NWI INGO General Thread #26 - Pink Pooping Spiders & Raccons

[2A_Tom]

Still slick in spots. Started sliding toward a vehicle at a stop sign.

It was their fault for stopping!

 

[mmpsteve]

The United States Postal Service can go **** itself. This ******** just feels intentional now.

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Yep. Major malfunction between all these "distribution" centers. I've got a letter in one of the USPS official expedited envelopes that went from Schererville to Elk Grove Village distribution (which I'd never heard of after 38 years in the mail biz), then onto Bedford Park for several days, and now in Chicago distribution. I mailed on Thursday and it's supposed to be heading south to Indy.

Regional Postmaster must be so proud.

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[aclark]

More icy patches on the roads today than yesterday. Just goes to show, that like everything our .gov does, school closures are just for show and not safety.

On a unrelated but adjacent topic. I realized I forgot to grab a package that I had to drop off after taking the kids to school. Got back home and ran in the house to grab it. It was in the basement so I took a step down the stairs and reached for the light switch - not grabbing the handrail. Missed the switch as my wet heel slid off the top stair at same time, and ended up falling about 1/2-3/4 of the way down the stairs. Heard my back crack a couple times and it knocked the wind out of me for a couple seconds. I think I'm going to feel this later today or tomorrow, going to make my drive to Toledo this afternoon pleasant.

 

[melensdad]

… It was in the basement so I took a step down the stairs and reached for the light switch - not grabbing the handrail. Missed the switch as my wet heel slid off the top stair at same time, and ended up falling about 1/2-3/4 of the way down the stairs. Heard my back crack a couple times and it knocked the wind out of me for a couple seconds. I think I'm going to feel this later today or tomorrow, going to make my drive to Toledo this afternoon pleasant.

It’s hell to be old like you

 

[Max Volume]

Since my can is still in jail I have found that 22 shorts are just as quiet as a 22 pellet gun at the target trap.

 

[d.kaufman]

Since my can is still in jail I have found that 22 shorts are just as quiet as a 22 pellet gun at the target trap.

Cci quiets are pretty good too especially in a bolt action with longer barrel

 

[Max Volume]

I need to put some rags in the target to reduce splatter.

 

[KLB]

Check your sump pumps if you have them.

Ours wasn't quite keeping up since the discharge was dumping it right next to the house. Got it redirected, and now we are getting around to finally cleaning the basement.

 

[melensdad]

Check your sump pumps if you have them.

Ours wasn't quite keeping up since the discharge was dumping it right next to the house. Got it redirected, and now we are getting around to finally cleaning the basement.

Grew up in a house that would flood when the pump failed.

Nasty.

Built our house on a hill for a reason, no sump pump needed here

 

[cg21]

I need to put some rags in the target to reduce splatter.

Nothing quite as fun as shooting indoors…. Air rifle or bow… both quiet bow is a little dicier since air misses by centimeters

 

[d.kaufman]

Pretty hefty roof leak at the shop showed itself today. Right above the office of course. Had to think on my toes and devise something to at least divert the leaks to the ground. If you look at the corner of the galvanized box youll see the stream of water. I'm guessing around a gallon per minute. Roofer will be there in the morning

 

[mmpsteve]

Hope everyone's staying dry.

Does anybody here have experience with the wrap-a-round grip sets that you add to your existing grips for a little better texture or just more to grab onto?

Do they stay put, or move around?

Like this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/28452420440...70PMaqpo10TF45zH2BFNaizNC0w5|tkp:BFBMnueO4adj

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[Ballstater98]

Hope everyone's staying dry.

Does anybody here have experience with the wrap-a-round grip sets that you add to your existing grips for a little better texture or just more to grab onto?

Do they stay put, or move around?

Like this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/284524204409?hash=item423ef6d179:g:8lAAAOSwZQJki0rv&amdata=enc:AQAIAAAA4HU4mIlKN0FNBCZvV51hWxhVFlxZ+lJ5KiwWtp/79pA9CSyHL476WTjhawGlGeHRY66IDenI2FGuB6MlVi3RJgf231HEzeSE78syscSpWJB1Iy75we/L3+7B6MD2bsEYmPxTIDCXHUgDx5SpB6VEfUzatWrYqZXfxBiRnjIk40+TJm1h9kwkmwIWg1SOC8KPGarAh9PCHM/IVnMNvKMiw3rchfX+7RB2F1+qYgEy5kykad42XYxIJZy9XTMTdtJIFpK9/6OVQ78XwnoN70PMaqpo10TF45zH2BFNaizNC0w5|tkp:BFBMnueO4adj

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Most people I know use Talon Grips. They have never complained about them saying they stay put.

 

[Ballstater98]

Check your sump pumps if you have them.

Ours wasn't quite keeping up since the discharge was dumping it right next to the house. Got it redirected, and now we are getting around to finally cleaning the basement.

That's why my neighbor and I trenched pipe out to the ditch out by the road. Get that water from the sump pump and gutters away from the house!

 

[KLB]

That's why my neighbor and I trenched pipe out to the ditch out by the road. Get that water from the sump pump and gutters away from the house!

Ours isn't below the frost line, so it doesn't work in the Winter.

 

[bigretic]

Anyone recognize this track ? 1950s date range.

 

[chef larry]

Pretty hefty roof leak at the shop showed itself today. Right above the office of course. Had to think on my toes and devise something to at least divert the leaks to the ground. If you look at the corner of the galvanized box youll see the stream of water. I'm guessing around a gallon per minute. Roofer will be there in the morning
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Indoor plumbing.

 

[Ballstater98]

Ours isn't below the frost line, so it doesn't work in the Winter.

Ours is. We both keep an eye on the caged exit portion.

 

[Ballstater98]

Indoor plumbing.

Put a water dish down there for the snake(s).

 

[bigretic]

Also 1950s… and gun related - my dad in the army. Just after the Korean War. Been going through a bunch of old photos and slides in his stuff.