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Thanks for all the well wishes guys; power just came back; well see if it holds? 6 days w/o power in your home will build character. Lol. Nothing like walking across a field of white face cattle in the pasture to pull buckets of water from the creek to manually flush your toilets for the...

https://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/iowa-storm-derecho-cedar-rapids-weather-forecasting-20200816

Monday's Derecho's path was something like 770 miles of run across several states, starting in SoDak; worst damage is in a ~ 45 mile swath in Iowa; my place, just east of Cedar Rapids was in the sweet spot. 😆 There's 150' tall high voltage towers down; 34.5kV, 69kV & 115kV main lines are down...

These bins are (were) just a mile north of my place; I took the pic today on what would otherwise be a beautiful, late summer day in the rolling prairies; the haze is from smoke from all of us burning downed brush & the wreckage of our outbuildings. The barn was mine; took that Monday right...

Unit 16 is very hilly. Unit 16 has antelope. 😆

No doubt, the easy, widespread-dare I say 'universal' access to info-and instantly so, has something to do with the increases in sports venturing far and wide to new places. Everyone has a smartphone. Any 'free' minute can be spent scouring the net for data on where to go and when. I too have...

Sending good mojo to all my friends on the forum; haven't posted much lately, just been busy with life: generally good things, can't complain too much! lol WY draws were brutal this yr for me & my hunting buds...hoping some sanity returns in the coming yrs. Failed to draw 3x, including the...

Go buy that down ultra lite zero ° bag you've always wanted...

As Scott said, excellent post; not much I can add to the good feedback already given. RE: the primer photos, the Winnys def show they went thru a more lively firing event; the shadow from the lighting indicates a deeper pin impact print from the primer being thrown back into the pin, and the...

...or run like hell! 😆

Waaayyl...🙄

Made a 'lil warming fire last nite to take the chill out; a few of the kids were out playing late; my wife & 2 daughters were on a short nite hike, but no one really was drawn in; which is unusual. So, I had my little fire all to myself. Rare as this was, it was special in its own way: this...

#1 Raise my 7 children to self sufficient adulthood; be a positive influence in their lives. ...after that, now the selfish stuff 😆 -a successful elk hunt (success=meat in freezer lol) -fish for arctic char -fish for dolly varden -fish for atlantic salmon -fish for halibut -raise 1 more...

I hope not. Unless they have something new better than it for those loading apps where 7828 has some benes. Of course, just because their engineering and marketing dept believes something is 'new and improved' doesn't mean it is. (speaking as an engineer 😆)

There was a company out of Ohio I used to deal with, Jann's Netcraft, when I built fishing rods. I think they still exist? They sold all kinds of rod building components, imcluding varnishes and coatings to finish the rods, after putting winding wraps on the guides. Give them a call. (They do...

Its the way of things I guess? In the same vein as such major media outlets such as the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times...😱...😆

I'm burned out on IPAs; but will drink just about anything. Pilsners are my favorite lately. Stuff that I really like - in no particular order: Amana German Pilsner Schells Pils Grainbelt Schlitz (original re-issued recipe) Coors Banquet Modelo Especial Miller High Life Leinekugel Original...

My #2 son (HS senior) works @ one of the local supermarkets; that was me just a lil while ago dropping him off for his shift & getting some shopping in. They're open 8-8; have plexi shields for the checkers; signs on the floors to guide ppl thru the stores/limit close contact in lines; so far...

-Grocery shopping during a pandemic- Hand 'em over!...the tomatoes! 🍅🙊