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Bret4207

Bret4207

At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
Worked my tail off yesterday, got a buncha stuff done. All little stuff, but it helps immensely. Looks like I'm going to have to buy a starter for a tractor. Even with a new bendix it wants to hang and not disengage, not good. As it is the tractor, a MF65 with a gas Continental engine, needs a clutch, at least one valve guide (burns oil like crazy) and probably rings. Hard to justify, but it's a good tractor. Now it's going to need the flywheel ring gear turned or replaced. Maybe over winter. New fencer showed up and we're back to knocking any sheep that wants the proverbial "greener grass on the other side of the fence" on her can. I also added 2 more ground rods 10 feet apart. Electricity to me is magic smoke, so I don't really grasp why this helps, but it seems to. Anything to keep them contained helps. Called the service place on that new side by side UTV and didn't get a call back at all. I can't imagine a business not being open at 12:30PM on a Friday, but I suppose they could have been real busy.

Apparently we have a new car. Hope she did the right thing and the "Outlander" doesn;t turn out to be the "Outrage". I hate car salesmen, she actually held me back one time from going over the counter at one of the lying, cheating so and so's. So she doesn't take me with her looking or buying cars anymore. I'm too old and stiff to jump a counter anymore, but old lessons die hard I guess.

My 17 year old boy Gordy is up to his old tricks of being everyone's favorite kid to have help them. Last night it was fixing a neighbors haybine at 9:30 at night in the field. I can't get him to take care of his dirty clothes, but he can lay on his back in stubble to help someone else. Go figure!
 
Rick

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Bret4207 said:
My 17 year old boy Gordy is up to his old tricks of being everyone's favorite kid to have help them. Last night it was fixing a neighbors haybine at 9:30 at night in the field. I can't get him to take care of his dirty clothes, but he can lay on his back in stubble to help someone else. Go figure!
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That's not all bad Bret, just think of what else he could be doing at 17. Helping out a neighbor has to be one of the better things. :)
 
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Intheshop

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Measured up the newly cast 225-55 Lee's. Last batch was 56g and upper .2267,with extremely tight weight variances.

New batch,which casted just a touch better but that was probably, the mould breaking in mostly. Next,was the single burner propane sprue collector/warmer..... finally,and this is small was,alloy a touch harder. They measured up a cpl "tenths" (.0001) smaller,and are just a tiny bit lighter.

Still have 50 of the last batch and a cpl tack driving .223 loads. Mostly hovering round 19g H4198. It was the new 22-250,14T that I felt/feel can benefit from "tightening" up the alloy..... very slight though. The "250" will run right with the 12T .223 but,what's the fun in that? There's gonna be a shift away from 4198 however as it gets up round 3K.

H4198 is Jim dandy @2800 in the smaller cases. Little "hot" running more than 5 shot groups in the 24" sporter ADL(223) but,it IS a straight up killing machine. That same 19g when run in the stainless,fluted varmint barrel(22-250) is OK heat wise on 10 shot strings. So the heat issue is very manageable.... gonna go with Varget in the 250.
 
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Intheshop

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Daughter in law's water broke early this a.m. She was spot on the due date. Me and the dog are gonna wait till they get home to visit.

Really want the new 309-150F mould to break in. Might do some more casting today with it.
 
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popper

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Kids and hot foods--none of ours believed us either. A rite of passage. Tell them to try the sliced pickles with the seeds in the middle. They will learn fast. Worked great for my oldest GS when he was little. Ian, early onset of D, seems heriditary on her side.
 
Brad

Brad

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Some lessons need to be learned the hard way.
Touching a hot bullet is something we have all learned and most of us are now smart enough to not repeat it. And yes, I said most of us.
 
CZ93X62

CZ93X62

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Well, (BLANK!). The glucose meter went off loudly about 2:30 last night, I had a pretty deep "low" that would not respond right away to feeding. I spent an hour sitting around at 50 or less, and it finally responded about 3:30. B/G is high this morning, and I feel like (BLANK). When the alarm went off a 5 A.M., I called the guy and told him "No can do". This sucks. "Silent lows" are a PITA--profuse sweating, not quite hitting on all cylinders mentally, and no reason why these events occur (the insulin and eating follow regimen in all respects). These events take a couple days to straighten out. More cuss words.
 
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popper

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Was on holiday with a friend last year. Went into a restraunt and she just about passed out. Hubby about to call 911 when manager came in and gave her some of his 'recovery' stash. Years ago I worked with a outfit testing an external monitor in a watch. Think they chose a different location as sweat messed it up. Hope they find a solution for you.
 
Rick

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CZ93X62 said:
Well, (BLANK!). The glucose meter went off loudly about 2:30 last night, I had a pretty deep "low" that would not respond right away to feeding. I spent an hour sitting around at 50 or less, and it finally responded about 3:30. B/G is high this morning, and I feel like (BLANK). When the alarm went off a 5 A.M., I called the guy and told him "No can do". This sucks. "Silent lows" are a PITA--profuse sweating, not quite hitting on all cylinders mentally, and no reason why these events occur (the insulin and eating follow regimen in all respects). These events take a couple days to straighten out. More cuss words.
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I feel for ya Al, I know exactly what your going through. In just the last couple of months that's been twice, last time BS was at 50, time before that was 45. At 50 it's all I can do to do anything about it. I keep canned peaches on hand for just such events. Profuse sweating is an understatement, sheets and even the mattress pad soaked. A BS low less than 65 or so takes two days to recover from, in the 40's takes 4-5 days. Doc says that's because diabetes is a progressive disease, slowly gets worse.

Not good and not fun but hey, I'm looking down at grass not up.
 
CZ93X62

CZ93X62

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These occurrences are far fewer than in the past, and less intense. The CGM is the reason for that, it provides early warning of their onsets. I have not had a lapse into unconsciousness since I started the CGM in Fall 2014. Worst-ever was a reading of 12 in a doctor's office unrelated to diabetes treatment. I didn't lose consciousness that time, but did get hospitalized. That was in the days prior to CGMs.
 
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CGM? Is that the auto insulin thingie?

They seem to be getting more frequent for me. Used to be a rarity and recovery from them was quicker easier. No more. I've only blacked out once from it but unfortunately I was driving at the time. Not good. Was at a gas station filling the truck, when I finished I thought, odd feels like the BS is getting low. Went back in the station and bought a large Gatorade cause that usually fixes the low BS. Pulled onto the highway to head into town & blacked out right then. When I came around I was in a parking lot of a pizza place in a town 15 miles away and no clue how I got there. Only good thing is that I didn't wreck the truck though I couldn't tell ya how or why not. Very scary shit it is.

Went to see the doc & she was perplexed by it. She asked if I had done the insulin that morning. Yep sure did. She asked if possibly I had forgotten I did it and did it over again. Uh, well doc I sure didn't think so but anything is possible.
 
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And . . . . 12? I can't even comprehend that. I would certainly be dead at 12. Lowest I've known of was in the upper 30's and I was at home, quite thankful for the cans of peaches. I don't know how low it got that time while driving, didn't have the meter with me but it's the only time I've blacked out so could have been lower.
 
CZ93X62

CZ93X62

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CGM = Constant Glucose Monitor. I do not use an insulin pump. Apparently, the CGM I have now can "talk" to some of the newer pumps. I am not sure I would like for the CGM and the pump to get along very well. That is a lot like a fully-progressive reloading press system--too many things going on at once in critical tasks for me to trust the results without questions. I don't see eye-to-eye with the technology-worshippers in just about any venue.
 
358156 hp

358156 hp

At large, whereabouts unknown.
A friend of mine who owns his own repair shop once described a Mitsubishi as being assembled from components that consist of two $100.00 parts, connected by a $10.00 parts thats not available separately. Parts prices are outrageous, and around here driving a Mitsubishi is sort of a sign of having bad credit. They're also a pain to work on, and at my work are referred to as "Mrs Bitchy". Hmm... I seem to have gotten away with that!
 
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smokeywolf

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Intheshop, with the help of your son, you got another heir cast. Hard to imagine something more valuable "cast". Much congratulations. No matter what a man accomplishes in life, it's hard to imagine a greater legacy than those generations he leaves behind.
No news better than a new family member.:D
 
fiver

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got roped into installing a ceiling fan, but not at my own house.
there's a 1/2 hr of my day i'll never get back.
oh plus the 7 hours spent in Pocatello getting it, I did get a couple of new [well 40-60 year old] records though, so not all was lost.
 
smokeywolf

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Just got back from North Central Arkansas, checking out a couple of properties. Long trip for just a couple of properties, but scratched one property off our list that we've been looking at off and on for 4 years, but looked at another that covers most of our wants and needs.

Rick and John were very helpful. Although Rick looked at this place with me and said I better move quick on this place because if he can find the money, it will be his.

Wonderful basement workshop space.

Yes, John and Rick, I'm back home safely.
 
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Pistolero

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Heading home from Oshkosh airshow. LOTS of walking, did pretty well. Miles per day, and no real issues.

The only flying F-82 was there, and an airworthy Mosquito, something I have never seen. 100% of the wood
was replaced, though. Still, an airworthy Mosquito! Very cool. All the usual Warbirds, Military airshow birds,
aerobatic shows, and historic flybys. They had 8 C-47s up at one time, too. There were 10 flying C-47s present.

Good luck, smokeywolf, in finding a new place to live out here in Free America. I hope that you have found you
dream place, or as my father used to say "my laughing place".


Bill
 
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