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Things could get interesting this afternoon/evening as the temperature drops into the teens.
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Quoted: Grass? We have around 8 inches of snow under this ice. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Big nothing burger up here in Mercer county. Some ice but the roads are not bad. 80 is clear. I can still see my grass in some places. Grass? We have around 8 inches of snow under this ice. Grass. Maybe some drifting, but I can see about half my yard. The rest with snow might have an inch or 2. |
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Quoted: Grass. Maybe some drifting, but I can see about half my yard. The rest with snow might have an inch or 2. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Big nothing burger up here in Mercer county. Some ice but the roads are not bad. 80 is clear. I can still see my grass in some places. Grass? We have around 8 inches of snow under this ice. Grass. Maybe some drifting, but I can see about half my yard. The rest with snow might have an inch or 2. |
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Im probably pushing 8-9 here. Not too bad. It made a pain to trek through thougj stacking slabs
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Quoted: if you are talking about slabs of wood, I use my snowblower to make paths. View Quote Yepp, been milling in my off time. I did some cherry over days off out near cheat lake. Needless to say i didnt have the paths made lol. I nanaged though; made for a good workout and some nice wood |
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Quoted: Yepp, been milling in my off time. I did some cherry over days off out near cheat lake. Needless to say i didnt have the paths made lol. I nanaged though; made for a good workout and some nice wood View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: if you are talking about slabs of wood, I use my snowblower to make paths. Yepp, been milling in my off time. I did some cherry over days off out near cheat lake. Needless to say i didnt have the paths made lol. I nanaged though; made for a good workout and some nice wood What do you do with the lumber? |
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Quoted: What do you do with the lumber? View Quote Ive sold some green slabs that i wont use. Others i ripped the bark off and started drying for my own use. Using some red oak now for a dining room table. Took it up as a side hobby for when things slowed down for wireline. Plan is to get a kiln set up this spring, and possibly start selling more in the future. Currently only milling up to 36" wide now, hopefully will have a double ended milling bar soon that should put me up to 72".Still trucking fir oil and gas? |
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Quoted: Ive sold some green slabs that i wont use. Others i ripped the bark off and started drying for my own use. Using some red oak now for a dining room table. Took it up as a side hobby for when things slowed down for wireline. Plan is to get a kiln set up this spring, and possibly start selling more in the future. Currently only milling up to 36" wide now, hopefully will have a double ended milling bar soon that should put me up to 72".Still trucking fir oil and gas? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: What do you do with the lumber? Ive sold some green slabs that i wont use. Others i ripped the bark off and started drying for my own use. Using some red oak now for a dining room table. Took it up as a side hobby for when things slowed down for wireline. Plan is to get a kiln set up this spring, and possibly start selling more in the future. Currently only milling up to 36" wide now, hopefully will have a double ended milling bar soon that should put me up to 72".Still trucking fir oil and gas? Every once in a while... money isn't there like it was. I haul to all kinds of industrial locations also. Lumpy likes to make shit with lumber. @bulump Maybe he'll be interested |
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penndot announced plans to put a toll on the I79 bridge over Rt50 in Bridgeville.
8 other bridges across the state will suffer the same fate. you know this isnt going to stop with these 9. |
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They said in the article they claim it's due to declining fuel tax revenue then casually mention PennDots 8 billion dollar deficit they need to make up. Fortunately there are lots of routes that can be taken to avoid 79.
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Quoted: They said in the article they claim it's due to declining fuel tax revenue then casually mention PennDots 8 billion dollar deficit they need to make up. Fortunately there are lots of routes that can be taken to avoid 79. View Quote Toll won't end when the repairs are done either. Look at the Johnstown Flood tax. |
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Hopefully it gets killed in the public comment phase and they hire a financial advisor instead to help them properly manage our money.
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Quoted: They said in the article they claim it's due to declining fuel tax revenue then casually mention PennDots 8 billion dollar deficit they need to make up. Fortunately there are lots of routes that can be taken to avoid 79. View Quote toll is supposed to be around a dollar per car... commercial vehicles usually pay 3+ times the car rate. 87000 vehicles use that bridge daily. 12% trucks |
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Quoted: well I can go around in my rig, but its like 20 minutes longer and I use that bridge sometimes 6 times a day. Also taking the back way also takes me around the scales and the fuzz sits on the southpoint ramp and pulls over trucks going around the scales. so its really not that advantageous for commercial driver to go around. toll is supposed to be around a dollar per car... commercial vehicles usually pay 3+ times the car rate. 87000 vehicles use that bridge daily. 12% trucks View Quote Could you get off at Houston and run up over the hill to 980 or is that restricted? |
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Quoted: Could you get off at Houston and run up over the hill to 980 or is that restricted? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: well I can go around in my rig, but its like 20 minutes longer and I use that bridge sometimes 6 times a day. Also taking the back way also takes me around the scales and the fuzz sits on the southpoint ramp and pulls over trucks going around the scales. so its really not that advantageous for commercial driver to go around. toll is supposed to be around a dollar per car... commercial vehicles usually pay 3+ times the car rate. 87000 vehicles use that bridge daily. 12% trucks Could you get off at Houston and run up over the hill to 980 or is that restricted? |
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Quoted: Chartiers run road or something like that. local trucks use that alot. then what? take 980 to 50 and over to Bridgeville and the possible traffic nightmare around that interchange? thats a 30 minute ride in a commercial vehicle. I'll pay the toll instead. time is way more expensive than an extra $20 bucks a day. also its at least 15 miles longer. 2-4 mpg, do that math. View Quote Yeah, N. Main -> Chartiers Run -> 980. You can take 980 all the way up to the McDonald/Midway interchange on 22/30. Not sure where you are running to and from so it may not benefit you at all. I've found that it's about equal in time versus 79 -> 376 -> 22/30. |
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Daughter went back to "school" (daycare) this week for the first time since covid started. Went to bed fine but woke up three hours later with Croup.
So got to spend a few hours in Children's ER last night. My daughter is a boss though, and had to wear sunglasses through the whole experience so the doctors knew she was the *cool girl." |
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Quoted: Yeah, N. Main -> Chartiers Run -> 980. You can take 980 all the way up to the McDonald/Midway interchange on 22/30. Not sure where you are running to and from so it may not benefit you at all. I've found that it's about equal in time versus 79 -> 376 -> 22/30. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Chartiers run road or something like that. local trucks use that alot. then what? take 980 to 50 and over to Bridgeville and the possible traffic nightmare around that interchange? thats a 30 minute ride in a commercial vehicle. I'll pay the toll instead. time is way more expensive than an extra $20 bucks a day. also its at least 15 miles longer. 2-4 mpg, do that math. Yeah, N. Main -> Chartiers Run -> 980. You can take 980 all the way up to the McDonald/Midway interchange on 22/30. Not sure where you are running to and from so it may not benefit you at all. I've found that it's about equal in time versus 79 -> 376 -> 22/30. I just realized now that if you get on at bridgeville you still have to go across that bridge |
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Quoted: Every once in a while... money isn't there like it was. I haul to all kinds of industrial locations also. Lumpy likes to make shit with lumber. @bulump Maybe he'll be interested View Quote Agreed. I took 2 pay cuts last year as well all while increasing workload and adding new equipment and software. Stage prices have been pretty low too, so the money def isnt what it use to be. Been looking for an out myself still lol. Need to get something to keep me home more with the wife and kids |
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Any of you ever taken any carbine or pistol classes locally?
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Quoted: Any of you ever taken any carbine or pistol classes locally? View Quote Quoted: Any of you play airsoft? View Quote No we're old bums. |
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Quoted: I can only afford to shoot these and make pew pew sounds nowadays. https://cbsnews2.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/r/2019/08/30/839af479-2750-444e-9c04-714cb0cc90e7/thumbnail/1200x630/e9dd735178913001125484b52902aedb/gettyimages-184974640.jpg View Quote $0.0024 cpr. Just saying |
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Shit, my son's airsoft guns are nice; no doubt.
The look in my son's eyes firing an AR for the first time last weekend. We shot 40 rounds and he was all like: Dad, bring more bullets next time |
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Quoted: I bought a G17 (which is pretty neat) with the intention of playing/training, was planning on getting an AR also. That plan seems to have died. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Any of you play airsoft? I bought a G17 (which is pretty neat) with the intention of playing/training, was planning on getting an AR also. That plan seems to have died. Just like my plan to get my HAM license |
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Quoted: Just like my plan to get my HAM license View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Any of you play airsoft? I bought a G17 (which is pretty neat) with the intention of playing/training, was planning on getting an AR also. That plan seems to have died. Just like my plan to get my HAM license Exactly! |
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Quoted: I bought a G17 (which is pretty neat) with the intention of playing/training, was planning on getting an AR also. That plan seems to have died. View Quote This is where I am at, minus the death of the plan. I picked up a pistol and 2 AKs. I plan to (maybe) sell one of the Aks to fund an M4. Airsoft (in theory) seem to be a good way to practice weapons manipulation in a manner more fun than dry fire and less expensive then live fire. There is also the force on force aspect of it if you attend matches/event. I also see it as a way I can introduce and develop firearm safety to my boys prior to their introduction to real firearms. |
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Yes I have been to a couple local course, and have worked for a few of them as a assistant instructor.
What are you looking for? |
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Quoted: Yes I have been to a couple local course, and have worked for a few of them as a assistant instructor. What are you looking for? View Quote @1-75Ranger I'm open to course suggestions of any kind. I have no formal training of any kind so I was really looking to see if anyone knows of good instructors in the area. If I have to narrow it down I'd really like to find a good defensive carbine course. |
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I am going to send you a PM, I can gladly help you find what your looking for
Quoted: @1-75Ranger I'm open to course suggestions of any kind. I have no formal training of any kind so I was really looking to see if anyone knows of good instructors in the area. If I have to narrow it down I'd really like to find a good defensive carbine course. View Quote |
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Yes! I actually had about an hour of free time the morning of the 8th so I ran out to the club to test fire/sight in a rifle. I finally ordered those steel targets I talked about getting a year ago and they should be arriving in a few days. My wife brought up going shooting the other night so we'll probably be making a meaningful trip to the range sometime in the next couple weeks. I'll let you know when I have a better idea what day it will be.
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Quoted: Yes! I actually had about an hour of free time the morning of the 8th so I ran out to the club to test fire/sight in a rifle. I finally ordered those steel targets I talked about getting a year ago and they should be arriving in a few days. My wife brought up going shooting the other night so we'll probably be making a meaningful trip to the range sometime in the next couple weeks. I'll let you know when I have a better idea what day it will be. View Quote Sounds good! Just found out this weekend we have our second kid on the way, so the time for me to do anything fun is now |
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Quoted: Sounds good! Just found out this weekend we have our second kid on the way, so the time for me to do anything fun is now View Quote Congratulations! Round 2 is a lot easier with the exception of a few unique struggles. Prepare for the oldest to kick off a streak of terror once they realize "their" attention had shifted to the baby |
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Quoted: Congratulations! Round 2 is a lot easier with the exception of a few unique struggles. Prepare for the oldest to kick off a streak of terror once they realize "their" attention had shifted to the baby View Quote My sister just had he second so I'm witnessing it in real time. It's not pretty |
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Quoted: Thanks! You ever get out coyote hunting? View Quote I got out the three nights of the contest weekend. Nothing. Could have had a fox the one night. Hunted with the PVS14 year this, no more using visible light. Each year I get more expensive equipment, be it for shooting or cold weather gear. I need to bag a winner on a contest weekend just to help pay for some of it. I enjoy it though. |
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Quoted: I got out the three nights of the contest weekend. Nothing. Could have had a fox the one night. Hunted with the PVS14 year this, no more using visible light. Each year I get more expensive equipment, be it for shooting or cold weather gear. I need to bag a winner on a contest weekend just to help pay for some of it. I enjoy it though. View Quote I've always wanted to try it out, just never had the gear. I'm trying to talk @hill_monkey into getting thermal |
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