What to do when you can’t do anything else.

[Eterry]

 

[Rum River]

Shop fettling.....

Watching the documentary "World At War", received for Christmas from one of our sons and his wife.
Originally made back in the 70's and vastly upgraded for Blu-Ray.

Shop fettling.....

Watching the series 'Barney Miller', received from my wife for Christmas.

Shop fettling.....

Getting gas struts/springs engineered to open/close the down range doors on the shooting house.

Shop fettling.....

 

[Omahkapi'si]

I am also watching the old 50’s show Last of the Mohicans with John Hart as Hawkeye. Have many episodes on DVD.

 

[Boston Bill]

Its always nice to have other hobbies, so when you cant do one, you can do something else, until you can get back to the other.

As much as I love firearms, they don't consume my every waking moment.

Thank you. You pushed me over the edge. I have been contemplating wristwatch repair. I guess it is time to bite the bullet!

 

[Bassdog1]

Well today I spent 8 hours on the ice and me and one of my sons kept 50 nice bluegills. Only people on the lake what an awesome day before a winter storm hits tomorrow.

 

[Howard Pippin]

Minus 31 here this morning, starting on a wool greatcoat and digging around making more gear just hugging my rifles.

I don't know exactly where you're at flintlock, but it was 37 below here this morning supposed to only be -10 tomorrow.
Squint

 

[Flintlock]

I don't know exactly where you're at flintlock, but it was 37 below here this morning supposed to only be -10 tomorrow.
Squint

I'm up here in Northern Minnesota or Southern Antarctica whatever it may be today.

 

[SOLANCO]

Knew a guy who collected double guns. Expensive double guns. He always stored them muzzle down. His reasoning was he did not want any excess oil soaking into the wood of the stock. Particularly not into the smaller areas supporting the breach.
Seemed reasonable and I have followed suit.

 

[Omahkapi'si]

I don't know exactly where you're at flintlock, but it was 37 below here this morning supposed to only be -10 tomorrow.
Squint

You guys are just below us and yup she's been brutal cold.

 

[Treestalker]

I prefer to go on internet forums and make outlandish and provocative statements and hurl personal attacks to besmirch the character of people I don't know and never met.

There's a guy (?) from Colorado (?) on the Forum you're going to hit it off with real well.

 

[SOLANCO]

Sipping bourbon is the only leisure activity that makes sense to me when the temp is in single digits.

Or Irish. Or Scots. The colder it is, the more I gravitate towards the mad dog single malts. Lagavuilin comes to mind.

 

[nightwolf1974]

Watching the series 'Barney Miller', received from my wife for Christmas.

 

[firestick]

Normally I'd be playing with my knives or tinkering making one. Sometimes doing a repair on a rifle too. This time I am preparing for surgery in a couple weeks. Dr said to rest and take in 100-150 grams of protein a day. Tuff to do but I am working on it. 2 weeks from now I'll have holes all over my chest and tubes coming out from all over. Going round 2 with esophageal cancer 1st time was stage IV and they did radiation and chemo. This time it is surgery to remove most of my esophagus and then chemo. Have a few things to do before "just in case". Would make it worse if the weather was nice but I really can't say I enjoy below zero weather anymore healthy or otherwise.

 

[Daryl Crawford]

Normally I'd be playing with my knives or tinkering making one. Sometimes doing a repair on a rifle too. This time I am preparing for surgery in a couple weeks. Dr said to rest and take in 100-150 grams of protein a day. Tuff to do but I am working on it. 2 weeks from now I'll have holes all over my chest and tubes coming out from all over. Going round 2 with esophageal cancer 1st time was stage IV and they did radiation and chemo. This time it is surgery to remove most of my esophagus and then chemo. Have a few things to do before "just in case". Would make it worse if the weather was nice but I really can't say I enjoy below zero weather anymore healthy or otherwise.

Thanks for giving me some perspective. Good luck with your procedure.

 

[Omahkapi'si]

Thoughts and prayers for you Firestick.

 

[kje54]

Wish I could plant tomatoes and pepper seeds, butI can't set them out until around June 1st, So I am down here in Alabama fishing on the beach, until March 1st. then poke my way up north, Looking to be home in the Upper Peninsula near mi April.

Where in the UP?

 

[kje54]

There's a guy (?) from Colorado (?) on the Forum you're going to hit it off with real well.

You all have no clue, I came from an (unnamed) political forum that's so rough and tumble it makes this place look like the Sesame Street forum.

 

[Eterry]

You all have no clue, I came from an (unnamed) political forum that's so rough and tumble it makes this place look like the Sesame Street forum.

Yea, but on a political forum you'd expect infighting and backbiting... if my grandpa was still alive he'd change his mantra to "never talk religion, politics, sex or MUZZLELOADERS!!"
Haha

 

[kje54]

Yea, but on a political forum you'd expect infighting and backbiting... if my grandpa was still alive he'd change his mantra to "never talk religion, politics, sex or MUZZLELOADERS!!"
Haha

There are political forums then there's the one I'm on.......... The one I'm one would get most banned on every other political forum.

 

[hanshi]

Normally I'd be playing with my knives or tinkering making one. Sometimes doing a repair on a rifle too. This time I am preparing for surgery in a couple weeks. Dr said to rest and take in 100-150 grams of protein a day. Tuff to do but I am working on it. 2 weeks from now I'll have holes all over my chest and tubes coming out from all over. Going round 2 with esophageal cancer 1st time was stage IV and they did radiation and chemo. This time it is surgery to remove most of my esophagus and then chemo. Have a few things to do before "just in case". Would make it worse if the weather was nice but I really can't say I enjoy below zero weather anymore healthy or otherwise.

Firestick, My best wishes go your way for the very best outcome with your surgery. You have many well wishers rooting for you.