Peggy Cobb Posted March 31, 2009 Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 I hope I got the picture of my dog attached. This is my summer addiction and right now spring is calling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcjenkins Posted March 31, 2009 Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 What an adorable Corgi. Bet you two have a lot of fun each summer. You can see from his face how much he's enjoying it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margaret CPA in OH Posted March 31, 2009 Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 Beautiful creature! I can see it now, though. We'll all post our own fun things (I started to say addictions, then desire, then pleasures but thought better of it). Wait 'til you see me in my scuba gear! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catherine Posted March 31, 2009 Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 Beautiful creature! I can see it now, though. We'll all post our own fun things (I started to say addictions, then desire, then pleasures but thought better of it). Wait 'til you see me in my scuba gear! Rifle season starts in April -- first match is Saturday the 25th. I'll see if I can dig up a picture of me on the line from last year. Got it -- I'm the one with the green jacket sort of in the right/middle. Don't think anyone would be interested in a picture of dirt from my garden, though! Catherine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion EA Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 Now I understand why Catherine's clients pay close attention to what she says! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasdlm Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 Professional Bull Riding . . . 24 April at the Qwest Center in Omaha. Well worth the 3 hour drive. I can't wait. (I'm a spectator, of course.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jklcpa Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 Very cute Corgi Peggy. If you're interested in agility, I'm on a dog forum that has lots of people involved in agility, obedience, training, general dog care. We all enjoy seeing lots of pix & video too. The woman that owns the site is a canine nutritionist. Check it out after the work slows down, it's free with lots of helpful advice on health, nutrition, supplements, training, general topics too. It's a fun group, much like this forum, with very nice & helpful folks (and no flaming). Our Dogs Online can be found at http://www.ourdogsonline.com/ubbthreads.php/forum_summary You can lurk without signing in, but must sign in to post or see all the forums. The General, Photo/Video and Non-Dog topics are member only. The moderator's main website for her nutrition area is at www.betterdogcare.com and has a lot of interesting information on dog food. KC, I hope it's ok to post those links. If not, please just delete this post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcjenkins Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 Does not bother me. This is the Chat' section, and it's marked NT, so anyone that objects should just move on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booger Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 Rifle season starts in April -- first match is Saturday the 25th. I'll see if I can dig up a picture of me on the line from last year. Got it -- I'm the one with the green jacket sort of in the right/middle. Don't think anyone would be interested in a picture of dirt from my garden, though! Catherine Catherine, what kind/type of rifle is that? I tend to stick with .22's; also have tried Skeet Shooting. Remember when I first tried Skeet....my right shoulder was sore for about a week! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catherine Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 Catherine, what kind/type of rifle is that? I tend to stick with .22's; also have tried Skeet Shooting. Remember when I first tried Skeet....my right shoulder was sore for about a week! Bet you had a nice bruise, too -- aka "recoil rash". Shotguns can sure kick hard, and those vests don't give much padding. But then, a bird hunter can be out for a whole day and only take two or four shots. WAY different from a trap or skeet set of, what is it, 20 in a row? The rifle I shot in '07 was a Colt clone of an AR-15, a .223 caliber high-power target rifle. For last year, my husband got me as an anniversary gift (our anniversary is today, 4/1; he wanted a day he wouldn't forget) something called a "space gun" -- another .223 high-power target rifle. It's got the most _beautiful_ hard-anodized bright PURPLE barrel and stock. And it's adjustable seventeen ways to Sunday so it fits even short me (5' zero") perfectly. The Colt, even with an aftermarket short stock, was still a little long in the reach for me. But Gwen (all the way to the right on the family picture) is just enough taller than I am that the Colt fits her perfectly. She decided, though, that rather than shoot on the team this year she wants another year of raking in the $$ for pulling/scoring targets. She was so happy last night, though -- in the local pistol team match, her score counted towards team total for the first time! And I think it was only her 5th or 6th match. She's already shooting, after just a few matches, as well as I did my first year in college. We're proud of her. She may make it to the National Championships on of these days. I did my senior year, 1980 -- they were also the Olympic try-outs (the year we boycotted), and my biggest claim to fame. Great thing about shooting -- you can keep it up long after most sports and keep getting better. It's all very Zen -- the competition is ultimately with yourself, to do everything as perfectly as possible every time. The black bulls-eye is about a foot across -- and at 200 yards through the sights looks like a pindot. Concentrate on the sights, breath control, steady trigger squeeze, ignore the mosquitos, or the cold, or the heat, or the ejected brass from the next point hitting you in the back - or the head, or your foot falling asleep. And do it again. And again. Twenty shots plus two sighters, standing in one spot, teams of 6, 2 1/2 hours for all six on each team to shoot in sets of two. Three matches every spring. We usually start in freezing cold (and snow!), and end frying in shorts under the heavy jackets. Lots of fun! Catherine Catherine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booger Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 You're so right about shooting...you compete against yourself and (hopefully) just get better. My wife got me into it initially; maybe someday I'll be as good as her. Where we live we have enough acreage to target practice there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJM Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 My wife and I recently bought handguns and we are trying to schedule time at ranges for kind of a recurring "date". Sounds like a fun hobby, and something we can do together. I grew up in the sticks where most guys and many ladies hunted, and I miss the target practice mostly. Funny thing here in WI, there is a real shortage of ammo right now. There are lots of people hoarding it ever since last November. Gun sales have skyrocketed also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catherine Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 You're so right about shooting...you compete against yourself and (hopefully) just get better. My wife got me into it initially; maybe someday I'll be as good as her. Where we live we have enough acreage to target practice there. The former (as in retired) rifle team coach from when I was in college retired "more" and went down south; he tried real hard to sell us his place up in NH; 100-yard range out in back, airgun range in the basement, separate building with 440V, 3-phase service for a machine shop..... it was very tempting but too far from where my husband works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virtual Managed Solutions Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 This is my favorite summer addiction, along with Eric's and a few other of our close friends. Picture was not taken by me, but courtesy of the curator at www.beaverbrookroad.net. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catherine Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 My wife and I recently bought handguns and we are trying to schedule time at ranges for kind of a recurring "date". Sounds like a fun hobby, and something we can do together. I grew up in the sticks where most guys and many ladies hunted, and I miss the target practice mostly. Funny thing here in WI, there is a real shortage of ammo right now. There are lots of people hoarding it ever since last November. Gun sales have skyrocketed also. My husband and I went to a clinic run by Brian Zins and Andy ??? (I'm SO bad with names) of the USMC; my averages skyrocketed afterwards. He now terms himself my "gun-bearer" and talks about someday being as good as I am in pistol (I think we just need to do that clinic again). I hope to someday be as good as him in rifle; it averages out. Gwen may surpass us both. Fiona's not that interested. She'll have fun if we drag her out with us, but doesn't volunteer to come. But it's great to have a shootin' buddy to go out with. Y'know, 33 feet clear sight lines in the basement and you can have an airgun point. We know some folks who do 5-shot matches after dinner to see who washes the dishes! Catherine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elfling Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 Can't wait to get back to the NHRA tracks! We're spectators only. TV's great, but what a blast getting up close to the drivers and dragsters. Taking our 6-year-old grandson for the first time this year. He's excited! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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