so waht ya doin today?

Bret4207

Bret4207

At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
Yesterday was a balmy 30F with a mild breeze here. Relaxing day spent doing my Dad duties around daughter/boyfriend, eating, church, more eating, movies, etc. The boys went out and called up a bobcat and shot a couple porkies. Pretty quiet day.
 
Rick

Rick

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Roamed the back end of Winelover's new acreage the other day. Discovered a rather strange (confused) oak tree. I guess it just couldn't decide which way to grow and took a detour to up.

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freebullet

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We have many like that a bit south of here. The nasty ice storms knock them down, if they're strong, they grow back just like that. Lightning can do it to.

5 more flooded homes/ buildings looked at today. Tracking down the last parts for the dually box van. Found out I may be a first time father.
 
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Intheshop

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Cool deal Freebullet!

All my kids shoot.... rarely a day goes by we aren't yappin it up,texting each other about blasting or shooting bows. Now the gbabies do it too.....

Get'm house brok.... err,potty trained and walking and they really are fun then.
 
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Intheshop

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Page 223..... has a nice Ping to it.

Draggging an old NIB Lyman Tru Line turret press off the little collector shelf in the loading room. Gonna set it up to do 45 acp with our 55 in one of the stations. Leastwise that's the plan.....maybe a 30-30. Then just leave it set. Really want the 45 though.
 
462

462

California's Central Coast Amid The Insanity
Gave the .38 Special Uberti 1866 Yellowboy Sporting Rifle its first outing, and we had a great time. Last time I shot that caliber was from a 6 1/2" S&W Model 28 Highway Patrolman over 20-years ago. From an 8+ pound rifle with a 24 1/4" barrel, muzzle report was quieter than the 10/22, and recoil was almost non-existent.

My .3584" cast bullets are too fat for the rifle’s rather tight chamber, so used Sierra 158-grain JHCs along with two loads each of Bullseye and Unique. From 50-yards, each powder turned in one respectable group. Not knowing what to expect, I’m very pleased with the initial results.

It’s going to be another hoot-to-shoot gun.

Oh, the best part. On a whim, I set up to see if I could shoot right-handed with the new eyeglasses prescription. Man!!, haven’t seen a front sight so sharp without the aid of Lyman’s Hawk Eye devise in about four years, and the target was nice and round and surprisingly distinct. If you look closely, you will see a double smile on my face — one’s due to the rifle and the other's because of the new glasses.
 
fiver

fiver

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a 357 lever gun is pretty deceiving in what it's really doing down range.
the main load I use in mine is like a pop gun in the rifle but is pretty obnoxiously loud in the revolver.

Freebullet.
start working on your start stop sleep pattern now, maybe get 2-3 puppy's to help you practice... LOL.
kids are great from about 4 to 11, then the work starts.
it goes well in the end if you put in the effort during those years though.
 
Bret4207

Bret4207

At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
Freebullet, congrats! Toughest job you'll ever love. Equal parts of frustration, joy, anger and laughter. Fiver is about right, 3 or 4 to 11 or maybe 14 if you're lucky and then the hell years start. And there isn't book in the world to serve as an owners manual. It's quite a ride. Someday at 25 or 30 they'll tell you about something you completely forgot that they later realized was what made you the greatest parents ever in the history of mankind. I believe prayer helps, sometimes a lot!

Did a little fixing around the place yesterday morning then spent the afternoon working on the machine shed roof. 5, count them, FIVE!!! layers of shingles on the roof!!! Could have been worse I suppose, but 5 layers? Good thing I have some late 20's muscles on hand 'cuz I was about worthless for anything other than picking up the stuff that came off the roof. The one thing we really needed was a taller ladder. I have 4, 5, 6 and 8 foot step ladders. The 8 footer was 2-4 feet shorter than we really needed, and we were doing the "easy" part. So in the evening my daughter and I made the trek to Lowes. Holy smokes, are 12 foot ladders expensive! I hemmed and hawed and my daughter pointed out all the times we have needed a ladder in between the 8 footer and the extension ladders, and that if I didn't get it I'd gripe about it, so I manned up and paid the money. Daughter sounded just like her mother. Glad I have the veterean discount and farm tax exemption. I'm a stickler on the farm exemption and don't use it except for farm stuff. This counts for sure. So out we go to strap it to the roof of the Explorer. I took Cindys Explorer because the roads are horrible this time of year in a one ton pickup and all I was getting was a ladder. The Explorer has the roof rack doo hickey side bars. Funny, I never noticed it didn't have the cross pieces to support things off the roof! The slots are there, but no cross bars. So back into Lowes and spend another $25 on a movers blanket and the sawzall blades I forgot. Typical Lowes experience for me. Back at it today.

It snowed overnight.
 
fiver

fiver

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I sucked it up and bought one of those extendable and foldable ladder systems.
I waited for them to go on sale and got the biggest one I could get.
it's still a couple feet short of getting me up to the eaves on the tall side of the house, but it's also as high as I want to be on a ladder.
kind of nice to have though, It comes apart and makes 2-8' ladders which I can put a couple of 2X12's between to make a small scaffolding, and it folds up small enough to go in the shed without too much trouble.

hopefully I can get the second cold frame box built today.
it should go a bit quicker since I can cut up a bunch of the parts without a lot of re-measuring and just assemble them.
 
462

462

California's Central Coast Amid The Insanity
My wife got tired of my risking life and limb on an ancient and rickety wooden 6' ladder, so surprised me with a Little Giant that collapses to 4' and extends to 15-feet. Man, I don't know why I went so long without one.

It has wheels on one side, and came with a work platform and a leg extension for working in odd places. I've used it on stairs -- really cool -- as a scaffold, flat against a wall, fully extended, and it makes decorating the 9' Christmas tree a snap. Problem is, though, hints are dropped a lot more often that the 4'X6' family room windows, the tops of which are 12' up there and require getting on top of the garage to clean the outsides, need cleaning.
 
smokeywolf

smokeywolf

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Yep! Bought one of those to replace the 30 year old version that I dropped a 300 lb. willow branch on about 3 years ago.
 
Bret4207

Bret4207

At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
Well guys, you bring up an interesting issue. I had an early, all steel version of one of those Little Giant type ladders. It finally rusted away I think. Does any one have any preferences on brands, or any experience with the Harbor Freight version? I'd like to get another as they are just the cats for doing ceiling work or stuff like soffits.

Spent most of the day chasing the neighbors freakin' horses again. That stud horse is gonna get shot at by someone around here if they don't keep him in. Stupid horses and stupider people! They took out sections of 2 different fences this time! Gotta be the stud horse 'cuz they snapped a couple 8" cedar posts clean off. Jeepers but that's irritating. And then an hour ago I'm on my way to the corner store/gas station and start around a curve and the female half of the neighbor equation was entirely in my lane! Good thing there's a frost in the ground as all 4 wheels of our car were well over in the dirt. Must be if you drive an Escalade you own the entire road and the right of way too! Jeeze!

Other than that, it was a nice day.:angry:
 
waco

waco

Springfield, Oregon
I had to take my wife to the ER this morning. They are still running tests but it looks like she may have had a heart attack. They are keeping her overnight for more tests. 45 is too young for this...
Your thoughts and prayers are much appreciated.
 
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