.
--TK
Is the grease warm enough yet for the hen? Sounds like she is ready for the pan!
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Out here in the sticks , it is to far between gates and no road lights for treater's to be covered by.
Have never seen one even venture down from the gate. When Kellie was little we take her to her Cousins or friends neighborhoods.
even did the Sand-lake Fashion Square mall one year.
As for me and last night, I was tired , "SHE" was in Melbourne, so I watch a bit of Bizarre Foods (Shanghai) with Andrew Zimmern and went to bed early.
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I forgot it was a new month today.
So Slim why are the Chinese Chic numbers down?
Is the grease warm enough yet for the hen? Sounds like she is ready for the pan!
I thought the same thing- i mean it is all ready plucked ::)
After watching the world series last night i wished i would have watched Bizarre Foods last night.
Wed Night Supper at Church. Pork chops were on the menu. $3.50 per person. Prayer meeting is free afterwards
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Wanted to share this beauty with ya'll
https://youtu.be/Ncj3bux7c5o
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I forgot it was a new month today.
So Slim why are the Chinese Chic numbers down?
I am not sure.
Slim
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I'm guessing this is the Cawfee n Vittles thread for November.If not, someone send me the link... ;D ;D
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I'm guessing this is the Cawfee n Vittles thread for November.If not, someone send me the link... ;D ;D
I think you found it. I'd assumed so, otherwise I'm in the wrong place. ::)
--TK
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I'm guessing this is the Cawfee n Vittles thread for November.If not, someone send me the link... ;D ;D
I did the same thing
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Knew right off....Del had our back...
As I said , no Trick or Treater's not in 30 years we been here , wonder what I've saved in NOT buying freeloader candy ? ???
Chinese Chicken I would guess = Pheasant ? don't recall ever trying it....Dove , Cornish hen ... yeah , Quail perhaps,
Duck , Chicken & Turkey of course ....even a thing call Turducken ( not big fan of it though :-\ )
I'd like to try Emu, I hear it is very rich.
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Morning Coffee is up.
Never had Emu- had neighbor give me some Ostrich once. My dogs would not touch it. I'll pass on Emu
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If you yearn for a succulent steak or a thick, juicy burger but want to avoid all that fat and cholesterol, there is another choice. It's what the Australians have been eating for hundreds of years - flavorful red emu meat. Similar in taste and texture to beef, red emu meat has more protein and less calories and sodium than most other red meat. With only two grams of fat per four-ounce serving, emu meat is a heart-healthy alternative to conventional red meat.
No dog in the fight, but I sound like an ad man....I what to try it though.... :)
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You are the Sam Elliot voice over guy for "Emu it's what for supper tonight"
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Afternoon all.
Expecting rain and that cold stuff that's like rain, but starts with an S. I got the dog walked before it hit, but the place we went looks to be getting drenched right now. Hasn't gotten to the house yet, but on it's way.
I'd try emu, given the opportunity. Personally, my favorite meat is hickory-smoked elk, but since I don't have any hickory, a smoker, or an elk, I don't get that very often. ::)
Finally got another video up on YouTube. Only took me three months. Apparently YouTube doesn't think that growing wheat in a bucket is advertiser friendly, so I'm not making any money on it, but oh well.
--TK
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Afternoon all.
Expecting rain and that cold stuff that's like rain, but starts with an S. I got the dog walked before it hit, but the place we went looks to be getting drenched right now. Hasn't gotten to the house yet, but on it's way.
I'd try emu, given the opportunity. Personally, my favorite meat is hickory-smoked elk, but since I don't have any hickory, a smoker, or an elk, I don't get that very often. ::)
Finally got another video up on YouTube. Only took me three months. Apparently YouTube doesn't think that growing wheat in a bucket is advertiser friendly, so I'm not making any money on it, but oh well.
--TK
Do you have a link to it? There is a ton of homesteader videos with container growning wheat and other grains on trays also. Mostly for feed purposes.
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Out here in the sticks , it is to far between gates and no road lights for treater's to be covered by.
Have never seen one even venture down from the gate. When Kellie was little we take her to her Cousins or friends neighborhoods.
even did the Sand-lake Fashion Square mall one year.
As for me and last night, I was tired , "SHE" was in Melbourne, so I watch a bit of Bizarre Foods (Shanghai) with Andrew Zimmern and went to bed early.
We are also a good mile from either paved road, and our driveway is a 1/4 mile. I end up having to eat the candy myself... :)
And "SHE" must have either friends or family in Melbourne, pretty much the only reason to stop there. Even with the nice mall ::)
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Yes, Chinese Chicken is pheasant. The breasts are dark meat.
I bought a box of American Eagle .357 Mag on Tuesday. Shot some in the SP101 this evening. It was not a pleasurable experience. ::)
Slim
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I bought a box of the Hornady .357 125gr XTP they are hollow points. Recoil wasn't horrible, they are pricey though. Think i will try a page out of Elmer Keiths data bank and try .38 spl 140 semi wad cutter. They may have been 147 grain. I will try some other stuff also
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I bought a box of the Hornady .357 125gr XTP they are hollow points. Recoil wasn't horrible, they are pricey though. Think i will try a page out of Elmer Keiths data bank and try .38 spl 140 semi wad cutter. They may have been 147 grain. I will try some other stuff also
My .38 Spl load is 158gr Lee LSWC on top of 3.1 grs of Clays.
Slim
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My .38 Spl load is 158gr Lee LSWC on top of 3.1 grs of Clays.
Slim
I've used Clays for .38 loads and . 45acp and shotgun loads. It pretty good for smokeless cowboy loads
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Do you have a link to it? There is a ton of homesteader videos with container growning wheat and other grains on trays also. Mostly for feed purposes.
https://youtu.be/DQnjzXy5934
My first two videos in the series were fine. This one apparently isn't. But, it's not like I make any money on youtube anyway.
--TK
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Homesteading is what Prius driving Yuppies call living in the country. They put up solar panels and have a backup generator and call it living off the grid and then join FB groups for living off the grid.
Asked one once if they went to town to the library to check on things. Wonder if Kubota makes a hybrid tractor? :P
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Morning y'all.
Coffee is hot.
'Tis 26 and clear. High of 42.
Slim
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A tractor? Is that what homesteaders use? I had to drag logs over 25 acres with nothing but my back and a length of rope. What kind of tractor do you have?
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A tractor? Is that what homesteaders use? I had to drag logs over 25 acres with nothing but my back and a length of rope. What kind of tractor do you have?
I use my jeep
Glen we use solar panels - milk goats - have a garden- chickens- (tried growing grain in small scale for chicken feed)- no Prissus though. We sure am not yuppies -new agers- hippsters- or city folk. We have a homestead 10 acres not a farm. We could use a tractor or skid loader but don't have one. We do have a a zero turn mower. But after 2 riding mowers in 3 summers - it was worth the money. Be careful how you throw that yuppie word out and how you catgorize people under it. Some may really get offended, then have to shoot you in the foot. btwYUPPIE Which was the word to describe Young Urban Proffesionals, back in the 90's.
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You fail to see the point Roo, today's Yuppies and Hipsters are people who suddenly discover old time skills we've been doing all our lives and suddenly become experts.
The other admin in my cast iron cooking group add one now and then for me to toy with. The lady preaching the Paleo diet was a hoot.
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You fail to see the point Roo, today's Yuppies and Hipsters are people who suddenly discover old time skills we've been doing all our lives and suddenly become experts.
The other admin in my cast iron cooking group add one now and then for me to toy with. The lady preaching the Paleo diet was a hoot.
I think a point that you are failing to see, is that it was folks who decided go forth and live on a homestead, that birthed the frontiersmen and mountain men. The weren't born there, unless they were Indian. They grew there, learned, spawned, etc., children of pioneers. I guess they were the original yuppies and hipsters? My God, have you seen the beards on them?
:)
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Afternoon all.
The rains got here last night about midnight. Up to a quarter inch right now, according to our questionable rain gauge. Just got home from walking the dog with a friend. We were fine until the wind started. Then it got cold. :-\ He's excited, since he's a sn*wplow driver and we're forecast for some white stuff tonight and tomorrow.
The dog and I are wet, but I have a hot cup of Earl Gray and I'm listening to Johnny Cash while deciding whether I want a 10/22 or a Mossberg 500 Flex, so life isn't that bad.
--TK
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You fail to see the point Roo, today's Yuppies and Hipsters are people who suddenly discover old time skills we've been doing all our lives and suddenly become experts.
The other admin in my cast iron cooking group add one now and then for me to toy with. The lady preaching the Paleo diet was a hoot.
No i see the point- you have lump all into a group with a title. I don't need no stinking title. The young people today have to go and experiment on their own because there is some generational gaps in passing the knowledge down among the families. Some of them go a little over board i agree. But you can point out easier ways or feed new information rather than title them with a 30 year old nickname. You might take to the Paleo diet. It might do you some good ... i really don't believe it will. Yet you never know.
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Lots of city people have moved to the country over the years and made it or failed. The modern crop ain't happy with it and have to give it a glamorous name like they do so many other things. That is my point.
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Oh and that so called Paleo diet resembles what early man ate about as much as a Subway samwhich does. Not saying it ain't a good diet, but not Paleo.
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Failing is all part of learning. Being a homesteader has broke $$$ many young people. Living off the grid has a price. Tractors and such cost dearly. It is not the days of the great expansion where you run out and clain a piece of ground and call it your own. It has a price. Even those cute little houses on wheels have a price tag. This why you see more n more people our age homesteading and fewer young people. They on most part have another income. Or a skill that they can stay at home and earn. We couldn't support ourselves on eggs and dairy produce or selling of livestock here. We can make additional $$$$ to help ease our living expences and products to use for our selves. Including fru fru lotions and majic potiens.
Never took much to fad diets... i do care to be as natural as i can. You can't always avoid it. But growing your own is a good start.
Coffee is up....some kind of front has moved in it is humid and cloudy high for today low 80's yes it is still November.
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Morning y'all.
Thanks fer the coffee.
Going to verk today for a system update.
Rained overnight.
'Tis 35 and overcast. "Cloudy. Light rain in the morning then a chance of light rain in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 40s. East wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent."
Slim
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The whole homestead movement these days, is partially fueled by the desire to eat foods not covered in pesticides, genetically modified, fed who knows what. For me, what got me, was not wanting to live amongst people. The occasional person is ok, but when you lump them together they are stupid cattle. I'd rather live in the woods amongst real animals that make sense.
Then you have the "Tiny Home" craze. Believe me brothers, that doesn't cut it in the real world, unless you are homeless.
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Won't work for homeless either. They can't move them with a shoping cart. They have no ppace to park them.
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Morning ladies and germs.
Coffee is one of those necessities today. The dog kept me up most of the night barking at the dripping sounds from the rain rolling off the roof and onto things. She would figure it out and shut up, but then an hour or so later, be at it again. At least she's being a good guard dog.
Rain broke about 0600, so now we're overcast with some sunny spots. Supposed to get wet again tonight.
In other news, a friend of my sister's lost $400 worth of rabbits and caging over the past few days. She had some pedigreed purebred New Zealand rabbits, but the neighbor's dogs got out and I think you can figure out the ending. Now she's down to one rabbit with two toes. Fortunately he was the $200 breeder buck that people pay lots of money for breeding to. The others were her does. The dog owner has offered to pay for lost property, but that's not exactly a solution to the problem.
Our rabbits are doing fine though. Chickens are no longer naked, either.
--TK
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At least the neighbor offered to pay... you are right thought it is not the total solution. I have had dog and coyotes both this past year. Lost my Blue Swede and my Runner ducks to dogs. Then later some expensive hens to coyote. Had to take matters on my self. My wife shot at the coyote but missed. The dogs were on me
Last week we had the heat on this week the AC
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Anyone want a chicken?
I was out walking my dog north of town, and found another one. This was in the same place I found the other one this time last year, and about a quarter of a mile from where I found that cat last week. I think someone is dumping animals out there. >:(
This new bird is a Barred Rock hen. She looks fully grown and healthy, though a little frazzled from being out there. We have her in the bathroom right now to make sure she isn't sick, which she doesn't seem to be. She's friendly, and eats from the hand. So now we have 9 chickens. Yay.
I was kind of proud of my dog though. She was herding it. ::)
--TK
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I could probably live just fine in one of those tiny houses-as long as I had a 30X40 (or bigger) shop building to park it next to. Then the tiny house would just be a place to sleep and eat. Doubt that the wife would care for it, though.
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We had an Airstream, handed down from the folks. That was really tight for 2 adults and 2 boys. It died. We then found a 12x32 "Tiny Home" with a loft at either end. Much more room, but not enough. We also have 10x20 storage shed, half of which I cleaned out and took over as a leather shop. When I have the genny hooked up, it has lights, fans, and nobody else in it. I like my shed. We also have a small cabin we built the first year here, 8x8 inside, and just enough room for one person and their stuff. Our youngest boy is currently residing in it, he needs space away from his parents.
What is really a shock, is that we moved out of a huge 5 bedroom house with 3 bathrooms and a 2 car garage to live here.
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I've watch the Tiny House Nation ....With camera angles , emphasizing the upbeat & clever ideas....
It is still a BOX ....
In real day to day living neither practical nor practicable.
For day Cabin or weekend retreat sure .... perhaps for two cozy persons a few weeks ....beyond that NOPE !
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What is that old expression... "preaching to the choir"?
::)
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Yep it is preaching to the choir...
TK them Barred Rock hens lay hugh eggs.
Got to run keys back to work then go to church. They are both on same road about 2 miles apart. But first a cup of cheap coffee.
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Just call me the " Reverend Mr. Playfair "
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Morning y'all.
Thanks fer the coffee.
'Tis 42 and overcast. "Cloudy. A chance of drizzle in the morning then a slight chance of light rain in the afternoon. Areas of fog in the morning. Highs in the upper 40s. West wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent."
Slim
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Morning all.
We're 33 and wet here in California right now. Had a little of the white stuff I'm told. I don't know, though. I took some cough medicine before bed and didn't wake up until 10:00. :o Nobody woke me up to go to church, so I'm at home keeping an eye on my mom, who has a fever. The positions have switched.
Roo, we have a Barred rock hen already. She's one of the more dominant hens, but she's friendly, likes being held, and was one of our best layers until she went into molting. Now she's not laying.
I'm thinking I might grab some subsonic ammo that I have squirreled away for the 22, grab my dog and go try and get a bunny.
--TK
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Just call me the " Reverend Mr. Playfair "
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;D
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I think a 12X32 is bigger than most of the "tiny homes" I've seen, most seem to fit on a 16" car hauler. I lived in a 12X52 for 10 years as a single guy. No loft, though. Ceiling was only about 6'6" or maybe 6'8". Wood stove would keep one end warm, while the bathroom would still freeze. Stayed in there one winter with my first wife, then we moved into this "spacious" 900 sq foot or so 1920's farmhouse, that I'm still in.
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Morning y'all.
Coffee is hot.
'Tis 25 and partly cloudy. High of 36.
Slim
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Thanks for the coffee, Slim.
Record high temps yesterday, and expect more of the same today.
Gotta love the coastal plains!
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Afternoon ladies and germs. ;D
55 in the low areas right now. Below freezing up above 5000. The white stuff has accumulated above 6000. I talked to a friend in the USFS who says there is up to 6 inches above 7000.
I've got bread dough rising in a sunbeam, and some chicken thawing in the sink. Thinking I might roast the chicken and make gravy from the drippings. Add some mashed potatoes and green beans, and we'll have a meal.
--TK
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If you yearn for a succulent steak or a thick, juicy burger but want to avoid all that fat and cholesterol, there is another choice. It's what the Australians have been eating for hundreds of years - flavorful red emu meat. Similar in taste and texture to beef, red emu meat has more protein and less calories and sodium than most other red meat. With only two grams of fat per four-ounce serving, emu meat is a heart-healthy alternative to conventional red meat.
No dog in the fight, but I sound like an ad man....I what to try it though.... :)
Lived in rural australia all me life - eating emu (or kangaroo) is one of two things
1) a passing fad undertaken by city yuppies who think its cool
2) an act of utter desperation undertaken when there is no alternative but to starve
emu egg is ok .... tastes like................egg (so long as they fresh of course)
offhand - do not know anybody eats em . (emus I mean) ... the emu oil is great stuff for aches and pains -- also oils yr boots .
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I think most of the big Turkey legs you get at Disney and Ren Fairs are Emu.
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Morning y'all.
Coffee is hot.
'Tis 28 and overcast. High of 38.
Slim
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I think most of the big Turkey legs you get at Disney and Ren Fairs are Emu.
Ya seen th legs on them emus? thats one helluva drumstick - a big one stands six feet and weighs 140 pound
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I wonder what a day or two in the smoker might do for some emu drums?
Thanks for the coffee....
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In a search for smoking Emu legs this come up
https://youtu.be/qgmozFoTg5c
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Roo just got himself on some government watch list for searching that up, I'm sure. ::)
Morning all.
All is foggy on the western front. 28 degrees, frost on everything. Going to take dog out later and look for turkeys. Fall season starts Saturday, and I fully intend to be out there opening day. Going to try and use my dog to hunt the suckers, since that's legal in California. The lab half likes to flush the flock, then the collie half wants to try and corral them back together. So while she's doing that, I just have to find one in a tree and stick a Zwickey Eskimo through the middle and we'll have thanksgiving dinner. WOrth a shot anyway.
--TK
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If that is what it took - the goobermint has been asleep...
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Back in the late 60's I tried to smoke a turkey leg once ....could not keep the dam thing LIT !
My tie dyed era ;D
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Back in the late 60's I tried to smoke a turkey leg once ....could not keep the dam thing LIT !
My tie dyed era ;D
;D ;D ;D
I shot a turkey today...i am now barred from Publix for life.
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Morning y'all.
Coffee is hot.
'Tis 23 and overcast. High of 38.
Slim
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Thanks Slim... had a little rain yesterday. Highs in upper 70's most of the day. Starting off cloudy and 63 now.
A couple years ago one of my shot guns got something sticky like resin on the butt pad. This is like a good quality pad. So what ever it comes in to contact with sticks to it. Liner in gun cabinet gun socks etc. I have tried cleaning it several times now but still there. Today i am going to try mineral spirits. I couldn't believe what a quart of that cost. $8 it has been apparently been a while since i have bought any. I guess if it don't dissolve the pad it might work. As it is, it's worthless it will stick to your clothes if you hold it there a few minutes. I might be wasting my time. I just don't want to fit another one to it.
This all depends if the rain doesn't consume the day.
Got pick up feed sometime today also.
Ya'll keep it between the ditches.
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Tempature has dropped since i first woke up.
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Morning all.
Here I am just starting to get over that last virus, and I catch another cold. :-\ Lucky me.
Temperature is supposed to stay near 50 today, and the rain is coming and going ever minute or two. Getting white stuff up above 5000.
--TK
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Sick wid a virus my ownself ..... Sore throat feels like Acid re-flux...Cough, itchy nose and sinuses body aches , feel hot and sometime chills ...generally icky
Going to my Eyes Ears & nose, allergy doc who he will give me some Prednisone and other drugs to get rid of it
$8 for mineral spirits one Qt. yep.... they are dam proud of it :(
it just one 4 parts of Ed's Red......and I had to get the other 3 ...making Ed's Red is costing plenty.
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Sick wid a virus my ownself ..... Sore throat feels like Acid re-flux...Cough, itchy nose and sinuses body aches , feel hot and sometime chills ...generally icky
Same tune, different fiddle, as a friend of mine says.
Rain is pretty constant here now.
--TK
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Sick wid a virus my ownself ..... Sore throat feels like Acid re-flux...Cough, itchy nose and sinuses body aches , feel hot and sometime chills ...generally icky
Going to my Eyes Ears & nose, allergy doc who he will give me some Prednisone and other drugs to get rid of it
$8 for mineral spirits one Qt. yep.... they are dam proud of it :(
it just one 4 parts of Ed's Red......and I had to get the other 3 ...making Ed's Red is costing plenty.
Auto transmission fluid and Acetone are 2 more parts.
TK M2 hope you both get over the creeping crude...i certinly know how that feels.
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Auto transmission fluid and Acetone are 2 more parts.
TK M2 hope you both get over the creeping crude...i certinly know how that feels.
And Kerosene .....mix 4 equal parts
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M2 Collectively we are still sound in mind.... Arcey i think was the first person i ever heard using it. I think there is a warning about using it and storing in plastics.
Coffee is up....going sight seeing today.. fall foliage is peaking color here.
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Yes the Acetone will eat the plastic....equally acetone will evaporate if not sealed well....
You can get the stuff ( premixed ) from Brownells but they insanely proud of it
083-150-001WB
4 oz. "Ed's Red" Bore Cleaner
Mfr Part: 083150001
$6.99
to the tune of 56.00 a quart,,, my home brew will be around $40 a gal.
going to the Doc...to try shaking this cough & sore throat grip
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I'm alive, when not at work been hiding in the basement workshop. Got some projects, only lectric tool been using is my cordless drill.
Been using planes, dowel jig, chisels, clamps and lots of Tite Bond 2 and even bailing wire.
Butt shims for camp use and other camp gear projects for !ost the winter.
Got moved to a quieter sector at work most of the time, still filling in at the other store now and again as dead wood floats away and new blood is hired.
Worked there 4-7 on Tuesday, customers were glad to see me cause I can !over a line through and still make them smile. Busy but not bad, ran 215 sales in 3 hours, ain't many convenience store clerks can do that. That's inside only, no card at the pumps count.
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I'd be lost without my cordless drill. Thinking about buying a second one. One for each hand
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I'd be lost without my cordless drill. Thinking about buying a second one. One for each hand
for drilling in the "Gunfighter" category.
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for drilling in the "Gunfighter" category.
Yep ;D
Slim blue locktite 6 screws check...
TK good looking hen
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Cool clear start today...
Coffee is hot
WARNING* please read the appropriated "contents may burn you " message on cups! PSA from Uncle Ralph.
https://youtu.be/9vST6hVRj2A
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Morning y'all.
Thanks fer the coffee.
I'd be lost without my cordless drill. Thinking about buying a second one. One for each hand
Is that allowed?
Slim blue locktite 6 screws check...
Good.
Low this morn was 5. 'Tis 8 and sunny. High of 27.
Slim
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Morning y'all.
Thanks fer the coffee.
Is that allowed?
Good.
Low this morn was 5. 'Tis 8 and sunny. High of 27.
Slim
SASS rules allow this...
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SASS rules allow this...
OK!
BTW, day off 'cuz I verked Saturday.
Doing projects outside. ::)
Slim
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Off Sun and Mon, headed to the basement till time to go in. One more dowel and clamp and I have all 11 pieces of a rocking chair seat together. Will watch ovens in comfort this year.
Doing a complete revamp of the gear.
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My Monday :)
Suzanne and i had a nice day yesterday despite the rain and fog. Went to the highest point in Alabama. Mt Cheaha State Park. Had lunch ( not as good as last time we were there) we did take a walk out over Bald Rock, via the boardwalk. Considering carrying a o2 tank on my back and the weather, i did pretty well. We both enjoyed it. Of course it cleared off today.
I'm blessed with this job, they kept it open while i was off my lung collapse. They have worked with me on my ability to preform. Paid my health insurance while i was off. They trust me, that i will get what is required to get done and report any thing different. I probably won't get a perfect attendance bonus this year, but i was off awhile. ;)
They claim they will pay for my practice ammo for my carry weapon. I have yet to charge it back.
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Afternoon all.
Slight breeze coming in from the northwest, and the rain with it. White stuff up higher.
Going to take the dog out and walk the fire break after a while. Or a couple miles of it, anyway. I'm curious to see exactly where it is.
--TK
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Took the A/C unit out of the window. Less drafty now. ::)
My Monday :)
Suzanne and i had a nice day yesterday despite the rain and fog. Went to the highest point in Alabama. Mt Cheaha State Park. Had lunch ( not as good as last time we were there) we did take a walk out over Bald Rock, via the boardwalk. Considering carrying a o2 tank on my back and the weather, i did pretty well. We both enjoyed it. Of course it cleared off today.
I'm blessed with this job, they kept it open while i was off my lung collapse. They have worked with me on my ability to preform. Paid my health insurance while i was off. They trust me, that i will get what is required to get done and report any thing different. I probably won't get a perfect attendance bonus this year, but i was off awhile. ;)
They claim they will pay for my practice ammo for my carry weapon. I have yet to charge it back.
Sounds like a good place to work.
What is your carry weapon?
Slim
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G22
I do trade out to my 1911 or My S&W model 10 on occasions
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Headed to work, glue setting, sharpen the big chisle shaving sharp, level some of the uneven spots with it before I plane it. Am I the only one who loves removing wood with a sharp chisle?
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No.......sharp chisel is safer
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Headed to work, glue setting, sharpen the big chisle shaving sharp, level some of the uneven spots with it before I plane it. Am I the only one who loves removing wood with a sharp chisle?
Nope
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Headed to work, glue setting, sharpen the big chisle shaving sharp, level some of the uneven spots with it before I plane it. Am I the only one who loves removing wood with a sharp chisle?
I cut most of the saddle notches on our little cabin with a chisel and hammer. I tell you, them Gnats wait till just as you swing, and go straight for the eyes.
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G22
I do trade out to my 1911 or My S&W model 10 on occasions
You are allowed to carry your own gun at work?
Slim
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You are allowed to carry your own gun at work?
Slim
Yes, 3 of us are armed and carry our own. The other 2 prefer not to be.
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Coffee is on....
Thank a Veteran Day...
https://youtu.be/PbERN6Ryos0
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Morning y'all.
Thanks fer the coffee.
Thank you, veterans for your service.
White stuff on the road. ::)
'Tis 24 and overcast. "Cloudy. Light snow likely in the morning then a chance of light snow in the afternoon. Little or no snow accumulation. Highs in the lower 30s. South wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of snow 70 percent."
Slim
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Going to the toy store this morn to buy a llama. This one is like new in box and eats .380 ACP.
Slim
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Morning all.
Sun is peeking through the clouds today. I was supposed to be out hunting fall turkeys at dawn, but about three this morning I got hit hard by round two of whatever crud I have. Sore throat, no voice, and coughing. :-\ Lucky me.
--TK
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Morning all.
Sun is peeking through the clouds today. I was supposed to be out hunting fall turkeys at dawn, but about three this morning I got hit hard by round two of whatever crud I have. Sore throat, no voice, and coughing. :-\ Lucky me.
--TK
Drink orange juice and maybe tea with honey in it.
Slim
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Drink orange juice and maybe tea with honey in it.
Slim
I went the black coffee with honey route, though I'm thinking I might add a cup of Earl Gray to that, too. Also some spicy rabbit stew for the sinuses. Don't have any orange juice right now, either. :-\
--TK
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Sat in a tree stand for 3 hours this morning, Saw Nada. Walked a wide circle back to the truck, shot a nice young doe within 100 yards of the truck. TK, had my scope on some wild turkeys this afternoon, but, it's not firearms turkey season here, so, just looking. Besides that, turkeys are shotgun only when in season, no scoped .308 allowed.
Side note, went to go out the front door to get some firewood, and there on the porch was a groundhog(woodchuck to you non-hillbillies) ON THE PORCH eating the "squash decorations" there. Slipped back to the bedroom, retrieved the .357 Blackhawk that lives on top of the closet, back to the front porch, and Sent 2 rounds after him as he left. Darn. 0 for 2. I'll be watching for you, Mister Ground Hog.
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Watching Highnoon on GRIT TV
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Sat in a tree stand for 3 hours this morning, Saw Nada. Walked a wide circle back to the truck, shot a nice young doe within 100 yards of the truck. TK, had my scope on some wild turkeys this afternoon, but, it's not firearms turkey season here, so, just looking. Besides that, turkeys are shotgun only when in season, no scoped .308 allowed.
Side note, went to go out the front door to get some firewood, and there on the porch was a groundhog(woodchuck to you non-hillbillies) ON THE PORCH eating the "squash decorations" there. Slipped back to the bedroom, retrieved the .357 Blackhawk that lives on top of the closet, back to the front porch, and Sent 2 rounds after him as he left. Darn. 0 for 2. I'll be watching for you, Mister Ground Hog.
Niece's husband shot a nice 11 pointer somewhere in central Ohio. Nice looking animal. I need to download a new photo share- so i can show it
Slim did you adopt or not?
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Coffee and fixin's for tea is up
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Morning y'all.
Thanks fer the coffee.
Slim did you adopt or not?
Yes.
'Tis 31 and overcast. High of 37.
Slim
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Morning y'all.
Thanks fer the coffee.
Yes.
'Tis 31 and overcast. High of 37.
Slim
I am sure you will nurture it and provide it a good home :)
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Morning all.
Foggy and 35 here this morning, supposed to clear out and hit 60 later. We'll see.
Our new hen has been introduced to the others now for two days. So far, so good. One of our older (read "dominant") hens tried to pick on her, but we have the new one in the 4x8' enclosed run off the side of the coop, so no fights came of it. The seven other hens seem to pretty much ignore her. We're still keeping her inside at night, though.
Came real close to getting my truck t-boned yesterday by some guy who was driving a full size creeper van around the neighborhood at 40mph. We're talking White Ford full size van, tires squealing around corners. All he was missing was a "free candy" sign. Turned on the scanner and heard that local LE was looking for a white van that almost went head-on with a fire truck by cutting a blind corner on the highway. Didn't have phone with me at the time, so didn't report. Got home in time to see him still in the neighborhood, turning around and leaving rubber in the undersheriff's driveway. Before I turned the truck off, I heard him on the radio call the other deputy down the street, who went and blocked the only way out. I stopped listening after that.
--TK
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I am sure you will nurture it and provide it a good home :)
Sometimes it gets its food sideways when it tries to put it in its mouth. ::) Usually it it the last mouthful before it is full.
Slim
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Feed ramp?
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Slim, I'm sure you'll teach it how to eat properly. Is that one that looks like a small 1911?
Morning hunt was un-eventful, left the stand by 9 to go to church. After church, practiced a bit with the .41 Mag, in case I don't tag out during regular season. "Alternative methods" season will be starting Dec 23, for I think 9 days. Pistols, Muzzle loaders, Spears, you name it. Anything but Centerfire rifles and shotguns.
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Feed ramp?
I polished the feed ramp some last night with Flitz.
Slim, I'm sure you'll teach it how to eat properly. Is that one that looks like a small 1911?
Yes. The Browning .380 and Baby Rock are "clones". ;)
Not sure what is happening. It is usually the last round in the mag so I'm thinking it might be a weak mag spring.
Slim
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I polished the feed ramp some last night with Flitz. Yes. The Browning .380 and Baby Rock are "clones". ;)
Not sure what is happening. It is usually the last round in the mag so I'm thinking it might be a weak mag spring.
Slim
Could be i have a couple round here that need new springs. Bought one last year i could only get 2 rounds in
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Morning y'all.
Coffee is hot.
'Tis 17 and overcast. High of 37.
Slim
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Thank you for the coffee.
Weather wise here- couldn't have asked for better weather.
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Thank you for the coffee.
Weather wise here- couldn't have asked for better weather.
I agree, it was a beautiful day. A little rain early, before sunrise, heavy fog and 49. By 9ish, sun was peaking out, it was cool, but not cold. I could deal with more days like this.
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I'll stoke the fires and warm the coffee for the night dwellers.
Rained most of the day, but temperature was around 50, so we didn't have any trouble with the white stuff. Clouds blew out around 2200 (2315 now), and the mercury got shorter. It's around 40 now, and still getting cooler.
--TK
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Morning y'all.
Coffee is hot.
'Tis 32 and overcast. "Cloudy. Areas of fog in the morning. Patchy fog in the afternoon. Areas of drizzle. Patchy freezing drizzle in the morning. Highs around 40. South wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation 50 percent."
Slim
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Thanks for the morning coffee.
Looks like another day in paradise.
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Off work for the Bambi search for the rest of the week. Started drizzling about 8 am, but that's ok, a nice fat button buck wandered by my stand about 7. Two down, one landowner tag to go. I think I can still buy more antlerless only tags if I want, depends on which county in Mo. But I think I'll try and get at least one cut up and frozen first.
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Fresh backstraps for supper......yum
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Fresh backstraps for supper......yum
Yup!
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PE...I sure miss the days when I hunted....always had fresh smoked hind quarter for Thanksgiving!
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Missouri hunter bags 39-point buck after four years of trying
http://www.foxnews.com/great-outdoors/2017/11/14/missouri-hunter-bags-39-point-buck-after-four-years-trying.html
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Afternoon all.
Sunny most of the day today, though the clouds started coming back in about an hour ago. Just got back from a walk with the dog, and watching a goshawk and golden eagle fight. That was interesting.
Got bread rolls rising next to the fire right now, going to bake those up in a while and eat them with some beans we canned earlier this year. Should make a pretty good meal.
--TK
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Missouri hunter bags 39-point buck after four years of trying
http://www.foxnews.com/great-outdoors/2017/11/14/missouri-hunter-bags-39-point-buck-after-four-years-trying.html
They are talking about wasting disease in the Deer in Minnesota/ Wisconsin - do you fellers worry about that - is it real or just some greenie instigated story?
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They are talking about wasting disease in the Deer in Minnesota/ Wisconsin - do you fellers worry about that - is it real or just some greenie instigated story?
Greenie caused in many cases, overpopulation and nature taking over.
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Greenie caused in many cases, overpopulation and nature taking over.
When this reared its head in the cattle business a decade or so ago (longer I spose) there was an english bloke had it figured to be connected with changes in mineral fertility in the forests - excess manganese uptake because of removal of potassium and increase in soil acidity so the second growth forests go all out of kilter and the animals get too much manganese - then manganese and copper imbalance in the animal encourages the prion that is the cause of the CWD to develop - it all made a lot of sense to my soil science side at the time and then later I was over on the Snake river country and there is a power plant outside Lewiston that burns waste timber from the second growth pine forests - I was told they are required to take the ash from that operation in covered trailers and bury it it in a special landfill because - guess what- it has toxic levels of manganese in it. The english fellers theory was politically unnacceptable at the time and I think he died since - it was more politically expedient to blame it on infected cattle from Canada and meatmeal feeding of feedlot cattle - a dumb idea anyhow - feeding dead ground up downer cattle to other cattle is not the smartest plan in town - but was an easy fix too. So what happens now ? do they ban hunting up there because of this? That would point straight at the bleeding heart greenies - typical really "protect" something that dont need protecting so the population gets all out of control then nature kills em off with starvation or some horrible disease - the looney left is doin the same out here with all out native animals. Last time I was in your country there sure were plenty of Deer - saw quite a few smashed on the roads - they the panel beaters friend just like roos are out here .
Funny story - we had a kid from Martinsville Indiana here years ago on a Rotary exchange visit - spoilt town kid - rich parents too busy to give him much attention - cheeky kid - wanted to know where all the koala bears were - he came here knowing full well that koala bears were hanging out of trees all over the place and that we had almost rendered the kangaroo extinct - soon fix this! I tooki him up the back of the place that first afternoon and under my instructions he shot a decent size grey roo on our crop with my 22/250 -- told him there millions of em (showed him in the outback later too) he never let up about the bears though - finally towards the end of his two months stay and on a road trip 700 miles from here I spotted a koala in a tree fork - pulled up and showed him - Brian that is the second bear I have seen outside a zoo in my whole life willya quit with the bear thing.
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We Wisconsinites don't worry about it. There are plenty of deer trying to commit suicide on the roads. ::)
BTW, deer gun season starts Saturday for nine days. Bought my license tonight. In this county, we get a buck tag and two free antlerless tags.
Slim
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We Wisconsinites don't worry about it. There are plenty of deer trying to commit suicide on the roads. ::)
BTW, deer gun season starts Saturday for nine days. Bought my license tonight. In this county, we get a buck tag and two free antlerless tags.
Slim
Yeah was just curious Slim - sounds like what I read is a bit of a beatup - the suicide thing - deer and kangaroo very similar - same restless nervous look about the head - both very sensitive to noise and smell - ear shape too - see one sitting in the headlights at the side of the road and at the last split second that kamikaze leap in front of you - splat!!! Cars in your country got crap lights for night driving too - spose too much traffic - we run good lights - change out all the bulbs for 100watts and fit a pair of extras one spot and one wide beam - gotta switch those separate to stay legal (an isolator switch that feeds off the hibeam to a relay) Plenty deer over there from what I saw and quiet too - I was gone home by hunting season except one visit.
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Morning y'all.
Coffee is hot.
Yeah was just curious Slim - sounds like what I read is a bit of a beatup - the suicide thing - deer and kangaroo very similar - same restless nervous look about the head - both very sensitive to noise and smell - ear shape too - see one sitting in the headlights at the side of the road and at the last split second that kamikaze leap in front of you - splat!!! Cars in your country got crap lights for night driving too - spose too much traffic - we run good lights - change out all the bulbs for 100watts and fit a pair of extras one spot and one wide beam - gotta switch those separate to stay legal (an isolator switch that feeds off the hibeam to a relay) Plenty deer over there from what I saw and quiet too - I was gone home by hunting season except one visit.
I usually lay on the horn when I see a deer on the roadside. It gets their attention and hopefully run for cover. Doesn't always work.
'Tis 40 and misting. "Blustery. Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog in the morning. A chance of drizzle in the morning. Highs in the middle 40s. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph shifting to the west 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation 50 percent."
Slim
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They are talking about wasting disease in the Deer in Minnesota/ Wisconsin - do you fellers worry about that - is it real or just some greenie instigated story?
West Virginia and a few boardering areas in Virginia also reported it back 6 or 7 years ago. I haven't heard or seen it here in Alabama though. I have seen these myownself... both in SE Ohio and in Northern Virginia
https://youtu.be/mTvlZrZ0uyI
Coffee is up
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They are talking about wasting disease in the Deer in Minnesota/ Wisconsin - do you fellers worry about that - is it real or just some greenie instigated story?
It's been found in some counties in Mo. Certain areas they want you to give them the heads from deer harvested on the opening weekend, to test. Thankfully, not in my county, though.
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On the list for today: Fix the sqeaky noisy front door!
Was about to go out the back, through the laundry room window, there's that pesky groundhog. Tried to sneak out the front door, to get a shot at him and ...SKREEEEEK.........THUNK....
Groudhog now under the (non bullet proof) storage shed.
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I've seen this before. Before you start making little bunnies and squirrels out of C4, please, seek professional help!
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Blowing him up would be a bad idea. Hid hidey hole is under the backyard storage shed. the wife's shed. Blowing it up might cause problems. Set a live trap for him, don't know how well that will work-he may not even fit in the trap! Baited it with a chunk of the squash he was eating. Cleaned up all other such delicacies. His foraging ground seems to be where we throw leftovers over the fence.
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You might ask 40 Rod for advise on ridding them burrowing pest...
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Afternoon all,
Rainy again today. About .25 of an inch so far. Getting white stuff around 4500 ft, which has the local plow drivers running.
--TK
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You might ask 40 Rod for advise on ridding them burrowing pest...
I think 40 Rod just used Black Powder instead of C-4. Equally bad results for the wife's junk shed errr....treasure shed. Besides, I still need to "bite the bullet" and pay the HazMat fee to get some BP from Graf's, or else make a road trip.
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West Virginia and a few boardering areas in Virginia also reported it back 6 or 7 years ago. I haven't heard or seen it here in Alabama though. I have seen these myownself... both in SE Ohio and in Northern Virginia
https://youtu.be/mTvlZrZ0uyI
West Bend is about 1.5 hours from here.
Slim
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More on CWD
Chronic wasting disease threatens deer population, hunting season
http://www.foxnews.com/great-outdoors/2017/11/15/chronic-wasting-disease-threatens-deer-population-hunting-season.html
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I've seen this before. Before you start making little bunnies and squirrels out of C4, please, seek professional help!
Got your rodents mixed up, Bill Murray tried to blow up a gopher, like 40 did. Bill drove the groundhog/woodchuck off a cliff.
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I'll toss some more wood on the coals and get some vittles warmed over for the night owls.
Rain finally let up at 2200. But not before we had two cars manage to run themselves into a ditch on opposite sides of the county.
Our newest chicken laid an egg for the first time since we've had her today. In another two or three days, we should be able to let her out of the closed run and into the flock.
--TK
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Morning y'all.
Coffee is hot.
'Tis 29 and overcast. High of 36.
Slim
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Got your rodents mixed up, Bill Murray tried to blow up a gopher, like 40 did. Bill drove the groundhog/woodchuck off a cliff.
Tomato/ Tomato, they is just overgrown rats ;)
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Tomato/ Tomato, they is just overgrown rats ;)
Yep, like most have the facts wrong and pass it off as unimportant rather than own up to it.
From my vast files with permission of the author:
37 years ago we bought this house and put in a lawn right off. Within a few weeks I had gophers. EVERYBODY for miles around had gophers. We tried everything we could think of, flooding their burrows, gas, noise makers, poisons, smoke, you name it.
At the time I was still in the Marine Corps and working part time for The Flintlock gun shop in Anaheim and had a goodly supply of Gearhart-Owens black powder... including a brand new unopened can of FFFFg (that's 4F for you counting-challenged yokels.)
I waited until the ground had dried for a week or so, and on a fine Saturday morning I filled all the holes I could find, and set my plan in motion. I ran a string of powder about a yard long (NOT LONG ENOUGH) and as big around as a pencil away from the hole and poured the rest in. I just poured it in loose, not in any way compacted.
I made sure everyone was back and touched my cigarette to the "fuse line". It took nicely and ran right down that hole.
I don't remember any sound at all, but it suddenly felt like someone had hit me on the soles of my feet with a baseball bat, (NOTE: Louisville Sluggers are made about a mile from my house.), a huge column of white, black, and orange shot up almost in slow motion, and a thought ran through my mind, "MY GOD, that's right over my water main".
I picked my self up from flat on my back and did a quick survey. No one seemed to be hurt but my kids and a couple of neighbors were laughing hysterically. Some others were coming outdoors to see what had happened. My hair was singed, my t-shirt full of little holes, and I had no eyebrows. My plastic USMC glasses were pitted and bent. Smoke was pouring form a hole the size of a large wash tub and the yard was littered with dirt and rock.
Half an hour later my across the street neighbor came over with a huge divot of sod and handed it to me with "I think this might be yours" before walking away. He still lives there and we're still friends.
No other damage was done, no windows broken, my water main is still intact after 37 years, and no one called the fire department or the police. Of course the neighbors wouldn't let their kids out if I was in the yard and several moved away within a year or less.
BUT!!!
There are no gophers in my yard and none in the entire neighborhood, and haven't been since that Saturday in 1978 when I declared war on them.
After all my experience I learned several things:
1. 3 feet of powder train isn't enough.
2. 1 full pound is likely overkill.
3. Black powder doesn't have to be compacted, merely somewhat confined, to explode
4. Some neighbors can be very forgiving.
5. The shakes go away after a couple of days, but your hearing is never the same again.
6. Local Fire Marshals who hear about things through the grapevine can have a wonderful sense of humor. (RIP Dave.)
7. Experience is a wonderful teacher... if you survive.
8. The damnedest things can get you a great reputation.
9. Some things are funny no matter what, but see #5 above.
10.Pobody's nerfect.
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Got your rodents mixed up, Bill Murray tried to blow up a gopher, like 40 did. Bill drove the groundhog/woodchuck off a cliff.
Vermin is vermin no matter what name some scientist give them. We have a few ground hogs "wood chucks" around here don't see many, we do have the walking oysters on a half shell though. They are a extreme nuciance.
Coffee is up!
Going to do a little grocery shopping this morning.
Our annual make 10 gallons of stuffing/dressing is coming up.
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I have a limbsaver butt pad on one of my shotguns. A couple years back it got something on it that is extremely sticky. Like sticks to anything it touches, comes in contact with. A week or so ago i mentioned the expensive mineral spirits. I have given it a good cleaning with it twice now. The stickiness is still there. I have no clue what it is. I don't want to spend $40 bucks for another one then have to grind it down, but may have to. Any ideals on how to remove it?
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Did you try rubbing alchol?
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Afternoon all.
We got some sun, but there's a cold wind from the north and clouds are building. Looks like white stuff on the ground in town tonight. In other words, everyone is going to fall in a ditch. ::)
--TK
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I have a limbsaver butt pad on one of my shotguns. A couple years back it got something on it that is extremely sticky. Like sticks to anything it touches, comes in contact with. A week or so ago i mentioned the expensive mineral spirits. I have given it a good cleaning with it twice now. The stickiness is still there. I have no clue what it is. I don't want to spend $40 bucks for another one then have to grind it down, but may have to. Any ideals on how to remove it?
If all else fails, try gluing a piece of leather over it?
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The clouds got here. Naturally as I was three miles from home, on foot. I just got home, and am sitting on the couch drinking some coffee as I watch the slush fall from the sky. At least the dog is happy, right?
--TK
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If all else fails, try gluing a piece of leather over it?
Awe --this might be a good option. Maybe a piece of deerhide
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On break at work, might be Grandpa again before I get off.
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Help with some reading !?
I've always liked to read westerns - used to kind of devour them when younger - have a copy of "The Hell Bent Kid"saved from when I was a teenager - so hoping someone might remember this next one - I read a story in high school dont remember all the details and I bet it was a book I borrowed from a friend - core story was about a guy got himself tangled up in a long distance chase on a blood bred mare called - Molly Malone - the bad guys rode relay and wore him down in the end - he burnt up a mustang pony along the way several hundred miles of chase and I think he quit at the end rather than kill the mare running her -- if any old timers can remember this story and point me to the title would be much appreciated.
Greyhawk
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Morning y'all.
Coffee is hot.
'Tis 31 and overcast. "Cloudy. A slight chance of light snow...Drizzle and freezing drizzle in the morning then light rain in the afternoon. No snow accumulation. Highs in the upper 30s. South wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 80 percent."
Slim
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Delmonico yes i have and congradulations.
Greyhawk no help in book... sounds though alot like the movie Hildago.
Slim Thank you for the coffee ☕️
It is my Monday
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Still waiting, she's being slow like her aunt was.
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Evening all. I got a blackberry cobbler for those who are interested, being as it's Friday.
Tried to track down a flock of wild turkeys today, but no luck. Followed them for about three miles before the sun started to go away. Saw a number of squirrels, doves, and a flock of quail, but all I had was my expensive "California special"
all copper shotshells. 1/2 ounce of #5, but the same number of pellets as 1 1/4 ounce of lead, theoretically. I haven't counted. Tomorrow when I go back out I'll bring some #7 shot. ;)
--TK
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Delmonico yes i have and congradulations.
Greyhawk no help in book... sounds though alot like the movie Hildago.
Nope - but its kinda parallel - I liked Hildago but at the same time it wasnt a very plausible story - the one I amm after was a chase in the southwest someplace new mexico arizona - our hero had offended some bad guys and they ran him down over several days and many hundred miles - ran him in relays till he burnt his horses out - lot of focus on this Molly Malone mare - maybe that was me ? it was a long time ago .
thanks for the reply
It is my Monday
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Cobbler is always good...
TK have you tried calling the gobblers.
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Robin Marie Jaquez was born at 2:42 pm. 5 pounds 2 oz. Mom and baby are doing fine.
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Morning y'all.
Coffee is hot.
Robin Marie Jaquez was born at 2:42 pm. 5 pounds 2 oz. Mom and baby are doing fine.
Congrats, Gramps. ;)
'Tis 34 and overcast. "Cloudy with a chance of light snow...Drizzle and freezing drizzle in the morning then partly sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 30s. North wind 10 to 20 mph with gusts to around 30 mph. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.'
Slim
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Congratulations to Delmonico and family!
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Robin Marie Jaquez was born at 2:42 pm. 5 pounds 2 oz. Mom and baby are doing fine.
What about the father? Is he ok? Congradulations Pawpaw
Slim thanks for the Coffee
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Morning all.
31 and foggy in my neck of the woods. We have a nice coating of ice on just about everything. Later on I'm going out with a friend and we're going to drive up one of the taller mountains around and take pictures from up there. Should be pretty cool.
--TK
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Also, congratulations Del.
--TK
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Congrats GRAM PAW ;D
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A horse got out 'bout 0400. Fixed the fence after sunup. Then, butchered 4 cockerels. They are supper.
Slim
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Just had a monsoon like storm blow thru. Dump a bunch of rain and with the wind i am sure trees and kimbs are down. Cold air is suppose to follow.
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Rain has past thru leaving colder air.
Morning coffee is up
If your interested a local company is having their annual Knife Sale. Ends today they have quality American made folders and knifes including Kitchen knifes. Just in time for gift giving. I am not connected to them, but did get a good deal on some Christmas presents last year from them.
http://www.bearandsoncutlery.com/
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Morning y'all.
Thanks fer the coffee.
Going to verk for a few hours this morn.
'Tis 20 and partly sunny. High of 31.
Slim
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Congratulations on your (very) tiny new baby Delmonico. My best to the parents.
My sis sent me a couple pounds of whole bean coffee for my birthday, so I thought I should share my thoughts on them. First of all, with all the micro and craft companies out there these days, it is hard to keep up with them. I have never heard of either name, but will gladly try new things with an open mind.
After a half hour, I finally found my grinder and tried the Valhalla Java first. On the back of the package, it says it was "Crafted for the most powerful guitarist in the world, Zakk Wylde", "maximum flavor and high caffeine content". I have never heard of Zakk Wylde, but if this is his idea of maximum flavor and high caffeine, he must be a real sissy. It was like really weak tea. What flavor I could detect, reminded me of some nasty "Boiler room" blend I was given years ago. Should have been called "Bilge Pump" instead.
The Death Wish was better. Stronger flavor, not bad tasting. All in all, not something I would buy for a regular thing, but good enough for an occasional pot.
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I only buy straight run beans, not blends.
Don't know about the other one but the death wish stuff is Vietnamese Robusta beans that are not the quality of the better and more expensive Arabica beans. They are just selling low end, high caffeine beans for a lot more than they are worth.
Ended up buying Columbian the other day, no idea the region, not bad, but should have bought the Sumatran or the Costa Rica ones. Was in the mood for a less earthy taste and this batch is ok, but if you push it to much it gets bitter fast.
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The Valhalla says Indonesia, South and Central America. Never had the Indonesian before, as far as I know. I like the Costa Rican stuff ok, but would rather have Kenyan or Kona. They are just pricey if you can find them.
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When i hit the powerball i will start a coffee plantation in Rocky Mountains of Colorado. It will shut the weed industry down, or at least Coors.
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Sounds like you've een smoking weed. ::)
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Sounds like you've een smoking weed. ::)
;D
Going hunting in the morning with Micah after I sight in the Krag.
Slim
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It was only meant as humor ;D
Good luck on the Hunt
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Evening all.
City trip today. First one in a month. We spent the afternoon with one of my sister's friends from school. Good guy, has a slot in the local police academy after high school, and looking into a medic slot in the National Guard unit. Also working to get in closer with my sister, if I'm reading him right. Which leads into my next point...
I have a new pony coming into my gun barn. Mossberg Maverick 88 Security. 7+1 mag tube, 20" barrel. 12 gauge. On sale for $200, I got it out the door for $235. I get it out of California gun jail on the 29.
--TK
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It was only meant as humor ;D
Good luck on the Hunt
Answered humor with humor you grumpy old phart. ;D
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Morning y'all.
Coffee is hot.
'Tis 17 and clear. High of 46.
Slim
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My weekend begins in a hour and change. Then a 2pm appointment with pulmonary rehab people. I may get started on it again. I did it for 18 weeks this past year. See if i can get some help for myself.
Answered humor with humor you grumpy old phart. ;D
That was for those who might read it and not know.
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;D
Going hunting in the morning with Micah after I sight in the Krag.
Slim
The Krag hit 1" high from the center of a styrofoam plate at 50+ yards. :)
Slim
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As for coffee, I ave heard wonderful things about Cuban coffee. I have tried their cigars, and found them to be exceptional, so why wouldn't the coffee beans be good as well?
In other news, my boy just bought a New England single barrel shotgun. He was told they are hard to find and very desirable. Never heard of them, so, is there any truth to it?
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In other news, my boy just bought a New England single barrel shotgun. He was told they are hard to find and very desirable. Never heard of them, so, is there any truth to it?
H&R with a different name, don't know why they'd be scarce. Desirable, decent sigle shot if that's what you want.
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H&R with a different name, don't know why they'd be scarce. Desirable, decent sigle shot if that's what you want.
Exactly right
Made under several trade names
New England Shotguns = NEF
Sears
Western Auto
Penny's Penn-craft
and several other hardware stores ( Michelson Family Hardware in Kissimmee Florida , carried them with their Michelson logo rolled on )
Entry level grade , serviceable and stout ... hard to find ? ..No , desirable ? as inexpensive Pickup perhaps
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Seems to be more of them (NEF) than the H&R’s Suzanne has a H&R that was her Dad’s still handy for varmit and pest
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Morning all.
Rain and white stuff has returned to the valley. Supposed to get 1" of rain in the next 12 hours, higher elevations calling for 12"+ of the white stuff.
I like those NEF shotguns. My first gun was a youth model 410. Still one of my favorite guns. My cousin got the one my grandpa bought in 1955 (two years before he met my grandma) when grandma died. That was a sweet one. It was a "fancy" model, with oil finished walnut and charcoal-blued barrel. The only gun in his giant collection that didn't get sold for drugs/beer. :-\
Going to take the dog out later and start teaching her to hunt squirrels. SHe's good at tracking, and she trees them pretty well, but she's gun shy and despite being a Labrador RETRIEVER, doesn't always retrieve...
--TK
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Dad got a doe with his .270. Mom got a doe with the Caravan. ::)
Slim
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I was given a new H&R 12 gauge, bored for 3" shells (mid 70's Christmas IIRC )
I shot factory 2 3/4 though 7 1/2 shot ..... 26" barrel as I recall .....mean little bruiser....
I don't recall how I got shed of it , maybe traded it :-\
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Dad got a doe with his .270. Mom got a doe with the Caravan. ::)
Slim
Your Mom got one “Suicide by Minivan”
Gun season opened here over weekend. I may try on the Inlaws farm on Thursday.
I think Stevens had a single shot call Topper. If i recall correctly.
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I think Stevens had a single shot call Topper. If i recall correctly.
Yep, made some 30-30's on the same frame and I think 219 Zippers.
H&R one time made a run of the small frames that came in a handy carry case, one frame, 3 barrels, 20 ga, 30-30 and 22 Hornet, wish I'd of been smart enough to buy one.
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Morning coffee is up.
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Morning y'all.
Thanks fer the coffee.
'Tis 30, blustery and partly cloudy. High of 36.
Slim
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Humid and calm on the coastal Tejas plain. In the 60's right now.
Work is rather underpopulated, and busy....seems every time we shut equipment down to fix it, another problem rears its head.
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I seen this on the Utube this morning.... to think our park workers have too much to do... i am thinking they hired Mexicans to build the trail.
https://youtu.be/KbtZfzxX44o
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Humid and calm on the coastal Tejas plain. In the 60's right now.
Work is rather underpopulated, and busy....seems every time we shut equipment down to fix it, another problem rears its head.
I hear the chatter on the 2 ways from the maintenance people on the weekends and overnight. They seem to get started on one job and then discover a new priority problem. Believe me when i say a break is a priority.
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Well..we took our gas turbine down for scheduled maintenance. After start-up, it developed an oil leak. It didn't have one before the scheduled outage! It ran through the weekend. Took it back down yesterday to find and fix the leak. Now, manpower is getting hard to come by since it is Thanksgiving week. We count on the until for the steam that is generated more than for the power, and the rest of the plant is running h#ll bent for election, and it is tough to keep up without the unit. On top of it all, one of the support boilers has a leak, and can't be shutdown until the gas turbine is repaired. I will certainly be glad when the construction and start-up is completed on the new power plant.....we will have some extra steam and electrical capacity then....at least until operations figures out ways to make more product, or at least waste the steam!
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Morning all.
Raining and 55 in California at current. I'm trying to put off walking the dog until the rain slacks off a bit sometime around 1400.
--TK
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I seen this on the Utube this morning.... to think our park workers have too much to do... i am thinking they hired Mexicans to build the trail.
https://youtu.be/KbtZfzxX44o
I'm not dumb enough to go hiking there. ::)
Cut up Dad's deer today. Took Mom to Oshkosh to pick up a rental 'til the Caravan is fixed.
Slim
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Since nobody's up yet, I'll build up the fire and put the pot on.
Regular firearms deer season over here, my total harvest 2. Still have a 3 day "antlerless only" season in a couple of weeks, and an "alternative methods" season during the Christmas-New years week.
Wife tagged one with the Trailblazer, but with minimal damage. Just busted a "chrome"(IE, shiny plastic) piece in the grill.
Side note, getting really tired of this computer, spacebar only works half the time. Gets old going back to break of those "compound words" that run on for a whole sentence. >:(
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Side note, getting really tired of this computer, spacebar only works half the time. Gets old going back to break of those "compound words" that run on for a whole sentence. Angry
That is just the way i type ::)
Thanks for the Coffee...good luck with the deer chase.
Slim, i had a herd of deer try to commit mass suicide on my Jeep, in Virginia, a year or so before i left there. Insurance wanted to total it. I made them pay for repairs. It was paid for and i wouldn’t have got enough to buy a decent vehicle. Still driving it today body looks good... but i never recomend one of these to any one. It’s The Liberty model. 198k on it but lots of replacement parts. Some twice.
Got some errands to run this morning then help finish up the items we are cooking for family feast down at the farm.
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Thanksforthecoffee.Haveagreatday.
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Here's hoping everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving. :)
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Morning y'all.
Coffee is hot.
Gonna grind 'bout 40 lbs of venison this morn.
I got the hide. Gonna tan it.
'Tis 21 and sunny. High of 30.
Slim
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Gonna grind 'bout 40 lbs of venison this morn.
That is going to be some funky tasting coffee... ::)
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That is going to be some funky tasting coffee... ::)
Yep. ;D
Ended up being 22 lbs.
Slim
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Afternoon all.
Cloudy in California today. Our food is in the beginning stages of cooking right now. Mostly pies and other deserts today.
Y'all have a good Thanksgiving.
--TK
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Thanksforthecoffee.Haveagreatday.
Yourwelcomesir
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Speaking of coffee....
Have any of you tried Black Rifle Coffee? Veteran owned and operated company (i believe out of Salt Lake City?)
https://www.facebook.com/blackriflecoffeeco/. Parental discretion advised
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Speaking of coffee....
Have any of you tried Black Rifle Coffee? Veteran owned and operated company (i believe out of Salt Lake City?)
https://www.facebook.com/blackriflecoffeeco/. Parental discretion advised
I've been meaning to pick some up. Haven't gotten around to it yet. Maybe tomorrow I'll remember. They have a pretty good YouTube channel, as well.
Took the dog for a walk about 8-10 miles today, out along the fire break from this summer. I hadn't been that far up that particular canyon before, so it was pretty interesting. Came a cross a bear, so I might try to go get him over the weekend.
--TK
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Morning coffee is up.
TK i seen your Ruger review also on YouTube, well done.
“Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.”
Psalms 100:4 KJV
Happy Thanksgiving to ya’ll
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Happy Thanksgiving all, You all be safe.
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https://youtu.be/m57gzA2JCcM
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Happy Thanksgiving, y'all.
Thanks fer the coffee.
Goin' to the MIL's fer lunch then to my uncle's in Marshfield tonight until Sunday.
'Tis 32 and sunny. High of 39.
Slim
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My wife and I had dinner with my son, his wife, 6 year old daughter and 18 year old grandson yesterday. Today, my spiral ham is done, potato salads in the fridge cooling, green beans, dressing and gravy next. Due to my wife stroke I do the cooking nowdays. Don't care for turkey but I do like gravy and dressing. Got a pumpkin pie and a ny cheesecake for desert. The big deal this year will be on Saturday. We've invited about 40 of our friends over for md crab soup and sandwiches for a 'No more mortgage payments party". This months the last payment!! About time and MORE disposable income!
Successful T-day. Everybody ate seconds!!
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Headed to work soon, volunteered, may head to the shop for a bit to escape the cluster mess in my house.
Made them rolls, wish they'd all go somewhere and let me do it all. Hurts my head to see making such a simple task so complicated.
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We were invited to a really big get together of one of the families from our church. So big they had the dinner at the church in the gym. As least 100 people were there. Their family tradition is skeet shooting after dinner, so I brought Dad's Rem 11/48 and Grandpa's Mod 12, bot 16ga. And 3 1/2 boxes of assorted shells. Was hitting good with the 11/48 MOD choke until the #8 shot ran out, couldnT break many with the 6s. Changed to the full choke mod12 then, just let them fly out further before shooting. I have about 3 shells left and a slightly tender shoulder, at the end we were sending the kids out to fine the unbroken birds to re shoot them.
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We were invited to a really big get together of one of the families from our church. So big they had the dinner at the church in the gym. As least 100 people were there. Their family tradition is skeet shooting after dinner, so I brought Dad's Rem 11/48 and Grandpa's Mod 12, bot 16ga. And 3 1/2 boxes of assorted shells. Was hitting good with the 11/48 MOD choke until the #8 shot ran out, couldnT break many with the 6s. Changed to the full choke mod12 then, just let them fly out further before shooting. I have about 3 shells left and a slightly tender shoulder, at the end we were sending the kids out to fine the unbroken birds to re shoot them.
Sounds like a good time.
Made it to Marshfield without hiding a deer.
Slim
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Why woukd you hide a deer?
Coffee is up for those of you that can still move this morning.
Drive home from SIL’s was tiring 2 plus hours normally had a accident south east of here held us up some. Not hot on fried turkey- had roasted turkey available and Ham. There were New Americans there, they were once from Dominican Republic. They brought dishes also. Different salads and a rice dish. However they learned about candid sweet potatoes. There first Thanksgiving as Citizens. Christian Conservatives to boot.
Is sweet potato pie a main course dish or dessert?
Monday for me- plant will be down so i will hang Christmas light around. The Security control shack.
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Morning y'all.
Thanks fer the coffee.
Oooooooops. Should have been "hitting a deer".
'Tis 43 and cloudy. High of 54.
Slim
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I think we all knew ;D
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I think we all knew ;D
Some bulbs aren't the brightest on the tree. ;)
Slim
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My wife didn't hide the deer that I killed, she just 'disguised' it in lasagna for the 'I don't eat deer' folks we knew. Yummy.
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@Lil Rooster- I got hooked on Sweet Potato pie, when I was stationed in Aniston. They had the fruit pie version in the Company break room. Years later, I still love to eat it, either as a desert, or just as a meal.
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Afternoon all.
Rain in California, temperature hovering around 50.
We had dinner at home last night, just the family (plus the dog ::) ), and we'll be having leftovers for about a week. We'll be hanging the Christmas lights later today as well.
--TK
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I bought a box of the Hornady .357 125gr XTP they are hollow points. Recoil wasn't horrible, they are pricey though. Think i will try a page out of Elmer Keiths data bank and try .38 spl 140 semi wad cutter. They may have been 147 grain. I will try some other stuff also
Greetings My Good Rooster -
I have had great success with Skeeter Skeltons .38 load: 158 gr leadon top of 5.0 gr unique. but work up to it slowly.
It is said to replicate the old Federal/Win FBI load...
yhs
prof marvel
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Morning y'all.
Coffee is hot.
Time to take the dog for a walk around the track.
'Tis 33 and sunny. High of 37.
Slim
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Thanks for the Coffee Slim...
Proffessor, i am shamefully unknowing of Skeeter Skeltons bullet.
Been out and running already. ... returned keys to work, before day shift realized they were gone and starts calling people. Then picked up feed for the critters. Of course i bought gas and a breakfast sandwich enroute.
The rest of the day is dedicated to snacking and napping and the “Iron Bowl”...... WAR EAGLE
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Morning all.
Still cloudy in California. Didn't get the Christmas lights up yesterday, so I might try today. I was busy doing important things like eat pie walk the dog. ::)
--TK
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This is so true
https://youtu.be/9ttG1RnXhR8
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There is no available toilet paper in Lee County any wheres...
WAR EAGLE! ;D
https://youtu.be/fZtQbsScCr4
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This is so true
https://youtu.be/9ttG1RnXhR8
;D
At one time, it was illegal to sell margarine in WI.
Slim
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;D
At one time, it was illegal to sell margarine in WI.
Slim
And it should be - so should velvetta lower case intended.
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And it should be - so should velvetta lower case intended.
That is not cheese. >:(
Slim
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When you dry velveeta, it makes a decent weight to keep an empty trash bag from blowing away. ::)
Roo, I have a bag of that Black Rifle Coffee headed my way this week. Should arrive Wednesday. I'll update you then.
I also have a new hammer spring coming in from Brownell's for my Beretta. It's a D-spring, which I hope it will make the 92 a little easier on my stubby little fingers. ;D
--TK
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Proffessor, i am shamefully unknowing of Skeeter Skeltons bullet.
I believe Skeeter's standard bullet was a 158-160gr hard cast Kieth style semi-wadcutter.
http://www.guns.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/42941.jpg
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I believe Skeeter's standard bullet was a 158-160gr hard cast Kieth style semi-wadcutter.
http://www.guns.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/42941.jpg
thanks my good pony -
that load also works quite well with the 158 gr Lee RNFP :
(https://www.greentophuntfish.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/360x/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/LEE90303.jpg)
I'ld love to get a 200 gr .38 RNFP.....
yhs
prof marvel
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I believe Skeeter's standard bullet was a 158-160gr hard cast Kieth style semi-wadcutter.
http://www.guns.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/42941.jpg
Yes that is the bullet i had in mind..
Prof- seems to me i had seen some 200 grainers offered like at TOW or directly from a caster.
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TK I hope you give us all a short review on the BRCCoffee.
Mean time will stick to my cheap Walmart K cups. 48 for $15. Four blends available here. Plenty to serve ya’ll- Cathead Biscuits will be right up ...hope all of ya’ll enjoy.
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Morning y'all.
Coffee is hot.
Thanks fer the biscuits.
Headed home after lunch.
'Tis 22 and sunny. High of 47.
Slim
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Got home 'bout 1/2 hour ago.
Kittens were happy to see us.
Bullet is happy to be home.
Slim
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Evening all.
City trip was...eventful. I have observed that in the period between Halloween and New Year, everybody on the road totally forgets how to drive. I have dubbed this "Holiday Driving Sense Amnesia." Symptoms include:
-Using the right turn signal, starting to turn right, then suddenly snapping to the left into oncoming traffic
-Cutting off trucks on the freeway in a downpour multiple times in a two minute period
-Parking in the exit at the strip mall (I still don't have any idea what was going on. Some chick was parked at the stop sign at a strip mall and actively loading her groceries from the cart.)
-Backing the wrong direction down a one-way street
-Talking on two phones at once while driving in front of the county jail/Sheriff's office.
If you or a loved one is experiencing these symptoms, ask your common sense if driving is right for you.
::)
I got a (thin) steel, locking gun cabinet from Sportsman's Warehouse for $150, though. Normal price was $230. Holds 18 guns, has the option of a some shelves(at the expense of half its long gun capacity), and comes with two keys. You could break into it with a stout screwdriver were you of a mind to, but it gets my $1300 rifle out from under the bed. And hopefully it would be enough of a deterrence to a potential housebreaker to get him to leave it alone.
I also got a box of 5.56 ammoo for $3. ::)
--TK
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I got a (thin) steel, locking gun cabinet from Sportsman's Warehouse for $150, though. Normal price was $230. Holds 18 guns, has the option of a some shelves(at the expense of half its long gun capacity), and comes with two keys. You could break into it with a stout screwdriver were you of a mind to, but it gets my $1300 rifle out from under the bed. And hopefully it would be enough of a deterrence to a potential housebreaker to get him to leave it alone.
--TK
sounds like a good deal!
If you line it or "clad" it in about an inch or so of drywall, that can provide some limited amount of fire resistance, and if one gets creative in hiding it, even better....
yhs
prof marvel
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Morning y'all.
Coffee is hot.
'Tis 24 and overcast. High of 49.
Slim
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sounds like a good deal!
If you line it or "clad" it in about an inch or so of drywall, that can provide some limited amount of fire resistance, and if one gets creative in hiding it, even better....
yhs
prof marvel
I agree with that plus lag bolt it the floor in a closet, or a room not readably visible.
Thanks for the coffee ..
Temps here 65 currently
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Start my weekend- wife came in around 1400 said she had 2 flat tires. To her that means she needs new tires. I said i would pump them up and take up the road and get them repaired. So i limped it down the hill to the hay shed where the Air Compressor resides. It is just a small Milwakie brand, for nailers etc. but will inflate tires if need too. Found the extension cord that at been removed and relocated. Powered it up and turned it on. It cycled thru first fill abd shut off as it should. I found the proper implement to fill a tire attached it to hose. You know the cute little coiled up plastic ones. I gave it a tug to use it. When snap and the tank began draining. So shut it off and dug around in back of jeep and found wrenches and began stripping the connectors from the broken hose. I swear i replaced this one 2 summers ago. When i built the chicken house. Of course my air nailer blew it seal shortly after that and i since went to cordless crown and finish nailers. Back to the flat tires. It gets dark about 1630 around here this time of year. It is now 15:00, so i drive 5 miles up road to auto part store. Picked up a better quality hose, one fitting. Drive home and i begin repairs. First i assembled the ends on new hose and started compressor again. It finished cycling about same time i finished putting hose ends on. I then tried to snap the male end back in to the female connector on the compressor. It will not snap back to lock. I fussed with it and tried WD40, realizing here duct tape will not fix this. I remove it and back to parts store and bought another end. Back to the homestead now 1600. I change the end out and cycle air in to tank, inflate flat number 1 and then after a cycling of air inflated flat 2. Now 16:40. Too late to take to local tire shop for repairs. But the chickens have put them selves in and i closed their hatch 🐣 up for the night. Goats one in paticular is in heat and very voicestous i threw them a flake of hay. Then noticed Suzanne must have also.
Tomorrow i will pump the tires up again then drop the truck off up the road for repairs.
I start pulmonory rehab again tomorrow for the next 12 weeks. I have prayed on this and i think the Lord wants me to do this, he is not done with me yet. Then go with Suzanne to her weekly day time bowling league. Then the tires should be repaired.
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Some lessons from Roo's magnificent air adventure:
Cute little curly cue air hoses are marketed by a company that needs to sell you another one next year.
There are more than one style of air hose connector. Nobody knows why. They won't interchange.
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The hose and connector people might be also connected to the petroleum companies in this country. Just a nother day livin’ the dream
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... he is not done with me yet.
:)
Slim
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Morning y'all.
Coffee is hot.
'Tis 49 and overcast. High of 55.
Slim
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For about $70, Wally Mart has an emergency jump starter with a compressor. I keep it in the trunk, and it has more than paid for itself.
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For about $70, Wally Mart has an emergency jump starter with a compressor. I keep it in the trunk, and it has more than paid for itself.
We bought one for the church- for the golf carts they use for shuttling around the parking lots, of course and anyone that need a jump or air. I should get one around here. They are handy.
Thanks for the coffee Slim.
Off to town. Tires are holding good enough for the short trip.
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Good work out in therapy today- tire issue resolved - goats have been fed- i think i can can get a nap in now. I deserve it. ;D
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Morning y'all.
Coffee is hot.
'Tis 21 and overcast. High of 39.
Slim
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Thanks for the coffee...In the 50's this morning with soup-thick fog which should lift by mid-morning. High in the 70's.
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We had a nice 'no more mortgage payments ' party last week so to prepare I washed the windows. When I got to my bedroom picture window exterior I found a rotted out sill under the incorrectly installed flashing. So I've ripped off the vynal siding, T-111 and sheathing, removed the rotten stuff, replaced it and today plan on correctly flashing the window, caulking and putting new plywood, T111 and the siding back. Only a 3 day job I hope. That's what you get for paying things off. Luckily the weathers been great this week in NC.
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We had a nice 'no more mortgage payments ' party last week so to prepare I washed the windows. When I got to my bedroom picture window exterior I found a rotted out sill under the incorrectly installed flashing. So I've ripped off the vynal siding, T-111 and sheathing, removed the rotten stuff, replaced it and today plan on correctly flashing the window, caulking and putting new plywood, T111 and the siding back. Only a 3 day job I hope. That's what you get for paying things off. Luckily the weathers been great this week in NC.
When you are done i have one that needs the same repairs... maybe in the spring.
Thanks for the coffee-
headed to town for therapy.
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Back from therapy- may run to Tractor supply store or the Co-Op store. Got make some leads to tie a bully Nanny goat up while she eats. I just as soon roast her on the grill. But my wifes Scot in her shows, “she make good babies”. ::) she had Triplettes this year she also produces nearly 2 gallons of milk a day. We get nearly a gallon out of the others for comparison. That is a lot of cheese and soap products.
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Afternoon all.
Overcast and 45 in California. Not much going on in my part of the world, though. Walk the dog later on in the day, then make a soup with the leftover turkey.
--TK
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taking some PTO today and tomorrow...need to use it , still have 88 hours left on the books, and does not roll over to 2018 :(
what to do ? no clue .... hate crowds , traffic and places they go.... .
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Fishing is always good in Florida
There is always the gun range but that maybe a little boring............NOT!
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Morning y'all.
Coffee is hot.
'Tis 36 and overcast. High of 45.
Slim
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Thank you for the coffee this morning.
Rain here today. It was needed.
Waiting for oxygen delivery, then will decide what to do. Maybe by then rain will move out.
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Thanks Roo
Yes, to the range.... is in the plan.
Fishing hmmm , there is the market, where I can always bag my catch or Red Lobster where all I do is order.... no bait , no long wait , no boat , no getting up early , packing ice , gas , no sunburn . Yeah, I'll go fishing at Red Lobster , thanks GOOD IDEA !
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Good idea there Major, I like to 'shrimp' at the Dead Lobster. But I do want to shoot my 66 musket today as soon as I can get my window job done. Getting ready to caulk, flash and reinstall the siding.
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"Comp" day today, working Saturdays (again) due to shortage of subs(again). Fought another battle against the thorny locust sprouts this morning. So far, I'm winning all the battles, but not sure if I'm winning the war yet. Primary weapons are an 18" bar Husqvarna and a bottle of Tordon RTU, and a pair of leather gloves. Should find some time top burn some powder in between the battles.
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Morning all.
Today's weather is a repeat of yesterday. 45 and cloudy.
Nothing new here. Walking the dog later on, then coming home.
--TK
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Last time we went to Red Lobster, I got the absolutely worst lobster I have ever had. I swear I could have picked up frozen tail at Wally Mart and done a better job cheaper.