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#71
The Tailgate / Re: Over 70 and headed towards...
Last post by FinsnFur - August 12, 2025, 09:25:09 PMI like that 
I can admit age putting a few of those changes on myself.
Not all of them...yet anyway.
I can admit age putting a few of those changes on myself.
Not all of them...yet anyway.
#72
The Tailgate / Re: Melting!
Last post by FinsnFur - August 12, 2025, 09:22:12 PMQuote from: nastygunz on August 11, 2025, 10:29:16 PMCanadas softening us up for the invasion
Newscum #73
The Tailgate / Over 70 and headed towards 80
Last post by Hawks Feather - August 12, 2025, 10:05:13 AMThis is not mine, but I really liked what it said.
I asked a friend who has crossed 70 & is heading towards 80 what sort of changes he is feeling in himself? He sent me the following:
1. After loving my parents, my siblings, my spouse, my children and my friends, I have now started loving myself.
2. I have realized that I am not "Atlas". The world does not rest on my shoulders.
3. I have stopped bargaining with vegetable & fruit vendors. A few pennies more is not going to break me, but it might help the poor fellow save for his daughter's school fees.
4. I leave my waitress a big tip. The extra money might bring a smile to her face. She is toiling much harder for a living than I am.
5. I stopped telling the elderly that they've already narrated that story many times. The story makes them walk down memory lane & relive their past.
6. I have learned not to correct people even when I know they are wrong. The onus of making everyone perfect is not on me. Peace is more precious than perfection.
7. I give compliments freely & generously. Compliments are a mood enhancer not only for the recipient, but also for me. And a small tip for the recipient of a compliment, never, NEVER turn it down, just say "Thank You."
8. I have learned not to bother about a crease or a spot on my shirt. Personality speaks louder than appearances.
9. I walk away from people who don't value me. They might not know my worth, but I do.
10. I remain cool when someone plays dirty to outrun me in the rat race. I am not a rat & neither am I in any race.
11. I am learning not to be embarrassed by my emotions. It's my emotions that make me human.
12. I have learned that it's better to drop the ego than to break a relationship. My ego will keep me aloof, whereas with relationships, I will never be alone.
13. I have learned to live each day as if it's the last. After all, it might be the last.
14. I am doing what makes me happy. I am responsible for my happiness, and I owe it to myself. Happiness is a choice. You can be happy at any time, just choose to be!
I asked a friend who has crossed 70 & is heading towards 80 what sort of changes he is feeling in himself? He sent me the following:
1. After loving my parents, my siblings, my spouse, my children and my friends, I have now started loving myself.
2. I have realized that I am not "Atlas". The world does not rest on my shoulders.
3. I have stopped bargaining with vegetable & fruit vendors. A few pennies more is not going to break me, but it might help the poor fellow save for his daughter's school fees.
4. I leave my waitress a big tip. The extra money might bring a smile to her face. She is toiling much harder for a living than I am.
5. I stopped telling the elderly that they've already narrated that story many times. The story makes them walk down memory lane & relive their past.
6. I have learned not to correct people even when I know they are wrong. The onus of making everyone perfect is not on me. Peace is more precious than perfection.
7. I give compliments freely & generously. Compliments are a mood enhancer not only for the recipient, but also for me. And a small tip for the recipient of a compliment, never, NEVER turn it down, just say "Thank You."
8. I have learned not to bother about a crease or a spot on my shirt. Personality speaks louder than appearances.
9. I walk away from people who don't value me. They might not know my worth, but I do.
10. I remain cool when someone plays dirty to outrun me in the rat race. I am not a rat & neither am I in any race.
11. I am learning not to be embarrassed by my emotions. It's my emotions that make me human.
12. I have learned that it's better to drop the ego than to break a relationship. My ego will keep me aloof, whereas with relationships, I will never be alone.
13. I have learned to live each day as if it's the last. After all, it might be the last.
14. I am doing what makes me happy. I am responsible for my happiness, and I owe it to myself. Happiness is a choice. You can be happy at any time, just choose to be!
#74
The Tailgate / Today in history 8-12
Last post by remrogers - August 12, 2025, 09:21:08 AM1990
August 12
Skeleton of Tyrannosaurus rex discovered
On August 12, 1990, fossil hunter Susan Hendrickson discovers three huge bones jutting out of a cliff near Faith, South Dakota. They turn out to be part of the largest-ever Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton ever discovered, a 65-million-year-old specimen dubbed Sue, after its discoverer.
Amazingly, Sue's skeleton was over 90 percent complete, and the bones were extremely well-preserved. Hendrickson's employer, the Black Hills Institute of Geological Research, paid $5,000 to the land owner, Maurice Williams, for the right to excavate the dinosaur skeleton, which was cleaned and transported to the company headquarters in Hill City. The institute's president, Peter Larson, announced plans to build a non-profit museum to display Sue along with other fossils of the Cretaceous period.
In 1992, a long legal battle began over Sue. The U.S. Attorney's Office claimed Sue's bones had been seized from federal land and were therefore government property. It was eventually found that Williams, a part-Native American and member of the Cheyenne River Sioux tribe, had traded his land to the tribe two decades earlier to avoid paying property taxes, and thus his sale of excavation rights to Black Hills had been invalid. In October 1997, Chicago's Field Museum purchased Sue at public auction at Sotheby's in New York City for $8.36 million, financed in part by the McDonald's and Disney corporations.
Sue's skeleton went on display at the Field Museum in May 2000. The tremendous T.rex skeleton—13 feet high at the hips and 42 feet long from head to toe, with a 2,000-pound skull and 58 teeth—is displayed in a special exhibition space.
Sue's extraordinarily well-preserved bones have allowed scientists to determine many things about the life of T.rex. They have determined that the carnivorous dinosaur had an incredible sense of smell, as the olfactory bulbs were each bigger than the cerebrum, the thinking part of the brain. In addition, Sue was the first T.rex skeleton to be discovered with a wishbone, a crucial discovery that provided support for scientists' theory that birds are a type of living dinosaur.
August 12
Skeleton of Tyrannosaurus rex discovered
On August 12, 1990, fossil hunter Susan Hendrickson discovers three huge bones jutting out of a cliff near Faith, South Dakota. They turn out to be part of the largest-ever Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton ever discovered, a 65-million-year-old specimen dubbed Sue, after its discoverer.
Amazingly, Sue's skeleton was over 90 percent complete, and the bones were extremely well-preserved. Hendrickson's employer, the Black Hills Institute of Geological Research, paid $5,000 to the land owner, Maurice Williams, for the right to excavate the dinosaur skeleton, which was cleaned and transported to the company headquarters in Hill City. The institute's president, Peter Larson, announced plans to build a non-profit museum to display Sue along with other fossils of the Cretaceous period.
In 1992, a long legal battle began over Sue. The U.S. Attorney's Office claimed Sue's bones had been seized from federal land and were therefore government property. It was eventually found that Williams, a part-Native American and member of the Cheyenne River Sioux tribe, had traded his land to the tribe two decades earlier to avoid paying property taxes, and thus his sale of excavation rights to Black Hills had been invalid. In October 1997, Chicago's Field Museum purchased Sue at public auction at Sotheby's in New York City for $8.36 million, financed in part by the McDonald's and Disney corporations.
Sue's skeleton went on display at the Field Museum in May 2000. The tremendous T.rex skeleton—13 feet high at the hips and 42 feet long from head to toe, with a 2,000-pound skull and 58 teeth—is displayed in a special exhibition space.
Sue's extraordinarily well-preserved bones have allowed scientists to determine many things about the life of T.rex. They have determined that the carnivorous dinosaur had an incredible sense of smell, as the olfactory bulbs were each bigger than the cerebrum, the thinking part of the brain. In addition, Sue was the first T.rex skeleton to be discovered with a wishbone, a crucial discovery that provided support for scientists' theory that birds are a type of living dinosaur.
#75
The Tailgate / Re: Melting!
Last post by nastygunz - August 11, 2025, 10:29:16 PMCanadas softening us up for the invasion
#76
The Tailgate / Re: Melting!
Last post by FinsnFur - August 11, 2025, 08:53:45 PMThat damn smoke. You and my daughter are both south of me Jerry, and you guys get more smoke then I do.
Katie and I exchange air quality reports and it boggles me. Must be swirling around me
Katie and I exchange air quality reports and it boggles me. Must be swirling around me
#77
The Tailgate / Re: Melting!
Last post by Hawks Feather - August 11, 2025, 08:05:00 PMI don't think it is global warming that is happening. I think it is the fires in Canada that are causing the heat. I know it is causing smog like conditions around here.
#78
The Tailgate / Re: Melting!
Last post by nastygunz - August 11, 2025, 07:20:40 PMI live about an hour and a half from the Canadian border. I'm starting to think there is something to this global warming thing, it was 93° here today and it's supposed to be above 90° for the next three days. I think today was close to the hottest record for this month. On the other hand we still have brutally cold winters with massive snowfall. Definitely seems like the weather has got a lot warmer over the last decade or so that's for sure. Ice fishing has been a lot more difficult too with the conditions or lack of any ice.
#79
The Tailgate / Re: Handy gun vise!
Last post by nastygunz - August 11, 2025, 07:14:29 PMYessuh, I have at least three bigger gun vises that take up my whole workbench. This one takes about 30 seconds to clamp onto the edge of it and actually clamps onto the gun and hold it steady whereas the other ones the gun just sits in the vice with gravity holding it in position. When I'm done with it I unscrew it from the bench and stick it back out in the garage. 
I forgot it also comes with a circle attachment so you can hook up a Dremel tool or a drill or something like that and use it on the stand also. I have never used that.
I forgot it also comes with a circle attachment so you can hook up a Dremel tool or a drill or something like that and use it on the stand also. I have never used that.
#80
The Tailgate / Re: Handy gun vise!
Last post by FinsnFur - August 11, 2025, 06:55:14 PMThats kinda nifty.
It's the portability that fancy's me.
It's the portability that fancy's me.