Summertime Activities, Projects & Goals. Whuts yers?

ezearln · 05-17-2007, 07:49 AM

With sweet springtime here at last and my list of "Want-to-Do's", "Need-to-Do's", "Honey-Do's" and all becomming an ever lengthening list (I expect I'll have to create a separate zip file for it all) I was wondering what all of you good folks here at G&G might be looking forward to with the warm days ahead of us.

A short list of some of mine...

1) Finish planting the garden
2) Complete the refurb work on my CJ3B
3) Go to the Coast and finally catch that BULL Redfish so I can at last use my bonus Red Drum Tag
4) Have as many B-B-Q's as we can get friends together for
5) Beat my wife at least once at dominos
6) Get to the range more often

Whuts Yours?

SKS NOOB · 05-17-2007, 07:54 AM

Upkeeping my garden and whatever my wife tells me to do.

knightRider · 05-17-2007, 08:35 AM

shoot guns drink wine eat bbq drink beer clean my gutters , throw a 4th of july party drink beer thats pretty much sums it up

billy · 05-17-2007, 08:46 AM

work a lot ( at this point i have only $1000 to go and i wont owe anyone anything at all) get to the range as much as i can. buy some cool guns,and ride my neato bicycle more often.

JoeLee · 05-17-2007, 08:56 AM

From June to September I will dedicate myself to fishing with my Buddy Mitch.

ezearln · 05-17-2007, 09:25 AM

Whatcha fishin for JoeLee?

BattleRifleG3 · 05-17-2007, 09:50 AM

Catching up on custom furniture orders and getting into shape.

ArkansasHunter · 05-17-2007, 10:38 AM

Well my wife decided the other day she wanted a small garden and ask me to plant a few Toematter plants and Pepper Plants.
I'm thinking it's kinda late to be planting a garden but I never the less mossey to the feed store and was pleasantly surprised that they still had a large quanity of vegtable plants and they were all outside in the sun, not in the green house, so I knew they were acklomated to the sun.
I bought a lot of plants !!!! That means I had to spend more time behind KILLER ! Thats my front tine roto tillers name. Amazeingly KILLER started on the 2nd pull and off he takes me to the garden spot.
Because of a good rain 2 days prior the ground was easy to til. I actually enjoyed breaking up the ground.
Anyways I've got a big garden to tend to and my yard is 1 acker, I got to mow it and I'm thinking about going back to work where I can buy all these interesting guns I've learned about here. Last but not least we will cook outdoors often this summer probly more than the average person.
I wonder if WalMart has an opening in there sporting goods dept. lol...A.H

ezearln · 05-17-2007, 10:50 AM

Well A.H. Sir I am awful happy "Killer" Started right up fer ya. It's my wifes habit to name everythang we own with wheels and an engine. Sadly "Snapper" our trusty and very rusty 30+ year old rear tine tiller has begun to give me trouble. 1st the recoil starter clutch gave up and I had to replace that, Next the shaft key decided to shear off, fixed that, now one of the blasted tires won't hold air anymore at all and of course the kingpin being soft iron has rusted solid in place making removal of the wheel let's say a wee bit difficult! Have gone thru two cans of solvent to break it free but so far no luck!

Glad to hear you got yer plants still searching out for our favorites!

JoeLee · 05-17-2007, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by ezearln

Whatcha fishin for JoeLee?

Mainly Trout,but out to Sea we fish Blues,Strippers,Flounder,Fluke and if the money is available Tuna.Tuna brings big money back at the docks with the Oriental people buying them up.Takes money to make money.

ezearln · 05-17-2007, 11:18 AM

Ain't it the truth JoeLee, mostly here about we fish for Bass, catfish, crappie most of my salt water fishing is inshore for redfish , black drum and speckled trout. My Missus is nutz over that redfish fresh caught and fried. Haven't had alotta luck with them flounder here but maybe this year my luck will be better!

Mooseman684 · 05-17-2007, 12:59 PM

My first Day being laid off for the summer started with moving junk cars and rototilling the Garden as well as moving some steel around...
Plans for this summer include,
Building a storage building
Re-roofing the house with a pitched roof.
selling a bunch of stuff
running shooting matches and some trap shoots
Gold prospecting trip up north in the mountains
Fishing trips
Just a few of the Major projects planned, there is a lot more small stuff I have to do...

Rich

Lng Rng · 05-17-2007, 01:07 PM

Doing a good amount of fishing, mainly for walleye/bass and northern. Hopefully get out shooting a few times a month. Anything outside sounds good to me.

ArkansasHunter · 05-17-2007, 01:16 PM

ezearln Try putin some of the SLIME sealant in them tires of ole snapper
I got it in all my junk...I can be mowing on my lawn tractor and see a green line of slime on the side walls of the tires filling in the cracks as I mow...A.H
I got your message and sent you one Thanks A.H

Johnny_Revolver · 05-17-2007, 01:23 PM

Here on the other end of the world our seasons are the reverse of yours. However, 2 weeks shy of the start of winter, I go to work at 4:30am in shorts and a polo shirt. It used to get sorta cold once.

JoeLee · 05-17-2007, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by ezearln

Ain't it the truth JoeLee, mostly here about we fish for Bass, catfish, crappie most of my salt water fishing is inshore for redfish , black drum and speckled trout. My Missus is nutz over that redfish fresh caught and fried. Haven't had alotta luck with them flounder here but maybe this year my luck will be better!

ezearln,If I catch a Bass by "accident"I cut the line,Bass being one nasty scaly beast in my thinking.

Trout Forever!

Oxford · 05-17-2007, 05:11 PM

There's "killer's" everywhere this time of year. Tilled my garden last fall...and again last week before planting another vegetable garden. Been on this routine for at least 25 years, all in the same 15' x 20' spot of my back yard. All my grass clippings and leaves are till into the soil so it's fairly rich soil now. Only things planted are eight tomato's, four hills of cuccumbers, two rows of onions, and four bell pepper plants. Watering and de-weeding those plants occupy some of my time from now till November.

Also, fishing is on my schedule, too. I've completely refurbished a 16 ft aluminum Vee bottom, so now it's time for that relaxing venture till early November. A new 15 HP, 4-stroke, Nissan makes it even more fun to use. We're looking for bass, crappie...but mainly we're just after the fun of being there soaking up the sun.

And...in June my wife and I are driving to Dallas for a 50th anniversary of her brother and SIL.

Between those events, and plenty more, I'm trying to get my back diagnosed to determine what the **** has happened. Some days I can barely move...but after enough meds I can kickstart my body again. Life's a beech when you're hurting physically. I suspect a back opertion is likely sooner or later.

Midas · 05-17-2007, 06:32 PM

I hope to do a lot of shooting this Summer.

Zephri · 05-17-2007, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by 338WinMag

I hope to do a lot of shooting this Summer.

Same here, although I prefer winter shooting, as you can put snowman down range and shoot them

Midas · 05-17-2007, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Zephri

Same here, although I prefer winter shooting, as you can put snowman down range and shoot them

LOL, the destruction of Frosty the Snowman is a sight that brings a smile to my face

05-17-2007, 07:49 AM	#1
ezearln Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Texas Hill Country Posts: 3,175	Summertime Activities, Projects & Goals. Whuts yers? With sweet springtime here at last and my list of "Want-to-Do's", "Need-to-Do's", "Honey-Do's" and all becomming an ever lengthening list (I expect I'll have to create a separate zip file for it all) I was wondering what all of you good folks here at G&G might be looking forward to with the warm days ahead of us. A short list of some of mine... 1) Finish planting the garden 2) Complete the refurb work on my CJ3B 3) Go to the Coast and finally catch that BULL Redfish so I can at last use my bonus Red Drum Tag 4) Have as many B-B-Q's as we can get friends together for 5) Beat my wife at least once at dominos 6) Get to the range more often Whuts Yours?

05-17-2007, 08:35 AM	#3
knightRider Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: you know where Posts: 2,680 Images: 19 Blog Entries: 11	shoot guns drink wine eat bbq drink beer clean my gutters , throw a 4th of july party drink beer thats pretty much sums it up __________________ I'm part kalishnakov, part heckler and Koch. Last edited by knightRider; 05-17-2007 at 08:47 AM.

05-17-2007, 08:46 AM	#4
billy spiritual counselor Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: a secret lab on the shores of lake titicaca Posts: 11,954 Images: 9 Blog Entries: 146	work a lot ( at this point i have only $1000 to go and i wont owe anyone anything at all) get to the range as much as i can. buy some cool guns,and ride my neato bicycle more often. __________________ just leave britney ALONE! she's going thru a hard time snivel sniff....WAH

05-17-2007, 09:50 AM	#7
BattleRifleG3 Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Western PA Posts: 11,401 Images: 13	Catching up on custom furniture orders and getting into shape. __________________ Trust is earned, not... GIVEN away. - Worf

05-17-2007, 12:59 PM	#12
Mooseman684 Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Alaska Wilderness Posts: 9,634 Images: 2	My first Day being laid off for the summer started with moving junk cars and rototilling the Garden as well as moving some steel around... Plans for this summer include, Building a storage building Re-roofing the house with a pitched roof. selling a bunch of stuff running shooting matches and some trap shoots Gold prospecting trip up north in the mountains Fishing trips Just a few of the Major projects planned, there is a lot more small stuff I have to do... Rich __________________ You know you might be facing your doom,when all you get is a click when you're expecting a BOOM!

05-17-2007, 07:54 AM	#2
SKS NOOB Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Minnesotah Posts: 689	Upkeeping my garden and whatever my wife tells me to do.

05-17-2007, 08:56 AM	#5
JoeLee Banned Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: North New York State. Posts: 1,241	From June to September I will dedicate myself to fishing with my Buddy Mitch.

05-17-2007, 09:25 AM	#6
ezearln Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Texas Hill Country Posts: 3,175	Whatcha fishin for JoeLee?

05-17-2007, 10:38 AM	#8
ArkansasHunter Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: South Arkansas Posts: 10,678	Well my wife decided the other day she wanted a small garden and ask me to plant a few Toematter plants and Pepper Plants. I'm thinking it's kinda late to be planting a garden but I never the less mossey to the feed store and was pleasantly surprised that they still had a large quanity of vegtable plants and they were all outside in the sun, not in the green house, so I knew they were acklomated to the sun. I bought a lot of plants !!!! That means I had to spend more time behind KILLER ! Thats my front tine roto tillers name. Amazeingly KILLER started on the 2nd pull and off he takes me to the garden spot. Because of a good rain 2 days prior the ground was easy to til. I actually enjoyed breaking up the ground. Anyways I've got a big garden to tend to and my yard is 1 acker, I got to mow it and I'm thinking about going back to work where I can buy all these interesting guns I've learned about here. Last but not least we will cook outdoors often this summer probly more than the average person. I wonder if WalMart has an opening in there sporting goods dept. lol...A.H

05-17-2007, 10:50 AM	#9
ezearln Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Texas Hill Country Posts: 3,175	Well A.H. Sir I am awful happy "Killer" Started right up fer ya. It's my wifes habit to name everythang we own with wheels and an engine. Sadly "Snapper" our trusty and very rusty 30+ year old rear tine tiller has begun to give me trouble. 1st the recoil starter clutch gave up and I had to replace that, Next the shaft key decided to shear off, fixed that, now one of the blasted tires won't hold air anymore at all and of course the kingpin being soft iron has rusted solid in place making removal of the wheel let's say a wee bit difficult! Have gone thru two cans of solvent to break it free but so far no luck! Glad to hear you got yer plants still searching out for our favorites!

05-17-2007, 11:18 AM	#11
ezearln Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Texas Hill Country Posts: 3,175	Ain't it the truth JoeLee, mostly here about we fish for Bass, catfish, crappie most of my salt water fishing is inshore for redfish , black drum and speckled trout. My Missus is nutz over that redfish fresh caught and fried. Haven't had alotta luck with them flounder here but maybe this year my luck will be better!

05-17-2007, 01:07 PM	#13
Lng Rng Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 944	Doing a good amount of fishing, mainly for walleye/bass and northern. Hopefully get out shooting a few times a month. Anything outside sounds good to me.

05-17-2007, 01:16 PM	#14
ArkansasHunter Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: South Arkansas Posts: 10,678	ezearln Try putin some of the SLIME sealant in them tires of ole snapper I got it in all my junk...I can be mowing on my lawn tractor and see a green line of slime on the side walls of the tires filling in the cracks as I mow...A.H I got your message and sent you one Thanks A.H

05-17-2007, 01:23 PM	#15
Johnny_Revolver Gun Liker Join Date: May 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 1,209 Blog Entries: 6	Here on the other end of the world our seasons are the reverse of yours. However, 2 weeks shy of the start of winter, I go to work at 4:30am in shorts and a polo shirt. It used to get sorta cold once. __________________ It`s a good life, provided you don`t weaken.

05-17-2007, 05:11 PM	#17
Oxford Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Gladstone, Missouri Posts: 13,021 Blog Entries: 4	There's "killer's" everywhere this time of year. Tilled my garden last fall...and again last week before planting another vegetable garden. Been on this routine for at least 25 years, all in the same 15' x 20' spot of my back yard. All my grass clippings and leaves are till into the soil so it's fairly rich soil now. Only things planted are eight tomato's, four hills of cuccumbers, two rows of onions, and four bell pepper plants. Watering and de-weeding those plants occupy some of my time from now till November. Also, fishing is on my schedule, too. I've completely refurbished a 16 ft aluminum Vee bottom, so now it's time for that relaxing venture till early November. A new 15 HP, 4-stroke, Nissan makes it even more fun to use. We're looking for bass, crappie...but mainly we're just after the fun of being there soaking up the sun. And...in June my wife and I are driving to Dallas for a 50th anniversary of her brother and SIL. Between those events, and plenty more, I'm trying to get my back diagnosed to determine what the ** has happened. Some days I can barely move...but after enough meds I can kickstart my body again. Life's a beech when you're hurting physically. I suspect a back opertion is likely sooner or later. __________________ "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right".**

05-17-2007, 06:32 PM	#18
Midas Troll B' Gone Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Springdale, Arkansas Posts: 3,787 Images: 2 Blog Entries: 6	I hope to do a lot of shooting this Summer. __________________ "Recoil lasts for a second, gravity lasts forever"