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

· #19,749 · 3 mo ago

aztarget said:
What is the double set?

That Is a Knives of Alaska set with a small stone.

mdew

· #19,752 · 3 mo ago

aztarget said:
Nice not sure what you paid but looks like a good deal.

Thanks, I got the right half of the batch in the pic. We got a fair deal on them, the owner just wanted to get rid of what was left after their family bought what they wanted.

mdew

· #19,754 · 3 mo ago

Crazy behind the house wildlife day. The turkeys moved like a herd of cattle grazing and before dark there were 11 does.

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mdew

· #19,755 · 3 mo ago

aztarget said:
Bummer hoping you had gotten the left.

I have a Knives of Alaska knife for my deer skinnier, it’s a nice knife. I like the Bucks, don’t think they’re real old. I liked the white Corian handles

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mdew

· #19,760 · 3 mo ago

Good night Frank

mdew

· #20,028 · 3 mo ago

W8LON said:
Welcome to inflation 😎
I’m scraping the bottom of my fifteen pound keg of Hercule’s Red Dot from the 1980’s, it was $89 for fifteen pounds back before one company bought most of the others out. Create a shortage then double the price on everything setting in your warehouse for eons.

I’m still working through 1000 packs of CCI Small Pistol dad got $10.99. Yesterday I finished off the last pound of Green Dot he had, the price was $11.99 dated 2006. The days of $0.99 packs of 22’s at Service Merchandise are all long gone.

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mdew

· #20,033 · 3 mo ago

W8LON said:
I spent the big bucks on CCI small rifle BR primers back in the day $11.99 a thousand, a few hundred remain. Still have many boxes of Nosler BR .224 bullets at $3.99 a hundred as well.
Had a buddy pass away last year from prostrate cancer who used to break into a cold sweat if his supply’s dipped below a million rounds reloaded. Plastic orange juice barrels labeled for each caliber lined his basement walls. When we were buying $5 a brick Federal Lightnings he was buying six cases each trip.
He couldn’t shoot or take them all with him in the end. No idea what his widow did with all his stuff when his motto was, “ he who dies with the most wins”.

Dad was about the same with his 38 Super, if he didn’t have 2,000 rounds loaded and enough components to load 5,000 more he went out and restocked.

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mdew

· #20,123 · 3 mo ago

Good night Frank

mdew

· #20,156 · 3 mo ago

aztarget said:
In the old days airline travel was classy. From the last time I rode on one almost 20 years ago They started to turn into greyhound buses with wings. I remember wearing a suit.

Having close to 2 million miles on commercial airlines and the last 5 years getting upgraded to 1st class I haven’t flown but once since retiring 3 years ago and I don’t miss it at all. SIL flies for a fractional ownership company, if there’s a deadhead I can jump on but getting back is on me and if they get diverted will in the air I’m on my own the get back.

mdew

· #20,324 · 3 mo ago

Must have been national clear brush day. I cut a couple 1,000 sqft of multiflora roses that I sprayed last fall. Used the brush blade on the Stihl FS 90 trimmer rather than firing up the Kabota and brush hog. Also rode around and whacked as many new cedar trees as I could see. Tore a huge hole in my Carhartt double face bibs. The wife said no patching they are pretty much dry rotted so ordered a new pair…I hate breaking in new work clothes.

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mdew

· #20,385 · 3 mo ago

It was another nice sunny day in the upper 50’s so I decided to shoot my recent 38 Super MO Bullet Company coated bullets at some steel plates. After shooting I decided to clean the 38 Super and while I was at it the other three 1911’s (Kimber 45 , Smith 9mm and Ed Brown 9mm) wish I would have stopped at two, my thumbs are hurting from holding down springs. A Crown and water might be required to help kill some pain.

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mdew

· #20,528 · 3 mo ago

The unpleasant task of saying goodbye to my friend of nearly 12 years was done this morning. The photo is from January of 22, she was telling me is was time to stop laying floor And take a break. The old joke “I can’t find the dog and there’s a huge lump in the floor”.

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mdew

· #20,686 · 3 mo ago

Thank for all the kind thoughts and comments on losing to pooch. This is the first time in 38 years the wife and I have not had a Lab under foot.
It‘s a rainy cold day, so have a fire going and loading some 20 ga shells. After having 1911 spring plug thumb I ordered SMART WRENCH®. Greatest thing since sliced bread.

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mdew

· #20,769 · 3 mo ago

Lon, love the photos of the buffalo. Tonight for dinner the wife fixed country fried bison steaks that had been ran through a tenderizer. She used seasoned flour that a hunting buddy from NC brings to SD to fix fried pheasant breast strips.
Got several boxes of 20 and 12 ga reloaded today as the weather was not real cooperative to being outside.

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mdew

· #20,770 · 3 mo ago

COW 54 said:
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Softball in the local park, seen today.
Didja notice old 33's (pitcher) with all paws off the ground..?

#33 is using a “crow hop” she’ll come down and push off her back foot well in front of the rubber. I coached girl’s softball until they were 16 at that point in couldn’t hit their pitching and became the bull pin catcher.

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mdew

· #20,854 · 3 mo ago

W8LON said:
Todays gun form required a law degree to decipher wording in a couple questions. Actually had to read it out loud twice and pick it apart word by word in legal mumbo jumble talk. Guess that form come out in late February as there was nothing worded that way on the previous questions. I got an A+ anyways with the deciphering.

I especially like the “I will not sell this for a profit” (paraphrasing) section on the new form.

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mdew

· #20,855 · 3 mo ago

New proposed NFL rule: After a touchdown if that team is losing they may elect to take the ball on their own 20 yard line with it being 1st 20 to go. If they make the 20 yards in four plays they keep the ball. If the defense commits a penalty the offense gets yards and down. If the defense holds that team gets the ball back, but didn’t say if it is after a punt. The reasoning it would put more equity in the game. Why not make every game a tie?

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mdew

· #20,970 · 2 mo ago

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The evil Facebook strikes: wife was on Facebook and saw my hunting buddy in GA‘s dog had a litter of pups. Five minutes later we’re going to meet him in Chattanooga in two weeks to hand off a 6 week old puppy.

I told our daughter “when you ask me to watch your child you never know what we’ll get into.”

Dog Plant Carnivore Dog breed Whiskers

Plant Botany Air gun Machine gun Tree

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mdew

· #21,051 · 2 mo ago

The weather was crazy. Started off 23* and windy but the sun was out. 10:00 am loaded the smoker with 4 corn beef briskets, at about 2:00 a nice snow shower came throw. Had to stay on the smoker to keep the temperature between 275 and 300. At 4:30 another snow shower but the meat was about done and just soaking up some juices. Wife made some soda bread with Kerrygold butter and a cold beer, dinner was delicious.

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mdew

· #21,187 · 2 mo ago

Sophia said:
I think that's called "trading material."

I could be talked into a decent 1911 design 9mm.

Fave Auntie called to report itchy feet. Bhutan, Nepal and Tibet. September. Mark your calendars.

I will have to update the list. I should look at alphabetizing that....done!

I can personally recommend two 1911 9mm. Ed Brown Executive Target on the higher end side or S&W Performance Center. Both are easy shooters and not too picky on target loads.

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