Forum: General Discussion
05-20-2013, 08:41 PM
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Forum: General Discussion
05-19-2013, 08:21 PM
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Replies: 19
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Forum: General Discussion
05-19-2013, 08:19 PM
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Replies: 22
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Re: Looking to buy old vintage marbles
When I was a kid I was a marble "shark". I won over 1500. Kept them for years but somewhere along the last 25 years they disappeared. I had some old clay marbles and a few "flints". Kids nowdays...
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Forum: General Discussion
05-14-2013, 09:10 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 535
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Forum: General Discussion
05-10-2013, 01:42 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 231
Re: Double D
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAN
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee103/gabob1/Birthdayclown.gif (http://s232.photobucket.com/user/gabob1/media/Birthdayclown.gif.html)
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Forum: General Discussion
05-09-2013, 07:38 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 334
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Forum: General Discussion
05-06-2013, 09:45 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 144
Re: Turkey hen
Didn't get any pics.
BJ is getting stronger every day. has gained fron 104 pounds to 112. Went to dr today and they are pleased with progress. Looks like we dodged the bullet
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Forum: General Discussion
05-06-2013, 09:36 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 144
Turkey hen
This afternoon we were going to town. There was a turkey hen beside the road. She did not leave as we drove up and stopped. Unusual as they usually walk off pretty fast or fly. I stopped and she just...
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Forum: General Discussion
05-06-2013, 09:10 PM
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Replies: 49
Views: 776
Re: DO YOU PLAY THE LOTTERY? And if so what.
If I win the lottery it will be a miracle since I never buy a ticket. Lottery is simply a tax that I choose not to pay.
However, if you ever see me bet on something it would be a good idea to also...
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Forum: General Discussion
05-06-2013, 08:09 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 347
Re: the guns I learned to shoot with
I learned to shoot with a Winchester Model 60 singleshot and graduated to a Remington Model 24 chambered for .22 short. Killed first squirrel with the Remington. First handgun was a Colt Challenger...
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Forum: General Discussion
05-06-2013, 08:03 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 359
Re: Feral dogs
We have always had a problem with people in town dropping off dogs here in the country. Back when we had cows there was a pack running loose. A .22 works. They run off when the shooting starts. I...
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Forum: General Discussion
04-28-2013, 03:30 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 243
Re: Ryobi BT3000 table saw
I love my old table saw. It is a 10" Craftsman that I boughy in 1967. I had to rebuild it a few years ago when the tilt and elevation mechinism wore out but now it is as good as when I bought it. I...
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Forum: General Discussion
04-27-2013, 04:17 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 405
Re: My range build
I had a shooting friend in the concrete business. Always had a little left in the truck after a job. We made forms and poured concrete tops. Set them on 4x4 posts. Made a bunch. I have six on mu...
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Forum: General Discussion
04-27-2013, 03:59 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 430
Re: First one of the year
They will almost always strike at you even with no head. Also jerk tail away as you try to cut rattles off. I usually lay a stick across neck and stand on it and put other foot on tail to cut off...
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Forum: General Discussion
04-26-2013, 08:37 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 430
Re: First one of the year
Funny thing is that we have no diamondbacks but 10 miles South of here they have them. I have only seen one diamondback here in my lifetime
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Forum: General Discussion
04-26-2013, 02:11 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 430
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Forum: General Discussion
04-25-2013, 05:31 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 430
Re: First one of the year
He is dead in the picture but he was straight with his head slightly raised when I popped him with .22 pistol
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Forum: General Discussion
04-25-2013, 04:11 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 430
Re: First one of the year
He was about a mile up the road from my house. They cross at that place often. I killed a much larger one there a couple of years ago.
Speaking of Indigo snakes, my daughter has offered to allow...
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Forum: General Discussion
04-25-2013, 03:47 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 430
First one of the year
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee103/gabob1/timberrattler-1_zps02351d44.jpg (http://s232.photobucket.com/user/gabob1/media/timberrattler-1_zps02351d44.jpg.html)
Only had six rattles. Probably...
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Forum: General Discussion
04-24-2013, 09:27 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 168
Finally Home
Got BJ home this afternoon. Her seven day quarantine is over tomorrow AM so we ended it a few hours early. Still can't be around pregnant women or children for a few more days.
She goes back to...
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Forum: General Discussion
04-15-2013, 08:56 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 242
Re: Gabob
He lives out from Danielsville at area called "Booger Hill"
Have a friend named Paul Campbell who was raised at Booger Hill also. Paul was my shooting buddy. Shot on Govenor's Top twenty as a GSP...
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Forum: General Discussion
04-15-2013, 06:47 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 242
Re: Gabob
Thanks for asking George.
She has three days left on the iodine free diet then goes for radioactive iodine treatment. Then seven days of quarantine with no contact closer than six feet.
Has...
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Forum: General Discussion
04-14-2013, 04:24 PM
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Replies: 65
Views: 1,043
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Forum: General Discussion
04-14-2013, 01:50 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 537
Whatever became of GN?
Haven't heard anything from GlockNut in quite a while. Does anyone know what happened to him?
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Forum: General Discussion
04-14-2013, 01:06 PM
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Replies: 65
Views: 1,043
Re: My Weekend..............
Sam, BJ and I will have you in our prayers. The life of a caregiver is not easy. BJ and I were caregivers for two aunts for years. One was a widow with ALZ and the other an old maid paranoid...
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Forum: General Discussion
04-14-2013, 12:55 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 457
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Forum: General Discussion
04-14-2013, 12:48 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 400
Re: new addition
Thanks
Hope they fixed the firing pin breakage that Model 12 had.. Saw several with tip broken. Still functioned but tip would not retract and sometimes caught rim of shell being loaded and caused...
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Forum: General Discussion
04-14-2013, 12:37 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 400
Re: new addition
I am not familiar with a Model 25. How different is this from the Model 12?
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Forum: Technical Questions & Information
04-11-2013, 04:50 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 241
Re: Manufacturing bullets...
Have you considered the liability issue? I won't let anyone shoot my reloads for that reason. Had a friend who let someone shoot his reloads and the gun blew up. (fool shot ammo in wrong gun) ....
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Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum
04-11-2013, 12:01 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 541
Re: Little and Pinkham Flint Lock Rifle
It may have been a flintlock at one time but in present configuration it is precussion cap ignition.. Is the barrel smoothbore or rifled? What is diameter of the bore?
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Forum: General Discussion
04-05-2013, 09:53 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 303
Re: Kindle Fire 7"
I read a lot. Amazon has free books to download to Kindal. I have over 90 loaded on mine. Lot of them are historical books
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Forum: General Discussion
04-05-2013, 09:47 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 350
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Forum: General Discussion
04-04-2013, 09:33 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 293
Re: A Reclusive Creature
I was sitting in the outdoor swing a few years ago and one lit in the dogwood tree beside me. Not over four feet away. They are huge !! I sat still and he stayed there for a few minutes
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Forum: General Discussion
04-04-2013, 09:28 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 335
Thyroid Cancer
My wife , BJ, was diagnosed with thyroid cancer and had surgery on March 6. We went today to radiologist. He put her on an Iodine free diet for next two weeks then will give her the "Nuclear...
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Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum
04-02-2013, 09:25 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 3,076
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Forum: Technical Questions & Information
04-01-2013, 03:14 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 429
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Forum: General Discussion
03-27-2013, 09:57 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 284
Re: Todays Birthdays
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee103/gabob1/Birthdayclown.gif
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Forum: The Fire For Effect and Totally Politically Incorrect Forum
03-23-2013, 12:21 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 596
Re: Student Suspended for Not Stomping on Jesus!
When our daughter was a student at Florida State the prof in one class asked the students to list their parent's net worth and salary. She told them that she never bothered to ask since it was none...
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Forum: General Discussion
03-11-2013, 02:59 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 254
Re: Rural or metro? You might be surprised
No doubt about where we live being rural. We are eight miles from nearest town ( pop 4500). Other than the several houses of our family group the nearest neighbor is 2.5 miles away
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Forum: General Discussion
03-10-2013, 02:14 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 192
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Forum: General Discussion
03-07-2013, 01:45 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 211
Wife's surgery
My wife, BJ, had surgery Tuesday. They were going to remove a parathyroid gland and two nodules on the thyroid. One nodule was malignant so they had to remove the entire thyroid. Got her home last...
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Forum: General Discussion
03-02-2013, 08:50 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 325
Re: Cars into houses - other places?
When we were in business we had a pickup truck drive completely inside our store. The rear bumper was a couple of feet inside the building. It happened about five minutes after we had closed and...
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Forum: The VMBB True Story Tellers
03-02-2013, 08:15 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 139
Re: THE CHINA CLIPPER ENTERS WWII....
Great part of history.
My earliest memory is watching the PanAm clippers land at Miami in 1939. There was a huge revolving globe in the terminal (at least it looked huge to 3 year old eyes)
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Forum: General Discussion
02-24-2013, 06:23 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 342
Article by a friend
Jim King is a friend of mine. He posted this article in several newspapers.
"James W. King
NRA Endowment Member
Commander Albany Camp-Sons of Confederate Veterans
1123 Mud Creek Rd.
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Forum: General Discussion
02-19-2013, 08:34 AM
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Replies: 53
Views: 1,464
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Forum: General Discussion
02-18-2013, 09:10 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 606
Re: Another cannon I made
On second thought, I have some saltpeter that I bought to cure ham. I can soak a string in that for a fuse
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Forum: General Discussion
02-18-2013, 09:09 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 606
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Forum: General Discussion
02-17-2013, 08:21 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 606
Re: Another cannon I made
Never fired anything but black powder with a wad in front. Solid shot would probably destroy the carriage.
The shotgun barrel was modern steel and the breech plug is hollow with thick walls . The...
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Forum: General Discussion
02-17-2013, 08:17 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 606
Re: Another cannon I made
There is a problem with this website's security certificate.
The security certificate presented by this website was not issued by a trusted certificate authority.
Security certificate...
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Forum: General Discussion
02-17-2013, 08:04 PM
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Replies: 16
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