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

[Bicycleman]

My mother-in-law fell and broke her hip. I went to see her @ the nursing home where she'll be for rehab. I had to sit outside in my folding chair and visit with her on her cell phone thru the window. Made some poster board signs to cheer her up. She told me they gave her a Covid-19 test, nursing home wouldn't admit her unless she passed, she's now in 14 day isolation. I hate to say it, but a little voice in the back of my head is telling me she'll never go back home. She's 89, tough as nails, but her body is just wore out.

Mike, we are passengers in the same boat - so to speak.
My mother is in an assisted living facility back in Louisiana.  At 100 years old, she is fairly solid physically.  But, recently, one of her grandsons took his daughter (Ma's great grandchild) to visit through the window; and it was great.  Great, that is, until late that night when her mind told her they were waiting outside to take her someplace.  She was trying to breakout when the night people brought her back to her apartment.
I spoke with her today, Mike; and she was her usual self - forgetting a few place names, but otherwise fine.  I love that little lady and will have many memories to think back on for the rest of my life. 

[Hoosier Daddy]

Tonight I got a little too close for comfort with the chainsaw.
"Mearly a flesh wound"

[maraudinglizard]

Tonight I got a little too close for comfort with the chainsaw.
"Mearly a flesh wound"

Chainsaw saw chaps are way cheaper than a trip to the ER my friend. That will smart for a day or two. Don't let it get nasty on ya, keeper clean.

[RobertMcC]

Had an incident with one of my dogs with the old door setup. She got free when I was taking her from the fenced area into the house. Before there was a door put in. And nipped a dog.  I secured my dog, and rushed out to check on her well being and her dog. The Husband confronted me, and tried to fight me. I said calm down, it's not going to do you ANY good. Cops were called blab blab, but just said it had some scratches.  I told them to take it into the vet and get checked out, and just give me the bill.

So my step father and I, worked in the rain and got this done. I need to spend another 500$ on fence boards.  Because apparently my dog is the only one the neighborhood that barks at other dogs, and apparently lunges at the fence growing. It's all bunch of malarkey, me think the wife is exaggerating the story to her husband a bit much.

Considering my 2 dogs, live with 3 cats, and they put the dogs in it's place. Most I hear is excited whines.

[Lt. Dan]

Tonight I got a little too close for comfort with the chainsaw.
"Mearly a flesh wound"

Yep. I can honestly say I know what that feels like. It happened ~45 years ago clearing the jeep trails at a deer camp at Port Gibson near where Grand Gulf Nuclear power plant stands now. I had been using a Homelite XL chainsaw all day long. My arm was exhausted and the strength just gave out, blue jeans jammed the chain but not before leaving a mear nasty flesh wound. Yes Scott it a lesson neither of us will forget.

[Rabbit\Squirrel Killer]

Tonight I got a little too close for comfort with the chainsaw.
"Mearly a flesh wound"

Yep. I can honestly say I know what that feels like. It happened ~45 years ago clearing the jeep trails at a deer camp at Port Gibson near where Grand Gulf Nuclear power plant stands now. I had been using a Homelite XL chainsaw all day long. My arm was exhausted and the strength just gave out, blue jeans jammed the chain but not before leaving a mear nasty flesh wound. Yes Scott it a lesson neither of us will forget.

In 1980 I got my insulated coveralls but didn't get a scratch. They were loose fitting which worked to my advantage. I never cut towards myself since. 

[Tater]

Tonight I got a little too close for comfort with the chainsaw.
"Mearly a flesh wound"

And tie your shoe before you trip!

[Bicycleman]

Tonight I got a little too close for comfort with the chainsaw.
"Mearly a flesh wound"

Yeah, tie you shoe - You look like my grandson.   
And here is a suggestion:  ---V

[wolverine]

when i was in high school i helped a friend trim the trees for his father.  he was up in the tree with the chainsaw and i was down below pulling the rope so the branch would clear a fence.  the branch snapped and he dropped the saw.  as it plummeted toward me i put my crossed arms up to save my head.  what saved me was the saw had thrown the chain and that is why he lost control of it.  the bare bar hit me in the right forearm and left a gash, but nothing like it would have if the chain had still been on it. 

[Blowpipe Sam]

I have a mighty respect for chainsaws.  They are a principle tool of wild land fire fighters.  You guys stay lucky!
Anyhoo... Had thirty new ADA picnic tables delivered today.  The trucker who delivered them had them stacked 4 high on his flatbed!  He unloaded them with an off road forklift 4 at a time.  I had to distribute them through the campground using a Kubota tractor with forks.  The first stack went okay but then I dislodged one from the top of the next stack and it fell on one of the campground utility pylons.  Broke it.  It took me a good two hours to get all the tables distributed then another ranger and I spent the rest of the day repairing the utility pylon.  My knees are killing me.  

[RobertMcC]

Built some make shift stairs, that I build from the lumber I pulled from the wall. From installing the door. So it's easier for my dogs to get in and out.

[wolverine]

cut a hole in the master bath wall and roughed it in for an interior door.  then i spent over 4 hours trying install the prehung door.  done.  finished.   


oh the door isn't installed, i'm just done with trying to install it myself.    i know when to give in.    a carpenter is stopping by to give me a quote. 

[avator]

Sat my old butt at my desk and watched over my two departments on our newly installed camera system.

[wolverine]

well the carpenter arrived, assessed the damage and installed the door in under 20 minutes.  then...he refused payment!  i tried to get him to accept something, but he said "we don't charge for 15 minutes of work".


really nice guy too.  i saved his info in my phone and will be calling him the next time i need something, or someone i know needs work done. 


makes me feel good about today's youth.  his parents should be proud of him, and themselves, for doing such a great job raising him.

[Blowpipe Sam]

well the carpenter arrived, assessed the damage and installed the door in under 20 minutes.  then...he refused payment!  i tried to get him to accept something, but he said "we don't charge for 15 minutes of work".


really nice guy too.  i saved his info in my phone and will be calling him the next time i need something, or someone i know needs work done. 


makes me feel good about today's youth.  his parents should be proud of him, and themselves, for doing such a great job raising him.

You don't see to many people with that kind of ethic.  Word of mouth is the best advertising.  Spread the word!
I supervised two volunteers today who are just glad to be back at work.  They are great guys but I think I work twice as hard when they are here because I have to run constantly to keep them occupied.  They are just that good.  They are both in their seventies and one suffers from dementia but they are awesome and they keep me busy.

[Sqrl Klr]

Someday a Norton Manx... Or if I hit the lottery a Brough Superior. 
....meanwhile , back at the ranch.. Grandma is beating off the Indians but they keep coming.
 My 57lb mutt decided to roll in something dead. Stink to hi Hades! Smelled like a rotten carp in August.
 So she (we) got a bath .
Dang Dawg got me almost as wet as she was! 

I drove by a dog eating a rotten deer in the ditch the other day and knew the owners would be posting similar to that above after the dog returned home with a kiss.

Tonight I got a little too close for comfort with the chainsaw.
"Mearly a flesh wound"

I've done the same. Gets the juices flowing even if the blood ain't.

[Jshooter71]

Work’s been a little chaotic. Yesterday was a rough one, but couldn’t complain... that is til I got home. I’m saying hi to the dogs and my my wife’s on the phone, she looks up and says “does that say 77* in here or 71*”. I look and the tstat says 77*. So I go outside, purge my gauges and connect to the heat pump, and it s u c k s it down. I fixed a leak back in December and here I go again. Found and fixed the leak, also removed the problem, a plastic coil support from right above both leaks I repaired. I tried to replace all the supports with rubber vibration isolator pads, but they were about an 3/16” too tall, I couldn’t get the top down without causing further damage. So I put 5 of the 6 supports back in (with the exception of the culprit) and put everything back together. Evacuated to 550 microns, weighed in the charge and started her up in the dark. The thing is actuallay a lot quieter now, so I guess I should have pulled that thing out in December. I could complain, but then again, it’s fixed. I know a lot of other people would’ve had to call someone, or deal with no AC til they could afford to call someone. And most likely would’ve been sold a whole new unit or system. Mine’s one of the last R22s, so it would’ve been a whole new system.

Edit: I’m no Hero, but I am to the wife, at least for a moment!

[Lt. Dan]

Work’s been a little chaotic. Yesterday was a rough one, but couldn’t complain... that is til I got home. I’m saying hi to the dogs and my my wife’s on the phone, she looks up and says “does that say 77* in here or 71*”. I look and the tstat says 77*. So I go outside, purge my gauges and connect to the heat pump, and it s u c k s it down. I fixed a leak back in December and here I go again. Found and fixed the leak, also removed the problem, a plastic coil support from right above both leaks I repaired. I tried to replace all the supports with rubber vibration isolator pads, but they were about an 3/16” too tall, I couldn’t get the top down without causing further damage. So I put 5 of the 6 supports back in (with the exception of the culprit) and put everything back together. Evacuated to 550 microns, weighed in the charge and started her up in the dark. The thing is actuallay a lot quieter now, so I guess I should have pulled that thing out in December. I could complain, but then again, it’s fixed. I know a lot of other people would’ve had to call someone, or deal with no AC til they could afford to call someone. And most likely would’ve been sold a whole new unit or system. Mine’s one of the last R22s, so it would’ve been a whole new system.

Edit: I’m no Hero, but I am to the wife, at least for a moment!

Congratulations,  I know down here the service repair companies are backed up. Parts are hard to get. Yes your knowledge and availability saved you some heartache.

Hero, I know what you're talking about. I'm known as Macgyver where ever I work. I have tools in my truck, not licensed in anything but growing up summers including working as an electrician's helper (he had Parkinson's disease and shook a lot) where I had 3 mo of hands-on-training. Another summer as a plumbers assistant, this wss before PVC, cut and thread the pipe. I'm a pretty decent welder, I've built two of my three utility trailers. I took off two months when we built our house, it was just the carpenter and myself. I think I cut every board in this house. I worked till I had the house blacked in. (At the time, my father and I owned a NAPA auto parts store, that's how I  could take off two months).So my wife thinks I can do anything.  But no, I'm no hero, I just enjoy fixing what I can. But I know zero about refrigeration or air conditioning. 

[Frank in Fairfield]

Use the Power Washer and cleaned the lawn mower, bar-b-que, the trash cans and the grass growing between the asphalt/concrete gutters In the street.
In all, l made one *(&^ of a racket for the neighborhood for about an hour.
Too much fun..

[Rick67]

Sat my old butt at my desk and watched over my two departments on our newly installed camera system.

I was hoping to see sexy women