Wednesday, December 4, 2019
Tuesday, December 3, 2019
Custom Kydex Holster? Yup! From HAWGHolsters dot Com!
We met John Abbot at a rifle workshop several years ago. He had brought his mother and he made sure she had a good experience. That's a good man, who takes care of his mother. John makes HAWGHolsters; a great product, and he takes care of his customers, too. Here's a look at the latest HAWG Holster that he has made for us. Look him up on on the Internet, or give him a call if you have a special need for a concealed carry holster.
Ruger's Auctions To Benefit The Light Foundation And The USA Shooting Team
I try to be positive, but I have to say that I'M OUT! Ruger is offering two Mk II Target pistols from 1984. These are New In Box Guns, and they are up above $1000 as I post this. I don't quite understand it, except there are generous people who will bid on things for the benefit of a good cause. Click on the photos to go to the GunBroker page and read the full descriptions; maybe place that winning bid! Both of these fine pistols will sell mid-day, Wednesday, December 4, 2019.
Monday, December 2, 2019
Tuesday Torque: Revisiting The 8 HP Bessemer
Gary Bahre has been doing some rework on the Bessemer. The rod bearing didn't suit him, so he did some work on the rod and poured a new bearing, then fitted it to the old engine. It has come a long way from the wreck we found at Martha, Kentucky more than forty years ago.
Sunday, December 1, 2019
Milk The Cow, Start The Coffee, Feed The Chickens...
Tonight we will bottle Sarsaparilla! Back To The Old Grind!
Friday, November 29, 2019
Weekend Steam: Union Pacific 4014
Merle thinks like we do, and he has been watching the Big Boy. We have also been checking out the 4014 on YouTube regularly. Thank You, Merle!
Steam engines in snow are dramatic. Here is one that we enjoyed this week as the Big Boy headed to Sharon Springs, Kansas.
Steam engines in snow are dramatic. Here is one that we enjoyed this week as the Big Boy headed to Sharon Springs, Kansas.
Thursday, November 28, 2019
Washington's Thanksgiving Proclamation
"Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor; and Whereas both Houses of Congress have, by their joint committee, requested me to "recommend to the people of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer, to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many and signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness:"Now, therefore, I do recommend and assign Thursday, the 26th day of November next, to be devoted by the people of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being who is the beneficent author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be; that we may then all unite in rendering unto Him our sincere and humble thanks for His kind care and protection of the people of this country previous to their becoming a nation; for the signal and manifold mercies and the favorable interpositions of His providence in the course and conclusion of the late war; for the great degree of tranquility, union, and plenty which we have since enjoyed; for the peaceable and rational manner in which we have been enable to establish constitutions of government for our safety and happiness, and particularly the national one now lately instituted for the civil and religious liberty with which we are blessed, and the means we have of acquiring and diffusing useful knowledge; and, in general, for all the great and various favors which He has been pleased to confer upon us.And also that we may then unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations and beseech Him to pardon our national and other transgressions; to enable us all, whether in public or private stations, to perform our several and relative duties properly and punctually; to render our National Government a blessing to all the people by constantly being a Government of wise, just, and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed; to protect and guide all sovereigns and nations (especially such as have shown kindness to us), and to bless them with good governments, peace, and concord; to promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue, and the increase of science among them and us; and, generally to grant unto all mankind such a degree of temporal prosperity as He alone knows to be best.Given under my hand, at the city of New York, the 3d day of October, A.D. 1789." G. Washington
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