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

[Sqrl Klr]

I was indeed able to make some sawdust.

What did you do with it? Some people still use it for insulation as in the old days.

[Blowpipe Sam]

The fishing expedition got put on hold by the memsahib who wanted my help in the garden (it's that time of year).  It gave me time to grunt up some more worms.  Tomorrow we have to go to town to retrieve the memsahib's ID and insurance card which got left behind at the dentist office last week. Hopefully I'll be able to do some fishing tomorrow afternoon or tomorrow night. 

[Spacebus]

I was indeed able to make some sawdust.

What did you do with it? Some people still use it for insulation as in the old days.

I'm using it to mitigate the mud from moving logs, but I also use it for poultry and alpaca litter. "Making sawdust" is just a euphemism for milling lumber. My saw makes a 1/4" kerf, so on a 8" wide cant that's 12' long I'm making 864 cubic inches of sawdust per pass, give or take.

[maraudinglizard]

Finished taking on the bugs that are eating my tangerine tree, pruned the last dead branchs off of it. My other citrus trees fared better. Took out a snag that was threatening to smash my vehicles and ended up with a nice pile of fat lighter. The rest of the tree is headed for the burn barrel. Hopefully I can get some of the stump up without digging my water line.

[bReTt]

Moved my airgun cabinets in the shop for easier access

[uglymike]

I watched March Madness on TV all day, both men and women. The best basketball player I watched yesterday was Caitlin Clark. I've watched her play since she came to the Big10 as a freshman because Nebraska is Big10. Next level athlete. If you haven't seen Caitlin Clark play yet, do yourself a favor and check her out. Once in a generation do you see a baller like her.

[NHGuide]

yay.
Yesterday the clogged output filter in the septic tank backed up the blackwater into the basement workshop and the carpeted rooms next to that.
so yesterday and today I worked at moving things unaffected and got on the phone with insurance and ServPro... ServPro came RIGHT OUT!  but I have a couch, Ham radio equipment and RC Sailboats and metal detector stuff  AND AIRGUN Range bag and accessories that all need moving so I can have them ( ServPro) cut up the soaked carpet and make way for their cleaning and air 'purifying' stuff.   Joy of Joys.  So a teeny bit airgun related 
The ServPro folks in Concord N.H. are on my good peeps list, easy to deal with and VERY understanding.

[Madd Hatter]

yay.
Yesterday the clogged output filter in the septic tank backed up the blackwater into the basement workshop and the carpeted rooms next to that.
so yesterday and today I worked at moving things unaffected and got on the phone with insurance and ServPro... ServPro came RIGHT OUT!  but I have a couch, Ham radio equipment and RC Sailboats and metal detector stuff  AND AIRGUN Range bag and accessories that all need moving so I can have them ( ServPro) cut up the soaked carpet and make way for their cleaning and air 'purifying' stuff.   Joy of Joys.  So a teeny bit airgun related 
The ServPro folks in Concord N.H. are on my good peeps list, easy to deal with and VERY understanding.

Output filter on septic system? I've been on a septic system for close to 20 years in my former and current home and have never heard of that. Leach lines and septic tank yes.

[bReTt]

Moved my airgun cabinets in the shop for easier access

I guess that IS airgun related... 😬

Wrong thread 😆

[avator]

I had a thought....
No, nevermind... it was airgun related too.

[NHGuide]

yay.
Yesterday the clogged output filter in the septic tank backed up the blackwater into the basement workshop and the carpeted rooms next to that.
so yesterday and today I worked at moving things unaffected and got on the phone with insurance and ServPro... ServPro came RIGHT OUT!  but I have a couch, Ham radio equipment and RC Sailboats and metal detector stuff  AND AIRGUN Range bag and accessories that all need moving so I can have them ( ServPro) cut up the soaked carpet and make way for their cleaning and air 'purifying' stuff.   Joy of Joys.  So a teeny bit airgun related 
The ServPro folks in Concord N.H. are on my good peeps list, easy to deal with and VERY understanding.

Output filter on septic system? I've been on a septic system for close to 20 years in my former and current home and have never heard of that. Leah lines and septic tank yes.

Yessir...it's on the output of the tank...maybe I should have been more precise in the explanation or showed a picture.  a lot fo folks have never heard of them. and I hadn't until we bought this house.
Yep... "effluent filter"... it was all the rage around here I guess...in the 90's when they built this place.  Our septic guy said he hates them.
this link shows the exact one we have (the blue one in the picture).
and it was totally clogged with greasy and other gunk; thereby making the tank fill up and then you-know-what backed-up into the house.

https://flohawks.com/how-often-should-the-septic-tank-outlet-filter-be-cleaned/

[Madd Hatter]

yay.
Yesterday the clogged output filter in the septic tank backed up the blackwater into the basement workshop and the carpeted rooms next to that.
so yesterday and today I worked at moving things unaffected and got on the phone with insurance and ServPro... ServPro came RIGHT OUT!  but I have a couch, Ham radio equipment and RC Sailboats and metal detector stuff  AND AIRGUN Range bag and accessories that all need moving so I can have them ( ServPro) cut up the soaked carpet and make way for their cleaning and air 'purifying' stuff.   Joy of Joys.  So a teeny bit airgun related 
The ServPro folks in Concord N.H. are on my good peeps list, easy to deal with and VERY understanding.

Output filter on septic system? I've been on a septic system for close to 20 years in my former and current home and have never heard of that. Leah lines and septic tank yes.

Yessir...it's on the output of the tank...maybe I should have been more precise in the explanation or showed a picture.  a lot fo folks have never heard of them. and I hadn't until we bought this house.
Yep... "effluent filter"... it was all the rage around here I guess...in the 90's when they built this place.  Our septic guy said he hates them.
this link shows the exact one we have (the blue one in the picture).
and it was totally clogged with greasy and other gunk; thereby making the tank fill up and then you-know-what backed-up into the house.

https://flohawks.com/how-often-should-the-septic-tank-outlet-filter-be-cleaned/

Okay, I can understand that. I just have clean out pipes sticking up out of the ground every 75 to 100 feet on my current system but my tank is 100 yards away from the house and the leach lines are another 100 yards long. Yeah, it's hugh but because of the percolation of the ground that's what is needed.

[anti-squirrel]

This isn't for today...  Over the weekend, Sonja and I did a bunch of stuff, mostly focused around using our logging truck, AKA the '02 CR-V, for pulling 3 dead cedars down.  All three trees had rotted enough at the base to where the poison ivy vines and greenbrier were what held the trunks upright.  We're talking 40 to 60 feet of rotten tree support by vines without being "connected' to the ground.  It goes without saying the sling used around each trunk has been washed with Dawn- it was damp with urushiol.

We also worked on a big sycamore damaged by lightning- the tree formed a Y about 20 feet up, and it leaned pretty bad toward the heavier side of the Y (which had it's own Y of branches).  Now there's no lean- the heavy side was hit by lightning- and flopped over like a hinge with both it's "
Y" branches buried in the ground.  It took careful chainsaw and axe work freeing the deadfall so we could sling-wrap, pull, untwist, and then break the entire damaged part free.  We hope the tree makes it- and now it has a chance of doing so.  To give an idea of the bole of the section we pulled free- my 18" Ego chainsaw made it just over 2/3rds of the way.  I call it an easy 27-28" inches in diameter- and 20-odd feet long on one section of the Y, the other only about 14 feet and maybe 16" diameter.  I've had to do some fairly complex logging (for a non-professional) in the last 2 years, and this one was by far the trickiest.


Additional thoughts... 
1- The axes I fit new handles on worked like a dream.  I used them combined with nylon wedges from TSC to keep the bar on the chainsaw safe and unbound. 
2- Toward the end of bucking the logs resultant from my efforts, I had to swap out the chain with a fresh one- this one a "virgin" semi-chisel Oregon chain.  My hand-sharpened chains cut considerably better than "OEM" on cedar, locust, and osage, but I did not see a difference moving to the straight-grained sycamore between the chains I sharpened versus factory edge.
3- Once we wrapped up, I drove the CR-V up the hill-side- about a 30 to 35 degree slope.  Now I know why I see a couple built-up CR-V tooling around the local 4x4 club out by our property.  It doesn't have tons of power, but it makes use of every bit of what it does have.  A tire with more aggressive offroad tread would have done even better, but this vehicle spends most of its time commuting, not all-wheelin' (since it is AWD, not 4WD)

[Blowpipe Sam]

yay.
Yesterday the clogged output filter in the septic tank backed up the blackwater into the basement workshop and the carpeted rooms next to that.
so yesterday and today I worked at moving things unaffected and got on the phone with insurance and ServPro... ServPro came RIGHT OUT!  but I have a couch, Ham radio equipment and RC Sailboats and metal detector stuff  AND AIRGUN Range bag and accessories that all need moving so I can have them ( ServPro) cut up the soaked carpet and make way for their cleaning and air 'purifying' stuff.   Joy of Joys.  So a teeny bit airgun related 
The ServPro folks in Concord N.H. are on my good peeps list, easy to deal with and VERY understanding.

Output filter on septic system? I've been on a septic system for close to 20 years in my former and current home and have never heard of that. Leah lines and septic tank yes.

Yessir...it's on the output of the tank...maybe I should have been more precise in the explanation or showed a picture.  a lot fo folks have never heard of them. and I hadn't until we bought this house.
Yep... "effluent filter"... it was all the rage around here I guess...in the 90's when they built this place.  Our septic guy said he hates them.
this link shows the exact one we have (the blue one in the picture).
and it was totally clogged with greasy and other gunk; thereby making the tank fill up and then you-know-what backed-up into the house.

https://flohawks.com/how-often-should-the-septic-tank-outlet-filter-be-cleaned/

Okay, I can understand that. I just have clean out pipes sticking up out of the ground every 75 to 100 feet on my current system but my tank is 100 yards away from the house and the leach lines are another 100 yards long. Yeah, it's hugh but because of the percolation of the ground that's what is needed.

Yep.  I have a rather complicated system with two septic tanks and a lift pump.  I have TWO filters that have to be cleaned about once every three months.  We do it ourselves right now but the memsahib and I ain't getting any younger.  I'll have to pay some one to do it before too long.

[avator]

yay.
Yesterday the clogged output filter in the septic tank backed up the blackwater into the basement workshop and the carpeted rooms next to that.
so yesterday and today I worked at moving things unaffected and got on the phone with insurance and ServPro... ServPro came RIGHT OUT!  but I have a couch, Ham radio equipment and RC Sailboats and metal detector stuff  AND AIRGUN Range bag and accessories that all need moving so I can have them ( ServPro) cut up the soaked carpet and make way for their cleaning and air 'purifying' stuff.   Joy of Joys.  So a teeny bit airgun related 
The ServPro folks in Concord N.H. are on my good peeps list, easy to deal with and VERY understanding.

Output filter on septic system? I've been on a septic system for close to 20 years in my former and current home and have never heard of that. Leah lines and septic tank yes.

Yessir...it's on the output of the tank...maybe I should have been more precise in the explanation or showed a picture.  a lot fo folks have never heard of them. and I hadn't until we bought this house.
Yep... "effluent filter"... it was all the rage around here I guess...in the 90's when they built this place.  Our septic guy said he hates them.
this link shows the exact one we have (the blue one in the picture).
and it was totally clogged with greasy and other gunk; thereby making the tank fill up and then you-know-what backed-up into the house.

https://flohawks.com/how-often-should-the-septic-tank-outlet-filter-be-cleaned/

Okay, I can understand that. I just have clean out pipes sticking up out of the ground every 75 to 100 feet on my current system but my tank is 100 yards away from the house and the leach lines are another 100 yards long. Yeah, it's hugh but because of the percolation of the ground that's what is needed.

Yep.  I have a rather complicated system with two septic tanks and a lift pump.  I have TWO filters that have to be cleaned about once every three months.  We do it ourselves right now but the memsahib and I ain't getting any younger.  I'll have to pay some one to do it before too long.

Sounds like a dirty job for Mike Rowe.

[Blowpipe Sam]

Bill.  What I've got at home ain't nuthin to what I work on at the park! LOL!  I used to maintain a septic system that had eight cess pits each with two 8" macerator lift pumps that had to be pulled regularly to unclog them.  You would be amazed at what people will flush down a public toilet (or maybe not? ).

And yeah we used to joke about "where's Mike Rowe?" when we were pulling a lift pump.

[avator]

Bill.  What I've got at home ain't nuthin to what I work on at the park! LOL!  I used to maintain a septic system that had eight cess pits each with two 8" macerator lift pumps that had to be pulled regularly to unclog them.  You would be amazed at what people will flush down a public toilet (or maybe not? ).

And yeah we used to joke about "where's Mike Rowe?" when we were pulling a lift pump.

yeah, I can't even change a diaper without puking. 

[Sqrl Klr]

My saw makes a 1/4" kerf, so on a 8" wide cant that's 12' long I'm making 864 cubic inches of sawdust per pass, give or take.

Sweet! The smell of that just can't be beat.

I have a rather complicated system with two septic tanks and a lift pump.  I have TWO filters that have to be cleaned about once every three months. 

I'm sure there's a joke there about being full of it.


What did the public flush that they shouldn't have? Diapers at the very least I'm guessing? I'd pay to have it cleaned. I'm a wuss like Bill when it comes to poop.

[avator]

2 things that will never take up residence in our home... a baby or a puppy... well ok, 3... a cat.

[Spacebus]

My saw makes a 1/4" kerf, so on a 8" wide cant that's 12' long I'm making 864 cubic inches of sawdust per pass, give or take.

Sweet! The smell of that just can't be beat.

I have a rather complicated system with two septic tanks and a lift pump.  I have TWO filters that have to be cleaned about once every three months. 

I'm sure there's a joke there about being full of it.


What did the public flush that they shouldn't have? Diapers at the very least I'm guessing? I'd pay to have it cleaned. I'm a wuss like Bill when it comes to poop.

For natural smells there's not much better than fesh cut spruce, hakmatack, or fir. Running fir tree boughs through the shredder is amazing.