February went quickly,Thankfully, Now we're that much closer to warm Spring days and the CAS season (In the s**w belt areas)
Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.
The pork butt is smelling real good.
'Tis 17 and partly cloudy. High of 26.
Slim
Hit 71 here today and sunny, but the temps are gonna get back to normal this week. Been breaking in a new carry gun, switching to a lighter gun for my daily carry, a Sig P365XL with a red dot optic on it. 12+1 rounds of 9mm that is really slim and much lighter than my beloved 1911 Commander.
Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.
Off to church in a bit.
'Tis 5 and mostly sunny. High of 33 and mostly sunny.
Slim
Morning! At least it's morning here, soon to be hot and humid. "Here" happens to be in the Philippines, been visiting the wife's family. Currently, we are at a hotel in Tagbilaran City, but spent the last several days at the family's home town of Sevilla. No internet there except by cell tower, which I have no way to connect to. It's 6:15 AM on Monday here, still Sunday at home, though. Be here about another week.
Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.
Enjoy your time visiting the in-laws, PE.
'Tis 32 and mostly cloudy. "Not as cool. Mostly sunny in the morning then mostly cloudy with a chance of light rain in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 40s. South wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent."
Slim
Quote from: pony express on March 02, 2025, 04:19:16 PMMorning! At least it's morning here, soon to be hot and humid. "Here" happens to be in the Philippines, been visiting the wife's family. Currently, we are at a hotel in Tagbilaran City, but spent the last several days at the family's home town of Sevilla. No internet there except by cell tower, which I have no way to connect to. It's 6:15 AM on Monday here, still Sunday at home, though. Be here about another week.
What's the Flight time to Philippines, is it direct from Calif. or layover in Hawaii ?
This time flight time was just over 14 hours, for the leg from Seattle to Manilla. The actual flight route goes near the Aleutian Islands, and off the Russian coast, past Japan to Manilla. Doesn't make sense when you look at it on a flat map, but on a globe it does. This was the first time I've had a direct into Manilla flight, usually there's a layover in Korea, Japan or Taiwan, depending on which countries airline you use. Last time I flew Philippine Airlines, (16-17 years ago) they had a "refueling stop" on Guam. I guess that since they've switched from 747s to 777s, they have more range and can fly non stop.
Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.
Rained overnight.
'Tis 35 and overcast. "Cloudy. A slight chance of light rain in the morning then light rain in the afternoon. Highs in the middle 40s. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent."
Slim
Pouring rain here today, quiet here as LadyC is getting ready for her colonoscopy tomorrow. Had a customer bring the cutest blue heeler pup into the shop yesterday, stole all our hearts as he was a friendly little guy.
Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.
Your rain arrived here, Deacon. It is trying to turn into sn*w.
'Tis 35 and sleeting/sn*wing. "Windy. Colder. Rain and snow in the morning then snow in the afternoon. Patchy fog in the morning. Considerable blowing and drifting snow. Snow may be heavy at times. Snow accumulation of 3 to 6 inches. Highs in the upper 30s. Temperatures falling into the mid 20s in the afternoon. North wind 15 to 25 mph increasing to 25 to 35 mph in the afternoon. Gusts up to 45 mph. Chance of precipitation near 100 percent."
Slim
Greeting from Big Sky Country.
Here for my quarterly pound of flesh for Uncle Sam. Looks like it's my last, myself and a few others around all have been nonretained. Mixed feelings on that one. I guess I'll head home and cry in my DD-214 about it. Maybe even join the VFW. ::)
The trip out was an experience. Uncle Sam decided greyhound was cheaper than United, so I've spent the past 2.5 days with my rear in a bus. Had a 5 hour layover in Butte, MT, and other than that my only time not in a normal sitting position was the 20 minutes it took to switch busses. What do bus passengers have against showering?
—TK
Blizzard is over, not sure how much, 65-70 mph gusts. Got Brown Dogs nails clipped, and ears cleaned, some supplies picked up and slid in back home as the snow started. Went to Johnson one of many meat markets around and got this, all different, $47 worth but I'm stocked for a while on lazy suppers. ;D
Quote from: Delmonico on March 05, 2025, 01:25:03 PMBlizzard is over, not sure how much, 65-70 mph gusts. Got Brown Dogs nails clipped, and ears cleaned, some supplies picked up and slid in back home as the snow started. Went to Johnson one of many meat markets around and got this, all different, $47 worth but I'm stocked for a while on lazy suppers. ;D
Any Polish sausage?
Slim
Aw Del, that's just mean to be posting that pic! Looks delicious. Slim, hope that moisture we sent you doesn't turn into snow. TK sounds like a "memorable" bus trip. I play tabletop games and have started a movement called GAGG, Gamers Against Gamey Gamers. Our motto "Take a bath PLEASE!".
Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.
It turned into 3" of white.
'Tis 22 and sunny. High of 37 and sunny.
Slim
With my father, being a Slovenian, I grew up in a Slovenian neighborhood in Milwaukee. There were several Slovenian grocery stores in the area. They all sold homemade smoked Slovenian Keilbassa. It was to die for. Truth be told, I'd rather eat smoked Slovenian sausage than the finest steak.
Hard to find here in florida. My son is going to buy a smoker and maybe I'll try my hand at making my own. I'm seacrhing for recipes and so far I've found this one: https://www.raddellssausage.com/blogs/news/the-art-of-making-slovenian-smoked-sausage
Quote from: Johnny McCrae on March 06, 2025, 08:12:55 AMWith my father, being a Slovenian, I grew up in a Slovenian neighborhood in Milwaukee. There were several Slovenian grocery stores in the area. They all sold homemade smoked Slovenian Keilbassa. It was to die for. Truth be told, I'd rather eat smoked Slovenian sausage than the finest steak.
Hard to find here in florida. My son is going to buy a smoker and maybe I'll try my hand at making my own. I'm seacrhing for recipes and so far I've found this one: https://www.raddellssausage.com/blogs/news/the-art-of-making-slovenian-smoked-sausage
All those local small store sausages are good, or at least I never found any that wern't. Worth a little extra for what you get.
Quote from: Delmonico on March 06, 2025, 01:59:53 PMAll those local small store sausages are good, or at least I never found any that wern't. Worth a little extra for what you get.
Yes, the local stores were great. Eventually, all of the Slovenian Grocery stores closed. We started going to a sausage store on Milawaukee's south side https://onmilwaukee.com/articles/eurosausage12 His sausages were were as good as you could get. I also enjoyed shooting the breeze with Frank. Eventually, he also closed for good. I may have to make my own.
My material, free downloads use them for teaching if you want. If anyone thinks they are worth anything on the market, contact me and we can work something out.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/606494777062616/files/file
Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.
Going to the local "toy" store after lunch with a friend.
'Tis 23 and cloudy. High of 40 and partly cloudy.
Slim
Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.
'Tis 18 and mostly sunny. High of 46 and partly cloudy.
Slim
Thanks Slim, Where is everybody? Been too quiet here lately. ???
I think I'm just waiting here for the other shoe to drop weather wise. We haven't had a major sn*w fall here this yea. (((YET))), Still working on getting y back straighten out, so a lot of white s*** is not what I need right now. Me S*** blower operatorhas been gone (week over Thanksgiving), (Weeks over Christmas), and now (6 weeks to do home care for our friend in Oregon) to aide her recovery afer knee replacement. We may get her back April 1st until the last week of June when she heads back to Milwaukee for herMoms borthday. Another 3-4 weeks (at least that doen't mean snow, just mowing grass!
It's liike she's in the military,with 6 Mo, deployment. But, the cats and I are managing to muddle through.
Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.
'Tis 24 and clear. High of 59, blustery and mostly sunny.
Slim
Greetings all.
Still in Montana, here through Wednesday.
Not much to report. It's been pleasant weather, at least above freezing. Been mostly a game of "find the person," getting signatures on my out processing paperwork. Still 2 signatures left.
Y'all stay warm.
—TK
Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.
'Tis 26 and hazy. High of 67, mostly sunny and blustery.
Slim
Supposed to be sunny with high of 58 here, Maybe I'll finally get the Christmas lights taken down and put away
Starlings are back. ::)
Slim
Well, I kinda feel guilty to report that it was sunny and 78 here today and tomorrow is supposed be the same. Work was crazy Saturday and today. But that is good because it has been slow. Proved today that you can put a really good edge on a Victorinox Swiss Army knife as I slipped and just barely kissed my thumb with my blade and slit myself pretty good, so I was wearing a nitrile glove all day so I didn't drip on the guns. I did find out that the glove really helps with grabbing and opening the plastic bags we use.
Back home at last! Went from 80s in Philippines to 50's in Seattle, then 70s at home. Visited lots of family, the Girls met lots of cousins. Several beach days. Return trip went well except for security hassles. First off, Dear Wife packed some spare batteries for her camera in a checked bag. But not a suitcase, nooooo not so simple. We had too much junk stuff so we packed a cardboard box, complete with a half roll of packing tape and about 50 feet of twine wrapped around it, with lots of knots. And that's where the batteries were. Sooo, half hour later we got that fixed, then off to Manila. Then while boarding the next flight to Seattle, the pull us aside telling us we have to go open up one of our bags for inspection-again-, but this one's a regular luggage. Looking for an "aerosol can". Turned out to be a perfectly acceptable can of shaving cream. In the checked bag-because it's not allowed in the carry on. Then we had to come back through the security scan-again-and run back to the plane. Then upon arrival at Seattle, it took them 90 minutes to get all the luggage off the plane. Ang guess which bag was the LAST bag off the plane? Then an overnight layover at the Best Western, and a smooth last leg of the trip. Alaska Airlines Guarantees to get the baggage all on the carousel within 20 minutes, and they delivered.
Been a long time, we all know not to go to a gun shop with "extra money" on the card as in the bills are all paid. All Gopher Grease's fault, was going up #50 and wanted to know if I wanted to ride to Lincoln. Well I did, but he lied, we were going close to Lincoln but outside their sales tax.
Wandering around looking at the latest from Matell since they had no 32 mag or 22 Hornet. Of in a corner in a sea of plastic and anodized 'lumminum I spot a little bit of blued steel and real walnut. A few I liked, but only one I needed.
A fairly nice Remington 513T with the Redfield Olympian sights for $550 on consignment, they called, no lower. Paid for it, but have to get the new address on my drivers license.
Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.
Congrats on the rifle, Del.
Glad you had a good time with family and home safe, PE.
'Tis 33 and partly cloudy. High of 46 and partly cloudy.
Slim
Quote from: Delmonico on March 10, 2025, 10:55:29 PMBeen a long time, we all know not to go to a gun shop with "extra money" on the card as in the bills are all paid. All Gopher Grease's fault, was going up #50 and wanted to know if I wanted to ride to Lincoln. Well I did, but he lied, we were going close to Lincoln but outside their sales tax.
Wandering around looking at the latest from Matell since they had no 32 mag or 22 Hornet. Of in a corner in a sea of plastic and anodized 'lumminum I spot a little bit of blued steel and real walnut. A few I liked, but only one I needed.
A fairly nice Remington 513T with the Redfield Olympian sights for $550 on consignment, they called, no lower. Paid for it, but have to get the new address on my drivers license.
Looks like a fun one, Del.
I socked up on 22 cal. before the Woo Hoo Flu madness.
Every time it was on sale at Acadamy Sports I'd buy a 555 brick or two.
:) FINALLY :D
Yesterday and today it has finally been nice enough and warm enough to go out and PLAY!! Match upcoming on Saturday. Hoping the weather holds.
French Toast with Raspberries today. Yum.
Beautiful here today, got the Short Bus unloaded so we can load it up for a trip Friday. Dentist went good this AM then we had lunch, and then taxes....ugh....but not too bad. Leftovers for dinner tonight. Gonna put a new stock on my Yugo AK.Wish me luck. Del, congrats on the new shooter.
Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.
'Tis 32 and partly cloudy. High of 52 and partly cloudy.
Slim
Looks to be Battery time, The SUV had failure to start yesterday after a short errand.
I have a small portable bat-pack which got it started and home.
I have an appointment today to pay out the nose :-\
Currently 59° high of 80° and clear
Day after returning from vacation, water heater croaked. Amazon lists new circuit board for $169-189. But a week to 10 days of no hot water not ok. Will check local plumbing supply today. Probably should replace the heating elements, too. Option 2: Lowes lists new 40 gallon water heater (same size as what is there) for $389. Labor on either will be mine.