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As someone said about shooting, “It’s simple, but it’s not easy.” All you need to do is pick the correct angle for what you’re sharpening and maintain that angle, as you remove material to obtain a cutting edge. This is the case regardless of what you’re working on. The difficulty comes in consistently maintaining the angle chosen. That requires a lot of skill, and it explains the popularity of all the jigs and sharpening systems on the market. If you’re interested in learning to sharpen free hand, practice. The only way you’re going to learn is by doing. It doesn’t …
It was a dark and cluttered place. It was crowded. The children were dirty and uncared for. It looked as if their parents never cleaned them. They were streaked with charcoal. Someone had smeared molten plastic on some of them, while others had strips of lead and copper hanging on them. You could sense their dejection. If only someone would come to my gun safe and clean their barrels! Okay, I’m exaggerating…a little. My usual approach to cleaning guns is to wipe them down with an oily rag and run one or two patches with a cleaner-lubricant-preservative (CLP) product through …
Ingredients: 1 leftover turkey carcass (from a 10- to 12-pound turkey) 2 quarts water 1 medium onion, halved 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 bay leaves 1 cup chopped carrots 1 cup uncooked long grain rice 1/3 cup chopped celery 1/4 cup chopped onion 1 can (10-3/4 ounces) condensed cream of chicken or cream of mushroom soup, undiluted Directions: Place the turkey carcass in a stockpot; add the water, onion, salt and bay leaves. Slowly bring to a boil over low heat; cover and simmer for 2 hours. Remove carcass; cool. Strain broth and skim off fat. Discard onion and bay leaves. …
There seems to be a general misunderstanding about what constitutes a septic system. I keep reading about the need to pump them out annually or some such. If you don’t mistreat a properly designed system by flushing materials that don’t belong there, it should work for decades with no maintenance. If it needs to be pumped out every year, you must have some kind of storage system, not a septic system, or maybe you’re using toilet paper that doesn’t break down. There is a difference, and the glamorous TV ads ignore the needs of country folks. Also our state agency …
Taking an exit from the labor force: Over the last ten years 16 million Americans have dropped out of the labor force. o o o The Entire Housing Market Hit A Wall In August. – Steve o o o Why China’s Insatiable Appetite For Coal Has Likely Peaked o o o Why a Strong U.S. Dollar is a Commodity Killer
Keeping Your Powder Dry—How to Store Ammunition Using a FoodSaver. – R.F. JWR Adds: Please note that ammunition should only be stored under a LIGHT vacuum! A strong vacuum can unseat bullets from cartridge cases. You can still use the FoodSaver bags, just seal them without the vacuum. o o o Chief Eden: APD is ‘stuck’ with some officers. – T.P. o o o Blackwater-type Mercenaries Drop from Unmarked Helicopters to Raid Legal Marijuana Gardens in California. – RBS o o o 5 Reasons to Expect Police Brutality to Get Worse Before it Gets Better. – G.R. o o o …
“I didn’t know I was a slave until I found out I couldn’t do the things I wanted.” – Fredrick Douglass