He loves it! Running the press is what he likes most. He isn't quite old enough to trickle by hand onto the FX 120.
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Maggie’s What's Your View II
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Kids are a great reason to be alive and keep on keepin' on.
I remember the first time each of my kids had a better shooting day than me. I fought to the end but we all have an off day eventually.
(actually, they just got better)
I'm proud that they shoot well, but am extra proud that they respect firearms and are disciplined.
I'm not and don't. I should though. The farm I shoot at now we can get out to 2400 so I don't have a need for a range like that just for the distance. They're holding a border wars shoot there now though that I've thought about shooting.
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Buzz, my oldest shot his first 1/2" 5 shot group at 100 when he was 8, 11 now. He's a pretty good shot. A little bigger and he'll be doing matches other than prone.
That's awesome Geno.
My oldest daughter started helping me at around two yrs old.
She's 23 now and still likes to load ammo.
Fuk yeah!
Well, the missus and I wound up finding a place about 30 minutes' drive north of here on a fair piece of ground, and after a bit of haggling, our offer was accepted.
We're closing on it soon enough, and I have had some obvious chores in getting things ready. One today was a little off-beat.
When we first toured the house and the grounds, there, sitting spread out on the dining room table, was a fairly beat-up civil engineer's site blueprint that had been drawn up for a subdivision project that thankfully never materialized.
Giving it a good once over, I figured that it was salvageable with some careful scanning and Photoshop work to remove the worst of 27 years' worth of wear and tear from folding, refolding, and a coffee mug ring or two.
So, I took it in to Philly today, two blocks from the Liberty Bell, to a place called the Athenaeum, which is a combination museum/library given over to considerations of architecture, urban planning, interior design, and other aspects of construction design from the pre-Colonial days in this portion of the country. As they're a repository for antique documents and manuscripts, they have some fairly sophisticated digitizing equipment, including an enormous six-foot-wide printer and a scanner that goes for a cool $100K.
Now we just need to pack another 5,000 boxes ...
We're closing on it soon enough, and I have had some obvious chores in getting things ready. One today was a little off-beat.
When we first toured the house and the grounds, there, sitting spread out on the dining room table, was a fairly beat-up civil engineer's site blueprint that had been drawn up for a subdivision project that thankfully never materialized.
Giving it a good once over, I figured that it was salvageable with some careful scanning and Photoshop work to remove the worst of 27 years' worth of wear and tear from folding, refolding, and a coffee mug ring or two.
So, I took it in to Philly today, two blocks from the Liberty Bell, to a place called the Athenaeum, which is a combination museum/library given over to considerations of architecture, urban planning, interior design, and other aspects of construction design from the pre-Colonial days in this portion of the country. As they're a repository for antique documents and manuscripts, they have some fairly sophisticated digitizing equipment, including an enormous six-foot-wide printer and a scanner that goes for a cool $100K.
Now we just need to pack another 5,000 boxes ...
Well, the missus and I wound up finding a place about 30 minutes' drive north of here on a fair piece of ground, and after a bit of haggling, our offer was accepted.
We're closing on it soon enough, and I have had some obvious chores in getting things ready. One today was a little off-beat.
When we first toured the house and the grounds, there, sitting spread out on the dining room table, was a fairly beat-up civil engineer's site blueprint that had been drawn up for a subdivision project that thankfully never materialized.
Giving it a good once over, I figured that it was salvageable with some careful scanning and Photoshop work to remove the worst of 27 years' worth of wear and tear from folding, refolding, and a coffee mug ring or two.
So, I took it in to Philly today, two blocks from the Liberty Bell, to a place called the Athenaeum, which is a combination museum/library given over to considerations of architecture, urban planning, interior design, and other aspects of construction design from the pre-Colonial days in this portion of the country. As they're a repository for antique documents and manuscripts, they have some fairly sophisticated digitizing equipment, including an enormous six-foot-wide printer and a scanner that goes for a cool $100K.
Now we just need to pack another 5,000 boxes ...
Congrats on the new digs. Get out of that city and enjoy your property.
Black and White print or old ammonia blueprint? A company I worked for in the early 2000's still had an old blueprint machine. One of my jobs as a peon was to occasionally make prints on that stinking thing. You wouldn't want to roll up a fresh set of those and leave them in your truck for any amount of time.
Reminds me of George Carlin talking about farting in your truck then locking it with the windows rolled up on a hot day. Said you'd have to beat the seats with a baseball bat to get it all out. Been there, smelled that.
Black and white. Here's an elevation detail:
The house is at about 360'. We're on a ridge and about 80% of it is wooded, pretty much untouched Northern hardwood. Lots of black walnut.
Views from the side that faces Southeast, back to front:
Come late spring, everything leafs out, and it half disappears from view. The white house is the closest neighbor. To the right, and out the back, civilization is hell and gone for hundreds of yards. No suburban sprawl, just yet, but nobody's coming in behind us that we could even see through the trees.
That topo is traced or drawn by hand, not CAD generated. I have a drafting table, tsquare, stencils, french curves, ... here in my office. I can't say when the last time was that I used them.
Nice spot. I hope you and yours enjoy it.
Nice spot. I hope you and yours enjoy it.
As our girls might say, the stone's nice, but the setting is platinum. It'll do.
I take it she's on to your recent activities?
Did not find it as funny as I had hoped. Not one word uttered. Just "the stare".
Tucker’s THAT pissed at you for not finishing his lures ? Wow......
Some pics of your jig might help with a solution? Maybe we need a fishing thread around here?
High ground is always a good thing.Black and white. Here's an elevation detail:
The house is at about 360'. We're on a ridge and about 80% of it is wooded, pretty much untouched Northern hardwood. Lots of black walnut.
Views from the side that faces Southeast, back to front:
Come late spring, everything leafs out, and it half disappears from view. The white house is the closest neighbor. To the right, and out the back, civilization is hell and gone for hundreds of yards. No suburban sprawl, just yet, but nobody's coming in behind us that we could even see through the trees.
Elbow room from the neighbors as well.
It would appear that the table center piece is a hummingbird feeder.
Much enjoyment with those.
Congrats on the new hacienda.
R
They dragged their deck table, chairs, and other items in and used them to flesh out the staging for the sale.
Spring is still unable to find us here. Daytime temps in the low 30’s today with our ever present wind. In spite of the cold, I worked them in the timber a bit, baseball/softball practice in the yard, and yet they were still up for a small fire in the pit after supper. More snow forecast for tomorrow.
It would appear that we got off a lot easier than some of you did. Still a very rare thing to see snowfall here in April.
tnichols, it wasn't really too far from you, close to Landcaster, WI. I'll get you an invite next time!
Looks like fun! I believe that’s only an hour or so away. My lowly 260 would have a hard time hanging with that crowd
That's fire formed brass so it matches the chamber. I'm not sure what those lines are from. I'll have to ask him. I'm don't know who exactly designed the case but I'm under the impression that is was Dan Warner. I could be mistaken.
t, we shot from 380 out to 2000 and a lot in between! If my little 223ai was hitting at 913, 6brx and 260ai out to 1000 and 300wsm to 1740, your 260 would fit right in. It was windy though, 300 was shooting 210vlds at 2845 so at 1740 it was 81moa of drop with 18.25moa of wind... about 28 feet of wind hold
t, we shot from 380 out to 2000 and a lot in between! If my little 223ai was hitting at 913, 6brx and 260ai out to 1000 and 300wsm to 1740, your 260 would fit right in. It was windy though, 300 was shooting 210vlds at 2845 so at 1740 it was 81moa of drop with 18.25moa of wind... about 28 feet of wind hold
Here we go again . Only positive is, it started just as I started shooting (stealing R’s line again) so, the snow told on the wind and made it easy. Tried several through the scope pics. None were worthy, as I suck at those.
. Only positive is, it started just as I started shooting (stealing R’s line again) so, the snow told on the wind and made it easy. Tried several through the scope pics. None were worthy, as I suck at those.
Snow is handy sometimes, lolHere we go again
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My view, I'd be remiss if I didn't brag a little on my artists in the house.
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That’s awesome R. I struggle with stick figures!
A few days back. In port now, not much of a view.
Brother you have some seriously talented kids! Beautiful work. You have every right to beam with pride!
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