[Kees]

in reply to: 2025 is Here. Whatcha Got Going? #172161

Hoo boy, have I been de-something or other, darn senior moments!  Had the word on my mind but it zipped away while I was typing.  Anyway, I should have been checking up on you and your healing progress, please do forgive me!  Thanks for the update.

Give the arm plenty of time to heal.  You don’t want to overdo it and be back to square one!  Had a guy I worked with who messed up his back and every time he felt better, he would try to outdo the rest of the people on the survey crew and be right back to the doctor and on a limited work schedule.

I was just out flinging arrows in the back yard.  Didn’t do too bad, but nothing to write home about.  Consistency is NOT my strong point!  But, I’m doing better than I used to so that’s a plus….

Derelict!  That’s the word I was looking for!  :>)

[Kees]

in reply to: 2025 is Here. Whatcha Got Going? #171983

I think you are one lucky guy, despite the surgery + rehab!  I hope you thanked your S-I-L for coming to your aid….

~Kees~

[Kees]

in reply to: 2025 is Here. Whatcha Got Going? #171977

So what did you DO?  Was it a fall?  Is the scrape on your ankle related to the tendon tear, or an entirely separate issue?  Were you wearing tenny runners or boots?

Anyway, I wish you a speedy recovery!

~Kees~

[Kees]

in reply to: 2025 is Here. Whatcha Got Going? #171971

Ouch!  That doesn’t look good, hope you heal up fast. (I assume the photo is before surgery.)

~Kees~

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in reply to: 2025 is Here. Whatcha Got Going? #171706

Compressing the straw bales with ratchet straps worked great!  They now fit in my (rather beat up at this point) target “house”.  Thanks for the suggestion!

~Kees~

 

[Kees]

in reply to: 2025 is Here. Whatcha Got Going? #171644

That’s a good idea!  I have a couple of ratchet straps lying around, I can put them to good use.

Speaking of straw bales, from a past post of yours I guess that you shoot at the side of the bales, and not the top/bottom where the wire or string is, am I correct?  I have always had the bales on their side so I could slide the paper plates under the wires to hold them in place.  That works well for field points but probably not so well for broadheads!

I’m keeping the rain right here.  I’m enjoying not having to water the plants for a change!  You will have to do your own rain-dance.

[Kees]

in reply to: 2025 is Here. Whatcha Got Going? #171634

I finally got around to replacing the headlights on the 2006 Taurus, and what a difference it made!  The left light has always been funky, when I hit the high beams it would increase the light on the pavement right in front to the car.  I couldn’t get it to adjust so I took it to a body shop which also couldn’t get it to adjust.  Eventually (last week) I decided to quit monkeying around and ordered a new, made-in-China headlight assembly.  Installed the left one last night and the right one this a.m.  I did find out why it was acting weird on the left side; somehow the bulb assembly was in upside down.  That at least solved the mystery of having it shine down on the pavement in high beam mode.  I’m not sure how that happened as there are three locator pins, two close together and the other across from them so somebody had to really work to install the bulb and its holder 180* out.  Anyway, they work just like they’re supposed to now.  The two-pack of headlight assemblies was less than $100 so that didn’t hurt too badly.

Otherwise life just seems to putter along.  I have the veggie garden going, although my enthusiasm has decreased immensely.  We are having a hot summer with lots of rain which the trees like.  Everything is lush and green.  Got a couple of straw bales for my target and they are wider than the box I made so won’t fit in it and are just stacked in front of it for now.

Hope everyone is having a good summer.  Stay cool!

[Kees]

in reply to: Tim Wells ??? #171632

I just did, and here is one result:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCciKxVP5wiVRaNz_Ls5ibew

[Kees]

in reply to: Tim Wells ??? #171481

Do you have some links?

[Kees]

in reply to: Archery in the Schools #170869

Amen to that, Mr. Roop, amen to that!

[Kees]

in reply to: 2025 is Here. Whatcha Got Going? #170860

Got the youngest boy home a week ago.  He got tired of living in a tent with no job in Florida.  First time we’ve seen him in 7 years.  He took on a growing spurt during that time, is 3″+ taller than he was at graduation in 2017.  Got his old cooking job back at a local diner where they are impressed with how he remembered all the ins and outs of the job.  I hope it all works out for him and he doesn’t start hanging out with his druggy friends again!  In the meantime he is living at home until he saves up enough to get a car and an apartment.  It has been a bit stressful for us, having gotten used to being by ourselves, but e en this shall pass.

Hope everyone here is well!

[Kees]

in reply to: Archery in the Schools #170859

Terrific! There is an Archery in Schools program in several of the schools around here, something great to see.

And we ALL can stand some improvement, even those who can stack their arrows in 4″ at 25 yards (NOT me).

~Kees~

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in reply to: 2025 is Here. Whatcha Got Going? #170568

I’m good (I think). Amazon is sending another out and the broken one was put in a UPS drop box, on Amazon’s dime. Harbor Freight is 50 miles away, and even with 24 mpg of the car I would burn $12 worth of gas for a round trip there.  I can always do what I have before and held the arrows in my bench vice, but that is in the garage which is unheated and uninsulated, not very comfortable at this time of year!  Thanks for the suggestions, though.

[Kees]

in reply to: 2025 is Here. Whatcha Got Going? #170554

Getting frustrated! I want a small vise which I can clamp to the kitchen table top to hold my arrow shafts while I saw the notch for the nock. I found & ordered one on Amazon which looked like it would work. It arrived and was way too large and heavy so I sent it back. Then I found and ordered a smaller one which should fit the bill. It arrived this morning and did not weigh a ton. Took it out of the box and the handle for the table clamp portion was lying separate. I tried pushing it on as the splines on the screw portion look good, but the hole in the handle appears to be rounded out so it just spins on the shaft. I thought about using JB Weld to put it together but decided to return it for a replacement. So now I sit here waiting for another box from Amazon. They aren’t charging me anything for the return which is a plus, but it is still maddening.

Looking at it, it is a lot cruder than the one my dad had 65 years ago, which was made in the USA before our politicians killed our industry and sent manufacturing overseas!

[Kees]

in reply to: 2025 is Here. Whatcha Got Going? #170467

Yeah, this rough, tough ex-Alaskan has become acclimatized to Ohio, and those temperatures don’t do it for me anymore!  Stay in except for getting firewood and filling the bird feeders….

~Kees~

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