DeepSouth

Moving a bit slow loading this brass for fire forming. Nice weather so spending more time outdoors. Checked my supply of grits, maybe enough for 2 bowls and exp date 11/20. New box over $3, bag less than $2, got a bag. Use the boxed ones up first.

Wasted time, gas and $10 for the gun show. Too high of price on everything I looked at. Spent $112 at Buck's 75% off sales. Got everything I wanted. I let the electric windows down in the truck on the way home. Left side did nothing when pressing the up button, right side slow. Covered the hole with plastic when I got home. Figured it was the motor. Sent a text to my boys for help, no reply. Looked at Utube, all replaced the regulator with motor. Checked Advance auto parts, $55 for motor, $75 for regulator. Have to remove regulator to get to the motor. I can see why they change the regulator. The cable is around a drum 6 times, didn't want to mess with it to save $20. Took 3 hours to replace. Seems everything I touched with the back of my hands and arms sent blood flowing. 5 band aids on left arm and 2 on the right. The mirror control broke when removing the wire harness. See if I can find one at pull a part soon. See if door panels look better than what I have too. Replace right side regulator later. Removed fence boards from 2X4's. Stacked boards against the fence, Stacked 2X4's close to the fire pit. My wife wanted Capt D's for dinner. The one in Horn Lake doesn't do very well so a trip to the Southaven location, much better food. It was windy, S 25 mph wind. I put together a tarp screen and enjoyed the fire pit and sitting out until 10 pm. Chemo infusion tomorrow, try not to do anything today.

The Batesville gun show wasn't much. Saw rifles, pistols and revolvers carried around for sale, no shotguns, lots on the tables. Ammo was on some of the tables by the box and cartons. Starting price on 410 ammo was $20 per 25. 5 turkey shells $65. The reloading dealer had primers starting at $9 per pack. 1 pack of large pistol primers for $12. 209 primers $17. I saw 3 410 shotguns, 2 were new, pump and auto. 1 single used and scuffed a lot for $225. Saw a few people that I know so we talked a bit. Didn't buy anything, wasted time, gas and $10. I stopped at Buck's. Got the last 3 large #16 flowerpots in light blue. 60"X100' fiber screen wire, spray clear coat paint, 2 bat houses, 1 bird feeder, 12 gauge 10 ft extension cord, 2 large rolls of velcro. A stop at Hobby Lobby, 12- 1 1/4" wood balls $2.49. Got the push rods for reloading made last night.

I missed the first 1 1/2 hours of the auction so I didn't set things up at fill casings. Wasted time, didn't see anything I wanted. I got a 1/4X36" wood dowel at Buck's for 34 cents. It was marked 89 cents, some were $1.29 and $1.39. Didn't see any wood drawer pulls. A stop at Home Deport, they want $1.27 per small pull, I'll check Hobby Lobby soon. Head to Batesville, MS gun show soon then a stop at Buck's on the way home.

I had a busy shopping day Thursday and Friday. Didn't finish grocery shopping Friday. Went to 5 stores and they didn't have all I wanted. My wife wants pineapple sorbet, only could find pineapple/lemon, pineapple/coconut and a few other flavors. Stopped at a location in Southaven where they are replacing a wood fence. Old western cedar panels 6 to 8 boards wide stacked neatly every 30 to 50 ft. I got 15 panels for projects. Removed the 4th board on each, made handling easier. The 2X4's are yellow wood, will cut shorter for the fire pit. They are ok to add to control mosquitos, don't burn the older green treated. Lots of 6X6 post 4 to 5 ft long, can't think of what they would be good for. Maybe flowerbed border. Buck's hardware 75% off sale this weekend, starts 8 am today, 10 am tomorrow. Batesville, MS gun show starts at 9 am today, 10 am tomorrow. Buck's will be a mad house and packed. I'll head to Batesville first, in a few. I have a list for both.

90 casings primed with large rifle primers. Some were forced a bit harder to seat. Some had to be decapped again to get the shell holder back. An old neighbor came by to check on me yesterday. Brought me 3 packs of old CCI large pistol primers. Got the remaining 100 casings primed while watching Utube movies last night. What do I owe her, 3 packs of new primers when I buy them. I got her and husband into reloading in 2000. I found a chart that compares primer pockets and primer sizes. Need a sticky for that instead of posting here. Shopping day, a stop at Buck's for 1/4" dowel rod and wood drawer pulls so I can pack powder and grits in casings tonight while watching the zoom auction from Senatobia, MS. Batesville, MS gun show this weekend. Suppose to be a reloading dealer there. Look for a cheap 410 too.

I too am looking for a 410 shotgun. A cheap single shot will do for me. I saw a Stevens 301 double at a Memphis, Whitehaven area pawn shop for $850. Sweat looking gun, just a lot more than I wish to pay.

All but the last 2 blocks got clear coat on the bottoms Sunday. Flipped them yesterday for a coat on tops. Looking pretty good. I'll check later, maybe a second coat. It shows, some people don't read all or understand what they read. I posted about some of the 303 casings not taking the new primers deep enough, primer hanging on shell holder. (Are they Berdan primed?) I don't mess with Berdan primed casings, sit them to the side for someone else to mess with. (The primer pockets need swagged.) No problem getting them in, just not deep enough. Will a swagger make the pocket deeper? Don't think so, just clear the crimped edge. These are Winchester large rifle primers from an estate sale years ago, not many, thought I'd use them to get rid of them. I found a large rifle primer chart, looking for a pistol chart too. Primers have different heights, Fed .117, CCI .118, Rem .119, Win .121.

Paypal wouldn't let me finish the transaction. The seller wanted me to screenshot the page with message from paypal. I called my daughter, NO, they can hack your account with it. I checked the son's name on facebook, got a few listings, none from USA. he then wants me to send money to his wife's paypal account. I looked her up on facebook, none in the USA either. I replied as I did for the son's account. This time I asked for his address for a money order to be sent. No, only through paypal. I told him we couldn't deal like this and haven't been back.

I signed into a few new to me facebook reloading groups and asked for brass. Got 1 reply from CO for 444 Marlin at a good price plus $10 shipping. Got his son's email address for paypal, name looks foreign. Tried to send money, got a scam report. Sent paypal a scam report on seller. Waiting.

Heavy rain blew in my portable carport last night. Everything is wet. Will move the bench sander and grinder to the garage for a few days to dry before seeing if they will work again. Guess I'll set up a paint station in the garage for the ones ready for clear coat and wait on the others. Still looking for a cheap 410 shotgun.

I looked, didn't see anything I want.

Another sanding to the last 2 blocks. Filled in more spots with glue and plastic wood. Need 1 more sanding. Rain for about 24 hours will keep me indoors and project slowed again.

Wednesday the infusion pump went off 2 more times overnight and 12 times Thursday morning. Looking for a pinched spot in the tube, I couldn't find a kinked looking spot. The readout showed low at noon so I headed to West for removal, told the nurse about the unit and she tagged it. I stopped at Buck's on the way home. Canned spray paint $1.99 per can plus 50% off, got 2 cans of clear coat. Bat houses $29.99 plus 50% off, got 1, I have plans to make more. Stopped at Home Depot to check on western cedar. Cheaper to buy the bat houses already made. When I left home my trashcan was against the curb about 4 ft from the driveway. Wind out of the south would have blown it away from the driveway. Nope, it was centered of my driveway when I got home. Moved about 12 ft to the south. Someone messing with me while I'm not in a good frame of mind. The loading blocks that were split are ready for a final sanding then clear coat all 11 at once. Rain to start soon, can hear the thunder getting close will keep that project shut down for about 26 hours. Checking the MVK website I see that Sardis lake doesn't have an outlet flow at the spillway. I can't walk the steps down and up or the rocks very well for now. Thinking about going Monday and fish between the wing walls. Need to repair the back rest of my stool before going

Sitting at my laptop trying to get over the infusion yesterday my pump beeped. What's it doing, still have 24 hours to go. The display showed pinched tube. I searched the tube from the port to the shoulder bag, removed the pump from the bag and searched more. No kink in the tube could be found. After listening to the beep for 5 minutes I turned the pump off. Waited 5 minute to turn it on. I pressed the start button, showed on. Release the button and it showed off. Well what the heck? I could have called the service number on the pump, figured I'd get someone I couldn't understand. West clinic is 6 miles away so I got dressed and head that way. The nurse pressed and held the start button close to 2 minutes and it was working again. "Wait here for 5 minutes before leaving in case it turns off again." I shopped about 3 hours at different stores on the way home. Sanded all the loading blocks, drilled out the dowels on the last 2 blocks. Drilled the 4 shell holes that split the boards. Cut the number of dowels needed. Raked and bagged a half 55 gallon bag of leaves. Rain ran me into the house at 4 pm. I fixed lunch and sat at the laptop eating. The pump beeped again. Turned off checked tube then turned it back on. Glued the dowels in the blocks. Thought about dinner, moved the laptop off the bed, turned lights off and slept most of the night in between thunders until 6 am today. These infusions do things like this every time.