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Ian
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Something frozen, fruity, and loaded with certain hydroxide compounds that you look very forward to having after you get done cutting, moving, and stacking two+ tons of 8-10" x 13' logs in the miserable heat. In fancy places the drinks are served with little umbrellas in them so they don't melt as fast in the sun.
The nilgai was from a small game ranch near here. It met an untimely end in a dog attack and I was offered the fresh carcass to salvage what meat I could.
Pistolero
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I went outside today to sit in the shade and read where it was nice. Now I had on shorts and a T shirt,
but it was 85ish and I really enjoyed it. If I was working hard, I would not be happy, or wearing long
sleeves and long pants, but dressed right, sitting in the shade. I like it.
Did I mention that I spent most of my formative years in Tidewater Virginia area and central Fla and
we never had any air conditioning? Even my college dorm didn't have AC.
I like warm.
So, what is a nilgai like, eating wise? And don't say "it tastes like chicken". Good fortune
on that meat, Ian. How much did you manage to salvage?
but it was 85ish and I really enjoyed it. If I was working hard, I would not be happy, or wearing long
sleeves and long pants, but dressed right, sitting in the shade. I like it.
Did I mention that I spent most of my formative years in Tidewater Virginia area and central Fla and
we never had any air conditioning? Even my college dorm didn't have AC.
I like warm.
So, what is a nilgai like, eating wise? And don't say "it tastes like chicken".
Good fortuneon that meat, Ian. How much did you manage to salvage?
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CZ93X62
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Right around 85 at 3 P.M. for the last 3 days, and it is supposed to stay like that for the next few days. This is the time of year where 105*+ is the rule rather than the exception, so I am enjoying this while it lasts.
I messed around in the garage for a while today, cleaned the guns that I have been carting about of late--the Glock 23, the SIG P-220, and the S&W 686 x 4". I last shot all three in mid-March at quals day, and though they were all unfired they have picked up dust and a bit of powder fouling "sweated" out of the barrel grooves over the past 3+ months. A slight greenish cast to that dreck that came out of the barrels, too--so the slight bit of Hoppe's and CLP that remains after cleaning does lift out a bit of copper fouling after all. It's dirty world we live in, lads.
I sorted through the 22-250, 223, and 22 Hornet brass in need of a tumbling run after the varmint hunt this spring, and got the Thumler rolling overnight to begin the refilling sequence. These will all be getting Barnes Condor Cuddler bullets this week, and if the weather stays nice I might put some on paper to see how they fly.
I messed around in the garage for a while today, cleaned the guns that I have been carting about of late--the Glock 23, the SIG P-220, and the S&W 686 x 4". I last shot all three in mid-March at quals day, and though they were all unfired they have picked up dust and a bit of powder fouling "sweated" out of the barrel grooves over the past 3+ months. A slight greenish cast to that dreck that came out of the barrels, too--so the slight bit of Hoppe's and CLP that remains after cleaning does lift out a bit of copper fouling after all. It's dirty world we live in, lads.
I sorted through the 22-250, 223, and 22 Hornet brass in need of a tumbling run after the varmint hunt this spring, and got the Thumler rolling overnight to begin the refilling sequence. These will all be getting Barnes Condor Cuddler bullets this week, and if the weather stays nice I might put some on paper to see how they fly.
Pistolero
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The limited experience I have with Barnes Triple Shock bullets has been very positive both in accuracy
and in game performance. The guy who owned the safari outfit I hunted at was a huge Barnes fan,
I loaded some 140s for his 7x57. They shot well in my rifle, and he told me they were the most accurate
of all he had tried in his rifle. He killed a kudu (think elk) with one shot while I was there, showed me
the bullet, perfect performance. I loaded .30-06 for a couple of friends, they were happy, too.
I expect you will be pleased.
and in game performance. The guy who owned the safari outfit I hunted at was a huge Barnes fan,
I loaded some 140s for his 7x57. They shot well in my rifle, and he told me they were the most accurate
of all he had tried in his rifle. He killed a kudu (think elk) with one shot while I was there, showed me
the bullet, perfect performance. I loaded .30-06 for a couple of friends, they were happy, too.
I expect you will be pleased.
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
Worked more on the skid steer, looks like I'm pulling the engine, probably ignition related. One of the girls rabbits died of unknown causes, lots of tears there. Knocked down a little hay. Even with stub guards on the haybine it's so wet I'm jamming on occasion. Maybe to day will be better. Did a little raking on some old hay I had down, might get baled today. It will have more feed value than icicles and cold wind this winter. neighbor stopped by, a Trooper currently on the job, and we had a nice visit. We both use a farm adjoining my place. Everyone still recovering from Saturdays debacle.
Ian
Notorious member
100 isn't too uncomfortable here, IF the humidity is low. Problem is all the rain has the grass and cedar trees pumping water into the hot air, not to mention the prevailing SE coastal breeze that washes all the moisture from the Gulf and the coastal plains up here to settle in and steam us in the hills.
Quite well, these are "experienced" poles and so aren't quite as tough as fresh ones. I even used a 14" battery-powered saw and it ate right through them, even the heavy, creosote-soaked butts. Lots easier than cutting seasoned live oak.
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Ian
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Maybe your map coordinates shifted farther toward the equator.
Nilgai is unique, fatless like elk and venison, very fine grained, cooks up white like pork, has only a mild gamey (sp) flavor. The older it is the coarser the grain, but only slightly more so. Honestly, it's like horse if you know what that tastes like. It really responds well to chicken-frying or bacon wrapping as most lean meats do due to the sweet fat infusion. Since we don't oil-fry anything at our house I grill it with bacon or just slow cook it with a little sauce or cooking oil/salt/pepper for flavor and moisture. I'm not sure how much I got, probably no more than 25 lbs. Half the backstraps, some parts of one shoulder, and most of the hams were ok. Massive muscle bleeding and bruises and tooth punctures ruined most of the small buck, it was about the size of a full-grown whitetail.
Nilgai is unique, fatless like elk and venison, very fine grained, cooks up white like pork, has only a mild gamey (sp) flavor. The older it is the coarser the grain, but only slightly more so. Honestly, it's like horse if you know what that tastes like. It really responds well to chicken-frying or bacon wrapping as most lean meats do due to the sweet fat infusion. Since we don't oil-fry anything at our house I grill it with bacon or just slow cook it with a little sauce or cooking oil/salt/pepper for flavor and moisture. I'm not sure how much I got, probably no more than 25 lbs. Half the backstraps, some parts of one shoulder, and most of the hams were ok. Massive muscle bleeding and bruises and tooth punctures ruined most of the small buck, it was about the size of a full-grown whitetail.
Hawk
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My refrigerator has had a hiccup. Freezer compartment is not cold enough to keep things completely frozen. Fan is making a noise.
Thought I just needed to replace the evaporator fan.
Thru some research, I found out there is a heater on the evaporator coils that keeps the coils from freezing over. If the circuit board for the heater or the element goes bad, the coils can freeze up, ice may block the fan and not cool correctly.
It's a 2012 LG refrigerator with very complicated circuitry, bells and whistles.
Was going to try to just replace the evaporator fan, but decided to have an authorized service tech come out to diagnose it rather than start trying to fix it myself. You have to disassemble a lot of the bottom portion in the freezer compartment to get it and I don't do very well at bending over and working in a forward compartment on the floor anymore.
It took my 4 hours to find an authorized service center in our area!
LGs web site wasn't working correctly and all of my internet searches only gave me LGs hotline, which was a waste of time and just ran you around in a circle, instead of providing you with a person to speak with.
Finally got a person on the phone and couldn't understand half of what they were trying to say. They couldn't understand most of what I was saying either. Think India or somewhere in that region. I had to repeat most of what I said at least twice. He had to do the same.
He kept telling my I had not closed the freezer door properly and nothing was wrong.
Finally got an authorized service center number from him and guess what, they don't service my area and couldn't provide any help, so back to square one.
I'm frustrated enough that I need 4 fingers of good Scotch, but am going for a walk to try to calm down.
Thought I just needed to replace the evaporator fan.
Thru some research, I found out there is a heater on the evaporator coils that keeps the coils from freezing over. If the circuit board for the heater or the element goes bad, the coils can freeze up, ice may block the fan and not cool correctly.
It's a 2012 LG refrigerator with very complicated circuitry, bells and whistles.
Was going to try to just replace the evaporator fan, but decided to have an authorized service tech come out to diagnose it rather than start trying to fix it myself. You have to disassemble a lot of the bottom portion in the freezer compartment to get it and I don't do very well at bending over and working in a forward compartment on the floor anymore.
It took my 4 hours to find an authorized service center in our area!
LGs web site wasn't working correctly and all of my internet searches only gave me LGs hotline, which was a waste of time and just ran you around in a circle, instead of providing you with a person to speak with.
Finally got a person on the phone and couldn't understand half of what they were trying to say. They couldn't understand most of what I was saying either. Think India or somewhere in that region. I had to repeat most of what I said at least twice. He had to do the same.
He kept telling my I had not closed the freezer door properly and nothing was wrong.
Finally got an authorized service center number from him and guess what, they don't service my area and couldn't provide any help, so back to square one.
I'm frustrated enough that I need 4 fingers of good Scotch, but am going for a walk to try to calm down.
Pistolero
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I just looked online, never owned anything by "LG" and have no idea what country the company is from,
would have guessed Korea if forced to guess.
Online info:
"LG manufacturing is global, with plants concentrated in China, India, South Africa and Mexico. "
I wonder where they are headquartered and who does the design work? Hopefully not in China, India or
Mexico. RSA might be OK.
Good luck. Hope it gets sorted out without a lot of pain in the wallet.
Maybe this can be of some value.
They are talking about washing machines but the last sentence in the piece says:
"We don't have reliablity data on LG top-loaders and LG was lackluster on the repair survey. So if you buy
an LG washer and it breaks, consider calling your local repair shop first. "
en.wikipedia.org
would have guessed Korea if forced to guess.
Online info:
"LG manufacturing is global, with plants concentrated in China, India, South Africa and Mexico. "
I wonder where they are headquartered and who does the design work? Hopefully not in China, India or
Mexico. RSA might be OK.
Good luck. Hope it gets sorted out without a lot of pain in the wallet.
Maybe this can be of some value.
Best and Worst Appliance Repair Services - Consumer Reports
Consumer Reports asked its readers what appliance repair service they called when they needed a repair and whether they were satisfied with the results. Here's what they said.
www.consumerreports.org
They are talking about washing machines but the last sentence in the piece says:
"We don't have reliablity data on LG top-loaders and LG was lackluster on the repair survey. So if you buy
an LG washer and it breaks, consider calling your local repair shop first. "
LG Corporation - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
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Pistolero
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Sadly, that is pretty much the norm these days. I HATE getting "Alex" with a thick Indian accent, reading his script
of what to do to fix a computer problem. Of course, LG can't use their own staff.....they are Koreans, so they hire
somebody "who speaks English".....in India, barely, kinda-sorta.
Good luck. Maybe the place you bought it will have a local repair shop that they recommend.
of what to do to fix a computer problem. Of course, LG can't use their own staff.....they are Koreans, so they hire
somebody "who speaks English".....in India, barely, kinda-sorta.
Good luck. Maybe the place you bought it will have a local repair shop that they recommend.
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Ian
Notorious member
I got one of those in the garage now. It works fine if I defrost the whole unit about every three months, so it got mothballed in the garage to become a meat-aging fridge. In the garage where it's 110+ the thing ran with no problems for at least four months, I guess it works so hard out there the evaporator never gets a chance to freeze.
We had an LG window unit that had problems with the compressor relay seizing in the "closed" position, major freeze-up problem. Wife called and got a place in San Antonio that does warranty work come out and put a new control head on it under warranty, cost us $100 for the mileage since we're so far out. It did it again about a year later and I let the whole thing go out the second-story window at that point. From now on it's domestic brands for us, at least they sorta have a customer service.
Our $800 Maytag dishwasher went nuts about two years after we bought it, printed ribbon cable corroded circuits in two due to piss-poor design. Part under recall. Cost $200 for the guy to come out and put a free part on for free.
We had an LG window unit that had problems with the compressor relay seizing in the "closed" position, major freeze-up problem. Wife called and got a place in San Antonio that does warranty work come out and put a new control head on it under warranty, cost us $100 for the mileage since we're so far out. It did it again about a year later and I let the whole thing go out the second-story window at that point. From now on it's domestic brands for us, at least they sorta have a customer service.
Our $800 Maytag dishwasher went nuts about two years after we bought it, printed ribbon cable corroded circuits in two due to piss-poor design. Part under recall. Cost $200 for the guy to come out and put a free part on for free.