lazy day

[charlie cleveland]

got off to a good start this morning feeling good and ready to work on something..my son took a hydraulic hose to town that goes on our little 350 b john deere doizer... I set out to the shop to work on a gun...well the rain started but heh I was in the dry...my son soon came rolling in with the hose..price for fixing it was 250 dollars yeah it ruined the morning..i could have bought lots of turkey ammo with that money well not to much the last tungsten ammo I bought back in the spring cost me 65.00 for 5 shells still gotem too...work on gun went sour so just got lazy and sat and watched it rain and its still raining........the doizer will have to set till tomorrow I ve got several things to fix on it..change oil filters pull the belly pans and clean it out...brakes need working on but will wait till I get done with this clearing projects gets done...all this work and I ve got so lazy....got a little stevens crackshot coming ina coupla weeks I look forward to getting this little rifle...... its about time to go clean up my mess I made in the shop ..still raing...charlie

[wayne goerres]

So you won the bid on the crack shot. Glad to hear it. Be curious to hear how it shoots. Look out squirrels.

[Garry L Gordon]

I look forward to rainy days in the summer as it give me an excuse to work on inside projects. The storm is scheduled to hit us tonight and tomorrow. I've got some Parker related data projects in the works, and am looking forward to some time in the studio.

Charlie, is your squirrel season open now? Ours is, and it is supposed to cool off after the storm passes. I intend to have some squirrels in the freezer come cold weather so that we can make some Brunswick Stew (and that's from Brunswick, Virginia, not Georgia...for Mills' benefit). I've been seeing lots of young squirrels at the farm. Yum!!

Enjoy your lazy day!

[Phil Yearout]

Charlie, let me know how you like the Crack Shot, and whether it's the older model or the newer. I was in the market for a Favorite when I came across this Crack Shot for pretty short money and I couldn't walk away. It's been fun...

https://i.imgur.com/nBlV2L3l.jpg

[Richard Flanders]

We 'educated' a lot of chipmunks with a crackshot using dust shot at my grandmothers lake house in the 50's. They were real pests.

[charlie cleveland]

you have quite a collection of things in the cigar box...is that a case bone handle knife...will let every body know about the crackshot...got my 350 b doizer going with that new hose back on today....now a good wash job and a oil change....charlie

[Phil Yearout]

Charlie, it's a New York Camillus. Since those old Stevens are often called boy's rifles I photographed it with some of the treasures I remembered back in the day.

[Harry Collins]

Charlie, When we closed ALMINCO in the US we sold off most everything for a song. One item was a floor mount hydraulic crimping machine. They run about $40,000 and I can't remember what ridiculous price we let it go for. I bet if you shop around you could find a crimper for a good price.

[Dean Romig]

I remember the marble bag my mother made for me from an old piece of striped mattress material with a bootlace drawstring.

Great old memories!





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[Bill Murphy]

I think I still have a couple of leather marble bags, but, then, I still have everything I had when I was a young one, including the marbles. I still have a couple of tricycles, including my first one I have had since I was two. My Wham-o slingshot is still here too.

[charlie cleveland]

I got my dads slingshot hanging on the wall now...he was good with that thing..i am not that good with it but I do shoot it from time to time...aint it funny how we hung on to all that stuff we loved as a kid...and all of us still hunting the things we never had...charlie

[Phil Yearout]

My brother was rumored to be the marbles champion where he grew up in eastern Nebraska; we had a literal gunny sack heavy with his winnings that I remember hanging in in the shed. By the time I came along 14 years later he was, I guess, over defending his turf, and I think that sack got left when we moved to western Kansas in the late 50's and he stayed behind. Always wondered whatever became of those marbles.

[Dennis E. Jones]

A couple of years ago I needed a couple of hoses for the power steering I was installing on the grader at our shooting range. I went to the local hydraulic shop and was quoted $131.00 each for two 3/4" x 5' hoses. I thanked them and drove 13 miles to a local farm equipment manufacturer and they made up the pair for about $70.00. Sometimes it pays to shop around.

[Richard Flanders]

If you have a chop saw for metal(a good hacksaw will do in a pinch) and a decent vise you can just buy some hose and fittings and make them yourself. It's pretty easy really. You cut the hose to length, flush out any cuttings, screw on the outer collar then screw the center piece into the collar. I've done that a number of times in remote settings myself.