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Glaciers

Glaciers

Alaska Land of the Midnight Sun
Two weeks ago we were at $5.59, this last week $4.49. Heating oil $4.30 and diesel $5.29.
But diesel prices affect the cost of everything to manufactures, distributors, and retailers. So anything that needs to go from A to B has had those cost over double. This sucks.
 
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462

California's Central Coast Amid The Insanity
As I tell my wife: Idiots are everywhere, and they vote and breed.

What's really scary, though, is the quality of the character of the person the idiots say is an idiot.
 
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popper

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Cold, she's watching Ne football, then U Tx. Was in the garage, she comes around the patio door, handed me the trash, then back (mopping the hall floor). Then I get locked out of the patio door, bang bang and she can't hear so I get reamed for walking through the mopped floor. Oh well. Got a text from friend, her bro found dead in his chair. Other friend calls, hangs up as LE are banging on her door to find relatives of neighbors killed auto crash. Yup, must be winter.
Sized the 170gr PB and first coat of BLL on them. That stuff is really good for slower loads.
 
462

462

California's Central Coast Amid The Insanity
Other than a Cylinder and Slide sear spring that brought the original 6-pound trigger down to a very nice three-pounds, and recoil and hammer springs from Wolfe that are of long forgotten weights, my .45 ACP Randall is box stock.

Recently, I've been thinking of replacing the curved main spring housing with a flat one (never have shot a 1911 with a flat housing), replacing the original style hammer with a lightened Commander style, and replacing the solid trigger with one with fancy designed holes in it. Then, I start thinking it's highly doubtful that none of those parts will make the gun shoot more accurately, and even if they did would my shooting ability be able to live up to their improvement.

After shooting it this morning, I've decided the gun is perfect the way it is.
 
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obssd1958

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I've actually been thinking of going ice fishing, this year. Never been before, but the oldest son's best friend goes every winter, at a reservoir up in the mountains. They catch mostly perch and trout.
I've invited myself to accompany them when they go next, so we'll see if that works!
 
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Rick H

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Ice Fishing:
I lost my wife in November of 2020. The following winter was a long cold lonely one. One day my old co-worker and hunting companion called me and said dig out your old ice fishing equipment. I protested that I hadn't been ice fishing in 30 years, didn't like it much when I did, the fish don't fight well and there wasn't any safe ice within 200 miles. Deryl said, "nonsense....dig out the gear and your old ice spud I am going to pick you up tomorrow morning like it or not". So I did.

He picked me up the following morning, and we headed south, not North towards colder weather and safe ice...hmmmmmm. We pulled up to a marina on an inlet of Lake Erie, and sure enough there was no safe ice, just skim ice and a bit of open water way out in the river feeding the lake. The marina had pulled the docks but the concrete pillars and thin connecting boards remained. Laughing, two 70+ year old men spent the morning clamoring over those boards and pilings, laughing, spudding holes in the skim ice and actually caught a few perch and crappies. It was cold and blowing snow sideways. Two crazy old coots ice fishing with no ice.

Its good to have a friend like that, to throw a line to a man sinking in grief and loneliness without ever saying so. I have a whole new appreciation for ice fishing. We make it a point to go a couple of times each winter since. Even when there is safe ice on the water. Still hate the damn cold.
 
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358156 hp

At large, whereabouts unknown.
462 said:
As I tell my wife: Idiots are everywhere, and they vote and breed.

What's really scary, though, is the quality of the character of the person the idiots say is an idiot.
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This is getting deep! True, accurate, and deep.
 
358156 hp

358156 hp

At large, whereabouts unknown.
Even though they were indoors, and over a foot from their window, I thing last weeks little cold snap killed both of my parsley plants, and I know my Thai Basil plant is dead. Some of the others look pretty distressed too. It'll be about 45* in about an hour, so they can all go outside for a few hours of sunshine. Hopefully it'll help them.
 
RBHarter

RBHarter

West Central AR
Half of the people you meet everyday are of below average IQ .

I've known some really intelligent people that were just dumber than mud , mud actually had an measurable advantage over some of them .

The highly educated often have all the common sense educated out .

There are 3 kinds ;
They can't see the forest for the trees .
They can't see the trees for the forest .
Those that see the trees and forest and wonder what the big deal is about them that folks can't get past .
 
Mitty38

Mitty38

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I think my I Q has dropped a few points over the last few years. It use to be 128 but I think it has dropped . To around 65 now. At least according to the way my new boss treats me.
 
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