so waht ya doin today?

[JustJim]

Got a grip adapter ordered for the Ruger Bisley, still puzzling making that grip frame work for me. Spent most of the day intermittently napping (post-covid fatigue) and searching online for a .41 mag. Still haven't made the call between a Blackhawk and a Smith 58; will probably eventually get both. Again.

That leaves the question: once I have my .41s replaced, is there any reason to keep the 44 special Bisley? First-world problems. . . .

 

[fiver]

they are distinctly different cartridges.
it's not like your debating a 44 special and the 45 acp.

 

[Tom]

Yeah, I guess it's pretty lame that I'm complaining about having friends, especially when one of them is my driver (and 'after procedure' guardian) for a colonoscopy next week
...I just wish I could schedule their visits/calls so they are more spread out.

I had the pooper scoper done last year and figured I'd be fine but they insisted I have a friend take me home. Yeah, sure, I'll be fine, walking sideways!

 

[JustJim]

they are distinctly different cartridges.
it's not like your debating a 44 special and the 45 acp.

My most-used 41 mag load (210 gr SWC at ~950 fps, roughly the old police load) is about the same as what I shoot in the 44 special (Skeeter's load or equivalent). Hunting loads from the Blackhawks are considerably hotter, well-past what is sane in a 44 special.

 

[Matt_G]

That leaves the question: once I have my .41s replaced, is there any reason to keep the 44 special Bisley? First-world problems. . . .

There are some articles linked in my signature that should help you with that decision.

 

[Bret4207]

Interesting. I put my PID probe in my oven because it melted some of the bullets set at 400. (First time I used this used oven.) It went over 600. Set at 225 it would go to 400-430 , then shut off until it got back down to 225 then turn back on and go to 400 +. Time for new oven. I wonder if 175-200 degree spread is normal in these toaster ovens. It coated bullets ok at 225 setting but I don't like the extreme spread.

Consider that it's a toaster over, not a lab grade kiln. As with so many of our consumer goods they all probably come from "The Land of Almost Right" where what amounts to slave labor makes objects at the lowest cost. There's probably a way to modify one to hold temps better, but it's still something meant to cook toast or frozen mac and cheese.

 

[Bret4207]

I had the pooper scoper done last year and figured I'd be fine but they insisted I have a friend take me home. Yeah, sure, I'll be fine, walking sideways!

They put me under for mine. No possible way I could have driven within 2-3 hours of the procedure.

 

[JonB]

They put me under for mine. No possible way I could have driven within 2-3 hours of the procedure.

I am on a once every 3 years schedule, due to a couple large polyps on the first go around. So I've had a couple of these procedures in the last 6 years. I'd be in and out of the hospital in 3 hours. Yes, they put me under full anesthesia. I was walking out of the hospital 1.5 hrs after procedure, feeling fine, both times...didn't even feel hazy. Mostly, my friend stayed with me all day, so I wouldn't go do something I shouldn't do, Like fire up the chain saw or climb up on the roof to clean the chimney

 

[Winelover]

It's hospital policy that you need a driver and someone to stay with you for 24 hours, after anesthesia. It's to protect their interests.

 

[Rick]

It's hospital policy that you need a driver and someone to stay with you for 24 hours, after anesthesia. It's to protect their interests.

Yep and every single one of their ambulance chasers agree.

 

[JonB]

It's hospital policy that you need a driver and someone to stay with you for 24 hours, after anesthesia. It's to protect their interests.

I believe it use to be 24 hours, but the pamphlet I got this time says 12 hours.

 

[JonB]

Jon,
If you are lucky and the fruit wasn't irradiated before it got to the store, you should have viable seeds

I'm not sure who (what countries) irradiates fruit/veg, and if that's still in practice today?
The tag/sticker says product of Mexico.
I saved tomato seeds a couple times in past years, two different varieties and both from Mexico and got viable seeds both times. But this time, because I am crazy about the flavor of these, I'm doing a germination test...started it today. I may even just place an order for seeds as well...I want to grow these.

 

[Bret4207]

Got both lathes moved sucessfully. Only loss was the old wood cookstove. Short version is when we lifted it something inside gave way and it fell apart and a whole mess of pieces broke. It was a freebie that was previously busted and was pretty burnt out. It's just scrap now. But at least we didn't break the lathe or my Atlas shaper, which I forgot weighs almost as much as the continent of Australia!!! It sits on an old steel office desk that we had to move. I know for a fact I put it there all by my lonesome. After some reflection, doing things like that probably explains why my chiropractor loved me so much and why I struggle with 100 lbs bags of grain these days!

 

[JWFilips]

Just witnessed a neat spectacle; Just at sundown 4 large 6 point and one 4 point whitetail were coming out of the woods in the back yard....a flock of turkeys were in the wood-line just above them, about 50 yards. And then a fox ran across the yard right between all of them!
In just a few short minutes all this took place and my wife and I both got to see it! Now the deer are 15 Feet from the house eating grains in the immediate back yard the turkeys took to the evening roost in the oak trees & no more signs of the fox

 

[Bret4207]

More snow today, the wind is back out of the north and it's nippy out at 14F. I hope to get the crawler up to the garage, straighten some stuff in there out and I need to go to town AND bring in more wood. The furnace guy still hasn't shown and it's supposed to get cold. He's the son of one of SWMBO friends and he's straight out I'm sure.

There's a Lincoln Idealarc ac/dc welder for sale down in Syracuse for a good price. Hmmmmmm....

 

[L Ross]

Bought the 6 1/2" Milwaukee M18 cordless circular saw. Man, why did I wait so long?

And the Sawsall, and two work lights, and two drills, and the vacuum, love the M18 Fuel system, except now I have a nearly new Tanaka gas power head for my ice augers and use the Milwaukee drills instead.

 

[Missionary]

Re-building an 1880's Roskopf 18 size pin pallet pocket watch.

 

[JonB]

somehow, I was first in line to buy some Beef hearts and 1 tongue (20 lbs, $2 per lb) from a local Angus Rancher who sells some quarters and such...I took it all. He claimed he has fresh packages coming in and needs to empty the freezers, he said all the above was butchered 5 months ago, so it ain't old and/or freezer burnt. He also had a bunch of packages of liver, I passed on those. He said he usually gets $3 per lb for Tongue and organ meat, which is still a pretty good deal in these times.

 

[KeithB]

My grandma cooked beef tongue in a pressure cooker. She had a metal tea ball she would fill with pickling spices that she would put in with the water. Fork tender beef. She was a German orphan immigrant, she cooked the most wonderful things. Same thing with beef hearts, in the pressure cooker they would go.

 

[JonB]

My grandma cooked beef tongue in a pressure cooker. She had a metal tea ball she would fill with pickling spices that she would put in with the water. Fork tender beef. She was a German orphan immigrant, she cooked the most wonderful things. Same thing with beef hearts, in the pressure cooker they would go.

That's my plan. It's been a long time since I cooked beef heart or Tongue, because it's been over a decade since I'd buy beef quarters. I recall when I cooked them in the past, usually on the smoker grill or slow roast in oven and it was hit or miss on getting them tender. Recently, I've been reading more and more about pressure cooking meat, I used the pressure cooker for years for Beans, rice, and such.

The last batch of soup stock (from a family pack of chicken thigh bones) I made in Pressure cooker, instead of normal boiling. Turned out just as good, maybe better.