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2 years ago I bought a lump of coal for myself for Xmas. Last year I got myself a chunk of Jet, which is literally gem grade coal. :)

Codes sent to Smashcomet, Odiedead, Rockypooch, and Iselmon

'77 AMC Matador Oleg Cassini Edition. Engine is good if needing more de-rusting. Gas tank needs to be de-scaled and rewelded, which is going to be the hardest thing. Need to disconnect the transaxel to drop the tank. Once the gas tank is descaled, we'll be running new brake lines. And that...

Well. . . I've taken up smithing and am working on my lapidary skills. Also I was able to grow enough cayenne pepper, tomato, bell peppers, and potatoes for the entire winter. I've been learning auto restoration, and built a barn last year. So while I use my desktop as my primary form of...

Two trips to the range in, and two boxes of the 180 gr match ammo through my 7mm. I'm only able to shoot 200 yards at my current range, but I'm getting below .5 MOA consistently. Best string of 3 was a half inch at 200 yards, worst was a flat inch. I'm fairly impressed. Then I went out and...

Whelp, I have a couple new firearms. I got a Hi-Point 1095 carbine Last month, and we finally got a break in the weather to take it to the range last weekend. It shoots like a dream. Flawless function regardless of what ammo I feed it. Ran multiple magazines, including the 40 round 45acp...

Haven't played frostpunk, but that is how people tend to describe it. It is hard to describe the sense of creeping doom in the game without spoiling it, so I'll mention a mechanic of the game that incorporates that doom: Your population gets increasingly depressed and rebellious the longer you...

Ixion. . . . just Ixion.

35 whelen is just 30-06 necked up to 35. Since my primary deer rifle is a 30-06, the whelen is a natural progression. And its big heavy rounds are good against alaskan bears, which is what I would have used it for before I moved back down to the lower48. I like reloading, though I haven't...

Today on things that piss DDLs off: Scheduled medicine contracts. For those lucky enough to be ignorant of these travesties: they are a contract you are forced to sign in order to be deigned the privilege of actually being prescribed the medicine warranted by one's diagnosis. Some of the fun...

What do you have chambered in .35 Whelen? One of the firearms I have been considering is a r7600. What reloading manual do you use?

I love to cook, though I am the only one in my peer circle (Literally for my entire life) who cooked regularly. If I'm not utterly absorbed in a project (Happens a lot. I'm learning metal casting and forging, which is FASCINATING to me.) I'll cook 5 nights a week. 2 days ago I roasted a turkey...

Glad you enjoyed my stories! I had to leave the hospitality industry 7 years ago due to ethical issues with the management companies. If there is any interest in hearing about that, I'd happily write something up, but it would be either boardroom or soap-box post. (Not really sure where it...

"Why is the 'to' a different color?" Target for the ARG would be my guess.

I've been reading a very good paper on the Psyche mission. Looks like our mass estimates still have big enough error bars that we still aren't sure how porous 16 Psyche is, nor the metal content, nor what type of silicates it has. We'll know in about 6 yeas, I guess? I'm also going to attempt...

Technically neither. . . I'm doing it at my grandparents' (residential) shop. While my grandfather didn't do any smithing, HIS father did, and I've inherited all the tools. Add an electric melt furnace, propane melt furnace, and multiburner propane forge, and I have most of what I need to do...

Turned 45 this year. And this year I've lost 45 lbs, got back into biking, and taken up forging and blacksmithing. Getting my health under control was my midlife crisis, and it is going well.

I'm part of the Gambler 500, so I buy used cars that are far past what most would consider "normal." For example, I have a 1998 Subaru Forester. The first model year forester. That I have lifted aboot 2" with slightly larger tires on it. Put in a nice android stereo with appleplay connected to a...

I think it is a semi-useful guideline for reductive politicians. Better than limiting things to 15mph universally. That said, I'd really like to try something with a bit taller gear ratios, where the motor doesn't hard cut out at higher speeds.