Recent content by Spike_Horn_Shooter

So far on my Milo this year the deer haven’t touched the stalks - much different that corn where the eat the whole stalk down before tassel or ear set. This is definitely plus. In one of the plots I have just PF Milo and that appears to be doing well. Germination was low due to poor...

Big Bore: my vote is the Mossberg 500 Combo Field / Security. Includes both a 26” Vent Rib barrel and an 18.5” security barrel. Also includes a pistol grip. Basically gives your kid both options. Keep it in security configuration inside the home, and if he ever felt the need to go shoot...

Hey John. Cool to see you on here. My plan for this year with the Milo: I have two one acre plots on the east and west side of a shooting shack. Northern NY, heavy clay ground / wetter until late spring. Last year was Eagle AG beans, with brassica broadcast in rows on the west plot in...

Northern Maine! People in Northern Maine don’t want to live in Northern Maine. Joking, but not really. I suppose during the zombie apocalypse it’s a great location, but though otherwise. And without snow the deer hunting is T-U-F-F. I’m from VT and work up there semi-regularly.

Turkish, the 5200 has a turbo, which I find most machines over 50hp do. I’d have to think at 1700 hours it’s closer to failure replacement than it is new.

Mad dog. That is something that drives me crazy. In fact is a big problem in the radio/electronics business. I used to work for a state agency and we’d often have local fire and police departments asking us to do pro bono work because we were solid at what we did. I refused and got into a...

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Barn dog, this is already the case. Most have some sort of weekly/daily report. At my current position, we also use a ticket based system where customers (other employees) can request services. We had shop bbqs and awards for the guys with the highest ticket count. When I was a...

Now that’s funny! You know i used to love NPR (on the road for hours in the days before podcasts) when they had specials on beavers and grazing rights and stuff like that. Then every thing turned into a weird mix of liberal talking points. Like I’m cool with the liberal stuff every now and...

Also, every American needs to go run a numbers check on actual federal expenditures. YouTube Rand Paul’s latest presentation to congress. Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and food stamps is the ENTIRE budget without running a deficit. Call these what you want, entitlements or social...

This shit with all federal workers being lazy just gets tiring. That’s me couple hundred feet in the air. Doing the best I can for my country. I don’t need a damn parade, I just don’t want to be treated like some parasite.

The vilification of federal workers is a play to get government services so jacked up, that contractors have to come in to save the day - at double or triple the price. Multiple times in my career I’ve took on jobs that were bid at 20k plus by private contractors, and done them in 3/4 days. I...

Also - cool discussion with a really different smattering of view points! Right in the sweet spot between Alex J and the more popular Reddit forums.

Did any other Vets find the comments about the US taking over Gaza a little salty? Surely that ain’t happening without some Marines on the ground. I mean if you’re going to have a bunch of Marines coming home dead and maimed by IEDs (drones in 2025), to enrich the Industrial War Machine...

Tele - you read Peter Zs new book?