The Thread About Nothing!!

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evan price wrote:Why do companies selling shop lights advertise that they have cords and plugs on the box, and they are 6" long? Worthless...
Years ago, I used to hang shop lights in commercial applications. The blueprints determined the light locations. Then the electricians would do the wire runs, with an outlet box placed along the run for each light. I'd hang the lights and plug them in only inches away from the fixtures. No extension cords, no drooping wires, easy replacement. I still run my wiring like that; installing an outlet close to a fixture. No muss, no fuss.
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CroManGun wrote:
evan price wrote:Why do companies selling shop lights advertise that they have cords and plugs on the box, and they are 6" long? Worthless...
Years ago, I used to hang shop lights in commercial applications. The blueprints determined the light locations. Then the electricians would do the wire runs, with an outlet box placed along the run for each light. I'd hang the lights and plug them in only inches away from the fixtures. No extension cords, no drooping wires, easy replacement. I still run my wiring like that; installing an outlet close to a fixture. No muss, no fuss.
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Filled my car up at Costco this weekend for $2.509 per gallon, which will be $2.384 per gallon after my 5% rebate.

Then I purchased weekly groceries while prudently armed at our unposted Costco. 8)

Driving to work this morning, I saw one station with $2.469 posted.
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$2.09 in Sylvania. And holding.
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Had a great time the last couple days dealing with the wonderful NW Ohio weather!!!

Wind chill and wind direction change caused me the wonderful joy of frozen water pipes.
sigh... weird, but only my hot water froze. All pipes are wrapped, and laying in blown in insulation!

My home is built into the ground and is surrounded by concrete on three walls.
Thus, my water pipes run up into the attic, and then into perspective walls and rooms.
They run along the back of the house where the roof meets the ground... fun.

Had to buy a kerosene heater, build a peak vent cover and install it in two feet of drifted snow.
only took a day and a half to get my water flowing again!
Today the wind was coming from the west- front of the house, and a little warmer.
21 degrees in the sun!
yay...
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Took along hard road trip to texas the other week-
Happily carried all the way to the Texas border. Then from there to Florida and back home again carrying without issues!
3600 some odd miles in a week? Sore.

What was odd? The winter weather following us down! The day I left texas, there was a quarter inch of ice coating everything.
Florida was overcast and chilly? Then a day later- warm and sunny?

So glad to see ohio warming up!
Need to get some shooting in!!!
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Time to head for high ground, all that accumulated snow is now melting.
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welshj wrote:Took along hard road trip to texas the other week-
Last week I took a trip in the opposite direction. Spent five days in Columbus on business. It was zero degrees one morning and Columbus got 2-4 inches on Wednesday night (03/04). Still, it was nice to see the sign at Easton congratulating the UNDISPUTED NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!

Had a good breakfast with Chuck at Bob Evans before returning home on Saturday. Thanks for buying, Chuck!
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curmudgeon3 wrote:Time to head for high ground, all that accumulated snow is now melting.
It could have been worse and rained at the same time that it got warmer. At least in Columbus, a majority of the ground cover had already melted by the time we got some rain. The fog we got this morning however was interesting.
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BobK wrote: Had a good breakfast with Chuck at Bob Evans before returning home on Saturday. Thanks for buying, Chuck!
It was my pleasure, Bob!
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Ahhhhh... that new gun smell....
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Had a female friend and her husband come out over the last weekend.
She is a law student, and has a stalker- so she asked about learning something about guns and shooting as she would like to get a pistol and her CHL soon.

She got a block of instruction on coopers rules of safety, then on to familiarization with different guns, hand and long.
Showed her safe handling and clearing procedures for everything I have.
Then a class on aiming and proper sight picture before going out and actually shooting.

Started her out with a .22 ruger mark II, then on to the wifes .38 and then my .45's.

Actually did really well with the ruger- all rounds but one hit on target... a little wide, staggered group... but on target.

fun day.
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welshj wrote:Had a female friend and her husband come out over the last weekend.
She is a law student, and has a stalker- so she asked about learning something about guns and shooting as she would like to get a pistol and her CHL soon.

She got a block of instruction on coopers rules of safety, then on to familiarization with different guns, hand and long.
Showed her safe handling and clearing procedures for everything I have.
Then a class on aiming and proper sight picture before going out and actually shooting.

Started her out with a .22 ruger mark II, then on to the wifes .38 and then my .45's.

Actually did really well with the ruger- all rounds but one hit on target... a little wide, staggered group... but on target.

fun day.
Kudos to the wife for being proactive in such a dangerous situation.
But...
Where was her hubby during all this, in a corner sucking his thumb? Or does he figure, "Hey, he's YOUR stalker, YOU deal with it"?
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CroManGun wrote:
welshj wrote:Had a female friend and her husband come out over the last weekend.
She is a law student, and has a stalker- so she asked about learning something about guns and shooting as she would like to get a pistol and her CHL soon.

She got a block of instruction on coopers rules of safety, then on to familiarization with different guns, hand and long.
Showed her safe handling and clearing procedures for everything I have.
Then a class on aiming and proper sight picture before going out and actually shooting.

Started her out with a .22 ruger mark II, then on to the wifes .38 and then my .45's.

Actually did really well with the ruger- all rounds but one hit on target... a little wide, staggered group... but on target.

fun day.
Kudos to the wife for being proactive in such a dangerous situation.
But...
Where was her hubby during all this, in a corner sucking his thumb? Or does he figure, "Hey, he's YOUR stalker, YOU deal with it"?
This statement seems a bit unnecessary to me.

I don't know the situation, so I can't comment on it. I do know that my wife has a tendency to learn better, and retain more, if taught by someone else. For some reason when I try to give her pointers, especially if she's already frustrated, she takes it a criticism, rather than me trying to be helpful. If we are shooting, and someone else is trying to give her advice, I generally try to stay back, and let her soak it in.
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How the heck did I put 100,000 miles on a vehicle in just three years? I thought I was driving less nowadays.
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