so waht ya doin today?
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Don't recall any of Dr. Seuss books..................was way before my time.
smokeywolf
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Visited with college boy yesterday. He likes his first engineering class (aerospace engineer major), initially dealing with digital camera design and function. Something I was involved with for several years of my career.
He got some great classes and good professors and we just found out that he scored a (work-study) job on campus, working in one of the research libraries.
He got some great classes and good professors and we just found out that he scored a (work-study) job on campus, working in one of the research libraries.
Ian
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Omg Bret just buy a Delco 10SI one-wire alternator and ditch all that antiquated stuff. Mechanical voltage regulators are the pits. It's the spring tension that's so hard to get right. If you need a cheaper alternator I've probably got a used three-wire one around here you can have for a winter project.
Smokey,the youngest is working on his PHd and it "should" be a cakewalk due to,"working in their research library". He was the one son that took after me with the book passion part,so getting the job in their library was not only serious beer money but it opened doors that most students never see.
Then,he takes it to a whole 'nuther level getting the school hooked up with some pretty cool contacts during his 4 year tenure in their library..... words fall short here. Any way,he's out with a masters living 100 miles away.... working as a history teacher. He got teacher of the year or sum chit. But the biggest part is he's still working part time for,the research library. It's been a win/win relationship....
Interesting side bar,which is funny now... wasn't at the time. He got caught with some "bud" in H.S. and they kick his dumba$$ out at 16. This is a notoriously,white bread uppity school. Turned out to be the best thing that ever happened to him, getting kicked out. He finished HS online.... and I made him get a job. He starts working for this pet store and before the year is out he's their fulltime manager. Between salary and kickbacks he was bringing down serious cake at 16. Scores perfect in both categories on his S.A.T. tests and goes off to college,and their library.
So here's to your son and his new chapter, wishing the best of luck.
Then,he takes it to a whole 'nuther level getting the school hooked up with some pretty cool contacts during his 4 year tenure in their library..... words fall short here. Any way,he's out with a masters living 100 miles away.... working as a history teacher. He got teacher of the year or sum chit. But the biggest part is he's still working part time for,the research library. It's been a win/win relationship....
Interesting side bar,which is funny now... wasn't at the time. He got caught with some "bud" in H.S. and they kick his dumba$$ out at 16. This is a notoriously,white bread uppity school. Turned out to be the best thing that ever happened to him, getting kicked out. He finished HS online.... and I made him get a job. He starts working for this pet store and before the year is out he's their fulltime manager. Between salary and kickbacks he was bringing down serious cake at 16. Scores perfect in both categories on his S.A.T. tests and goes off to college,and their library.
So here's to your son and his new chapter, wishing the best of luck.
Wife made a trip though the loading room yesterday..... unbeknownst to me 'till after the fact,"rur row". Seems she was looking for the mini screwdrivers for tightening her eye glass frames.
"Mmmmmkay,aaand"? Thinking of a several unexplainable rifles in there......
She comes back with,"dang your bench looks really good,did you clean up or something"?
"Yeah,and made some small cubbies.... the screwdrivers are in one of the drawers". "Here,I'll go get them" .Shoooweee that was close.Just goes to show that a clean loading room pays certain bennies.
"Mmmmmkay,aaand"? Thinking of a several unexplainable rifles in there......
She comes back with,"dang your bench looks really good,did you clean up or something"?
"Yeah,and made some small cubbies.... the screwdrivers are in one of the drawers". "Here,I'll go get them" .Shoooweee that was close.Just goes to show that a clean loading room pays certain bennies.
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
I've cleaned the VR contacts and they looked good to start with. I just need to play with it and isolate the issue, ie- wiring, VR or what. It'll be something obvious and simple when I figure it out. I'd put a Delco alt on but that means making a new mount, buying a different belt and I want to learn how to fix the gen system anyway. I haven't bought a new or rebuilt Delco 10SI since I found out I can rebuild one for about $12.00 and turn it into a single wire alt. Most the time they go when some backyard mechanic decides to "test it" by pulling the positive batt cable off and seeing it will keep running. Well, you can do that with a genny, but you blow the diodes (IIRC) on an alt when you do that and she won't charge after that. Loose battery connections are the second leading cause for popping an alt and that happens a lot on farm stuff. The bearings on those almost never seem to go and adding some fresh grease at rebuild just makes them last longer.
Reading through that Voltage Regulator book is getting me into new and interesting areas. I've also had my GB "How to use your Multimeter" book out, trying to decipher what all those settings are for outside of AC/DC voltage and continuity. Electricity has never been my strong suit, I like learning new stuff. You Tube is great for that. For instance, I finally learned how to set a well pump control a few months back after having it explained to me a dozen times by the guys at the shop. One video and it clicked! Simple and obvious once you figure out which adjustment they meant all along.
Reading through that Voltage Regulator book is getting me into new and interesting areas. I've also had my GB "How to use your Multimeter" book out, trying to decipher what all those settings are for outside of AC/DC voltage and continuity. Electricity has never been my strong suit, I like learning new stuff. You Tube is great for that. For instance, I finally learned how to set a well pump control a few months back after having it explained to me a dozen times by the guys at the shop. One video and it clicked! Simple and obvious once you figure out which adjustment they meant all along.
Winelover
North Central Arkansas
Went out bow hunting, the last two mornings. Deer aren't moving in this heat. Seventy degrees at dawn. 
Pulled the SD cards from the trail cams, after tree sitting, yesterday. Deer were in the food plot, all night. Doe and her youngster got their pictures taken @ midnight, again at 2 AM and 5:30 AM. Gone by the time, I walked out @ 6:30 AM.
Pulled the SD cards from the trail cams, after tree sitting, yesterday. Deer were in the food plot, all night. Doe and her youngster got their pictures taken @ midnight, again at 2 AM and 5:30 AM. Gone by the time, I walked out @ 6:30 AM.
fiver
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we are gonna be getting some rain for the next few days and then some snow next week.
I'm hoping it's off and on type rain and not constant noah's ark type stuff. [we have been getting flash flood alerts all over the place and the storm isn't even here yet]
it is showing some thunder storms rolling through in the middle of the whole thing so It's looking like there is a few breaks in there somewhere.
problem we got is cold air is being pulled down and moisture is shooting straight in I should probably fire up the house furnace some time today and check it out.
I'm hoping it's off and on type rain and not constant noah's ark type stuff. [we have been getting flash flood alerts all over the place and the storm isn't even here yet]
it is showing some thunder storms rolling through in the middle of the whole thing so It's looking like there is a few breaks in there somewhere.
problem we got is cold air is being pulled down and moisture is shooting straight in I should probably fire up the house furnace some time today and check it out.
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smokeywolf
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Rain is supposed to start here tonight.
Wow, that is a boring, repetitive process. My 9mm brass stays mixed because I don’t want to do exactly what you just did.
uncle jimbo
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I was going to mow the lawn for the last time, (I hope) this year, but it started raining and has rained on and off all day. Supposed to rain all week around here. I hope so. The water is needed bad.
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uncle jimbo
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Was going to mow this morning, but didn't. Instead I sat down out in the yard with the goats and got to looking at the mountains behind the house. And so I just sat there for a while while the goats grazed around the yard. I took some pictures so I could brag about my back yard. Anyway it is pretty this time of year.
Well in the name of peace and harmony I didn't shoot today..... neighbors were doing the fox hunting gig. But hope to get some testing in tomorrow with the '06 CDL. It's fine with 49g IMR4350 but only if you're varmint blasting. And don't want to reduce that powder.
Found a good load with 4895 around 2000fps,maybe a little less.But it was when first getting the rig and somebody didn't document the load work up very well? I remember it being durn acc,and then just started blasting away with it,breaking it in...... have changed the way loads get recorded now.Am looking for about 22-2300fps as deer medicine with a Lyman 311041....
Ordered a Lee C309-150F a cpl days ago.Looking for a load with it using Varget. Maybe a touch more velocity than the 041... my dang 7-08 is a tackdriver with 37g of Varget and the cheapy Lee 130. So thought about that when ordering the .30 cal 150?
Found a good load with 4895 around 2000fps,maybe a little less.But it was when first getting the rig and somebody didn't document the load work up very well? I remember it being durn acc,and then just started blasting away with it,breaking it in...... have changed the way loads get recorded now.Am looking for about 22-2300fps as deer medicine with a Lyman 311041....
Ordered a Lee C309-150F a cpl days ago.Looking for a load with it using Varget. Maybe a touch more velocity than the 041... my dang 7-08 is a tackdriver with 37g of Varget and the cheapy Lee 130. So thought about that when ordering the .30 cal 150?
smokeywolf
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uncle jimbo you have an absolutely beautiful back yard.
fiver
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I have such a love hate relationship with the 041 I got no recommendations for it.
3 of my 0-6's hate it and one loves it, only one of my 30-30's likes it [and that's with 4831] the other 3 hate it.
I gave it a fair shake and don't even bother with it except in those 2 rifles anymore.
3 of my 0-6's hate it and one loves it, only one of my 30-30's likes it [and that's with 4831] the other 3 hate it.
I gave it a fair shake and don't even bother with it except in those 2 rifles anymore.