Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: stickbender on February 25, 2014, 04:56:50 pm
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Poor J.W., just as he thought the cold snaps were over, and he can go play outside,...... he can't go outside and play today, as it is mildly cold. Only down to -3, and partly cloudy, but tomorrow will be nice with sun shine, and a low of -11, and the rest of the week is in the minus range also, but Saturday, it will be a high of -2 and a low of -6, but Sun it will warm up to a high of 6 and a low of 0. Monday, it will be a hot 14 for a high, and a low of -5. So the propane gas scalpers, are raising the price? Ooh we feel your pain. Yes J.W. , we in Florida, feel your pain. J.W., we really do. ::) Har, har, har, snicker, giggle, snicker. Why poor Mullet has a head cold right now. So don't go getting all sorry for yourself, we are suffering in Florida as well, why, it got down to the mid to upper sixties last night! Har, har, har, snicker. Oh yeah, we feel your pain, ::) ::) ;D ;D ;D ;D >:D >:D Yeah, we really do......Hah, hah, hah, har, har, har, oh, boy, we do...... hah, hah, hah, hands cold? Feet cold? Nose cold? Oooooh did you slip and slide on the ice on the way to your car?.......oh man, we can just see your pain....... hah, hah, hah, oh boy, sorry about that, just too good to pass up, yeah, it is about mid to upper seventies, now, slight breeze. Oh, you couldn't get your car door unlocked? Didn't put the de icey stuff in the door lock, did you?
Wayne
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I think he has his fans pointing south , the cold is trying to slip back into Okl. sure wish he would spin them back north.
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Now you've done it Wayne, couldn't leave well enough alone. Now it's supposed to drop into the 50's this weekend with no humidity, ouch! :o :-X :)
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I'll take 50 Eddie.
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Now you've done it Wayne, couldn't leave well enough alone. Now it's supposed to drop into the 50's this weekend with no humidity, ouch! :o :-X :)
Good grief Edwardo. ::)
It's been in the -30s and -40s here for the last week, and is supposed to continue until the end of the first week of March. Monday morning it was -45C with the windchill. Gimme a break. I'd take 50F right now, yah big baby! Count your blessings!!
Do I sound bitter?
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Adam;
You could have hitched a ride with the other 10,000 Canadians in town driving 30MPH. But, if they drive that slow on the way home you might need to dip into the Pention Fund. ;D ;)
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20 years now in SOUTH Dakota...ain't seen -40 since I left the other Dakota!
Probably going camping this weekend with two other flintlock freaks, wool blankets, linen shirts, and stout hearts!
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Adam;
You could have hitched a ride with the other 10,000 Canadians in town driving 30MPH. But, if they drive that slow on the way home you might need to dip into the Pention Fund. ;D ;)
;D ;D ;D
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Take some stout, dark, rum. :)
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Adam, you know, :) I kinda miss that -40, I need to get back to Alberta.
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Hahaha! This is such a terrible thread! Seriously, there are a bagillion old people driving like 30. So long as I can weave through them I'm ok but when they block up the whole road I get really angry and my road rage goes off the richter scale! You're better off in the cold JW, trust me on that one ;)
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Adam, you know, :) I kinda miss that -40, I need to get back to Alberta.
Bull.
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Sounds like a lot of fun JW.
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Adam, you know, :) I kinda miss that -40, I need to get back to Alberta.
Bull.
Naww, really. It gives me six months of pissing and moaning about paying me more money and working in Brazil instead. ;D
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yeah, ..............but how are the mosquitoes and road construction where you are , JW? See............. you just have to look on the bright side of things. Nearly 6 months mosquito free!
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I think J.W. Must have drank out of the wrong cup again. Instead of his tea cup, he used the one he heats up the rats for the birds. :P :o That would push you out into the cold. Well sounds like he will have fun just to spite us! As for road construction, that is pretty much a universal pain. But at least down here, we don't have roads being repaved with tar and tiny rock chips, and having to wait for the pilot car to take us at a leisurely 25-30 mph, for a couple of miles. Well he will now be having fun, looking for bear dens, and such, just for the photo opportunity. Plus he can have fun with snow in his frizen pan, and if not careful, in his barrel as well. Well I guess once it hits below zero, it takes a bit more downward spiral to notice it. Zero is bad enough. Well I hope they have lots of wool blankets, and clothing, and a couple good bottles of anti freeze. ;) Fifty, without the humidity, will be great! Bring it on! That is beautiful! Eddie are you going to the shoot in Ocala? If so, what day? J.W. have fun! And be sure to count your toes every day. ;)
Wayne
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Some of us whine about the cold others about the heat and others about the rain.
Here on the West Coast it can be cool but seem colder becasue its like living on the Ocean. The dampness goes right thru ya. And during the summer it can be a bit humid at 95 degrees. During the fall and spring it can rain 20 days in any given month.
Try living with an Arthritic lower back with 2 bad disks out here. Lol............. ::) Maybe I should move to Florida.. ;)
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Sounds like fun JW - don't forget Your WOOL leggins' ;). Watch Your Top Knot - Bob.
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Definately sounds like fun JW, take one of those newfangled thing's with you, you know, a camera.
So's us that can't be there, can be there.
Keep yer nose in the wind.
Kevin
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Some of us whine about the cold others about the heat and others about the rain.
Here on the West Coast it can be cool but seem colder becasue its like living on the Ocean. The dampness goes right thru ya. And during the summer it can be a bit humid at 95 degrees. During the fall and spring it can rain 20 days in any given month.
Try living with an Arthritic lower back with 2 bad disks out here. Lol............. ::) Maybe I should move to Florida.. ;)
Bow 101, look for a chiropractor that has the "DRX9000" machine. That will take care of your disc problem. As for the weather..... You just described south Florida.
Wayne
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I spent ten years along the Gulf coast and coastal NC. Now I live in Montana. I will take Montana winters over southern summers any day.
Patrick
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Summers down here aren't for sissies ;D Guess that's why we can drive faster then 30mph in the summer.
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I heard when you join AARP they send a mechanic over to install a block under your gas pedal, weld the left turn signal permanently to the "on" position, and program your GPS to Florida! Poor PrimTim and his delusions of NASCAR.
The two guys that were going with this weekend have shrunken to one. We'll see if he shows up Saturday morning, weatherman is predicting less than optimal climatological conditions. I fully intend to at least get a small fire going, have a pipeful of Olanigw's custom blend of kinnickinick in my 17th century original pipe, grill a little venison over said fire, and see the sun come up the next morning.
If I am the only one to go, I will hike into Wild Irishman Gulch and head for the Cat Hole. The Cat Hole is a small overhang in a limestone formation that overlooks a couple nice deer trails...just enough room for a mountain lion to stretch out....or a longhunter. The cave-ette is just big enough to give shade in the summer, and the sun is low enough in the sky in the winter that the sun hits the back, warming nicely while protecting from the cold north winds.
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I take it the guy that backed out, is married? You want to do what?!!! :o Are you Crazy, didn't you see the weather report?!!! Well no sir, mister, you are staying right here! You can help me pick out new curtains for the bathrooms.
Poor guy. Well I hope the other guy shows up. I will surmise that you are safe enough, and know not to build too big of a fire, that might cause the overhang to spall from the heat. I hope you don't get company in the middle of the night when that cold mountain lion comes back to his favorite winter den. What do you have for a lock cover, and anything for the barrel, when it is snowing? Have fun, and enjoy. You start cooking that venison, you might have a lot of critters, coming around to see what is for dinner. :D Watch for the idiots on the icy roads. As for aarp, I can't stand those anti gun commie##@$$@#. They will not listen to you when you tell them you are not interested in sending them money to join, so they can send some of that to all the anti gun idiots. They will keep sending you their crap. The only good thing is , I get to use those prepaid envelopes, to not only send back their garbage, but my junk mail also, along with something heavy, to increase the postage. ;D ;D 8)
Wayne
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Some of us whine about the cold others about the heat and others about the rain.
Here on the West Coast it can be cool but seem colder becasue its like living on the Ocean. The dampness goes right thru ya. And during the summer it can be a bit humid at 95 degrees. During the fall and spring it can rain 20 days in any given month.
Try living with an Arthritic lower back with 2 bad disks out here. Lol............. ::) Maybe I should move to Florida.. ;)
Bow 101, look foer a chiropractor that has the "DRX9000" machine. That will take care of your disc problem. As for the weather..... You just described south Florida.
Wayne
Thanks for the info, Good stuff. Oh,...! carbon copy wheather ok......... :o
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Howdy
Stickbender is living on the wrong part of the west coast. My local club had a get together at the range last sat. Sunny day and temps in the low 70s. Oh, and traffic was moving just fine, except I got stopped at the freeway entrance until the cavalcade transporting the Dali Lhama had passed. JW I feel for you, though, having a rendevous in below zero temps sounds crazy enough to be fun. Enjoy! Ron
Some of us whine about the cold others about the heat and others about the rain.
Here on the West Coast it can be cool but seem colder becasue its like living on the Ocean. The dampness goes right thru ya. And during the summer it can be a bit humid at 95 degrees. During the fall and spring it can rain 20 days in any given month.
Try living with an Arthritic lower back with 2 bad disks out here. Lol............. ::) Maybe I should move to Florida.. ;)
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I sure wish more of you Yankees felt that way, JEB. :)
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"Wasting away, in Lizardville," Sort of like Magaritaville. Ah,it is winter! Lets go to Florida for the Winter, and drive the locals nuts, while we drive 30 and under, stopping and going, as if we were not sure of where we were supposed to turn, or just looking at the palm trees, and ocean. Then deciding not to turn, but leaving the blinker on in case there is something on that side to turn to, but if not, and if re is something on the other side, we can turn there also and don't want to shovel snow, so we go to Florida, and complain about the way things are there, and how it is so much better up north. Yes we are down here, but that doesn't matter, we just want to let you know how much better it is up north, otherwise you wouldn't know. Now move on or I will throw an orange at you, and hit you with my Mickey Rodent hat! Now where was I going to turn? Well being 75, and deciding to wear my speedos to the beach is a really fun activity, also. Amd the terry cloth shorts, and shirt, sandals with socks, and golf hat too. Apologies to all the Yankees turned native Floridians, and are not complaining. Patrick where in Montana are you located?
Wayne
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Have fun JW,sounds like a fun adventure. Should be calm out there,doubt you will have anyone bothering you. ;) :) :) JEB from what I have seen it can be pretty muggy/buggy in MI. also. :) I think the only prefect place to live is TN. but only if you like ticks/muggy summers and bone chilling winters that is app to change at the drop of a hat. ;) ;D ;D ;D
Pappy
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Amen,all in fun for sure. :) Thats why so many want in and very very few want out.
Pappy
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They used to hold a January or February rendezvous in Old Mines. We were all out there, and it got to 6 during the day, and dropped well below at night. I drove home for the night. Most there slept in the cabins together to stay warm.
Two guys walked into the area carrying packs, like they had just stripped them off their horses. They lashed a piece of canvas tarp to some sticks to make a lean to, and built a fire out in front of it. They spent the night in it.
Looked like the kind of fun I like watching other people have, to me!
They said they would build up the fire, get toasty warm, burrow into their blankets, and then sometime later wake up freezing, and do it all over again.
I understand that it can be done, but I am not sure at may age, that I still remember why!
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Trick to living in S Florida in the summer is being within a couple miles of the water. It's breezy and more and more from the weather reports it is better weather here than "up north". My least favorite weather is when I lived up there and there would be that overcast still muggy garbage that would last for a week. Yuck.
Ahhh, grass is always greener for so many people! I like it here. Just could do with a few less snowbirds.
You ain't kiddin about the number of Canadians, either! Sheesh! Holy Ontario invasion! There are worse folks to have around though, I suppose...like NY's!!!
If I see one more fart from NY City area whining about the quality of their Mortadella from the deli workers at Publix I'm going to spit on their shoes. I can't stand that type of garbage.
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Well, the other guy pulled out last nite...so it is just me.
And then this morning the hammer fell. The other co-founder of the Black Hills Raptor Center is down sick with the creeping crud going around and I inherited a program at the Safari Club International Banquet. Since we are counting on several members of this organization to make large supportive donations to our capital fund drive in the coming year.....you guessed it. I get to go on the rubber chicken circuit. (For those of you that have attended any of the conservation organization banquets like Turkey Federation, Peasants Forever, Elk Foundation, Ducks Unlimited, then you know what I mean by the rubber chicken circuit!) And since our organization has a zero tolerance policy for drinking and handling raptors, I get to drink seltzer water. Waaaaah, I want a scotch! At least that will keep me from spending too much money on the silent auction.
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Yup that Elm Hall place can get a bit warm!!!
I have been fortunate to live within blocks of Lake Michigan where we get very mild weather 8 months out of the year.
I would like to think that most of what has been written is with a smile and a bit of joking around, at least on my part it has, but would like to add that there is NO place that can compare with the United States of America. I think we have the best place to live in the entire world and wouldn't give it up for anything.
JEB;
Like I said in an earlier post; When I go through Customs, I almost get a tear when the Officer hands me my Passport, and says, "Welcome home". :)
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Well, the other guy pulled out last nite...so it is just me.
And then this morning the hammer fell. The other co-founder of the Black Hills Raptor Center is down sick with the creeping crud going around and I inherited a program at the Safari Club International Banquet. Since we are counting on several members of this organization to make large supportive donations to our capital fund drive in the coming year.....you guessed it. I get to go on the rubber chicken circuit. (For those of you that have attended any of the conservation organization banquets like Turkey Federation, Peasants Forever, Elk Foundation, Ducks Unlimited, then you know what I mean by the rubber chicken circuit!) And since our organization has a zero tolerance policy for drinking and handling raptors, I get to drink seltzer water. Waaaaah, I want a scotch! At least that will keep me from spending too much money on the silent auction.
JW;
I was feeling for ya Bud. As cold as it's going to be out there this weekend I was hoping you would come up with a reason/excuse not to hang out in a cave with a bunch of guys and wool blankets.Drink you a scotch before you go, it loosens the tongue. ;)
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Well J.W. The Man upstairs is looking out for you. ;) I was talking to my Buddy, who is working in Havre, Montana, and he said it is expected to get down to anywhere from 26 to 30 below, with a wind chill making it 40 or so below. :o :o Five minutes of exposed skin, is frost bite! :P :( Don't know how bad it will be down your way, but none the less it just might be a blessing in disguise. There is always the next week. Besides there is supposed to be another weather front behind this one. ;) Well there is just so many avenues to go with the rubber chicken bit, but being a family oriented site, I will restrain, withhold any crude, and crass remarks regarding said chicken. Wouldn't want you to get all "choked" up and all. You know not being allowed to partake in a nice Scotch. :( :'( Well, will you have the birds in the room with you? Are you going to have to pay a "Pet" fee? Maybe it is, a good idea not to allow any drinking while handling the raptors. Wouldn't be too good of an idea, to have one of the bigger ones, swoop down and catch some diner's lamb chop, as you grab it and toss it in the air. Would be great photo op and all, but the diner would be sure to complain about using her chop. You know how those donors can be. Just no sense of humor. Well I hope you can smooze em, and dazzle them with the birds, and baffle them with Bull #*&%, and get them to donate a bundle. I would suggest waiting till they are on their third or fourth round of drinks, and let the ladies, get close to the birds, for a photo op, and say something, like, "Wow, I have never seen Patty Cake, and Butter Cup so calm around another person before." "You must be a very nice person, who appreciates birds, and wildlife." "They can tell you know" "Now if you will just ask your husband to be generous, Patty Cake, and Butter Cup, will be able to eat more than twice this week." " I have been trying to share my own food with the birds, but they aren't too keen on fish heads, and rice." "most of their food, is taken from my own food budget." Excuse me, I am a little dizzy. There that is better, I think the food from this banquet, has helped me a little, I normally don't recover that fast. I hope I didn't eat too fast, it is just that I care so much for these magnificent birds, that I can't help but give up some of my food, so they can have food. Yes Sir, just make the check, out to Black Hills Raptor Center ..... yes sir, you are correct, any amount will surely help, but a little more will go a long way to help us to continue help these magnificent birds, oh thank you M'am, you heard her Reggie, double that amount! >:( Yeah, something like that, J.W. ;) That would be good for the center. And who knows, "you", might get a gift card for one of those Omaha steak boxes. ;) Seriously, I hope you do well, and Birds do well also, and look quite regal, and proud, maybe even a screech, from one of the Hawks, and a couple of hoots from one or two of the Owls. ;) Showmanship, J.W. Showmanship. ;) ;D ;D
Wayne
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I like the way you think, Wayne. In fact, I would like to hire you as one of our Blue Ribbon Fundraising Team Members. We are actually beginning a capital campaign to raise the money to begin construction in 2015. I'm just an animated bird perch, someone like you will be worth a great deal more to the organization! And as secretary to the Board of Directors, I will personally guarantee your pay scale STARTS at 200% of my pay grade. Did I mention we are an all volunteer organization?
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JEB;
Like I said in an earlier post; When I go through Customs, I almost get a tear when the Officer hands me my Passport, and says, "Welcome home". :)
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Those are two of the most beautiful words there are.
Don't worry about me overnighting in this kind of weather alone. I know better. I have done it, but I had a damn good dog to keep the frost at bay, and I was younger and more foolish then.
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Dang, J.W., I thank you for the generous offer, but I am already making that much teaching the Clown class to the Firefighters, and Florida Forest Service people, and then being with the Children's Burn foundation, of Florida. I don't know if I could handle any more pay like that. :o
Wayne
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Wayne, you remind me of the two old bachelor Norwegian wheat farmers up in North Dakota:
Ole says to Sven, "Yumpi'n yiminy, we are losing money on every truckload of grain we send to town! You know what dat means?"
Sven replies, "Yah, I tink so....we gotta buy a bigger truck!"
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Ya know J.W., yoost because you don mooved ta South Dakota, ya don't have ta yump on da band wagon and make da North Dakotian jokes now ya know, be sides, I know Sven and Ole'. And dey are some pretty smart boys dey are now. Dey wouldn't yoost get a bigger truck, dey would get two bigger trucks! Ya know vun fer each of dem, den dey could make twice as much money! Ya see da logical tinkin in dat now don't cha. ya try dat joke at da banquet now, and see what ya get fer da donations! Maybe ya get donated some North Dakotian lumps about yer head and shoulders. ;) Are you at the convention now, or is it later? Good luck with that.
Wayne
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Yeah, they are a couple of fart smellers....I mean, Smart Fellers.
I heard they are diversifying since wheat prices are down and they are going to try "niche market farming". They are going to raise donuts and have bought a truckload of Cheerios for seed!
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See what too much cold weather will do; sick, sick, puppies. ::) ::)
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See what too much cold weather will do; sick, sick, puppies. ::) ::)
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That and drinking out of the wrong cup. The one used for heating up the bird's mice. :P ;)
Wayne