philoshop

Best of luck to everyone today! Other than a miserable rainy downpour, I've never seen deer too upset by any weather. They will hunker down a bit if the wind gets nasty, however.

It's 3 AM and I haven't even been to bed yet. Work is weird for me. Not too many years ago I would have been getting breakfast ready for the guys and gals at camp at about this time. A mountain of homefries and an entire pig of sausage. Several dozen eggs and everyone walks out the door stoked for the morning. Best of luck to everyone, and be safe folks. I'm looking forward to the photos.

A difficult subject to tackle under any circumstances. With President Trump in charge and shining some sunlight onto the realities of "globalism", Sundance points out what's what in this piece. https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/11/16/the-modern-myth-of-global-markets/#more-156716 A life-long friend of mine who has recently ended all friendship and communication with me over political differences told me 30 years ago that he was betting on China rather than the U.S. to rule the economic world. He's made a crap-load of money as a stock-broker, investment banker, and financial advisor betting against the U.S.. He hates President Trump because Trump has pushed his food dish under the refrigerator and he's now having financial difficulties. Tough sh**. I told you thirty years ago to not bet against the U.S. And there were a bunch of patriots in the 1700's who would have told you the same thing. Go cuddle with Tom Donahue.

I've watched several of his performances since his passing. They're available on youtube. Goofy Hee-Haw stuff to really serious venues. I'm a musician myself. I've never seen anyone play a guitar like he did. His range of genres was just astounding, and his absolute command of the instrument in all situations just blows my mind. Not to mention the basic humility of the man. Aw gee, shucks folks, I had fun playin' for ya'.

It's all a matter of "picking your battles". I have a friend who's a couple of years older than I am, in his early-sixties, who's totally into the drone racing thing. He travels to compete in it. Apparently his eyes and his reflexes are good enough to keep his corporate sponsors. More power to him, and I wish him all the best. I'm just happy when I wake up in the morning.

I had to do it. R/C combat. AKA plane-wrecking just for shiz-n-giggles: We had more fun with this stuff competing with other local clubs than any other aspect of the hobby I remember. No hard feelings, for the most part, just lots of laughs and hotdogs at lunchtime. If your feelings are going to be hurt, keep your plane on the ground. End of story. If you think you can compete, then do it, and bring a couple tubes of Shoo Goo for repairs.

In my experience a patch material made for "rubber" won't work very well on "neoprene", and vice versa. They're just different materials and require different types of patches. Most of my old rubber boots are covered with tire patches and are still going strong. Shoo Goo, however, is entirely capable of keeping your dog from crapping on the floor, although I wouldn't recommend it for that use for obvious reasons. It's tough stuff, it's flexible, and it sticks to everything I've ever put it on. It was a toolbox standard for radio-controlled combat games where various plastics, aluminum, and balsa wood had to be held together for one more round. I'll just say the "games" were not airplane friendly. The point was to cut the streamer of the opponent's plane, but sometimes the opponent's plane would get in the way... Shoo Goo also works really well for gluing soles back onto shoes, which was it's original purpose.

The guy knew how to play a guitar. That's for sure. RIP.

Fox hunting, at pretty healthy distances, is the only time I've used white camo. You can disappear as a snow drift at 300 yards. Pretty cool. I suppose it could be used for deer but I've never tried it. With deer I tend to get very up-close and personal. If there aren't powder burns on the fur I haven't gotten close enough. ;-)

I wouldn't have passed on him. My freezer is empty. I'm not an "if it's brown it's down" kinda guy by any stretch, but the freezer is a priority. And if I could figure out a way to have them fall into the bucket on my tractor as they died I'd be all set, and I'd probably be hunting again.

I have a Caldwell "Rock BR" and a few bags if anyone is interested. Used almost exclusively for rimfire bench rest competition so there is no heavy recoil wear and tear, although I can't imagine this thing being hurt in any way by heavy recoil. Ignore the funky make-shift forend sled on the gun. I was experimenting with getting the recoil to come straight back. It actually worked quite well. Ruger 10/22 that shoots around a quarter inch at fifty yards, BTW. Don't even ask about the cost. It's kind of embarrassing, but was assembled over a period of years. And I'm single, so I can do that.

The leadership and the people in charge are not stupid, but many of their followers are incredibly stupid and gullible and they shout loudly. That turns the tables in many ways. I've spent time on college and high school campuses. These kids are incredibly dumb right now by any rational measure. They're taught to be dumb by dumb people who were taught by other dumb people to keep everyone dumb. It's called the Progressive/Socialist mindset. When you're started at age 3 or 4 in pre-school it firmly sets in by the time you're ready to graduate from high school.

There are 67 counties in the state of Florida. Even the ones that were flattened by one of the biggest hurricanes to ever make landfall on the continental U.S. mainland managed to get election day voting done correctly. Two of those counties, both heavily Democrat-managed BTW, proceeded to screw things up for the rest of the state. It's like having some jacka** at your party peeing in the punch bowl. The title asks the question: Are these people just stupid and exceedingly incompetent; is it some attempt at slight-of-hand where they think they're somehow being clever; or is it intentionally criminal behavior involving manipulation of votes? I can find substantive arguments for all three scenarios. Yes they're stupid by most rational measures; yes they are deceptive by their very nature; and they don't shrink from outright criminal behavior if it achieves their ends. Most of you folks tend pay attention, and I'm just wondering what you think before I write any more about this nonsense for my clients. Give me an interesting nugget or twist on all this and I'll send you a treat. ;-)

Glad you were able to figure it out. It's frustrating, but there's always someone out there who has seen it before and knows how to fix it.

I did a lot of sight-ins for a gun shop and my job was to get it "on the paper" at fifty yards so the customer had a starting point for fine tuning. Nothing more than that. Bore-sight; shoot 3 shots at 50 yards; mark the target for the customer; move on to the next gun. As Moog said above, I trust my friends. If I needed to borrow a gun and some handloads for some reason I'd be completely confident that they've sighted in the weapon the same way I would have. Just tell me if it's 2 1/2" high at 100 and dead on at 250. Or if it's dead on at 100 and 6" low at 250.

He needs to be holding a sign that says, "Get off my lawn, ya hippie." ;-)

Okay Chief Brody, aim for the tank.

Reminds me of the buck my neighbor dealt with a couple of years ago. He walked off with my neighbor's grill attached to his head. I found the grill in the woods a week later, but spending time with a cheap grill stuck on your head must have smartened the little guy up some.

The biggest buck I ever killed made the smallest scrapes I've ever seen. He'd move two leaves out of the way and take a leak. Gold chains and limousines aren't required, and bathtub-sized scrapes tend to indicate a younger deer. Old guys know stuff. Even if they're deer.

I wouldn't recommend it after a night of drinking, but I know several people who do the same thing and have no problem attracting deer.

Lose the licking branch and there will be no scrape. The scrape itself is but a small part of the overall ceremony for the deer.

Venison stew or goulash (stew with noodles) and biscuits for dinner. Spicy venison sausage and eggs in the morning with a pile of homefries. Fire in the belly to start the day. Bring TP. I really miss the traditions of deer camp. Easily my fondest life memories. Even the horrendous farts that guys would manage to come up with were tolerable under the circumstances. ;-) Lots of laughs, hugs, and back-clapping.

The license plate was from New Jersey. That was all I needed to know. City guy trying to snow a local. Oops. There are only two ways into my back woods: through my yard; or through my neighbor's yard. My neighbor has rottweilers that barely tolerate me. A stranger would be lunch meat. And I'm always armed and sleep very little. The Jersey boy left disappointed. So sad to be you, ya schmuck. I didn't grab anything. I just positioned myself for a confrontation that thankfully didn't happen. I have no desire to randomly kill New Jersyians no matter how annoying they tend to be. I was being cautiously prudent regarding my concealed firearm and the given situation. I'm not used to taking NY/NJ city crap in my own driveway. Jeesus these people can be a**holes. Are they bred to be that way? Why? It's why I live in the fly-over part of the state. I know my neighbors and many of the citizens of my little city. We get along quite happily. When someone screws with that we all get upset and chase the interloper out. Parents of college students aren't here long enough to really get the hairy eyeball. I suspect that's where my visitor was from.

I don't know a thing about oil-fired appliances. But as a general observation it sounds to me like you might have a moisture problem in your fuel. The solution might be as simple as a couple bottles of something to displace the moisture. I don't know. Hopefully someone here will have a solution, or you call in a pro. I heat with wood. When the wood is wet it doesn't burn very well. I dry it out in my living room and it heats my house. Simple.

Now I see the baked taters. Thought they were rolls at first. ;-)