Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474

I watched a landing on one of our Canadian frigates, in rough weather. They drop the winch line, from the centre of the airframe and the deck crew hooks to a winch and ring bolt on the deck. Pilot then powers up and tries to lift the ship, while they deck crew winches the helicopter down. Neat operation.

Service the lawn mower? 42 ° ? I'm still scraping ice off the driveway after running the snow-blower! Getting ready for Winter Camp 5 during our winter festival - Winterlude! Skating on the Rideau Canal, snow-shoe races, cross-country skiing, sled dog races, sleigh rides, trail rides on our snowmobiles. Up here, we learn to play in the *^%&%$* stuff! Now: GET OFF MY LAWN!

Page three? Humm, that ain't good. Doing some loading for this summer, after looking at the area's scheduled matches. Gonna need lottsa bullets. Waiting patiently for Winter Camp February 11 Oh yeah, GET OFF THE LAWN!

I took a couple of nice big does with my 1866 in .45 Colt, during one season. Took a nice buck with my 1885 in .45-70 and I use my "Wyatt Earp" open hammer 12 ga. when I hunt partridge, rabbits and grouse. My Browning BSS now feels lonely and neglected in the safe. No handgun hunting here in Canada for a long time.

I pretty well settled on Trail Boss, but I have also used Varget. One of my .45-70's liked it. The other three didn't. For the 100 and 200 yard ranges I have available to me, I found TB driving a 350 gr lead bullet was hitting the gongs consistently and grouping well on paper.

Try reversing them, but beware of back splash.

Clubs around our area of eastern Ontario, Western Quebec charge a match fee between $15 and $20 Earnings go towards buying/repairing steel, props etc. I feel the pain of some pards here whose ranges aren't as co-operative as ours at the Eastern Ontario Shooting Club. After a long, painful process, we finally got our new, dedicated CAS range approved by the Chief Firearms Officer for Ontario, thanks to the persistent efforts of the owner of the range, the late Ray Charbonneau.

If he left in a temper and hasn't been back, because of a DQ he earned, he was likely too embarrassed by his own behaviour. Open the door for his return, but keep an eye on him for a return to whatever earned him a DQ in the first place, especially if it was a safety issue.

Rained Out!?!?!? Around here, we get froze or blizzarded out!

Well now Mud Marine, if you joined up with us in the Stealth Bullet Shooting Society, you wouldn't have to worry about things like that!! Now: GET OFF THE LAWN!

Congrats on getting her out to play. Now watch her start to out shoot ya! That happened to me years ago, when we used to shoot ISU. She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed was then with the Queens Cowboys and shot well in training with her service pistol, to the point that her transition to what I was doing came easily. Unfortunately, her health now keeps her out of the game, but she doesn't begrudge the time I spend on it now in my retirement.

Or as we tell newcomers to the snow country: "Don't eat yellow snow!" And Stay off my lawn!

Hardpan: I'm in Ontario, Canada, so our employment laws are likely different. That said, here in Ontario, Canada, the circumstances of your leaving, could be construed as a firing. Here, if your labour lawyer gets involved, you may get a very hefty pay-out for every year you were with the company. Food for thought. In any case, enjoy your retirement, but if mine is any indication, you'll be busier than ever!! LOL 1

Imis, you is too polite. Almost as if you ain't a real GRUMP, but I'm thinkin' that's an aberration. -15° by the thermometer on my verandah at 9:30 this AM Supposed to warm in to -9° The road into, around and inside the range is plowed, but no shirt sleeves or shorts here today. The boys and girls will have the wood stove going and a coffee pot bubbling, in the club house, feet up and chewin' the fat between trips to the firing line. NOW, GET OFF THE LAWN!

The male equivalent of the Barbie collectables

Hire a home inspector and get a full report on the condition of the home. An inspector will look at and find things you would likely never think of. Recently, the fellow I know found asbestos, mould, faulty wiring and improperly installed roof joists in one house he inspected. Another had fire damage the current owner "forgot" to mention.

Well, I guess with Jabez off to the Dark Continent, (is that term PC?) for the warmer weather, I guess it's up to Grey Beard, Mud Marine, Imis Twohofon to keep the campfire going. AND STAY OFF THE LAWN!

Retired at 59 with 40 years service, with the same City. Earned an MBA, a CPPO a CPPB and CMM(1) along the way.

One consideration is the availability of brass for your rifle. I have passed up a number of them for that reason.

Around here, the shows are also crowded and the much of the stuff is overpriced junk. But it sells. The last buy I got was over 25 years ago, on a quite new, wood stocked, scoped.308 Weatherby Vanguard in carbine length. The current owner told me he couldn't get it to shoot, so he bought some other rifle and just wanted out of the Weatherby. So. after a little look-see, I bought it at a distress sale price he was asking, c/w scope, and took it to the range. Sure enough, it was all over the place. I took it home, removed the stock and sanded out the high spots touching the barrel. Took it back to the range and found it shot MOA. It became my go to deer gun for quite a while, until a buddies sob story about needing a rifle got to me and I sold it to him. Wish I still had it.

After wearing a suit and tie for over 40 years, I graduated back to jeans when I retired. Still slim enough not to need suspenders, I wear a belt with my First Place, Classic Cowboy buckle, almost every day, just to impress the girls!☺LOL

We seem to be in danger of losing sight of the main issue here: That a man with known mental problems and known to the authorities was not being watched or cared for, while he had access to firearms. We are fortunate he did not get access to explosives. What can/should we be doing about those with mental issues having access to firearms or explosives, while preserving our privacy and rights?

Don't worry your topknot. We'll sit right here in the cold and snow, suffering the occasional bout of freezing rain, trying to get enough wood chopped to keep campfires and the stoves going. Don't fret about us, shivering here in the cold and dark, wondering what the Little Potato and the lovely Katherine are going to pull next. You just go ahead and enjoy the African sunshine and warmth. Don't you think or worry about us. We'll be fine. We all like impersonating frozen human icicles. HEY YOU DANG KIDS! GET OFF MY SNOWY LAWN! ​​GRUMBLE - GRUMBLE MUMBLE - Miserable cuss bails out on us, leavin' us here with that bunch of no-goods. In the winter cold, while he gallivants off to warmer climes! Sunny Ways! HAH! Oh well, at least one of us is out of it for a while.

A word to the wise: I have a RV I use going to the matches up here, in Canada. In 2015, I took it to an October match, (no hook-ups), the temperature dropped overnight, froze the pipes and blew some connections. In 2016, I winterized the water lines, brought some water containers and saved myself a lot of trouble.

I used a short water soak, then stuck some 10 ga. shells in the loops until things dried out. Pretty loose now, but I can't bend over with shells in them!!!☺