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

[Sqrl Klr]

Fixed the hog fence I backed the water trailer into. My mirrors don't give me a very good view past the trailer. Had to install 2 more T posts because I stretched the fence and it needed more support. Man am I sore from pounding the T posts in with a 2lb hammer. Need to get a T post driver to make it just a little easier. Discovered what hog rings are. Had a bag of them in the airgun shed but had no idea what they were.😂 Never dealt with hog fencing and t posts before moving here. Chain link I know about but I'm learning.😁😁

I don't like hog rings as someone previous to me used them on my fences and they often come loose over time where I have to ring them tight again. I prefer using a 12ga roll of stainless wire.
 I cut each tie from it with wire cutters having a little extra length then twist together 3 turns by hand while pulling backward toward me then a final turn with the cutter's grips if needed. I cut the excess length off the wire that made it quick and ez for me to grab and turn tight by hand where only around 1/2" sticks out past the twist when I'm done.

Found 2 dead coons that were ran over near my place and a skunk too after the big lightning storm last night so there's 3 less critters I have pesting up my place now!

[Madd Hatter]

Mutts are the best.

Well I piddle pharted in the garden for a bit.  Walked the dogs. Cut two ten lb. pork loins into a total of 48 chops and 2 small roasts.  Sliced two of those mondo ginormous chicken (?) breasts from Atomic Rooster Farms into about thirty chicken (?) fingers.  I'm thawing a baggy of catfish fingerlings,  mixing up a batch of my special breading and slicing some mushrooms, and getting ready to make a mess of fried food!

So how many fingers do you have left after cutting up the chicken? Do we start calling you 2,3,or4 finger Carter?

[Madd Hatter]

Just finished servicing the solar battery. Couldn't believe it took a gallon of distilled water to fill it.😲 Looks like it's going to be an average of 1 gallon a month now that the solar panels are all working. Before, it never used more than a pint or so.

[Madd Hatter]

Fixed the hog fence I backed the water trailer into. My mirrors don't give me a very good view past the trailer. Had to install 2 more T posts because I stretched the fence and it needed more support. Man am I sore from pounding the T posts in with a 2lb hammer. Need to get a T post driver to make it just a little easier. Discovered what hog rings are. Had a bag of them in the airgun shed but had no idea what they were.😂 Never dealt with hog fencing and t posts before moving here. Chain link I know about but I'm learning.😁😁

I don't like hog rings as someone previous to me used them on my fences and they often come loose over time where I have to ring them tight again. I prefer using a 12ga roll of stainless wire.
 I cut each tie from it with wire cutters having a little extra length then twist together 3 turns by hand while pulling backward toward me then a final turn with the cutter's grips if needed. I cut the excess length off the wire that made it quick and ez for me to grab and turn tight by hand where only around 1/2" sticks out past the twist when I'm done.

Found 2 dead coons that were ran over near my place and a skunk too after the big lightning storm last night so there's 3 less critters I have pesting up my place now!

The hog fence rings were free so I'm going to use them up. I've got 5 acres fenced with hog wire and haven't had any problems so far. Like I said, I'm just learning about hog fencing. Also going to need to learn brick mortar as I have quite a few cap bricks coming loose. If cinder blocks weren't so expensive I'd just pop off the cap blocks and continue building the brick wall the previous owner started. IF my wife gets a decent settlement from getting hit as a pedestrian and knocking her 11 feet then almost running her over we're getting a car port roof over where we park the cars.

[avator]

Continuing progress on the Red Shed lean to. One end is completely sided with the repurposed dog ear privacy fence and Betty Lou has it half painted. I am half ways across the long side with the wood slats and should be done by the time Betty Lou gets around the corner with paint. Then the backside which will be more of a mix and match in slat widths because that's all we have left. Once painted it will hardly be noticed.
I really find alot of satisfaction in doing repurposing projects like this. It makes use out of resources that others might just discard. It also lets me be creative on how to best use what is there without spending money... free is for me. 
And finally, these materials have been a part of this home stead for many years and they will now be a functioning part of it for many more. This is exactly why Killer, his dad and grandfather hung onto them for so many years.
I also think Betty Lou is becoming more understanding of why I don't throw stuff away.

[buellm2]

Random materials collected over the years get repurposed as all sorts of things from airgun parts to shed roofs.   On one hand my wife also would love for me to get rid of some of the vast assortment of "junk" but she's also seen me build and fix a lot of things from those junk pieces.     Like a few years ago I had a heart attack.   When I learned how much a new heart valve cost, well I just dug into my junk pile.   I just knew that I could find something in there that I could repurpose into a pretty good heart valve.    Don't need one of those fancy-a_ss-doctor-medical-industrial-pharmacutical-complex heart valves.

[avator]

Random materials collected over the years get repurposed as all sorts of things from airgun parts to shed roofs.   On one hand my wife also would love for me to get rid of some of the vast assortment of "junk" but she's also seen me build and fix a lot of things from those junk pieces.     Like a few years ago I had a heart attack.   When I learned how much a new heart valve cost, well I just dug into my junk pile.   I just knew that I could find something in there that I could repurpose into a pretty good heart valve.    Don't need one of those fancy-a_ss-doctor-medical-industrial-pharmacutical-complex heart valves.

Wait.... what?

[Madd Hatter]

Random materials collected over the years get repurposed as all sorts of things from airgun parts to shed roofs.   On one hand my wife also would love for me to get rid of some of the vast assortment of "junk" but she's also seen me build and fix a lot of things from those junk pieces.     Like a few years ago I had a heart attack.   When I learned how much a new heart valve cost, well I just dug into my junk pile.   I just knew that I could find something in there that I could repurpose into a pretty good heart valve.    Don't need one of those fancy-a_ss-doctor-medical-industrial-pharmacutical-complex heart valves.

You also save a lot if you do the surgery yourself. I've seen a few good utube videos on how to do it. I think all you need is a very small plumbing flapper valve as long as you don't mind the noise it makes in time with your heart beat.

[buellm2]

I might have done it when I was younger but I'm a bit shaky now.   My neighbor works in a slaughterhouse and is a pretty good plumber on the side.   His wife does a lot of finely detailed needlepoint sewing crafts.    I figure between the two of them they should be able to put in a new valve.    I'll probably bring them a couple cases of Bud Lite before they start.   Sort of a down payment.

[Blowpipe Sam]

Nuthin to home surgery.  I did a prefrontal lobotomy on myself several years back with excellent results.

Took the memsahib to the dentist today.

I offered to knock them teeth out for her cheap but she wasn't havin it.

She had three crowns fitted and impressions taken for partial plates.  Once this work is done I'm canceling my almost useless dental insurance.  It didn't pay anything for the most recent round.  Were out $4,000 up front and for this I'm paying the insurance company $1200 a year?

[Sqrl Klr]

The hog fence rings were free so I'm going to use them up. I've got 5 acres fenced with hog wire and haven't had any problems so far. Like I said, I'm just learning about hog fencing. Also going to need to learn brick mortar as I have quite a few cap bricks coming loose. If cinder blocks weren't so expensive I'd just pop off the cap blocks and continue building the brick wall the previous owner started. IF my wife gets a decent settlement from getting hit as a pedestrian and knocking her 11 feet then almost running her over we're getting a car port roof over where we park the cars.

As long as you completely secure them on both sides you should be fine. Whoever did my fence when them only cared to fully secure on the right side not the left.

5 acres of hog fencing? I envy you! How much did that cost? I couldn't afford to barb wire 1/4 of that let alone hog fence it. You even have hogs there or javelina?

Best wishes on your wife's lawsuit and let us know how it turns out.

[Madd Hatter]

The hog fence rings were free so I'm going to use them up. I've got 5 acres fenced with hog wire and haven't had any problems so far. Like I said, I'm just learning about hog fencing. Also going to need to learn brick mortar as I have quite a few cap bricks coming loose. If cinder blocks weren't so expensive I'd just pop off the cap blocks and continue building the brick wall the previous owner started. IF my wife gets a decent settlement from getting hit as a pedestrian and knocking her 11 feet then almost running her over we're getting a car port roof over where we park the cars.

As long as you completely secure them on both sides you should be fine. Whoever did my fence when them only cared to fully secure on the right side not the left.

5 acres of hog fencing? I envy you! How much did that cost? I couldn't afford to barb wire 1/4 of that let alone hog fence it. You even have hogs there or javelina?

Best wishes on your wife's lawsuit and let us know how it turns out.

The fencing was already there when we bought the place. Only reason I had to do anything was I pushed the fence about 2 feet out when I hit it with the water trailer. My mirrors are too short to see if I'm not going straight back.

[avator]

As if it grew there, out of the ground emerged a Red Shed addition. It began as a simple idea to take what we had laying around and create a shelter for mowers, ATVs and stuff that didn't require more than just a cover from the weather.
This is what it turned into......

[avator]

If we didn't know better we would think that it was always there. Out of pocket cost = a $13.99 gallon of oops paint from Walmart.

[Rabbit\Squirrel Killer]

I think a kitten adopted me, it just showed up, looked staved and drank more water non-stop than any cat I have ever seen drink. It was probably dumped off out here somewhere close by?

[Madd Hatter]

👍👍👍👍👍

[Sqrl Klr]

The fencing was already there when we bought the place. Only reason I had to do anything was I pushed the fence about 2 feet out when I hit it with the water trailer. My mirrors are too short to see if I'm not going straight back.

You do not know how much I wish I could say the same as you. Would've saved me over a decade of hog problems but a fence like that would cost at least $20K.

Dan I know that exact look in the last picture from the neighborhood stray giving me that look too. You'll be seeing that critter every day now. The cat around here drops what's left of a rat, snake or bird at least once a week to show gratitude for my food and affection. Good cat that's been hanging around for about 6yrs now.

[Rabbit\Squirrel Killer]

The fencing was already there when we bought the place. Only reason I had to do anything was I pushed the fence about 2 feet out when I hit it with the water trailer. My mirrors are too short to see if I'm not going straight back.

You do not know how much I wish I could say the same as you. Would've saved me over a decade of hog problems but a fence like that would cost at least $20K.

Dan I know that exact look in the last picture from the neighborhood stray giving me that look too. You'll be seeing that critter every day now. The cat around here drops what's left of a rat, snake or bird at least once a week to show gratitude for my food and affection. Good cat that's been hanging around for about 6yrs now.

Well it made it's way into the house, OK I carried it in where it will be safe from the Coyotes overnight. My wife's cat is not happy about it though. It was following me around after Bible study, so... Hey it picked me what can I do. I seriously am not a cat person at all, was not, don't want to be, maybe I am now??? 

[K.O.]

yard work...

[Tater]

If we didn't know better we would think that it was always there. Out of pocket cost = a $13.99 gallon of oops paint from Walmart.

That came out great Bill. Tell BL "nice job"!