Chairmen of the Politically Incorrect

[gamekeeper]

Sorry to hear about your mother in law I hope she mends well and fast some old ladies may have brittle bones but hearts like lions.
My son saw a Partridge with six chicks this morning, he also was talking to a farmer who said he had a lot of rabbits on his land

[OldWin]

Thanks buddy. So far so good.
I've seen a few partridge this spring, but no broods yet. Haven't seen any rabbits, but there was quite a bit of sign this past winter.

[Old Savage]

95° here and windy.

[Old Savage]

Well Six, first of all you don’t really like 4 3/4” so send it to me.

The more you know, the narrower the appreciation group - Frank Sinatra / That’s Life. Oh Well, might as well come back where “everybody knows your name” since we lost Normy,

Opinel knives

[Walt]

I ordered a shift lever that's an inch longer than stock and has a pivoting tip, also a set of 30mm bar risers and speaking of noisy, a foam pad that goes between the engine and skid plate to reduce the sound of the engine reflecting back off the aluminum skid plate.

[OldWin]

I have an IMS on my TW, but I did raise it on the splines a notch. I did the same thing with my DRZ this week.
Yes there is a lot of noise with the skid plate. I never noticed it with my old XR, but the exhaust was quite loud.
That's some of why I tried an Acerbis plastic one on the DRZ. I really like it so far.
The engine is still fairly noisy, but it's my first experience with the DRZ. I know some guys say they are anyway. It only has 1700 miles.

[gamekeeper]

Had to dash into town today and buy a BD card and was surprised by the large number of big touring bikes I saw, Northumberland being one of the less populated counties means the roads are quiet except for Newcastle which is a nightmare. I love seeing so many bikers but unfortunately the area is also popular with cyclists .

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[OldWin]

Haha pedal man, pedal!

That's all you see here too. Its ridiculous. Stupid baggers. It's one thing when you are riding all over the country, or are gone for weeks at a time. My parents did that for years on an 87 Yamaha Venture and a 92 Honda SE Gold Wing. But 90% of the people you see with baggers (especially Harleys) aren't riding them 2k miles a year. They go for an hour ride on Sunday afternoon and think they need a rolling couch. I don't care what anyone rides, per se, but I just get so sick of seeing everyone with the same bike.
I like to feel like I'm riding an actual motorcycle. If you don't want any wind on you, and need a thousand electronic googaws, maybe you don't really want a motorcycle.

Ok, that's my rant for today.

[gamekeeper]

A long time ago I worked with a guy who had a Goldwing, he used to laugh at me as he passed on a really steep hill but I usually passed him at the next town when he got stuck in traffic

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[Old Savage]

Well now, on a Sunday 30 miles north of LA the Rock Inn will be filled with posers that rode up through the mountain canyons.

[gamekeeper]

I've been locked out of the forum again hit and miss whether I can log on or not.

Growing up way back in sixties Britain you could either be a suit wearing Beatles fan and ride a scooter or wear black leather listen to rock n roll and ride a motorbike. I was lucky to grow up in a street were everyone rode motorbikes Scooter riders were known as Mods while motorbike riders were known as Rockers, fights between Mods and Rockers were very common back then especially on bank holidays on the coast. I guess we were all posers back then

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[OldWin]

I have had trouble getting on too.

Hey GK is that you with chick with the legs? Good for you buddy!

Been a nice couple of days here. Got in some good riding on Memorial Day. Trails were a little crowded. Especially the old track bed up to Bingham.
Yesterday I was pretty busy. The oldest boy and his wife are in Japan, so I went over and mowed his lawn. Went to camp for a bit with dad. Mostly to check the road. It's mostly dry, but punky in one spot. First time i drove the Jeep in this year.
Then I ran down to my middle son's place to help him make a new set of rollway doors. Got home after 7 last night.

[Walt]

Just got back from my second trip to Oklahoma City in two weeks. My wife stayed and helped our daughter out with her new baby over that period of time so I brought her back home yesterday. She would fly but there are no direct flights between Albuquerque and OKC so the time to travel is about the same one way or the other. I'm glad to have her back home; I'm glad to be back to re-establish the normal routine.

It was pretty stormy in Oklahoma as well as in the Dallas/Ft Worth area while I was there visiting our son. We had tornado warnings a couple of nights in Texas and in fact the range at which our son shoots PRS matches was heavily damaged Saturday before last, the evening after we were there.

[OldWin]

I've noticed that too Walt. The older I get, the more important that "routine" gets.

Cool pic! My youngest son is a shooter too. Not so much these days, as he has 3 young kids. He shot IDPA and did pretty good. He still shoots, but doesn't compete anymore.

Been meaning to ask how you are liking your TW? I'm going to take a day and do some trail riding with mine soon. I've ridden all my life and I know I shouldn't really like this little bike, but it's really fun. In truth, I'd probably sell my DRZ before I'd let my TW go.

[Old Savage]

Good training, I shot a deer at 275 yds resting the Mod 88 243 across a pickup bed.

[Old Savage]

50th anniversary, headed to Lawry’s in Beverly Hills for dinner.

[Walt]

Congratulations, OS! 50th anniversary?! That's great. Enjoy your dinner.

[Walt]

Jay, I haven't really had a chance to take the TW into the mountains yet. Last week when I was alone at home I was really eager to ride my favorite trails in the mountains so I invited a couple of friends to go along on ATVs. Honestly I would rather ride the TW alone rather than dissimilar vehicle types so I'll wait for other opportunities. We did have a nice ATV ride though. We rode over 35 miles on some pretty rough trails and the dust was typically heavy. Not for me though cuz I always ride in the lead .

[OldWin]

Congratulations OS! That's quite a milestone. Here's to 50 more.

Great pictures Walt! Haha yeah I hear that. It's impossible to mix vehicles like that. A good ride is a good ride though. I ate my share of dust Monday. A bike is so much faster on a trail than those infernal side by sides.

[gamekeeper]

50 years congratulations OS .

Great photos Walt. .

Windy, cloudy and about 58f here.

[Rimfire McNutjob]

On the other hand I finally snagged a Colt SAA 32-20 4 and 3/4” first gen made in 1901….perfect bore…1.5” at 25.

I've always coveted a 32-20 SAA. I would love to have a bird's head short barreled version. That right there is a crazy nice gun for 124 years old.

I got my first Italian SAA last year ... 3-3/4" bird's head in 45 LC. A high primer hung up my first shooting session. Apparently, I should have gone through that new Starline brass more carefully. Three of 100 had too shallow pockets.

Some day I will get an original Colt in 32-20. It's on the list next to a Smith 16-4 6" in 32 H&R Mag. Which is next to a Win 88 in 284. Which is right after a Ruger No.1 in Swift. Does it ever end?

[Old Savage]

Prime rib at Lawry’s and … gk - Yorkshire Pudding, what do you do with this?

[gamekeeper]

Dip in gravy like a biscuit

[AJMD429]

No, no one offended me and I have nothing against anyone. It’s that I’m smart to know when my words mean nothing, whether they are goofy (expected) or something that took me 50 years to learn. Zero appreciation from any member except a few from you guys. I don’t see that on the Colt Forum so I figured I’d take my knowledge there. Spend a half hour writing a detailed answer here to a question and the know nothings can’t even say “thank you”. I’m right about foreign guns from Italy or S America as in J.U.N.K….you have to go through a lot of posts on the Colt Forum to see any mentioned,..lots…

On the other hand I finally snagged a Colt SAA 32-20 4 and 3/4” first gen made in 1901….perfect bore…1.5” at 25.

Nothing personal….I've just moved on and plan to keep it that way…006

That's a COOL gun in what's become my favorite chambering. Glad it is now in your appreciative hands.

Your words probably meant a lot more than you realized - just many of us aren't very good at showing appreciation.

It was kinda fun teasing you about Rossi's though - however anyone with any sense who handles the 'classics' of Colt, S&W, Winchester, Marlin, and the high-falutin' stuff like the Ballards and so on, or even the first half of the 20th Century war-guns, has to see that there was a level of design and craftsmanship there that probably will never again happen, for a variety of reasons. Our 'generation' grew up in the best position to appreciate some of those guns - back when they were new (and not unusual) nobody had enough money to 'collect' them - they might be lucky enough to own the one they needed most for their livelihood. People growing up in the future are not likely to have the opportunities we have had to see and handle the good stuff, even if they are lucky enough to have the baby-boomer incomes we had to enable us to collect stuff.

'Moving on' is a thing people do - and good luck etc., but personally I hate change (I remember the first time a new dawn-to-dusk light was visible from the house I grew up in - over a mile away - and it shook my world). I'd prefer it if all my friends and neighbors never moved or died...or even just got the itch to move to another gun forum... but they do, and that's life. Farm down the road I used to go fishing at is now a subdivision, and one of my favorite neighbors passed away last year. Enjoy every day with those you can enjoy them with.

Come back sometime if ya want. I'll not likely go on the Colt forum - my only Colt is a beat-up 1911), and the ones I'd actually want are things like in your photo, which are more years away in the budget than I may have ahead of me (not near-death that I know of but still paying off a big chunk of debt from a failed 'group practice'). So I'll stick around here and fiddle with my Marlins and WInchesters and < gasp > Rossi's...