RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
Hauled off 100 pounds of reloaded ammo from the estate. Hot and sweaty work, but people who knew the reloader are standing in line to buy it. The family is doing well!
so waht ya doin today?
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fiver
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bailed on everything but FUN STUFF today.
went fishing fairly early and there was someone camped in my spot.
2 trailers at the lake and one is on my side in my spot,,, nice guy though I stopped and talked to him for a bit.
he wasn't having any luck with the fish so I gave him a couple of tips on what they liked after he sat there and watched me pull them out of snag city down on the point.
I got to donate some hooks to the cause, but the nickels ain't missed so much since I managed to bring in a pair of 22" rainbows for the smoker and released 6 others between 14 & 16"s before calling it a morning.
I come home filleted them, and got them in the Brine water so I can smoke them Monday.
Littlegirl has Friday's off so I took her my wheelbarrow to move a bunch of wall blocks I scrounged and delivered to their house earlier in the week, and hung out for a Bit.
when I was driving back from the lake I noticed all the squirrels were out so we decided to go out and shoot ground squirrels this afternoon when her husband got home.
we swung through one of my usual spots and I snuck up to about 200 yds of a rock chuck and got him, then we went down to one of our usual spots and picked off a bunch.
I decided to go check out an area I have been watching for a couple of years that is off the path a bit, and I'm glad we did, we rolled through stopping and shooting and rolling and stopping then I swung up and around a little 2 track I know and got up above them.
a couple of the spots where they come through the open grass was like a killing field, they would just pop out and look at the dead ones deciding whether to try and take a bight or move and that hesitation was a second too long.
I went through a 100 count box and started in on a second which happened to be 2 rounds before she started on her second box.
the SIL was shooting to our six for about an hour and a half.
all in all we went through about 400 rounds in 4 hours, and it was one of the best day's we have had in a long time.
now if the dickhead sheep wrangler would just move along.
I got 2 other spots I haven't shot in 2 years I can walk back into and set up on with some shooting sticks.
went fishing fairly early and there was someone camped in my spot.
2 trailers at the lake and one is on my side in my spot,,, nice guy though I stopped and talked to him for a bit.
he wasn't having any luck with the fish so I gave him a couple of tips on what they liked after he sat there and watched me pull them out of snag city down on the point.
I got to donate some hooks to the cause, but the nickels ain't missed so much since I managed to bring in a pair of 22" rainbows for the smoker and released 6 others between 14 & 16"s before calling it a morning.
I come home filleted them, and got them in the Brine water so I can smoke them Monday.
Littlegirl has Friday's off so I took her my wheelbarrow to move a bunch of wall blocks I scrounged and delivered to their house earlier in the week, and hung out for a Bit.
when I was driving back from the lake I noticed all the squirrels were out so we decided to go out and shoot ground squirrels this afternoon when her husband got home.
we swung through one of my usual spots and I snuck up to about 200 yds of a rock chuck and got him, then we went down to one of our usual spots and picked off a bunch.
I decided to go check out an area I have been watching for a couple of years that is off the path a bit, and I'm glad we did, we rolled through stopping and shooting and rolling and stopping then I swung up and around a little 2 track I know and got up above them.
a couple of the spots where they come through the open grass was like a killing field, they would just pop out and look at the dead ones deciding whether to try and take a bight or move and that hesitation was a second too long.
I went through a 100 count box and started in on a second which happened to be 2 rounds before she started on her second box.
the SIL was shooting to our six for about an hour and a half.
all in all we went through about 400 rounds in 4 hours, and it was one of the best day's we have had in a long time.
now if the dickhead sheep wrangler would just move along.
I got 2 other spots I haven't shot in 2 years I can walk back into and set up on with some shooting sticks.
fiver
Well-Known Member
uhhg.
went down to the BIL's new place yesterday, stopped at my Parents on the way so they and my sister could meet their great grand baby/niece.
my dad had found me a Brick of Win LR primers for 20$ somewhere, so I picked those up while we were there.
then we took off and drove another hour out to the BIL's place and hung out there for a while.
a couple of guy's I used to work with stopped by and we ended up staying a little later than planned.
went down to the BIL's new place yesterday, stopped at my Parents on the way so they and my sister could meet their great grand baby/niece.
my dad had found me a Brick of Win LR primers for 20$ somewhere, so I picked those up while we were there.
then we took off and drove another hour out to the BIL's place and hung out there for a while.
a couple of guy's I used to work with stopped by and we ended up staying a little later than planned.
Ian
Notorious member
Yesterday morning we got up at six and drove 5 hours to a semi-annual family reunion so everybody on Mom's side could meet the new kid. Stayed 2.5 hours and drove back, the stars aligned and everything went exactly as planned (the Universe has my sincere gratitude for that!). Got home by 8 and had time to relax before bed. Slept in this morning and not moving real fast yet.
KHornet
Well-Known Member
Bret, remember well haying season in N.Y. Worked on a haying crew
one summer. Case wire bales, I was a stacker on the wagon hooked
behind the bailer. Those ole wire bales weighed for the most part about
110-120, and we stacked 6 high. Guess that is one of the reasons that
I was on Paris Island 3 days after I graduated. Holsteins are another
reason.
Paul
one summer. Case wire bales, I was a stacker on the wagon hooked
behind the bailer. Those ole wire bales weighed for the most part about
110-120, and we stacked 6 high. Guess that is one of the reasons that
I was on Paris Island 3 days after I graduated. Holsteins are another
reason.
Paul
smokeywolf
Well-Known Member
Paul, I remember well, hefting those 13 flake 3 wire bales back when I was spending many happy hours with my and other folks horses.
RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
Weeding tobacco, haying, stoop labor in the strawberries and slopping pigs were great incentives to leave the family farm at 17.
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
I feel the pain on those big bales. These days everyone concerned with my hay wants a 35-40 lbs bale less than 36" long. That's fine by me as I'm the guy usually mowing it away. We use a bale basket and an old New Holland 68 baler that is litterally as old as I am. It's in far better shape than me though! The bale basket makes life easier, no stacking on a flat rack, no loads spilled over the ground or over turned wagons when hitting a chuck hole. Just load and drop in front of the elevator. It's been a great time and labor saver for us, even if I did go into debt to buy it.
The rest, yeah, farming ain't for everyone. But then, I couldn't deal with having to belong to a club and pay dues just to have a place to shoot or having to buy firewood or any of a million other things that make the farm great.
Got more painting done over the week end. We have a dining room and table to eat at again! Oldest boy stopped by last night on his way to a 2 week stint putting in high dollar sports tracks, the rubber ones, and gave me a Makita 20V brushless drill/driver. Looks like a real nice rig and I have a major weakness for Makita tools. Home made chicken noodle soup for supper. Youngest girl got bit on forehead by deer fly and it's swelled up in major way. Poor kid.
The rest, yeah, farming ain't for everyone. But then, I couldn't deal with having to belong to a club and pay dues just to have a place to shoot or having to buy firewood or any of a million other things that make the farm great.
Got more painting done over the week end. We have a dining room and table to eat at again! Oldest boy stopped by last night on his way to a 2 week stint putting in high dollar sports tracks, the rubber ones, and gave me a Makita 20V brushless drill/driver. Looks like a real nice rig and I have a major weakness for Makita tools. Home made chicken noodle soup for supper. Youngest girl got bit on forehead by deer fly and it's swelled up in major way. Poor kid.
fiver
Well-Known Member
it was supposed to get down to about 30-31 last night and is supposed to be about that cold again tonight.
there was frost on everything this morning and the dew point was 34 so I guess we made it.
it barely broke 50 yesterday and the humidity was about 65%, with the constant 10-15 MPH winds it was dang cold in the shade.
today is supposed to be more of the same only a little less.. I guess we will see.
we should be warming back up through the week and might get near 80 again for the weekend.
think I will go flip the smoker on out in the shed and get those fish smoked here in a bit.
there was frost on everything this morning and the dew point was 34 so I guess we made it.
it barely broke 50 yesterday and the humidity was about 65%, with the constant 10-15 MPH winds it was dang cold in the shade.
today is supposed to be more of the same only a little less.. I guess we will see.
we should be warming back up through the week and might get near 80 again for the weekend.
think I will go flip the smoker on out in the shed and get those fish smoked here in a bit.
We got the same temps Here. Had the fire going for two days solid.
Gota go to town to get fixings to fix the water line I broke with the tractor , so I can dig out room to get the axles out from under the rental, so I can fit under it, so I can replace the water lines. So I can rent it, so ....oh yea, the snow smashed the roof in the bedroom. Now the door doesn't close, then?
Gota go to town to get fixings to fix the water line I broke with the tractor , so I can dig out room to get the axles out from under the rental, so I can fit under it, so I can replace the water lines. So I can rent it, so ....oh yea, the snow smashed the roof in the bedroom. Now the door doesn't close, then?
smokeywolf
Well-Known Member
Had to drive to LAX this morning to pick up the older teen boy. I hate Los Angeles.
smokeywolf
Well-Known Member
PCH was closed in both directions between Topanga and Big Rock. You should have seen Sepulveda Pass.Oh I dunno, it doesn't look so bad . . . From here . . .
PCH was closed in both directions between Topanga and Big Rock. You should have seen Sepulveda Pass.
Yeah but the weather is nice.
fiver
Well-Known Member
if you wasn't so cheap you'd have bought that helicopter...
got the fish smoked, stripped down the halogen lights on a pole thingy to small enough parts to fit in the garbage can and got the lights off.
I also got most of the wiring done in the sheds, one is totally done and tested and I need to do the other one tomorrow or the next day.
I put the light on a switch and added a plug and I will do the same in the other shed.
I set everything up with 10ga. wire [yeah a little over kill] and wired things so I can run the 2 independently on a generator if I want to.
got the fish smoked, stripped down the halogen lights on a pole thingy to small enough parts to fit in the garbage can and got the lights off.
I also got most of the wiring done in the sheds, one is totally done and tested and I need to do the other one tomorrow or the next day.
I put the light on a switch and added a plug and I will do the same in the other shed.
I set everything up with 10ga. wire [yeah a little over kill] and wired things so I can run the 2 independently on a generator if I want to.
RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
Sold about 6,000 rounds of handgun ammo from the estate. Only 12,000 rounds left.
Ian
Notorious member
You're a good man, Charlie Brown. One of my FIL's fraternity brothers flew himself in from CA after he died and took on the duty of disposing of his patch collection....three suitcases full. Within a year he'd deposited over $30,000 in my MIL's account, asking only for one patch for himself and disclosing its value at about $2500. He bought his own plane tickets, booth rentals at shows, and paid all his own seller's fees, and donated a whole lot of his time for that one patch. An inventory list was returned, citing the book value and price each one brought, I didn't count the pages but the ledger book was thick, and he got upwards of 90% value for most of them. Sometimes I'm floored at how good people can be to each other.
RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
My son and daughter only want a keepsake of my firearms; my two grand-daughters have no interest. So someday, maybe one of the young people I help along in life will do the same for me. I have the time and get to meet and spend time with his wide variety of friends, and friends of friends. I can not think of a more important thing to be doing this week. Russ's faithful friend,
“Words are easy, like the wind; Faithful friends are hard to find.”
― William Shakespeare, The Passionate Pilgrim
“Words are easy, like the wind; Faithful friends are hard to find.”
― William Shakespeare, The Passionate Pilgrim