Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
I'm retired. You obviously have a different definition of the word than I do!!!
so waht ya doin today?
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Ah, but there is a big difference. John (Winelover) retired as did I. You however never did retire, you just changed jobs.
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
Finished all the lawn for the first time this season yesterday, after moving a crap load of stuff, and then the grand daughter showed up. We spent a couple hours with the horses. Then I hung some more gutter and The Angel (sons girlfriend) showed up and we spent more time with the horses. Somewhere in there I changed skid steer buckets (pin on sadly) and took several loads of nasty rotted hay away from in front of the barn, so that looks marginally better. I have a mountain of stuff to do around the barn, just load after load of what locally is called "black dirt" (barnyard scrapings, eg- manure, hay, more manure, native dirt, and even more manure). The stuff with the rocks in it will go to fill low areas in my hay fields. The nicer stuff will be used to grade over ledge outcroppings or to dress areas around the house that need some leveling and dressing up. The nice stuff that is left, and there will be a bunch of it, I want to pile and keep on hand.
Looking at making a trip to eastern Vermont next Friday to buy harness. Gonna go visit the puppies today at The Angels house.
Looking at making a trip to eastern Vermont next Friday to buy harness. Gonna go visit the puppies today at The Angels house.
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Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
To each their own I guess. Not having a huge list of projects would bore me to death- literally.
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
Huh, just down the road from me a couple hundred miles! Looks interesting. Thanks for the link!Yesterday, I called VTI and their Pedersoli order arrived, so the rolling block's firing pin is scheduled to be delivered Wednesday. There're two types, but the guy and I think it'll be the correct one. If not, he said I can return it. Cool, man.
This was my first dealings, with VTI, and I give them a three-thumbs up rating.
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Once again, I ran out of projects, so cleaned and sized another 100 pieces of Lake City 5.56 brass and will get round to prepping them whenever. However, given that the range is closed till June 10, and all the upcoming test ammunition is loaded (supposed to have been fired yesterday ) and waiting for it to reopen, and all of next week's scheduled chores are the regular ones, whenever might be as soon as tomorrow.
Ian
Notorious member
If I managed to get EVERYTHING done that needed done around here, I'd spend about five minutes kicking back and admiring it, then off to learn how to make sugar rocket engines, corned black powder (make puck dies too, so time in the machine shop, maybe even sand cast the pucking dies), build an iron-smelting furnace, maybe build my '47 GMC long bed into a rat truck, finish my rock crawler blazer and take the family on some 4-wheeling adventures, maybe build a flinter musket, a propane forge, explore blade making in earnest, build a small wooden skiff and piddle around on the small local lakes with it, and about ten million other things that interest me. If my hands and eyesight gives up to the point I can't do the tedious stuff anymore, I know I'd spend some time volunteering at the local animal shelter and advocating for the trade programs. Also, I might actually get back into flyfishing.
Hawk
Well-Known Member
The problem is, when you're married, you're own devices don't actually matter that much.
These guys don't call them SWMBO for nothing!
Glaciers
Alaska Land of the Midnight Sun
Well my Community lost a very good man yesterday. Glenn Hackney was killed in a car accident yesterday. T boned don’t know who’s fault, at this point it doesn’t matter.
Glenn was 98 and still driving the local Food Bank truck that picks up from grocery stores. He was a giving man to say the least. Always was involved in Community projects, charities and always had a smile and kind word to say. I worked with Glenn back in the Pipeline days as a Teamster. Glenn did a term as a State Representative and a couple of local elected positions but gave them up because of disappointment with idiots.
He was a good selfless man. He will be missed.
John
Glenn was 98 and still driving the local Food Bank truck that picks up from grocery stores. He was a giving man to say the least. Always was involved in Community projects, charities and always had a smile and kind word to say. I worked with Glenn back in the Pipeline days as a Teamster. Glenn did a term as a State Representative and a couple of local elected positions but gave them up because of disappointment with idiots.
He was a good selfless man. He will be missed.
John
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
My sincere condolences in your loss. Sounds like a real good man.
JonB
Halcyon member
I do better with having only one or two projects in the cue. When I have 20 or so (like I do now), I tend to feel over whelmed and do none of them. The only thing I did yesterday, was cook that Beef Heart...and today is looking similar.
RBHarter
West Central AR
Ian
For a powder pucking tool get in touch with with Fly over there .
I think he used 1.25 ×3/8 wall pipe or 1.25 rod and fitted tube . It's a "fluid slip" fit about equal length to diameter it makes a nice 3/16-3/8" puck . Best values start about 1200 psi for 3-5 min and stop at 1500 psi . There's some variation and gain change for specifics such as actual charcoal type/source .
For a powder pucking tool get in touch with with Fly over there .
I think he used 1.25 ×3/8 wall pipe or 1.25 rod and fitted tube . It's a "fluid slip" fit about equal length to diameter it makes a nice 3/16-3/8" puck . Best values start about 1200 psi for 3-5 min and stop at 1500 psi . There's some variation and gain change for specifics such as actual charcoal type/source .
richhodg66
Well-Known Member
Very sorry to hear that. Seems this kind of stuff always happens to the good ones.
fiver
Well-Known Member
you guys are killing me.
hauling off rotted straw... gaaaHHH!!!
going fly fishing.... siiiigh.
i got 2 blue ribbon streams like 30 minutes away at most, i got fly tying stuff, and a reel and some line and some waders... and a Bamboo pole that's probably close to 100 years old.
yeah.... nope.... NO.
Saturday is the day we are heading out to the Lake by the Desert down in Utah for most of a week.
gonna take the G-Boy over to the dinosaur tracks in the sandstone across another little lake and up a hill, then out to the covered Dino dig.
if we got the time i'm gonna drag him out to the Desert where i used to do some work from time to time just to look out over some of the valleys and crags and such.
they still find conquistador helmets and swords and stuff out there.
todays weather sucked dog.
i did get the raspberry's chopped and dug the stragglers out of the lawn.
i got 2 pretty good starts for the new section i'm filling in with them, i bet in 2 years i'll have the 12' box full.
hauling off rotted straw... gaaaHHH!!!
going fly fishing.... siiiigh.
i got 2 blue ribbon streams like 30 minutes away at most, i got fly tying stuff, and a reel and some line and some waders... and a Bamboo pole that's probably close to 100 years old.
yeah.... nope.... NO.
Saturday is the day we are heading out to the Lake by the Desert down in Utah for most of a week.
gonna take the G-Boy over to the dinosaur tracks in the sandstone across another little lake and up a hill, then out to the covered Dino dig.
if we got the time i'm gonna drag him out to the Desert where i used to do some work from time to time just to look out over some of the valleys and crags and such.
they still find conquistador helmets and swords and stuff out there.
todays weather sucked dog.
i did get the raspberry's chopped and dug the stragglers out of the lawn.
i got 2 pretty good starts for the new section i'm filling in with them, i bet in 2 years i'll have the 12' box full.
But it is fun if the wind is down.
Back from Houston for G.K.s grad. Not to long or bad, only had 13 in the class. Took the fam to some fancy steak house (texas something), food was good, pricy. Had rifles all around the walls of the rooms. Really tired from the drive. not much fun anymore.
Mitty38
Well-Known Member
Took son to the Range he wanted to fire the Bushmaster Upper.
Let him shot one at 100 yard Free standing. It was spot on.
Then 3 to figure hold over at 200 yards.
That's a two inch dot.Good enough for a kill on a deer.
Shots one two and three from bottom to top.
Let him shot one at 100 yard Free standing. It was spot on.
Then 3 to figure hold over at 200 yards.
That's a two inch dot.Good enough for a kill on a deer.
Shots one two and three from bottom to top.
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Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
For what its worth the hay is being composted for spreading later. Its all organic matter.
It appears our router died. Overnight so I'm on the stupid phone off to the big city for a new one later
. I guess I picked out a puppy yesterday good size male pretty hard to pick 1 out of a pile of adorable puppies! Gotta come up with a name. I don't know him well enough yet. We've been calling him Spots cuz he's got a couple spots, clever, eh? But I'm not gonna have a dog named Spot! I was thinking Pete or something simple like that. Cindy frowned on the idea, so I'm working on it
It appears our router died. Overnight so I'm on the stupid phone off to the big city for a new one later
. I guess I picked out a puppy yesterday good size male pretty hard to pick 1 out of a pile of adorable puppies! Gotta come up with a name. I don't know him well enough yet. We've been calling him Spots cuz he's got a couple spots, clever, eh? But I'm not gonna have a dog named Spot! I was thinking Pete or something simple like that. Cindy frowned on the idea, so I'm working on it
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Mitty38
Well-Known Member
It's Spots. If your wife has called it spots. It's Spots. Battle over, count your losses, pick up and move on.
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