Traditional Muzzleloading Association
The Center of Camp => The Campfire => Topic started by: BEAVERMAN on March 24, 2020, 09:09:15 PM
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Ok boys and girls, just checking in and wondering how ya'll are doing, on barracks restriction here in Washington, healthy so far and have gone through the entire Netflix library, wish i had room in my shop to work on something but the damn thing is full of boxes ready to move out of here and most of my stuff is already boxed up and buried, sound off everyone OK? :hairy
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Shelter in place ordered today. Fortunately because I am a waste plant operator for a state agency I'm considered essential personnel. Only 6 cases in our county. Freezer is stocked, toilet paper supply is ok.
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I'm just starting to feel better. Been sick with bronchitis/pneumonia since early Dec. I ain't goin nowhere and if you know what's good for you, you won't come here. ::)
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All is well here. Took the dogs out into the woods behind Chauncey for an hour or so, packing the little flinter. Not that there is anything to shoot, but "just because." Probably should have taken the bow; at least I could have killed some stumps!
Keeping away from everyone else as much as possible.
Kees
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Greetings from the People's Republik of Kalifornia.
We are on house arrest here without the fancy ankle jewelry.
Getting so tedious today that I actually went outside and did some yard work. ;banghead; ;banghead;
I wonder if the rifle range is closed with all this going on. Have to take a drive down the road and see what is happening. Tomorrow is Wednesday? Oh well, it's closed during the middle of the week. Never mind.
Just read an email from a friend saying that our grocery store was out of regular table salt. Lots of fancy sea salt and all that, but no regular table salt. Go figure. I am sure people are not using it as a substitute for toilet paper? :bigsmile:
OK, all is well here on the central coast.
Be safe.
John
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All quiet in Ok. Our range is open but no organized shoots. The city seems quiet. Most places are open except theaters, schools and restaurant dining rooms. Few people are wearing masks, though.
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Greetings from the People's Republik of Kalifornia.
We are on house arrest here without the fancy ankle jewelry.
Getting so tedious today that I actually went outside and did some yard work. ;banghead; ;banghead;
I wonder if the rifle range is closed with all this going on. Have to take a drive down the road and see what is happening. Tomorrow is Wednesday? Oh well, it's closed during the middle of the week. Never mind.
Just read an email from a friend saying that our grocery store was out of regular table salt. Lots of fancy sea salt and all that, but no regular table salt. Go figure. I am sure people are not using it as a substitute for toilet paper? :bigsmile:
OK, all is well here on the central coast.
Be safe.
John
John, all the ranges on the wet side of the mountains are closed here.
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Sequestered to quarters as well. Got a dam cold from my grandson on the weekend. They all live on the farm with us. Sinuses running and wont stop. They spend more time at our house than they do with dad. So much so he often calls me dad. great kids. They love the war room always wanting to build guns or make bullets in there. But aside the freezer an fridges all stocked and full up. Chickens a laying, steers in the pasture, deer in the woods. Fuel tanks loaded. 100s of RBs made up. cases of powder, 800#s of lead. an something called 556 an 762 or something like that. Some my son's work buddies were joking a few days about coming here for food and fuel when shtf. One asks if I had any guns. Wife pipes up an says ever seen him shoot? I heard he says. I have and so has my son, you wont make the other side of the gate coming in the wife says. Silence. They quietly get in their trucks and leave . Being on the farm we are some what more prepared than city folk.
Nuff Said keep your distance be safe and may you continue to have good health. God Bless and pray that this blows over soon.
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Greetings from the People's Republik of Kalifornia.
We are on house arrest here without the fancy ankle jewelry.
Getting so tedious today that I actually went outside and did some yard work. ;banghead; ;banghead;
I wonder if the rifle range is closed with all this going on. Have to take a drive down the road and see what is happening. Tomorrow is Wednesday? Oh well, it's closed during the middle of the week. Never mind.
Just read an email from a friend saying that our grocery store was out of regular table salt. Lots of fancy sea salt and all that, but no regular table salt. Go figure. I am sure people are not using it as a substitute for toilet paper? :bigsmile:
OK, all is well here on the central coast.
Be safe.
John
John, all the ranges on the wet side of the mountains are closed here.
Shooting sounds like a great idea for this weekend. Our range is about 150 yards from my door.
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Just another normal day out here in the "boonies". :hairy
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Shooting range closed, State parks closed, BLM lands closed. No place to shoot or fish. Only the National Forests are open and it's still too cold to go camping.
Other than that, we are doing fine.
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All set here in Owego, NY. Today is day 12 of isolation. Plenty of supplies including toilet paper. We have bought everything in bulk from Sam's Club for years so we are always stocked up. I get my groceries delivered through Instacart. Works great. I just leave my garage door open and they put them on the tailgate of my truck. We also get groceries for my 95 year old mother in law who we got to go into isolation the same time as we did. We visit her every few days and take her any groceries she ordered. She is quite healthy and has her own apartment. Father in law died last October at 96. She mentioned the other day that we are probably sick of visiting her and we laughed and told her we were pretty hard up as she was our only entertainment!!! :Doh! Only supply we miss is beer. Wife and I like to have two IPA's each in the evening but now we are out and no one delivers beer. ;banghead; Shooting range is closed too.
:toast :lol sign :hairy
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As Beaverman said, we are on "barracks restriction "
Things are ok for now BUT in couple of weeks or so ?? (Still NO TP avail. anywhere & I am down to 2 rolls. :Doh!
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Not much of anything going on here... Just taking it one day at a time, hope and pray things get better.
On a side note - and not to scare anyone;
The enormous stimulus package that's going into effect does set one's mind to wondering, "what in the world is going on?" And society basically being on lock down... We're not use to this, and it's going to take some getting use to. We all get the same information in different doses and bottles - so do what you think best and stay safe. :shake
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Greetings from the People's Republik of Kalifornia.
We are on house arrest here without the fancy ankle jewelry.
Getting so tedious today that I actually went outside and did some yard work. ;banghead; ;banghead;
I wonder if the rifle range is closed with all this going on. Have to take a drive down the road and see what is happening. Tomorrow is Wednesday? Oh well, it's closed during the middle of the week. Never mind.
Just read an email from a friend saying that our grocery store was out of regular table salt. Lots of fancy sea salt and all that, but no regular table salt. Go figure. I am sure people are not using it as a substitute for toilet paper? :bigsmile:
OK, all is well here on the central coast.
Be safe.
John
John, all the ranges on the wet side of the mountains are closed here.
Same here Jim!
Still on house arrest, they closed all public waters to fishing, and my yard and house are likely cleaner than our local Hospitals.
I did run a 150 or so roundball for my .56 rife smooth bore, that's when we got the notice about all the ranges being closed.
But life goes on while Mama Bear and stay hunkered down. My daughter dropped off a load of groceries this morning and we're just now putting all that away.
I would like to wish brother Hank the best with that Pneumonia thing, Mama Bear was just recovering from that same thing when this KungFu Virus hit.
Uncle Russ....
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Still self-quarantined, feeling fine, and working from home.
I feel like an ant in a world of grasshoppers as I watch all the TP hoarders in action. I've probably got more TP stashed in my pick-up than most people have at home. Many years as Scoutmaster taught me to never rely on the person assigned to bring the TP on the campout.
Would be a good time to work on some accoutrements, except for this dang work-from-home thing.
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First week of a four week furlough. Kind of planned ahead or as soon as I caught wind. Recieved a 12" ,.40 barrel,a breechplug ,trigger in the mail today,got plenty of maple wood. Trying new ethnic recipes weekly and enough books for a retired fella.
But most importantly, prayer.
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Here in southwest Ohio
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But most importantly, prayer.
Isn't it strange that something so integral to our days has been skipped over completely. Thanks for being bold enough to mention it. Me too!!
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All, My wife Terry & I are in Florida until Apr. 15. Thus far, public beaches here have been closed as are restaurants, shopping malls, and movie theaters. We are fortunate enough to have no Covid-19 symptoms and have access to a private beach <100 yd. from our rented apartment: Few people go there now, and those that do keep their distance. We'll be taking the Auto Train to VA on Apr. 17, where we'll hole up in our compartment (has its own toilet) and bring our own food (for 2 reasons: social distancing + Amtrak food is awful!). The "adventure" begins once we're back in NY, where the virus has certainly made its presence known, but not so much in my county. (The city of Kingston, where I live, had 21 cases as of 3/25/20.) Hope you are healthy and stay that way! :pray:
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for the most part, my family and local friends are all well - so far. i expect that to change over the coming weeks. it is what it is.
lots depends on the state yer in - and i don't mean personal state of body and mind.
my state is NJ, and is a bastion of left-wing socialists lead by an elitist governor who is more tyrant than politician. i doubt there is a more anti-gun state than the swamps of jersey.
there are Huge Lessons for our nation to learn from this attack, both from government and citizen standpoints.
the mainstream media is the clear and present cause for the panic scare perpetrated to all Americans, supported and egged on by certain politicians. all sensationalism and little fact. they ALL need to be brought to task for their actions, but never will, as we've seen countless times in the past. when you have lots of money, you have power, and when you have power, you have what's most important - Control.
most people don't understand what a virus is all about, and neither do most biologist scientists, but we DO know that what we DON'T know will kill us sure and quick. all that we can do is be personally and socially responsible, and all that will do is slow down the cases of infection, which is a good thing so that not everyone is down for the count at the same time and the nation can continue ... gotta think about the big picture.
almost everyone will survive covid-19 and those who will die will be due to prior health issues and/or personal neglect.
the USA swine flu (another form of virus) killed an estimated 675,000 in 1918 and 13,000 in 2009.
As of March 25th, CDC report for COVID-19 in the USA ...
Total cases: 54,453
Total deaths: 737
Jurisdictions reporting cases: 54 (50 states, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, and US Virgin Islands)
Seasonal flu in the USA as reported via the CDC - just look at these numbers and put that into perspective with covid-19 ...
CDC estimates that the burden of illness during the 2018–2019 season included an estimated 35.5 million people getting sick with influenza, 16.5 million people going to a health care provider for their illness, 490,600 hospitalizations, and 34,200 deaths from influenza. The number of influenza-associated illnesses that occurred last season was similar to the estimated number of influenza-associated illnesses during the 2012–2013 influenza season when an estimated 34 million people had symptomatic influenza illness.
that too many state governments have shut down NICS, gun and ammo stores and sales, shooting ranges, is reprehensible and unconstitutional. these tyrant politicos need to be taken to task for their un-American actions. that's already happened in several states and at least two have recanted and removed those illegal anti-gun restrictions. not so far with NJ as it's overwhelmingly a blue state.
this is all the tip of the iceberg looming ahead in these ideological dark times for the USA.
be smart, be safe, be well, be armed.
r.
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Do You have a supply of TP or are you soon to be using "leaves" ?? :Doh!
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naw, i don't need no steenkin tp ...
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Much more enjoyable if you have it hooked up to hot and cold water and running through a mixing valve. :bigsmile:
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Doing fine just south of the mighty Columbia river. Built some garden boxes for the spouse, I had 5 yards of good mulch in the trailer and truck. That filled the boxes and then I used it to level out some low spots.
I practice social distance in the shop from my wife. In the evenings we play Yahtzee or Backgammon. A dram of whiskey and time for bed.
Our little county had no confirmed cases but were all know they are out there. No shooting in the near future, my shooting partners are practicing social distancing.
No fishing, all the boat ramps are closed, literally blocked with concrete.
Strange days indeed.
Randy
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naw, i don't need no steenkin tp ...
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All, My wife Terry & I are in Florida until Apr. 15. Thus far, public beaches here have been closed as are restaurants, shopping malls, and movie theaters. We are fortunate enough to have no Covid-19 symptoms and have access to a private beach <100 yd. from our rented apartment: Few people go there now, and those that do keep their distance. We'll be taking the Auto Train to VA on Apr. 17, where we'll hole up in our compartment (has its own toilet) and bring our own food (for 2 reasons: social distancing + Amtrak food is awful!). The "adventure" begins once we're back in NY, where the virus has certainly made its presence known, but not so much in my county. (The city of Kingston, where I live, had 21 cases as of 3/25/20.) Hope you are healthy and stay that way! :pray:
Good luck on the trip home. I agree on Kingston so far. My wife Terry and I were there in mid-February visiting my 99 year old Uncle Paul. Talked to him yesterday and he is hunkered down and feeling fine. He has a young fella (70 years old) who brings him his groceries. He lives alone in an apartment so he is isolated. We are fortunate that both he and my 95 year old mother in law (she lives 10 miles away) are able to live in apartments and take care of themselves otherwise if they were in assisted living we probably wouldn't be allowed to visit. Everyone take care and stay healthy.
Dave
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Thanks, Dave. Glad your uncle is in good health and hope he remains so. Btw, our range is still open and hasn't cancelled an April 4 shooting match (not smart, but no one asked me!). Also, 8 auto carrier cars on a n'bound Auto Train derailed the other day: too early to determine the cause, but no one was injured. That doesn't exactly inspire confidence, though!
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So far in NW Nebraska we're not under a gathering limit at this time - but that could change if the middle to eastern part of the State realizes we exist... Even then I don't know if we could round up enough folks to meet the limit? Just the way I like it.
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Wish I could shelter. Nurses don't get that option. Just being very careful and trusting in the Lord. So far so good :bl th up
IronHand
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Wish I could shelter. Nurses don't get that option. Just being very careful and trusting in the Lord. So far so good :bl th up
IronHand
Stay safe brother! :bow :bow :bow
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Wish I could shelter. Nurses don't get that option. Just being very careful and trusting in the Lord. So far so good :bl th up
IronHand
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Wish I could shelter. Nurses don't get that option. Just being very careful and trusting in the Lord. So far so good :bl th up
IronHand
Thank you IronHand!
It's folks like you, taking care of business as usual, that we should all be thankful for.
It's the guys and gals like you, that are in harms way every single day, that keep this Country Rollin.
Not the Movie Stars, not the Super overpaid Athletes, and not the News Casters that thrive on gloom and doom...……. But real people, just like you.
We're all very proud of you..... :bow :bow :bow
May the good Lord keep you safe. :pray:
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Wish I could shelter. Nurses don't get that option. Just being very careful and trusting in the Lord. So far so good :bl th up
IronHand
Thanks for your lifesaving dedication. The Lord will reward you. God Bless. :pray:
Dave
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Wish I could shelter. Nurses don't get that option. Just being very careful and trusting in the Lord. So far so good :bl th up
IronHand
Thanks for your lifesaving dedication. The Lord will reward you. God Bless. :pray:
Dave
Amen! :pray:
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Thanks for your lifesaving dedication. The Lord will reward you. God Bless. :pray:
My sentiments exactly! Stay safe....
~Kees~