What Manly Things Did You Do Today?

And congrats to father and son!

 

He bought a Toyota Tacoma (used but in great shape)

 

Today I worked on one of the steam locomotives of the museum for which I volunteer. Its boiler has its bi-annual examination. So it is largely dismantled. Which gives us the opportunity to get some work done. Replacing worn-out parts, cleaning and painting.

 

Cool!

 

Took my folks for their first trip to Culver's.

 

Wow!

 

I took my in-laws to dinner then returned home to drink beer, chased by a shot or two of bourbon, and watch NFL football playoff games.

 

Yesterday I was the candy man. Every two weeks I put together a stock of trainers for our pooch. Somehow I got his full attention.

 

Pretty pup.

 

Trimmed trees
Chopped some firewood for the smoker.
I Am in the process of smoking 15 lbs Chicken Thighs, one 5lb Beer Butt Chicken, one 5 lb Spatchcock Chicken, and 24 hot dogs.
We will be freezing a lot.

 

Lapped a course Arkansas stone. That was laying around. Now doing dishes by hand.

 

Transported a rescue dog a couple hundred miles for surgery. We work with a Labrador rescue group.

 

Trying to be a good example to my descendants.

 

Finished the build of a bird feeding house in the back garden.



Now let's find a way to permanently chase the neighbour's cat out of the garden...

 

Cool!
And what about squirrels?

 

Almost nonexistent round these parts. Perhaps in the woods, but that's a 20 km/12 mile drive away and most squirrels have no driving licence.

If there were penguins nearby, I'd have some tasty sardines for them, but I haven't seen them as yet.

 

One of these days!

 

Finished building my new squirrel rifle

 

That's a lot of scope, for a.squirrel rifle. How far off are you having to shoot?
Around here, we have so many, all you need is a sling shot. Sometimes you can walk within a couple of feet of them, before they decide to move. If ever there was a food chain collapse, squirrel would regularly be on the menu.

 

Watch out, Tad! @FatherofSquirrel