Doc

They don't yet admit that their real goal is the elimination of all firearms ..... period. However, if Cuomo and his gun-banning buddys in the legislature get re-elected, be looking for the gloves to come off as they will see that as a mandate to bring on the real gun-control that they really want. There will be no more need for any pretenses at all. It will be a frontal assault. Joining the gun advocacy organizations is a no-brainer. We get nowhere without organization and leadership and support. But that is just the first step. There is no doubt that we have to begin (right now) registering gun owners and shoving them along toward the polls in November. That's where the whole issue in NYS will be won or lost.

I have 3 apple trees, and 5 peach trees. I'll be putting in 3 pear trees in the spring (all good hearty trees for NYS). Apricots and cherries are popular also. We put in what we thought would be just right for the two of us and got buried in fruit this year to the point where we were giving the stuff away. As far as the critters are concerned, they are welcome to the drops, and anything they can reach from outside the welded wire fencing that I have around each tree (a strong recommendation by the way). These trees are primarily for human use only.

Well, that's what I was kind of wondering about. Generally when a road is opened up, it starts other people assuming that it is a safe road to drive on. Kind of like suckering them in .... lol. Also, I know that road crews get a bit protective of others doing their jobs. I don't know, it just seemed like something that should not be done without some prior permissions or inquiries.

I have a 1000' driveway that I plow with my ATV. I've been doing that for about 30 years, and have only had to call in a pick-up with a plow only a couple of times. There was another time when I had a pay-loader handle it. I can't remember what year, but it was a March, three foot dump of some very heavy, wet, gloppy snow that even trucks couldn't handle. It's a gravel driveway, and the gravel has never been an issue. I will say that it plows a lot nicer and easier with a hardened snow base underneath. I was just wondering if there is any legal situations or requirements involved with plowing a town road. Any liability issues with plowing a road that has been officially closed?

Yup, but put a bow or a gun in his hands, and the situation takes on a whole different public relations significance for the sport of hunting. Without that hunting connection, it most likely is just another visit from your friendly neighborhood voyeur-style pervert.

I wonder what kind of new environmental, endangered species regulations that could be implemented in NYS if they could convince everyone that there was a breeding population of mountain lions resident here. And I suppose put another way, I wonder how many business regulations NYS industry could avoid if such a situation could be kept buried. Seems like there just might be some political and financial parts to this issue.

I normally do well with cold, but these recent days really are off the charts in terms of ridiculous ....lol. And we still have a bunch of them coming as I understand it.

Go south???? poisonous bugs and snakes oh my! I think not. You know as much as I hate and whine about the snow and cold, there are places that have even worse snow and cold. Those that don't have hurricanes as a regular weather feature or tornados, or earthquakes. Oh yes and then there is the oppressive heat and humidity that has you locked up in the air-conditioned house. When you consider the impacts of some of those weather events, I think I'll take some snow and cold. How about good old Alaska. There really isn't a more beautiful place in the world ...... in the summer, and during the daylight hours. But they also have unending nights, and some real snow that can lock you in for months (talk about cabin fever) and then there's the summer bugs that will literally drive you insane. A lot of places look great until you scrape the commercial tourist advertising off of them. Look, I'm too old to try and get used to the stress of potential impending doom of life threatening weather events. And I know I will never get used to poisonous snakes and bugs. Maybe people who have been raised around such things can kind of shrug their shoulders and live with it all, but I really don't need such things in my life.....lol. Water moccasins, copperheads, rattlers, coral snakes, brown recluse spiders, black widows .... for crying out loud .... who the hell needs that?

I have some very heavy-duty snowmobile mittens that I will be using next time I have to plow (using ATV). Mittens are not useful in a lot of activities, but should be ok with handlebar implements. I would look at anyplace that sells snowmobiles or snowmobile equipment. Also, I have to believe that skiers should have some very good cold-weather hand protection. So if you check out a ski-shop, you should be able to find something that will do the job. Expect to pay some big bucks.

Nature's interesting patterns:

I got through half of it yesterday and will finish it off today. Very interesting program.

I suspect this mass migration out of NYS is really saying that things are not all that great financially in good old NYS. Yes it is a heck of a great place to live in terms of geography, diversity of nature, and in spite of our recent hard freeze-up, even the climate with all the interesting changes. BUT .... the oppressive government and the politics of the place sucks, and I do believe that even though there are some people who are doing quite well, I have seen enough huge business shrink to nothing, and others that have moved out of the state and even out of the country with the bulk of their jobs, that I have a hard time believing that the current population exodus isn't fueled by lack of lucrative employment. I understand and even sympathize a bit with those that want to flee, or those that have to follow their jobs out of NYS. I'm just fortunate enough to be retired and not dependent on industry anymore, and just stubborn and ornery enough to resist being driven out of my home by a bunch of pinko commies. I'll just hang around and keep poking them in the eye and being a thorn in their side.....lol.

Damn .... That was funny.

We actually had several poles supplied up our 1000' driveway with a transformer on their last pole. When we only had a house trailer and a barn, we were responsible for supplying the terminating pole complete with guy wires and the meter. The power company made the final wire termination at the pole. A few years later when we built the house, the power company put in another pole near the house and the wires were terminated at the meter on the house wall. That all was 42 years ago, so maybe things have changed a bit by now.

Yeah, I suppose it really sounds kind of condescending, and perhaps a bit of over-generalized. But really, I would think that in most cases, for a guy that is just introducing his spouse to the hunting experience, some of that may actually be good advice to make sure that the first experience is a long lasting one. Also, from just reading the words, it's hard to say how much of that was said with tongue in cheek tones. From what I have noticed on the few shows that I have seen, there is a lot of trash talking and horse-play and banter between the two, and that may have been the actual context of the remarks.

That's a pretty big critter.

I suspect that it is a creature not of this earth and if it were me, I would stay away from that particular part of the woods.

As I tried to say a few times before, this so-called SAFE ACT was simply a preview of coming attractions. It was a test case to see just how tough the NYS gun advocacy groups and the gun owners themselves really are. If we don't vote as a single minded, unified, focused block of voters, and if we are unsuccessful at sending a powerful message to politicians and would-be politicians in this next election, they will take that as a reason to be emboldened without limits. At that point, as they say, "Folks, you ain't seen nothing yet!" We all know what has to be done. It's just a case of expending the proper amount of effort, along with finding the will and the backbone to do it.

I'm pretty much in that same boat myself. This is where my family is and where it's been since 1831. I really don't belong anywhere else. And I'm certainly not going to be driven out by a bunch of commies.

I have got to say that 50 yards really is not very far, and I would not blame a homeowner for getting a bit aggravated by seeing some guy squatting in the bushes and would feel like my privacy was being encroached upon. I haven't had to put up with anyone being that close to the house for many decades, so perhaps I am a bit more sensitive than most folks. But I do value my privacy, and that 50 yards stuff would certainly aggravate the hell out of me. Also, I really can't imagine wanting to be set up 50 yards from somebody's house. I saw a lot of that kind of thing on that TV program "Chasing Tails", and really couldn't picture myself in that kind of so-called hunt.

I wonder if some of the reasons that NYS is in the shape that it is in might be because those that are bothered by the political climate here choose to cut and run. Sounds like we are giving up and actually being driven from our homes by these commies. But if you find that you have to run, pick your final destination well because most of the states are not all that far behind us (especially here in the northeast). This could turn out to be simply a case of, "you can run but you can't hide".

I can't recall any of the threatened potential side-effects. My biggest problem at the time was focused on quitting those damned things. Chantix worked where nothing I had tried before worked. I think part of it may have had something to do with being able to continue to smoke during that first week. That allowed it to get established in my system without the stress of actually quitting at the same time.

I wonder how many are actually leaving the country. This new "global economy" has got a whole bunch of jobs not even located in the US anymore, and not just low-tech, low paying jobs either. It was damned nice of us to ship our technology and training overseas to make this actually happen. I remember back in 1986 when my company asked me to go over to Taiwan to train the engineers over there how to design and build our products using our own procedures and technical knowledge. I refused. Of course the activity went on anyway even without me, and a whole bunch of other products went in the same direction. We did the same thing in England. We taught them how to do our jobs. That was great for the companies. They got lower paid employees, and skated out from under our oppressive and expensive regulations. But obviously it did not work out so good for employees. I wonder how many of our own citizens are now going over to these foreign countries, hat-in-hand, begging for some of these jobs that used to reside here state-side.

What's the name of the show and what station. I will try to find a re-run of it since I missed the one you were watching.

Oh Boy!!! I'm excited. But then I was excited when Gander first showed up. That didn't last too long ..... lol.