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Franx
08-23-2011, 06:21 PM
I "try" to play these..http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z269/Franx77/Guitarzzzzz/th_112_2677-1.jpg (http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z269/Franx77/Guitarzzzzz/112_2677-1.jpg)
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And I kinda know how to do this...albeit slower and more cautious that years ago
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z269/Franx77/bikez/th_IMG4523-M1.jpg (http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z269/Franx77/bikez/IMG4523-M1.jpg)http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z269/Franx77/bikez/th_IMG4920-M1.jpg (http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z269/Franx77/bikez/IMG4920-M1.jpg)http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z269/Franx77/bikez/th_WaltonXC3.jpg (http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z269/Franx77/bikez/WaltonXC3.jpg)
Gotta keep the mind occupied.....
end of the road
08-23-2011, 07:49 PM
My hobby is canoeing and camping. I used to do allot more wood working but since I moved I lost my shop. Still trying to fix that problem. Started building a 16x16 workshop shed two weekends ago. just about ready to shingle. Man what a big job that turned out to be.
Franx
08-24-2011, 02:13 PM
My hobby is canoeing and camping. I used to do allot more wood working but since I moved I lost my shop. Still trying to fix that problem. Started building a 16x16 workshop shed two weekends ago. just about ready to shingle. Man what a big job that turned out to be.
We try to camp for the races I enter, work permitting. Get that shed done and show your projects!!
Marmaduke
08-24-2011, 07:48 PM
We try to camp for the races I enter, work permitting. Get that shed done and show your projects!!
What do you race Franx?
Franx
08-24-2011, 09:28 PM
What do you race Franx?
Dirt bike. Cross Country/Enduro and a little Motocross.
Marmaduke
08-24-2011, 09:34 PM
Guess I should have noticed whos post it was. HAHAHA
mc94xr7
08-24-2011, 10:56 PM
my 351W powered Mercury Cougar 94 XR7 that. I swapped in the 351W from a 79 cougar xr7. I converted her to a 5 speed too. I cant upload pics from Photobucket:(
Not sure why you can't post photos from Photobucket? If you mouse over the photo you want the post and menu drops down and you can choose either "direct" or "IMG code". With "direct" I find I have to use the "link button (the one that looks like the earth, centre of the bottom row) to get it to work. With "IMG code" I can paste the link into the message.
For example, here is a photo of an original '64 Shelby Cobra I took at the vintage car races at Mission Speedway a few years ago.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v43/RadioFlyer/CSX2194/CSX21941.jpg
mc94xr7
08-25-2011, 04:44 PM
417418419 well some of the photos worked this time
mc94xr7
08-25-2011, 04:58 PM
http://i735.photobucket.com/albums/ww352/mc94xr7/cougs.jpg
http://i735.photobucket.com/albums/ww352/mc94xr7/cougside.jpg
Now thats a sweet shifter;)
http://i735.photobucket.com/albums/ww352/mc94xr7/niagara013.jpg
http://i735.photobucket.com/albums/ww352/mc94xr7/niagara210.jpg
http://i735.photobucket.com/albums/ww352/mc94xr7/snowman.jpg
http://i735.photobucket.com/albums/ww352/mc94xr7/snowman2.jpg
Marmaduke
08-25-2011, 07:03 PM
Nice car mc, I had a 89 Tbird that I really loved, blew a head gasket and sat in my garage for 2yrs waiting for me to fix it, then a buddy talked me into selling it to him and he shoehornd his hotrodded engine from his mustang into it. He sold it soon after.
mc94xr7
08-25-2011, 08:07 PM
thanks man, ya they have a great chassis: rear wheel drive, independent rear suspension, unibody and a bunch of standard luxury features.
end of the road
08-25-2011, 08:13 PM
Anybody else like to hunt?
mc94xr7
08-25-2011, 08:21 PM
Anybody else like to hunt?
I wish I knew how. Its a life saving skill
end of the road
08-25-2011, 08:33 PM
I am not sure about life saving. We still have grocery stores.
Franx
08-25-2011, 09:19 PM
mc94xr7-my buddy had a couple T-Birds and a Cougar with the IRS, I think he still has the diffs out of one (8.8). Those things last forever if they're taken care of. Cars were my hobby before I sold everything off and bought another bike.
end of the road-I went to a firearms class that was a entry thing for the hunting license/f.a.c and never finished, too many other things going on (I was 14 or 15-'91-92ish). My sons Godfather is bigtime in guns and hunting....he's already asked to take him out when he is older.
end of the road
08-25-2011, 10:10 PM
I just got into since I moved here and I enjoy it as much as canoeing. It seems to be a nice excuse to surround myself with nature.
Marmaduke
08-26-2011, 04:58 AM
I like to fish. Took it up about 4 years ago, no trophy fish yet but some nice ones, my wife caught a nice small mouth last weekend although it was the only one darn it.
end of the road
08-26-2011, 07:58 AM
I like to fish. Took it up about 4 years ago, no trophy fish yet but some nice ones, my wife caught a nice small mouth last weekend although it was the only one darn it.
You should try fishing this area, Wholly crap is it fun. Walleye and Pike everywhere. I am a terrible fisherman and I still catch fish here.
Marmaduke
08-26-2011, 11:20 AM
You should try fishing this area, Wholly crap is it fun. Walleye and Pike everywhere. I am a terrible fisherman and I still catch fish here.
Thats what I hear, would like to do it some day, probably after I retire though. We have drove 30 miles north of Elliot Lake, Kirkland Lake and Temagami all 6 to 8 hours driving. Love being in the country like that usually 5 or 6 cabins on the whole lake rarely seeing anybody. We rent cottages not getting up at 5am to go fish but will go out for a couple hours during the day then a couple hours at night. The serious guys are on the water from 6am to 9pm thats not for me. I haven't caught a walleye yet but going to go after them next. I go after lake trout because their hard to get, got some pike and bass are fun to catch and easy to fish for. Got this little guy earlier this summer was going to put him back but he swallowed my Mepps muskie killer to deep so we had dinner instead also why Im not holding him by the gill. 24" 5lbs on my scale.:Trucker:
end of the road
09-02-2011, 10:31 PM
Well I got me a bear tonight. Shot him right around dusk. Tried to find him but it got dark too fast. I'll go out in the morning and drag him out. Not sure about weight but as far as size goes his body was about the same size as the 45 ga. drum. Beauty black one. I take some pictures and post tomorrow.
mc94xr7
09-02-2011, 10:34 PM
Well I got me a bear tonight. Shot him right around dusk. Tried to find him but it got dark too fast. I'll go out in the morning and drag him out. Not sure about weight but as far as size goes his body was about the same size as the 45 ga. drum. Beauty black one. I take some pictures and post tomorrow.
oh friggin rights, man! need pics of the kill:P
Why a bear?
Are you going to eat it?
Was it threatening you or your family?
end of the road
09-03-2011, 11:23 AM
Why a bear?
Are you going to eat it?
Was it threatening you or your family?
Of course I am going to eat it. No sense shooting it if you can't eat it. Spent all morning in the pouring rain (first good rain here since spring) looking for it, but no luck. I'll head back out later after work and try again.
liner
09-03-2011, 11:59 AM
Of course I am going to eat it. No sense shooting it if you can't eat it. Spent all morning in the pouring rain (first good rain here since spring) looking for it, but no luck. I'll head back out later after work and try again.
If you can't find it maybe you missed.
If you do find it will it be any good to eat after all this time?Maybe some other critters beat you to it.
ralph
09-03-2011, 12:08 PM
Why didn't you just go and BITE it, that's what all the tough guys do apparently.
http://www.torontosun.com/2011/09/03/drunk-man-bites-snake-sends-it-to-hospital
end of the road
09-03-2011, 01:15 PM
If you can't find it maybe you missed.
If you do find it will it be any good to eat after all this time?Maybe some other critters beat you to it.
There was bright pink blood at the spot where it was shot, that sort of tells me it was a lung shot. The bear made some horrendous wheezing noises as it took off. It was too dark to see blood trail last night and when I used the flashlight it was creating too many shadows to be effective. The rain this morning really screwed me up. I am not sure what kind of shape it will be in but I need to make another serious attempt to recover the animal.
Poor bear ... I'm sad.
If I had my way, bears would be able to shoot back or hunters would have to kill 'em with just their hands and teeth ... eh, it would be more fair.
Marmaduke
09-03-2011, 06:05 PM
I want the hide for a rug to show my dog what will happen to him if he tears my bed apart again. :laugh1:
end of the road
09-03-2011, 06:57 PM
I want the hide for a rug to show my dog what will happen to him if he tears my bed apart again. :laugh1:
I want the hide for my bed! Spent a few more hours in the rain and no sign of that bear. Maybe I missed.
ralph
09-03-2011, 07:38 PM
There was bright pink blood at the spot where it was shot, that sort of tells me it was a lung shot. The bear made some horrendous wheezing noises as it took off.
I thought you got him there "dead eye".
liner
09-03-2011, 08:19 PM
Spent a few more hours in the rain and no sign of that bear. Maybe I missed.
Oh Oh....so now you may have a wounded and very pizzed off bear roaming around your neighborhood. Bet that bear has had his eye on you today.
ralph
09-04-2011, 01:26 PM
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/30/us-grizzly-idaho-idUSTRE77T07Y20110830
I happened to stop in Bonners Ferry, ID on my way to Oregon and saw this posted on the bulletin board.
lostNfound
09-04-2011, 02:02 PM
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/30/us-grizzly-idaho-idUSTRE77T07Y20110830
I happened to stop in Bonners Ferry, ID on my way to Oregon and saw this posted on the bulletin board.
I wonder if my favourite little coffee shop barista still has her place at Three Mile Corner.
ralph
09-04-2011, 10:01 PM
I wonder if my favourite little coffee shop barista still has her place at Three Mile Corner.
I just used the men's room and looked @ the bulletin board. Was there something else I should have looked at?
lostNfound
09-05-2011, 01:08 AM
I just used the men's room and looked @ the bulletin board. Was there something else I should have looked at?
Yeah, the gal that owns (or owned... last time I was through there was in 2009) the little coffee shop in the corner of the Exxon parking lot is quite a treat. It's funny, I remember a whole bunch about her... except her name.
Drifter
09-05-2011, 08:58 AM
NO HUNTER hunter leaves any shot animal in the woods without verifing the kill, you have no right to even own a bb gun letting a suffering animal wander away, who ever taught you to hunt left your education sorely lacking...Call game officials let them know you have a wounded bear in the area
Unbelievably irresponsible.
Franx
09-05-2011, 07:06 PM
This thread really went sideways..........
Pipeman
09-05-2011, 08:40 PM
I thought you got him there "dead eye".If he had shot it in the butt he would have known because the blood would have been "brownish".
liner
09-05-2011, 08:52 PM
This thread really went sideways..........
Kinda like EOTR's shot...lol
end of the road
09-05-2011, 10:28 PM
NO HUNTER hunter leaves any shot animal in the woods without verifing the kill, you have no right to even own a bb gun letting a suffering animal wander away, who ever taught you to hunt left your education sorely lacking...Call game officials let them know you have a wounded bear in the area
Unbelievably irresponsible.
I suppose every shot you take is an instant kill. And you have some special ability to see at night to track an animal. And can follow a blood trail after a long heavy rainfall. I spent two days covering a huge area trying to find that animal, but if I was as good a hunter as you I suppose it would have died on the butchers table. I feel horrible knowing that that bear may be injured or died and not recovered but I also have a clear conscience knowing I did everything I could to try to recover that animal. If you have any constructive advice I am listening, but I suspect you just want to blow your high and mighty horn.
hotshoe36
01-15-2012, 12:16 PM
I suppose every shot you take is an instant kill. And you have some special ability to see at night to track an animal. And can follow a blood trail after a long heavy rainfall. I spent two days covering a huge area trying to find that animal, but if I was as good a hunter as you I suppose it would have died on the butchers table. I feel horrible knowing that that bear may be injured or died and not recovered but I also have a clear conscience knowing I did everything I could to try to recover that animal. If you have any constructive advice I am listening, but I suspect you just want to blow your high and mighty horn.
Here's your constructive advice, EOTR: One shot, one kill.
Anything less is a failure. If you can't hit the ten-ring, don't shoot till you get closer or better. Or, both. Just to be sure. If you don't know where the ten-ring is, learn more about your target. There are two ten-rings on a bear, depending on your weapon and load. Choose wisely or don't shoot. If you don't have shooting light, get NV equipment or don't shoot.
Forget optimism and hope, in this at least: From this day forward, be absolutely sure your target will never suffer. Or, don't shoot. As soon as your shot is away, reload and track again.
There's even a selfish reason for this (besides Karma) if you need one: The pain and fear a wounded animal feels releases chemicals into his (or her) entire body which destroys the taste of the meat.
Start regular target shooting and get good at it before you go out again. Please.
A suggestion: If you can't reliably take grouse with a .22 head shot at 40 paces, don't shoot. Ever.
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