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This is an area where I trap every fall, about 30 miles from home. Mostly for muskrat, fox, coyote, coon and otter. Today I saw a lot of bear sign too.
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Those two are having fun!! Beautiful picture!!
Warming up in the sun on a cool morning.
Hides don’t bring anything down here anymore. Is the market decent there?
I don't see any jeans floating away so that's a good sign.March then 160 days later, labor day... River is running low in late summer. Still some deep pools for swimming. It also concentrates the fish.Makes canoeing difficult though, too many shallows.View attachment 117438View attachment 117439
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Fur prices are pretty depressed for most types everywhere. But good quality pelts are always in demand, especially for coyote, beaver, bobcat and martin. We have good quality furs here where I live. And of course the glands, skulls, quills, and castors are always in demand.
Backlash. Bonus points if you can tell us the nickname the EA6B earned. And why.
It was called the Prowler. Why escapes me at the moment.
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It took me a bit to realize that was some sort of painting or decal on the outside. For a few moments I thought someone had scabbed together some sort of car top to go over a motorcycle.
They have one of those at the "Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum" here in the Denver metro area. It's a lot bigger in person than you would think by looking at pictures of it. It's the first aircraft you run into after you walk into the museum and turn right. This is a fun museum. I was last there maybe 6 months ago.
https://wingsmuseum.org/exhibits/grumman-ea-6b-prowler/
I always heard they called it the queer. Lending to all the gold foil around the cockpit to shield all the jamming they ran so it didn't take themselves out.
Prowler is the correct nickname
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I too worked on the EA-6B jammers and all the other avionics. First thing in the pic that caught my eye is that the glass canopy wasn't gold.
Those gold canopies were expensive so my guess is they removed them and painted it black.
I was working on the jammer in a lead and gold shielded room. I got a call from the tower telling me to close the door. I checked and it was closed but not latched down. I Dogged down the door and the tower said thanks.
I was transmitting into a dummy load and the radiation still bloomed the control towers radar.
I wonder what it was doing to me.
@zoomzoo where did you work on the EA6B?
Never heard it called the queer.
Spring water that comes from a seam in a cliff,probably 20 foot from the top of cliff.
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Haven't been there in a number of years. There is also a museum in Pueblo, Colorado that has interesting stuff. I don't think they have that one, but they do have some rare stuff.
https://pwam.org/
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MCAS Cherry Point NC
From there, moved to MCAS New River and worked on attack helicopters.
MY BIL was stationed at Cherry Point. Worked on C 130s
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Here's a shelf that holds more jars securely.
Haven't been seeing any new stuff so a few from last halloween...
Our front yard this morning. Wish I was home we'd be turning on the spare freezer.
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Jeez, no reading glasses was wondering what kind of bird that was...
Funny how they know when they are safe!!
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I spent a lot of time untangling cords, putting blue tape and labeling cords (well, labeling what they were plugged into) as I removed them from power strips and the old UPS. I lightly tethered the basket on top of the UPS with paracord and it has some velcro. I also loosely attached a plastic face shield. Will need to find a better way to secure both. I scrubbed the coffee table that sits under the computer. There's a little wheeled holder for the computer that my dad made. It was filthy and the crud wouldn't come off so I put shelf liner on it. It's done roughly, but I don't care. Moved the computer off of the holder and put the new UPS on it so it would be easier to move while I plugged stuff in. When the new computer gets mounted on a shelf, I'll push that rolling thing up against the wall & put a little plastic drawer thingy in front. I'll also set the old computer over to the right so the cats can still sit on it. Bethesda had to investigate.
Fancy pumpkins...
