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Oh, yeah. I like Vaughan hammers.
I have a big framer and a couple others. I like to swing a big hammer easy, rather than swing a small hammer wildly.
I'm just the opposite Jim......I came out of vocational school thinking I needed a 26oz hammer for framing but figured out later how drive a 16 penny sinker with one strike from a 20oz same as a 26 but my arm felt better after driving a 50# keg of nails day in and day out (no nail guns back in those days). Nail bags were lighter too. Charlie and Jim, I'm so out of form with the Vaughn that it takes me 3-4 swings on a 16d nowadays. (assuming I don't miss, yikes)  Sam, Flannel pj's with skulls! (Or trout pictures)  HOCKEY!!!!!!!!!! chocolate (dark) wood heat 8lb splitting maul to supply the wood heat no neighbors on 3 sides, blm/fs land behind the house obedient dogs, any flavor Geno PS, yes, I like splitting wood, there's something satisfying about it
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men.
In it is contentment
In it is death and all you seek
(Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
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Ford pickups
Remington Model 700's
A good horse
New Holland tractors
My wife
A good dog
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Time spent with my wife here at home.
A quiet morning on the water with the sun breaking over the horizon.
When we go on vacation, hearing the little kids playing down on the beach, or the haunting call of the loons as they talk back and forth with each other in the morning fog.
Watching the birds, deer and turkeys working the bird feeders.
A well worn hunting rifle.
Red and black plaid Woolrich shirts.
The first cup of coffee in the morning.
molɔ̀ːn labé skýla
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Haha! Never been able to do that. One strike anyway.
All I drive is pole ring nails. Well....a tap to set it so I could get my fingers out of the way and then one strike to drive it home. Everyone could do that back then or they were packing lumber.
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Okay, merino wool is great. Hammers.... Caveman style. ![[Linked Image]](http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e78/montanasam/A%202018/IMG_3342.jpg)
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Chevelles, Bolt Action Rifles, and 1911s
Retired and Loving It!!
ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ
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Air cooled Boxer twin BMW motorcycles
Old Hart framing hammers
Old Toyota pickups
Diesel displacement hull dead rise Chesapeake Bay boats
Skil 77M work drives
Stabila levels
Cloth bologna
Country ham
Good moonshine
GEM pump on a cistern
Fisher wood stoves
Warm Morning stoves
Really sharp knives
Sauer kraut in the crock before you can it
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30-06
12 gauge
45 ACP
22LR
always worked
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Haha! Never been able to do that. One strike anyway.
All I drive is pole ring nails. Well....a tap to set it so I could gfet my fingers out of the way and then one strike to drive it home. Everyone could do that back then or they were packing lumber. Not even if I say HI YA! first.
I am MAGA.
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After poking around here for a few minutes, I've thought of another favorite thing - the Campfire before the most recent site update.
4 out of 5 Great Lakes prefer Michigan. 
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Haha! Never been able to do that. One strike anyway.
All I drive is pole ring nails. Well....a tap to set it so I could gfet my fingers out of the way and then one strike to drive it home. Everyone could do that back then or they were packing lumber. Not even if I say HI YA! first. I remember practicing so I wouldn't look like a compete rookie and I was just doing pick up work between other gigs. And learning how to hold roofing nails and drive them in the pre nail gun days. The guys that did it for a living were amazing. Geno PS And now, back to the list: New tires
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men.
In it is contentment
In it is death and all you seek
(Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
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young women
good friends
fishing
hunting.
God bless Texas-----------------------
Old 300
I will remain what i am until the day I die- A HUNTER......Sitting Bull
Its not how you pick the booger..
but where you put it !!
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Okay, merino wool is great. Hammers.... Caveman style. HA!!!! You call that caveman? I'll post a pic of a six pounder I've had for over 40 years tomorrow and let you decide if you'd like to withdraw that statement.
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Square body Ford trucks(especially with 351W/5.8 engines)
Mauser 98 rifles(especially in 8x57)
Estwing hammers(especially that new 19 oz. "Ultra Hammer")
Bookers Bourbon
Lil' Sumpin' Sumpin'(if you know, you know).
Mauser Rescue Society
Founder, President, and Chairman
I don't always shoot Mausers, but when I do...I prefer VZ-24s.
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Mauser Rescue Society
Founder, President, and Chairman
I don't always shoot Mausers, but when I do...I prefer VZ-24s.
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My first week of being on the concrete crew the old finisher comes up to me and asked if I wanted to buy a hammer.
A 20oz Vaughn to be exact.
(we were supposed to have our own tools and I didn't have chit)
$10, it's a good hammer and you need one. And it was a good hammer, balanced great...
I'm about 99.9% sure he stole it back a week later.....grin
(we became great friends for the next 6-7 years) I worked industrial concrete to help pay my way through college. Running an 80 pound vibrator in four foot deep mud for 10 hours was a workout.
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The one tool I reach for more than any other is just a cheap little Black and Decker cordless screwdriver. That's probably my number one. My Weber natural gas grill is number 2. I have cooked entire meals on it. I have it hooked up to my home gas line, so I never run out. I am really fond of the bicycle I built too.
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Wife in the mood
Wood with no viagra.
Toe curling vertebrae straightening orgasms.
Bladder emptying piss the morning after.
"Maybe we're all happy."
"Go to the sporting goods store. From the files, obtain form 4473. These will contain descriptions of weapons and lists of private ownership."
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Okay, merino wool is great. Hammers.... Caveman style. HA!!!! You call that caveman? I'll post a pic of a six pounder I've had for over 40 years tomorrow and let you decide if you'd like to withdraw that statement. Charlie, that one has an 8lb head and a pound of tape....grin The heavier the hammer the dumber the 'caveman'.... ![[Linked Image]](http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e78/montanasam/A%202018/IMG_3350.jpg)
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"The Warden" tops the list. Okay, merino wool is great. Hammers.... Caveman style. Sam, that is a Slav finish hammer! I keep a short-handled 6# hammer at the anvil - just to "fine-tune" things that need a small adjustment.
I've always been a curmudgeon - now I'm an old curmudgeon.
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