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- Sun Dec 03, 2023 6:43 am
- Forum: Visits
- Topic: The house I grew up in
- Replies: 4
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Re: The house I grew up in
Well, Mom’s house sold last Thursday. Turns out the real estate market was changing locally as we were preparing the house for sale—the interest rates, economy, and some young peoples’ desire to not want to do much work on their own really slowed up sales of existing houses here…slowed up, almost to...
- Fri Dec 01, 2023 1:30 pm
- Forum: Visits
- Topic: Winchester Model 12
- Replies: 4
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Re: Winchester Model 12
I guess the gunsmith really did like my gun because he finished it in 2 weeks instead of his promised 2-6 MONTHS. So I picked it up yesterday, and really like what he did with it. He basically lightly blued where all of my hand-wear and rust was so it fades into the original blue that was still ther...
- Wed Nov 29, 2023 4:12 pm
- Forum: Visits
- Topic: Still alive
- Replies: 3
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Re: Still alive
Gene, glad to see you checking in finally! Sorry things are so rough for you right now, hope everything smooths out soon. You're right on the other thread, though, about "farm paid for, lots of wild game, good spring...we'll survive." We're in the same boat, except for the spring. We do ha...
- Thu Nov 23, 2023 7:21 am
- Forum: Visits
- Topic: Happy Thanksgiving, everyone
- Replies: 3
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Happy Thanksgiving, everyone
Hope that everyone has a great Thanksgiving, spent whatever way you enjoy it. If you have a moment to spare, please let folks here know what you are doing (or did), and if you have 2 moments, what you are grateful for. We’re meeting friends today at a diner for dinner. Our family, kids grandkids and...
- Tue Nov 21, 2023 9:21 am
- Forum: Visits
- Topic: Mower Repair
- Replies: 5
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Re: Mower Repair
When you say you "rolled it"...do you have an English wheel, or shape it some other way? That's another tool that intrigues me.
- Tue Nov 21, 2023 6:57 am
- Forum: Visits
- Topic: Picked up my annual "Winter Project".
- Replies: 22
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Re: Picked up my annual "Winter Project".
...I'll probably wind up selling it for less than I have invested in it when I'm all done. That's entertainment! Looks like a perfect winter project. My version is similar, the thing I was doing with the antique clocks. I'd pick up broken antique clocks "cheap," spend a lot of hours and s...
- Mon Nov 20, 2023 6:48 am
- Forum: Visits
- Topic: Winchester Model 12
- Replies: 4
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Winchester Model 12
My bird gun is a Model 12 pump in 16 gauge made in 1948 that I picked up used about 15 years ago—only shotgun I can hit much of anything with. Since then, it has shot over a thousand live birds, countless clays, and many more clean misses (I am still a hopeless shotgun shot!). When it isn’t in the f...
- Sat Nov 18, 2023 5:46 am
- Forum: Visits
- Topic: Mower Repair
- Replies: 5
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Re: Mower Repair
Wow, nice project and great post and pictures. Helpful to me as I contemplate a similar job here. I made a similar but simpler repair on my bush hog last year, but the metal is much thicker and easier for my skill level. But my wife’s mower is getting “tender” too and involves more curves. You’ve gi...
- Mon Nov 13, 2023 4:59 pm
- Forum: Visits
- Topic: Puerto Rico flu epidemic— Patria ?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4933
Re: Puerto Rico flu epidemic— Patria ?
Patria,
I'm glad you've avoided the flu...but very sorry to hear about your Step Mom. Please accept my condolences, I pray for peace for her, and for you.
Tom A
I'm glad you've avoided the flu...but very sorry to hear about your Step Mom. Please accept my condolences, I pray for peace for her, and for you.
Tom A
- Sun Nov 12, 2023 8:29 am
- Forum: Visits
- Topic: Puerto Rico flu epidemic— Patria ?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4933
Puerto Rico flu epidemic— Patria ?
I see there’s an early and already deadly flu outbreak in PR. Patria, how are things in your neighborhood?
https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/10/health/p ... index.html
https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/10/health/p ... index.html