Picked up a new carry pistol. 1911 3 inch barrel 9MM Ronan by Springfield Armory It feels good in hand , substantial  looks good. My only complaint is it came with one magazine. I ordered three spares from S.A. they'll probably be here Tuesday . My original plan was a inexpensive 9MM for a truck gun . Well that didn't work ! This little fellow was not cheap, but I have read numerous good reviews of them.

                                                     Something to do on a slow afternoon ?

                                                     makes as much sense as the other guesses.

   A couple readers asked about the  secret grouch cave where I maintain my lair  , I sublet this cozy space from a badger..

   Friday the 13th, and night before valentines day. Sounds like a horror movie double feature ! We are having a bit of  a warmup , in the 50s again tomorrow. I might have to get some charcoal and burn something on the grill . We can still get brutal cold snaps yet so I'm not declaring winter to be over, but if it was , it would be alright with me.

  I have gotten a little work done in the basement shop, Got the shelf units redone , and mounted packout wall plates to the ends so I can hang up tools and equipment. They have a nifty holder that will keep the string trimmers up out of the way parked on the end of the shelf unit in otherwise wasted space . Then being that I hade all of this brand new empty shelf space I wrapped up all of the extension cords and battery chargers and got them organized ,and put away nicely instead of a big tangled up knot of junk. I went through the stuff on the tool bench and got that somewhat cleaned up, but there is still a bit more to go on that one. I still have to tackle the gun/knife bench. that is a colossal mess buried in miscellaneous . The pegboard is slowly going away and packout taking over that stuff works great but it's costly. It sure makes for a good looking finished product though