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Hell yes score. That's sweet Dubz.
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The BladeForums.com 2024 Traditional Knife is ready to order! See this thread for details: https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/bladeforums-2024-traditional-knife.2003187/
Price is$300$250 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
Order here: https://www.bladeforums.com/help/2024-traditional/ - Order as many as you like, we have plenty.
Be thankful for the SNARK!!
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I can't wait to get it. Been wanting one ever since I asked for a recommendation of a smaller pack, and almost unanimously the Tarahumara came up. Been wanting something smaller than my MAP, and larger than my sling bag. Should work out well. I may end up getting the insert for it.
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Was just out the back yard with the missus having a beverage. Saw am awesome opportunity to kill 8-10 blowies (flies) in one fell swoop. So I picked up my wife's thong and smashed em. Literally two minutes later, swatted half a dozen more. After a few more goes, I'd killed in an accurate approximation, roughly 30 flies. With my wifes thong. How did I manage this incredible feat? I had fly bait. Dog $#!+. My darling little wife now refuses to wear her thongs now.. hehehe..
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Ditto
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Man I love you guys! I'm in hysterics right now! It's only just occurred to me that 'thongs' to you guys are little stringy undies. Hahaha! :'D Life in the colonies..
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Checked out the ad.
"Hey baby can I spend $663?"
"On what?"
"A knife"
"What!?" What sort of knife?"
"An M18 by Todd Hunt"
<pause>
"Please?"
"Whatever. It better be bloody worth it"
F@&ing woohoo!
<checks ad again>
"What!? NO international shipping! You F......."
Yep. That close..
It's the same with anything in the exchange in here. CONUS only. You know guys, you're dollar is CRUSHING ours. Couldn't cost that much to post it, seriously. The amount of things I've missed out on because of CONUS only. Stupid pacific ocean..
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That M18 is sick. Great price too.
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Hmm, maybe shoot them a pm and see if they'll ship to you. If not, Whitty probably will.
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Please buy it..... I don't need to.... But I really want to.
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The major negative with any sort of livestock is that you are commited to daily care, so your ability to drop everything and travel disappears. You can still travel, but you'll have to arrange for someone to let them in and out of the coop and handle feed and water.
You also need to consider whether you'll free-range, confine them, or a combination. We have an 8'X10' shed that we use for a coop and a triangular fenced area as a "run". The run is about 49' by 39' and then the hypotenuse of the triangle...which makes it about 955 square feet. It is fenced with chain link with chicken wire hutch-clipped to the bottom 3 feet of the chain link. I also added 1-1/8' bird netting to cover it and the net is hog-ringed to the fence to make it nearly impregnable. It only took a month for the chickens to completely defoliate the run area...probably better than Agent Orange (or Roundup). If we could have kept the Vietnamese from eating them, we'd have been better off dropping chickens in the jungle.My wife lets them free-range the rest of the backyard for an hour or so each night, but that's it so that they don't consume all the grass back there.
We've not had predator problems thanks to the fencing, but you might plan for an extra one or two just in case. My wife had a friend from work buy 6 fully-grown hens (we bought day old chicks) who started laying the day after she picked them up. The next day, her dog killed 3 of them and the other 3 just disappeared. For the $120 spent, I think she got 3 eggs. Day old chicks run between $3-5 here, $20 or so for 5-6 month olds ready to lay.
They do start laying less often as the days get shorter unless you add a light in the coop to stimulate them for several extra hours each day. We're getting an average of 6-7 eggs a day from 13 hens. You might also factor that into your planning.
There is a ton of info on backyard chickens on the interwebz, so enjoy your research!
Thanks for all the info fellas!!
I dont really travel.... But theres lots of weekends ill leave on friday night or saturday morning and be gone till sunday night.... As long as i can set it up to where i could feed and water them for just a couple days id be golden.
Id prefer to have a nice sized area fenced in for them... If its 6 hens im thinking maybe 50X50 foot? Big enough? With the coop attached where they can go in and out any time they want.... I still need to fence in my entire property too.... Once thats done id also let them free range sometimes during the day..... Well depending on how hard it is to round them back up into the coop LOL
So much info on the web indeed. Some people make it seem like you throw em some scraps and they drop eggs.... Others make it sound like its a daily chore 10X more exhausting and demanding than a pet dog.
I dont mind cleaning the coop here and there and shoveling out a bit of shit every day or 2, dont mind throwing them food, or checking for eggs everyday.... All sounds pretty easy to me and beneficial in more ways than the eggs... I want that manure too. But if it is to the point where i cant go on overnight fishing trips.... Ill have to pass on raising chickens.....
Now if i can get away for 2 or 3 days max at a time.... Im in it
5 11s?
Everyone if i plan it out right LOL
Thats one thing i dont need is ideas.... Loads of ideas... The money and motivation to get it accomplished is another thing entirely.
I gave me wife several choices but a home deport/sLowes gift card would prolly be most useful for me really.... Lots of stuff i can spend money on in them places
A good 3-5 gallon charred oak barrel would be nice!! Maybe that nikon bdc 150.... Maybe a chicken coop tractor..... Maybe... Maybe..... GIMME MORE MONIES!!!!
Im not currently proxying knives anymore but thats really only because i been lazy after my move to Florida LMAO..... That being said... for a knife like the M-18 im sure we could work something out LOL
I have sent many a knife down under for fellas that had issues getting certain blades down there, or just to help consolidate lots of blades into one or two monthly shipments..... Mostly Busse knives, expensive blades, Never had a single issue.... My fees are very reasonable too.... FREE.... You pay actual shipping charges, that is it.... The catch? Same catch i have had for years..... I get to open the box and fondle the blade. Check out the ergos and weight of it. I will not use the knife in any way unless you authorize it. But i may drool on it a little.
If there's ever an issue getting a special blade down there hit me up brother. Sharpmindz@live.com
Man, glad I wasn't the only one. Here's what I got from Springy's story the first time around:
-Wife sunbathes in the nude.
-Whilst this is happening, Springy's more concerned about killing flies.
-Wife now goes commando.
Now I REALLY need to send her flowers [emoji6]
When I was a kid thongs meant flip-flops. Then I heard someone on TV say something about a model in a thong and I wondered why he'd be excited about a girl in flip-flops.
I need that very much. But I really can't afford it. I'm broke as it is thanks to getting my truck fixed and I might be moving back to the PNW soon.
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TIL that Springy is a skimpy underpants ninja.
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I know today is dragging out like crazy..... Feels like 5-6pm but ain't but about 2:30.
Morning can't come soon enough. Hitting the river tomorrow for some all day, all night, fishing and cutting up.
This is my vacation, before the kids week long vacation next week... I don't remember getting a week for thanksgiving... And I went to the same school when I was little.. In Philly they never once got a solid week for spring break... But that was supposedly to make up for snow days.... Still, a week for turkey day seems a bit much lol...
Morning can't come soon enough. Hitting the river tomorrow for some all day, all night, fishing and cutting up.
This is my vacation, before the kids week long vacation next week... I don't remember getting a week for thanksgiving... And I went to the same school when I was little.. In Philly they never once got a solid week for spring break... But that was supposedly to make up for snow days.... Still, a week for turkey day seems a bit much lol...
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..Im not currently proxying knives anymore but thats really only because i been lazy after my move to Florida LMAO..... That being said... for a knife like the M-18 im sure we could work something out LOL
I have sent many a knife down under for fellas that had issues getting certain blades down there, or just to help consolidate lots of blades into one or two monthly shipments..... Mostly Busse knives, expensive blades, Never had a single issue.... My fees are very reasonable too.... FREE.... You pay actual shipping charges, that is it.... The catch? Same catch i have had for years..... I get to open the box and fondle the blade. Check out the ergos and weight of it. I will not use the knife in any way unless you authorize it. But i may drool on it a little.
If there's ever an issue getting a special blade down there hit me up brother. Sharpmindz@live.com
Thanks heaps for the offer WW but wifey closed said window of opportunity. Just got the car registration notice in the mail. So no M-18 for me. But believe me you'd not only get to fondle the knife bud, I'd happily let you use it. There's certainly no way you break it that's for sure! Thanks again man..
Your actually not too far off there Aiki. She cleaned some of the house in the nud the other day. We're getting temps in the low 40s. Degrees celcius. It's stinkin' hot here..
Hahaha!
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