uncle jimbo
Well-Known Member
It doesn't seem to want to end.
So I did this
this morning.
So I did this
this morning.
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so waht ya doin today?
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Pistolero
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Deep into the "snowstorm" at Salina on I-70. Can't really see any snow falling unless you look
real hard. Zero on the road, darned little on the fields. My kind of blizzard.
Going to be home before it gets fully wound up. 27F now, was 12F when we started in Colorado this
AM, so improving.
Glad we pulled out about 18 hrs early from the cabin, going to beat this home, it looks like.
Sounds like fun archery, Intheshop. I can win at the local Renaissance Festival archery shooting
gallery, but that is about my limit. Never took it seriously enough, should give it more time. I
have an old Bear, good looker but too darned strong at 55# for my wimpy old bones. I need to
get something like a 30# bow and learn to do something with that. Probably need better than the
Walmart arrows, too.
Bill
real hard. Zero on the road, darned little on the fields. My kind of blizzard.
Going to be home before it gets fully wound up. 27F now, was 12F when we started in Colorado this
AM, so improving.
Glad we pulled out about 18 hrs early from the cabin, going to beat this home, it looks like.
Sounds like fun archery, Intheshop. I can win at the local Renaissance Festival archery shooting
gallery, but that is about my limit. Never took it seriously enough, should give it more time. I
have an old Bear, good looker but too darned strong at 55# for my wimpy old bones. I need to
get something like a 30# bow and learn to do something with that. Probably need better than the
Walmart arrows, too.
Bill
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Pistolero
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Nothing macho about it. The blizzard isn't here yet. Zero snow on the roads, dry, full traction,
no problems. By about 6 pm or 8 pm, they say it will get serious, but right now - perfect
driving conditions. My wife is driving this session, she always lets me take over if it gets
interesting. We'll be home in under 2 hrs, so we will be fine.
The "my kind of blizzard" comment was a joke. No snow is what we have, my kind of "blizzard".
Weather guessers are blowing it, so far. Maybe tonight.
Beating the snow was the plan, and it is working. If we left this AM from the cabin, would arrive home around
9-10 pm ish - and that would be bad, or at least MIGHT be. So, we departed yesterday PM, and that
puts us ahead of it all. They were calling for 1-2" on I-70 from Hays to Junction City - zero is what
is really there, dry roads, no issues at all. So, better than planned.
Bill
no problems. By about 6 pm or 8 pm, they say it will get serious, but right now - perfect
driving conditions. My wife is driving this session, she always lets me take over if it gets
interesting. We'll be home in under 2 hrs, so we will be fine.
The "my kind of blizzard" comment was a joke. No snow is what we have, my kind of "blizzard".
Weather guessers are blowing it, so far. Maybe tonight.
Beating the snow was the plan, and it is working. If we left this AM from the cabin, would arrive home around
9-10 pm ish - and that would be bad, or at least MIGHT be. So, we departed yesterday PM, and that
puts us ahead of it all. They were calling for 1-2" on I-70 from Hays to Junction City - zero is what
is really there, dry roads, no issues at all. So, better than planned.
Bill
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CZ93X62
Official forum enigma
This applies to shooting of firearms as well. Women and girls take about half the time and ammunition to achieve a given level of proficiency as a man does. There are very good reasons, ages old, why the Greeks and Romans depicted Artemis/Diana as goddess of the hunt, and with archery tackle.
Pistolero
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I agree with the above comments.
I have found women to be excellent students when teaching shooting. Seems that they listen better
and don't usually have much to unlearn. Whatever it is, it is real. I have taken two women from
"never shot a gun" to shooting a 1911 pretty well in one day, separate events, a few years apart.
Each just wanted to learn and after starting with the .22, was asking to shoot the .38s and then on
to the .45. I never push heavier calibers, but will let them try it if they ask.
I have to laugh when some guys say " a woman can't handle a 1911 (or a .45)". Some can't, but some
do just fine. Helps if they are taught proper technique and brought along from small calibers
first.
I do strongly recommend that they get a .22 as their first personal handgun, cost of ammo and low
noise, recoil and blast all help in them solidifying their new skills more firmly in their own practice.
And Rick - thanks for the concern on the drive. I just zoomed out on the weather radar - yikes, looks
like Arkansas will be getting some serious storming, and some areas they show freezing rain, too.
Bill
I have found women to be excellent students when teaching shooting. Seems that they listen better
and don't usually have much to unlearn. Whatever it is, it is real. I have taken two women from
"never shot a gun" to shooting a 1911 pretty well in one day, separate events, a few years apart.
Each just wanted to learn and after starting with the .22, was asking to shoot the .38s and then on
to the .45. I never push heavier calibers, but will let them try it if they ask.
I have to laugh when some guys say " a woman can't handle a 1911 (or a .45)". Some can't, but some
do just fine. Helps if they are taught proper technique and brought along from small calibers
first.
I do strongly recommend that they get a .22 as their first personal handgun, cost of ammo and low
noise, recoil and blast all help in them solidifying their new skills more firmly in their own practice.
And Rick - thanks for the concern on the drive. I just zoomed out on the weather radar - yikes, looks
like Arkansas will be getting some serious storming, and some areas they show freezing rain, too.
Bill
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Pistolero
Well-Known Member
Good that your temps are warm enough to avoid freezing rain, Rick. That stuff can be a huge PITA, and you would
likely get to use your genset.
Al, how could it be? I heard a song that said "It never rains in California".....
Was born there, so know the truth.
Bill
likely get to use your genset.
Al, how could it be? I heard a song that said "It never rains in California".....
Was born there, so know the truth.
Bill
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Just got home from work. Snow is just starting, enough on the roads to make it sporty.
Forecast is for 6-9”. Snowblower will get a workout tomorrow at 6 AM. Wife was nice enough to go next door and warn the neighbors. They are both teachers and school was cancelled so they will be sleeping in.
Forecast is for 6-9”. Snowblower will get a workout tomorrow at 6 AM. Wife was nice enough to go next door and warn the neighbors. They are both teachers and school was cancelled so they will be sleeping in.
Todd M
Craftsman of metals...always learning.
Our snow is hanging on but melting bit by bit whenever the sun decide to come out. It's got that crust on top from freezing and thawing that just makes it terrible rough where it isnt gone off the road and driveways. I spent an hour this afternoon trudging through a local wrecking yard looking for a divorced transfer case. No dice. There's always some on craigslist, but they're all drivers side drop and I need passenger.
