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      in reply to: Tim Wells ??? #171481

      Do you have some links?

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

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

                      Kees
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                        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….

                        Kees
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                          What Scout said.

                          ~Kees~

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                            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.

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

                              ~Kees~

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                                in reply to: Deer season !!!! #170086

                                My first bow was a Pearson glass bow with a rubber handle, 45 lbs. draw.  A Christmas present from my folks.  It was a kit with the bow, three target arrows and three with broadheads, an arm guard, a tab and an instruction booklet.  I had it for many years, don’t remember what I did with it.  Probably gave it away.  I spent many hours in the back yard with it, flinging arrows at a root wad where the house builders had pushed over a tree.  Good memories!

                                Kees
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                                  I recently read “The Falcon” by John Tanner.  Neat book!  Right click on the photo, click on “Open in a new tab”, go to that tab and hold the control button down while scrolling and it should become large enough to read, at least that’s what my confuser dis.

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