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CHIEF

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  1. First thing my granddad would do when he bought Ford 8N tractors. CHIEF
  2. I think the band America sang that. CHIEF
  3. Thanks HC. I was counting on your knowledge and expertise. I was kinda leary, since it is built in China, but CHIEF Jr. swears they are really high quality and made right. I put a 3D printer on my Christmas list, apparently I am usually impossible to buy for. I have two rifles with 50mm objective scopes, but my .300 WSM is a 44mm, and I have a couple of rifles with even smaller objectives. Im gonna use the 3D printer to print adapter sleeves for my different objective sizes. CHIEF
  4. Well, I think I have decided the ditch my cheap ATN thermal, and get a clip on thermal. One of my son's best friends lives next door to one of the main guys that owns IRay. I have heard great things about them, but didn't know if anyone, on here, owned one, or is familiar with them. I'm looking at this one: https://irayusa.com/infiray-outdoor-mate-640-50mm-clip-on-thermal-weapon-sight/ I can probably get it for about $4500. I am tired of having a single rifle dedicated to thermal and with this, I can move it to any rifle with a scope. It can also be used as a monocular. CHIEF
  5. CHIEF

    NIMBYism

    Jayton, Texas did this about 50 years ago with tax from oil royalties. My history/aviation teacher was from there. We went by the school, and they had nice single family homes that they provided for the teachers since Jayton is 100 miles from anywhere. I think Guthrie did the same. CHIEF
  6. When we were leasing 16k acres, on the Swenson Ranch, north of Abilene, we leased for $6/acre, resold the quail lease for $4/acre, and were in at $2/acre. They couldn’t even quail hunt until the day after deer season closed. CHIEF
  7. Or maybe make it all radioactive. Saw a movie about that once, but they tried it on Fort Knox. CHIEF
  8. A fire can be both a blessing and a curse. It will suck this year, best you can do is clean out the feeder pens, and hope there is still enough cover for them to feel safe coming to the feeder. All of the old, dead, matted grass should be burned off, the next three years you should be loaded with deer. The fire will put nitrogen back into the soil, and everything should be green as a gourd. Good time to get a grain drill and research some improved drought resistant perennial grasses (rye, Klein, or bluestem). CHIEF
  9. Yeah. When I was looking for Mrs. CHIEF a purse gun, I got it in .38. Buddy said if I bought it in .357 she would rather be assaulted. CHIEF
  10. Good friend took the last one. I have a couple of elevated spots to view from, tonight. One on Chalk Mountain, west of Glen Rose, and another at the base of Comanche Peak. It was pretty cool last night, but tonight is supposed to be bonkers. CHIEF
  11. Pizza is so cheap around here, I didn't think about checking the freezer section. Damn First World problems. This might actually be cheaper than his quad patty, quad cheese Whataburger. CHIEF
  12. That is what we do in our neighborhood. You get to hear the ol' Blue Hairs bitch about how inhumane the nets are. But it must be done for the health of the herd. CHIEF
  13. I pray to God that CHIEF Jr. doesn't see this. I don't even know where to get square proportional pizza, and beef patties. CHIEF
  14. I swear the just played “Texas Fight” at the Tech/BYU game. CHIEF
  15. Happened to me when CHIEF Jr. was about two. That was when the 620 and 183 intersection was temporarily a four way stop. We start through the intersection, and here comes this lady barreling in, running the stop sign. My wife and I hear, "you need to wait your fucking turn, bitch!!" Worst stare down from the Mrs. in 33 years. CHIEF
  16. The 280Z was about the fastest thing you could get in the late 1970s, besides exotics. It was so much lighter than the domestics, but with similar power. Had a great power to weight ratio at the time. CHIEF
  17. My uncle was a Dallas fireman, but he lived in Cleburne. He had a silver 1977 280Z as his commuter car. I loved that car. I begged him to sell it to me, when he got rid of it. I was 15, and had a "hardship" license. It was plenty fast a 130 mph car. I never got it though. I think my Mom put the kibosh on that. Would have been like giving a chimp a loaded shotgun. CHIEF
  18. For sure. We are a ribeye family, but I can still get Choice sirloins for $8.99/lb. A 1.75 lb. sirloin is still an under $10/person meal. CHIEF
  19. For 1970, I loved Two Mules for Sister Sara. CHIEF
  20. Man, I really never venture over here. But the "They Call Me...." old Spaghetti Westerns with Terrance Hill were fantastic. Almost Three Stooges level of comedy. They couldn't cuss, so the insults are fantastically hilarious. I think there is "They call Me Nobody", "They Call Me Trinity", "Trinity Is My Name." If you want to binge watch, they are worth a Sunday. CHIEF
  21. I'm not sure how far you would have to drive to get the Aguilas, it looks like you can only buy them from a specialty retailer which, I imagine in California, those are few and far between. You can buy the CCIs and have them shipped to your front door. You might want to install a spiral staircase to keep him at bay until your ammo arrives. CHIEF
  22. Earhole him, will kill him dead as a hammer. Probably the only way with a subsonic round that small. Get on line, and order the heaviest grain subsonic you can find. This would work perfectly: https://www.aguilaammo.com/products/22-sniper-subsonic-long-rifle-subsonic-lead-solid-point , never seen a sixty grain on a .22LR. CHIEF
  23. Per our DMs, I'm in. But my wife says she ain't doin' shit. CHIEF
  24. It looks like the drones are being used like suppressive or cover fire possibly. Pin the enemy down in a building so you can move your own troops. I guess when you are out of machine gun belts, you use whatever is available, no matter how much more expensive. CHIEF
  25. My FIL used to say, if you suspect someone is a hog farmer, spray their shoes with water, you will know immediately. CHIEF
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