so waht ya doin today?
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Todd M
Craftsman of metals...always learning.
The forecast keeps predicting temps in the high 30/low 40s for the foreseeable future. Nights in the 20s. Starting today, we will see if they are right. I sure hope so. I tapped my mom's one silver maple and hung buckets on it in hopes of a bit of sugar water this spring. Used to make syrup in IN but have never tried it here. Like I have time for such shenanigans...
Ian
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ITS, H-flavored 4198 is a different animal altogether than the IMR version. I can't explain the difference but I can't recall ever having seen an improvement to an IMR load by switching to H. H is a fine powder, it just doesn't behave the same way as IMR and for some reason seems a little more difficult to dial in (with cast bullets, anyway).
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
I must live in a totally different world than some people. If I want a label I can go to Salvation Army and buy Bean, Orvis, Woolrich, Filson, etc. for under $20. I still remember spending $79.00 and change on a brand new Johnson Wool double caped coat in the late 80's and feeling raped. Never again. My old partner was the same way. He bought a used tux and had it tailored for less than the rental cost for a used tux. He's used it a dozen times. I guess I just don't get it.
Pistolero
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Sounds like a real fun day, Bret....but at least your neighbors appreciate your work.....(sounds unlikely as
heck).
I like horses, up to a point, but they can be a really giant PITA at times and the WILL hurt you if you are around
them long enough, by accident or on purpose. Big, dumb flighty beasts. And, when the mood takes them or the
individual personality is right, they are very pleasant. I am glad I don't deal with them too often any more.
Bill
heck).
I like horses, up to a point, but they can be a really giant PITA at times and the WILL hurt you if you are around
them long enough, by accident or on purpose. Big, dumb flighty beasts. And, when the mood takes them or the
individual personality is right, they are very pleasant. I am glad I don't deal with them too often any more.
Bill
Rally
NC Minnesota
That's interesting about the beef in Russia Bill. Pretty expensive in Germany also. Guess I never thought about it before.
Good on you Bret. Good neighbors are hard to come by. Had a rancher on one of my Delta Waterfowl contracts in Sd. like your neighbor. I put some of his cows back in at least three times a week, and finally ended up fixing a couple spots in the fence. He never noticed but one of his neighbors did and it got me some permissions I likely woundn't have gotten otherwise. It was rented pasture he didn't want to fix any fence was the story I heard.
The wife and I are going to a Ronnie Milsap concert at the casino tonight. They also have a seafood buffet on Fridays (yum).
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uncle jimbo
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I wasn't going to make another post about the weather, but that is all that is happening around here. Rain and snow today.
Even my goats don't want to be out in it.
Even my goats don't want to be out in it.
Winelover
North Central Arkansas
Foundation got poured for the new detached garage, yesterday. Rick and I cut up most of the trees that were removed from the site. Light mist the whole day. Got less than 1/10" of rain and turned the red clay into a bloody mess.
Rick has a wood burning fireplace, I don't. We prefer to push a button and appear burn real fake logs with propane. Rick took all the oak and hickory. I got one tall pine to burn in the outside fire pit.
Today was foggy, and still is. Have another day of cutting.................these two old farts, took today off. Cement guys did too. Hope they show up on Monday cause rain is forecasted for Tuesday and Wednesday.
There will be a 4' cement wall along the back and left side, due to the slope. Shorter one on the right side.
Rick has a wood burning fireplace, I don't. We prefer to push a button and appear burn real fake logs with propane. Rick took all the oak and hickory. I got one tall pine to burn in the outside fire pit.
Today was foggy, and still is. Have another day of cutting.................these two old farts, took today off. Cement guys did too. Hope they show up on Monday cause rain is forecasted for Tuesday and Wednesday.
There will be a 4' cement wall along the back and left side, due to the slope. Shorter one on the right side.
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The new tractor weights are the bees knees. Snowing just the right amount today. Got maybe 2" on the ground @33 degrees and still snowing. I "groomed" the drive for a little over an hour .... there was one car in that time to come down the rd out front.
Give you two guesses where I was when he came by.....
Yup,pulling out in the rd not paying the least bit of attention to traffic. He honked and waved. Got soaking wet but the drive looks Beverly Hills.
Give you two guesses where I was when he came by.....
Yup,pulling out in the rd not paying the least bit of attention to traffic. He honked and waved. Got soaking wet but the drive looks Beverly Hills.
WRT loading CB's....
I really,really don't want this to sound like the guy who's...."awe shucks Delmar,I just stick any bullet in mixed cases,a big ole scoop of ? powder and they all go in one hole"
But when you pare down loading to the most basic of elements.... which doesn't mean least number of ops. It's like having a clean run on a racebike..... no mistakes, no miscues,hit your marks, forget about the clock.... and everything starts to go into slow motion.
But dang it.... get the basics down,and it isn't "that" different from shooting JB's. Hazzarding a guess,would say most shooters "leave more on the table" with their handling of the rig moreso than trying to extrapolate every last "trick" in the loading phase. I'm well into JB loading tables on the 223.... and other chamberings. I want to see how big a tune window the H4198 has at 2800....
I really,really don't want this to sound like the guy who's...."awe shucks Delmar,I just stick any bullet in mixed cases,a big ole scoop of ? powder and they all go in one hole"
But when you pare down loading to the most basic of elements.... which doesn't mean least number of ops. It's like having a clean run on a racebike..... no mistakes, no miscues,hit your marks, forget about the clock.... and everything starts to go into slow motion.
But dang it.... get the basics down,and it isn't "that" different from shooting JB's. Hazzarding a guess,would say most shooters "leave more on the table" with their handling of the rig moreso than trying to extrapolate every last "trick" in the loading phase. I'm well into JB loading tables on the 223.... and other chamberings. I want to see how big a tune window the H4198 has at 2800....
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freebullet
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Removing subfloor. Not fun, 3 layers. Good thing I stopped for a 4' wrecking bar.
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
I appreciate the kind words fellas, but it wasn't anything neighborly on my part really. It was more my having maybe 40 round bales left to get through another 6 weeks of winter that those horses would have found in a matter of hours and "et"/crapped on/ruined and the sheer fear of the liabilty of having someone elses horses loose on my property, particularly when it's people that got their million by suing people back in NJ!!!!!
On the good news side of things- stopped by a neighbors to pay a bill I owed this afternoon. He is a 74 year old life long dairy farmer that has been as good as gold to me, as has his family. Last year this time he suffered a major stroke type event. He was dead a few times but they kept bringing him back. Cut his skull open, did some work in there and glued him back together. I have a weird thing about seeing sick or hut people I care about. I have a real hard time doing it, scared I'm intruding somehow or that I'm goign to stress them and I don't like to visit. Call it cowardice if you like. Anyway I'd only seen him a couple time over the past year, made due with talks with his family. Stopped by today and he was 1000% better than the last time I saw him in the fall! He's back to his old self pretty much, which I sincerely thank the Good Lord for. The dairy market is real bad and they are losing one son to an asphalt plant as a mechanic, so they are looking at selling the cows and him going into tractor fixing full time. The other son has farmers lung and bad heart and is qualified for 100% disabilty, even though he works like a slave there. He's a rabid hunter/fisherman/bachelor farmer and he'd be happy having the time to pursue his passion. The mother/wife finally had to stop milking after she got hurt real bad by a crazy heifer that mauled her up pretty good aginst a wall. She can hardly walk some days, but she's out to the barn "just to check on things" even though she isn't supposed to be there. I think it would be a giant relief for all of them. Of course, that's another 100 year dairy going out, but that's life in 2019 I suppose. It was just good to see the old boy acting like himself again. We've lost/are losing 2 friends/relatives this week and it kind of gets you down sometimes. This was a nice surprise.
On the good news side of things- stopped by a neighbors to pay a bill I owed this afternoon. He is a 74 year old life long dairy farmer that has been as good as gold to me, as has his family. Last year this time he suffered a major stroke type event. He was dead a few times but they kept bringing him back. Cut his skull open, did some work in there and glued him back together. I have a weird thing about seeing sick or hut people I care about. I have a real hard time doing it, scared I'm intruding somehow or that I'm goign to stress them and I don't like to visit. Call it cowardice if you like. Anyway I'd only seen him a couple time over the past year, made due with talks with his family. Stopped by today and he was 1000% better than the last time I saw him in the fall! He's back to his old self pretty much, which I sincerely thank the Good Lord for. The dairy market is real bad and they are losing one son to an asphalt plant as a mechanic, so they are looking at selling the cows and him going into tractor fixing full time. The other son has farmers lung and bad heart and is qualified for 100% disabilty, even though he works like a slave there. He's a rabid hunter/fisherman/bachelor farmer and he'd be happy having the time to pursue his passion. The mother/wife finally had to stop milking after she got hurt real bad by a crazy heifer that mauled her up pretty good aginst a wall. She can hardly walk some days, but she's out to the barn "just to check on things" even though she isn't supposed to be there. I think it would be a giant relief for all of them. Of course, that's another 100 year dairy going out, but that's life in 2019 I suppose. It was just good to see the old boy acting like himself again. We've lost/are losing 2 friends/relatives this week and it kind of gets you down sometimes. This was a nice surprise.
smokeywolf
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Bret, RE your friends with the dairy farm. I've never known farm or ranch folk to stop moving much before they stopped breathing. They don't tend to throw in the towel too easily.
Very glad your friend is doing so well.
RE the horses: I used to go over to a friend's place and help him muck out corrals. He had 3 horses of his own and boarded 3 more. We'd turn them all out into the pasture and get the corrals cleaned up and squared away. When we were finished, my border collie would bunch up the horses and bring them in from the pasture. As I had never taught him to do this, I was astounded the first time he did. First time he did this, I had just called him to come in from the pasture and he took it upon himself to round up the horses and drive them in.
Very glad your friend is doing so well.
RE the horses: I used to go over to a friend's place and help him muck out corrals. He had 3 horses of his own and boarded 3 more. We'd turn them all out into the pasture and get the corrals cleaned up and squared away. When we were finished, my border collie would bunch up the horses and bring them in from the pasture. As I had never taught him to do this, I was astounded the first time he did. First time he did this, I had just called him to come in from the pasture and he took it upon himself to round up the horses and drive them in.