so waht ya doin today?
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RBHarter
West Central AR
An inappropriate commentary on aging to follow .
A quite charming woman , X2s grandmother , said to me among other things that she had worked 30 yr in nursing and geriatric care . She had hoped that her mind would give up before her body . She had seen too many people with sharp , clear , active minds trapped in broken bodies that took all their focus to just manage the daily needs . She got her wish as her world got smaller each day . Of course she could tell you what she had for breakfast the morning Kennedy was killed , either of them , and what she had for lunch when Elvis died ......just not 2 hours ago . She kept her own home and a small flower garden to within an hour or so .
3 weeks before he passed he was on a backhoe . 2 weeks before he was in a hospital with Dr's arguing in the hall about continuing a hormone treatment that was working extremely well and had his liver working better than it had in 2-3 years . In his last week he barked orders and instructions for finishing some repairs he and Mom just couldn't do . The fire was there , he was so mad that he couldn't see what we were doing and talk to us or even write out what he needed to say the last 4-5 days .
As he had done on so many business trips he made sure everyone was angry with him before he left , having long ago told my Mom it made his going away easier . It didn't work so much after the first week or so .
Anyway I can't imagine what it would have been like for him to have been like he was those last 2 weeks had it lasted months much less years .
Be thankful for the fading mind and the sound body or the just sudden stop .
A quite charming woman , X2s grandmother , said to me among other things that she had worked 30 yr in nursing and geriatric care . She had hoped that her mind would give up before her body . She had seen too many people with sharp , clear , active minds trapped in broken bodies that took all their focus to just manage the daily needs . She got her wish as her world got smaller each day . Of course she could tell you what she had for breakfast the morning Kennedy was killed , either of them , and what she had for lunch when Elvis died ......just not 2 hours ago . She kept her own home and a small flower garden to within an hour or so .
3 weeks before he passed he was on a backhoe . 2 weeks before he was in a hospital with Dr's arguing in the hall about continuing a hormone treatment that was working extremely well and had his liver working better than it had in 2-3 years . In his last week he barked orders and instructions for finishing some repairs he and Mom just couldn't do . The fire was there , he was so mad that he couldn't see what we were doing and talk to us or even write out what he needed to say the last 4-5 days .
As he had done on so many business trips he made sure everyone was angry with him before he left , having long ago told my Mom it made his going away easier . It didn't work so much after the first week or so .
Anyway I can't imagine what it would have been like for him to have been like he was those last 2 weeks had it lasted months much less years .
Be thankful for the fading mind and the sound body or the just sudden stop .
Tom
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Did you get suckered into it?
CWLONGSHOT
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Yesterday was pretty windy on the sound. So I stayed home but my buddy took one of his boys out a d they caught two 24" fluke on the first drift!!
Then fished for four hours with only nibbles. No bait used all jigs and gulp tails. (Is a Bait I guess) Then last drift the both got second fish. So Good day overall but very few fish. Saturday I probably caught 20 shirt Sea Bass, 6/8 short Fluke and a bunch of "lesser" variety of fish like 20+ Sea Robins, Sand Sharks and Skates.
I cut the front grass then cast some bullets before the heat pushed me indoors.
CW
Then fished for four hours with only nibbles. No bait used all jigs and gulp tails. (Is a Bait I guess) Then last drift the both got second fish. So Good day overall but very few fish. Saturday I probably caught 20 shirt Sea Bass, 6/8 short Fluke and a bunch of "lesser" variety of fish like 20+ Sea Robins, Sand Sharks and Skates.
I cut the front grass then cast some bullets before the heat pushed me indoors.
CW
L Ross
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There's been a few fish filleted on that table!
CWLONGSHOT
Well-Known Member
Yup!
RBHarter
West Central AR
Mowed before the rain , got about 2/3 of it .
Got the new sawmill rails assembled with the OM bed that allowed me 9' maximum now allows 16.5' . I think I'm going to weld the return stop in after I square the rails and put in a diagonal to keep the rails square . I have the OM rails I could extend them another 12' ........ But do I want to move 24-28' slabs or beams much less logs ? I think a 16' 4×12 is plenty .
Ms had to pull an extra shift today ......PBJ for Father's Day dinner and get to cook tonight too ....... Some beach , I gotta cook on my birthday too .
Got the new sawmill rails assembled with the OM bed that allowed me 9' maximum now allows 16.5' . I think I'm going to weld the return stop in after I square the rails and put in a diagonal to keep the rails square . I have the OM rails I could extend them another 12' ........ But do I want to move 24-28' slabs or beams much less logs ? I think a 16' 4×12 is plenty .
Ms had to pull an extra shift today ......PBJ for Father's Day dinner and get to cook tonight too ....... Some beach , I gotta cook on my birthday too .
Matt_G
Curmudgeon in training
Fixed 2 H&G molds today. (#50 and a #130)
Both of them had button head screws for the handles.
That is no good for the mold guide I made yesterday.
Interesting screws on those...
1.25 inch overall length.
Half of them are a smooth pin .140 dia.
The other half is 10-32 threads.
Found some 10-32 set screws that were 5/8 long at Home Depot.
There's half the equation.
Discovered that a galvanized 10d nail is .137 dia.
So I made 4 pins 5/8 long out of nails.
Threw those in and used the set screws I bought and by George, it works good.
Smooth on the bottom and slides real nice on the mold guide I made.
Handles don't bind or anything.
The overall length sure is critical on them though.
Too long and it will bind up and not allow the mold to close properly.
Both of them had button head screws for the handles.
That is no good for the mold guide I made yesterday.
Interesting screws on those...
1.25 inch overall length.
Half of them are a smooth pin .140 dia.
The other half is 10-32 threads.
Found some 10-32 set screws that were 5/8 long at Home Depot.
There's half the equation.
Discovered that a galvanized 10d nail is .137 dia.
So I made 4 pins 5/8 long out of nails.
Threw those in and used the set screws I bought and by George, it works good.
Smooth on the bottom and slides real nice on the mold guide I made.
Handles don't bind or anything.
The overall length sure is critical on them though.
Too long and it will bind up and not allow the mold to close properly.
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Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
Not getting much done outside the last couple days. Weather has been windy and rainy (good!) but also hot and real muggy. Last night some sort of front came through and there were 70mph winds reported to our south. Whatever it was, the 90F weather has been replaced by 55F degree weather! Cloudy and cool.
Likely be working on equipment today. I think all the bred sheep have freshened and there is only one goat to go. Busy, busy, busy!
Likely be working on equipment today. I think all the bred sheep have freshened and there is only one goat to go. Busy, busy, busy!
Got a brick of SRP, been on the LGS list for a year. Yea, more $ but gives me a lifetime supply. The had 3 cans of cfepistol and I snaged one IMR 4895, not much else there. Handled a Henry 45/70 lever, like! Ben looking for a long ranger 308W - none to be found. Bout time I get a NICE looking gun. Then to the dentist to put a cap on. Now to spray for bugs and weeds, water tonite.
fiver
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cut about 1/3 a cord of wood and got it in the crib, then I finally figured out how to build a table out of the 30" X 4' chunk of 1/8" screen I drug out of a junk pile last fall.
I used up some cedar fence posts for legs, some reclaimed 2x2 pieces of redwood, and a 2x3 I had leftover from the box project earlier this spring.
I really wanted to use more old weather worn wood for the 2x3 pieces to match the legs, but all I had was a chunk of real 2" X 4" that wasn't any good for nuthin but firewood, and I surely wasn't gonna attempt cutting a chunk of cedar down the middle with a sawzall...[new blade or not] LOL
I thought about going fishing for a couple of hours right before dark, but the hand cramps said I wasn't, so I put the water on out back instead.
I used up some cedar fence posts for legs, some reclaimed 2x2 pieces of redwood, and a 2x3 I had leftover from the box project earlier this spring.
I really wanted to use more old weather worn wood for the 2x3 pieces to match the legs, but all I had was a chunk of real 2" X 4" that wasn't any good for nuthin but firewood, and I surely wasn't gonna attempt cutting a chunk of cedar down the middle with a sawzall...[new blade or not] LOL
I thought about going fishing for a couple of hours right before dark, but the hand cramps said I wasn't, so I put the water on out back instead.
CWLONGSHOT
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Range morning today!!
Just 22's but should be fun. One 10/22 Bull and one Custom Bolt.
Just 22's but should be fun. One 10/22 Bull and one Custom Bolt.
L Ross
Well-Known Member
Alrighty, I'll go do a couple of banks off hand too then.
Original battery would hardly install. Cap will not seat flush.Not enough thread engagement. Tried a thinner battery, same voltage. Wouldn't operate the sight.
Hhmmm . . . Bigger hammer?
Buy American instead of Chinese.