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And then you have the unarmed ex military dude that rushed the shooter and was shot 7 times!!! Quite the difference in actions.

Luckily Chicago has the strictest gun laws in the US and is also a gun free zone.

I feel pretty safe too Art.

Interesting video on the issue.

Yep, won't be long. I figure based on years past that the launch @ my lake will be frozen in 3 weeks.

I'm very careful as I wouldn't be found for days if I tumbled off the roof. I'm not big on heights so I tend to make extra sure on my footing.

Getting the 30X40 tarp in place was a bit of a chore. I attached one corner to my material lift and sent it up. Then I went up on the roof and hauled it up. Started securing it in the NW corner and worked my way down the side and across the front. It wasn't really that hard as the 2 days I secured it properly there was virtually no wind. And yes the site's mine. I really need to update it one of these days.

My buddies mom in the Fairbanks area has one of these stoves. She's older and keeps her place really warm (over 80*). And she uses 1 1/4 bags per day during the cold winters there. My guess is 1 pallet of pellets will last me over a year.

NO!!! We don't gots no crappies up in here. I'm looking forward to first ice lakers and pike. That is after I get some last open water lakers and pike!!!!

Took the day off work today and headed down to the cabin. Got the roof sheathing all finished today!!! Still have the rear gable wall to finish. Hopefully it will get done this weekend.

Here are a few of mine. Yes, my espresso machine makes me smile. Frosty me!!

There's plenty of dead wood @ my cabin but I like the ease and cleanliness of the pellet stove. My piles of dead wood are going to be used in the fire pit.

$350 for a full cord here. And it's not hardwood it's black spruce.

About $300 a ton ($5/bag). Not bad at all.

But you won't have issues if it looks like the milk man?

Nope, my mistake. Thought it was 40#. 60 is better!!!

​You can go check the carcasses in the ditch behind the tree line for evidence if you like. Actually one of the cormorants I hit flipped over backwards and landed in the pond stone dead. Other times I had to finish them off. Those big blue cormorants are really tough!!!!

Have propane heat @ the house but will be installing a Wiseway pellet stove in the cabin. It is the only non-powered pellet stove on the market. The pellets are gravity fed rather than using an auger. I like the fact that I won't wake up to a cold cabin in the morning as the hopper fits 40#'s of pellets. Nothing worse than having to get out of a warm bed into a cold cabin to relight the woodstove in the morning. http://www.wisewaypelletstoves.com/

You be the judge. Even going off this sat image of the old homestead it works out to about 100 meters between the house and closest part of the pond. As for the hold it's about 3' high.

Oh, and cormorants aren't very hardy birds.

I went back to school @ 38 and took information technology courses. Been game fully employed since I graduated. I have been working for the government of the NWT for almost 9 years now. Making great $$$$ and will have an excellent pension when I retire in 2028. Before that I was working as an assembly line supervisor @ a van assembly operation upfitting work vehicles with lights, shelving, headache racks, ladder racks etc. Did work for companies like Bell, Rogers and Ontario Hydro.

Well considering I had it measured out for my shooting range and my archery range I'm pretty sure my measurements were accurate.

Mine is welded on which is a good thing although it's still easy to steal even if it is locked. All one has to do is remove the nut on the end of the latch from the underside of the hitch.