February Cawfee,Tea and 28 mondays in a row.

[Silver Creek Slim]

Morning y'all.
Thanks for the coffee.

Off to verk in a bit for the monthly systems outage.

'Tis 16 and sunny. High of 43.

Slim

[The Trinity Kid]

Evening from Elko, NV.

Been a long day in the car. 11 hours to be precise. 

All three of us (myself, Mrs TK and the dog) are walking wounded after that.

—TK

[DeaconKC]

Hiya folks. Well 31 here right now, gonna hit 29 tonight then 60 tomorrow! Yeesh.
But had a great evening tonight, family over for a get together to celebrate our Niece's Birthday, and then found out she's gonna be a Grandma! Woohoo! Another little one around here to spoil. Baby's due in September, we'll find out in a couple weeks what it will be.

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[Silver Creek Slim]

Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are ready.

Headed to church in a bit. On security team today.

'Tis 16 and partly cloudy. High of 44.

Slim

[Silver Creek Slim]

Changed the oil in the Avalanche after church.

Slim

[Major 2]

G'morning Gents

I was asked to look at a BP rifle that had a couple of issues.
  The gun turned out to be a circa mid 70's CVA Hawkens, the old fellow said he got it 45 or so years ago.
He had never shot it and it has been in the gun sock in closet all this time.
Clearly someone had put a scope mount on it, but the scope was long gone.
There was a ramrod, but it was about 4" too short having been snapped off at one end.
Also, the hammer would cock, but would not fall with trigger pull.

Pulling the lock, I found the internals bone dry and with light dusting of surface rust. I disassembled
cleaned off the oxidation and Lighty lubed and reassembled. The set triggers were not adjusted well and once that was righted the action worked just fine. 
I made a new ramrod, and I also decided, if he were to shoot it a ball starter would be handy.
So, using the remaining left over cutoff of the hickory ramrod blank, I started to fashion one.
For a final (TIP) I used a once fired brass 38 special case, which I turned down the rim some and pushed out the spent primer and epoxied it on.
I needed a hand grip of some sort, so I went to ACE Hardware, I went back and asked the friendly, helpful hardware man... I mean, that what their jingle say's, right ?

I asked, " Do you have wooden balls ?"  ... He said " WHO, the hell do you think I am?    Pinocchio  ?

Oh ! and coffee is on 

   

     
 


 





 

[Silver Creek Slim]

Morning y'all.
Thanks for the coffee.

'Tis 23 and cloudy. High of 43.

Slim

[Delmonico]

I needed a hand grip of some sort, so I went to ACE Hardware, I went back and asked the friendly, helpful hardware man... I mean, that what their jingle say's, right ?

I asked, " Do you have wooden balls ?"  ... He said " WHO, the hell do you think I am?     Pinocho ?

Oh ! and coffee is on 

   

     
 


 





 

Good answer, I would shop there.

[The Trinity Kid]

Good answer, I would shop there.

I agree.

Morning all.

Weather is currently 29 and foggy from my old stomping grounds. We got in about 7pm last night to much fanfare from family and little reaction from the cats.

On the docket today is some laundry, taking the dog for a walk and possibly some canning of cherry pie filling. I also need to put a handle on an axe at some point.

—TK

[Silver Creek Slim]

Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.

'Tis 25 and partly sunny. "Mostly cloudy. Light rain in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 40s. South wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent."

Slim

[DeaconKC]

Morning folks! 55 here right now and pouring rain, supposed to hit 65 today. If'n the Missus feels like it I will take her out for Valentine's Day today, if not, tomorrow is supposed to be real pretty, so we will do it then. Got an estimate in on putting nice windows up on the back porch so we can use it year round and it was good, so we will be getting that done in the next few weeks.
Y'all have a good day!

[Delmonico]

46 and rain here, supposed to turn to snow later, don't have to go anywhere today, going to do some house cleaning.  Wife and I decided not to waste money on cards, have gotten to expensive and besides Hallmark will just take the money and make more Christmas money, as dumb as giving money to a wino.

[Major 2]

I noted Hallmark's cards run $6.95, besides being anti 2nd Amendment.
   They don't get my patronage. In fact, I steer clear of 90% of the anti's.
 

[Silver Creek Slim]

Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.

'Tis 34, overcast and blustery. "Blustery. Cloudy. A chance of light rain in the morning. Highs in the lower 40s. Temperatures falling into the lower 30s in the afternoon. West wind 15 to 25 mph with gusts to around 35 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent."

Slim

[Delmonico]

28 here, 5-10 on the forecast, at this point we'll take it. 

[Major E A Sterner]

65 and sunny here in upstate peoples republic of NY.

[Major 2]

Woke up at 5AM with major pain in my back, just above and middle of my left buttock.
 NO position would render any relief, cross between a cramp and a stab with blunt pipe.
It felt like I might imagine being SHOT 
Took Ibuprofen 800mg and bit later Tylenol, with no effect....
At 7:30 I had to call in to the museum, and had called my Dr. at 8, I got lucky they had a 10AM cancelation.

Diagnoses... SI- Sacroiliitis inflammation...I got a shot (actually two) same needle. in two locations.
  Sent home with an ice pack and Ice Cold Analgesic Gel rub on.
   The Ibuprofen and Tylenol, caught up to me and I zoned out.
I slept about 3 hours which was NOT possible before I saw the Doc.

Now I can function, pain is greatly abated, I can sit, stand, even lie back and get easy.
   I pray I'm on the mend and worst is behind.

[The Trinity Kid]

Woke up at 5AM with major pain in my back, just above and middle of my left buttock.
 NO position would render any relief, cross between a cramp and a stab with blunt pipe.
It felt like I might imagine being SHOT 
Took Ibuprofen 800mg and bit later Tylenol, with no effect....
At 7:30 I had to call in to the museum, and had called my Dr. at 8, I got lucky they had a 10AM cancelation.

Diagnoses... SI- Sacroiliitis inflammation...I got a shot (actually two) same needle. in two locations.
  Sent home with an ice pack and Ice Cold Analgesic Gel rub on.
   The Ibuprofen and Tylenol, caught up to me and I zoned out.
I slept about 3 hours which was NOT possible before I saw the Doc.

Now I can function, pain is greatly abated, I can sit, stand, even lie back and get easy.
   I pray I'm on the mend and worst is behind.

Take ‘er easy with that one Major. Mrs TK has SI flare ups and is put out of commission for a day or two. JR Watkins red liniment helps her a lot.

In other news: my last step before being officially a U.S. Forest Service year-round employee is a poking and prodding session with the sawbones. And there’s a hiring bonus that nobody told me about, so that’s helpful.

—TK

[Major 2]

Way better today, nothing like a good shot in the A$$ 

I feel for your Wife Kid, Sacroiliitis inflammation is a new pain in my experience.
 I just hope it doesn't become chronic.

I had cousin that retired from the Forestry Service, from Collage to retirement some 40 years.
He was something like an executive district administer, based out of Colorado.

[Silver Creek Slim]

Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.

Glad your on the mend, Major 2.
Great for you, TK.

'Tis 19 and overcast. "Colder. Cloudy with a chance of light snow. Nearly steady temperature in the upper 20s. Northeast wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of snow 50 percent."

Slim