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What extractor is on this one? Mini M16?

The cresol built up inside the cap was like spray in bed liner, and tough to remove, lucky there wasn't much to speak of in the pipe. Screen now removed. Rope is staying put, I've got an antenna I need to put up this Summer so I can reliably hit repeaters, as the metal roof prevents me from...

Had to climb up on my roof this morning. Last couple nights, the house was filling up with smoke every time I opened the door to the stove to load more wood into it, just enough to give me a sore throat and make the house smell like a camp fire. Found the spark arrestor in the chimney cap...

Update, I was gone four days, three nights over Christmas. I was fully expecting to return to a house that was freezing. When I got back, it was still at 40-degs inside, and my neighbors said we had no sun over those days, snowing lightly, and temps in the single digits at night.

Yes, stove is a Quadrafire Discovery III, probably one of their biggest. Went with 8" over 6" because I'm at 8700-ft elevation, and previous stove was similar size (model 4300), and the guy I bought that stove through, has a degree in Thermal Dynamics, so he knows his stuff, and suggested the...

This was the first year in my life unfortunately that I had to hire someone to cut firewood for me. Just didn't have the time as I was hustling to get my new home dried in and enclosed for Winter. I did however, get my new stove in, and it's heating the house nicely. Not even fully insulated...

Don't get a Lexus, they add stuff that typically becomes a reliability issue. Just look at the used car prices, there's a reason the LC's hold their value, and the older Lexus don't. Yes, there's a lot of commonality between the two, but the things like AHC, upgraded climate control, etc. and...

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Was just having a discussion with a friend of mine the other day, after buying a car out East, and driving home, only to get stuck because of mechanical issues in the Heartland of America. Lucky it was in a good sized town on the interstate. I ended up renting a U-Haul to get my vehicle to a...

Flew out East last week to pick this one up. Imported from Dubai last year. Has a bunch of features that were never offered to the USA market, for example manual transmission and Sub-tank. Unfortunately, I broke down in North Platte, Nebraska with severe vibration in the drivetrain. Spent...

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I was just to thinking last night. At the rate we're going, just a couple more years, and we'll be just like Mexico. Murder in the streets, and no one cares.

If you put a WTB ad on Sturmgewehr, you'd probably get a few offered up. https://www.sturmgewehr.com/forums/index.php?/forum/8-parts-and-accessories-market-board/

I don't know, through an Australian website maybe? It's a shame that it wasn't shown here, but maybe Canada?

His name was Les Stroud, very good show, more about survival, and less about drama like all the other shows that followed. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Stroud Another good show I remember watching overseas was from Australia call Bush Tucker Man, it was a down to earth survival...