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Old 11-16-14, 08:46 PM   #1
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I polish my Red Wings to a high gloss shine once a week. Nothing fancy, just Kiwi shoe polish applied liberally, especially along the seams and they've gone 7 winters now.
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Old 11-16-14, 08:50 PM   #2
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I polish my Red Wings to a high gloss shine once a week. Nothing fancy, just Kiwi shoe polish applied liberally, especially along the seams and they've gone 7 winters now.
You look after your boots/shoes and they will look after you.
Calcium and magnesium chloride will suck the moisture out of just about anything. In the spring of the year I spray that stuff on gravel roads for dust control and I am here to tell you that after about 2 weeks of that (I try NOT to get it on me) the skin comes off me in sheets. It blisters my hands (dry blisters) and off comes the skin.
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It was right at dark and my target was an outline...so it's probably true.
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We've had farmers up here paint C O W in florescent orange paint on their cattle to save them from deer hunters. Didn't help....One cow got shot at anyway.
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We've had farmers up here paint C O W in florescent orange paint on their cattle to save them from deer hunters. Didn't help....One cow got shot at anyway.
Heh. Well, this was most definitely a deer. I could tell that much.

I'd never shoot something that I'm unsure of...

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Walked a couple of miles earlier but decided to stop after it got dark and the sidewalks started getting icy
I walked half a mile to a party up the road last night. I wasn't gonna drive that far. It's pointless. Anyway, it started sleeting and I was dragged kicking and screaming into a Pontiac Grand Prix and driven home at the end of the night.

I love walking:

1) at night
2) in the woods
3) in the snow/sleet

So I wasn't happy...but at least they care.
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Old 11-16-14, 10:50 PM   #7
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I was dragged kicking and screaming into a Pontiac Grand Prix and driven home at the end of the night.
.but at least they care.
Maybe they figured you couldn't stagger the 1/2 mile home without falling into the ditch.
Or the other way to look at it is what IF an 'out of control' car came at you?
at least they care.
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I love walking:

1) at night
2) in the woods
3) in the snow/sleet
One of my favourite things is walking out into empty open space in the snow - especially on ice, where the ice sets for the winter. I grew up on the Gulf of Finland, which freezes over solid during the winter, and later also had similar opportunities on the Ottawa river. It's a pretty neat experience when you go out at night, get a mile or so off shore, and you know you're the only person around and can just look up at the stars (or snow, or the city lights you left behind) and enjoy the quiet for a bit.

Some people still think I'm weird and/or have a deathwish by doing that, but it's really cool just unplugging for a bit and wandering off somewhere that you can be out of earshot of everything and have a bit of one-on-one time with the world Something about it being freezing cold is also sort of therapeutic.
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Maybe they figured you couldn't stagger the 1/2 mile home without falling into the ditch.
Or the other way to look at it is what IF an 'out of control' car came at you?
at least they care.
Well...if you're hinting at alcohol...no chance. There was none of that and I like to be in control of my actions.

If you're not hinting toward that....fine. Figured I'd kill a stereotype before it becomes an issue. I had a really really bright flashlight and the night was so quiet I could hear my friend's Mustang coming several miles away. Cars are no issue for me.

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One of my favourite things is walking out into empty open space in the snow - especially on ice, where the ice sets for the winter. I grew up on the Gulf of Finland, which freezes over solid during the winter, and later also had similar opportunities on the Ottawa river. It's a pretty neat experience when you go out at night, get a mile or so off shore, and you know you're the only person around and can just look up at the stars (or snow, or the city lights you left behind) and enjoy the quiet for a bit.
Sounds nice and quiet. My absolute favorite thing about Winter is how quiet things are.

The one thing that makes a snowy forest better is a full moon.

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Some people still think I'm weird and/or have a deathwish by doing that, but it's really cool just unplugging for a bit and wandering off somewhere that you can be out of earshot of everything and have a bit of one-on-one time with the world Something about it being freezing cold is also sort of therapeutic.
I really like the cold weather...and that whole "unplugging" thing is great.

I go all day, every day, nearly all year round. Especially right now. School, homework, sports, other various things....

I'd go out for a walk now (22:46) but I've got some math work to do....teachers...I swear.
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We've had farmers up here paint C O W in florescent orange paint on their cattle to save them from deer hunters. Didn't help....One cow got shot at anyway.

Lemme guess. Alcohol was involved?

Idiots, rifles, and booze, what could possibly go wrong?
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Old 11-17-14, 06:30 PM   #11
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Lemme guess. Alcohol was involved?

Idiots, rifles, and booze, what could possibly go wrong?
Up here we spell 'idiots' with a 'C' in front. More than likely there was booze involved. There usually is at hunt camp.
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Old 11-17-14, 06:33 PM   #12
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Idiots, rifles, and booze, what could possibly go wrong?
In the UK, I'm pleased to say, it's mostly just the idiots and the booze. I remember walking home with a pal after a heavy night down the pub once, when I spied a football in the road up ahead (one of those white soccer balls with black spots). As ran at it, singing the theme from "Match Of The Day", my mate suddenly yelled "It's a CAT!" I jumped clear just as it dashed for cover under a parked car. God only knows what would've happened if I'd had a rifle...
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