Darrell

I took a trip into NC yesterday, and was tickled to find diesel for $4.81 a gallon, after paying right at $5 here. Then it struck me that I really should be furious to be paying that much. I sure hope my pain at the pump is causing Putin a LOT of grief!

I just added bike #6 to the stable. This one's a 2006 Ducati 999 with just 6000 miles on it. But it's been sitting for several years and needs a bunch of things done before it can be ridden. I'm looking forward to it, though.

I just bought another motorcycle (my OTHER addiction) and while my wife was nice about the bike, I'm thinking now is not the time to bring up a rifle. Darn it, I'd like to, though.

Yeah, there's something wrong with my trials bike, as it just won't do stuff like that!

I rode for many years without a MC endorsement; the entire time I was in the Marine Corps and for a couple years after. I finally decided I really should go take the test and get legal, so I rode my Harley Lowrider down to the local California DMV to take the riding test. The instructor came outside, took a look at the bike, asked me if how much I'd ridden it, and then signed off on the test without me ever starting the bike. By that time I'd been road-racing for several years and had owned quite a few bikes. But since then I've taken a number of riding classes, mostly high-performance classes on the track. I've learned things (and ignored things) in every single class. The most fun class of all was a trials riding class taken from a former world champ. That one was eye-opening.

Just three? I must be at around 30! I had a model airplane come after me one day and slice two fingers down to the bone several times. I thought a had a picture, but can't find it now. It was pretty ugly, though.

Keep it at my house. Be sure to leave the key in case I need to move it around. I've had my wife for 43 years, and have owned one or more bikes continuously for 48 years. She knows that bikes are part of who I am, and luckily for me, she enjoys riding with me on nice days. I've had a few close calls, but then I've had close calls in the Marine Corps, in cars, out in the woods, and walking across the street. No one gets out alive, you may as well have fun while you're here.

And I was shocked at how expensive they'd become!

I'm seeing primers for sale on-line at about $100 / 1000 shipped. And they're Russian-manufactured. Given current events I wonder how reliable those would be. I've been looking for H1000 or Retumbo for some time without any luck, but I often see other powders available.

My Lee Pro 1000 is 25 years old, I guess, and it still works well. But it sure won't still be running long after I'm gone!

Funny how you said "not Dillons", and half your responses tell you to go buy a Dillon. I never wanted to spend that much on a press, either, but then I don't load thousands at a time. I generally use a Lee turret press, which works great, or a single stage press. But I also bought a Lee progressive that I use for a couple of pistol rounds. It works fine, and I have no complaints with it. You can buy a bullet-feeder for it, but I just manually place the bullet. I have no experience with the Dillons, and I don't doubt for a second that they're superior, but for those of us on a budge the Lee works pretty well.

BLASPHEMER!!!!

I go past the local co-op fairly often, and have bought a few things there but never paid any attention to whether they had dyed diesel or not. I'll stop and talk with them. Thanks! I don't burn a lot of diesel in my tractor, I buy 25 or 30 gallons in jugs every few months. Still.....

I've always used pump diesel in my tractor, as I really don't burn all that much doing chores around my property. But with the current price of fuel I'm thinking that saving the $0.28 a gallon in taxes might be worthwhile. I know I cannot used dyed fuel in my pickup truck, but what other rules apply? Do I need a special permit to buy dyed diesel? And how do you find the stuff? I don't think I've ever noticed it for sale anywhere around me.

LSN (local shopping network), Craigslist, Cycletrader, eBay. I look at LSN and Craigslist daily, just in case there's something I didn't know I wanted.

Back in Washington I fed the little buggers, (squirrels) every day. Even made little feeding stands in the trees. They'd be on the stand while I poured out sunflower seeds. But all the sudden they decided to show their gratitude by invading my garage and chewing on stuff. I felt badly about it, but I started trapping and shooting them. They'd have been fine if they'd just stayed outside and left me to the inside, but alas. All my fault, of course, I just didn't think ahead.

Here in Crab Orchard we have four or five inches on the ground, and it's still falling. 60's and sunny yesterday! Don't like the weather? Wait an hour.

I'm with you.... but. I fly model airplanes and I have to say that the electric powered models are more reliable than the fuel-powered models, and much less trouble. The electric motors and batteries fail less frequently than the engines do. On the other hand, typical flight times for an electric model are around 5 minutes whereas a glow-fuel engine plane can go 20. Battery and motor tech has come a long way, and I expect that it will eventually be safe in an airplane for short-duration flights.

Thanks. The range I use doesn't have those special requirements.

Please forgive my ignorance, but what is "qualification" and why is it desirable?