Tuesday Turbo Boost

Pinckneyville! Coming Up Thursday, August 15-18!

 It's time for the American Thresherman annual show,  beginning August 15,2013.  Pack your bags, grab the family, and load the car!

You will see old gas engines, old tractors, steam engines, sawmilling, and threshing.  There will be a tractor pull, and antique cars, too.  We are looking forward to seeing the latest restorations by Gary Bahre.  He has a couple of engines running now that are guaranteed to turn the other collectors a pretty shade of green.

CLICK HERE to see the flyer for this year's show.   Here are a couple of videos from last year. 

Let's Hope He Listened To Jeff

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 True Blue Sam the Travelin' Man: Jeff Quinn Reviews The Ruger 77/357 Rifle!

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The .357 cartridge is not a wise choice for grizzlies, whether in a pistol or a rifle.  If you are contemplating one of these fine little Ruger bolt actions, you need to recognize the limitations.  Out of a rifle, the .357 has less power than a 30-30, which is a mighty fine deer cartridge, and a pretty good black bear cartridge.  The 30-30 has killed grizzlies, but if you do a little research you will find that the .30-06 is the minimum recommended for the big bears.  

 

Go revisit Jeff Quinn's review if you have one of these rifles on your wish list.  It is a good close-range deer rifle, and can be loaded down for popping squirrels and rabbits, but big bears need bigger medicine.

Ready Or Not

Back To The Old Grind!

Fun With The Mk III

Not My Victrola

Pianosyncrazy with his 1925 Stroud Duo-Art Player.

Weekend Steam

Kitten engine, theshing at Boonville, Indiana at the 50th anniversary show, July, 2013.

Hey Kids!...

....How many pieces of junk can you count in the landscape?

 And more is waiting in reserve!

Another angle.

Brat and I will crank up the Brunswick on Friday.  Stay Tuned.

Surprised?

Well, you shouldn't be.  The surprise lilies around the old homesite have been popping up every summer for over 100 years.  Cora would have planted these sometime after she and Green Berry bought the farm in 1903.  These flowers are always a joy to see every summer.  You can just barely see a pecan tree behind the chainlink on the left side of the photo. It is well over two feet in diameter, and was a nut poked into the ground in 1945.  The pin oak you see on the right side of the photo is also well over two feet in diameter, and I remember it in 1975 when it was just 1 1/2" in diameter.  Jack is Head of Ranch Security since HeyJoe died last year.  Jack was two years old when he bounced into his compound in '08.  He's smart, brave, and can sleep peacefully with cats walking all over him.

De-Escalate The Situation?

One of Bloomberg's mouthpieces tells us that you should run, fight with your fists, or de-escalate the situation if someone is attacking you with an ax, because it would be wrong to shoot someone if they don't have a gun.  Nettie would argue that, if she could.  Her husband didn't even spend the rest of his life in jail for this axe murder at Gladstone, Illinois.  

The day we were married, the Mrs. told me never to hit her.  I told her that I would never do that, and she said, "If you ever hit me, I'll shoot you."  I bet her daddy told her to say that, but I never questioned her sincerity, and I wish more people could have her attitude and fortitude. 

When someone threatens to hurt you, you might die.  Plan ahead, and act to save your life.