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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!

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in reply to: Tim Wells ??? #171632

I just did, and here is one result:

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

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in reply to: Tim Wells ??? #171481

Do you have some links?

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in reply to: Archery in the Schools #170869

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

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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!

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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.

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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!

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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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in reply to: 2025 is Here. Whatcha Got Going? #170453

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in reply to: 2025 is Here. Whatcha Got Going? #170279

It snowed yesterday and last night; more than we had all last year!

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in reply to: 2025 is Here. Whatcha Got Going? #170236

Had an inch or so of snow this morning, temperature of 34*.  Swept the sidewalks for me and a couple of my neighbors. When the dog and I walked to the P.O. around noon the road was pretty slushy; I tried to stay where it was dry so his feet wouldn’t get cold. Spent the day putsing around the house. Went to the Wayne N.F.  and got a firewood permit for 2025.  I may actually get out and get enough for next Winter. Otherwise it’s been pretty quiet. We’re supposed to get more snow tonight & tomorrow. I need to get out to the shed and move stuff around so the snow blower and generator are readily available.

M/L deer season starts tomorrow & runs through the 7th.  I may get out and see what can be found….

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in reply to: Whatcha Got Going 2024? #170202

What Scout said.

~Kees~

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in reply to: What the / what the …………. ?????? #170171

It’s a book, full title is “How to get rid of The Archer’s Reflex” by Jes Lysgaard.  Enter that into you favorite search engine and it should pop up with several places which have it.  Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Hoopla came up on my search.

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in reply to: Whatcha Got Going 2024? #170130

Merry Christmas, y’all, or as they say in the Islands, Mele Kalikimaka!

~Kees~

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