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I just don't want to wind up missing a digit or limb. I can sometimes get in a hurry to get results.
I guess I should say howdy to yall since I've been posting about already. I'm up north of the 56th parallel, at the end of the ugliest 200 miles of dirt road you can imagine. I've got a few habits/hobbies and wrenching is one of them. I'm an electrician by trade, mechanic out of habit and necessity, welder, woodworker, and cook. Add to the list accredited firefighter and instructor, and an outdoors and hunting lover. Also I'm in the reserves as a Canadian Ranger, much different than y'all's Rangers. I've started a thread called BWST that contains more info on us. Looking forward to being a part of this wonderful thing that Don has got going.
Well it's trying to turn winter up here now. We had our first dusting of snow at the start of the month to the tune of around 10" or so. It hung around a few days and left. As of the last couple days it looks like winter is coming. Had some freezing rain and snow mix light dusting on the ground now. Sitting around freezing for highs and nearing -10c/15f for lows. Still running boat to cabin I think this will be the end of the season this weekend. Water temp nearing 35 or so and ice will be on its way. I really need to get a copy of the book, no excuses now, just haven't bought a copy. I have thoroughly loved all of the bits you've given and really need to pick up a copy. The avatar is a copy of one of our sniper targets supposed to have brown white and black. Shot that in a work up to CAFSAC our national shooting concentration. And yes now that you mention it he is cold looking. Essentially every time I'm out once winter really sets in is a survival exercise. My hope is to either find some old pictures (had some computer issues) or remember to take some new ones to do some winter survival stuff in the real man knowledge base. The 30 & 40 below stuff gets easy, (read you can dress for it). The worst cold I've ever felt was at 4c/38f moose hunting. It rained, snowed, rained some more and I was overdressed then once sweated up a bit very underdressed. Never been so cold in my life. So I know of the involuntary shaking shivering need for warm.