Good morning! Are you up yet? What's your plans for today?

[Rick67]

I have never seen a woman do that kind of stuff.

Never done it myself either 

[Blowpipe Sam]

Mornin y’all.  Another day off!  Nothing to do today but lay around the shack and get wasted!
My philosophy is “any time you’re not wasted is wasted time.”  Stay wasted!
So today we will drink heavily and eat too much!

[Oldgringo]

The wind is not howlin' and the replacement 3-9 Air Max arrived yesterday so, I think I'll put it or a Nikon EFR back on the HW50S and do some scope sighted shooting before and between football games.

[Lt. Dan]

Might need to change your avatar.

[Firewalker]

What a wonderful morning!! Momma picked up a shift today and I am finally off call so I slept in until 9:00AM! AMAZING!!

Today the weather changes and we will be at or under freezing for the next week so the wood boiler gets lit TODAY. It will get loaded twice a day, every day until the average daytime low is 40F, next April.

Tonight, momma and I are headed to Savana Portage State Park in hopes of seeing the northern lights. We have chased them for years and she has yet to see them so a little camping trip an hour and a half away is in order.

Take care yall, see you on the flip side.

[bReTt]

What a wonderful morning!! Momma picked up a shift today and I am finally off call so I slept in until 9:00AM! AMAZING!!

Today the weather changes and we will be at or under freezing for the next week so the wood boiler gets lit TODAY. It will get loaded twice a day, every day until the average daytime low is 40F, next April.

Tonight, momma and I are headed to Savana Portage State Park in hopes of seeing the northern lights. We have chased them for years and she has yet to see them so a little camping trip an hour and a half away is in order.

Take care yall, see you on the flip side.

Enjoy! 
I hope that you get to see the lights.  I lived in Alaska for 8 years an never saw the lights.  I would LOVE to see them

[Blowpipe Sam]

What a wonderful morning!! Momma picked up a shift today and I am finally off call so I slept in until 9:00AM! AMAZING!!

Today the weather changes and we will be at or under freezing for the next week so the wood boiler gets lit TODAY. It will get loaded twice a day, every day until the average daytime low is 40F, next April.

Tonight, momma and I are headed to Savana Portage State Park in hopes of seeing the northern lights. We have chased them for years and she has yet to see them so a little camping trip an hour and a half away is in order.

Take care yall, see you on the flip side.

Hope y’all have great time!

[maraudinglizard]

Up and running(sort of). Small snafu with the truck repair yesterday, it started with a senior moment in ordering the wrong part, then a lower ball joint decide it wanted to stay on permanently and I didn't want to damage anything until I get the right tools to remove it. So today it's hunt for removal tools and get what I can back on the truck. Then work on the tractor to get it up to speed. Just another exciting day on the home repair frontier.

[Sfttailrdr46]

Morning y'all for me up at 5:30 and made a cup of Folgers Black Gold to get the day rolling then I will watch little morning news. Around 9 I will head over to the camper to continue putting away clothes that I brought over there this week I figure that as I go through things I will weed out the nonessentials and toss them in the Good Will clothing dropbox. I am also planning to do a power wash of the black water holding tank since the previous owner was not too diligent about emptying the tank after each excursion, So none of the tank sensors are reading and it always shows as being full even after I emptied the tanks three weeks ago. Even though  A simple peek down the toilet with a flashlight will give me the same answer I figure the little red LED indicators are a much more pleasant alternative for keeping track of the black water tank 

[Lt. Dan]

Good morning GTA! I got up again at 0430 CDT.  I didn't feel the greatest yesterday but I still managed to get in a little trigger time with my Hw50-.22.  I was shooting at targets that are equivalent to a squirrel's noggin.

At 25 - 30 yards I was able to hit 1" spinners successfully 95% of the time.  At 35 and 40 yards I was able to hit 1-1/2" spinners and silhouettes 90% using 1/2 mildot and 1 mildot holdover respectively.  I'm confident I can make  head shots at those ranges if I can accurately judge the distance.

Today after Ch**ch I hope to run the R9-.177 through the same drills.  The R9 shoots so much flatter it may not be as crucial judging distances.

Since we have zero pecans on our trees this year it doesn't seem I'll be popping any of the squirrels from my patio anyway.  I see them everyday in the oaks at the tree line but at 60 and 65 yards distances that's too far for me to shoot head shots from my patio with these two rifles. I guess I need to start practicing with my D460-.22.

[Jshooter71]

Good morning GTA! Up at 0415 CT. After last night’s pizza party with the grandkids, my wife- who never wants to miss Ch**ch asked if we could stay home, it’s sort of her only day off this week. She wants to sleep in, so we’ll do Ch**ch via the livestream. Today is going to be just about the warmest day over the next 10 days. So, later on I want to flip over my big 30 meter target box, close in the holes in the back & glue/screw down a new piece of steel and flip it back to fill in the big holes with duct seal. Of course, I’ll have to do some shooting afterwards. 

[avator]

WOOHOO !!  This is the day Betty Lou and I have been looking to reach for the past 3 months. Today we load up the final load of stuff from the old place and move it to the new. This will include our 6' fire ring, the dog kennel and the last of the stuff from my old shop.
Betty Lou mopped her way out the back door of the house and locked the door for the final time yesterday. Today we will drive off of the property for the last time. Tomorrow I will hand over the keys. During the last week or so we went through a bit of a transition from feeling bad about leaving that place to seeing our future in this new place come to life.
The dogs don't even try to go down the road in that direction anymore. That kinda shocked me as I totally expected to find Rambo down there laying on the front porch waiting to get in.

[lefteyeshot]

A friend has a severely bent cocking lever and linkage. I ordered a new cocking lever for my QB57.

I'm going to tear down my 57 and TS45 and see if I can make the 57 lever fit the 45. The linkage from the 57 to the compression chamber is about 1 1/8 inch shorter. Seems I could drill a new hole 1 1/8 inch forward of the old hole. Not sure yet if the back end of the lever is close enough or the point that goes into the compression chamber.

What say any of you.

[Jshooter71]

WOOHOO !!  This is the day Betty Lou and I have been looking to reach for the past 3 months. Today we load up the final load of stuff from the old place and move it to the new. This will include our 6' fire ring, the dog kennel and the last of the stuff from my old shop.
Betty Lou mopped her way out the back door of the house and locked the door for the final time yesterday. Today we will drive off of the property for the last time. Tomorrow I will hand over the keys. During the last week or so we went through a bit of a transition from feeling bad about leaving that place to seeing our future in this new place come to life.
The dogs don't even try to go down the road in that direction anymore. That kinda shocked me as I totally expected to find Rambo down there laying on the front porch waiting to get in.

Congratulations to you Bill & Mrs. Betty Lou! All that hard work, whoo!!!

[Jshooter71]

A friend has a severely bent cocking lever and linkage. I ordered a new cocking lever for my QB57.

I'm going to tear down my 57 and TS45 and see if I can make the 57 lever fit the 45. The linkage from the 57 to the compression chamber is about 1 1/8 inch shorter. Seems I could drill a new hole 1 1/8 inch forward of the old hole. Not sure yet if the back end of the lever is close enough or the point that goes into the compression chamber.

What say any of you.

I don’t know anything about either of those rifles, Tim. Hope it works out for you though.

[Sqrl Klr]

Gil and Kris, I'm sorry about the tree and limb cleanup you guys have facing you but glad it didn't didn't do any extensive damage. We had relatively high winds all day yesterday, it's weird how it was blowing.  Just about a constant 7-10 mph wind but it seems like every 10 minutes it would gust to 25 - 35 mpg for a few minutes then back down again to around 10.

Turns out I had 4 trees down from all the wind. Two of them broke away from 10ft up and the wind thankfully blew them just past the fence so I didn't have to repair it again as I just did so around a month back right at that spot. Another two fell across my trails but I pushed them out of the way with the tractor loader so no need for the chainsaw. Thank God for tractors! 

Sad thing was I just mowed the day before the high winds so I had to mow again to mulch all the crunchy leaves so the hogs can't hear me coming to them if they show up and need killing.

[Jshooter71]

Good morning GTA! Up at 0315 CT. I didn’t intend to wake up so early, but oh well, I’m up. We had a really good weekend with nice fall weather. I got a lot done and the kids & grandkids had fun. Today it’s Monday and back to the grind, but I only have to make it til Friday… then it’s 9 days off for me! Today I have a Starbucks winter PM to do and it’s very local… should be a good day, unless they change what I’m doing since we lost a guy last Friday. I’m going to still try to have a good day anyhow. I’ll start with coffee and take it how it comes.

[Rabbit\Squirrel Killer]

I got up at 4:15 but had been awake and up at 3:15 and tried going back to bed but couldn't sleep anymore. I am NOT looking forward to the end of Daylight Savings Time next weekend. I would prefer darkness to only be 6-7 hours, that would be nice for me. LOL

[Sfttailrdr46]

Waiting for my First delivery of #2 heating oil for the 2021/22 heating season 225 gallons for $623.53. I can see my soon to be ex finally charging the 25 and 29 year old freeloaders rent money if they want to stay warm this winter 

[Jshooter71]

Waiting for my First delivery of #2 heating oil for the 2021/22 heating season 225 gallons for $623.53. I can see my soon to be ex finally charging the 25 and 29 year old freeloaders rent money if they want to stay warm this winter 

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