Random Thought Thread

[beeinak]

And here I thought bad boating captains were a California thing...

It was not the Captain (they were all abiding by safe boating practices)-- it was the rough conditions and huge river sharks swamping the boats causing cargo to go overboard never to be found.

 

[EMCEE]

….and by “rough conditions”, he may be referring to Eric gummies and triple IPAs….

 

[clinton1]

Might be a good time to start magnet fishing, with all of these firearms that have gone missing.....I see them dudes on youtube......

 

[bluemax_1]

Might be a good time to start magnet fishing, with all of these firearms that have gone missing.....I see them dudes on youtube......

https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/f...ber-barrett-sniper-rifles-on-fishing-trip.amp

 

[clinton1]

https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/f...ber-barrett-sniper-rifles-on-fishing-trip.amp

Why always Florida???.......

 

[oldmanwilly]

or ''looking at'' predatory furries from a good distance at night

Man, I've got to say, you come up with some pretty good ideas from time to time.

 

[ferider]

…or ''looking at'' predatory furries from a good distance at night

What’s wrong with a Cougar up close ?

 

[Murphjd25]

I remember when I was a wee little lad growing up, my grandpa had a wild bobcat that he somehow domesticated and turned into a house cat. His name was TomCat. Thinking about it now, my grandpa was a tough crazy sob.

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

That is what I want, a cheap thermal scope. But I want it to work and not be wasted money…. If there is such a device.

Mine is an ATN Thor light weight thermal with 320 resolution. It was around $1800 and has been "good enough" for my purposes. I'm told they're hit or miss, but I've never had a problem with it and it can (and has) picked up a mouse or small bird from 100 yards and it doesn't weigh the rifle down more than it needs to. I'm sure a nicer unit would be better but this works okay for my needs.

 

[tinfoil hat timmy]

What’s wrong with a Cougar up close ?

in my experience they smell like alcohol and tanning lotion

 

[carnifex knifeworks]

Mine is an ATN Thor light weight thermal with 320 resolution. It was around $1800 and has been "good enough" for my purposes. I'm told they're hit or miss, but I've never had a problem with it and it can (and has) picked up a mouse or small bird from 100 yards and it doesn't weigh the rifle down more than it needs to. I'm sure a nicer unit would be better but this works okay for my needs.

Just be careful using it in the rain or snow.

 

[Jsega51]

We had submitted lots of information to include hunting logs, journals, pictures and location information to Cornell Univ. for a massive coyote study they did and one observation was that current hunters, seasons and annual take doesn’t put a dent in the overall population and could actually be contributing to the growth of coyote numbers by “training” them to live in smaller areas (this can also lead to less coyote territory battles). Shooting random coyotes here and there is fun but it’s not doing anything for the neighborhood other than in the very short term. Shoot the dominate male and the next one that comes in probably has a female that’s going to have a litter of 7 lol.

We could shoot and trap 200-300 a year between a group of about 15 of us. All the local clubs have “coyote contests” that can bring in a few hundred dead at each one so we were all killing thousands of coyotes each season and every year we could all go back to the same spots and do it again, it’s like the damn things spawn out of nowhere like a video game!


(Our best spots to hunt, guaranteed to get the dogs on chase and get us shooting was releasing the dogs near culdesac neighborhoods with railroad tracks nearby)

 

[Blues]

What’s wrong with a Cougar up close ?

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Timmy's reply was better

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

Random thought

The work gloves these days are no good for TIG welding anymore. They're conductive or something so they can work with your phone I guess, but I keep getting shocked.

 

[Dawkind]

Random thought

The work gloves these days are no good for TIG welding anymore. They're conductive or something so they can work with your phone I guess, but I keep getting shocked.

No thanks….nothing quite like 5Kv at radio frequency ️

 

[adluginb]

Random thought

Nathan, if you “keep” getting shocked, please take those gloves off.

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

I should clarify

Shocked like a motherf*cker

 

[Blues]

I should clarify

Shocked like a motherf*cker

My worst shock came off a cracked distributor cap in the rain when I had to find a way to get my old Datsun 510 started back up.

 

[Murphjd25]

I peed on an electric fence once.

 

[tinfoil hat timmy]

that was a cool video