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The vinyl floor issue is fixable. I can put it on a slightly raised pad topped with ceramic tile. The bathroom has GFI protected outlets but Mrs ERJ says "No".
So it goes back to Amazon today.
I got training yesterday
I got training yesterday in using a trencher.
My instructor was hand-digging the start of the trench near the house when he hit a gas-line at 10 inches of depth. The local building code is 24".
It was not a case of "At ease. Smoke-em if you got-em".
Consumers Energy was on the site 41 minutes after the call-in. The responder did not need to use his "sniffer" to find the leak.
It was a short lesson. Class is rescheduled for another day.
Traffic monitoring
The trail-cam's response time was too slow for where I mounted it on Sunday. The clues were that I had 415 images. Most of them were empty (except for the background), a few of them showed slow vehicles like farm tractors and even fewer showed the tail-lamps of a vehicle leaving the frame.
I repositioned the camera at 8:15 a.m. Monday and will see what we catch later today.
Busy day
God willing, today will be a busy day. Quicksilver will be doing other things. The weather looks promising. A boatload of outside tasks await my attention.
Bonus images
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This firearm-scope combination has issues. The first shot was about 4" low at 100 yards. I adjusted up 10 clicks which I expected to have it go up 2-1/2". It went up about nine inches. Then I made 5 clicks down and it went down seven inches.
The firearm is a CVA Wolf which is a break-open action. Three possibilities come to mind. The scope mounting might be bad. The scope might be junk. The final option might be that the "lock" that holds the breech-end of the barrel in position might not be repeatable.
Of the three options, the last option is the most painless to investigate. A dab of grease to ensure the sliding surface does not bind and firmly pushing the actuating lever forward to help the spring ensure that it is fully seated. Less painful is not painless. THose three shots took fifteen minutes. Add the cleaning time afterward and it still soaks up a lot of time. It is, after all, a muzzle-loader.
Unions about to relearn...
Bonus joke
A priest, a lawyer and an engineer were in line to be beheaded by a guillotine.
The blade dropped and unexpectedly shuddered to a stop a scant inch from the priest's Adam's apple.
"God chose to save me! You have to let me go" the priest exclaimed.
The soldiers shrugged and let the priest go free.
The lawyer was next. Again, the razor-sharp edge of the blade stopped an inch from the man's neck.
"You have to let me go. To try again would be double-jeopardy" the lawyer informed his would-be executioners.
The soldiers complied.
Finally, the engineer's neck was put atop the chopping block. Staring up at the apparatus and knowing that his life would be ending in seconds, the engineer shouted "Stop! I think I see the problem."
Chuckling at that old joke.
ReplyDeleteI use oil filled radiant electric heaters myself.
I have a small ceramic heater to warm up the bathroom a bit for my wife's showers. Happy wife, happy life you know.
Don't like electric heaters you can light flammables with.
As far as CVA black powder rifles. Do you need a scope for a 100 yard shot? How does it shoot iron sights? I suspect the mount on it is loose given what you said, that or a really bad scope.
Always get a locate. Always. even if the trench is only gonna be a foot in the ground.
ReplyDeleteEspecially when using a power tool like a trencher or backhoe.
If only for the liability issues.
No one has ever regretted calling for a utility locate.
Good advise.
DeleteWhen I was blowing smoke, I’d break apart the old pole and soak the barrel in the tub for a bit. Cleanup was easy after that. Put the breach in a coffee can of soapy water and the patched rod make a decent pump. Hugging the missus was right out for a day after that exercise. yMMV.
ReplyDeleteI'm a traditional muzzle loader shooter and don't have modern ones so my advice may not be relevant, but when sighting a muzzle loader in it is best to run a damp patch and then a dry one down the bore after each shot. That way the hunting shot is the same as the sighting in shot. ---ken
ReplyDeleteIt's been awhile, but when I first started shooting my inline blackpowder rifle I had to try out different primers, powder types, and bullets to get it to shoot decent. If I'm remembering it right the bullets were the main problem and I couldn't get some of the "better", more expensive bullets to ever shoot good enough.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I've never had much luck sighting in with less than a 3 shot group.