so waht ya doin today?
- Thread starter fiver
- Start date
JWFilips
Well-Known Member
My Dad and Mom left me so long ago I almost forget what it was like. My wife lost her Mom this spring and she is still grieving! She is now her family matriarch.
Rally, time will pass and time will heal but you will always remember the fond memories.
Every once in awhile I now, remember something funny my Dad said way back then when I was growing up and I share it with my wife. She will give me a big smile and say ..."you never told me that before" Some how I think that is a way that he helps me remember him!
Very sorry for your loss...and you also RBH!
Jim
Rally, time will pass and time will heal but you will always remember the fond memories.
Every once in awhile I now, remember something funny my Dad said way back then when I was growing up and I share it with my wife. She will give me a big smile and say ..."you never told me that before" Some how I think that is a way that he helps me remember him!
Very sorry for your loss...and you also RBH!
Jim
RBHarter
West Central AR
Thank you Jim .
It is still fresh in my mind . Little things still set me off almost every day , but life history being what it is I'm "fragile" this time of year anyway .
Mom gave me his Model 12 Winchester which was mine anyway because of the arrangements and the lack of other heirs , but the act was most overwhelming .
It is still fresh in my mind . Little things still set me off almost every day , but life history being what it is I'm "fragile" this time of year anyway .
Mom gave me his Model 12 Winchester which was mine anyway because of the arrangements and the lack of other heirs , but the act was most overwhelming .
Pistolero
Well-Known Member
If the vehicle is still legal, any friends in Nevada or AZ where you could park it for a while?
How much are vehicle registration for a truck in CA?
Can you get a legal residency in the new state before you actually move, then register truck
in that state, drive in Cali for a while until final move as a legal resident of destination state?
My wife's friend did that.
Bill
How much are vehicle registration for a truck in CA?
Can you get a legal residency in the new state before you actually move, then register truck
in that state, drive in Cali for a while until final move as a legal resident of destination state?
My wife's friend did that.
Bill
Last edited:
F
freebullet
Guest
Rally
Very sorry, nothing can ease that weight but faith & time. Our thoughts, prayers, & condolences go out to you & your family.
Very sorry, nothing can ease that weight but faith & time. Our thoughts, prayers, & condolences go out to you & your family.
Rally
NC Minnesota
Thanks guys I appreciate it. I've dealt with death in many forms in my life, was an accident investigator in the military, buried my mother, older sister, and a child. Dad and I spent more hours than I could even guess hunting, fishing, working and socializing together. Hunted in several states and fished in several. Other than my time in the military, we've lived within five miles of each other. He had the wood shop and I the metal. Didn't need to ask for help or the right tool, it was assumed and given. Kind of like losing a right hand at this point. Shot a limit of pheasant last week with a gun that used to be his, then sent a picture to my brothers phone to show my dad. He told my brother that the gun was obviously mine. I've been loading shot shells the last couple evenings after things calmed down. He always enjoyed doing that and gives me some time to think about things we did together. We ate out of the same lunch box when one of us forgot ours on the job. Dad was the kind of guy that didn't have to be asked for help and always showed up with a sharp chain on his chainsaw. Here is a picture of Dad I took fishing smallies a couple summers ago.
smokeywolf
Well-Known Member
Bill, we already paid the registration on the Mrs.' truck. Just can't get the new tag without the smog check. Because her truck is about 18 years old, the registration is under $200.
smokeywolf
Well-Known Member
Rally, I envy you having such a good relationship with your dad. You were indeed, very lucky.
fiver
Well-Known Member
nice small mouth,,, that would probably be a record in the lake I fish for them in.
anyone coming this way today.... don't.
they closed the road once today, and will probably close it again here in a little bit.
it's been dumping an inch an hour since 9am and the wind has been kicking up to about 15 mph.
you can't see and the ice under the snow will sneak up on you, took me well over an hour to go 25 miles, not counting pulling a guy back on the road after the wind shuffled him over to the gravel.
anyone coming this way today.... don't.
they closed the road once today, and will probably close it again here in a little bit.
it's been dumping an inch an hour since 9am and the wind has been kicking up to about 15 mph.
you can't see and the ice under the snow will sneak up on you, took me well over an hour to go 25 miles, not counting pulling a guy back on the road after the wind shuffled him over to the gravel.
Ian
Notorious member
These thoughts ran through my head as well upon reading of Ralley's father's passing. Rally, I can't imagine being that close to my Dad, or how terrible it must be to lose that. Forgive the introspection, news like that tends to automatically make us think about our own lives and experiences. All I can say is I'm sorry for your loss, but at the same time very happy that you had what you had.
Rally
NC Minnesota
Thanks again guys, and your right. My dad was a great dad and I hope my kids will say the same about me.
Lamar,
We caught over thirty that day, plugging mostly, then dragging crawlers through eddies, when Dad caught that one. We usually set up at the head of eddies about dark and catch Walleye. That's not a huge smallie for this country. Ever want to fish them here just let me know. Glad I had my camera along.
Lamar,
We caught over thirty that day, plugging mostly, then dragging crawlers through eddies, when Dad caught that one. We usually set up at the head of eddies about dark and catch Walleye. That's not a huge smallie for this country. Ever want to fish them here just let me know. Glad I had my camera along.
fiver
Well-Known Member
Rally if I ever get up that direction i'll be more than happy to give it a try.
I had a hard time getting my pops to go out and do different things.
we went camping overnight just once and that was for a deer hunt with an uncle and dad's best friend..
I couldn't get him to just anchor in the boat and fish somewhere, getting him out hunting after 1-2 days a hunting season was about like pulling teeth.
trying to get him to go shooting just to go shooting was damn near impossible more than once every 4-5 years, until I got him to try trap shooting, then he would show up for an ATA shoot but you could forget getting him to go practice.
his dad never took him to do any of that stuff other than a once a year fishing trip up to an in-laws place, so I would say he made a pretty good effort at stuff he didn't really know about.
I guess that's about all we can really ask of a man.
I had a hard time getting my pops to go out and do different things.
we went camping overnight just once and that was for a deer hunt with an uncle and dad's best friend..
I couldn't get him to just anchor in the boat and fish somewhere, getting him out hunting after 1-2 days a hunting season was about like pulling teeth.
trying to get him to go shooting just to go shooting was damn near impossible more than once every 4-5 years, until I got him to try trap shooting, then he would show up for an ATA shoot but you could forget getting him to go practice.
his dad never took him to do any of that stuff other than a once a year fishing trip up to an in-laws place, so I would say he made a pretty good effort at stuff he didn't really know about.
I guess that's about all we can really ask of a man.
Ian
Notorious member
I did more fenceline clearing today, big difference between clearing to survey exact property line points (yesterday's work) and clearing room to actually put up a game fence. Made nice yellow clouds of cedar pollen, which for those of you not familiar is like airborne battery acid. I wore a good particle mask which helped a lot but the my eyes are half swollen shut.
The better news is I have a new fence-building weapon that may be of particular interest to Bret: A Bosch SDS max 4" carbide drill. It's like a core drill except it has carbide teeth and a spiral groove around the outside for clearing dust, and is intended for the hammer drill and is to be run DRY. With a small genset and SDS max hammer drill you can make holes in any kind of solid rock, anywhere you can drag the tools, which in my case is up a hill that a horse wouldn't take you. In half an hour I got down 12" in solid, crystalline limestone, stopping 4-5 times to break out the core with a chisel and pull out the chunks. Tomorrow I'll take my electric leaf blower up there to clear out the dust periodically because it binds up the works and slows down the cutting significantly when it builds up inside the cutting cylinder. Goal is 20" for the line posts but I can live with 18". Even a foot deep in solid rock is stronger than the 2-7/8" X 5/16"-wall pipe. I should be able to pre-fab posts with caps and pre-drilled tabs welded on so that I can haul them to position and bolt an X-brace between them, thus no on-site welding will be necessary.
The better news is I have a new fence-building weapon that may be of particular interest to Bret: A Bosch SDS max 4" carbide drill. It's like a core drill except it has carbide teeth and a spiral groove around the outside for clearing dust, and is intended for the hammer drill and is to be run DRY. With a small genset and SDS max hammer drill you can make holes in any kind of solid rock, anywhere you can drag the tools, which in my case is up a hill that a horse wouldn't take you. In half an hour I got down 12" in solid, crystalline limestone, stopping 4-5 times to break out the core with a chisel and pull out the chunks. Tomorrow I'll take my electric leaf blower up there to clear out the dust periodically because it binds up the works and slows down the cutting significantly when it builds up inside the cutting cylinder. Goal is 20" for the line posts but I can live with 18". Even a foot deep in solid rock is stronger than the 2-7/8" X 5/16"-wall pipe. I should be able to pre-fab posts with caps and pre-drilled tabs welded on so that I can haul them to position and bolt an X-brace between them, thus no on-site welding will be necessary.
JonB
Halcyon member
I feel for you, I have experienced the crazy high pollen counts of the TX hill country mountain cedars...but not like I've walked through a yellow cloud of pollen
.Back in 98 or 99, I visited by parents in the San Antonio area, it was January. My first day there, I got sick, like bad flu sick...stomach flu. I had been tested for allergies a few years earlier, Oak pollen was highest (they gave it a number of 500), but Cedar was second, but a much lower number of 100...which they said was borderline not allergic . Anyway, that day, my mom tells me that she heard on the news that Mountain Cedar pollen was blowing in from the hill country. My previous allergy symptoms to Oak was never like this, so I didn't think the cedar pollen would do it. I rested til that evening and we watched the news and they reported 20K+ pollen counts...which blew my mind. I took some allergy meds and the sickness was gone in an hour. I'd probably be dead if I was living in the Hill country this time of year.
CZ93X62
Official forum enigma
Rally--I am very sorry to learn of your Dad's passing. I lost my Dad 24 years ago, and though time slows the pain and lessens the anguish--the loss remains. I manage the feelings by thinking of the good times we had for many years--fishing trips locally and to the Sierras, shooting and hunting ventures all over the Southwest. Everyone has a father--not everyone has a Dad.
358156 hp
At large, whereabouts unknown.
I have tree allergies too. I'm not certain which trees affect me, but life gets tedious when tree pollen is high around here. Interestingly, this all started perhaps 10 years ago. My allergy cycles changed dramatically, mid-September was a really bad time for me before, now I don't even notice it. I seemed to have switched from grass allergies to tree allergies after a moderate health issue. It seems that things changed around the time I started medication for a heart issue.