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I've looked at those log cabin kits. Not all that different than the one my dad and uncle built in the early 50's. I started as a single room. Well, two if you counted a very small bath. My uncle was a wood worker who could and did everything from framing to very fine furniture. And dad could take i...

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piller wrote: ↑Mon Jun 01, 2026 11:45 pm Glad you are home. I do not recommend trying any go-karts until your bones are healed. 6 weeks, or thereabout.

Enabler!

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Wow! You lucked out buddy! Front flats are no fun to ride on. Especially with a heavy bike. I'm astonished! I got that brake line off the old Dodge with snapping either end off. Now it's just getting the new one bent up and put on. Front flats aren't fun on any two wheeled conveyance. Hardest I eve...

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Jeepnik, if you're familiar with this part of the country you'll know how sparsely populated it is and what kind of distances are travelled. NM is the fifth largest state in the nation; the Albuquerque metro area represents almost half of the state's total population. That hundred miles or so that ...

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I do mountains, heck they are just an hour and a bit (depending on traffic away), but mostly I do desert (about two hours to my favorite area). But regardless, the most carried handgun remains the same.

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Great news, prayers continue.

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That's a handsome scooter, Jeep. Where do you mount your gun rack? 8) That's not the one I own. It was just to show him what' out there to get around outdoors a lower speeds. I have this one. https://i.imgur.com/XrIY2sE.jpg It's AWD and goes over 20. But it's a bit tippy and at 25, frankly, a bit s...

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Walt, limping home doesn't always mean all the way home. Sometimes it means getting somewhere to get the parts to fix it or (Heaven forbid) to a shop that can fix it. But at least to the trail head. If you do need a tow, it's a lot cheaper from a trail head than out on the trail. What amazes me most...

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Got an email from Rob about his new "Combos" Belt, holster and ammo carrier sold as a set. I'm thinking of getting one for my Glock 30. I have to admit, I have never invested in good leather for the Glock. I just use a Yaqui slide and stuff a spare mag in a rear pocket. Yea, I don't carry ...

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Not sure if I qualify as an Old Coot. But, my wife and her friends nicknamed me "Geezer" when I started using a mobility scooter.

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Ysabel Kid wrote: ↑Sat May 30, 2026 7:26 pm There are "tourons" (morons on tour) everywhere you go. That is the human condition!

Mode of transportation matter not, morons do tend to abound. I've found it's best to just keep to myself and avoid tour groups as much as possible.

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Glad to hear you're getting along well enough to go home. Now, and I know it's hard for us guys, do what the doctors and rehab folks tell you to do. Push when they say push, back off and rest when they say rest. I learned the hard way that if you push too hard too long, you only cause things to take...

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Well, I can't really say. I've tried all three. Prefer the original so I stick with that.

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Tore a line on my Jeep once while off road. Yep, crimped it. but no fluid. Water works in a pinch, but you have a job making sure you get it all out later. Off road long enough and you break darned near everything. Most you can fix well enough to limp home. But some stuff, it's time to call a buddy ...

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I can certainly affirm that there's no difference in being called a "red-headed step child" and actually being one. Add being freckled to that and you double your fun! I distinctly remember the last time I was bullied. 3rd grade, walking home from school... Thomas, a black kid, same age, ...

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Sounds like he's on the mend.

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Kids can and often are cruel. But it's born mostly out of ignorance. But it's something most outgrow. For some it's a sudden realization. Others just take time. I was the sudden realization type. There was a kid that really had no discernable handicap. But he was very quiet and shy. He kept to himse...

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You've all heard of the World's Most Interesting Man. But how many know who the World's Most Useless Man is? Well, I'll tell you who he is. He is an orchestra conductor. He stands there waving his arms around (and no two will use the same movements even when "conducting" the same music) wh...

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Thank God. Prayers for healing continue. Got to say I'm on your wife's side. No more go carts.

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Again, host/server issue.

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I suspect the re-enactors will welcome this. Along with those shooters enamored by the civil war era. But at $2500 it's steep.

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Great news. Of course prayers are continuing. But I suspect unless his daughter watches him 24/7 he'll have to get back on that horse, at least once.

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So far all the sources say checkered only. Some different versions available on order in the first two generations but all of those were also checkered. I have tried both the original style and the final version. The final feels better and frankly looks better. The vents and scallops gave it a bette...

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For those that use these small "portable" safes. Do you bolt them down, or put them into a larger safe when you aren't home? My safes are bolted to both the floor and wall. this is not an anti theft measure but an anti earthquake measure. If one did fall over, it would likely go right thro...

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I like the idea of convertibles. But other than a few .22lr / .22 mag handguns I didn't have any. Well, I did (a Ruger .45 colt / .45 acp) until my youngest decided he wanted it for Christmas a couple of years ago. I missed the fun of switching cylinders. So I bought a .45 acp cylinder to use on my ...

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I think I would have contacted the safe manufacturer first. Key's mechanical taking out batteries and closing door shouldn't have effected it. Of course I have to ask, did you try to give the keyhole a good squirt of your favorite penetrating oil?

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From my reading it looks like the 3" is one of the "rare" custom variations. As to the 2", I'd guess after marked smithing. As I mentioned, I just bought the Goforth book H&R Arms Company 1871-1986. If you don't have the book, and I can look anything up, let me know. The book...

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Lawyers! While often misquoted and misattributed "first kill all the lawyers" is as prophetic as Nostradamus or Orwell.

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Great news, prayers continue. Looking forward to his explaining why a guy his age is messing around on go carts. Not that I've ever done anything like that.

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I will note just how spoiled we have become. If you go back to the days of the very first modems you'll remember the trials and tribulations of installing software and getting it and the hardware to communicate (and that's before you tried to connect to another computer, that's right one computer, n...

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Okay, the OP's pistol is a pre 1952 First Model. All had the same checkered walnut grip. There is one exception. The first 7 variations were walnut, the 8th was a checkered plastic grip. All of these had solid ribs. So if the grips are smooth, someone sanded them. The Second Model showed up in 1953....

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When I don't have any ammo. But then I'd just make some so I guess the answer is really never.

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Grips and barrel configuration changed over the years. This one is circa 1980. Checkered grips and scalloped rib. Not sure when they started putting the scallops on the barrel rib. https://i.imgur.com/X8WlNur.jpg?1 See, you made me look. So it's all your fault, at least that's what I'll tell my wife...

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The thing with automatics over manuals is that when you rebuild them you have to be a lot more attentive about keeping even the smallest debris out of an auto. Various ports and valves can either plug off or get stuck open by some really small stuff.

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Prayers up for a speedy recovery.

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Only if I have both long and short guns in the same caliber. I think all could be used in either (I don't try to invent things not in manuals) but accuracy potential ( potential because I am the limiting factor) is better in one gun or the other.

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They look complicated. And there are lots of parts. But they are just stacked on a few shafts. It's time consuming but there isn't any magic to them. If you can use hand tools and have patience, the hard part is getting in in & out of the vehicle.

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Trannys are way beyond my skill level. Tranny rebuilders make you think so. But unless there has been some really nasty physical damage it's mostly replacing seals and o-rings. There are some tools that make it easier to do, but once you've bought those... Heck, anymore you can probably find a vide...

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First job out of the military was working in a radiator repair shop. Boss was one of those types that always wanted you to work faster. Even though at the end of the day we had all of the vehicles done unless we were waiting for parts. I got the job because I had been working on cars since I was ab...

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First job out of the military was working in a radiator repair shop. Boss was one of those types that always wanted you to work faster. Even though at the end of the day we had all of the vehicles done unless we were waiting for parts. I got the job because I had been working on cars since I was abo...

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The slope behind me is pretty steep. In 79' when we moved in I did it by hand. It took days and every year I kept telling myself I would just keep up with it so it wasn't such a big job. Never really happened. For a few years my neighbors and I did rent goats. That worked until the coyote population...

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Ever notice that when you are really, and I mean really, fighting to get something mechanical done. Then you bust open your knuckle and it all goes smoothly the rest of the way?

Or as my dad used to say, "Blood is the lubricant for success".

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I'm with Jim, burn it. By the way, what is your objection to spraying?

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Still mostly pretty boring stuff. All way too practical. The only guy with any sort of imagination is the fellow who wants a P-08 for a carry pistol.

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Well, I have never shot a chrony. Now three on the other hand.

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Geobru is sort of right. But as you move the declination changes. So while a straight line from the original bearing might end up in Baltimore depending on how often you took a bearing it would be different. So if you're traveling by foot and taking daily or better morning, noon, and evening bearing...

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Polar shift is still an unproven hypothesis. If Cussler hadn't written his book most folks would never have heard of it. As to declination. Yes, it does slowly shift. If you have an old map on which the declination is marked (most topos) you can google it and get the current declination. I just writ...

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Not just those that live in bear country, but any who venture into bear country. It's interesting to note that growing up in town, the only predators we had of descent size were red foxes. These are the cute little ones you see in nature videos, they run about the size of a coyote. A very small popu...

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Never been a dedicated handgun hunter, except for rabbits and such. By far most of the jacks I have taken have been with a Mk I Target with a 6 7/8" barrel. But I have over the years taken critters up to the size of deer with a handgun for various reasons. Since I typically carry handguns with ...

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Pretty clearly a host server issue. Only real solution is to find another hosting provider. But that could cost more and be quite time consuming.

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