What Manly Things Did You Do Today?

hello Aaron..happy thanksgiving..

 

Enjoyed Thanksgiving with the in-laws with no ill feelings or snarkiness. May not seem like much, but after the year we've had , it's quite the accomplishment.

 

After everyone left following our thanksgiving dinner (I had seconds), I sat down and watched some football. Wife and mother in law went out to bargain shop, was alone in the house and bored of the NFL offering.

Went upstairs, dug through half a dozen boxes and found enough components and reloading tools to load a box of 2.5” 12ga for an older English boxlock. I don’t have a 12ga reloader, but starting with primed hulls, used my rcbs powder measure to meter powder charge, dropped the shot with my 16ga loader, and assembled everything manually. Roll crimped the shells with a hand crank roll crimper. Oh and used a manly exposed blade case trimmer in a power drill to trim the hulls.

 

Got out of bed this morning... stayed up too late last night and ate too much. My alarm clock was not even close to being a friend today.

 

Went for a motorcycle ride today with temperatures in the mid 30’s (F)

 

I normally use an electric knife to cut foam.
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But that bow looks great. Before the sholder gave out, a bow was fun!
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pfftt.. ....happy friday..

 

I can remember the day when I had a serious relationship with those. And tall PBR.

 

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.i hope they were good times..i thoroughly enjoyed beers with friends,for decades..and still do....

 

They were! A few of my friends had a "band" that played around locally. Tams, Otis Redding, rythm & blues, mid 60s music. Most of them were still in high school, but the singer and I would run around during the week about that. It was usually good for a pizza and a couple of "tall blues" while we were out. We had a place back then that sold good hot dogs, bar pizzas and really cold beer. Curb service out the back door in a large, dark back parking lot. And people working there that wasn't overly concerned with IDs as long as you didn't cause a disturbance which no one did for fear of not being allowed back there again. A fellow didn't want to ruin one of a very few sources he had then.

This is the place. The parking lot referred to was behind it to the left in this picture.

 

awesome..great memories i bet..very cool..

 

I survived the stomach bug AKA the Creeping Crud AKA the Barf n Squirts.

I was feeling a nasty headache all day Friday, then midnight and then there was all night action.

Maybe not manly, but I survived and I'm starting to feel human again. Maybe I'll shave tomorrow morning.

 

glad you are feeling better..

 

Like @brit said, Glad you're feeling better!"BUT" Before you put too much trust into your recovery, refer back to my post "Walmart Job Interview" in "Dirty Jokes." Keep that in mind for a day or few!!

 

Today, I started to learn about how to tune the recurve bow. I was successful in making an adjustment to the angles of the limbs.

 

Yes, but can you tuna fish?

 

I’ll give it a try, just for the halibut.

 

Tis the Season

 

I'm glad to hear everything came out alright in the end.