THE Random Chat Thread - AKA "The RCT" - No shirt or shoes required - Open 24 / 7

[robertk]

Good morning all. Busy weekend this time around.

 

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[ToddsPoint]

Good morning!☕️ Sorry to hear about your dog Robert. Losing my dog a few yrs ago tore me up. We now have two young dogs. I’m 71 and these two may very well outlive me!

 

[ARC]

G morn T Crew.

 

[CreekSide]

Good morning
Have a good weekend

 

[newnan man]

🇺🇲 Good morning everyone. Beautiful day and weather. We planted this Mangrove tree from a seed pod floating in the Indian River about 10 years ago. Pruning keeps it short.

 

[pepperj]

 

[oldmxrat]

Good morning

 

[Evan in CA]

Good morning everyone

 

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[WHADIFIND]

Boom!
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More like......whhhuuppps!!!

 

[WHADIFIND]

Developed a pain in my
heel...What kinda hell is this!!!

I spent most of last year fighting with Achilles Tendinitis!

 

[WHADIFIND]

I was up and down a ladder quite a bit, more then usual. I didn't have any ... Oh shit!!! falling or twisting moments.

I mostly just walked a lot to get it. Check into whether heel lifts help. They sped up my cure.

 

[WHADIFIND]

My back was hurting but it’s gone away and now my hip hurts. It’s tough getting old

Don't get old!!! There's no future in it!! This I know!

 

[WHADIFIND]

I have a policy when I do the more precarious types of work.
"STAY AWAY"
I have a good track record of doing the "Well that went south" results.
If I work alone I just have too worry about myself, and not anyone else.

When I disassembled huge air handling systems, or smashing up pharmaceutical manufacturer's equipment.
The guys locked down the gates, and they stayed out of the yard.
Nobody ever got a scratch that way.

I was kind of like Bam-Bam from out of the Flintstones 🤣

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I'm seriously thinking of getting a set of these installed on the contractor bucket.
It would really help around the property for trees, brush, rocks.

"If I work alone I just have too worry about myself, and not anyone else."

And....maybe? Not having someone around to call emergency services while you're laying 20 feet from your phone? 🤔

 

[WHADIFIND]

Damn!!!

I have

Got out for some rock hunting yesterday!

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Many more pics here: Pointy Rocks

I have *ONE* arrow head in 50 years! And I found that in a schoolyard! 🙄

 

[WHADIFIND]

Good morning all.

The fourth bluebird egg didn't hatch, so there are just triplets. And they're hungry. I always thought that birds would eat the food first and then regurgitate it to the chicks. These don't -- they give the chicks the whole bug just like the adults eat.

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I think I just threw up a lil, in my mouth. 🫨

 

[WHADIFIND]

Love it.
What happened to the other? Does the parent im guessing get rid of the non hatch one?

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[WHADIFIND]

A friend of mine that has the class 4 license owns at least one of those beasts!!
It costs him a lot of money...per year for the licenses... and he said Big Brother knows of course.

In general, owning a .50 BMG (Browning Machine Gun) caliber firearm that is also full-automatic (a machine gun) is legal in the US under specific conditions, primarily governed by the National Firearms Act (NFA). However, possessing such a firearm is tightly regulated and requires specific licenses and permits.

Individuals seeking to own machine guns, including .50 BMG rifles, need to obtain a Federal Firearms License (FFL). They also need to pay a $200 tax stamp for each machine gun to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF)

Soooo, you can own a gun to kick our ass with you just have to tell us and pay for it?

 

[pepperj]

"If I work alone I just have too worry about myself, and not anyone else."

And....maybe? Not having someone around to call emergency services while you're laying 20 feet from your phone? 🤔

I wore my little Gaurden Angel 😇 out decades ago.
So I'm more careful now.🤣

 

[WHADIFIND]

The licensing is weird. You can get a full category like mine which covers all rifle and shotgun types other than autos. Handguns are a separate category and you can only use them at clubs so why bother.
But there is a rimfire category which is stupid because that comes under the full one. Why go through the same hassle to get one, attend classes and tests, just to get one for a .22 when you could have the full for no extra hassle taking the exact same test!
You need a special permit for cross bows too. Only thing there's no need for one yet is a normal bow n arrow.

Funny story?

I happened to see someone messing downstairs with my car. I quietly opened the upstairs window. Pointed a barrel out of it and put a laser spot on the culprit where he would notice.

He looked up, saw the laser and this huge barrel pointed in his direction.

He screamed, "Jeeeezusss!!! Look at the size of that shotgun!!!" and disappeared into the woods, still screaming don't shoot, don't shoot!!!!"

The rest of the story?

The "barrel" was a side post of my exercise machine. ANNNNND.....the pointer was a toy laser one uses to play with their cat, having it chase the red dot.