Pictures of Miscellaneous Stuff & Things

[TPK]

Here's a way we can go "green", recycling if you will, used boxes.
I recieved a knife a few weeks back from a seller shipped in this Hamburger Helper box:004.JPG005.JPG
Then this morning, I noticed the empty box some cereal came in. What a fine target for plinking with a handgun or setting out at 100 yards and seeing if a rifle is holding its zero. 002.JPG
Ain't y'all proud of me?
Treefarmer

Philip with your sharp shooter skills, I'm sure you would be aiming for the much smaller brown ring in the word "Bowl".

Then maybe some venison with Hamburger Helper?

[RobesonsRme.com]

Not advocating the killing of dragon flies, but Scott’s photo reminded me of an interesting article I read many years ago, i.e., 1960.

The author practiced his game bird shooting skills during the Summer by going to a lakeside and shooting dragon flies with a .22 pump action rifle using rat shot.

Not even sure rat shot is still available.

But, if one can efficiently shoot dragon flies on the wing with a .22 pump, I suspect his success on upland game birds or waterfowl in the Fall would be equally so.

[C-WADE7]

Saw this sign today at the junk shop, I was in a hurry so I didn’t buy it but if someone is interested I can go back and see what’s the cost is(I’m sure it’s cheap enough) and will mail it to you for just what I have in it with shipping from the Dallas Tx area.

[OLDE CUTLER]

Not advocating the killing of dragon flies, but Scott’s photo reminded me of an interesting article I read many years ago, i.e., 1960.

The author practiced his game bird shooting skills during the Summer by going to a lakeside and shooting dragon flies with a .22 pump action rifle using rat shot.

Not even sure rat shot is still available.

But, if one can efficiently shoot dragon flies on the wing with a .22 pump, I suspect his success on upland game birds or waterfowl in the Fall would be equally so.

It's still available, has always been called bird shot in these parts. We used it for shooting pigeons inside the barn without shooting holes in the roof as a 22lr solid would. Dad would never allow a pigeon on our place as they carried diseases that can be transmitted to domestic turkeys.

[zzyzzogeton]

I used to pack a Taurus 9-shot .22 loaded with ratshot when working in and around the outbuildings for rattlesnake elimination. Worked great for years, until......

The day I encountered a LARGE rattler hanging out in the hayloft under/between bales of hay.

Having had the "joy" of being upclose and personal with a rattler under hay before, I have been moving haybales using a chopping hoe for years.

I calmly transferred the hoe to my left hand, pulled the Taurus from behind my back in its left hand holster and shot the snake from about 4 feet. Nothing happened but a few scales flew off. Shot again. Same effect. Emptied the other 7 rounds. Now, instead of an irritated snake, I had a very mad snake coming at me. No way could I could get away as the snake was between me and the exit hatch in the floor.

Threw the now empty pistol to the side into a pile of loose hay and, taking a 2 handed hold on the hoe, swung it like an axe. Or, rather, tried to. Imagine a 5-1/2 ft man swinging a 6 ft hoe at extension in an open hayloft that has rafters at 8 feet in height. I was kinda like Foghorn Leghorn vibrating from the impact.

I then choked up on the hoe, shortening my useful handle to about 4 feet. Started playing Conan the Barbarian on the snake, while dodging its multiple strikes at me. By the time it was all over, my hoe was in 3 pieces and the snake was in about a dozen.

After I strung the pieces of snake back together, the snake, a Western DIamondback, measured right at 6 feet long. Not sure I found all the pieces either.

Since that day, I carry a 6 shot S&W .357 with the first round being a rat shot, followed by 5 rounds of hollow point. I figure if the snake is big enough that a .357 ratshot doesn't do it in, I need to escalate to hollow points.

[Quick Steel]

Thank you for that exciting story.

[Paladin]

Good story, Z!

Ray

[doglegg]

Wish I had a video

[Mumbleypeg]

We just returned last night from a two week vacation in England and Scotland. Flew to London and spent a few days doing some of the obligatory sites there including Hampton Court Palace, the Tower of London, St. Paul’s Cathedral and several beautiful but lesser known churches, and the British Museum. Then we took the train (which was a nightmare but that’s another story) to Edinburgh Scotland for a few days. On to Inverness, Loch Ness (didn’t see the Monster ) and the Scottish Highlands before taking another train back to London to catch our flight back home.

The weather was great, high temperatures in the 70s in London, upper 60s in Inverness. It was good timing because the temperatures at home were around or over 100 degrees while we were gone.

Here’s a few pictures for those who care to see. Enjoy.

Ken

Hampton Court Palace

Hampton Court Palace courtyard

Hampton Court Palace interior

[Mumbleypeg]

A few more.

[Unk]

Looks like a fun trip, Ken.

The picture of the Sir Walter Scott monument makes me almost break out into a sweat. The wife and I were over there in 1996, and we climbed up the narrow stone staircase to the observation deck. As we climbed, the staircase got narrower and narrower. At 6'2" and 270, I was having to turn sideways and squeeze through the stone passageway. That's the first time I realized that I have a touch of claustrophobia. Beautiful view, though.

[Steve Warden]

Wow! Wonderful pics, Ken! Glad you had good weather and a good time.

[Paladin]

Those are some really good photos and looks like you had a fine trip.

Ray

[Quick Steel]

Wonderful photos. Thanks so much for sharing them.

[dlr110]

We just returned last night from a two week vacation in England and Scotland.

Great pictures Ken. I would love to take my wife Cheryl to Scotland and visit Melrose and Melrose Abbey.
Her family on her mother's side is from there. Thanks for posting the pictures....

[Mumbleypeg]

Thanks everyone, glad you like them.

We just returned last night from a two week vacation in England and Scotland.

Great pictures Ken. I would love to take my wife Cheryl to Scotland and visit Melrose and Melrose Abbey.
Her family on her mother's side is from there. Thanks for posting the pictures....

You’ll love it. Apparently she has done some genealogy research. While we were there we went to the location of the ancestral home/seat of my family clan, near Inverness. There are still numerous clan kinfolks in the area but nothing left of the old lands except a small park with a couple of small monuments with plaques on them giving some history of the clan. It’s located up in the hills overlooking Loch Ness but you can barely see the water through the trees. Might have been a good view several hundred years ago. While there we met a distant relative who was doing some volunteer masonry repair on one of the monuments and had good but brief visit with him. He told us about the clan web site which has some great information.

We also visited the nearby Culloden Battlefield where several clan members fought, and some died during the battle. Found the names of two of them in the battlefield museum.

Ken

[Waukonda]

A few more.

Really great pictures, Ken. I have looked at them 3 or 4 times, all that is missing is a big plate of Haggis!

Hope to visit the Highlands someday. Thanks for sharing.

[dlr110]

You’ll love it. Apparently she has done some genealogy research.

She had a great Aunt that did some writing about the Melrose but it was mainly gathering memories from the family about Adam Rankin Melrose who is the one that came to America in 1841 up to around 1905. Then his time in the California gold rush to the Cherokee land run. There are some great stories and I wrote a family book that contains her writings but I set it up with a history of what life in Scotland and American was like during that time. By doing that it helped answer a few questions as to why members of the family did certain things back then. I would love to do some more family document research over there. Maybe in a year or so.

[Dan In MI]

Thanks for sharing those photos, Ken. Best I can tell, I am of Scottish extraction on my father's side, so I'd like to visit the Highlands someday.

[FRJ]

That was a great post, Ken, I enjoyed all of it.

[Unk]

My wife put a bird bath in the front yard last month for the wildlife to drink from.....it is so hot here this summer, and we are in the middle of a drought. I stuck a game camera up to capture some pics.

[Paladin]

Looks like it was a hit with the local folks!

Ray

[treefarmer]

My wife put a bird bath in the front yard last month for the wildlife to drink from.....it is so hot here this summer, and we are in the middle of a drought. I stuck a game camera up to capture some pics.

That’s neat! We have a bird bath and actually see just a few birds using it. There are 2 ponds within 100 yards so I assume that’s where they water.
Those big birds with the spots are pretty interesting.
When the bee man sets hives on our place, the bees will drain our bird bath in a day.
Treefarmer

[FRJ]

That fawn is too cute!

My daughters name is Fawn.

[Unk]

Thamks guys.

Beautiful name, Joe!