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Posted by DiYi (Member # 3785) on February 12, 2013, 08:30 AM:
I see those pics from the south and west and feel sorry for you guys dealing with all that heat,cactus,greenery,etc.
Accordingly since the wife and i are grilling steaks tonight I want to invite you guys to a free steak dinner.BYO shovels and beer.
(pic of grill taken yesterday after about 20 inches and 30 hours of 'blow')
Posted by DAA (Member # 11) on February 12, 2013, 11:06 AM:
That's about what mine looks like too.
Night before last I told the kids I'd give $10 to whoever could guess the closest what will be the FIRST day this year you can't see ANY SNOW in our front yard. The soonest guess is March 25, but the oldest thinks April 10. I think he's going to win the $10... Except his little sister is kinda funny when it comes to collecting money. I won't be surprised if I come hom on March 24th and see her out there getting all the snow out of our front yard.
- DAA
Posted by Kokopelli (Member # 633) on February 12, 2013, 01:44 PM:
Man, you guys are SOOOOOO lucky that you have a reason to stay indoors. ![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
I had to spend part of the day out back in a t-shirt doing yard work. ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
If all goes well, next week I'll get the holes dug so I can concrete in the posts for my throwing knife target. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
Posted by DAA (Member # 11) on February 12, 2013, 02:32 PM:
Stay indoors? Perish the thought!
I've been getting out in that crap plenty. Going camping in it again this weekend.
Couple pics from a camping trip last month.
That's a minus 15F on the temp readout in the Jeep - that was a couple hours after we got up and it had warmed up nicely by then!
- DAA
Posted by DiYi (Member # 3785) on February 12, 2013, 03:09 PM:
Great pics!Especially like the jug of fire starter.
[ February 12, 2013, 03:11 PM: Message edited by: DiYi ]
Posted by Kokopelli (Member # 633) on February 12, 2013, 04:31 PM:
You guys are tougher than me. I prefer sitting on my patio & seeing the snow up on the mountain where it belongs. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
Posted by the bearhunter (Member # 3552) on February 12, 2013, 04:41 PM:
i hope your deck colapses a good carpenter good make some good coin on that claim.
Posted by DiYi (Member # 3785) on February 12, 2013, 07:05 PM:
Know any good carpenters? I don't.
Posted by the bearhunter (Member # 3552) on February 12, 2013, 07:16 PM:
i bet myself 10.00 that would be coming
Posted by TundraWookie (Member # 1044) on February 12, 2013, 07:29 PM:
Doesn't everyone grill in the snow? Awesome, invite me and I'll bring some fresh moose, salmon, and halibut.
Posted by Kokopelli (Member # 633) on February 12, 2013, 09:17 PM:
C'mon on down!!!!
Posted by Frank (Member # 6) on February 12, 2013, 09:19 PM:
Awesome is right. Beautiful, rugged country. I love it.
What's really nice about these areas is your free....no cops to come around and hassle ya
You're probly violating some kind of law though.....maybe the campfire is illegal? Are all the taillights on your Jeep working? How about your registration and insurance? Lemme see your guns!
God-dam-it, I'll find something!
OHHHH, you're an illegal alien? In that case you can go.
[ February 12, 2013, 09:45 PM: Message edited by: Frank ]
Posted by TRnCO (Member # 690) on February 13, 2013, 11:43 AM:
As much as I like snow and as much as we're in need of it and the moisture that comes with it, I haven't missed shoveling all that much. BUT, we are still in need in a bad way. We'll probably get one big dumper in April and be caught back up with what would be concidered "normal" moisture for the year.
I've only had to use a broom to clear the driveway this winter, and that's not good.
Posted by Possumal (Member # 823) on February 13, 2013, 01:18 PM:
Really great pictures! I especially like the one of the horses on the run. That is way cool.
Posted by DAA (Member # 11) on February 13, 2013, 03:50 PM:
Thanks Al. I've got an 8x18 canvas print of the broomtails one hanging on the wall.
- DAA
Posted by Frank (Member # 6) on February 13, 2013, 11:01 PM:
I guess while we're showing picture might as well show a few of my own. Maybe Leonard can understand why I ain't been hunting since around the time Danny passed. But that'll change.
And don't tell me I'm ugly...already know that..........
This is a Russian YAK-52 I restored. Built like a brick shithouse.
Hennessy Viper SN15, 650 HP NA, no turbos.
This is my daughter when she was 1. She's 6 now.
This was after flying with Russian world aerobatic champion Oleg Federoff.
[ February 14, 2013, 12:00 AM: Message edited by: Frank ]
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on February 13, 2013, 11:52 PM:
Dave, kinda looks like Caliente?
edit: Frank, I had forgotten about the YAK.
Good hunting El Bee
PS did you buy that red car from Granville, by any chance?
[ February 13, 2013, 11:55 PM: Message edited by: Leonard ]
Posted by Frank (Member # 6) on February 14, 2013, 12:06 AM:
Got the Viper from an Ad executive out of Chino Hills. He sold spots on radio, like KFI AM 640.
Notice my name in Russian on the YAK? Got that translation when some Russian shooting related website plagiarized one of my articles (not that I mind).
Here's the link if you wanna see it:
http://www.ada.ru/Guns/ballistic/accuracy/index.htm
[ February 14, 2013, 12:17 AM: Message edited by: Frank ]
Posted by DiYi (Member # 3785) on February 14, 2013, 05:23 AM:
Yak?Is that a trainer or an actual fighter or?I've got a book somewhere that talks about them.
Trying like heck to think of their near indestructible fighter/dive bomber of WW2.
'Stormavik'?
'Built like a T34'.
Regardless,very neat!
[ February 14, 2013, 05:25 AM: Message edited by: DiYi ]
Posted by 4949shooter (Member # 3530) on February 14, 2013, 07:07 AM:
Nice refurb, Frank.
I have read those Russian planes were tough.
[ February 14, 2013, 07:08 AM: Message edited by: 4949shooter ]
Posted by Frank (Member # 6) on February 14, 2013, 04:44 PM:
Here's what it looked like when I bought it:
Took me 2 years to restore.
All the sheet metal is anodized as well as primered with zinc chromate. This stuff was so tough I needed a mixture of paint stripper, gasoline, diesel, MEK and Acetone to remove it from some small pieces.
The way it was built showed that cost wasn't too much of a consideration....typical of state run economies like the Soviet Union.
If it were made here in the states it would be a half million dollar airplane.... The closest western equivalent would be a T-28 Trojan. It was built in 1986 and the electronics were probly 20 years behind where we were in the states at that time, but in other ways they were more advanced.
Overall it's a decent airplane. You can rack it around with all your strength but you couldn't hurt the thing. It was even rated for tumbles (Lomcevaks) and tail slides.
It'll dish out more punishment than I can stand.
After the Soviet Union fell everything went up for sale. You could buy AK-47's, Tanks, Helicopter Gunships, etc. The guy I bought it from went to Russia and found about 2 dozen of them rotting out in some field.
He found some general willing to take a chance and bought them from him. At the time he had a website which described how to do business in Russia...... It showed a picture of a table stacked with money A picture is worth a thousand words, I guess.
He imported them to the states. Had them at an airport in Wheeling WV when I found out about them.
[ February 14, 2013, 04:51 PM: Message edited by: Frank ]
Posted by 4949shooter (Member # 3530) on February 14, 2013, 05:49 PM:
Wow...what a difference in the before and after shots. Beautiful paint job too.
Posted by Frank (Member # 6) on February 14, 2013, 08:52 PM:
Yea, you can't really tell in the picture but large areas of the paint job had been touched up with a paint brush.
I guess those Russians are like Hillbillies.....give em' a nail and some bailing wire and they can fix anything.
[ February 14, 2013, 08:53 PM: Message edited by: Frank ]
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