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Great trip, BB. Someone gave me one of those Yeti coozies for Christmas two years ago, and it really works better than any I've ever seen or tried - incredible. Yours is powder coated, or something? Mine is in natural-finish, brushed stainless.
I'd describe it as a hard plastic coating or sleeve. They had stainless, green, that yeti blue color, and black IIRC. I've only used it a few times, but like it compared to neoprene which gets my hands all wet and funky which makes lighting a cig difficult. The downside is because it's so heavy I can't tell how much beer is left in the can and I find myself going empty unexpectedly. A small price to pay for a very cold beer. I tried it with a bottle as well and would say it was "good" but not great.
Bogey - If you are in Charleston SC, you need to go eat at Paiges Okra Grill in Mt Pleasant
Had a PT appointment at 0700 , Mr. NIchols package is suppose to be here today and a new set of excavator tracks were 'suppose' to be dropped off as well. They called and said nah, we'll be there Monday between 8-12. WTF? There goes the weekend plans for a couple projects with that. Son of a Bitch. So ok, I thought I'd knock out a couple other projects in the reloading room. Gotta couple 300 WInMag's to start load development on. One buddy bought some Winchester Brass and as I was rounding out the necks and chamfer/deburring them outta a bag of fitty I had to pull 8 outta the mix.
It's been awhile since I've had that kinda rejection rate. I'll be firing off a letter to Winchester letting them know Jimmy ain't happy with their product. Some of these cases are very uniquely FUBAR'd on a level I've never seen before. Necks and Shoulders have either very deep gouges, cracks, ripped mouths, and one that looks like someone soldered a chunk of brass to it. Amazing. Thanks Winchester........
Third cast this morning. 2 pound bass....
Mistakes made. Lessons learned.
Mistakes:
1. Not leaving enough slack in the line while trying to the fish off.
2. Not having my pliers.
3. Going fishing when I should have been snoozing on the couch.
After I got the fish off and released back to the pond I snipped the line and retreated to the house.
Used the side cutters and snipped the hook so I could pull it the rest the way through.
I thought my wife was gonna faint as she watched me do that, but it really wasn't that bad.
Third cast this morning. 2 pound bass....
Mistakes made. Lessons learned.
Mistakes:
1. Not leaving enough slack in the line while trying to the fish off.
2. Not having my pliers.
3. Going fishing when I should have been snoozing on the couch.
After I got the fish off and released back to the pond I snipped the line and retreated to the house.
Used the side cutters and snipped the hook so I could pull it the rest the way through.
I thought my wife was gonna faint as she watched me do that, but it really wasn't that bad.
Not a bad way to end a day that didn't start well.
I agree not a bad way to end the day... here's the view from Schloss Nitrocellulose this evening... full moon rising over the cloudy mountains. Crappy cell phone picture... but an impressive sight in person!
A weak cold front was pushing through. Neighbors to the South and East got some good rains, but we remain dry and in need of some.
Our mature Transparent apple tree under attack by Japanese Beatles. Transparent apples are used here solely for homemade applesauce. I've treated twice now in 2 weeks with a fruit tree insecticide (even closer together than the label recommends) but fear I've lost the fight. My view today...with me waving my white flag faster than the French.
Quick rust with vinegar / water. Stopped the reaction by boiling in water with baking soda.
Traps on right are some I've had. They're dyed and ready to wax.
Degreased, boiled, dyed, waxed, pan tension set and had a prayer said over. Ready to go. Broke my left hand last Saturday driving on of those anchors. No shit. Hotter than 40 Hells, sweat in my eyes and a swing and a miss... My 12 y/o watching was like "I bet that hurt". "If you're going to be stupid.....". :-D
Our mature Transparent apple tree under attack by Japanese Beatles. Transparent apples are used here solely for homemade applesauce. I've treated twice now in 2 weeks with a fruit tree insecticide (even closer together than the label recommends) but fear I've lost the fight. My view today...with me waving my white flag faster than the French.
Thanks for the info 1J04. We've fought this battle before and have done a fair amount of research on them. Several problems this year leading to the perfect storm.
1. We didn't get milky spore put on the soil last fall. It stops the life cycle of the little bastards. That's on us.
2. Mild winter that most folks enjoyed, but we always pay the following summer.
3. Infestation level in the commercial/cash crops in the surrounding area doesn't warrant treatment...yet.
4. And finally, the type of apple itself. A Transparent is very soft/mealy and sweet. Damn bugs love them.
Its crazy because this tree is directly adjacent to a Whitney apple. Actually their tops touch (planted too close years ago by someone else), and nary a bug in it! Weird. We tried the traps years ago and killed them by the thousands...while their friends devoured the apples. You feel like they have more men than you have bullets. We will probably harvest 30-40% of a normal crop as thankfully the beatle life cycle is 2-3 weeks.
1J, do you have June bugs up there? No childhood is complete without tying a thread to a June bug and flying him around the yard. I bet bogey brown did that growing up.
1J, do you have June bugs up there? No childhood is complete without tying a thread to a June bug and flying him around the yard. I bet bogey brown did that growing up.
I use to catch Hummingbirds. Flew like 2 Hummingbirds and stopped. But I did catch and toss about 15 of them into a tent and jumped in there with them. That was also stupid. Non stop sugar shits.
1J, do you have June bugs up there? No childhood is complete without tying a thread to a June bug and flying him around the yard. I bet bogey brown did that growing up.
1J, do you have June bugs up there? No childhood is complete without tying a thread to a June bug and flying him around the yard. I bet bogey brown did that growing up.