Time waster

[TARNATION !!!]

Originally Posted by Andrew Sacco

I've driven an hour and a half to a lake, set up decoys at 4am, put finishing touches on the blind, got the dog all settled in only to find out I forgot my gun. Does that qualify as a time waster?

I think that qualifies. You are not alone. Made me chuckle to remember getting all ready to see if there could be an elk in the foothills of the Rockies. Had my Dads Eddystone 30.06 standing next to the door. You remember way back, when nobody cared that a guy had a rifle standing at the door. Like you I was an hour away when it struck me that the rifle was still standing at the door and not in the ‘58 Ford trunk. Screwed up timing for the day. Had a nice hike in the forest and never saw or heard an elk. It was another ten years before I got a chance to take one. Did not forget the rifle then. Now this was back as a young guy when we aren’t supposed to be quite so forgetful. It’s to the point now I’ve already forgotten stuff that I’ll never remember why it was important in the first place. But one thing I remember every year is October 1 the opener for pheasants. Now where is the safe spot I squirrelled away the RST.

[charlie cleveland]

I have never forgot my gun or shells but I ve dreamed of doing it...bad feeling....charlie

[Stan Hillis]

Originally Posted by Phil Yearout

Have you ever spent more time and effort on something than it could ever possibly be worth?

Often, but it will take me a bit of time to decide which was the most egregious. I'll get back to you.

[Mills]

John Lennon said time you enjoy wasting is not time wasted.

[bob lyons]

This brings back a funny memory.
Three of us where duck hunting on merrymeeting bay. We had 2 scull boats, motors, decoys, grass rigs and all the miscellaneous items.
After a 3 hour drive we launched the boats in darkness.
We headed out to our first set up and laid out the decoys.
After everything was set up I took my boat out with my dad as a shooter to jump shoot some ducks and get them moving so that they would move into the decoys.
After pushing up quite a few birds and having them land in the decoys we where surprised that our partner had not fired a shot.
We got a few birds and headed back to the set up.
When asked why he was not shooting he held up his model 23 heavy duck with a brand new trigger lock attached. Trigger lock keys where at nome 3 hours away.
It was just to funny, he never lived that one down.

[Andy]

My buddy did that Bob, and in some ways it's as bad as forgetting the gun in the first place

[Stan Hillis]

That's what trigger locks are good for, IMHO.

[Stan Hillis]

Originally Posted by Stan Hillis

Often, but it will take me a bit of time to decide which was the most egregious. I'll get back to you.

Okay, it came to me. Growing 60 cent dryland cotton ..............

[Phil Yearout]

Originally Posted by Jack Cronkhite

Here’s one. Belonged to my father in law for sure and maybe his father. Got it maybe 40 or 50 years ago. Pandemic time saw me running out of projects so decided to revitalize this hammer. I could see it had at one time been painted red. Checked the big time waster Google and found one like it on eBay with still a good amount of red on the handle. Wire wheel then buffing wheel then gun blue took care of the metal. Some sanding and some filler and a couple sprays of red paint took care of the wood. I purposefully left the chip at the bottom of the handle unfilled. Will pass it along to a great grandson or maybe great-great grandson of the first owner when I’m done with it. It has always been a go to hammer for me so maybe it wasn’t a waste of time after all

Remember the old woodman's story: "I've put a new handle and a new head on her, but she's still a damned good axe!"