Uggghhh. I’m still here fellas. I guess Blooger is letting me poast pics again. That was one of the sights on Dawg Patrol this morn. The Niglet and I put on 7 miles which took most of the morn. We’ll probably do another one or two with Fergus when it warms up a bit in the afternoon. We’re both taking a breather. We’ll do another one or two with Fergus when it warms up. We’re trying to get our summer legs under us so I can scout out a 4200 acre parcel of land later in the fall. I only have hunting permission for one section, but the right of trespass on the rest. I can shoot there, but only after discussing it with the land owner. He knows where all the cattle are at any given time and I want to know too. I’m smart enough not to shoot a cow… but you can’t blame the farmers for their paranoia these days.
I figure this bull dog nose warmer will fit better in
the pocket or a tobacco pouch.
You ever smoke one of these shorties? How was it?
That’s a new pipe I just bought off Fleabay. I decided to try my homegrown tobacco from last year. It was okay - but no screaming hell. I went down to the tobacconist and bought some Virginia - and then just dumped it all into a mixing bowl and stirred it up. I’ve heard that smoking pipes is much like drinking scotch: with scotch you can pay through the nose for prestigious bottlings, 15 years or older, costing a small fortune… and get a bottle of fuggin lighter fluid. Most folks will find the cheaper offerings far more appealing and approachable. So it goes with pipes. You can buy beautiful works of art that smoke like dawgs, and beaters that smoke great. Buying anything off Fleabay is a crapshoot I suppose.
The great zippo lighter experiment is still in progress. I bought a cheesy tactical looking zippo replacement case with a gasket arrangement to theoretically prevent the loss of fuel through evaporation. I used to run out of fuel in a week… but I am at close to two weeks now… so it’s okay, I guess? The other one is an experiment one of the commentators suggested. It’s wrapped in gorilla tape, and I’m going to test it at 30 day intervals. I can’t see fuel evaporating as it’s completely sealed up… but who knows? This would be an excellent emergency lighter for the bug out bag or the ass pack. It will be an excellent way to store a lighter you don’t use often - if it works.
In other news I finally flipped my lid and got the scopes dug out of my plunder and mounted on the proper rifles. I’d been meaning to do it forever but never got round to it.
So now the Ruger No.1 is wearing a Zeiss 3-9
The 10/22 is wearing an ooooooold B&L 3x9 (before they got whored out by Bushnell).
The 223 Tupperware Rifle wears its Swarovski 3x9
The CZ wears a possibly pooched old Bushnell Elite 4x16
I dunno folks. I’m not a fan of high magnification scopes. I hate buggering around with parallax and I just don’t need the bulk or weight either. But whadda I know?
All I know for sure is that the chores aren’t going to do themselves… and I gotta walk these dawgs again. There’s no rest for the wicked.
Hope to see ya back again soon!
Cheers!
Filthie
That’s gotta be a record Cornback Python! Worthy of a Marine or a truck driver I’d wager… šš The cultural enrichMINT continues apace.
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