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Hey Rory,.
Who has the dancing elf video with some of you fella heads on them?
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yes lift mechanic mostly summer months building new or up grading. then working on snow cats, busses ,plowing snow. The worst thing LOGGAH was my BOSS !!!. oh yeah left out hard rock gold mining and fishing guide northern Quebec 6 to 7 lb square tail's 15 lb pike .waiting for the border to open. for last week of July first week of August
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Bert you met the 2 Mikes at Fest #2 rember we called them the Soprano Boys! Brother Mike do you still have my Prints ?/ LoL A few here no of the Prank the Soprano boys pulled on me!
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Deer Camp! about as good as it gets!
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I remember... that's the year I brought the young grouser, Fug brought lobster, Jed and Lulu got married and I cuddled an 1895 SRC.
"Rhetoric is no substitute for reality." -Thomas Sowell
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Dale K., when my folks bought their ranch in Sonoma County, CA in 1948, WAY before it was "the Wine Country," it was a mess of Russian and Yellow Star Thistles, dust, and deep gullies and land slips. Had been overgrazed by sheep for decades, starting in the 1920s--the Great Depression didn't help....
With the help of SCS and UC Extension, we turned it into a very productive and nice place to live. Those two agencies were the only ones that were welcomed at the ranches and farms around there--anyone else with a clipboard was liable to be met with the business end of a .30-30.
I was only 5 then but I remember the SCS agent getting right down in the gully bottoms with us and showing us how to make soil catchers from all the rusty bobwire strung all over the place, how to plant hedges along the gullies and how to plant, harvest, and plant Harding Grass. Still remember the silky feel of a handful of Harding Grass seed that we had just harvested by hand like neolithic farmers!
I spent 10 years in 4-H because of those agents and agencies and loved every minute of it. The place is now owned by a Public Land Trust and is public open space, mainly used for hiking and horseback riding. Fulla game, too. When we moved in there, we had few deer, no game birds, no predators, mainly ground squirrel colonies and dust. Now there's scads of quail, tree squirrels, cottontail and jack rabbits, coyotes, tree foxes, and bobcats. And all the trees we got from SCS are HUGE! The SCS-planned farm pond is full of catfish, largemouth bass and bluegills.
Sometimes the Guvment does GOOD stuff for the land and the people. Helps if the people add some elbow grease to the equation, a labor of love. Thanks for sharing the success story, that's the kind of thing that keeps me going to the field, especially when the government 'stuff' starts getting deep. That elbow grease you mention is a very important part of the way NRCS works. We offer suggestions and options to fix a problem and the farmer/landowner decides what they want to do. They buy in because they made the decision, it's not some government agent telling them you must do it this way. Dale
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Dale I tip my hat to you also. I also had several projects under the NRCS performed on my 2 properties(Warren and Crawford co) BOTH properties exceeded my expectations!
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For a long time, I've been curious about what different members of the Savage Forum do for a livelihood. Is this too personal of a question?
Before I retired to a life of leisure, I was a professional singer in the Navy Band, DC, a maritime/ Chesapeake Bay fossil museum exhibit interpreter and field guide, and a professional bird carver.
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Dale I tip my hat to you also. I also had several projects under the NRCS performed on my 2 properties(Warren and Crawford co) BOTH properties exceeded my expectations! Thanks! I'm based in our Area office in Clarion. I probably know some of the folks you worked with on those projects. Dale
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I'm into my second career as an assistant solicitor for a county government in southeastern Pennsylvania. Got laid off from a corporate legal department after we were acquired at age 63 and wasn't ready to retire. Probably do this a couple of more years, as it's a whole lot less heavy lifting than what I used to do and I like the mental stimulation and interaction. I've also been able to make some improvements in our procurement processes, which has saved the local taxpayers some $$ and that makes me feel useful.
My Savages are all deer rifles - an early Savage 340 in .30-30 and a 1950s 99 in .300 Savage. I also have a Stevens Springfield 16 gauge sxs shotgun that was my father's. I'm not a collector - more of an accumulator, and I've been slowly liquidating the accumulation to try and get it down to a manageable level.
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Aviation Safety Inspector, FFL, and slum lord.
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I'm into my second career as an assistant solicitor for a county government in southeastern Pennsylvania. Which county? I used to live in Montgomery and Lancaster, have a daughter that lives in Berks so I get down that way pretty regular. Or did, this covid thing really has screwed up life big time in that part of the state. Dale
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well lets see at 11 i started an afternoon paper route somewhere around 14 i switched to a morning route followed by walking hots before school [[ hots being race horses after a morning work out] by 16 i was working at a bowling alley looking after 30 automatic pin setters after school till closing at about 11 oc, in the summer i worked in the hay fields loading trucks then the barns, then after june i spent 2 months surveying on a highways relocation project , after high school i worked many small jobs flitting from one to another for more pay or different work conditions ,, gas station ,tire shop ,delivering furniture , hauling hay. working in a freight warehouse then hauling freight ,than as a labourer on a highways bridge project, then on a building maintaince crew , then back to surveying then logging school and setting chockers and splicing wire rope for a A frame log dump, and some labouring on house construction crew, all in all i spent about 5 years surveying , 5 years doing house and foundation construction , 4 years as a foreman at a rock quarry out in the boonies ,,fly in only way to get there. then i got into excavating and i still get paid to play in the dirt ,dig big holes load and drive big trucks , build driveways and highways , design and build private bridges, wok in the oil patch ,, so at 74 i still work most every day and call myself semi retarded not semi retired, and life goes on and on some where along the way i became a Savage nuts with help from the enablers on here,,,,Norm
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If it wern't entertaining, I wouldn't keep coming back.------the BigSky
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"You can lead a man to logic, but you cannot make him think." Joe Harz
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I mostly lurk on this section as I am a noobie at best. I hoped to go to the Dells get together a few years back but other events prevented that. This year's get together was on the calendar but it too fell by the wayside.
I retired 2+ years ago after spending 33 years as a Firefighter/EMT. Currently work in a variety retail store, mostly sporting good, but I can be found in hardware, automotive, farm, pets, and lawn and garden depending on the day.
I get thrown into a lot of positions as my background gives me a wider but shallower base of knowledge than many of my coworker's. I grew up part city boy, part Jackpine Savage in northern Minnesota, and part on the family dairy farm in central Minnesota. Did these through most of high school. Generally had at least two jobs and often three. Other jobs have been driving semi for 4 years, 11 years as a volunteer/paid on call firefighter/EMT, part time police officer 5 years, 4 years warehouse work, about 2 years total fast foods at fairs, 5 years radio station promotions, and probably a couple more I can't remember offhand. I Also did a bit of testing/trialing pointing dogs, mainly the continental breeds but also a few setters.
This all kept me mostly out of trouble in my early years as I didn't have much of a personal life. I started toning back in my mid-20's but old habits die hard as my "part time" job often has me working more than full time hours. I hope to make a get together some day and not only learn more about Savage firearms but place faces to names.
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I started my career as a deputy sheriff/paramedic over 37 years ago. Worked the road for 7 years, then made Detective. The state built a new prison and I got hired there to investigate inmate crimes inside the prison and handle employee misconduct allegations. I then did 3 years with Adult Probation and Parole before I commanded a multi jurisdictional drug task force for almost 5 years. Now working for the state as a fraud investigator. Going to retire in 22 months and have bought mountain property in eastern Idaho where the wife and I will build a home and live out our last years. It'll be 39+ years when I retire and one hell of a ride. Looking forward to lots of hunting, fly fishing and time on the ATVs. Hopefully the grandkids will want to come and visit during the summer months.
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I started my career as a deputy sheriff/paramedic over 37 years ago. Worked the road for 7 years, then made Detective. The state built a new prison and I got hired there to investigate inmate crimes inside the prison and handle employee misconduct allegations. I then did 3 years with Adult Probation and Parole before I commanded a multi jurisdictional drug task force for almost 5 years. Now working for the state as a fraud investigator. Going to retire in 22 months and have bought mountain property in eastern Idaho where the wife and I will build a home and live out our last years. It'll be 39+ years when I retire and one hell of a ride. Looking forward to lots of hunting, fly fishing and time on the ATVs. Hopefully the grandkids will want to come and visit during the summer months. If your kids/grandkids don't visit, I'll volunteer to visit/freeload!!! Congratulations!
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I took six months off for this viral thing to settle in. Been doing part time at the prison from whence I retired after 21 years. Did 9 years transporting crooks around the state of Misery. I decided to enjoy retirement and may go back in September to return my issued gear. Be Well, Rustyzipper.
Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy. Its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery. Winston Churchill.
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Being retired is starting to sound real good to me.
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wyo1895 With Savage never say never. For a copy of my book on engraved Savage lever actions rifles send a check for $80 to; David Royal, p.o. box 1271, Pinedale, Wy., 82941. I will sign and inscribe the book for you. [email protected]
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