Probably happened a lot, there's a place I find spear and arrow heads that I believe was where they were made. Lots of chips and broken and discarded points.
I can almost hear the maker cursing in Algonquin as he chucked the broken ones.....
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- Wed May 01, 2024 8:18 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Making a Knife, the OLD way....
- Replies: 4
- Views: 266
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 5:40 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Home-cured bacon is pretty bueno
- Replies: 8
- Views: 658
Re: Home-cured bacon is pretty bueno
Bill, I've found that the basic recipe is about as good as it gets, you can try other spices, maple syrup instead of sugar, etc., but usually the extra flavors gets lost in the curing process. It's good to experiment though as long as you keep the correct ratio of the pink curing powder. Next one I ...
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 5:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Home-cured bacon is pretty bueno
- Replies: 8
- Views: 658
Re: Home-cured bacon is pretty bueno
I've made bacon from scratch before, I've been waiting for the price of bellies to come back to earth though, but I may have to cave. lol
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 6:10 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Dealing with Electrical Brownouts....?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 629
Re: Dealing with Electrical Brownouts....?
I'm not an electrician, so even my guess's would be suspect, But I'd think the power company needs to check what voltage is coming in, and out of the transformers. with the whole complex affected the problem is probably on their end, only other thing is check your grounds.... On my place I used to h...
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 9:06 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I'd not survive the 'corporate' world...
- Replies: 19
- Views: 753
Re: I'd not survive the 'corporate' world...
So many people with their "big feelings" constantly searching for a reason to be offended, the "perennially enraged"... These people have no sense of humor, and have no joy in their life and would like nothing better than to drag everyone down to their perfect progressive, social...
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 3:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 3-D Printer
- Replies: 9
- Views: 407
Re: 3-D Printer
My son is big into them, besides pre modeled stuff he can model and design his own parts. mostly in different plastics but metal sintered plastics are now available... At his work they print parts for pre assembly fitting, saves a ton of machining work..it's all greek to me but pretty cool stuff com...
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 11:59 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Very disappointed in Chickens…
- Replies: 8
- Views: 479
Re: Very disappointed in Chickens…
Must not have been a buff Orpington, those things go broody for the long haul, lol
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 6:46 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I was talking with some friends about the S&W Model 10
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1400
Re: I was talking with some friends about the S&W Model 10
My first experience with that model was my first qualification, we had no guns of our own so the armorer grabbed a box of turned in police revolvers and started going through them giving them the shake test and handing out the ones that shook less, lol I took that clunker and proceeded to shoot a pe...
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 4:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Quake!
- Replies: 19
- Views: 672
Re: Quake!
Latest absurd comment I heard was the quake was a precursor for the eclipse and the end of the world.....These people breed....
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 1:23 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: RIA M200
- Replies: 11
- Views: 600
Re: RIA M200
I just looked up reviews and such on them,pretty much all agreed it was inexpensive but solid and accuracy while not the best was decent...sounds "good enough". I'm going to look into one, I gave my son my old Ruger security six and kinda miss it, and I still have plenty of components to f...
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 1:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Quake!
- Replies: 19
- Views: 672
Re: Quake!
Here on the Island some people felt it, others didn't, we never felt a thing.
My sister in law from AZ called my wife all freaked out about it, Told her we should start calling her Chicken Little!
My sister in law from AZ called my wife all freaked out about it, Told her we should start calling her Chicken Little!
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 10:30 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Affordable Health Care (DirectPay)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 862
Re: Affordable Health Care (DirectPay)
When we were kids, 50's, if you had to go to the doctor you paid him direct, we didn't have medical insurance, don't think most other folks did either. Of course the office visit was low, to reflect the times, and any shots needed were just an cheap add on, .
How things have changed....
How things have changed....
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 3:52 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Scam alert
- Replies: 3
- Views: 313
Scam alert
So apparently I bought a 500$ gun from some guy named Russell, using Paypal, got the email to let him know if there was a problem. Well I didn't buy a gun from anyone, and I don't have a Paypal account and I don't think Paypal even allows gun purchases. So be careful guys, scammers are using a new t...
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 3:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Panic time. . . . an ECLIPSE…!!!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1079
Re: Panic time. . . . an ECLIPSE…!!!
Seems like a good time to take a nap...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 1:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Do Red Squirrels Like Pine Cones??? (Especially when served on boats...)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 565
Re: Do Red Squirrels Like Pine Cones??? (Especially when served on boats...)
That's what you get when you cover your boat....
- Wed Feb 21, 2024 4:38 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Any Boomers recall this toy from the early 1960s?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 845
Re: Any Boomers recall this toy from the early 1960s?
Doesn't ring a bell, but then we never had a lot of toys growing up.
- Tue Feb 20, 2024 10:52 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 82nd anniversary of the bombing of Darwin
- Replies: 13
- Views: 780
Re: 82nd anniversary of the bombing of Darwin
I thought I knew the major engagements of WW2, but I was unaware of this attack. Thank you for reminding us.
- Tue Feb 20, 2024 9:09 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Liking the new air rifle
- Replies: 35
- Views: 2289
Re: Liking the new air rifle
Ji, I recently got a Hatsun 95 22 from Pyramyd air on sale , I've yet to try it out but it's a BIG gun and very heavy, not something you want to walk around with very far...Just so you know...
- Mon Feb 12, 2024 8:32 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: This was a little different.
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1466
Re: This was a little different.
Had a Ruger security six that would bind up like that, Ist time was during a qualification shoot, armorer looked at it and cleaned it up enough to finish, said the Rugers had a tight tolerance...
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 9:22 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 'Smart' devices are dumb....
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1008
Re: 'Smart' devices are dumb....
After the EMP strike who are you going to call with your protected phone?
- Mon Jan 29, 2024 8:19 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Looking for one missing item and you find the other one you've been looking for
- Replies: 10
- Views: 701
Re: Looking for one missing item and you find the other one you've been looking for
My old man lost a magazine that he "hid" in the house, never did find it, years later I had to clean out his house, I never found it either....Wherever he hid it, it's still there...
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 3:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Ultra sonic cleaning
- Replies: 13
- Views: 912
Re: Ultra sonic cleaning
I haven't, but have read that others do it regularly... really can't hurt anything...
- Mon Jan 22, 2024 10:53 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: gforce shotguns
- Replies: 5
- Views: 425
Re: gforce shotguns
That's cheap enough to use as a paddle if it stops working, :mrgreen: For maximum recoil reduction you want a gas operated gun, if that's what a Gforce is then you should be good to go. I do use 3" shells but with 1 1/4 oz shot, no need to super size more than that. Geese I use bb's, ducks #3, ...
- Mon Jan 22, 2024 10:44 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: REAL Info About Tinnitus Research
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1238
Re: REAL Info About Tinnitus Research
I have it constantly, I never really notice it, or pay attention to it, It's just another background noise that you get used to.
- Sun Jan 07, 2024 9:30 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: There goes the pumphouse anti-freezing system...
- Replies: 9
- Views: 942
Re: There goes the pumphouse anti-freezing system...
My grandparents had a attached well pump "house" upstate NY, below 0 degrees was common, they had a 2 bulb fixture in case one burned out. Doesn't help with a power outage but I don't recall they had many of those. You can still get rough service incandescents up to 100 watts. a little les...
- Fri Jan 05, 2024 9:08 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: "What was that?!?"
- Replies: 13
- Views: 926
Re: "What was that?!?"
We had one of those whack a mole kits in 3006 when we were still kids, the loading was easy enough and we never popped a primer. One time I noticed a just finished round that the primer was sticking up a little, no problem I'll just tap it down.....after the second tap it dawned on me what the heck ...
- Thu Jan 04, 2024 3:29 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Recoil as I age
- Replies: 44
- Views: 3045
Re: Recoil as I age
My brother handed me his S&W 44 mag to try, one round later I handed it back. Most unpleasant handgun I ever tried...no thanks...lol
- Fri Dec 29, 2023 8:38 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Favorite leather dressing
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1063
Re: Favorite leather dressing
Don't overlook Ballistol, I cleaned up a holster that was dry and over 50 years old, did a very good job,
- Sun Dec 17, 2023 8:43 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Input from those in law enforcement
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1233
Re: Input from those in law enforcement
Let it drop, but keep copies of all documentation and correspondence, and maybe add another camera to cover any blind spots....
- Sun Dec 17, 2023 8:40 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Homemade BP
- Replies: 12
- Views: 719
Re: Homemade BP
Read somewhere that willow charcoal was the best for BP, even gave a "recipe" on how to make small batches with a coffee can, i believe...
- Tue Dec 12, 2023 4:38 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: POF Tombstone Lever Carbine
- Replies: 11
- Views: 765
Re: POF Tombstone Lever Carbine
Interesting concept for the communist run states, but that accuracy just plain sucks...
- Fri Dec 01, 2023 8:53 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Anyone else wish they had bought a dozen 336's when they were $200 at Wallyworld?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1243
Re: Anyone else wish they had bought a dozen 336's when they were $200 at Wallyworld?
I wished I had gotten the 30-30 cowboy when it came out, I thought that was one nice looking rifle!....but, I had a perfectly good 336, didn't really need it.....so let it go by.... lol
- Sun Nov 26, 2023 8:54 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: oldest or earliest born folks you talked to
- Replies: 15
- Views: 764
Re: oldest or earliest born folks you talked to
Always talked to the old folks, My grandmother was the most forthcoming on working the farm in Germany with hand tools, and the crippling inflation after WW1. Was friendly with a few old Baymen, talked about the old days fishing here in the bay, and they new the last of the market hunters. You could...
- Wed Nov 22, 2023 12:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Remember to Cherish every moment with Loved Ones
- Replies: 9
- Views: 664
Re: Remember to Cherish every moment with Loved Ones
LOL , go get em!! ...
- Wed Nov 22, 2023 12:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A heavy for the .30 WCF
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1473
Re: A heavy for the .30 WCF
And yet... there's an Aussie on one of these boards at one time that was killing Feral "brush bulls" with 150 gr. factory ammo....Not sure there's anything tougher than an older feral bull.
While bigger is supposed to be better , probably not necessary....
While bigger is supposed to be better , probably not necessary....
- Fri Nov 10, 2023 8:14 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 19 Texas Rangers, Only 18 Winchesters. Why?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2181
Re: 19 Texas Rangers, Only 18 Winchesters. Why?
The Krag guy had overwatch duty....
- Wed Nov 01, 2023 4:37 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Serious injury with a crossbow
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1323
Re: Serious injury with a crossbow
Friend of mine just got out of the emergency room, he has a crank up Xbow and somehow it got away from him and badly maimed his thumb, he'll be out of commission for a few weeks. I had an accidental discharge with mine, it was pointing down when it went off, bolt had a mechanical broadhead that miss...
- Mon Oct 23, 2023 2:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Got banned from Marlin Owners site
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1149
Re: Got banned from Marlin Owners site
I miss all the good stuff!
Been a member for years, never had an issue, or noticed anything worthy of being banned, but I'm not delicate and most things don't bother me...lol
Been a member for years, never had an issue, or noticed anything worthy of being banned, but I'm not delicate and most things don't bother me...lol
- Mon Oct 23, 2023 2:00 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Favorite sippin’ bourbons?
- Replies: 44
- Views: 13108
Re: Favorite sippin’ bourbons?
I usually sip a scotch winter evenings but have some bourbon here too, A customer brought me a bottle of Buffalo Trace, while I appreciated the gesture I'm not fond of it.
Someone once told me get wild turkey, reasonably priced and better than most....
Someone once told me get wild turkey, reasonably priced and better than most....
- Tue Oct 17, 2023 4:50 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: So True
- Replies: 10
- Views: 621
Re: So True
I hear ya,....2 new hips and 2 knees!
- Tue Oct 03, 2023 4:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Arrgghh! Water Leak
- Replies: 13
- Views: 491
Re: Arrgghh! Water Leak
If only they made something you can put in the line, somewhere you can access it, to shut the water off for that section....
- Tue Oct 03, 2023 4:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Up close and personal
- Replies: 10
- Views: 499
Re: Up close and personal
I've used the pinesol trick with raccoons, it worked until I got around to eliminating the little darlings...
- Mon Sep 25, 2023 5:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Half Million Year Old Structure Found???
- Replies: 11
- Views: 603
Re: Half Million Year Old Structure Found???
I always get a kick out of these "experts" that are locked into their own biases. What makes them think early hominids were stupid? They populated the world with limited tech. They must have done something right.
- Mon Sep 25, 2023 12:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Air rifle?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 759
Re: Air rifle?
Friend of mine is into the pcp guns, has a few high caliber ones... He did manage to blow up the air cylinder on one, almost took his thumb off, didn't seem to affect him, I think I'd be nervous filling one of those bombs up, lol
- Sun Sep 24, 2023 6:45 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Air rifle?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 759
Re: Air rifle?
Thanks to all, Had a cheap springer as a kid, it was completely adequate, and I sent a lot of pellets down range. Fast forward 60 years and have a need for some light duty "jobs"..... Nath, any reason you distrust a gas cylinder? Springers are still available and inexpensive, but seems to ...
- Fri Sep 22, 2023 3:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Air rifle?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 759
Air rifle?
Any suggestions for a reasonably priced pellet rifle?
Probably 22 cal, gas piston?, accurate to at least 25 yds. No scope needed.
Thanks
Probably 22 cal, gas piston?, accurate to at least 25 yds. No scope needed.
Thanks
- Thu Sep 21, 2023 2:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Medical Pearl of the Day
- Replies: 6
- Views: 462
Re: Medical Pearl of the Day
I've said it before but it's too bad there aren't more doctors like you, especially "here"
They've all sold out to the evil empires, a few try to stay independent but the buy out money becomes impossible for them to resist.
They've all sold out to the evil empires, a few try to stay independent but the buy out money becomes impossible for them to resist.
- Wed Sep 20, 2023 12:49 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The fall goose...
- Replies: 13
- Views: 598
Re: The fall goose...
Goose pastrami....you'll thank me later, lol
- Sun Sep 17, 2023 4:37 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT PACO
- Replies: 47
- Views: 2133
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT PACO
Happy Birthday!, Thanks for all you've done!...
- Fri Sep 08, 2023 12:54 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 81 with a 410!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 373
Re: 81 with a 410!
Well done...