so waht ya doin today?

Ian

Ian

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The 3000K LED under-cabinet light bar kits came in today, so after work I spent a couple hours installing those under the cabinets in the gun room and hard-wiring them to the wall switches I put in for the purpose over a decade ago when I built the room. They be VERY nice. Got rid of a cheapo 24" GE florescent fixture and four bendy-neck lamps in the process.
 
RBHarter

RBHarter

West Central AR
My cousin is probably not going to live another yr he's only a yr older than me . Cancer .
The girl next door , she really was , has cancer now too .......
I actually ran with her older sister but we were in the same class in smallville , kissed her too . Weird we all stayed friends ....

I don't think I can take much more news .

Yeah I know , the longer we live the more common it gets . That doesn't mean I have to like it .

Bought a set of 25 ACP dies today . I may actually do the CF conversion on a 22 mag pistol yet . Or like so many other things I'll just get all of it together and decide it's not worth the effort .
 
Bret4207

Bret4207

At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
Well, I was wrong. The temp got down to a solid -20F according to the local Accuweather station, -26F according to the Weatherundeground station on Black Lake which is always more accurate. Our thermometers say -20 to -22 and they're both in the sun. No wind to speak of thankfully. The oil furnace is out. Not sure why, but I have lots of fuel. I'll check the electric eye doohicky, but that's about the extent of my burner skills. Wouldn't be a big issue but it was 52F in the house this AM on the main floor. Upstairs was probably 45. This is why I have a wood furnace too! The 'Burb started, just barely. So Gord can get to work. Cindys school called at 5:15AM, 2 hr delay. Her Explorer also started, just barely! The power steering pump does not like cold weather at all and groans about the cold worse than I do. I have a load of wood to go into the basement today. I also have to get hay out. Both jobs mean moving some plow banks. The new battery for the crawler should be in this AM, but I doubt the F350 will want to start. Might have to use her Wrangler with the semi heat to get to town. Gonna be a fun day!

Troubling news from my wifes school. They have a bunch of women that have all come down with various forms of cancer, like 5 or 6 of them in a couple months, and 3 out of 3 pregnant women have had early deliveries- like a month early. Different people, different habits, different in a lot of ways. All work in the same building, all had the shots. Something is amiss here.
 
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Hawk

Hawk

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Surprised the wife last night.
I'm not much of a dancer, but I
loaded up some slow dance music and we danced in the kitchen for about an hour.
Sure was nice. Reminded me of when we were much younger.
Life's too short not to enjoy the little things that we sometimes get out of the habit of doing.
 
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Bret4207

Bret4207

At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
Hawk said:
Surprised the wife last night.
I'm not much of a dancer, but I
loaded up some slow dance music and we danced in the kitchen for about an hour.
Sure was nice. Reminded me of when we were much younger.
Life's too short not to enjoy the little things that we sometimes get out of the habit of doing.
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You romantic fool you!!! ;)
 
Bret4207

Bret4207

At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
Good for you Dale!!!


The day wasn't near as bad as it could have been. The F350 just laughed when I tried to start it. I had to get to town to get the battery for the crawler. I tried getting the ancient salamander heater my FIL gave me to start. Ha! As if! The old girl is beyond tired. So I got creative and parked the Ford tractor in front of the 350 and ran the jumpers between the batteries. Then I threw a moving blanket over the engine bay and looked for piece of pipe to channel the exhaust under the F350s engine. All I could find was a hunka 1 1/2" PVC drain pipe. Good enough! It fit the tail pipe on the tractor and it was working pretty fair. The engine bay was warming. Well, even at about -20 the PVC got too hot after some time and sagged to the point it came unhooked. What a dummy I am! Anyone need a piece of bent pvc? So I moved the tractor and hooked the battery charger up to trickle charge the battery, maybe help keep it a little warmer. Had no hopes of success, but I stuck the key in Cindys Wrangler and that stupid thing roared to life like it was 75F outside! I was definitely surprised. Took that to town and picked up battery. Got thinking about the truck and the tractors with frozen hydraulics and such. Stopped at the local lumber yard and asked if they had any oil fired salamanders (Reddy Heaters) in stock. Guy says they have 1 50K BTU job in stock for $339.00. I hem and haw, ask if I can see it. He sends me out to a shed where they keep that stuff and I find 6 or 8 oil fired salamanders! I guess their inventory system ain't real hot. I see the 50K unit he was talking about, but there are some 135K BTU jobs there too. So I take a pic of the stock numbers and go back inside. One, a "Duraheat", (? never heard of them), is $595.00. The other is a Dewalt that he tells me is discontinued and it's $335.00. I sez, "What? It's almost 3 times the BTUs for $4.00 less?!!!" He says that's right, so I got a brand new DeWalt 135K heater! That should make life a lot easier. I got the battery in the crawler, had to fix a couple loose connections, but I got it started. Got the plow bank moved! Then I could get the hay moved to the stock. I don't think they appreciate my efforts at all! Ungrateful, that's what they are. Anyway, I eventually tried the truck again after it got up to our daytime high of -11F. I got it started, but she wasn't happy. I left that to warm up and got the firewood into the basement. I'm whipped!

All in all it wasn't a bad day. The water didn't freeze in the barn, that's a biggie. While the oil furnace is kaput, and I did call the service guy and leave a message, at least I have wood. The animals have water and food, my feet stayed warm in 3 layers of wool and while Gordy managed to set his pants on fire at work, again!!!, he didn't get burned too bad. The bottom 10 or 12 inches of his pants is missing on the left leg, but he got the fire out before he blistered! Got to take the good with the bad, right? :headscratch:
 
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KeithB

KeithB

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We bought a nice piece of residential property last year, I convinced the wife to wait until this (new) year to get started on things. So I knocked off early today and the wife and I went to see a home designer. Older gentleman with a lot of experience, he did a lot of listening, asked good questions, a few gentle suggestions where appropriate, seemed to be up to date on City and State codes. I think we can get this done with his help.

Came home to find a box from MTM on my porch. Ammo boxes in .38/.357 and .44. Also got two new lathe tool holders and a box of carbide grooving inserts from Shars. Got some threading inserts ordered, should get those Monday.

Looking forward to doing some light shop work while I watch some football this weekend. Got some things I want to wrap up before Monday. I will be 68 on Monday and as a gift(!) to myself I will have the last seven teeth in my mouth removed and have two studs for lower dentures implanted into my jaw. This was supposed to happen about 18 months ago but Covid and several other unfortunate twists of fate intervened so I'm hoping that now will be the time. Really looking forward to eating a lot of things I haven't been able to eat for a year and a half, and my wife is looking forward to cooking a lot of new things. Be nice not to look like a cast member of Hillbilly Handfishing...
 
Rick

Rick

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Staff member
I had that same dental work a couple of years ago Keith. Two studs, bone grafts, dentures.

Two things I can say about it in all honesty.

1> What a horrible thing to go through. This was in part because my insurance will only pay $2,000 per calendar year so I started in October and paused until January. Took another break and finished it all up later in the year. Also had a pause of a few months after the bone grafts for that to heal up.

2> One of the best things I've ever done and so worth it. Ranks right up there with cataract surgery and no longer being blind.
 
fiver

fiver

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i need to get a few more 100 count 357 mag. size boxes, found that out while sorting some cases out today.
not for 357's i got too many of those to convince myself to drop the change for them, but the 25-20 etc take the same boxes if you drop them in bullet side down.
 
Rick

Rick

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Staff member
Number two is quite easy to say after it's all said and done. :)

I can eat anything I want, no problems at all. Only takes a good dentist that cares about his work and your life will never be the same. There are rip off artist dentists out there so be careful. First one I went to wanted over $60,000 and wouldn't take insurance. :eek: o_O
 
Ian

Ian

Notorious member
My dental insurance plan is getting them cleaned four times a year and x-rays plus thorough exam every year. Had gum disease 15 years ago because of not getting them cleaned but three times previously, took them a few years to get all the spurs and barnacles scraped off and inflammation down, now I'm back to 1s and 2s with a few 3s and very minimal bone loss in a couple spots. They say I can maintain this for the rest of my life.
 
L Ross

L Ross

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Bret4207 said:
Good for you Dale!!!


The day wasn't near as bad as it could have been. The F350 just laughed when I tried to start it. I had to get to town to get the battery for the crawler. I tried getting the ancient salamander heater my FIL gave me to start. Ha! As if! The old girl is beyond tired. So I got creative and parked the Ford tractor in front of the 350 and ran the jumpers between the batteries. Then I threw a moving blanket over the engine bay and looked for piece of pipe to channel the exhaust under the F350s engine. All I could find was a hunka 1 1/2" PVC drain pipe. Good enough! It fit the tail pipe on the tractor and it was working pretty fair. The engine bay was warming. Well, even at about -20 the PVC got too hot after some time and sagged to the point it came unhooked. What a dummy I am! Anyone need a piece of bent pvc? So I moved the tractor and hooked the battery charger up to trickle charge the battery, maybe help keep it a little warmer. Had no hopes of success, but I stuck the key in Cindys Wrangler and that stupid thing roared to life like it was 75F outside! I was definitely surprised. Took that to town and picked up battery. Got thinking about the truck and the tractors with frozen hydraulics and such. Stopped at the local lumber yard and asked if they had any oil fired salamanders (Reddy Heaters) in stock. Guy says they have 1 50K BTU job in stock for $339.00. I hem and haw, ask if I can see it. He sends me out to a shed where they keep that stuff and I find 6 or 8 oil fired salamanders! I guess their inventory system ain't real hot. I see the 50K unit he was talking about, but there are some 135K BTU jobs there too. So I take a pic of the stock numbers and go back inside. One, a "Duraheat", (? never heard of them), is $595.00. The other is a Dewalt that he tells me is discontinued and it's $335.00. I sez, "What? It's almost 3 times the BTUs for $4.00 less?!!!" He says that's right, so I got a brand new DeWalt 135K heater! That should make life a lot easier. I got the battery in the crawler, had to fix a couple loose connections, but I got it started. Got the plow bank moved! Then I could get the hay moved to the stock. I don't think they appreciate my efforts at all! Ungrateful, that's what they are. Anyway, I eventually tried the truck again after it got up to our daytime high of -11F. I got it started, but she wasn't happy. I left that to warm up and got the firewood into the basement. I'm whipped!

All in all it wasn't a bad day. The water didn't freeze in the barn, that's a biggie. While the oil furnace is kaput, and I did call the service guy and leave a message, at least I have wood. The animals have water and food, my feet stayed warm in 3 layers of wool and while Gordy managed to set his pants on fire at work, again!!!, he didn't get burned too bad. The bottom 10 or 12 inches of his pants is missing on the left leg, but he got the fire out before he blistered! Got to take the good with the bad, right? :headscratch:
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I once read a line in a novel entitled Run With the Horsemen. They were talking about a youngster nicknamed Sambo. What they said was: "Sambo aint a bad boy, we just can't think of enough things to tell him not to do." Might apply to Gordy.
 
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