so waht ya doin today?
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Could be long so,those with short attention spans.....go find something to shoot or build or whatever.
Tripping on back,let me see....20? years. Carbon arrows had pretty much moved the industry to full acceptance. The reason wasn't completely about performance...it largely was about inventory. Back in aluminum days,pro shops had to inventory about 20 different sizes of shafts.
Carbon=maybe 1/2 dz sizes. You make spine with point weight,and like all things over the last 20 years.... we Madison ave this chit enough that folks buy into it and voila, instant profit.
Tripping on back,let me see....20? years. Carbon arrows had pretty much moved the industry to full acceptance. The reason wasn't completely about performance...it largely was about inventory. Back in aluminum days,pro shops had to inventory about 20 different sizes of shafts.
Carbon=maybe 1/2 dz sizes. You make spine with point weight,and like all things over the last 20 years.... we Madison ave this chit enough that folks buy into it and voila, instant profit.
My transfer switch works like this;
Power goes off, wait half hour-ish, string the 12 gauge extension cord from the garage (where the welder/generator is) to the house. Plug in the freezer, & fridge.
If it's been out for a day, then it sucks more.
Move the jeep out of the garage, get the tractor, get the truck, use tractor to load generator into truck. Drive down to pump house. Make sure breaker is off, hard wire generator to water pump.
Now we can flush, and fill the toilets.
When we first moved here the power would flash off & Back on a few times a day. It would be off for 1/2 hour or more weekly.
Thirteen years later, it's evolved to blinking off only one to three times a week, (yeah the microwave clock doesn't get reset) and the extension cord only gets used a few times a year now. I just think to myself "no sales tax"
Power goes off, wait half hour-ish, string the 12 gauge extension cord from the garage (where the welder/generator is) to the house. Plug in the freezer, & fridge.
If it's been out for a day, then it sucks more.
Move the jeep out of the garage, get the tractor, get the truck, use tractor to load generator into truck. Drive down to pump house. Make sure breaker is off, hard wire generator to water pump.
Now we can flush, and fill the toilets.
When we first moved here the power would flash off & Back on a few times a day. It would be off for 1/2 hour or more weekly.
Thirteen years later, it's evolved to blinking off only one to three times a week, (yeah the microwave clock doesn't get reset) and the extension cord only gets used a few times a year now. I just think to myself "no sales tax"
About this time,my "brood" of crum snatchers are going through arrows like well.... you get the idea. So I build the machines and tooling to start cranking out woodys.
Heck,I started shooting with woodys so what the hay.... start shooting them again. Went through about a ten year period where they were my go to arrows.
Fast fwd. Now a "senior" on the pro 3D circuit there's a special class for woodys. Give you two guesses who's sitting pretty?
So,enjoying the sweet smell of P.O. cedar waffling through the shop in anticipation of kicking some youngster arse and all their carbon,gap shooting.... "oh,look at me BS".
Age and treachery gentlemen.....
Heck,I started shooting with woodys so what the hay.... start shooting them again. Went through about a ten year period where they were my go to arrows.
Fast fwd. Now a "senior" on the pro 3D circuit there's a special class for woodys. Give you two guesses who's sitting pretty?
So,enjoying the sweet smell of P.O. cedar waffling through the shop in anticipation of kicking some youngster arse and all their carbon,gap shooting.... "oh,look at me BS".
Age and treachery gentlemen.....
My first compound bow. A Jennings. 55 lb.. I found a lost wooden arrow at the outdoor, in the woods range.
My buddy said it looks old, be careful. Me...naahh.
I commenced to sink that into a tree like the sword in the stone.
As soon as I let that string go all I saw was splinters flying. I thought I got arrowed in the arm it hurt so bad.
Lesson learned.
Don't shoot old kids arrows in a compound. Ever!
My buddy said it looks old, be careful. Me...naahh.
I commenced to sink that into a tree like the sword in the stone.
As soon as I let that string go all I saw was splinters flying. I thought I got arrowed in the arm it hurt so bad.
Lesson learned.
Don't shoot old kids arrows in a compound. Ever!
Hhmmm . . . Port Oxford Cedar? I take it that is a different Cedar than Port Orford Cedar? I was under the impression that Port Orford Cedar only grew in the Pacific North West. A search for Port Oxford Cedar only returned results for Port Orford Cedar which only grows in NW CA and SW OR above 4,000 ft.
fiver
Well-Known Member
trying to decide if I can come up with a recipe for.
1 summer squash.
1 crookneck squash.
1 big Anaheim pepper
1 hot yellow wax pepper
1 medium green bell pepper
1 handful of Thai peppers which are about 1" long and coming ripe fast. [like this afternoon]
40 snap peas in the pod.
I'm thinking about oven roasting the bigger peppers to skin them, dicing them up and throwing them in with some julienned mule deer back strap to make some burrito's.
maybe cutting into 1/4" thick slices before beer battering and deep frying the squash, and just leaving the peas on the vine until they fill out some more.
it's too hot out there already to do much of anything else.
the catfish should be spawning any minute now, I'm kind of half thinking about finding the electric lanterns and going fishing over near the rock ledges in the boat tonight.
i'll see what the wind is doing this afternoon.
1 summer squash.
1 crookneck squash.
1 big Anaheim pepper
1 hot yellow wax pepper
1 medium green bell pepper
1 handful of Thai peppers which are about 1" long and coming ripe fast. [like this afternoon]
40 snap peas in the pod.
I'm thinking about oven roasting the bigger peppers to skin them, dicing them up and throwing them in with some julienned mule deer back strap to make some burrito's.
maybe cutting into 1/4" thick slices before beer battering and deep frying the squash, and just leaving the peas on the vine until they fill out some more.
it's too hot out there already to do much of anything else.
the catfish should be spawning any minute now, I'm kind of half thinking about finding the electric lanterns and going fishing over near the rock ledges in the boat tonight.
i'll see what the wind is doing this afternoon.
Little things sometimes mean a lot..... generally there's 3 different classes? of finish for a woody. It takes a very good shooter to,even understand the difference,much less..... tell the difference.
Changing lanes.....
Think,bolt gun bedding. Guys,there's a huge difference in bedding compounds. The notion that harder must be better may make sense on wedding night but,it dosen't translate well when thinking shock absorption and how it applies to different stock profiles. To say there's "something left on the table" WRT bedding shore numbers is like thinking you know what a proper "line" is in RR..... because somehow you took racing lessons. You WILL be passed.
Changing lanes.....
Think,bolt gun bedding. Guys,there's a huge difference in bedding compounds. The notion that harder must be better may make sense on wedding night but,it dosen't translate well when thinking shock absorption and how it applies to different stock profiles. To say there's "something left on the table" WRT bedding shore numbers is like thinking you know what a proper "line" is in RR..... because somehow you took racing lessons. You WILL be passed.
JonB
Halcyon member
Last night I made a Stir Fry using some of those similar ingredients...
Bell Pepper, hot banana peppers, Garlic Scapes, Apple slices with various oils and spices.
I had picked up a mixed bag of apples last week...there were some Red Delicious in there...I hate Red Delicious.
So instead of throwing them out, I added a Red Delicious apple to the stir fry.
Excellent, I say!
I should have tried that years ago...a great way to use up the undesirable fruit.
Bell Pepper, hot banana peppers, Garlic Scapes, Apple slices with various oils and spices.
I had picked up a mixed bag of apples last week...there were some Red Delicious in there...I hate Red Delicious.
So instead of throwing them out, I added a Red Delicious apple to the stir fry.
Excellent, I say!
I should have tried that years ago...a great way to use up the undesirable fruit.
Dang,cough...cough...
Y'all be careful with some of these finishes,you only get one set of lungs. The notion,be it RR motorcycles or shooting CB's is that unless you're in current competition somehow is a metric,that can't be contested.... is,complete BS. Yes,you will become a better shooter through competition but don't think for a moment that it is some form of end all,be all....... it ain't. What it should do is open an avenue of process engineering.
Put your dang thinking cap on.... how do I become a better shooter? How can I move the industry further? What is the hold up?
Y'all be careful with some of these finishes,you only get one set of lungs. The notion,be it RR motorcycles or shooting CB's is that unless you're in current competition somehow is a metric,that can't be contested.... is,complete BS. Yes,you will become a better shooter through competition but don't think for a moment that it is some form of end all,be all....... it ain't. What it should do is open an avenue of process engineering.
Put your dang thinking cap on.... how do I become a better shooter? How can I move the industry further? What is the hold up?
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
I added an extra zero to the transfer switch post. It's supposed to be $150.00. We're talking a manual transfer switch, not an auto switcheroo doohickey. An auto won't work when you have to drag the 25kw alternator out of the field behind the tractor, run it in front of the garage and then run the leads to back feed into the welder outlet. Yeah, I know to throw the main before doing this. Yet there are still people insisting I get a lock out type transfer switch. It's a great idea, but it doesn't do anything I'm not already doing other than have a lockout. Safety first in nice, but a friend who wanted to put the same type of switch in found he was going to ahve to ahve an electrician do it to meet code and that was going to be another $5-750.00. Ridiculous.
fiver
Well-Known Member
apples are great for adding to different things.
they just disappear when cooked but leave behind some nice flavor.
I like to add them to heart/roast beef type hash, they kind of bang out the starchiness of the potatoes.
I can totally see putting them in with hotter peppers to give another layer of flavor below the heat.
I just sent the rest of the scapes over to Littlegirls for her to run through the de-hydrator.
not sure how that's gonna work out [shrug] but you never know unless you try.
they just disappear when cooked but leave behind some nice flavor.
I like to add them to heart/roast beef type hash, they kind of bang out the starchiness of the potatoes.
I can totally see putting them in with hotter peppers to give another layer of flavor below the heat.
I just sent the rest of the scapes over to Littlegirls for her to run through the de-hydrator.
not sure how that's gonna work out [shrug] but you never know unless you try.
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My generator is not on wheels, doesn't get towed anywhere, has nothing to run except the house, doesn't get disconnected or reconnected to anything for any reason, is in compliance with the law and is profoundly convenient. Never said you should have an automatic transfer switch, said why I have one and wouldn't be without one. Since your happy with your system that is a mighty fine thing. I too am happy with my system. Even happier that I don't have to tow it around.
CZ93X62
Official forum enigma
"......Ghetto Sendero 22-250......" I have one of those as well, a Rem 788 re-barreled with a Pac-Nor 1-12" twist, and throated to RCBS 22-55-SP specs. Early days with the RCBS castings show decent work with IMR-4198 and 2400 to about 1800 FPS. I haven't pushed the bullets past that point, yet. I am tempted to try Lyman #225438 next, Mike Venturino in a very dated Handloader article showed some accurate results at pretty high velocities with that dinky little slug. Also on deck for my 22-250 empties--Barnes Condor Cuddlers, 36 grain Varmint Grenades. Those will get run in the Savage with the plastic stock I snagged from Cobb Mtn. Mac a couple years back. Both rifles have impressed me with their intrinsic accuracy, so far.
462
California's Central Coast Amid The Insanity
Not be outdone by yesterday morning's Sherlock Holmes-like fog and to prove who is really the boss, ol' Sol was up before I was and is still showing off.
I know it's too much to hope for, but it would be nice if the fog were to make several thousand of yesterday's tourists vow to never return.
I know it's too much to hope for, but it would be nice if the fog were to make several thousand of yesterday's tourists vow to never return.
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freebullet
Guest
Now hiding from the heat.
RBHarter
West Central AR
Made all the arrangements for a new to me house over the weekend . Ms got the paperwork started today .
When it's homesteaded the property taxes are zero , we get a break on the first 374 ......they're currently at 348 . No , we asked , we don't get the difference . Dang it .
It needs a little work , 95% elbow grease , 10% parts .
Need to get about 10 gallons of Kilz and 10-12 sheets of sheetrock .
Some goober cut a slot in the counter top to change the dishwasher so that's getting the new stove I've been sitting on for 6 months . It's stereotype 1965 so it's short on ceiling lights and long on swag light hooks and switched outlets . We're going to move a wall that's already been "reworked" . It will open up the family and separate living rooms into one room . I never understood the walled off rooms where there weren't any windows when there are big "picture" windows in the other room . The water heater was moved when it was replaced with a larger unit .......to the floor in the master bath ....... Might be a cabinet missing .
I think 5-6 weekends and the big hunks will be knocked down far enough to make occupancy . I'll need to have a trophy/gun/loading room but I think I can sacrifice some of 12×36 carport or maybe the whole of the 12×12 that's currently the laundry .
First fixer-upper we've seen that didn't need to be stripped out to the siding and down to the dirt . Lipstick and rouge on this one . A prime candidate for a flip if I was into that .
When it's homesteaded the property taxes are zero , we get a break on the first 374 ......they're currently at 348 . No , we asked , we don't get the difference . Dang it .
It needs a little work , 95% elbow grease , 10% parts .
Need to get about 10 gallons of Kilz and 10-12 sheets of sheetrock .
Some goober cut a slot in the counter top to change the dishwasher so that's getting the new stove I've been sitting on for 6 months . It's stereotype 1965 so it's short on ceiling lights and long on swag light hooks and switched outlets . We're going to move a wall that's already been "reworked" . It will open up the family and separate living rooms into one room . I never understood the walled off rooms where there weren't any windows when there are big "picture" windows in the other room . The water heater was moved when it was replaced with a larger unit .......to the floor in the master bath ....... Might be a cabinet missing .
I think 5-6 weekends and the big hunks will be knocked down far enough to make occupancy . I'll need to have a trophy/gun/loading room but I think I can sacrifice some of 12×36 carport or maybe the whole of the 12×12 that's currently the laundry .
First fixer-upper we've seen that didn't need to be stripped out to the siding and down to the dirt . Lipstick and rouge on this one . A prime candidate for a flip if I was into that .
