The 20th Official Random Discussion and Cat & Maggie's Dad Dog Rescue for TPBM (20)

thomascanty wrote in post #7294773
Wimp... It's 33 here.

44 going to 60

Guineh wrote in post #7294783
Tonight we'll be under a high risk for severe weather. Hail, Isolated (haha) tornados, damaging winds, torrential rains, and of course lightening.

I love spring in Texas! Even if it isn't quite spring yet!

Fun! Do you still live in a flash flood zone?

Thanks Mike

short5 wrote in post #7294809
I have been a shooter and collector most my life. It fits with the whole "I like things that go boom" personality. Since taking up horses and photography I really don't shoot much or spend money on it anymore. I really like tools and precision instruments so guns fit in.

You'd get along well with my grandfather and uncle. Both collect and shoot regularly. The thing I remember most about my uncle's house was the smell of the oil he used to clean and lubricate his guns. Both grandpa and my uncle packed their own shells, so had lots of interesting equipment containers of shot, and gunpowder.

short5 wrote in post #7294825
Fun! Do you still live in a flash flood zone?

Yeah, we still have the creek behind us. It's gotten spooky a couple times, but so far never flooded us.

Harm wrote in post #7294824
We will deffo get a dog when we move into a house...until then, no pets allowed at this apt complex.

Same here. We're technically over the limit with 3 cats, besides, the novelty of a dog will wear off if we have one.

Can't wait to see how he is at the zoo this year.

The good news, I suppose, is we have flood insurance, and now our data is being stored at an offsite facility.. So, should anything ever happen ...

I'll have a zoo once we move into a house I fear. eli wants hamsters, I keep putting him off with the we need a house line.

short5 wrote in post #7294781
*Throws tear gas at Tiff*

*busts out AK-47 supersoaker and points the business end at the flaming man*

thomascanty wrote in post #7294773
Wimp... It's 33 here.

:p 50 now!

short5 wrote in post #7294781
I am guessing you guys don't use Hershey chocolate chips.

I don't use anything Hershey Finding choc chips shouldn't b a problem though. It's the dough I need to know how to make

Guineh wrote in post #7294835
You'd get along well with my grandfather and uncle. Both collect and shoot regularly. The thing I remember most about my uncle's house was the smell of the oil he used to clean and lubricate his guns. Both grandpa and my uncle packed their own shells, so had lots of interesting equipment containers of shot, and gunpowder.

I reload also. It can either save money or in my case it allows me to experiment with powder and projectile combinations to create a custom load much more accurate than anything out of a box. I can also meticulously weigh the powder load making very consistent and accurate ammunition. I can seat the projectile in a case custom fit to the chamber of a particular gun making it much more accurate. One more thing I do is go through a process that coats the projectile in molybdenum disulfide. This prevents friction in the barrel, and eliminates copper fouling in the bore, which detracts from accuracy. Can you tell I am all about accuracy?

I never had any pet *cries alone in corner*

Guineh wrote in post #7294844
Yeah, we still have the creek behind us. It's gotten spooky a couple times, but so far never flooded us.

I have a small lake behind me. It's a man made lake and the normal water level is about 8 feet below my house. Last year when hurricane Gustav and Ike blew in two weeks or so apart and dumped something like 15 inches of rain on our hears between them the lake got within a foot of it's bank but never quite overflowed. My sump pumps were working overtime though.

DDA wrote in post #7294905
I never had any pet *cries alone in corner*

not even a pet spider in a jar?

sevillafox wrote in post #7294892
*busts out AK-47 supersoaker and points the business end at the flaming man*

*shoots Tiff between eyes, erm, I mean plays gleefully, running from water*

DDA wrote in post #7294905
I never had any pet *cries alone in corner*

Awww go get you a goldfish or something you can name. I have to warn you though. Whatever you get is going to die on you Unless you are a tortoise kind of guy. They live a long time. How old are you anyhow? I just realized I have no idea.

Harm wrote in post #7294913
not even a pet spider in a jar?

I brought a black widow home once. They are not common here so I was thrilled to find one in a nursery plant I had brought in from out of state. I put her in a cage and she birthed like 12 million babies the size of a period in the news paper.