thanks for that update, Chuck!!!! Wow! maybe i'll just cobble a couple of small pieces and fix my old one....!!
Tom On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 12:06 AM, Chuck Alexander < chuckalexan...@centurylink.net> wrote: > ** > Tom: here's a photo of that vise. I think I paid $39.95 for it. Don't > waste your money. It IS a rotary, but VERY cheaply machined. It rusted > from just the humidity in the house, and also the "pad" as you can see, > that goes on the adjustment screw to make it not bore into the table came > off the first few days. I'd rather have a $20 Thompson any day,rotary or > not. HTH, Chuck > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Tom Swahn Jr <swahnto...@gmail.com> > *To:* vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > *Sent:* Saturday, August 11, 2012 5:12 PM > *Subject:* [VFB] Re: HUGE Rattler > > Real quick question for Chuck....what was that vice you bought on EBay a > bit ago?? ALL my projects are done after close to two years and i'm > anxious to get tying again....Hope all on the list are doing well..missed > you guys!!! > > Tom in VT > > On Thursday, August 9, 2012 11:57:29 PM UTC-4, chuckles wrote: >> >> Folks: It's the dog days of Summer, and that means (at least around >> here) that the snakes are crawling, and are meaner than ever. Yesterday, my >> son and grand daughter were walking to the edge of of or property to check >> on getting a part off an old Ford we have parked there when they saw a huge >> rattler gliding across the yard. They ran up and got me, and wouldn't ya >> know it but the firing pin on my shotgun is broken, so I get my 22 magnum >> pistol and go out there. I spot him, and you know how ppl are about telling >> you the size of snakes. It's like telling you the size of the "fish that >> got away". But this was one of the Eastern Diamondbacks you see on the TV >> shows, as in over 5ft long, and bigger than my forearm. But the weird thing >> is, even after I shot (and missed 3 out of 5 times, cause it's hard to hit >> a snake with an old revolver at 15 yards, cause that was as close as I was >> getting LOL). Anyway, through all that, he NEVER ratted a single time. I >> shot and missed. I shot again and hit him. He stopped dead in his tracks >> and I thought I had heart shot him, cause I knew it was a "body shot". I >> shot again, and hit him again. (reason I know is cause after he had gone, I >> saw the blood stains on the ground) He still didn't move. His tail was >> straight up, and he had 7 or 8 rattles, each at least 3/4" across, but like >> I said, they NEVER once rattled. I missed him three more times, and had one >> round mis fire before he FINALLY started crawling off VERY SLOWLY. My son >> in law had heard the shots and came down with his shotgun, and we went out >> into the woods and hunted the snake for 30 minutes or so, but never saw him >> again. Man, that really scared me knowing how close he was to my son and >> grand daughter. He was a BEAUTIFUL snake as he had JUST shed his skin and >> his colors and markings were really bright. But he'll be "dead and >> beautiful" if I see him again and hopefully get more shots at him LOL. >> Anyway, if you live anywhere that is snake country, this is a bad time of >> the year, so be on the lookout at all times. Chuck >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" > group. > > To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com > > No virus found in this message. > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2437/5193 - Release Date: 08/11/12 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" > group. > > To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com > -- *"I have fished through fishless days that I remember happily without regret."* * Roderick Haig-Brown* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com
