The Original Old Farts Club

[user 60570]

good morning giggy and all the lurkers

time to rise and shine and get them outdoor chores done while it is below 100!

then it’s time to move indoors and smoke joints and watch golf

 

[Unca Walt]

or a suppressed .22 with a scope...my weapon of choice for pesky critters...

Oh, how I would love a suppressor for my scoped .22 -- But again, Land of the Free has weird limits.

 

[Unca Walt]

Those Lizards must be getting as bad as wild pigs. Hope they don't fk shit up like pigs.

Worse, actually. A pure pair of examples:

They burrow constantly, so on any waterfront (intracoastal, lake, canal, bridge) the burrows cause cave-ins. Roads have collapsed. Lawns have fallen into the water. Small bridges made unsafe.

And oinks can be eaten. I tried the iguana that had the fargin audacity to walk across MY lawn: Ethiopian Prison Food.

The oink that had the temerity to do the same thing was made into a glorious cook-out.

LATE EDIT ADD: Iguanas love to get up on roofs. If they crawl in your bathroom vent pipe, they will wind up here. Exciting:

BTW: To be completely honest... they can get out of the toilet. Yup. One of the reasons there are NO iguanas at the Chateau.

 

[Unca Walt]

Here's a short video that will make even hardcases go "awwww". A swan had been injured, as was being released after healing:

 

[ness]

Good morning, we have wild hog, wild dogs. Seen wild dogs chase down a deer once it scared me. I want a handgun for Xmas and a holster so I can carry it around the yard.

 

[Unca Walt]

Time for a real nice high powered air rifle

I just cannot bring myself to spring for one. I'd have to get a decent one just to pot a distant neighbor's pests (if he'd even permit it). Fargin things are expensive...

They sell them within ten miles of me: Palm Beach Air Guns. I went there with a 2/3 intent of buying. Got cured of that notion prontissimo:

The FX Wildcat MKIII Compact was not the top of the line by any means, but it was "top" enuf to stop me from even thinking about one forever and ever amen:

"Starting at $1,349.99." <-- If you want the extras - add in your children and a camel.

 

[user 60570]

I got one of these when I was 11

Benjamin Sheridan .177

 

[user 60570]

Here's a short video that will make even hardcases go "awwww". A swan had been injured, as was being released after healing:

awwwwww

 

[RosterMan]

I got one of these when I was 11

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I still have the same takes conical shape pellets in yellow box

 

[SubmarineGirl]

I went out to water this morning and I was attacked by thousands of mosquitoes!

they must have hatched out overnight , it was shocking because I watered yesterday and no mosquitoes…***!

We have them here too big and when they bite me they stay welts and itching for days. So I have to have sleeves, long pants shoes socks and deep woods off whenever they are bad. Last spring I was working on my water pump outside and learned a quick lesson when that night I was covered from head to toe with bites that lasted two weeks. I hate mosquitoes.

 

[RosterMan]

5mm or 20cal pellets right?

 

[RosterMan]

We have them here too big and when they bite me they stay welts and itching for days. So I have to have sleeves, long pants shoes socks and deep woods off whenever they are bad. Last spring I was working on my water pump outside and learned a quick lesson when that night I was covered from head to toe with bites that lasted two weeks. I hate mosquitoes.

 

[user 60570]

5mm or 20cal pellets right?
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exactly

i believe mine were .19 but I could be mistaken..that was back around 1963?

 

[SubmarineGirl]

Yep that’s them Virginia mosquitoes right there.. the tiny baby ones bite as bad as the big ones.

 

[RosterMan]

exactly

i believe mine were .19 but I could be mistaken..that was back around 1963?


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They aslo made a 177 pellet version

the 20cal was like a 22 when I pumped it up LOL
Had mine at 12

 

[RosterMan]

Yep that’s them Virginia mosquitoes right there.. the tiny baby ones bite as bad as the big ones.

Ever tighten you skin once the bug is biting and filling with blood
You can actually get them to explode
Tightening the skin makes it hard for them to pull out, and they keep sucking

 

[user 60570]

They aslo made a 177 pellet version
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the 20cal was like a 22 when I pumped it up LOL
Had mine at 12

yep yep , I think that was exactly like mine…yeah , pump it up and no problems killing a rabbit at 10-20 yards

 

[Unca Walt]

I got one of these when I was 11

Benjamin Sheridan .177View attachment 303139

My Daddy would not let me have one. I could have .22, though <-- He knew I would be safe with a "real" gun. He wuz right... Using a buddy's Daisy, I shot a girl in the ass. Didn't get caught.

 

[RosterMan]

 

[user 60570]

My Daddy would not let me have one. I could have .22, though <-- He knew I would be safe with a "real" gun. He wuz right... Using a buddy's Daisy, I shot a girl in the ass. Didn't get caught.

it must have been some nice arse