so waht ya doin today?
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Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
I have no doubt that the hemp oils have medicinal effects. Almost every plant has some effect that is good when given in the right doses, prepared right, etc. I forget the name of the guy, but way, way back in history a healer in the middle east told of a class of students he sent out, charged with bringing back a list of plants with no medicinal value at all. The gist of the story is his star pupil came back much later than the rest and said he couldn't find a single plant without medicinal value. Pretty interesting story from an era when there were no pharma companies, it was all plants. But many plants also have some serious side effects. Comfrey for instance is supposed to do all sorts of great stuff. It's also suspected to be a carcinogen. So, when there's some research done, and it sounds like Mn is trying, maybe then Ill jump on the band wagon. But right now it's being pushed by the same folks pushing everything else hemp related. I maintain that if the market existed in the size they claim, then offshore entities would have filled that demand over the past 50-75 years. I view this craze as the next pot bellied pig and Emu craze- a lot of people are going to sink their hopes and money into it and the market will die off quickly. Just my opinion, if it works for someone, by all means have at it.
Another day dawning clear and lovely, just like the last 3 days that dawned the same way and ended up with rain in the afternoon. Sure hope it dries out soon!
Another day dawning clear and lovely, just like the last 3 days that dawned the same way and ended up with rain in the afternoon. Sure hope it dries out soon!
fiver
Well-Known Member
our sunrise is a bit delayed.
but it is nice and cool and humid, we had some dew on stuff this morning so it's a contradiction of signs as to what the weather will be today.
I forgot to close the front door last night and I didn't put the baby gate up on the porch either.
I guess the dogs either didn't care or didn't look, since they both slept on the loveseat and didn't even try to go out front.
must not have been anything out there to get excited about.
IIRC it was Thomas Jefferson that grew and promoted hemp on his estate.
he wasn't no dummy in anybody's book.
IMO anything like that is worth investigating if it will help, and especially if it isn't a bunch of lab created chemical chains.
I would rather be able to walk, hold a fishing pole, and throw a ball pain free until I'm 72.
versus live until I'm 80 on oxygen, taking a regimen of 26 pills a day, and having to use an electric wheel chair.
but it is nice and cool and humid, we had some dew on stuff this morning so it's a contradiction of signs as to what the weather will be today.
I forgot to close the front door last night and I didn't put the baby gate up on the porch either.
I guess the dogs either didn't care or didn't look, since they both slept on the loveseat and didn't even try to go out front.
must not have been anything out there to get excited about.
IIRC it was Thomas Jefferson that grew and promoted hemp on his estate.
he wasn't no dummy in anybody's book.
IMO anything like that is worth investigating if it will help, and especially if it isn't a bunch of lab created chemical chains.
I would rather be able to walk, hold a fishing pole, and throw a ball pain free until I'm 72.
versus live until I'm 80 on oxygen, taking a regimen of 26 pills a day, and having to use an electric wheel chair.
Pistolero
Well-Known Member
Colder than normal year for sure, shifts the whole weather patterns of warmer years south. Texas getting
some of Oklahoma's normal weather.
The snow in southern Colorado mtns was by far the most I have seen in the last 25 years of going
up into those mountains. Normally the wild irises are entirely done by first week in June. They
were just budding out, and only a few even bloomed while we were there, and we left the 14th.
We had huge snow drifts still hanging around in some areas. We had to use on snow bank
as a bullet stop. Normally, we shoot into the gully as our bullet stop, but this year there was a
12-15 ft deep snow bank filling that gully and 6 ft or more above ground level.
Also, the western KS wheat still had a lot of green tint to it, only one field that we saw on I-70 had
been cut. Usually by this time half or so has been cut, it all is looking golden and all cutting is done
by the first week in July. My bet is that they will still be cutting wheat at the end of July. Seems like
the summer weather is about 2-3 weeks behind the average year, cooler - summer seems delayed.
Sun spot numbers have been decreasing each cycle for the last 3 or 4 cycles, so 33 or 44 years,
and we are at the bottom of the cycle now, almost no sunspots. Low sunspots has been
correlated with cooler years. The Maunder Minimum, around 40-50 years of near zero
sun spots around 1700 preceeded a long cold period called the Little Ice Age. They had
Winter Festivals with businesses set up on the Thames ice for months, Hans Brinker (fictionally)
skated for miles on the actually frozen Zuiderzee (which doesn't exist any more). The Thames has
not frozen over at all in a very long time, and they don't skate on the canals of Holland any
more these days. Hope we aren't headed that way again. I wanted that warming that they
kept talking about, I'm much happier in warm than cold. So are the crops that I want to be
able to eat.
Bill
some of Oklahoma's normal weather.
The snow in southern Colorado mtns was by far the most I have seen in the last 25 years of going
up into those mountains. Normally the wild irises are entirely done by first week in June. They
were just budding out, and only a few even bloomed while we were there, and we left the 14th.
We had huge snow drifts still hanging around in some areas. We had to use on snow bank
as a bullet stop. Normally, we shoot into the gully as our bullet stop, but this year there was a
12-15 ft deep snow bank filling that gully and 6 ft or more above ground level.
Also, the western KS wheat still had a lot of green tint to it, only one field that we saw on I-70 had
been cut. Usually by this time half or so has been cut, it all is looking golden and all cutting is done
by the first week in July. My bet is that they will still be cutting wheat at the end of July. Seems like
the summer weather is about 2-3 weeks behind the average year, cooler - summer seems delayed.
Sun spot numbers have been decreasing each cycle for the last 3 or 4 cycles, so 33 or 44 years,
and we are at the bottom of the cycle now, almost no sunspots. Low sunspots has been
correlated with cooler years. The Maunder Minimum, around 40-50 years of near zero
sun spots around 1700 preceeded a long cold period called the Little Ice Age. They had
Winter Festivals with businesses set up on the Thames ice for months, Hans Brinker (fictionally)
skated for miles on the actually frozen Zuiderzee (which doesn't exist any more). The Thames has
not frozen over at all in a very long time, and they don't skate on the canals of Holland any
more these days. Hope we aren't headed that way again. I wanted that warming that they
kept talking about, I'm much happier in warm than cold. So are the crops that I want to be
able to eat.
Bill
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Ian
Notorious member
That's exactly what I've been thinking. Very wet year with multiple fast'n'furious storms straight from the north.
Hawk
Well-Known Member
We had a storm blow thru yesterday around 4 PM.
Tornado sirens went off and me and the wife spent 45 minutes in the bathroom in the central hall.
4" of rain in 45 minutes!
High winds, but no hail and the tornado was north of us.
I thought we only had this type of weather in the spring.
Tornado sirens went off and me and the wife spent 45 minutes in the bathroom in the central hall.
4" of rain in 45 minutes!
High winds, but no hail and the tornado was north of us.
I thought we only had this type of weather in the spring.
Pistolero
Well-Known Member
Seems like everything is cooler and wetter this year, almost like the lattitude lines were
shifted about one state or so to the south. I hope the cool doesn't stay as a long
term effect.
But....we will deal with whatever is thrown at us, no real options. The weather is THE WEATHER,
like it or not.
"I thought we only had this kind of weather in the spring."--- yeah, seems like spring got
delayed this year. Easily 2 weeks, maybe three in the southern Colorado mountains.
No fun hiding out from a storm, but fortunately we have a good basement.
shifted about one state or so to the south. I hope the cool doesn't stay as a long
term effect.
But....we will deal with whatever is thrown at us, no real options. The weather is THE WEATHER,
like it or not.
"I thought we only had this kind of weather in the spring."--- yeah, seems like spring got
delayed this year. Easily 2 weeks, maybe three in the southern Colorado mountains.
No fun hiding out from a storm, but fortunately we have a good basement.
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I have Mon, Tue, Wed off before heading to Maine for work. That will mean 7 days straight with an average of 11 hours a day. They give me a few days before I leave in exchange.On a Monday? At my house, every day is Saturday....but I thought Brad still
worked for a living.
Bill
JonB
Halcyon member
I have had a Samsung (J7 sky pro) smart phone for 6 months. I hate it. Yesterday, my friend offers to buy it from me. So, today, I ordered an iPhone SE. I will be interested to see if the problem is the phone? ...or me?
Mostly I hate the large size. But there are other issues that I had trying to setup apps. In the 6 months I've had it, I really didn't use the internet much, because it remains not correctly setup.
Mostly I hate the large size. But there are other issues that I had trying to setup apps. In the 6 months I've had it, I really didn't use the internet much, because it remains not correctly setup.
KeithB
Resident Half Fast Machinist
I've had cell phones of many brands but I've only had iPhones as a smartphone so I can't compare them to other brands running Android. So far they have worked flawlessly. Hope your new phone works properly for you. I hate some of the things that Apple (and other tech companies) does but I will give their hardware a thumbs up.
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
I believe Jefferson was cultivating hemp for cordage, rope in other words. Seems to me that was a British item that was taxed pretty heavily, along with a buncha other stuff besides just tea.
Well, it appears the skid steer issue was just a really no good battery. Seen this several times where a bad battery just sucks the electrical system down even when it get;s started. Weak spark leads to poor ignition and skipping and fouled plugs and misfires. New battery and she runs like a champ. Still need to get a voltmeter and install it. The 30-0-30 ammeter seems just too big for the charging system on the 23hp Briggs Vanguard.
OTOH, my JD300 $50.00 lawn mower, circa 1980, is giving me fits. Starts and runs good while cold and does good for half an hour or 45 minutes then starts acting like she's starving for fuel. I suspect a gob of crap in the tank or line, and since the wiring is s mass of butt connectors, it could be an ignition issue too, as in a dead short from a bare wire killing things for a second. THat would explain why it sometimes coughs out a belch of smoke after almost dying. Time to start playing with it as time allows.
And on the other other hand, the hydraulic cylinders on the little JD crawler are a resounding success! No more slowly dropping blade. Still got air in the system and it's not real fast, but it works.
Well, it appears the skid steer issue was just a really no good battery. Seen this several times where a bad battery just sucks the electrical system down even when it get;s started. Weak spark leads to poor ignition and skipping and fouled plugs and misfires. New battery and she runs like a champ. Still need to get a voltmeter and install it. The 30-0-30 ammeter seems just too big for the charging system on the 23hp Briggs Vanguard.
OTOH, my JD300 $50.00 lawn mower, circa 1980, is giving me fits. Starts and runs good while cold and does good for half an hour or 45 minutes then starts acting like she's starving for fuel. I suspect a gob of crap in the tank or line, and since the wiring is s mass of butt connectors, it could be an ignition issue too, as in a dead short from a bare wire killing things for a second. THat would explain why it sometimes coughs out a belch of smoke after almost dying. Time to start playing with it as time allows.
And on the other other hand, the hydraulic cylinders on the little JD crawler are a resounding success! No more slowly dropping blade. Still got air in the system and it's not real fast, but it works.
Pistolero
Well-Known Member
Not an Apple fan, their attitude when they were starting out in PCs permanently turned me off,
and then an attempt to put some pix onto a friend's iPad in St. Petersburg about 5 years ago,
cemented my dislike of the Apple approach to things.
I have no doubt that the hardware is nice stuff, I just disagree with their overall approach to....
about everything.
Bill
and then an attempt to put some pix onto a friend's iPad in St. Petersburg about 5 years ago,
cemented my dislike of the Apple approach to things.
I have no doubt that the hardware is nice stuff, I just disagree with their overall approach to....
about everything.
Bill
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Still struggling to find an IMR 4350/140-grain jacketed bullet accuracy load for the scouterized M96 Swede. Been testing that powder because I have two pounds of the stuff, and reckoned that the 29" barrel would like its burn rate. I have Varget and IMR 4320 and IMR 4895 on the faster side, and IMR 4831 on the slower.
Reconfirmed that the cut-down '91 Argentine (24"), 16.0-grains of 2400 and a slightly fattened Lee 312-185 shoots better than I can see.
Reconfirmed that the cut-down '91 Argentine (24"), 16.0-grains of 2400 and a slightly fattened Lee 312-185 shoots better than I can see.