So if you didn't do anything airgun related what did you do today?

[Rabbit\Squirrel Killer]

Finished loading the truck to bug out.  Dealt with a half dozen things that no one thought of til the last minute.   Now we're locked, loaded, and rolling up the MSR!

Prayers that all goes well for those in the path. Stay safe.

[airgunaut]

Good luck to those waiting to see what the storms dish out. Evacuations, ugh. Had some experience with that but from a different elemental threat. Fire instead of water. Hope the strong stuff goes way out to sea.

I know what a FL cracker is. Will have to look up conch.

[maraudinglizard]

Good luck to those waiting to see what the storms dish out. Evacuations, ugh. Had some experience with that but from a different elemental threat. Fire instead of water. Hope the strong stuff goes way out to sea.

I know what a FL cracker is. Will have to look up conch.

A conch is a Bahamian immigrant that came to the Keys the late 1800's. They came to catch turtles, cut timber, and salvage wrecks. The term now applies to the decedents and several generation of Key West residents. Salt water conch term is the permanent resident that has been born and raised in the keys or has at least been a resident for at least 7 years. Fresh Water conch term is for the newbies and tourist. I am a 4th gen Florida Cracker my family pioneered Dade county in the late 1800's. They originally grew citrus in Lake county until the freeze of 1894-1895 killed the grove. They packed up and moved south to grow vegetables.  Tomatoes, squash, and cucumbers were their main crops.

[airgunaut]

Funny distinctions between the conchs. Thanks for the info and grins!

[Rabbit\Squirrel Killer]

Funny distinctions between the conchs. Thanks for the info and grins!

 In a few minutes I am headed off to have a "breathing test".  I have been breathing all my life so, I got this! As long as they don't require turning my head all the way to either side, my neck is still stiff

 Seriously I don't feel a need for it but my Cardiologist ordered it because my blood O2 went down a little during my treadmill test.

[avator]

Ok, I've always had my cell phone and Betty Lou always had the house phone which was included with our internet bundle. When she went to Ohio recently we went to Walmart and got her a pay as you go Straight Talk phone.
BTW, my cell is also Straight Talk but I'm enrolled in autopay.
She likes the cell phone very much and wants to keep it and kill the house phone. Sounds easy right?
So the plan was to kill the house phone... that was the easy part.
The crazy part was adding her cell to my plan as a second line and continue with autopay.
I was able to do it online myself until I reached a snag trying to verify it through my e-mail... wasn't happening.
That forced me into a phone call with a nice young man... with little to no English.
We ended up disregarding the whole e-mail thing and all interactions will now come through my cell via text messages.
The autopay for both lines has been verified and the first autopay will occur on Nov. 5th because I had just recently paid my bill and she has time left on her pay as she goes.
The cost is virtually the same and having my cell and the house phone.

[Blowpipe Sam]

Home again, home again.  Back from our buggout.  Of course the storm wandered off to the east and missed our place entirely.

Florida Crackers were the not the first cowboys in Florida but the name came from the long stock whips to drive cattle that they used.  My ancestors that settled around Green Cove Springs were Crackers.  My Jones relatives were white Bahamians who settled on Matecumbe and Tavernier.  Family history says that they were "Wreckers".  If you are a conch you know what Wrecker is a euphemism for.    

[Rabbit\Squirrel Killer]

Home again, home again.  Back from our buggout.  Of course the storm wandered off to the east and missed our place entirely.

Florida Crackers were the not the first cowboys in Florida but the name came from the long stock whips to drive cattle that they used.  My ancestors that settled around Green Cove Springs were Crackers.  My Jones relatives were white Bahamians who settled on Matecumbe and Tavernier.  Family history says that they were "Wreckers".  If you are a conch you know what Wrecker is a euphemism for.

It's great to hear your place was missed!

[brewbear]

Home again, home again.  Back from our buggout.  Of course the storm wandered off to the east and missed our place entirely.

Florida Crackers were the not the first cowboys in Florida but the name came from the long stock whips to drive cattle that they used.  My ancestors that settled around Green Cove Springs were Crackers.  My Jones relatives were white Bahamians who settled on Matecumbe and Tavernier.  Family history says that they were "Wreckers".  If you are a conch you know what Wrecker is a euphemism for.

Great to hear you are well.

[Sqrl Klr]

In a few minutes I am headed off to have a "breathing test".  I have been breathing all my life so, I got this!

LOL

Home again, home again.  Back from our buggout.  Of course the storm wandered off to the east and missed our place entirely.

Can't get better than that!




My mower dug up a tree root and threw a deck belt so I hoisted it up with the tractor to discover a bent grass shield under the front of the deck so I removed it along with another one that had rocks stuck between it and the deck which required grinding the bolts off since the heads were worn down. Now that I have the belt back on it's finally time to get back to mowing without bottoming out on anything below.

[Blowpipe Sam]

Post hurricane clean-up.  The west side of Wakulla county where I live got off easy from Hurricane Helene.  The eastside of the county where I work did not.  I spent the day cleaning up the park.  Lots of downed trees and limbs.  I took tiny little Miranda with me.  We got a Kawasaki mule and a utility trailer and collected small debris.  The rest of the crew took chainsaws and tractors and dealt with the big stuff.  Miranda may be small but she is a powerhouse.  We got far more done than the boss expected us too so we should have an easy day tomorrow. 

[Rabbit\Squirrel Killer]

 I got my assortment of PVC fittings and ball valves sorted bagged and put in buckets. I have about a 5 gallon bucket of each 1/2", 3/4", 1", 1 1/4", and about a half bucket of 1 1/2" fittings. Probably more than some hardware stores. I just got tired of having to rush to town to find what I needed with the water shut off so I stocked up. There really is no chance I'll need all of it ever but, also very likely I have what I need for "emergency" repairs. Like when my son shot a riser.

[Sqrl Klr]

Sam I hope you had a grab tool. Saves a scat ton of bending over. I just drive up to the limbs on the mower while staying seated then grab them with the tool and toss them behind me in the trailer then drive to the next one. Hope your shoulder faired ok through all the work.

Dan good idea. I try to do that with pretty much everything. Nothing worse than not having what you need and for me that's usually when the store is closed on a weekend.

[Blowpipe Sam]

I used the pickers when I could Gil.  A lot of it Miranda and I both had to lift.

I finally got some new tires on "Ted" my old Ford Ranger.  Ted came with a Ted Nugent Spirit Of The Wild sticker in the back window.  Not a big Nugent fan but I liked the little primitive stick figure on the sticker so I kept it.  Friends began calling the truck Ted so I just followed suite.

I went to Tractor Supply and bought two new 40 Lb propane tanks for the house.  I've been running off a 100 Lb tank for years but recently I decided that I can't wrassle that sucker in the back of the truck anymore.  Two 40 pounders plus two 20 pounders equals six months of gas for us.

Now I have to go over to mom's and cook a Low Country boil for number one daughter's birthday.

[avator]

Yesterday Betty Lou and I decided to hang out in our bar, watch the recorded NASCAR and drink a few beers. From the bar it was very difficult to see the list of laps, driver's positions and the other info listed on the left side of the 32" tv with our old eyes. So this morning I was looking at TVs online. I spotted a 43" Vizio Smart TV at Walmart for $168. I cleared it with the finance department and ordered it for pickup. We loaded up and headed to town. We stopped and ate breakfast and before we finished I got the text that it was ready for pickup.
After a bit of shopping we came home and I set out to hang the new tv. That was the easy part....
All of our other TVs are ROKU ready and they gather all our info and basically set themselves up when we turned them on for the first time. Not this one.. VIZIO has it's own game. 
I had to open an account (free) and register. Then I had to d/l the apps and set up the 3 streaming services we subscribe to (Hulu, Peacock Plus and Paramount Plus) and they fought me every inch of the way. Most of it was my fault because I couldn't remember password. I had to log on with the laptop, reset passwords and key in security codes to change them.
Finally got that all done with a bit of stomping around the room and cussing.
Then I put the feet on the 32" and put it on top of the fridge at the other end of the room. So now we can see a TV from both sides of the bar. The new TV has bluetooth that I can run through the 700 watt stereo system with surround sound speakers in all 4 corners of the room.

[Matchstickshooter]

 My wife and I celebrated 30 years of marriage today,... took a nice ride, ate a nice restaurant, and stopped and visited some of her siblings.
 (got her a dozen Roses last weekend.)

[avator]

Happy Anniversary Wendell.

[dk1677]

Happy Anniversary Wendell!

[buellm2]

30 Years!  Awesome!   Happy Anniversary    Hope you get to do the same thing in another 30.

[airgunaut]

Nothing special today, but lately we’ve been making hay while the Indian Summer shines. Me: kayaking. Husband:  fly fishing. Both of us: knocking off stages of outdoor work projects bit by bit; hiking in the mountains. Despite living at 6400+ ft elevation, climbing above 10000 is still a heart-and-lung burner.

We then ate an amazing dinner at a restaurant in a resort town. Worth every penny it cost, something for an occasional treat. When other people’s vacations are in or near our home turf, it feels almost like cheating to spend a day playing there without having to reserve (exorbitantly priced) lodging.

Indian Summer is my favorite season anywhere.