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Moved the chickens to the permanent outside home. Just have to play the waiting game for egg laying age. Hopefully they will keep the bug population down as well. 
The only problem arises when your dog smells something interesting and starts digging. You'd be surprised how far a Gordon Setter can hurl rocks when he's excavating.
Built a new shop last year and I’ve been meaning to adorn it ever since. Just got around to getting it done. Piece of tin off one of our old barns:
@Mr. Zick - you sound like a guy I worked for as a kid. A couple actually.
One paid me well to do shit work, nasty dirty manual labor. I told him to have a list as I work pretty fast (thats what she said....).
finished the list on 6 hrs and reorganized some stuff while I was at it, as the ladies who worked in his Hallmark store did a shit job before he hired me. Mostly carrying heavy boxes and cleaning up and old dirty basement of an old downtown storefront he used for storage.
He thought it was a 2 day job, so paid me for 16 hrs.
he had me come back a lot and always paid me very well, in cash. I always worked my ass off and did more than he expected. We both won.
helluva nice guy Gary was. Rest in peace he may.
He recommended me to a contractor who paid me the same way. Give me a long list and I would skip chasing girls to work my butt off. Mike was a great guy too and taught me a lot about house work and building stuff.
I was 17-21 during those years.
One paid me well to do shit work, nasty dirty manual labor. I told him to have a list as I work pretty fast (thats what she said....).
finished the list on 6 hrs and reorganized some stuff while I was at it, as the ladies who worked in his Hallmark store did a shit job before he hired me. Mostly carrying heavy boxes and cleaning up and old dirty basement of an old downtown storefront he used for storage.
He thought it was a 2 day job, so paid me for 16 hrs.
he had me come back a lot and always paid me very well, in cash. I always worked my ass off and did more than he expected. We both won.
helluva nice guy Gary was. Rest in peace he may.
He recommended me to a contractor who paid me the same way. Give me a long list and I would skip chasing girls to work my butt off. Mike was a great guy too and taught me a lot about house work and building stuff.
I was 17-21 during those years.
Lazy bulldogs don’t give a shit about anythingThe only problem arises when your dog smells something interesting and starts digging. You'd be surprised how far a Gordon Setter can hurl rocks when he's excavating.
Buzz works for way less than that. Tell him
$20/hour and he might work you into the ground
Another day ends. I used to stare at clouds for hours when I was a kid; I guess some things don't change.
A see a scoop shovel and mulch
. I know you do this for a leaving, but a 10 tine fork (silage type fork) moves that stuff with ease comparatively. We buy mulch (actually wood chips) by the dump trailer load yearly for landscaping and it gets moved with hydraulics or an ensilage fork into a wheelbarrow. YMMV
Sunset in Washington State tonight on our good friends deck. Always a great place to enjoy a sunset with good people, 6’ apart of course!
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My Golden Retriever used to fetch rocks from the bottom of the creeks and sneak them home. I heard her chewing one afternoon and went to look cause I hadn’t given her a bone. She had a river rock in her mouth and was looking for a place to hide it. She would always dive for rocks in the water. Sure do miss her.Lazy bulldogs don’t give a shit about anything
Its a great tip.
I use it for leaves and all debris that needs picking up as well as putting down.
Keep the tines lined up and get used to the curve in the tines and you're faster than a machine
I use it for leaves and all debris that needs picking up as well as putting down.
Keep the tines lined up and get used to the curve in the tines and you're faster than a machine
Starling season has arrived. One of the screens comes off the window above the kitchen sink. I even have a range card hanging on the fridge 
. Good practice as it gets me away from prone.
. Good practice as it gets me away from prone. The only good starling is a dead starling.Starling season has arrived. One of the screens comes off the window above the kitchen sink. I even have a range card hanging on the fridge
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what did that little guy have on the clintons
Starling season has arrived. One of the screens comes off the window above the kitchen sink. I even have a range card hanging on the fridge
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Starlings and sparrows in the US caused by William Shakespeare fans. Stupid liberal arts majors.what did that little guy have on the clintons
Eugene Schieffelin - Wikipedia
Living in a small town I have to be careful. I really enjoy using the Beeman but the neighbor put a trampoline in the backyard so shooting is out. Used to be a lineman and had a 120 to 480 transformer in the basement. Haven't named it yet but I found that if the starlings feet lock on I need to shut it off when the smoke begins or it kicks out the breaker. Quick end for suet stealing SOB's.
Submit your names fellas for this wonderful device. I’d love to see it on a short video doing its thing. I’d name it the Roost n Roast.
It has been raining here for 2.5 days and it was wet before that. All my back country shooting roads are soft or under water. Job work is at a standstill, either waiting for folks to make decisions, or ordered materials to land. Slow shipping due to the virus has even crept down to the construction world. Had some driveway projects for the Child Bride, rained out. So, time for brass prep. Or I should say, more brass prep.
I don't mind prepping brass, needs to be done, although I'd rather be out emptying it. Come on Sunshine!
I don't mind prepping brass, needs to be done, although I'd rather be out emptying it. Come on Sunshine!
I hear ya on the prep. A friend brought over 500 - 22-250 to load. No problem I've got nothing but time after being in since 3/13
As F'd up as the USA has become it's still the best place to hang your hat.
As F'd up as the USA has become it's still the best place to hang your hat.
Third month for me. Was surprised online app went so smoothly. Did the math years ago and came to conclusion unless you're still working, makes no sense to delay. I am out and trying to remember how I ever actually had time to work!
Some rust and nitre bluing projects finally coming together... Cell phone camera hides some stuff that will end up getting re-done but the bulk of the learning curve is over. What's another week or two... Oh yeah, and to find that safety lever.
Yes, it was actually pretty simple.
Planning: SSA Retirement Benefits
Applying: http://www.socialsecurity.gov/
Appears it takes 2 months minimum to start receiving benefits so you might want to register earlier.
Sunday = Tornado clean up tools. We got hammered pretty good.
Today = 500 ton forge work. Parallelism is within 2 tenths. Callin it good.
Today = 500 ton forge work. Parallelism is within 2 tenths. Callin it good.
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UPS amazes me. They knows people are stuck inside, so it creates the track my package view. Now I can sit and watch my stuff drive all over NC before it gets to me. 
Same as Sieg - very easy. Go ahead and get registered on site if not already. I didn't realize payments are one month delayed so lost a month (e.g., May benefit is paid in June). Mixed feelings about being on the Govt tit but I started paying in at 18, maxed out a lot of later years, and self-employed many years so paid double.
I often wanted to make a 3x3 square of expanded metal around all of my feeders and load the pole holding them.
Squirrel's are never happy
Swung by a fancy lumber place yesterday. I’m replacing the top rail of the short wall by my basement stairs. It has a plain piece of oak on it now, but I bought this piece of sapele that is just amazing! Still needs cut to fit and finished but with a little mineral spirits on it, it really is cool 
this is it dry
and wet
this is it dry I'm not on the tit..... I'm getting back the money I've been loaning them for forty years.
I'm not on the tit..... I'm getting back the money I've been loaning them for forty years.
No shit, same here.
Brother, SC is same. I was laughing at your post. I saw "Clinton" without reading and couldn't help it.
Looks like birdseye maple on steroids...Swung by a fancy lumber place yesterday. I’m replacing the top rail of the short wall by my basement stairs. It has a plain piece of oak on it now, but I bought this piece of sapele that is just amazing! Still needs cut to fit and finished but with a little mineral spirits on it, it really is cool
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How many warning lights can you have on at one time! And turbo underboost as well. What a nightmare 
What gun is this going on, and definitely post after pictures
Wipe some water on that wood and watch it pop! The down side is sometimes the grain changes or runs out as they shape the stock, it happened on the top Trap Special but I still like it.
Here's a couple I had done:
It’s going on this gun, but I really need a trap stock for it as I had another set of barrels fitted with a higher rib
