james terrio
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Leave it to Vik to ruin a perfectly good ridiculous scenario with facts and common sense 
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1066vik
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how else would you get the couch hung up properly in a tree?
it's the latest rage in "comfortable hunting" - the barca-lounger tree stand.
add one of Jerry's ragnarok stoves and you can draw bambi in with the smell of fresh popcorn and s'mores, too.
it's the latest rage in "comfortable hunting" - the barca-lounger tree stand.
add one of Jerry's ragnarok stoves and you can draw bambi in with the smell of fresh popcorn and s'mores, too.
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It's good to have the professionals back after the Gathering.
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I went to Athens a few years ago, it is really amazing
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I've never left the country, except for Canada once.
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Tease.
I have been to Canada once too.... 10 years ago, back before you needed a passport. Went to Mexico several times before you needed a passport coming back as well. But just border cities.
Cant remember much of the Canada trip. I was staying a couple weeks up in Grand Rapids Michigan with an old girlfriend... One night we got wasted and somehow ended up going to Canada
Been to a couple other countries while in the Army as well... Didnt need passports for them though LMAO
daizee
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nice!
so much tamer than the postcards I sent home when I went to Greece.
And Dubz, don't worry - I've gotcha covered.
But get that passport tuned up. There's lots of good eating out there.
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WW, what sort of issues are you having with the bevel grinding?
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Its uneven and wavy like. Even just trying to clean up a piece of steel and holding it flat on the belt and running it across 1 time leaves some areas ground more than others.
Im guessing i just havent got a feel for it yet, but it feels like im applying the same amount of pressure the entire time. The platen does have gouges in it that you can easily feel with your fingers though. Not sure if thats causing the problem or just adding to it, or if its just me not knowing what im doing LOL
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We must have 2 different Eskabars
lol Fair point, but I was thinking of the small round handled one with that blade you showed a pic of.
daizee
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sandpaper and a sanding block will flatten that out for ya.
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Yea yea sure sure
Indeed, but when the bevel line is wavy and you flatten it out your left with FFG... Not exactly the same knife anymore LOL
And a buddy i proxy knives for hooked me up with some more Zombucks. Now i have 2 sets of all the ones released so far.
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When I was 14, a friend of the father of one of my friends handed us a thoroughbred he had bought at auction for us to tame. Where I lived there used to be a thoroughbred farm that went bankrupt and a lot of horses were either sold or stolen. Most of my friends had mares bought at ridiculous prices, but my parents never let me buy one. Anyway, this guy handed this horse to us because he knew we were always riding in the pastures that used to be part of the farm and an abandoned sugar cane field.
To get to the fields, we had to cross a little (maybe a 100' wide, but deep) creek and we used an empty old fridge and a heavy cable laid across the creek. That fridge capsized many, many times. When we took the horse to the creek he swam across it so fast and easy that we named him Aquaman. He was a big 2-yr-old black and brown monster that none of us dared to get on.
A week later we decided to just do it. I got there a bit later than my friends, and they had already tied all kinds of things to Aquaman to tire him down, so as to make that first buck off not as spirited. Tires, pieces of iron, pallets. We had an old cowboy saddle (we always rode either bareback or with a padded blanket) that had a broken belt, so we tied it in place with rope. After seeing that he didn't move when the saddle was placed, we grew bolder, but still nobody committed. Then I said F it, I'm going up. Got a boost,as Aquaman was really tall and we didn't trust that rope belt too much and then he jumped a little bit, the rope slacked and the saddle went sideways, first buck. No problem, we tightened it again and I was back up.
But this time he didn't do a thing. We all waited nervously, me scared shitless, but nothing happened. So, another rope was added to the halter and one of my friends got on his mare holding that rope to lead him to his spot, while I had a death grip on my rope and a tuft of mane. We started walking and for a while everything seemed fine...
He didn't give a single warning. No snort, no head toss, no laid back ears. Aquaman lowered his head and bucked off with all his remaining strength, kicking out with both hind legs. The rope snapped and I went on a magic flying saddle trip to land somewhere between Aquaman and my buddy in the front. I landed hard on the pommel and all wind was driven out of my lungs. I got up and tried to scream, but had no air to let it go. One of my friends saw my predicament and slapped me hard in the back. I saw my life flash before my eyes in those few seconds before my lungs became unglued and I could let out that scream. It was really scary, but at that age you brush that off rather easily. After that day, we lost our fear of Aquaman, and 2 days later I went by myself to the place were we had tied him, got on his back with no saddle and held on for a bit until he bucked me off, then went home. We all did this until he was tamed and returned to his owner. Best summer I ever had.
To get to the fields, we had to cross a little (maybe a 100' wide, but deep) creek and we used an empty old fridge and a heavy cable laid across the creek. That fridge capsized many, many times. When we took the horse to the creek he swam across it so fast and easy that we named him Aquaman. He was a big 2-yr-old black and brown monster that none of us dared to get on.
A week later we decided to just do it. I got there a bit later than my friends, and they had already tied all kinds of things to Aquaman to tire him down, so as to make that first buck off not as spirited. Tires, pieces of iron, pallets. We had an old cowboy saddle (we always rode either bareback or with a padded blanket) that had a broken belt, so we tied it in place with rope. After seeing that he didn't move when the saddle was placed, we grew bolder, but still nobody committed. Then I said F it, I'm going up. Got a boost,as Aquaman was really tall and we didn't trust that rope belt too much and then he jumped a little bit, the rope slacked and the saddle went sideways, first buck. No problem, we tightened it again and I was back up.
But this time he didn't do a thing. We all waited nervously, me scared shitless, but nothing happened. So, another rope was added to the halter and one of my friends got on his mare holding that rope to lead him to his spot, while I had a death grip on my rope and a tuft of mane. We started walking and for a while everything seemed fine...
He didn't give a single warning. No snort, no head toss, no laid back ears. Aquaman lowered his head and bucked off with all his remaining strength, kicking out with both hind legs. The rope snapped and I went on a magic flying saddle trip to land somewhere between Aquaman and my buddy in the front. I landed hard on the pommel and all wind was driven out of my lungs. I got up and tried to scream, but had no air to let it go. One of my friends saw my predicament and slapped me hard in the back. I saw my life flash before my eyes in those few seconds before my lungs became unglued and I could let out that scream. It was really scary, but at that age you brush that off rather easily. After that day, we lost our fear of Aquaman, and 2 days later I went by myself to the place were we had tied him, got on his back with no saddle and held on for a bit until he bucked me off, then went home. We all did this until he was tamed and returned to his owner. Best summer I ever had.
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The thinner ones are "dried sticks" vs the thicker "dried sausage." As I mentioned once in the Snark, this is why I can't abide Slim Jim's anymore...
For those interested, you can get more (in person or phone in an order for shipping) from Green's Sausage House in Zabcikville, Texas. It's a small town with Czech influences about 10 miles east of I-35 at Temple (an hour or so north of Austin).
If you're ever in the area, you owe it to yourself to also stop and eat at the cafe. For an appetizer, the boudin balls are to die for. My brother who used to live in Houston took some of their boudin to work once and a nurse from New Orleans said that it was better than her momma made...not something that folks say lightly around here. For the boudin balls, they put a cube of pepperjack cheese in the middle of an 1.5" ball of boudin, then roll it in bread crumbs and deep fry it. Yum! Another favorite is the sausage burger...a 1/4 pound patty of breakfast sausage on a bun with yellow mustard, diced onions, and hamburger dill slices.
I'll be glad when 7 November gets here and I can go home...
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I liked both, ate the absolute hell out of both and thank you profucuiousalley for both. That was a generous and much appreciated gesture buddy.
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"everyone that put your meat in their mouth"
MMMmmMMM.....boudin balls and meat sticks......I might pass, thank you very much.....
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Finished up the scales for my 5 with a little wax buff. Installed. Ogled. Now I need to take some more flattering pictures and strip the blade and take some more risque pictures.
Oh yeah....and make a sheath. This one has no pants since I sent hers to another member.
Oh yeah....and make a sheath. This one has no pants since I sent hers to another member.
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