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Loosen the hammer screw a half a turn and see if it helps. I had a Uberti with that problem until I took it apart and honed the insides and hammer.

I've used Flitz. It's advised to use any polish sparingly. This turned out to be melted carpet after shooting a stage with black powder. Flitz took it off.

Staring and directed by Tommy Lee Jones. This is a great western set in 1910 Texas. Lots of stars. Frances McDorman (Fargo) was worth the price of admittance. We have it on DVD. It looks to be available on Prime. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113196/?ref_=ext_shr

The Horse Soldiers - John Wayne https://youtu.be/PP436aBYT-Q?si=8O6QcfC5bJHM1Xwm Duel in the Son. - Gregory Peck (aka, Lust in the dust)

Today was much improved but still cold and windy. But we have been hunkered down for days so we decided to break out and go on a road trip. We'd found a strange cafe in a little town that's major industries are soybeans, corn and cows. It's only open from 11:00am to 1:30pm Monday through Friday. Menu is all country comfort food. Today's special was breaded boneless pork chops, mashed potatoes and green beans for $7.25.

I said too Mary late this evening, "We're lucky we still have power." Every time I look I see another tree down or broken off. Sustained winds in the 30s and gusts up to 60 all day.

I'd posted this before but it's now removed. Here it is again. Laurel an d Hardy destroyed a bunch of cars with their bare hands.

Well blow me down. 70 degrees, 23 mph wind gusting to 46 and 6 weather alerts - including lightning. Temperatures to drop to 30 tonight with show expected. Missouri weather.

When I was sending out club reports, my contact list included alias in parentheses. Or type of business of other contacts.

My son Chris in Minnesota sent me this selfie. He loves the outdoors.

Son Chris, It was a Perkins restaurant in Clear Lake. Didn't get the waitress picture.

We've been in Minnesota in the winter. Coming back from Greenfield we watched the car thermometer reach 19 below. We pulled in to Clear Lake, Iowa for breakfast. The waitress was still wearing insulated coveralls!

I took a tour of the farm in my Mule and spotted something odd up ahead. It turned out to be a big wad of kpok fiber infused with leaves and sticks. I'm puzzled as to where it came from. I'm sure we didn't discard anything that would have produced it. I concluded it must have came in with the high winds and storms. It wasn't there a few days ago. Leads me to wonder, what happens to guns and other valuables when a house is blown to bits and scattered over miles?

We did some business with a family owned company in northern Louisiana. Being a son of Dixie and done work further south, his accent was heavy but I had no problems conversing with him. But he made a comment about doing business with Cajuns in southern Louisiana. Said, you can hardly understand them. I thought, if you couldn't understand them, I'd not have a chance.

Lots of damage reported. They reported a tornado on radar not far from us. If it did any damage, I've not heard.

Dang wind. Day after day non-stop. The sun is out and it's warmed up enough that the grass is greening up. Mary's daffodils are up and blooming. But the wind is intolerable. I got out some today and drove the Mule down in the valley but the wind on the ridge was awful.

Not seen nothing like it. Not even on a cow. Wake up and smell the coffee. It's midnight. Do you know where your kids are? I'll rip you a new one. Take a load off. A rolling stone gaters no moss. Just icing on the cake. I stand corrected. She was so buck toothed, she could eat corn on to cob through a picket fence. She's wearing clod hoppers. We're burning daylight. You drive me to drink. Bodacious. If you lie down with dogs, you'll get up with fleas. Up to snuff. Fuss budget. Crazy as a bed bug. Got on you like white on rice. Johnny come lately. He's a flim-flam man. Put a lid on it. Onward and upward. Necked is a j-bird. Time marches on. Pie eyed fool.

Here is an original Winchester redone by Wyoming Armory.

I shoot black powder loads but Sawmill Mary shoots Fiocchi low recoil in a stock Stoeger Uplander with unmodified chambers. Shouldn't work with ribbed shells but it does. She doesn't shuck but tips and dumps.

William S. Hart's last movie. Big production with lots of action. Oklahoma land rush.

We do business at a Mennonite bakery that has a deli service. Mary has gotten a sandwich there from time to time and has it quartered. We'll each have quarter with chips and later have the other quarters for supper. 4 meals from one sandwich. But still not the gut busters mentioned.

Maybe if I were 18 and put up hay bales for 12 hours.

A friend sent me a link to a YouTube video showing the wide spread damage in Rolla, Missouri. Half the trees down. Roofs off, power lines down. It wasn't flattered but lots of damage.

I just built a fire in the stove. We're going back to winter tonight. Down to freezing and chance of snow by morning.

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