so waht ya doin today?
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L Ross
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My wife makes Mead, Metheglin, and Melomel also.
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California's Central Coast Amid The Insanity
The ranged opened after back-to-back motorcycle races closed it for three-weeks.
The .223 Ruger American and its first test loads with Hornady's 68-grain HPBT was up first (100-yards). Varget and BL-C(2) were under 1", even with their horizontal stringing, while CFE 223 was a wee bit under 1/4". IMR 4895 and
H 335 were unimpressive. I like it went initial testing shows such promising results.
Shot the 03A3, next, with Lee's 311-41 and 16.0-grains of 2400, and RCBS's 30-180-SP with 13.5-grains of Unique. Still struggling with 100-yard targets and issue sights. Still fun, though.
Loaded the last of the prepped Winchester .30-'06 brass with Sierra's 165-gr. SBT and 56.0-grains of IMR 4831. That brings my small stash of 03A3 ammo up to 467 rounds.
The .223 Ruger American and its first test loads with Hornady's 68-grain HPBT was up first (100-yards). Varget and BL-C(2) were under 1", even with their horizontal stringing, while CFE 223 was a wee bit under 1/4". IMR 4895 and
H 335 were unimpressive. I like it went initial testing shows such promising results.
Shot the 03A3, next, with Lee's 311-41 and 16.0-grains of 2400, and RCBS's 30-180-SP with 13.5-grains of Unique. Still struggling with 100-yard targets and issue sights. Still fun, though.
Loaded the last of the prepped Winchester .30-'06 brass with Sierra's 165-gr. SBT and 56.0-grains of IMR 4831. That brings my small stash of 03A3 ammo up to 467 rounds.
So everyone that gets the second shot dies? Wish I had known that before I got the second shot. 
I'm gonna die I'm gonna die.
Ian
Notorious member
Time to check yer blood sugar?
smokeywolf
Well-Known Member
We've had some excitement here today.
Last year we had no production of any kind on the so-called fruit trees here.
Now, we have Cornelian Cherries; two trees full of them. Our first fruit from the half dozen or so supposedly fruit bearing trees here on the homestead.
Hope deer don't like them. They're very tart and are typically used for making jam.
Last year we had no production of any kind on the so-called fruit trees here.
Now, we have Cornelian Cherries; two trees full of them. Our first fruit from the half dozen or so supposedly fruit bearing trees here on the homestead.
Hope deer don't like them. They're very tart and are typically used for making jam.
fiver
Well-Known Member
our tart cherries are starting to ripen too.
I understand they have a calming affect on little kids and it also helps them sleep better.
I'm guessing I need a pitter and another dryer thingy.... LOL.
so how my days go?
I picked a big bowl of peas last night.
the wife says she is gonna blanch them for the freezer.
I walk in to a bunch of peas still in their pods cooling off on some cookie sheets.
her: the book didn't say anything about taking them out of their shells.
me: stands there with mouth open for 45 seconds, then shakes my head before rolling my eyes and slamming the door on my way out.
I understand they have a calming affect on little kids and it also helps them sleep better.
I'm guessing I need a pitter and another dryer thingy.... LOL.
so how my days go?
I picked a big bowl of peas last night.
the wife says she is gonna blanch them for the freezer.
I walk in to a bunch of peas still in their pods cooling off on some cookie sheets.
her: the book didn't say anything about taking them out of their shells.
me: stands there with mouth open for 45 seconds, then shakes my head before rolling my eyes and slamming the door on my way out.
L Ross
Well-Known Member
Up here in Visconsin ve have dis concotion that has a nice calming effect on kids and adults dat usses dose tart cherries from dat Door County. Ve take a quart of cherries, a quart of dat Korbel's brandy und a cup of sugar and let it set on da mantle for a while. Den ve drink da brandy from little glasses and eat da cherries while playing Schafskopf in da Vinter. It is good to pit da cherries first doh.
Rick H
Well-Known Member
Yep, ain't none of us getting out of here alive!
That can't be true because I told my pension fund when I retired I was gonna live forever. Somehow they didn't see the humor.
L Ross
Well-Known Member
My goal has been to collect my pension for as many years as I worked to earn it. Crap, I'm half way there already.That can't be true because I told my pension fund when I retired I was gonna live forever. Somehow they didn't see the humor.
Winelover
North Central Arkansas
Don't think I will. Collected roughly 1/3, over the last 13 years. Retired at 58 years old.
JonB
Halcyon member
I haven't made wine in several years, but I do have some Beet wine in the cellar that's in the 10 to 15 yr old range.
Beet wine is very earthy and Beety when young, but after about 5 years in the cellar, it looks and tastes much like a Pinot Noir. I always ferment them dry.
