The Watering Hole

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Rhody

Discussion Starter · Apr 17, 2022 (Edited)

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WELCOME TO THE WATERING HOLE

A stress-free place to gather and share whatever is on your mind! A fun place of mutual respect where you can hang your hat, vent, relax and shoot the bull for a while!

Happy Easter to all who celebrate that faith.

To all others, Happy Spring!

Easter symbolizes a new beginning, so it is fitting that TWH has a new beginning as well!
Along with RFC, TWH has been remodeled!

Actually, it can be anything you imagine it to be!

I am happy to announce that due to the increased bandwidth of the new RFC, there is no longer a need for the weekly closing and re-opening of TWH!!! After 10+ years of weekly "flipping" we now get to keep the doors open continuously! My sincere thanks to our moderators, especially Sophia, for making this possible!

I would also like to thank all the members who have kept this boat afloat for so long! We have become like family here, and now have a permanent residence!

While we have many long-time members who have been enjoying the company found in this amazing virtual bar, we also welcome all new folks. Jump right in! The first drink is always on the house and Veterans always have an open bar!
Al The Infidel (Tubby Slayer extraordinaire) is the bar manager.

So, let's get this re-opening celebration going! Set 'em up, Al! Drinks all around!!!

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mdew

· #10,677 · 8 mo ago

Wook,

Notes from the Underground is some deep reading! When you get into the book please let me know what you think of the book?

mdew

· #10,696 · 8 mo ago

Checking on my food plots the radish and turnips are up but very dry. Tomorrow I’ll load up the spray tank with water and give them each about 30 gallons of water. We have no rain in the forecast for the next week.

mdew

· #10,707 · 8 mo ago

aztarget said:
It is crazy I use to buy fancy feast for 50 cents a can now it's almost a buck. And now the cats don't like it so got to find something else which I know is going to be more expensive.

Today I bought a 30lb bag of Hills Science Diet for our dog, $83.00 out the door. Was wondering if it would be cheaper to feed her what we are eating.

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mdew

· #10,711 · 8 mo ago

W8LON said:
We feed the dogs Victor Hi-Pro and a fifty pound bag feeds five for a month. Started feeding it with the Spring litter of pups do to what we had been feeding was always out of stock as well as really going up in price. Victor was $54 out the door at that time and last months bag increased to $62. Still the best feed we’ve ever used and very reasonable when you start looking at the labels of other premium feed. Local feed mill carry’s it and always in stock. They carry all the big name brands but everyone has switched over to the Victor.

I’ll certainly check out their labels, did some checking and they show availability in St. Joseph, MO. About 15 miles away. Thanks for the tip.

mdew

· #10,823 · 8 mo ago

Send some rain our way, we are more than 10% behind for the year. This afternoon I was out cutting soybeans with a farmer, it was so dry we were very cautious about looking under the machines if we had to stop. It’s so dry too much heat off a machine could cause a fire. The moisture content of the beans were running 10.5%. The desired range is 14-15%.

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mdew

· #10,884 · 8 mo ago

wookness said:
It has gotten more expensive, but I'm not noting any differentiation between smooth & crunchy. I've caught some nice bass on original 'Jelly worms', back in the day.

In the mid 80’s living and fishing in Oklahoma I used a lot of Mister Twister Grape worms. Then moved to Tennessee where the lakes are super clear.

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mdew

· #11,156 · 8 mo ago

Looks like we might get some rain tonight. Was out cutting a soybean field Sunday afternoon. This farmer got a new combine and header this year, using a 40’ head he cut a 45 acre field in about 2 hours.

I went to a retiree breakfast this morning at the the old office, it was nice to see some of the folks I worked with no Covid fears. Lots of handshakes and hug’s, it was a very nice morning.

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mdew

· #11,163 · 8 mo ago

TD1 said:
Speaking of harvesting soy beans…….🚜

Thanks for the video. She is a spunky one, I never get that excited about driving the grain cart. Although I wouldn’t mind riding along with her. Funny they are using a Mac Don header, that‘s the brand the guys I work with use.

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mdew

· #11,480 · 7 mo ago

I spent the day with a chainsaw cutting down standing dead trees along the drive way. A total of 6 trees: 3 honey locust (all without getting stuck with a thorn) 2 oaks and 1 elm. Going to have to do some serious wood splitting. Cutting trees all while running back to the house with baby back ribs on the smoker.

Just watched the Chiefs loose to the Bills. With the Chiefs defensive back tackling be jumping to the side of the runner trying to wrap their arms around them results in large yardage gains. Guess they don’t want to get hurt?

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mdew

· #11,674 · 7 mo ago

Good night AZ

mdew

· #11,676 · 7 mo ago

The truck is packed, full tank of fuel, the out of office is active to emails and heading out first thing in the morning to South Dakota for 8 days of pheasant hunting. Hopefully come across a few grouse along the way.

All those recovering from surgery or illness keep healing and prayers.
I’ll check in a few times during the week.

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mdew

· #12,886 · 7 mo ago

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It’s been a couple weeks since checking in, but not by design. The South Dakota hunting trip: first three days where north of Mitchell, the good news was there was more corn cut than I’d seen in many years, the bad news was the bird population had suffered due to drought and a hatch kill. We had to hunt hard two days and didn’t scratch a limit for the 11 of us. On the third day the leader of the hunt booked a hunt at a preserve, the pin raised birds flew well in the 45 mph winds but we shot a limit of 3 birds each.

After that hunt I went out west of the river to the big country. Monday we (9) shot our limit of 27 birds in less than 90 minutes. The wind was still at 45 mph plus, we hunted one milo strip got 7 birds then went down a 1/2 mile shelter belt. About 2/3 the way down we had to step out we had our 20.

Tuesday morning I woke up with a cough and scratchy throat so I went to the clinic in town tested negative for Covid, got a shot of penicillin in the cheek. Went on hunting we had a limit by 12:30.

On Thursday after one in the group was feeling rough he went to the clinic and tested positive for Covid. Long story , short I got home Friday night isolated from the wife, Saturday morning I test negative and Sunday morning tested positive. All last week I isolated and felt like I’d been put in a bag and beat. Finally this Saturday turned the corner and feeling much better.

All five days hunting out west we limited every day, the birds were plentiful and big. Of the 9 of us hunting as of today only two of us got the bug. Go figure.

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mdew

· #12,889 · 7 mo ago

Blackwolfe said:
Congratulations on your successful hunt.

Thanks BW. On top of a good hunt I scored a near mint Smith 27-2 with the presentation box. It’s a handful beast but I’m a sucker for Smith wheel guns.

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mdew

· #12,936 · 7 mo ago

W8LON said:
In junior high my $2 lunch money would buy me a Blackberry Hostess pie a Coke and a can of chew after school. Now their pies are a quarter the size and $3 each at a corner store with no Blackberry pie since the eighties. phooey!
Mrs Freshies Peanut Butter cupcakes are good now if I can keep the wife out of them.

I loved the Hostess Blackberry pies too. I remember in college when a can of Key chew went to $0.79 or a role of 10 cans for $7.50. Saw a pouch of Redman at Quick Trip for $11.00

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mdew

· #12,937 · 7 mo ago

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Here is the Smith 27-2 I added to the Smith family.

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mdew

· #12,998 · 7 mo ago

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Nice pics Brian. Here is my new Smith 27 along with the other Smiths.

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mdew

· #13,001 · 7 mo ago

Our kids go to school tomorrow, at the wife’s school they are having a Veterans Day breakfast for kids parents, grandparents who served or are serving. We have a lot of forks stationed at Leavenworth. She runs the Safety Patrol kids and made them special badges to wear tomorrow.

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mdew

· #13,250 · 7 mo ago

Blackwolfe said:
Thanks mdew. I think I have a blued steel and walnut problem.

I think we should form a support group for those of us a wheel gun, blued, walnut problem. I need to start researching serial numbers to get a history, I’m really into knowing how and where thing come from.

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mdew

· #13,253 · 7 mo ago

Opening day of deer firearms season started Saturday, I got a call from one of my growers that he was cutting his corn field Saturday morning. Retire, but work called this was my last harvest for this research project season. I left at 7:00 to drive to southern Iowa, when I got to the field It was a windchill of 6 and light snow. My ground work took about an hour and a half. Then rode in the combine for the next 6 hours. Was glad to see this corn file was the best yield I’d seen, Aveo’s over 220 bushel per acre. At that rate we had to dump into the grain cart about every 2 passes and the grain cart in to the semi every 3 cart full.

The farmer told me that last week he was cutting a field and a dozen does ran out out of a strip one ran back into the combine. Said it was a mess that took 2 hours to cut out. I couldn’t imagine what that would look like.

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mdew

· #13,255 · 7 mo ago

Blackwolfe said:
There should be a support group.

This book may be worth getting if you are into Smiths. Not sure if there is a 5th edition or not. I have the older 2nd edition, copyright 2001. It might cover your 27if it is older. If you want, send me a PM with the S/N and all the details, like barrel length, model 27-?, etc and I'll czech my book to see what is in it. Pretty sure I can come up with the year manufactured if it is old enough to be included in my older book.

https://www.amazon.com/Standard-Catalog-Smith-Wesson/dp/1440245630/ref=sr_1_1?crid=5W63Y1WD0I1D&keywords=standard+catalog+of+smith+&+wesson&qid=1668396580&sprefix=Standard+catalog+of+smith+,aps,143&sr=8-1

Thank Brian I’ll PM you in the morning with the information.

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