so waht ya doin today?

[fiver]

bass-pro tried to back out of the buyout.
the way I remember the story from the fishing forum is.

they got caught up in a legal agreement and had no choice in the end.
Cabela's had run themselves all but out of business, and it was one of the original owners SIL's that was smart enough to get Bass to sign that initial agreement basically stepping in and over riding the board and lawyers that had jacked them over to begin with.

 

[462]

Not in any way trying to diminish the impact to the townspeople, but Sidney is a very small town that relied pretty much on Cabela's, for its existence.

 

[Rick]

Not in any way trying to diminish the impact to the townspeople, but Sidney is a very small town that relied pretty much on Cabela's, for its existence.

Well . . . It's a town of 7,000, Cabela's employed 2,000 of them so yeah, pretty much a big time hurt on a town that size.

 

[oscarflytyer]

Ruger advertises that its American rifle's trigger can be adjusted down to 3 pounds. Hmmm . . . mine goes no lower than 3 pounds 8-to-10 ounces.
Research came up with two on-line sellers who sell $9 and $13 replacement springs. Now, that's being proud of one's spring.
Also, found mention of using a cut-to-length ballpoint pen spring.
My innate frugalness found a donor pen and cut its spring to the same length as the original.
Presto, chango, 2 pounds exactly!!

I've never had a trigger so light and figure it might take some getting used to. The adjustment screw is in less than two turns, so there's enough left to increase the weight, if need be.

Ruger American PSA. Ruger Am stock screws are torqued 70-80 inch/lbs! WAY more than any other rifle I know. Ruger Engineer recommended 73-75 inch/lbs. If you use the normal 30-40 inch/lbs shoots like crap (least mine did).

 

[462]

Yep, and got it covered, too.

 

[Rally]

Would like to check out the Honda's further, closest dealer to me is over an hour away and like I said . . . Procrastination ain't just for breakfast any more. But I just may do that. Well . . . Soon.

Rick,
Do you have a Yamaha dealer in the area? I've got two Big Bears (350 and 400) and they are pretty tough. I've pulled multiple beaver and a canoe plus trapping gear for miles on most any summer beaver contract. You can spend a lot of money on the ATV's or UTV's if you really want to, but the smaller machines will usually be geared lower and actually out pull the crotch rockets. There are lots of older machines out there used if you do a little looking. If they were taken care of, they will outlast the rider. I just bought the 350 last summer at an estate sale. Came with aluminum trailer, snow plow, cover, winch, a whole bunch of shotgun reloading supplies (650 Mec in 12, 600 Jr. in 28) shot, 11 pounds of powder, 1300 wads, @ 5000 AA 12's, misc. ammo,and a log splitter all for $1100. Lots of folks are going to UTV's now, so there are lots of used ATV's out there now.
Typical day for mine.

 

[Bret4207]

Popper, the dream is pretty close. They stuck a big sharpened tube in and just let it spurt in between running a core sampler in to grab chunks.

Okay, there's a mental image I can't get out of my mind now....

 

[Bret4207]

You got a heck of a deal there Rally! Don't bother ever buying lottery ticket! Around me if it moves it's $1500. If it moves under it's own power it's another $500. It's ridiculous.

I wondered what happened to Cabelas. I bought from them for 20 years and then it was like over night, the catalogs and fliers stopped showing up. I thought it was the internet ending the catalogs, but a different owner will surely do that. Sad.

Going to try to get some more wood up. I have a lot of stuff that needs cutting before mud season starts. I always procrastinate and spring is upon me before I have my winters work done. I also have to get going on the skid steer and I need to do some work on my machine shed before the oldest boy heads out across the country for his 3 season work. There just aren't enough hours in the day, nor the energy to make use of them if there were.

 

[Winelover]

Bass Pro, Cabela's, Gander Mountain.................hardly ever buy from them. Prices, IMO, are too high. Gander went to hell in a hand basket, when they opened their retail stores. I still get sale flyers from BassPro/Cabela's and have gotten some deals.........but that's a rarity.

 

[popper]

Yea, Ian - hopefully it's just a fatty cist vs tumor. Still a difficult removal due to location.
Rally - that is a LOT of beaver!

 

[Hawk]

Popper, the dream is pretty close. They stuck a big sharpened tube in and just let it spurt in between running a core sampler in to grab chunks.

Now I won't sleep tonight!

 

[L Ross]

My latest and perhaps last Bass Pro/Cabela's experience happened this way. I received a couple of gift certificates from family for Christmas. One was to a small independent fishing tackle shop in Appleton, WI named Sportsman's Outlet. The owner is the only guy I have ever seen there. His inventory is incredible for a small store. Even fly tying and jig mould supplies, plus he is in the know on the local fishing dope. I got a tip from my brother that Rapala X-Raps were the bomb diggity on his local river last year and he thought I should try them on the Wisconsin, and the Mississippi. So on our way home the day after Christmas I stopped at Sportsman's and sure enough he had several in the right size and pattern and I bought them for $8.99/ea. Hey, it's a gift certificate right?
The other gift cert. was for Cabela's/Bass Pro and we have one in Prairie Du Chien 35 miles from my house. I saunter over there to buy more X-Raps. Indeed they have them for $11.99/ea. Now Bass has more buying power than that little store in Appleton and thus their price should be cheaper.

 

[fiver]

not if your profit margin is the bottom line.

heck Rally.
those AA hulls alone were worth 1100$

 

[CZ93X62]

heck Rally.
those AA hulls alone were worth 1100$

That's a fact. Ya did good!

 

[freebullet]

More mold remediation today. Caught a stomach bug or some bad food or something. Suiting up in tyvek isn't so fun when your afraid to leave the restroom.

 

[Bret4207]

Mold remediation sounds nasty on it's own. With the Hershey squirts? Oh my!

Got a few small things done today. Split more wood and moved hay. Sure am glad I got that tire fixed on that tractor, even if it did almost kill me! Found out a guy from church I thought was in his mid to late 60's turned 80 yesterday. He was on his knees working on wiring in the new church basement all morning when I ran into him. And I thought I felt inadequate before! Heck of a nice guy though, and a great guitarist!

 

[462]

The wind of two Sundays ago showed me where three 25 year old redwood 4"X4" need attention. Fortunately, and ironically, three of their buddies have been residing in the shed for those 25 years. Unfortunately, they were on the bottom of the I'll-save-it-for-some-furture-project stack of wood. Anyway, I got them out and restacked the other stuff, and I'll probably start the work Friday.

 

[L Ross]

Split and stacked a couple of Ranger loads of fire wood this morning. Dug the car hauler trailer out of the back silhouette range and went to a local saw mill and got a bundle of white oak slab 4"x10' all banded. That'll get cut down short enough to go in the arch under my maple syrup evaporator pan. Time to get the jugs down, washed, dig out the spiles etc. Won't be long now, probably the next prolonged warm spell and we'll be tapping.
I hope to do some off hand shooting while I'm tending the fire and refilling the pan.

 

[KeithB]

The plumber finished up installing the compressed air lines in the shop today. Did a real nice job of it. I am down to the last coat of mud to fill in a couple spots in the drywall and then a final sanding before we start painting. Still need to clean a few mud speckles off the window and door molding. The two wives are going to do the actual painting. I think they settled on a green to match the exterior color for the walls and a light gray for the trim. Had a piece of 2" x 2" x 1/8" angle steel and two pieces of 3" x 3" x 3/16" angle steel delivered. The smaller angle will be cut into two pieces and used on the vertical corners of the stub wall. Don't want to ding up the corner with a hand truck or cart. The larger angle pieces will be used on the top of the office and bathroom wall to reinforce the edge and prevent damage if we lean a ladder up against the wall to get to the mezzanine storage.

Two more small jobs and the building will be finished and I'll be done dealing with contractors. Still have a lot of things to do to, stuff to move, things to make more convenient, but by and large we are over the hump and cranking out parts and wittling down our backlog.

I will post some pictures later of our bathroom, Scott's wife really fixed it up nice.

 

[Bret4207]

That's good news Keith!

Rain, ice and snow/wind to follow. They're calling for a foot of snow some places nearby and I hear folks are doing the "Strip the stores of bread, milk and toilet paper" dance already. Then there are the ones that are trying to buy everything under the sun for the Kung Flu that is supposed to kill us all. Meanwhile, I keep hitting the power cord for Mr Heater Pad and pulling it loose from the outlet and he gets cold. I know which disaster bothers me more!