Welp folks, I think I'm in over my head! My grandson got sick night before last, threw up once, went to bed, and has been fine ever since. We went out with friends last night, had some excellent steak, a few beers, and my wife had one mixed drink. About 3:00 AM she started throwing up and it has continued off and on all night and most of today. I went to pick my grandkids up from a church program tonight and my granddaughter Shirlee threw up before we got out the door. To make a long story short,...

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As most of you know, I've been injured, partially healed, moved , changed jobs, and had to put my grip business on hold for an unknown time period. We still haven't gotten "moved in" ie: unpacked\organized in our new place, and tonight we went shopping for a new mattress and a few odds and ends.
As large and important as a mattress purchase is, all night I've just been sort of "drifting"-I can't seem to focus on the task at hand and I really don't care. I just feel like...

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After another rough day @ work, I came home and promptly bought a set of .257 Roberts reloading dies on eBay. This wouldn't normally be a problem BUT, it's not the only set I've bought recently for a caliber I don't currently own! My plan is to use these as an excuse to buy guns to match. My current inventory on dies with no matching guns is currently: RCBS-.243 Win. and .45 ACP (both steel and carbide), Pacific-6.5x55 and .257 Roberts, Redding-7mm-08, Texan-.25-06, Herters-.30-06, and I can't remember...

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Welp, I'm starting my new job as the manager, mechanic, janitor, accountant, and maintenance man of a small full-service gas station on Friday. I turned wrenches as an ASE certified Master Technician with more factory and independent certifications than I could count for right at 15 years. I then decided to see the world as a trucker, and now I've regressed to changing oil and fixing flats. It's ironic how life works at times. At least I don't have to worry about pumping gas for awhile, the current...

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O'K., I'll admit it, I'm an eBay addict. It's not that I want to deal with eBay\PayPal, but rather that everyone else in the online auction business sucks. FI, I bought a set of RCBS carbide .45 ACP dies on eBay for $13.99 and was able to pick them up, so no shipping charge. The set I was bidding on on GunBroker sold for almost $30 and was identical except for being used more and not having the SWC seating stem. I find this to be the norm rather than the exception. It seems that the guys who deal...

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