Arthur the aardsnark!

[GSO1962]

Nice. I'm sure you will like it, however, I will throw this out there. Be mindful with the aluminum because the temperature is slightly more difficult to control than cast iron. The heat from the coals on cast iron spreads out evenly throughout the whole oven, whereas the aluminum tends to focus heat just in the area being heated. There is a tendency for food to be burnt on the bottom/top and still be raw/uncooked in the middle. You may want to practice with it some. Also, you probably know what you are doing with it already, so you can ignore this if you please. I'm just saying this for others who may not know.

I've never been a fan of aluminum dutch ovens for that reason. I saw a lot of burnt stuff by other units when I was in Boy Scouts (and dinosaurs roamed the earth). Aluminum is easy to pack, but hard to cook in. My troop pretty much only used cast iron, so that's what I'm comfortable with.

The Emberlit guy was at Blade, seemed really passionate about stoves, weirdo. Really though, he was really into the science behind it.

You talking about Guyon ?

This guy still had his sanity and he was nowhere near a riding mower.

Is there a thread where us noobs can read the riding mower story? Or is it a Mod secret?

 

[Murphnuge]

Is there a thread where us noobs can read the riding mower story? Or is it a Mod secret?

Hell, just make it up to Ethan's for a gathering you can witness it.

 

[TMHunt]

You guys all know about the pup we got for our kids for Christmas. Well, its actually going well, she's growing fast and we all love her. However, she's still a pup and pup have accidents. However, today there must of been some kinda strange phenomenom that causes house pets to explode. She's been doing really well with potty training so when the wife and I decided to go out for dinner tonight we didn't think much of putting her in her pin for a hour or so. When we got back, guess what, she had a accidient and even was kind enough to stomp it and lay in it. Whadda mess! :barf: so I picked her up, my son took her outside. After about 5 minutes, he brought her in, and as soon as she stepped into the door she vomited all over the place. WTF? If THAT wasn't bad enough. My wifes cat wanted to get in on the action and celebrated all of this good news by gurgin a hairball all over our leather couch! Whatta great time that all was. So, I'm in the kids bathroom giving the dog a bath and the wife is scrubbing carpet. I don't remember my kids being this hard to take care of!

 

[iwouldhurtafly]

AWW she looks real sorry Todd! Lol however, that almost sounds exactly like something I have experienced with my children. I have had to clean up messes from my kids that would make the most hardened person vomit, curl up in a ball, and wish for death. I wish was I exaggerating. Still, you are making me super jealous with such a good looking pup. She looks like she has grown A LOT since your christmas pics. Despite the turmoils of raising a dog I have been trying to convince the wife to let me adopt one from the local humane society, but its a no go so far. They have some really cool puppies that would be perfect for the kids, and give me a good companion. I really like the boxer breeds they have right now. Recently our cat decided to run off so I have been really wanting a dog. Even though it would be tough, nothing would compare to what I have to put up with my kiddos lol. Hopefully you get everything all back to normal at TMHunt HQ.

 

[TMHunt]

AWW she looks real sorry Todd! Lol however, that almost sounds exactly like something I have experienced with my children. I have had to clean up messes from my kids that would make the most hardened person vomit, curl up in a ball, and wish for death. I wish was I exaggerating. Still, you are making me super jealous with such a good looking pup. She looks like she has grown A LOT since your christmas pics. Despite the turmoils of raising a dog I have been trying to convince the wife to let me adopt one from the local humane society, but its a no go so far. They have some really cool puppies that would be perfect for the kids, and give me a good companion. I really like the boxer breeds they have right now. Recently our cat decided to run off so I have been really wanting a dog. Even though it would be tough, nothing would compare to what I have to put up with my kiddos lol. Hopefully you get everything all back to normal at TMHunt HQ.

Haha, yeah its hard to beat a good dog, even if they are pains for the first year or so, Sophie (the pup) is very sweet. she doesn't have a mean bone in her body and she seems very smart. She loves the kids and that was the whole point. As far as her being sorry, that exactly why I took that picture. She is only 16 weeks old, and she knows when shes done something bad. when she does she act likes it breaks her heart that she let us down, its hard to be to stern with her. She was definitely worth the investment and a great companion hopefully for many years, I looking forward mostly to getting her out on the trails and camping trips.

 

[Chameleonbear]

So, someone broke into my apartment that I'm moving out of. I didn't have a whole lot left in there, but they got my amp, speakers, a mini-fridge, a stack of movies and games (about 40-50 of them) and the worse part they stole my f(...)g kitchen knives that Ethan gave me.

 

[TMHunt]

Oh, and by the way, she has grown a lot. She was 15 lbs. when we brought her home at Christmas. My wife weighed her last night and she is 27lbs.

 

[TMHunt]

So, someone broke into my apartment that I'm moving out of. I didn't have a whole lot left in there, but they got my amp, speakers, a mini-fridge, a stack of movies and games (about 40-50 of them) and the worse part they stole my f(...)g kitchen knives that Ethan gave me.

I hate thieves. probably about the lowest form of life that exists next to a child molester. Hope they catch the asshole!

 

[Chameleonbear]

Cops were out, said there wasn't enough there for them to get usable prints off of anything cause the surfaces that were messed with weren't good for getting prints. Textured surfaces, and cardboard surfaces and the door/drawer pulls were too thin to use.

 

[worldwood]

That sucks Cbear, sorry to hear that.

I think those cops were just being lazy if they didnt even try for prints. If it were a murder scene they could of got prints, they would of at least tried i bet.... Im not certain though in your case

But when i was still in high school my house was robbed, the window broken and and lots of stuff stolen, cops came and said the same thing, bad surface textures nothing good for printing...

A few years later i was volunteering at a local fire department, and there was a police station connected to the fire house and we would sit and BS with the cops at night. Well one night we get to talking about the houses that were broken into and i told them about what happened at my home a few years back and explained that i was told the surfaces werent good for finger printing and the cops straight up told me thats a common excuse used to get out of printing for what they consider a less serious crime. But they said if the crime justifies it they can get prints off damn near anything.

A copy and paste i just pulled off the web that can maybe explain in better words...

"you can get prints off of a leather jacket and from cardboard. If fact, you can get prints off of nearly anything provided the crime justifies the effort and the investigating department has the resources and equipment, and of course there are prints on the items"

 

[GarnetandBlack]

Haha, glad I could help. Freakin' sweet stove man, you're gonna love it.

Haha, alright! Man, no kidding, I was so impressed with this little thing. I like, and appreciate a well thought out product. :thumbup:

You can bet your bippies there will be one in the pack or drybag everywhere we go. Sweet piece of kit indeed.

Heck yes, it's a regular emberlit appreciation club in this place. I haven't even lit mine up yet and i'm already freaking loving it

just been putting every pot and pan i can find on top of it in the kitchen hehe

I've got some venison loin steaks i'm gonna cook up tomorrow for lunch after my hike. Maybe some coffee too. Pics will follow

 

[TMHunt]

That sucks Cbear, sorry to hear that.

I think those cops were just being lazy if they didnt even try for prints. If it were a murder scene they could of got prints, they would of at least tried i bet.... Im not certain though in your case

But when i was still in high school my house was robbed, the window broken and and lots of stuff stolen, cops came and said the same thing, bad surface textures nothing good for printing...

A few years later i was volunteering at a local fire department, and there was a police station connected to the fire house and we would sit and BS with the cops at night. Well one night we get to talking about the houses that were broken into and i told them about what happened at my home a few years back and explained that i was told the surfaces werent good for finger printing and the cops straight up told me thats a common excuse used to get out of printing for what they consider a less serious crime. But they said if the crime justifies it they can get prints off damn near anything.

A copy and paste i just pulled off the web that can maybe explain in better words...

"you can get prints off of a leather jacket and from cardboard. If fact, you can get prints off of nearly anything provided the crime justifies the effort and the investigating department has the resources and equipment, and of course there are prints on the items"

Unfortunately as far as my experience goes you are correct. My wifes grandpa got sick years back and had to move into my mother in laws house to be taken care of. Which left his house which was full of the antiques he spent all of his life collecting, and no one there. Of coarse, it got broke into and totally ransacked. Bastards stole over 50k worth of stuff. The next day the niegbors saw the back door hanging open and called my mother in law, who in turn called me, I beat the police there and who ever broke in did so by breaking a window. when they did, not only did they evidently cut themselves. ( there was a couple of drops of blood) but there was clear finger prints all over the window and the back door that they unlocked to go out of. The police told me that there wasn't enough evidence OR clear fingerprints to pursue a case. Its Bullsh!t and I knew it. I told the cop why didn't he just be man enough to tell me my family wasn't important enough for them to give a sh!t about. He told me if I continued shooting off my mouth that I would be spending the night in jail.......I told him I would believe that because it didn't require any work............A$$HOLES!

 

[worldwood]

I need me one of those pan handle covers in my kit!!

I never think to add anything before a trip and always end up using a shirt or whatever else thats close by.
Nice stove too!! I keep saying im going to get one but every time i free up some funds i buy a knife or something directly related to a knife

 

[worldwood]

Unfortunately as far as my experience goes you are correct. My wifes grandpa got sick years back and had to move into my mother in laws house to be taken care of. Which left his house which was full of the antiques he spent all of his life collecting, and no one there. Of coarse, it got broke into and totally ransacked. Bastards stole over 50k worth of stuff. The next day the niegbors saw the back door hanging open and called my mother in law, who in turn called me, I beat the police there and who ever broke in did so by breaking a window. when they did, not only did they evidently cut themselves. ( there was a couple of drops of blood) but there was clear finger prints all over the window and the back door that they unlocked to go out of. The police told me that there wasn't enough evidence OR clear fingerprints to pursue a case. Its Bullsh!t and I knew it. I told the cop why didn't he just be man enough to tell me my family wasn't important enough for them to give a sh!t about. He told me if I continued shooting off my mouth that I would be spending the night in jail.......I told him I would believe that because it didn't require any work............A$$HOLES!

Yea that is bull$hit right there!! Its all too common too, but i bet you when its one their houses they check and print EVERYTHING!!

The house me and my family live in now was robbed about a year ago while me and my family was camping, we got back home and called the cops at 5pm, the cops showed up at midnight. the thief used a hammer to break a window in the back of the house, it was their hammer that they brought with them and then just left it on the ground when they were done. When the cops showed up they didnt even look at the broken window, or even come into the house. The stood on my porch and asked what was stolen and wrote a list, then they told me if they happened to find someone with the stuff on that list they would let me know but i shouldnt hold my breath. I asked them to come inside but they said they had no need to, i was like WTF do you mean, your not even going to look at the hammer or check the window? one of the cops said they didnt have time to and there was less than 10 percent chance they would ever find the person or update me on the case. I was mad as hell but at least he didnt lie to me and say he couldnt get prints off glass

 

[GarnetandBlack]

So, someone broke into my apartment that I'm moving out of. I didn't have a whole lot left in there, but they got my amp, speakers, a mini-fridge, a stack of movies and games (about 40-50 of them) and the worse part they stole my f(...)g kitchen knives that Ethan gave me.

Oh wow, man that's awful. I'm sorry you've got to deal with that mess. Let me know if there's anything I can do!

 

[Bladite]

guyon is just serially ocd about the passion of the day.

someday, he'll get back to Becker

 

[Bladite]

I guess it depends on your perspective. The 10/22 could be described as a smaller version of the Ruger Mini-14. But then the Mini-14 is also a derivative of the military M14 design. But then again, the M1 carbine and M14 are both derivatives of the M1 Garand design. So the 10/22 could be considered a "trainer" for any one of these, but I'd have to give credit to the M1 Garand which, according to Gen Patton, was "the greatest battle implement ever devised".

Ruger's perspective: they made "this gun". then they made the EXACT same gun in feel and ergos, but in 10/22. one was for hunting, one for was off season training and fun.

that's it.

not a mini-14, not m14, not m1 or m1a. those are COMPLETELY different mechanisms. cool though they may be.

next!

trivia: "this gun" is one of Ethan's favorite.

i own one

 

[Bladite]

What was that gun a while back that was a 30round .22wmr pistol before the kel-tec one? One of the gun stores here in Pueblo has one.

the PMR-30 is the current king of 30 round .22 wmrs...

it's ancestor is the one you speak of, and design by the same buy, Kelgren. that should give you a hint.

KelTec has a new model, "on hold", looks like an H&K MP7, carbine, same magazines as the PMR-30, and totally sexy. i want two.

 

[Bladite]

“Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win”

“The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.”

“Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.”

“Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.”

― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

2,500 year-old wisdom....just as true today. There are a lot more...this should whet the appetite...

when attacked by a mob, go after the strongest and then the next, and if necesary, the next.

take them apart is in the most gruesome, disgusting, and nasty way possible. display to the rest what will happen if they proceed

then run like a girl, run run run

--- ninja - the handbook

 

[Bladite]

Mini-14?



Don't start now if you can help it; it's not nearly as fun as it looks in the movies. That stuff hurts, even when you "win". And about 15 years later it starts hurting again everytime the weather changes...

What's with all the chest-thumping Prac-Tac stuff in here anyway? This style, that style There's only one "style" that works... throw everything you got at 'em until they stop throwing stuff back at you.

no no no, and god no.

not only the wrong caliber, but completely the wrong ergos and mechanism!

next!

this is an easy google