What Did You Get for Christmas?

[ZAPPER]

Fritzi
I never saw it but I had heard the ledgend of the guy that modified the trigger pull on an old 1100 and had it go full auto. After they iced down his lip they told him to leave
I have seen them dredge for the lead before also. But all the places that I have shot have been over water. Thats why I was wondering if you could still use lead. I haven't shot since about the early eighties about the time that the then new no lead laws started out.

[BJ_M]

[BJ_M]

for yoda

[BJ_M]

our resident police officer gets additional training for Christmas season ..

[BJ_M]

greeting the mother-in-law

[fritzi93]

Fritzi
I never saw it but I had heard the ledgend of the guy that modified the trigger pull on an old 1100 and had it go full auto. After they iced down his lip they told him to leave
I have seen them dredge for the lead before also. But all the places that I have shot have been over water. Thats why I was wondering if you could still use lead. I haven't shot since about the early eighties about the time that the then new no lead laws started out.

Zapper,

I had a release trigger on a Beretta 391 that would do that occasionally when very dirty. Got it fixed eventually, since it was very unpopular. Never hurt me, though, that guy must have let the gun get away from him.

As to clubs that shoot over water, well, they got problems. The Remington facility at Lordsburg, Mayland was shut down as a result. The ones still open have to use steel shot only, which is expensive.

But there are plenty of clubs around, there are seven in my county alone that participate in a league. (There might be others, for all I know.) One has cattails growing in the shot fallout zone, I'm kinda surprised some enviro hasn't tried to make something of it.

[ZAPPER]

Fritzi
Have you ever tried any of those "sports clay" ranges where they roll them across the ground or like I've seen on TV with the scoreing grid behind the clay. Those look like it would be fun as hell.

[fritzi93]

Fritzi
Have you ever tried any of those "sports clay" ranges where they roll them across the ground or like I've seen on TV with the scoreing grid behind the clay. Those look like it would be fun as hell.

I think the thing on TV is called "Starshot". Dunno any more about that.

Sporting Clays is kinda popular, also called "Skeet in the Woods". Good courses change the layout and target presentation often. You walk from station to station and take your turn in the shooting cage. (Limits possible gun movement- safety reasons). The one where they throw extra-hard targets along the ground are called "Rabbits". The bastards take weird hops, haven't hit very many. But I've only gone maybe a couple dozen times. "Springing Teal" is another one where they throw it straight up from 20 or so yards in front of you. Most people say they're easy, just wait 'til it tops out. That one and Rabbits just ruin my scores. I usually lead the squad on the other stations, when we get to Springing Teal or Rabbits the snickering begins. :P

If you're interested, ask around about clubs in your area. Bet there are more around than you might imagine. A well-kept secret.

[Garibaldi]

I'll have to get some pictures together... but for now let me just give you a short list of the things I got:
-> Lexar 512 MB Jumpdrive (flash drive)
-> 50 DVD+Rs
-> Seinfeld DVDs Seasons 1, 2, and 3
-> Model of a 58 Corvette
-> Poker Table Top
-> Piano Collection of STYX songs

[Capmaster]

I'll have to get some pictures together... but for now let me just give you a short list of the things I got:
-> Lexar 512 MB Jumpdrive (flash drive)
-> 50 DVD+Rs
-> Seinfeld DVDs Seasons 1, 2, and 3
-> Model of a 58 Corvette
-> Poker Table Top
-> Piano Collection of STYX songs

Wow. Nice haul Garibaldi. Not bad ...and a '58 'Vette model? Sweet!

[richdvd]

I got an iPod.
Just loading it up now. 8)

[Garibaldi]

Wow. Nice haul Garibaldi. Not bad ...and a '58 'Vette model? Sweet!

Yeah!! I really like the older vettes, IMO they have alot more style than the new ones. I'll post a couple pictures later today when I get a chance to take some. I was really glad I got a flash drive too, especially if I need to do some work (me and linux ) with a live-cd and have to save it, my HD is NTSF so I can't really do anything there.

[Garibaldi]

the '58 vette model I got:

[Capmaster]

327/365? 8)

[Garibaldi]

Do you have any models Cap?

[Capmaster]

Do you have any models Cap?

Not any more. When I was a kid I had a bunch of various muscle cars, but I got tired of them and used them all for BB-gun target practice I wish I had saved them

[Faustus]

2 dress shirt one that to large even for my oversized frame, and a nose hair trimmer. hohoho merry christmas!

yeah my gifts always suck, oh to be 16 again.

[Capmaster]

nose hair trimmer

8)

Wait ....

That's a terrible gift My sympathies, Flay

[shoozleboy]

new pajamas
new belt
latest Hess truck from Hess Gas (I now have 25 years in a row of these, all still new in the box)
"Band of Brothers" book by by Stephen E. Ambrose (I'm a huge WW2 junkie)
Home Improvement - Season 1 on DVD
M*A*S*H Season 7 on DVD
lottery tickets
hugs and kisses from my 2 girls and the wife (best present of all! )

I did make my little girls this in the woodshop:



Picture sucks - I'll have to get another one where the flash actually works... It's a rocking airplane (kind of like a rocking horse). You can't see it in this pic, but I tweaked the dash panel with a few extra knobs, levers, and switches for the flaps, throttle, and trim!!

[Capmaster]

new pajamas
new belt
latest Hess truck from Hess Gas (I now have 25 years in a row of these, all still new in the box)
"Band of Brothers" book by by Stephen E. Ambrose (I'm a huge WW2 junkie)
Home Improvement - Season 1 on DVD
M*A*S*H Season 7 on DVD
lottery tickets
hugs and kisses from my 2 girls and the wife (best present of all! )

I did make my little girls this in the woodshop:



Picture sucks - I'll have to get another one where the flash actually works... It's a rocking airplane (kind of like a rocking horse). You can't see it in this pic, but I tweaked the dash panel with a few extra knobs, levers, and switches for the flaps, throttle, and trim!!

WOW!!! 8) Beautiful job on that shoozle I do some woodwork myself and I know how many hours went into that project. Incredibly nice!!! 8) 8) 8) 8)

[Garibaldi]

Well last night I went online and bought an add-on for my 512 MB Flash Drive, a device that you plug your flash drive into which lets you listen to mp3s off of it! Here it is:

[bazooka]

nose hair trimmer

8)

Wait ....

That's a terrible gift My sympathies, Flay

My wife gave me a nose hair trimmer as well.

[Capmaster]

nose hair trimmer

8)

Wait ....

That's a terrible gift My sympathies, Flay

My wife gave me a nose hair trimmer as well.

A hint, maybe?

Do you look like a party favor when you sneeze?

[bazooka]

nose hair trimmer

8)

Wait ....

That's a terrible gift My sympathies, Flay

My wife gave me a nose hair trimmer as well.

A hint, maybe?

Do you look like a party favor when you sneeze?

Not that I know of

[Capmaster]

nose hair trimmer

8)

Wait ....

That's a terrible gift My sympathies, Flay

My wife gave me a nose hair trimmer as well.

A hint, maybe?

Do you look like a party favor when you sneeze?

Not that I know of

I do if I don't keep it trimmed Hair growth runs in my family ...shaving my tongue has always been dicey :P I've got enough hair on my arms to stuff a pillow and my legs look like Cro-Magnon man models in the museum

But the trimmers are nice ...much safer than jabbing a sharp pair of scissors into your nostrils

[shoozleboy]

WOW!!! 8) Beautiful job on that shoozle I do some woodwork myself and I know how many hours went into that project. Incredibly nice!!! 8) 8) 8) 8)

Thanks, Cap. I'm by no means an expert on it, still a novice after 8 years of it... this took me about 30 hours to cut, assemble, and sand to near perfection.... I'll touch up a couple of things on it, but to my oldest daughter (5 yrs) she LOVES it! It's her 2nd favorite present - she sat on it all day Saturday while she played with her favorite present, her Leapster gamepad.... sighhhh... at least it's an educational gamepad...

[Capmaster]

WOW!!! 8) Beautiful job on that shoozle I do some woodwork myself and I know how many hours went into that project. Incredibly nice!!! 8) 8) 8) 8)

Thanks, Cap. I'm by no means an expert on it, still a novice after 8 years of it... this took me about 30 hours to cut, assemble, and sand to near perfection.... I'll touch up a couple of things on it, but to my oldest daughter (5 yrs) she LOVES it! It's her 2nd favorite present - she sat on it all day Saturday while she played with her favorite present, her Leapster gamepad.... sighhhh... at least it's an educational gamepad...

Good work. I noticed the nicely rounded edges and corners. You used pine, huh? Pine is so nice to work with

[shoozleboy]

WOW!!! 8) Beautiful job on that shoozle I do some woodwork myself and I know how many hours went into that project. Incredibly nice!!! 8) 8) 8) 8)

Thanks, Cap. I'm by no means an expert on it, still a novice after 8 years of it... this took me about 30 hours to cut, assemble, and sand to near perfection.... I'll touch up a couple of things on it, but to my oldest daughter (5 yrs) she LOVES it! It's her 2nd favorite present - she sat on it all day Saturday while she played with her favorite present, her Leapster gamepad.... sighhhh... at least it's an educational gamepad...

Good work. I noticed the nicely rounded edges and corners. You used pine, huh? Pine is so nice to work with

Thanks. Yeah, I used a couple of 10 foot pieces of 2x10 pine for it. 2x is so hard for me to cut through with a jigsaw and keep the cuts perpendicular on the cross section.... I think I push too hard on the saw when turning it... needless to say I had to do a lot of sanding to line up the rounded ends of the rockers. It's easy to sand, but makes one heck of a mess to the garage floor (my 'manual' dust collector is the floor and the shop vac! ).

This is the 4th of this design that I've made and one of these days I'll make one out of 1x just to see how sturdy it could be - 1x is much easier to cut with a jigsaw. I could have used the band saw, but there's not enough clearance for the rockers to get through the throat of the saw - each of those rockers are over 3 feet in length... obviously, that won't fit through a 14inch band saw.

How many years have you had the woodworking bug? Like I said, I just started about 8 years ago - compiled a nice collection of tools in the process.

[Capmaster]

WOW!!! 8) Beautiful job on that shoozle I do some woodwork myself and I know how many hours went into that project. Incredibly nice!!! 8) 8) 8) 8)

Thanks, Cap. I'm by no means an expert on it, still a novice after 8 years of it... this took me about 30 hours to cut, assemble, and sand to near perfection.... I'll touch up a couple of things on it, but to my oldest daughter (5 yrs) she LOVES it! It's her 2nd favorite present - she sat on it all day Saturday while she played with her favorite present, her Leapster gamepad.... sighhhh... at least it's an educational gamepad...

Good work. I noticed the nicely rounded edges and corners. You used pine, huh? Pine is so nice to work with

Thanks. Yeah, I used a couple of 10 foot pieces of 2x10 pine for it. 2x is so hard for me to cut through with a jigsaw and keep the cuts perpendicular on the cross section.... I think I push too hard on the saw when turning it... needless to say I had to do a lot of sanding to line up the rounded ends of the rockers. It's easy to sand, but makes one heck of a mess to the garage floor (my 'manual' dust collector is the floor and the shop vac! ).

This is the 4th of this design that I've made and one of these days I'll make one out of 1x just to see how sturdy it could be - 1x is much easier to cut with a jigsaw. I could have used the band saw, but there's not enough clearance for the rockers to get through the throat of the saw - each of those rockers are over 3 feet in length... obviously, that won't fit through a 14inch band saw.

How many years have you had the woodworking bug? Like I said, I just started about 8 years ago - compiled a nice collection of tools in the process.

2X cuts are very dicey, even with good equipment. The key is to go slow, and of course the old woodworker's motto ..."measure twice ...and cut once"

I've been doing it for about 30 years, give or take. It's good therapy for me (stress reduction). My last big project was building 10 6-foot tall by 28-inch wide bookcases to line the walls of the room we dedicated to being a library. I had closed off the opening to the room with a wall that was ceiling-to-floor bookshelves, with a door in the center of the wall. The other side of the wall was drywall. I used pine as well for all of it. I would have liked to use premium black walnut, but then that room would have cost more than the house

Besides, I'm not good enough at it to work in walnut without a lot of waste, and that would be a damn shame with such a fine wood. Pine is easier, and with good stain and polyurethane, it looks pretty good

[rhegedus]

I don't have the facilities to work with wood (yet), but I just find looking at it hypnotic. I often call into the local DIY warehouse just to walk through the isles of wood and to feel and get the aroma of the pieces, and imagine the things I'd like to make with it. I suppose it's one of the reasons why I'm reading into log cabin comstruction at the moment.

My Sunday is rounded off by a couple of episodes of New Yankee Workshop on Discovery. With the equipment Norm has, he makes everything look easy!