RANDOM CHAT THREAD - Chat about anything or just hang out - ALL are welcome.

[Hillbilly Prince]

I just got a new relic today. It's a sweet large canister ball/grapeshot from Chancellorsville. The dealer is reputable...at least he should be. I got it from my dad.

I could have it as long as I could clean it up. Currently is is a large clump of rust, more reminiscent of an iron cow patty than a sphere, but I'll show y'all the clean up pics.

Tom could tell you how to deal with that.
Were there any battles near your area? Amazon sells state maps of CW era activity. Pretty neat.

 

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[Rookster]

You have to get them ripe Did you take some home to your wife?

That would have been a good idea. Maybe see would believe I'd been huntin.

 

[Hillbilly Prince]

Hey my friend, you've been around here a while now = tend to agree with you....

You and I have Zero idea what comes next!

You protect me and I'll surely protect you

I'm thinkng we are headed to a lot of conflict in the next year. But no one can be sure of what each day may bring.
Tend to agree with you also.

 

[Rookster]

I just got a new relic today. It's a sweet large canister ball/grapeshot from Chancellorsville. The dealer is reputable...at least he should be. I got it from my dad.

I could have it as long as I could clean it up. Currently is is a large clump of rust, more reminiscent of an iron cow patty than a sphere, but I'll show y'all the clean up pics.

Just wondering. If you have a detecting machine like the MXT. Why are you buying relics since you live on or near battle sites? Nothing personal meant. It would kinda take the adventure out of it for me. Guess I just like to dig.

 

[Rookster]

Persimmon salad. Uck.

 

[Hillbilly Prince]

Persimmon salad. View attachment 1746332 Uck.

Heavens. Who the heck would do that? Persimmons are ripe for about three minutes. Then they are over ripe. Before that they taste like eating a piece of used carpet

 

[ARC]

 

[RustyRelics]

Just wondering. If you have a detecting machine like the MXT. Why are you buying relics since you live on or near battle sites? Nothing personal meant. It would kinda take the adventure out of it for me. Guess I just like to dig.

There are two big reasons for that.

One, is that my dad is sick from the side affects of a kidney transplant. My mom refuses to let him drive. They both work all day long, and then my mom drinks at night. I've been asking them to take me to ONE spot, ONE MILE DOWN THE FREAKIN' ROAD, for months now. I get promises, but no deliverance. So...that leaves me to the front yard, and the hay field when it's cut. I went to DIV twice, but we won't be going next year. We can't afford it. That just about broke what little heart I had.

Two, nothing is more rewarding than good ol' American capitalism. Buy a bottle for cheap, sell it for higher than what I put into it, and reward oneself with a nice relic from places I probably will never go.

It really is infuriating to me. We live so close, but it's out of my reach.

 

[RustyRelics]

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Wowee! Cap has good taste!

 

[WannaDig3687]

Wowee! Cap has good taste!

Looks like he’s trying to lure Tom back .

 

[ECS]

I'm thinkng we are headed to a lot of conflict in the next year...

"Trouble ahead, trouble behind, and don't you know that notion had just crossed my mine"- Grateful Dead

 

[ARC]

Looks like he’s trying to lure Tom back .

If those pics don't lure Tom back I don't know what will. heh

 

[ARC]

"Trouble ahead, trouble behind, and don't you know that notion had just crossed my mine"- Grateful Dead

You forgot the name of the song - Casey Jones.

 

[ECS]

... Guess I just like to dig.

We can dig that!

 

[ECS]

If those pics don't lure Tom back I don't know what will. heh

Would the poet William Blake call that "Fearful Symmetry"?

 

[ECS]

That would have been a good idea...

"Quote the raven, nevermore"

 

[Rookster]

Night folks

 

[GB1]

nite rook. night all

 

[ARC]

Night as well.

 

[bill from lachine]

In case any of you want to try fermenting some foods here's an overview.