RowdyRebel

Wife worked late last night pulling a double shift, so I swung through on my way home to see her. They'd been predicting a big storm capable of producing a big twister for almost a week...level 4 out of 5 possibility. I wanted to be home with the kids (there with the mother-in-law) before it hit...didn't quite work out, but it wasn't too bad here. Hell, I was in the Walmart & didn't even know it had rained until I stepped outside, so I thought we'd dodged the bullet and the weather folks had over-hyped the threat again. Got home and the news was in "weather emergency" mode...and holy crap it looked bad not all that far to the South. This "confirmed" tornado was on the ground and just wasn't going away. Mayfield (maybe an hour's drive from here...I've picked up there several times, backing a 102" flatbed into a dock made for 96" trailers, with maybe an inch or 2 on each side) was directly in its path...didn't look good. The pictures and videos I'm seeing today are gut wrenching. If the KY Governor is right that this was on the ground for 227 miles, it's got the Tri-State Tornado (1925) beat by about 8 miles. Funny thing, THAT one tracked about 30 miles north of here. THIS one, maybe 40 or so miles to the South. Funny all the libs trying to blame climate change for this. If that were the case, explain the cause of the 1925 twister...which was similar in size, strength, and distance...and happened within 100 miles. It's happened before. It'll happen again. Thankfully THIS time we were warned almost a week out about the possibility...and warnings went out immediately at the first sign of rotation...and with all of the modern radar imaging, media outlets, etc., the death toll is much lower this time. What happeded at the candle factory is what concerns me every time the weather gets bad while the wife's at work. If a warning is issued, they lock down the store (nobody can leave) and everybody gathers in the middle of an open span building. Only place less safe to be is in a trailer park. Luckily, it missed us. I don't know where everybody else on here is, but hopefully nobody was in this thing's path.

Was originally called "Armistice Day" to mark the end of WWI. After WWII, it became known as "Veterans Day" to honor all of those who had served in the 2nd WW as well as the 1st. Or at least that's what I seem to recall from school. It's been more than a few minutes since then, though.😬

He'd be a bigger fool than he usually is if he DOES make too many public comments about the incident. "Anything you say can & will be used against you". Investigators are watching & listening. Best thing to do is just keep your mouth shut & don't say a damn thing about it to anyone other than your attorney.

"We're never gonna learn about how safe the vaccine is until we start giving it," said panel member Dr. Eric Rubin during the hearing. "That's just the way it goes." Sounds an awful lot like "We have to pass it to find out what's in it"...except this time it's worse because they want to inject our kids. There are no take-backs. Once you do it, you're along for the ride and there's no avoiding whatever the effects may be. Screw that. MY kids aren't lab rats.

Cheney didn't have to verify the gun was safe...he likely loaded it himself. He wasn't shooting at his friend, he was shooting at birds...and his friend happened to be in the way. Target fixation as you're leading the bird timing your shot, losing track of what's beyond in the moment you squeeze the trigger. Like I said, he violated 1 rule & and an accident happened. Baldwin picked up the gun, intentionally pointed it in the direction of people, and squeezed the trigger. EVERY rule was broken and a 100% preventable tragedy happened. Beyond someone getting shot, the similarities are razor thin.

The harder they push trying to force the unwilling to get the jab, the firmer my resolve becomes against getting it. Convince me with facts. Unfortunately for them they can't, because if the facts were widely known few would be taking the risk in getting the jab...so they try to convince by force.

Democrats in Illinois are in the process of stripping the "right to conscience" from a 20 year old law that basically says you don't have to have any medical procedure or take any drugs which violate your religion or goes against your better judgement...in other words, right now Illinois law says you can refuse any drug or medical procedure you don't think is right for you. Of course they can't have THAT standing in the way of their mandates! Ben Franklin said it best: "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to eat for dinner. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote." My rights aren't up for a vote. Anyone planning to assault my nose with one of their swabs will find their own nose assaulted with my fist. Anyone planning to perforate my skin with their needle will find their own skin perforated with my knife. If my wife is given an ultimatum (jab or she's fired) and she reluctantly takes the jab against her better judgement and ANY adverse effects come about, there will be some adverse effects for the store manager on up the chain pushing this crap. Anyone injects one of my kids with this crap and they're just going to be dead. Those in power trying to push these "vaccines" just don't realize how serious we who don't want/need them really are...and they'll either come to their senses and just stop pushing, or they'll learn the hard way. I'll get fired. I'm stubborn like that, and know I can get another job probably making more money with a shorter commute, and not spend more than a couple days unemployed. My wife's not as sure she could make what she's making now elsewhere...and that's what these folks profiting off the jab (with ZERO liability if it harms you) are counting on.

There's a slight difference between trying to shoot a flying bird & accidentally peppering your friend in the face who happened to get in the way with a little birdshot and picking up a gun you "think" is unloaded, aiming at a couple people, and squeezing off a round. 1 rule broken (know target & whats beyond) vs EVERY rule broken.

There are people rotting away in prison who "didn't know it was loaded" and "accidently" killed someone. I really don't see how this is any different.

I've heard multiple people attempt to blame others...from the props department to the weapons specialist to any number of others involved in the process. Bottom line, though, this rests 100% with Mr. Baldwin. HE was the one who picked up the gun. HE was the one who did not verify it's condition. HE was the one who pointed it in an unsafe direction. HE was the one who squeezed the trigger. Sure, there were others involved with the loading, etc. of the gun...but all of those people and what they may or may not have done wrong to possibly contribute to this tragedy would be a non-issue had Mr. Baldwin simply followed the most basic rules of safe firearm handling.

I had been drooling over the Henry's for years. Was at a sporting goods store that sold guns one night and they didn't have the Henry in the .45 Colt that I wanted...but they had an Uberti 1866 Yellowboy. I asked what the difference was, and they showed me how the Henry's load through the business end of the magazine tube, where the Uberti loaded through a gate on the frame. I kinda liked the Uberti, so after thinking on it for a while & getting the go-ahead from my better half when I found a place that had one for a good price, I picked one up. Two days later my boy was born. It was a year before I actually got to shoot the thing & couldn't hit the broad side of a barn at 25 yds. Sat in the gun safe a couple more years until I trapped a skunk & decided that was the most practical way to get it out of the trap without being sprayed. Set up a 4x8 piece of cardboard and stood less than 10 feet away. Aimed. Squeezed the trigger. Shot hit over 12 inches to the right from the point of aim and a little high. No wonder I couldn't hit anything at 25 yards! Adjusted the front sight to get the verticle lined up. Still hits 3 inches high at 25 yards, but trajectory ought to bring it back closer at 50 & 100 yards. 25 was all I needed and .45 Colt ammo is expensive & hard to come by these days. Stood about 25 yards back from the trapped skunk with the wind at my back and squeezed the trigger once. That's all I needed. Anyway, it's the only gun in my safe that wasn't made in the USA. Saw Henry is building rifles with the frame-mounted loading gate now...just not Golden Boy's in .45 Colt (last time I checked, anyway). When I first heard they were doing that, I considered maybe trading in the Uberti for a Henry...but I doubt I'll ever do that, because this was the last big purchase I made before kids. Not saying I won't eventually get a Henry too...just that I won't be getting rid of the Uberti.

Friend of mine has severe asthma...so bad that he participates in different drug studies for new treatments, and the 48 hours or so he has to come off his meds to do that nearly kills him every time. He caught the virus. Spent his entire quarantine out on the tractor making hay...cutting, teddering, raking, baling. One night he was having coughing fits...so bad he went to the ER. They gave him some cough syrup w/codine, and sent him home. That was all he needed to make a full recovery...but because he went to the ER, he's included in the "1-5% hospital care". Several of my coworkers have also had it. "Better than having the flu" was the general consensus among them. Not any different than my cousins or brother in law & their families. Even my 99 year old grandma tested positive at the nursing home she's at. She, even at her age, is still in the "85% with mild/no symptoms" group. The home later "vaccinated" the residents, and the 2nd shot damn near killed her. She spent several days in the hospital with symptoms of a heart attack...but never had a heart attack. Now this talk about "boosters" and how the "reaction to the booster should be similar to the reaction to the 2nd shot" BS has me worried. She'll be 100 in February. It'd be nice if they didn't try again to kill her with this ineffective & dangerous "vaccine" before then (or EVER, for that matter).

The "cold, hard facts" as you call them are that not all (very few, in fact) of the 700k deaths attributed to the virus are actually because of the virus. There have been big incentives given to pad the death count. Asymptomatic people dying of natural (or any other...blunt force trauma, cancer, etc...) causes who happen to test positive post-mortem are all included in that total. CDC has even admitted (although they buried it) that only roughly 4-6% of deaths attributed to the virus are solely due to the virus. Then look at these so-called vaccines. Other drugs have been pulled from the market after having only a fraction of the injuries & deaths attributed to them over the course of several years (sometimes even decades) as these "vaccines" have experienced in only a few months. Then the "breakthrough" infections, indicating they DON'T work as well as we were told they would...and now the need for "boosters" every couple months to try to maintain the level of protection they had claimed would be had with the initial dose. But hey, if it hasn't killed you in the first week or two after injection, it MUST be safe, right? Who cares what the yet unknown long-term effects of these new (never before even made it beyond the small-scale testing phase) kind of drugs might be. We NEED to take this risk because of a virus so deadly 85% of infected individuals will never know they have it, and 95-99% will get over it on their own. The 1-5% who need medical care, that includes the outpatients who are treated & sent on their way without being admitted. For most age groups, this virus is better than 99.5% surviveable. For the virus to have a chance to affect you, you have to catch it. For the jab to affect you, you have to take it. Your chance of contracting it is small. If you choose to inject yourself, that's your choice and should be based upon your own individual risk factors. It should NOT be forced or coerced upon ANYONE. But let's all put these poorly fitting cloth masks on around our chins to show everybody else how much we care.🙄

Nah...that "deadliest virus in history" mask ought to be off the nose/around the chin. Maybe add a big, bushy beard to it, since it's a male manequin head. I've lost any tolerance I ever might've had for being told I HAVE to wear a mask by anyone who can't/won't/doesn't wear their own mask properly. With the exception of the trip to the ER with my boy, I haven't even carried a mask with me in at least 6-8 months...probably another 3-4 months added to that since I had put one on. Sucked having to waste time looking for where they'd been put before going to the hospital when my boy was in pain...but it was quicker & easier to put one on than it would've been to stand there fighting with hospital security while my boy needed to be seen.

What's absolutely ridiculous about them here, is, within spitting distance of the corner where they are standing, there are a dozen businesses with "help wanted" signs posted. I refuse to help those who won't help themselves. If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat. - 2 Thessalonians 3:10 And before our friends on the left get all up in arms, it doesn't say "If anyone CAN not work," but rather "If anyone WILL not work". I have no problem helping those who are doing all they can & falling short...but if you're just being lazy & expecting everyone else to do the heavy lifting for you, you're on your own.

I was reading a thread about some guy who just got his CDL and starting with a company & was asking how much experience he needed to have before his wife could ride along with him. I had just taken my boy for his 1st ride (he was 6 months old at the time), and at one of our stops I put him on my lap. What does he do? One hand immediately on the wheel with the other reaching for the shifter & I was lucky enough to snap a pic. So I took that pic & turned it into a meme..."How much experience do I need before my mommy can ride with me?"😂

Actually just had that conversation with the wife (and she's on board). As soon as he gets the hang of riding a bicycle without the training wheels, we'll be looking for a little 50cc dirt bike for him. Just wouldn't be practical to motorize the trike tractor. Would have to remove the pedals & replace with foot pegs. Also the rear axle would have to be replaced make it a powered axle...which means a differential or else the thing would only go straight (not much weight on the front wheel...especially when you're trying to pull something on gravel). The alternative would be to locate the motor on the front axle, because since the whole wheel assembly pivots around, it'd be impossible to have a shaft, chain, or belt driving it. That would cause issues with steering as we'd run into clearance issues when turning into the motor. ...although...mounting the motor on that trailer to push him around MIGHT work...still would need a new axle, but it could be a solid one...or do a pair of electric motors with a motorized pot to control wheel speeds independently dependent upon the angle of the trailer to the tractor so that the outside wheel would have more speed than the inside wheel...but that would take quite a bit of figuring to get it all correct. Yeah, I don't see it happening.

ESPECIALLY the way 99% of the people wearing them wear them. Doesn't matter if it's the best mask in the world and it can filter out 100% of the virus, if it isn't being worn properly, it ain't doing a lick of good. I've just been at the point where I don't give a rip about your thoughts on whether or not I ought to be wearing a mask if you can't/won't/don't wear your own mask properly.

As I was walking into Walmart last night, they had a greeter at the door telling unmasked people that they had masks available if you want one. Yeah...you're free to grab one out of a bulk package of 100 or so. NOT individually wrapped. So if you're dumb enough to grab one of theirs to use, you're taking a mask who knows how many disgusting shoppers have put thier paws on while grabbing one...and then placing it on your face. No thanks. Even if I were inclined to wear one, you're probably better off just not wearing one in that situation. Yet people were.🤢

LOL...I got banned there. Apparently telling people the truth was considered "toxic".🤣

Found it at one of the farm stores we have in town. Like I said, all I did was make a drawbar for it so I could push him around & eventually hook up trailers and such...after all, what good is a tractor if'n ya can't pull stuff with it?🤷‍♂️ https://tricamindustries.com/product/gck-31/

The tractor was store bought...although I added a drawbar so I could push him around with a shovel handle with a hook in the end. He was only 1, and still a little ways off of being able to pedal it on his own. Only other modification was a bracket clamped around the steering wheel so I could pull him around with the stick, too, until he got the hang of steering it himself. And yeah, mirrors would be nice...but not very practical on a toy tractor. I'd probably spend more time fixing/replacing them than he would using 'em.

He can already back it up better than most adults, too. This was his 1st attempt. Sure, it ain't much to look at right now...still figuring out what kind of trailer it'll be & how to get it there. For now, though, he's having fun pulling it around behind his little blue tractor...and that's really all that matters.

Ok, so today's project is to build a trailer for him to pull behind his pedal tractor. Got an old frame from a David Bradley walk-behind tractor...not the actual tractor, but the frame for the seat cart you'd hook up behind it so that you could ride. Wheels were rotted off, and it doesn't have a seat anymore...and the front hitch has been cut off. So, we'll get the welder out and extend the tongue a bit and add a hitch. Then, we'll cut some bushings to make the 1" hub no-flat wheels I pulled off a 2-wheeled wheel barrow that was in the dumpster at the farm (that saved me $80 not having to buy some pneumatic tires from TSC...only place I've found with wheels with a large enough hub) to fit on the 7/8" axle. I'm still thinking on how to remove the seat pedastal and rig up a lever system that would simultaneously apply the brakes and push a rod up through the frame where that pedastal is now to raise a dump bed. He likes dump trucks...so I figure we'll build him one. Unfortunately the poly tub on that wheelbarrow was a little huge...and the farmhand who helped dig it out wanted the tub for a planter...so we may just fabricate something out of sheet metal...another weekend. Today is just getting the frame ready and able to be pulled. I think I'm going to have to start welding left-handed, though. The boy is a southpaw, and I think it'll be easier for him to learn if he's helping hold with his left hand. I'm pretty ambedextrose on most things...can do pretty much anything with either hand, just a lot better and a lot faster right handed. Point of all of these projects is to teach him life skills...so whatever works best for him.

He won't be 4 for another month or so, but he loves to help me when I'm working on stuff. He doesn't like to wear the dark helmet, so when I need to weld something, he gets to be a handful because he wants to be there with me but I can't have him watching...until now. Bought a pair of the soft goggles that come with a #5 lense for oxy/acetylene cutting & welding. Bought the #10 lense to put in them...so now he's got his own welding goggles. Wife's dog will tear up anything she can reach if she's left alone...ESPECIALLY if there's a storm, guns going off, or fireworks. Those plastic kennels? Destroys them and escapes. Those collapseable wire ones, same story. Wife bought a damn cage...1/2" square tube & 3/8" round tube...double sliding latch...HEAVY DUTY. It holds her, but she spills the water and chews the bowl. Yes....stainless steel bowl has teeth marks. Anyway, bent a couple 3/8" steel rods & welded them into circles...one the bowl slips through, the other slightly smaller the bowl sets inside. Used 1/2" square tube to make a base, then added 4 uprights at the mid points to hold the 2 rings...top (larger) ring about an inch above the lower (smaller) ring. Base bolts to the floor of the cage with some J-hooks. Bowl is protected by the large ring, but it doesn't interfere with the dog's ability to drink. My boy was on my lap with his hand on the electrode as we were welding it all together. Need to find some kid-sized welding gloves...and his face could probably use a little more protection. If I do my job as a dad correctly, he'll be the only person in his kindergarten class that can weld, back a trailer, and back a hay wagon. Now that he can reach the pedals on his little tractor, we'll build a trailer for him to pull. Probably have a wagon by next summer with a hitch welded onto the handle so he can pull it around, too. Anyway, that's the goal I've set...got a year (or 2 if we hold him back...he's really small for his age)...I think it's doable.