Evenin' All!

How far back do we need to go? I can find Academy photos way back......


Hat- good luck with the schooling. I want to go back too someday. Welding wouild be a cool class. I can get buy but my welding definatly requires a grinder........


Heidi- Welcome back!


Chaikwa- Bad days happen.So do good days.....


Coffee is on. Or at least I think its coffee. Its dark brown/black kinda chunky and came from the coffee pot........

 

Thanks Don, maybe Top will chime in. The Mauser I have is chambered in 8mm. I did find out it is originally made by Steyr and was produced in 1943. It doesn'thave the original stock, but I am looking to find an original mauser stock for it.

 

If you're gonna restore it, this is the sight you want to check out. Word of warning, don't breath a word about sporterizing anything to these guys. Strictly research and restoration. http://parallaxscurioandrelicfirearm...firearmsforums

Would you believe Mauser actually tried to get the germans to order their guns in 6.5? The benefits of that round outweigh the 8mm (not that it's a bad round). The germans were still old-school in their thinking that bigger is better, plus they already had such an arsenal of 8mm stockpiled, they didn't want to spend the money to buy into a new calibre.

 

Thanks for the link Don.

I have a friend that shoots 6.5 x55 sometimes, got to shoot it once a few years ago and it was a nice round to shoot. I haven't been able to shoot 8mm yet. Once I get the Mauser cleaned and ready to shoot I'll get it out and put a few rounds though it.

 

Send me a link if you can. I didnt get to the acadamy until I had been in for over a year so it was probably late 83 or early 84 (I remember it was really cold on the range). Funny they dont have the PTO pictures posted.

 

Check Your PMs Bark.

 

Thanks... That's about the same for me. I can make them stick, but not that pretty!

Ok, evening shift is almost out... Cleaning up and getting the stuff done.
See ya'll in the am.

 

I envy you bud. I dont have the patience to work with wood. Its a little too meticulous for my likes. If I cut some peice of wood to short I cant mix up all the sawdust with glue and fill the gap. But if I cut some metal too short Ill slug that sucker with a 60 penny nail.


Morning Yall


Fresh crude on, ph00 for Bobby, threw some dust in a pot for Hat, new Yuma blend.

Tossed out the trash, it told me hello this morning when I walked in and then tried to grab my wallet. Yall be careful.

 

Morning, starting the 10 minute countdown....

 

It's all in how the day finished, and it looks like yours finished very well. You made it home and were able to spend some time here with your friends. That my friend is a good finish.

K.I.S.S.

Cheer up pal.

 

I just told that very thing to the carpenter that I'm building this dump truck for!

Or my humor!

So I've been told. Thank you for your wise words. Today WILL be better!

You're 100% correct Tim, but I'm not 'on the job' anymore, and I work at home, so if I don't make it home at the end of the day, I'm really, really, REALLY doing something wrong! I hear what you're saying tho.

Thanks Tim. All better now! It's gonna be a great day!




Morning all.

Today on Wednesday, March 10th.

On this day in 1656 - In the American colony of Virginia, suffrage was extended to all free men regardless of their religion.

1785 - Thomas Jefferson was appointed minister to France. He succeeded Benjamin Franklin.

1804 - The formal ceremonies transferring the Louisiana Purchase from France to the U.S. took place in St. Louis.

1848 - The U.S. Senate ratified the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended the war with Mexico.

1849 - Abraham Lincoln applied for a patent for a device to lift vessels over shoals by means of inflated cylinders.

1864 - Ulysses S. Grant became commander of the Union armies in the U.S. Civil War.

1876 - Alexander Graham Bell made the first successful call with the telephone. He spoke the words "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you."

1893 - New Mexico State University canceled its first graduation ceremony because the only graduate was robbed and killed the night before.

1927 - Prussia lifted its **** ban allowing Adolf Hitler to speak in public.

1933 - Nevada became the first U.S. state to regulate drugs.

1941 - Vichy France threatened to use its navy unless Britain allowed food to reach France.

1944 - The Irish refused to oust all Axis envoys and denied the accusation of spying on Allied troops.

1945 - American B-29 bombers attacked Tokyo, Japan, 100,000 were killed.

1947 - The Big Four met in Moscow to discuss the future of Germany.

1953 - North Korean gunners at Wonsan fired upon the USS Missouri. The ship responded by firing 998 rounds at the enemy position.

1966 - The North Vietnamese captured a Green Beret camp at Ashau Valley.

1966 - France withdrew from NATO's military command to protest U.S. dominance of the alliance and asked NATO to move its headquarters from Paris.

1975 - The North Vietnamese Army attacked the South Vietnamese town of Ban Me Thout.

1981 - The U.S. Postal Service announced an increase in first class postage from 15 to 18 cents.

2002 - The Associated Press reported that the Pentagon informed the U.S. Congress in January that it was making contingency plans for the possible use of nuclear weapons against countries that threaten the U.S. with weapons of mass destruction, including Iraq and North Korea.

2003 - North Korea test-fired a short-range missile. The event was one of several in a patter of unusual military maneuvers.

 

Morning gang - - the night shift was sure gabby last night. Thought they were going to load up the memory.

No one bothered to put on the coffee, so fresh stuff is on - - brought in a few cimmmmaammmuumm buns. Ate most of them

You are a genius - - now I know what my urinologist is.

Wow, sounds more like a demolition derby to me. Sorry about your day - - this one will be better. Daddy has milk and cookies on the counter to help ease the pain. Now, go out and have fun today, Scott.

So sore from all my work the last two days I could scream. Too much bending over - - back is all cramped up. And I am only started on this trimming stuff. Maybe the easiest thing is dig all the plants up and put in grass.

OK, juice is down, grabbing mine and out of here. Ya'll have a gudurn.

Bob

 

Thanks for the milk and cookies Bob! Yep, today WILL be better!

Pave it then paint it green!

 

Good morning Ladies and Germs I am off to the Dentist for a fun filled day of root canals Oh Boy! I asked the Dentist if he could please give me a shot of that laughing gas before presenting me with the bill Got a couple crowns to do as well so it will be a biggy

I need to eat a big ole Onion for lunch just before my appointment, I figure we BOTH should experience a little pain today

 

Morning folks. Somebody must be visiting in my area and trying to weld. It's been raining since last night, about three inches so far I think. GO HOME ALREADY!!!