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Bid on the trailer went through. Go to sign the papers on Monday. I am not going to miss city life at all! It's in a park, but still better then living in Schenectady! First time home owners. Looking forward to our own place and getting to know the neighbors.

If I see a buck sitting on a bag of frozen peas I will drive right off the road laughing

I wouldn't normally ask for this here...but if you could please keep me in your prayers In the whole scheme of things this is really a little thing,,,but as you know my knees aren't stellar...Today I did a few hours of mowing and when I got off the tractor they were stiff...decided to walk it off and go get the mail...2ft from the box I step off the road(crest of hill) and my foot must have caught the edge of pavement and the soft gravel...Next thing I know I'm flung forward into the culvert head first. I mentioned they are steep, well I managed to get my hands in front of me as my rt. knee slammed to the ground and I started the slide down the bank face first. Did a somersault and landed....If I wasn't in so much pain...reading this would have me laughing out loud...for it pretty much looked like it sounds...my palms are sliced up a bit but my knee is a mess and swollen and doing a popping thing just siting here...I must be in a bit of pain for I'm rather shaky at the moment........Hey could have been worse...could have broken my leg,wrist or hip! I'll count those blessings... So please if you could ask the guy upstairs if he could just let this be a bruise and nothing worse...I would really really appreciate it...Thanks...Chris

Good news just a bad sprain.Sent from my VS980 4G using Tapatalk

I once handled a so called switch blade knife, you pushed a button and the blade snapped out The first thing that came to my mind is what the Hell is the big deal about that? I can open a jackknife in a couple of seconds without practice. Must be a huge advantage to the millions of knife fighters and slashers out there and the reason why the switchblade is illegal just like a pistol grip is some kind of huge advantage on an autoloading rifle. Just another "Bull Crap" law that accomplishes little or nothing! Al

No rifle in Nj. Slugs or muzzleloader n only Sat

road trip ?! House warming party and bachelor party wrapped into one !

Pulled pork with slaw. I aced it again with smoker then crockpot.

This ones a keeper. Took tf advice and went to premier gourmet.... great idea. Bad idea for liver/wallet. Holy beer moly...almost overwhelming.

I eat any mushroom I find…Had some this morning and they were pretty farm tooth..margin..rainbow my cat is blunt, whiskey on the tree nobs,WHOS THAT??, in the gully of the wing nut….

Thanks again everyone. It's an odd feeling; happy, anxious, and concern all rolled into one. But Giving a middle finger to the festering rat hole we are leaving will be a nice day to say the least. Sometimes listening to those with more knowledge gives a different perspective on things and you might even learn a thing or 50. Just make sure to bring the wife so you don't have to drive. I have to ask about the park rules on outdoor fire pits. Be it a commercial one or if I can build one.

Sorry to hear it Growalot. I wish you all the best. Sincerely! I didn't want to "like" the post, but it's an important point for many of us. I hate to say it, but at some some point we all have to slow down a bit because physical limitations change and pure determination won't alter that fact. It sucks in the worst way, I know, but "it is what it is".

This is true. It hasn't happened in a bit but when I was a kid it happened a bunch. Not sure if it was bow, broadheads or what. Id shoot a deer Itd look around or hop to me, go back to feeding n fall over. I def don't think it's cruel

gPeople there are getting arrested because of overreach and a misinterpretation of the law as written and well , the laws of physics ..... Only in NYC would gravity have a different meaning the the rest of the universe !

The way they attract the Bucks in order to do the procedure is ....... They put up signs that says "The Buck Stops Here" .

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I made a few slate calls years ago, I spent a small fortune on forstner bits for my drill press. It was fun but I got bored and moved on

I'd also like to note, our welfare state policies are enticing illegal immigrants to enter our country illegally. The lure of all the "free" stuff is too much to resist.

You would think so, but actually I taught myself to do the thread wrapping a few years ago specifically to make wingbones. There's a guy at my office who is very into building all kinds of fishing tackle who wants to get me into building rods and tying flies. I'm sure I will at some point, but right now with little kids it's hard to even find time to make a wingbone here and there.

People have said America was never great and our past had issues. Compared to today, I'd take our past any day. Thomas Sowell: "Before there can be a welfare state in a democratic country, there must first be a welfare state vision that becomes sufficiently pervasive to allow a welfare state to be created. That vision, in which people are 'entitled' to what others have produced, is at the heart of the social degeneration that can be traced back to the 1960s. Teenage pregnancies, venereal diseases, dependency on government and murder rates were all going down during the much disdained 1950s. All reversed and shot up as the welfare state, and the social vision behind the welfare state, took over in the 1960s. That vision featured non-judgmental rewards and non-judgmental leniency toward counterproductive behavior, whether crime or irresponsible sex and its consequences. But relieving people from the responsibilities and challenges of life is doing them no favor. Nor is it a favor to society at large. American society has become more polarized under the welfare state vision. Nor is it hard to see why. If we are all 'entitled' to benefits, just by being present, why are some entitled to so little while others have so much?"

# 1.....Have Bruce Jenner breastfeed me....

My wife is out of town till tomorrow. Did my lawn, cleaned the pool, changed the oil on one ATV but got lazy on the second….LOL.. Just cracked another beer and if my daughter decides to go out, Im firing up a cigar on the patio….

Sorry to hear about that grow, prayers sent. Sent from my VS980 4G using Tapatalk

I'm hoping you have no serious injuries, Growie.... Here's a big <<SMOOOOCH>>... Sincerely hoping you feel better soon...

Prayer sent!

I'm sure you'll bounce back, pun intended. You have a lot more growing to do. Get better soon!

it does make a difference. I'm sure a lot think "I'll do it later or tomorrow." then forget. it only takes a minute. I've got a more bills to follow up on. crossbows should be getting voted in. I don't even own one myself, despite having experience with them.

Glad it wasn't worse...but you tell him someone with vast experience says ...Do Not push the recovery from a sprain, this is what my Dr's have told me " Wish you'd just brake them, that heals A sprain never heals completely ..it weakens the tissue"....So let it heal as best as it can....Of course I was always spraining something a few times a year...lol

Well It really is a good paper....The piece I mention is the first one I've take real issue with.....

Ugh. Prayers sent and hoping for the best Grow. Get better quick. You're not one to sit around the house and do nothing so I hope it's not much with a quick heal

hope you heel up quick and get it figured out. knees are a problem. hard to get around and do stuff with bad knees. hopefully it's not in my future. didn't screw them up ever and I'm still young.

Prayers sent. Hope your healing time will be short and as pain free as possible! Sounds like your tuck and roll may have saved you from worse injuries. Feel better soon!

All of the banter is OK, but has anyone actually made calls trying to help fix this problem?

I buried a sheetrock knife in my wrist once....other then the "oh Sh@t" shock value, it reall wasn't an overwhelming pain.....and I doubt an animal can even process the thought of something like that like we can. I'm willing to bet that in some cases, if not most, the loud explosion of gunfire, followed by the massive impact of a bullet lends itself to more suffering then being shot with an arrow.....especially a well placed one.

Have you ever done it or personally witnessed an arrow hit deer? two of the deer I have have taken with an arrow were both eating. I shot them and they jumped and went back to eating. after a minute or two they both laid down and curled up like they were tired. how many times have you cut yourself shaving and not even knew you did it until you saw the blood? Labeling it as cruel with no experience with it seems like a page out of the Anti's play book.

This same lure is destroying Europe. Sweden, Paris and other EU destinations were a fairy tale land 30+ years ago. They are now Islamified abominable hell-holes.

This has nothing to do with airports. In NYC they are arresting people for carrying the pocket knifes that the majority of people carry. If they see a knife clip on your pocket, plan on having it checked. This bill passed the Assembly 117 to 12. It was advanced to third reading in the Senate on 03/17/2016 and has had no more action there since. People need to make the calls and get this passed. The majority of NYC Democrats in the Assembly approved this. It needs to be fixed and time is running out. Please make the call!

Back in the mid 80s, I went bow hunting with a couple of buddies down in PA. The area that we hunted bordered up to a corn field. There was a couple of bear trails into that field that was as defined as any deer trail that I have ever seen. The corner of the corn field looked like somebody was testing out a roller there (about a quarter of an acre, flattened). All the corn was laid down flat with bear scat everywhere. I always figured that if a guy could find that sort of set-up during bear season, that would be as good a situation as you could ever find. There were obviously several area bears working that field, and spending a whole lot of time there. Seemed to be as good as baiting.

I had a bad experience with a family members pit and my yellow lab years ago. The pit was just as calm and friendly as all get out, both my lab and that pit played together for years just fine and then one day it just snapped and latched onto the throat of my lab and tore it apart in just seconds. And on the other side I have a friend who had a black lab that was getting older and was raised along side of his two very young boys at the time, very lazy dog calm and lovable. If I recall this dog was 11 years old and they had owned it since a pup. Same deal it just snapped one day and ripped into the youngest boys neck, he was in the hospital for months and the doctors said his chance of survival was very low. That boy made it through and is a great young man. One does have to wonder why the Pit is banned in so many places through out the US though. A dog breeder once told me there tendency to lose it is more prone than any other breed. He said they are a mean breed, you can love them and be the perfect owner but there will always be a question of when or if that mean side shows. https://www.scribd.com/doc/56495216/Estimated-U-S-Cities-Counties-States-and-Military-Facilities-with-Breed-Specific-Pit-Bull-Laws

Thank you First-light. It is a great feeling.

The_Real_Tcll taught me this method. I'll never do it the "pulling" way again. Our fingers were cramped for days,lol. Now it just falls off the bone, stir with a wooden spoon and it falls apart. Used to put in oven for awhile in between the smoker and crockpot. I've skipped this stage lately. Trimmed extra fat off shoulder/butt, used coffee based rub, throw on smoker for about 4 hours and then crockpot. Easy Peasy. Counting down the 2 hours til I'm outta work and home and eating it.

Border security solution: Allow volunteers to help secure the border with their own arms, on their own time, with authority to shoot anything approaching the border outside a check point, or not escorted by the US Border Patrol. Put the American militia where it should be at this time in history. Within days, illegal border crossing that would be stopped by a wall, will stop completely. Illegal Immigrant solution: Deport every illegal immediately upon identification as illegal, including any illegal children, and fine the heck out of anyone who was paying them to work. Illegal Drug solution: Legalize ALL illegal drugs. Removing the risk of supplying them illegally removes the high profits in smuggling them. Legal drugs will be privatized and legal businesses must work within the government regulatory system. Users will find it's their choice to risk using drugs and their medical needs will be their burden, not taxpayers. If we are a free country, your stupid choices are your free choice and the consequences are your consequences, nobody else's. I'm sure many will say these are harsh solutions. I say, we must have the guts to solve harsh problems with harsh solutions. These solutions also remove any political gain by any American political party. The only thing that matters is solving the problem effectively and with the lowest possible cost to taxpayers.

Edit---Ever been out on Ontario? if not i would suggest motion sickness meds. Seen several trips ruined by waves on Ontario. Trolling will be the order of the day for Salmon. Keep hydrated

I am voting for Supreme Court justices, hoping the Exec. Orders do get pulled back and beyond that hoping for total gridlock in DC.

This has been going on for years, and it seems finally we may get NYC laws ( really there interpretation of them overturned ). Here goes a gravity knife as used by paratroopers, is simply a knife with the blade inside the handle, a button is pressed ,( much like and out the front auto, with out a spring) and if the knife is tipped upside down the blade drops straight out and locks. Gravity is what causes the blade to drop out. NYC says any knife that can be opened with a wrist flick is a gravity knife. If it takes a cop ten tries, if it takes several cops until one can flick it open , you go to jail. I believe 60,000 arrests over the last ten years . Cops love it as it builds arrest numbers...... If your pocket clip is showing, NYPD considers that open carry and will stop you take the knife and " test" it . Workmen , stagehands , visitors all make up the major number of arrests. Those folding razor blade knives every handyman carries, is a gravity knife down there. An odd group of artists , stagehands, knife rights groups , and even the New York Times has come out against current law. 16 ga that's not quite right , almost all folders have a bias towards closer , be it ball detents on liner locks , to the spring on lockbacks , the design of the Axis lock, tri lock ,arc lock and on and on. Take out your Buck 110, Spyderco Delica, Benchmade Griptilian, pinch the blade and pull it open a half inch or so and let go . It snaps back closed, the fact that it doesn't open when tipped upside down shows graivity won't open it . See below . http://www.akti.org/resources/additional-definitions/

Gonna try something different tonight, grass-fed ribeye steak, topped with broccoli rabe, mushrooms, green onions and mozzarella cheese. Along with corn on the cob, green beans, and fresh pineapple. Pictures to follow.

I took a walk down to the creek to get some shots of some wild flowers today. Hiking along when a momma wood duck and her kids went scurrying across the water. The babies made it safe to the creek bank and hid underneath. Momma however put on the "lame duck act" and began splashing around trying to lure me downstream with her. Out of nowhere from behind me this hawk came ripping past my head and nailed her right in the deepest section of the pool! I had my short lens on so I had to make a quick change before I could do anything. I could hear all kinds of splashing going on but now I couldn't see over a mound of creek rocks. When I finally got situated and peaked over the rise, I saw momma duck swim under the creek bank on the other side and this hawk swimming for the other shore! Momma took a solid hit and there were feathers floating everywhere. She curled up in a hole and didn't come back out while I was there. Not sure if she made it or not. Mr. Hawk didn't stick around long once he dried out from his high speed plunge! Very cool to see such an attack so close!

Slightly OT Not a turkey call , but maybe a coat rack ? I tried to make a " Fowl Finger " a few years ago for the hell of it.