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by DBW
Sat Feb 14, 2009 1:08 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT-Cabover Trucks
Replies: 12
Views: 1178

Re: OT-Cabover Trucks

Europe still has a ton of cabovers on the road. In fact, you will seldom see a conventional. As many have stated, the conventionals do hold up better and the primary reason Europe holds to the cabovers is they have a better turning radius for city driving. I could drive around the circumference of ...
by DBW
Sat Feb 14, 2009 12:24 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Replying without reading all the thread.
Replies: 27
Views: 2044

Re: Replying without reading all the thread.

I have caught myself posting a reply before I read all the other replies to the thread. Sometimes it makes me feel a little foolish when I'm repeating a reply or it has already been completely answered or identified. Oh well, you've got to be able to laugh at yourself. :lol: I have caught myself po...
by DBW
Sat Feb 14, 2009 12:21 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT-Cabover Trucks
Replies: 12
Views: 1178

Re: OT-Cabover Trucks

Length laws are more complicated than that. Another reason is that there are now what's called "bridge laws" that go along with your weight. You can have a gross weight of 80,000 but only if your wheel base is long enough to carry the 80,000. There are formulas to give you what wheel base...
by DBW
Sat Feb 14, 2009 12:11 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT: Hypothetical Question Time - Which State?
Replies: 107
Views: 9585

Re: OT: Hypothetical Question Time - Which State?

It's nt to bad right here in S E Oklahoma. There are times I wish I was in bigger country with a wider variety of game hunting. As far as cheap living, decent gusn laws, etc it just not to bad here. Hotter than heck in the summer, but not to cold in the winter. Hush. Do not come to Oklahoma. It's a...
by DBW
Sat Feb 14, 2009 10:04 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT-Cabover Trucks
Replies: 12
Views: 1178

Re: OT-Cabover Trucks

Conventional trucks ride better. The last time I drove a COE was back in '98.
by DBW
Tue Feb 10, 2009 8:19 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: hello the fire
Replies: 33
Views: 2851

Re: hello the fire

Always room for one more. Welcome. :)
by DBW
Mon Feb 09, 2009 9:25 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: My Next Lever Should be a... (fill in the blank)
Replies: 43
Views: 4008

Re: My Next Lever Should be a... (fill in the blank)

dbw now if I did that the wife would want some play money also. Wait a minute with the model 92 that is on layaway and if the 86 is there when it is paid for and the shotgun I want and the tc contender I want is available. I have just beat you by a few grand, I better keep quite what I am doing wit...
by DBW
Mon Feb 09, 2009 9:02 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: My Next Lever Should be a... (fill in the blank)
Replies: 43
Views: 4008

Re: My Next Lever Should be a... (fill in the blank)

Excellent! You are the man! Thats quite a brace of saddle guns there, but what? no 45-70 or 444 in stock? just kidding -- thats gonna be a fun trip to the range They didn't have a 45-70. But the Academy down on S. Walker in OKC where you live has a few. That's where I bought my first .30-30 last mo...
by DBW
Mon Feb 09, 2009 8:04 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: My Next Lever Should be a... (fill in the blank)
Replies: 43
Views: 4008

Re: My Next Lever Should be a... (fill in the blank)

Well folks, here is an update. I rolled into Poplar Bluff, Missouri yesterday afternoon and had time to kill. So I decided to go to the nearby Superduper Wally World and buy some groceries to restock my supply on the Kenworth. I made the mistake of going to the sporting goods department after gettin...
by DBW
Sun Feb 08, 2009 9:46 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Decline in small game hunting
Replies: 44
Views: 3420

Re: Decline in small game hunting

I do my hunting with a Kenworth T600. After six years of driving my tally is one coyote in Kansas, several squirrels, a redtail hawk in South Carolina, a dozen other flying critter birds, couple dozen wabbits and I think one shrew. I avoid rolling through DC as the variety of coyotes up there stink...
by DBW
Sat Feb 07, 2009 10:19 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Decline in small game hunting
Replies: 44
Views: 3420

Re: Decline in small game hunting

Everyone, and I mean EVERYONE, should get a "bean shooter"/wristrocket and use it as much as humanly possible. If you can't get as good as that old guy in the video, then get 1/2 as good... that's plenty good to kill small game and other critters as necessary... I could practice all day e...
by DBW
Sat Feb 07, 2009 9:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: My Next Lever Should be a... (fill in the blank)
Replies: 43
Views: 4008

Re: My Next Lever Should be a... (fill in the blank)

What about a Marlin 1894C? Would be a lot easier to come by than the CB. This was my first choice for a lever/revolver combo since I enjoy shooting the .357. I'm unable to locate one though. So far I'm leaning towards the Marlin 1894... though I can pick up a new .45-70 from my local gun shop. Of c...
by DBW
Sat Feb 07, 2009 7:41 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Decline in small game hunting
Replies: 44
Views: 3420

Re: Decline in small game hunting

deerwhacker444 wrote:
DBW wrote:and I think one shrew.
Now I'm not gonna call you a liar, but if you can see a shrew run across the road......well then you've got better eyes than I.! :lol:
It was a shrew. Although I'm 44 my eyesight is slightly better than 20/20. 8)
by DBW
Sat Feb 07, 2009 6:41 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Exercise For Those nearing 50
Replies: 15
Views: 1797

Re: Exercise For Those nearing 50

Old Savage wrote:colo to augment your routine I recommend that you watch low impact aerobics - then as you get in better shape you can work up to watching high impact aerobics.
Does watching this count? :lol:

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by DBW
Sat Feb 07, 2009 6:14 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Pig Hunt with 100 year old Marlin
Replies: 11
Views: 1102

Re: Pig Hunt with 100 year old Marlin

I thought this thread was going to be about hunting politicians. :lol:

Thanks for the account of your hunt. When's dinner?
by DBW
Sat Feb 07, 2009 6:09 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Decline in small game hunting
Replies: 44
Views: 3420

Re: Decline in small game hunting

I do my hunting with a Kenworth T600. After six years of driving my tally is one coyote in Kansas, several squirrels, a redtail hawk in South Carolina, a dozen other flying critter birds, couple dozen wabbits and I think one shrew. I avoid rolling through DC as the variety of coyotes up there stink ...
by DBW
Sat Feb 07, 2009 5:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: My Next Lever Should be a... (fill in the blank)
Replies: 43
Views: 4008

My Next Lever Should be a... (fill in the blank)

As some of you know as a newb to the levergun scene I purchased a Marlin 336W .30-30 not long ago. Some of you said that I'd be looking for another eventually. You guys were spot on. :lol: For lever #2 I'm thinking that I'd like a caliber that works in a lever and a revolver. I'd like to get a Model...
by DBW
Wed Feb 04, 2009 10:56 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: USAToday Second Amendment Poll - VOTE - often
Replies: 4
Views: 647

Re: USAToday Second Amendment Poll - VOTE - often

Isn't that a poll from last year? I seem to recall something similar at USA Today. I wonder if this is just some vestigial piece of their WEB site that someone forgot to pull down after the appropriate amount of time. Yeah, I learned after posting it that it was from last year. Sorry 'bout posting ...
by DBW
Tue Feb 03, 2009 6:49 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: father dieing
Replies: 61
Views: 5468

Re: father dieing

Travel safe friend. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your father.
by DBW
Tue Jan 27, 2009 8:09 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - Watch your six
Replies: 52
Views: 5381

Re: OT - Watch your six

"Bad Ol' Putty Tat" said Tweety Bird as he blew smoke from the barrel of his .45.
by DBW
Tue Jan 27, 2009 5:35 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT: Fatties Unite - It's not our fault ...
Replies: 47
Views: 2833

Re: OT: Fatties Unite - It's not our fault ...

DBW, This fat virus caught me early. I haven't weighed 155 since well ...... geeze I do not remember. I was hitting 195 in my senior year of high school and wasn't too much overweight then. Oh, for the good old ( skinny ) days. Joe It sounds like you've been afflicted for a long time. I'll pray tha...
by DBW
Tue Jan 27, 2009 4:50 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT: Fatties Unite - It's not our fault ...
Replies: 47
Views: 2833

Re: OT: Fatties Unite - It's not our fault ...

Idiot wrote:
DBW wrote:Thong? :shock:
You know, shoes with no heels and laces that go "flip, flop, flip, flop" when you walk. They usually come in pink with a flower pattern accent; might improve the photo considerably.
But in the photo I don't see feet. :lol:
by DBW
Tue Jan 27, 2009 3:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT: Fatties Unite - It's not our fault ...
Replies: 47
Views: 2833

Re: OT: Fatties Unite - It's not our fault ...

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m84/tubbythetuba/Blaine1895.jpg Oh man! I could've gone all morning without that; darned near gagged up my donut. Hey, don't show that pic too much......PlayGirl is considering running it for their Tough Old Geezers of the Pacific Northwest.... :mrgreen: They said...
by DBW
Tue Jan 27, 2009 3:31 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT: Fatties Unite - It's not our fault ...
Replies: 47
Views: 2833

Re: OT: Fatties Unite - It's not our fault ...

I can see how the body might bloat as it retains fluid in order to stay hydrated and fight infections. But as I was pointing to my wife yesterday as we sat down for dinner in the Flying J truckstop there must be one hell of a virus running rampant among the trucking community as 99% of the drivers s...
by DBW
Sat Jan 17, 2009 8:04 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Howdy from Missouri
Replies: 14
Views: 1206

Re: Howdy from Missouri

Howdy. :)
by DBW
Fri Jan 16, 2009 12:53 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT--Its Not Easy Being A Teamster
Replies: 32
Views: 2683

Re: OT--Its Not Easy Being A Teamster

DBW, Oooooooooooooooooohhhhhh, I see. If your ever in the Pa. area picking up a load of soda pop in your KW, please introduce yourself. I'll give you new meaning to the word, "wait". I'll make sure you get plenty of use out of your sleeper, TV, microwave, cell phone, magazines, fuel to ru...
by DBW
Fri Jan 16, 2009 8:00 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT: Weather Check!!
Replies: 40
Views: 4023

Re: OT: Weather Check!!

-27°F in Sudbury, Ontario... two degrees colder than it was yesterday morning.
by DBW
Thu Jan 15, 2009 9:01 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT: How do you Yankees Stand it? Transplants + snow
Replies: 83
Views: 7751

Re: OT: How do you Yankees Stand it? Transplants + snow

I take cold and snow very well... share a little trick with ya, this Yankee moved to OK.... it's easy to take cold and snow when guys like you post pictures of it! :lol: I did the opposite... this Okie moved to Canuck country. It was -25°F this morning when I woke this morning in Sudbury. I don't k...
by DBW
Thu Jan 15, 2009 3:05 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - I'm man enough to admit...
Replies: 49
Views: 4943

Re: OT - I'm man enough to admit...

My wife is owned by a polydactyl cat named Zeta though the cat actually is supposed to belong to my step-daughter. The mits on this cat are enormous since each of her four paws has six toes. Zeta is the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet even though the numerical value of zeta is 7 :? Anyways, that'...
by DBW
Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:25 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: HUMOR What every man wants for Christmas
Replies: 11
Views: 1165

Re: HUMOR What every man wants for Christmas

I've got this version. :lol:

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by DBW
Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:21 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT: To the Kids who Survived the 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, or 70s
Replies: 24
Views: 2237

Re: OT: To the Kids who Survived the 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, or 70s

Born in '64 here. Survived rock fights, shooting at each other in the house with BB guns, falling out of tree forts, swimming after eating, driving the car my brother was given when he was 12 and I was 8, working on a dairy farm, wracking my balls on my bicycle too many times... etc. Those were wond...
by DBW
Sun Jan 11, 2009 6:04 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Ever seen a bullet in flight?
Replies: 45
Views: 3834

Re: Ever seen a bullet in flight?

Yup. Several hundred at a time to be exact while going through M60 training at Camp Bullis outside of San Antonia back in '83. With ten or so M60s firing at once we somehow managed to set the wet grass on fire a few thousand feet down the range. Guess it was all those tracers. :lol:
by DBW
Sun Jan 11, 2009 5:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT: How do you Yankees Stand it? Transplants + snow
Replies: 83
Views: 7751

Re: OT: How do you Yankees Stand it?

For Europe as a whole, about 200,000 people die from excess heat each year. However, about 1.5 million Europeans die annually from excess cold. That is more than seven times the total number of heat deaths. Just in the past decade, Europe has lost about 15 million people to the cold, more than 400 ...
by DBW
Sun Jan 11, 2009 4:58 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT- I love living in Alabama lol
Replies: 13
Views: 1475

Re: OT- I love living in Alabama lol

Those criminals should have simply gotten themselves a CDL so they could drive a truck for a honest living. Then they'd be all fat and sassy. Other than me (155#), I've never seen a truck driver that wasn't afflicted with Dunlap disease as a result of constantly trundling around the buffet at a Flyi...
by DBW
Sun Jan 11, 2009 4:50 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Won't be squeezing a trigger for a couple of weeks
Replies: 17
Views: 1081

Re: Won't be squeezing a trigger for a couple of weeks

2ndovc wrote:OK,

I give. Where is that?
Maybe Vancouver Island. :lol:
by DBW
Sun Jan 11, 2009 4:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT: How do you Yankees Stand it? Transplants + snow
Replies: 83
Views: 7751

Re: OT: How do you Yankees Stand it?

I moved away from Canada when I was four... to the Lake Placid area of New York. Eventually the family migrated to Charleston, South Carolina... then on to Oklahoma. Four years ago I married a gal from Sudbury, Ontario, Great WHITE North. My first day up there was with her asking me to shovel the dr...
by DBW
Sun Jan 11, 2009 4:15 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Won't be squeezing a trigger for a couple of weeks
Replies: 17
Views: 1081

Re: Won't be squeezing a trigger for a couple of weeks

An empty bottle with no firearm to shoot it? That's a sucky deal. :lol:

I'm headed up to Sudbury for a few days of hometime... I'm not looking forward to seeing the snow.
by DBW
Sun Jan 11, 2009 3:37 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Campfire reloading-Pics
Replies: 19
Views: 1611

Re: Campfire reloading-Pics

Thanks Perry. That link gives me a starting point.

edit: ordered the 310 Handles and .30-30 dies :)
by DBW
Sun Jan 11, 2009 3:19 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Campfire reloading-Pics
Replies: 19
Views: 1611

Re: Campfire reloading-Pics

As a newbie levergunner gaining interest in reloading, I'm intriqued by the process of loading with simple tools (though I'm still looking at more modern techniques). With that preface, here are my dumb newbie questions: 1 - can this be done in .30-30? 2 - are these tools available in this modern er...
by DBW
Sun Jan 11, 2009 2:42 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: New member
Replies: 21
Views: 1337

Re: New member

RIHMFIRE wrote:This Gator welcomes you to Leverguns!
Sorry....I could'nt resist!
Be nice. I'm thinking of switching my allegiance to the OSU Cowboys and shunning the Sooners. :lol:
by DBW
Sun Jan 11, 2009 12:48 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: New member
Replies: 21
Views: 1337

Re: New member

Doug, welcome to Leverguns. I'm from the Oklahoma City area as well... though my job as a trucker and my marriage to a Canadian gal has me being gone from OKC for long periods.
by DBW
Fri Jan 09, 2009 9:28 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT--Its Not Easy Being A Teamster
Replies: 32
Views: 2683

Re: OT--Its Not Easy Being A Teamster

Teamster? You look more like a low life grocery warehouse lumper. Lumpers are bottom dwellers in the material relocation process. :lol:
by DBW
Sun Jan 04, 2009 6:08 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Favorite cartridge
Replies: 65
Views: 7357

Re: Favorite cartridge

30 millimeter firing at a rate of 3900 rounds per minute. :lol:

In a smaller caliber I like the .30-30
by DBW
Thu Dec 25, 2008 8:42 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Merry Christmas y'all.
Replies: 11
Views: 1091

Re: Merry Christmas y'all.

Merry Christmas to ya'll! :)
by DBW
Wed Dec 24, 2008 8:13 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Advice for Handloading Beginner
Replies: 33
Views: 3236

Re: Advice for Handloading Beginner

Good advice so far from everyone. I started with the RCBS kit and went up from there. One thing you've probably told yourself to get started in reloading is "I'll save money in the long run!".....HA..... :lol: this is a lie..!, don't believe it. Reloading is a never ending hole that sucks...
by DBW
Wed Dec 24, 2008 8:03 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I WANT CHRISTMAS BACK
Replies: 12
Views: 996

Re: I WANT CHRISTMAS BACK

...ditched the merchandise frenzy... Dream on. People have been complaining about the "commercialization" of Christmas for at least 175 years, and it hasn't stopped yet. Considering that the post was directed at Christians, the concept of a less commercialized Christmas should be somethin...
by DBW
Tue Dec 23, 2008 2:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I WANT CHRISTMAS BACK
Replies: 12
Views: 996

Re: I WANT CHRISTMAS BACK

What if all (or the vast majority) of Christians got on the same page for just one Christmas and ditched the merchandise frenzy and just had a birthday party for Jesus? Now THAT would send an unforgettable message! It would be quite a few years before this "holiday" stuff came back. :evil...
by DBW
Tue Dec 23, 2008 2:05 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Advice for Handloading Beginner
Replies: 33
Views: 3236

Re: Advice for Handloading Beginner

Now that I'm officially a "levergunner", I've decided to take a look at reloading. I've been buying factory ammo for so long but with the way things are shaping up in the country I want to try my hand at the DIY aspect of this "hobby". My neighbor up here in Sudbury is retired fr...
by DBW
Tue Dec 23, 2008 1:37 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Laid Off? Need work? Post it here and lets network!
Replies: 215
Views: 441690

Re: Laid Off? Need work? Post it here and lets network!

DBW...it is only like that for nine or ten months, whats the worry? :lol: Insulated Carharts and Chains (lots o chains :wink: ) It's bad enough that I married a Canadian gal and have been dealing with coming up here for the past four years where the winter in Sudbury last six months. At least she k...