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Rick

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No more than two jobs though. After all she does need some time for cooking and cleaning. :D
 

Brad

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I will mention that to her.
I'm not sure how that will go over, but I,,, well,, I will think about it.
maybe if I lead off with 'my friends think'.
Hey, leave us out of it!
I have my own wife to irritate, I don't needs yours upset with me too.
 

358156 hp

At large, whereabouts unknown.
You do know why womens feet are smaller than mens, don't you? It's so they can get closer to the stove.
 

fiver

Well-Known Member
well that explains why I do most of the cooking, I thought it was just because she couldn't follow directions.
 

Brad

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Anyone else notice that divorced men seem very bold when speaking of wives?
 
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358156 hp

At large, whereabouts unknown.
Why should you never buy your wife a wristwatch? Because the friggin' stove already has a clock on it.
 

Brad

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Bob, my wife does pay the bills that run the forum. And yes, she reminded me of that.
 

Rick

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Anyone else notice that divorced men seem very bold when speaking of wives?

Bold? What bold? I speak better of her after the divorce. Hell, if she would have lost 450-500 pounds I might have kept her. Had to divorce her when I did, if I had waited any longer she wouldn't have fit out the door.
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Rick

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Actually that was not meant as a joke. In all honesty though she wouldn't tell me but a reasonable best guess the last time I saw her is she was 600 pounds. In the first 24 months we were married she put on 250 pounds and never stopped even after I divorced her, just kept growing.
 

RBHarter

West Central AR
I got rid of the first one the 18th time there was so much over draft there wasn't enough left from her $900 check to make the $300 transfer for groceries .
Best $5,000 I ever lost .
Best financial shape I've been in in my whole life .
 

Brad

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Got some nose grooved bullets ready to load. Groove is .041 wide and .030 deep.
I ground a little bevel on either side of a cutoff blade to cut the grooves. Works like a charm.

I grooved 15 bullets. 10 to short for group and 5 to fire slow into a berm to see if I can recover on in good shape. I want to see what the nose looks like after firing.
 

Brad

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Used a letter stamp of gas checks BEFORE seating them to mark the bullets. I used the nose of a large meplat cast bullet as an anvil. Takes a light strike to mark the checks.

Yes, I know the grooves aren't full of lube. I didn't have any pressure in the air cylinder as I was just looking to seat checks and size for now. Was in a rush to get photos!

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freebullet

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Why did the bucket fail? Only time I ever had a bullet come out damaged was when they hit each other. As shown, mine even stopped an hp with minimal damage. Puzzled on that one.
 

Brad

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Top layer of sand way too deep. More like 4-5" and most of the bullets never got past it. Got some nice mushrooms.
I want to redo the bucket with rubber on top, then. Little sand, then Rubber, then sand. Try to slow them down before getting to sand.

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Brad

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She said "not always". I can vouch for that.

I am fortunate she has a good sense of humor. Very fortunate.
 
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freebullet

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Holy cow, you did get some wild expansion.

Try it like this-
bottom up build. 2" sand, sheet metal, 2" sand,-2-3 layers carpet, rubber mulch half way full, more carpet, fill with mulch, carpet, lid, carpet carpet.

I & several others put some time into seeing what works in these. The 454308 were 2"+ away from the sand. I'd never recover any of them if I had to diggem out of the berm. Do keep sand & mulch seperate for ease of use.

AND yes, Brad's got a good one. He'd be a crotchety old fool to let her go.
 

Brad

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That is what I want for a rebuild on the bucket except I don't have the sheet metal. Last time I had sand hit the bullet first and it was hard on them.

My rubber mulch looks like shredded rubber, not chucks. Is that what you used?