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Big Sage, SASS #49891 Life

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  1. I have a friend who I hunt big game with . He has one of the new hot 6.5's. Expensive rifle & ammunition. He got just over 700 rounds thru the barrel and it was done. He put on a new barrel (2500.00) and said hope it last as long as the first one!!!
  2. Amen to that! Or in Hawthorne < Ca at the Northrop buildings at Hawthorn Airport that it bought from Northrop when the 747 Program was sold by Northrop and moved out.
  3. I still have my slide rule. I remember all the IBM cards we punched to ad data and program the old mainframes. The SRB's were towed into port by tug. Flushed down with fresh water and disassembled for reuse. Sometimes the cases used to make the SRB bodies could not be reused, depending how much erosion was present around the O ring seals.
  4. I am a product of the 60's thru the 80"s. I started working on the Apollo/Saturn Program when I graduated from college in 1963. Worked on the Space Shuttle after the Apollo was done. Stayed in the Industry until I retired in 2000 at 58 years old. Back then if our people had access to the computer technology we have today, they would have knocked it out of the ballpark a lot faster (and cheaper) then we did then. We had brilliant minds that advanced state of the art technology with tools that would seem like those the Wright Brothers used to todays engineers! I consulted for Space X when they were just starting before 2000 and they have done one thing that I thought impossible when I first worked with them....that is recovery and reuse of their booster . We did that on the Space Shuttle, but it was very rudimentry when compared to what they do today.
  5. Not sure, but I believe that you have to be a Life member to vote on anything.
  6. They should send them out automatically as earned. especially for Life members. I have been a Life member for over 15 years and have never heard of them.
  7. You are right about Freshman not playing varsity sports. I had a football scholarship to a major west coast university (i959 thru 1963) and I had to play freshman football. I remember when Babe Ruth's HR record was broke and they put an asterisk beside Roger Maris's 61 HR's. But not there anymore, even Hank Aarons record too. Her record is her record to stand until someone else breaks it......no asterisks please!
  8. Custom hats are not cheap! My wife bought me a custom hat from Nathaniel (used to be in Mancos, Co, now in Texas). It was $800.00 and was beaver and that was 15 years ago.
  9. I vote every year and have for the last 20 years or so. I NEVER vote for an incumbent director or one nominated by the a Director or the Nominating Committee. This year, I think I only voted for 9 Directors and my self as a write-in. The only way to get change is to elect new people!
  10. The 03 is the one that best represents what the 1903 is all about.
  11. I have 3 of them, but all have been sporterized. One in original military clothing will be pricey! This one is the first one. I got it when I was 12 and of course I had to make it look like all the modern rifles. It has the second stock I made when I was 18. The second one is a .220 Ackley Improved Swift. All that is left from the Springfield is the action. I made the stock too.
  12. The Olds had the awesome J-2 option for their 371 ci engine. I bought one from a junkyard in 1960 and put it in my 56 Ford 1/2 ton PU. It was really fast, used to drag race it. I always like the 57 Fords. I have one, a Ranchero with a Pantera 351 Cleveland engine. Lots of fun to drive.
  13. Blackwater is right about the fuel situation with the engine ignition off and the engine turning. In the older cars and trucks had manual fuel pumps usually actuated by the cam. With engine turning over but not running, the fuel would still be pumped. Both of my vehicles (a 2018 Ford Explorer and a 2015 Ford F350 4x4 diesel) are automatic tranny and have shift paddles or manual shifting on the gear shift lever. I can manually down shift and lock the tranny in the selected gear until I want to shift again. Going downhill is a breeze and almost doesn't require touching the brakes to hold the speed I want. I can also use the speed control to do it too. It will automatically down shift when it need to so I can maintain my selected speed.
  14. I guess I'm out in the country so far that I really didn't know that there was a "black national anthem"! I watched the Super Bowl and thought that it was just another of the opening ceremony celebs singing some of their BS songs. I couldn't care less , but do resent the NFL shoving it down our throat.
  15. How about some of my hunting rifles. First is a sporterized 1903 Springfield I've had for 70 years . I made the Maple stock. Next is a custom .220 Ackley Improved Swift, I also made this stock. Next is a .257 Weatherby and last a Number 1 Ruger in .300 Weatherby. I hunt with them all.
  16. Sure glad I took a Life Membership when they were first offered. If I remember rightly, I paid $250.00.
  17. I'll stick with mine, propane and 110V electric. I had a cabover camper with a 110v/12v/propane refer. I used the 12 v a couple of times, very inefficient and really sucked the battery dry even when driving.
  18. I have a 2011 Denali 28" travel trailer made by Dutchman. It replaced a 24 Dutchman which had gotten a little small as we were planning a 3 month trip to Alaska back then. Dutchman was an independent manufacturer who made a great product. Today, I'm not sure what I'd buy IF I WAS IN THE MARKET! My Denali has been stored since it was new, indoors. Sure keeps the UV damage to the finish to a minimum. I am 82 and the Denali completely fulfills my wife and my expectations. I learned a long time ago to do all the maintenance myself as we have owned rv's for over 50 years.
  19. I use JB Weld, it is almost impervious to everything.\!
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