so waht ya doin today?
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Ian
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I love the iron blocks because they are non-stick, have more even heating characteristics than aluminum, and are very durable. Trade off is rust, you can see a haze starting to form in a spot or two, time to clean and oil these (have never done that to these and I've had them both a while, stored on an open shelf indoors). Tom makes a mould as good or better than anyone else ever did.
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freebullet
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Done working before 9pm, don't even know what to do with myself.
L Ross
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Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
I don't have the RCBS 30-180SP, but the 30-180FP is my go to all time most successful heavy 30 cal for anything north of a 32-20. Great mould! I just wish it came in a 6 or 10 cavity.
Yesterday dawned with a gorgeous blue sky, just like the day before when I got rained out by 9AM. Yesterday morn was much colder and I started out in a sweatshirt over a tee shirt, denim coat and felt hat (nasty old fedora looking thing I wear to keep the skin cancer away). Then it was just the sweat shirt and then the tee and the hat got traded for a much cooler straw. I went in for lunch, came out and took one step out the door. I turned around and got the sweat shirt and felt. It had dropped by roughly 15 degrees in 1/2 an hour. Still gorgeous skies above. An hour later I got the heavy rain coat! Then I spent a lot of quality time picking up fencing and moving the sheep. No one will ever say rotational grazing is the lazy mans way of doing things!
More rain this AM. Had to start the fire last night, June 4th and the stove is going! Finally had to six the good old cheapy flip phone. I got the smart phone the SIL gave me up and running after losing the tiny little sim card thingy. Found it in my shoe after looking for it for 1/2 an hour. I was against this thing, mostly because of the size and the fact I'm just generally against anything different that requires me learning anything new.
But my 10 year old grand daughter showed me how to use the voice activated texting thing. Had all the saved numbers off the old phone transferred in a snap, relatively speaking. Still learning how to use the basic functions and I don't care to use it as a way to surf the web or anything, but it's big enough that I can read the text, it's loud enough that I can hear it go off and, surprisingly, it's less expensive to buy minutes for than the old phone! I'm trying it on Tracfone for now, a service I used with good results for 15 years or so. I can get just as many minutes and more texts, plus "data" which I think is using the internet, for less than it would have cost me with the old phone. Not sure how they figure that makes $$$, but it's worth a shot. SWMBO and Princess Wants-A-Lot are going to pick up a case and screen protector for me. Life goes on!
Yesterday dawned with a gorgeous blue sky, just like the day before when I got rained out by 9AM. Yesterday morn was much colder and I started out in a sweatshirt over a tee shirt, denim coat and felt hat (nasty old fedora looking thing I wear to keep the skin cancer away). Then it was just the sweat shirt and then the tee and the hat got traded for a much cooler straw. I went in for lunch, came out and took one step out the door. I turned around and got the sweat shirt and felt. It had dropped by roughly 15 degrees in 1/2 an hour. Still gorgeous skies above. An hour later I got the heavy rain coat! Then I spent a lot of quality time picking up fencing and moving the sheep. No one will ever say rotational grazing is the lazy mans way of doing things!
More rain this AM. Had to start the fire last night, June 4th and the stove is going! Finally had to six the good old cheapy flip phone. I got the smart phone the SIL gave me up and running after losing the tiny little sim card thingy. Found it in my shoe after looking for it for 1/2 an hour. I was against this thing, mostly because of the size and the fact I'm just generally against anything different that requires me learning anything new.
But my 10 year old grand daughter showed me how to use the voice activated texting thing. Had all the saved numbers off the old phone transferred in a snap, relatively speaking. Still learning how to use the basic functions and I don't care to use it as a way to surf the web or anything, but it's big enough that I can read the text, it's loud enough that I can hear it go off and, surprisingly, it's less expensive to buy minutes for than the old phone! I'm trying it on Tracfone for now, a service I used with good results for 15 years or so. I can get just as many minutes and more texts, plus "data" which I think is using the internet, for less than it would have cost me with the old phone. Not sure how they figure that makes $$$, but it's worth a shot. SWMBO and Princess Wants-A-Lot are going to pick up a case and screen protector for me. Life goes on!
Ian
Notorious member
I went the "mobile device" route because it ended up being cheaper too, also the cameras (3 of them) are better than my Cannon EOS when set up for point/shoot, and the pixel count is double. I don't like learning new stuff either, and it frustrates me that to make a phone call I have to open an app and find the menu to open and scroll to find the button that makes the keypad appear, but no more than I use it for calling it's ok. Main problem is size, but they make horizontal Nylon soft cases with Velcro flaps that fit on the belt pretty easily, you can move it around to a comfortable spot and get used to working seatbelts around it, getting in your pockets, etc.
KeithB
Resident Half Fast Machinist
Just got a call from the driver of the truck bringing our building. He will be here about 10:15 (two hours from now) according to his GPS. I plan to meet him at the site and take photos while he unloads. We've had such bad luck with this whole thing I'm hoping he doesn't have a wreck or something on the way. Once the components are on the ground things can proceed, they can work around the weather.
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
Jon, I'm going with Ians idea and getting a holster. I can't decide if I want and horizontal or vertical yet, but I think vertical will get the nod since it's going to have to live near my Leatherman.
Took me 45 minutes to figure out I'd never added minutes to the phone this AM. Expiration date on the debit card! I really don't know how I can get 500 call minutes, 500 data minutes and 1000 texts for 60 days for under $30.00. With the flip phone that would have been well over that and texting and data came off your call minutes, so it's like 4x the use for less $$$. ??????
Took me 45 minutes to figure out I'd never added minutes to the phone this AM. Expiration date on the debit card! I really don't know how I can get 500 call minutes, 500 data minutes and 1000 texts for 60 days for under $30.00. With the flip phone that would have been well over that and texting and data came off your call minutes, so it's like 4x the use for less $$$. ??????
Ian
Notorious member
Some things do get less expensive. Phone and data service has to be one of the most fiercely competitive markets there is right now, so we get the benefit of it. Amazingly, mobile device quality and service quality is overall very high, which is more than I can say for other segments of the technology market.
fiver
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they sell you the time for nuthin and then charge you 900$ for the new phone.
they used to give you the phone and charge you 900$ for the minutes.
the weather forecast just dropped the night time temps for this weekend into the mid 20's.
I was just gonna let the fragile plants gut it out at the 32 mark by throwing a piece of plastic on them to keep the frost off.
now I'm thinking I'm gonna need to put a bucket over them and maybe put a little heat in the one cold frame.
kills me.
I harvested enough spinach and lettuce yesterday for dinner, I'm trying to figure out how to pollenate cantaloupe and cucumbers one minute and trying to figure out how to stop them from becoming rotted ice cubes the next.
they used to give you the phone and charge you 900$ for the minutes.
the weather forecast just dropped the night time temps for this weekend into the mid 20's.
I was just gonna let the fragile plants gut it out at the 32 mark by throwing a piece of plastic on them to keep the frost off.
now I'm thinking I'm gonna need to put a bucket over them and maybe put a little heat in the one cold frame.
kills me.
I harvested enough spinach and lettuce yesterday for dinner, I'm trying to figure out how to pollenate cantaloupe and cucumbers one minute and trying to figure out how to stop them from becoming rotted ice cubes the next.
fiver
Well-Known Member
well I see the roof stuff there.
1500$ salad is about right.
actually not quite that bad I bought most of the stuff over the winter and on closeout.
wish I would have bought the rest of the trex stuff they had now, the price has doubled on it since then and is probably gonna jump again.
I could have got enough of it to build the top of a 16X16 deck for like 50-60$, by the time I decided to snag it [you know] it was long gone.
1500$ salad is about right.
actually not quite that bad I bought most of the stuff over the winter and on closeout.
wish I would have bought the rest of the trex stuff they had now, the price has doubled on it since then and is probably gonna jump again.
I could have got enough of it to build the top of a 16X16 deck for like 50-60$, by the time I decided to snag it [you know] it was long gone.
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
Fiver, the phone (brand new) I got for free from my SIL, the Tracfone BYO (Bring Your Own) phone card was under $10.00. Seems pretty cheap for me, although yes, the phone retails for over $800.00, sells online for north of $100.00. I don't think I'd ever pay that much for any phone, but it's what I got this time.
KeithB
Resident Half Fast Machinist
Drove by property after lunch. Everything is on the ground. Hadn't ever been able to drive to back edge of property so I took advantage of dry spell to go there. Look what was walking across the back of my property! I've seen deer and other small game but wild turkeys in the middle of a city?
