On my other forum home a member mentioned boiled apple dumplings. To me, boiled dumplings were for meat dishes, and apple dumplings were baked.
Looked up recipes and Oh my goodness! Diced apples in the batter boiled in apple juice and the juice thickened for a sauce.

Van Dorsten Custom Firearms in Sheridan Wyoming did the gunsmithing and Woza is she sweet..

“A properly setup mountain gun, level 2 trigger and action job, bobbed hammer, recountured and polished trigger and a fiber optic front sight. Setup for the mountains of Wyoming”

I have so much to be thankful for, I hope you all do, as well. For those of you who are traveling, be safe, I don't want to lose you

[FPC News] FPC Files Pivotal Supreme Court Brief on Hawaii’s “Vampire Rule” an

<p><strong>WASHINGTON, D.C. </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">(November 24, 2025) — Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) today announced the </span><a href="https://assets.nationbuilder.com/firearmspolicycoalition/pages/191/attachments/original/1764007645/24-1046_Wolford_Amicus_Brief.pdf?1764007645"><span style="font-weight: 400;">filing</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> of a critically important, merits-stage brief with the United States Supreme Court in </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wolford v. Lopez</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, a case challenging Hawaii’s authoritarian “default-ban” on the right to carry in public places. The brief dismantles the Ninth Circuit’s historical distortions and exposes how anti-rights states are resurrecting racist, post–Civil War “Black Codes” in an attempt to bypass the Constitution and disarm peaceable Americans.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">The brief can be viewed <a href="https://assets.nationbuilder.com/firearmspolicycoalition/pages/191/attachments/original/1764007645/24-1046_Wolford_Amicus_Brief.pdf?1764007645">here</a>.</span></p>


http://www.firearmspolicy.org/fpc-files-...un-control

[FPC News] Trump Admin Enacts FPC Proposal to Create New DOJ Second Amendment Rights

<p><strong>WASHINGTON, D.C. (November 26, 2025)</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> — Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) today welcomed reports that the Trump Administration will establish a dedicated Second Amendment rights section within the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice—an action that directly </span><a href="https://www.firearmspolicy.org/fpc-statement-on-proposed-executive-actions-to-protect-second-amendment-rights"><span style="font-weight: 400;">reflects</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> FPC’s top executive-branch recommendation and a priority first proposed by FPC during the previous Trump Administration. The new office is expected to officially ramp up in early December.</span></p>


http://www.firearmspolicy.org/trump-admi...ts-section

[FPC News] FPC Files Pivotal Supreme Court Brief on Hawaii’s “Vampire Rule” an

<p><strong>WASHINGTON, D.C. </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">(November 24, 2025) — Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) today announced the </span><a href="https://assets.nationbuilder.com/firearmspolicycoalition/pages/191/attachments/original/1764007645/24-1046_Wolford_Amicus_Brief.pdf?1764007645"><span style="font-weight: 400;">filing</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> of a critically important, merits-stage brief with the United States Supreme Court in </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wolford v. Lopez</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, a case challenging Hawaii’s authoritarian “default-ban” on the right to carry in public places. The brief dismantles the Ninth Circuit’s historical distortions and exposes how anti-rights states are resurrecting racist, post–Civil War “Black Codes” in an attempt to bypass the Constitution and disarm peaceable Americans.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">The brief can be viewed <a href="https://assets.nationbuilder.com/firearmspolicycoalition/pages/191/attachments/original/1764007645/24-1046_Wolford_Amicus_Brief.pdf?1764007645">here</a>.</span></p>


http://www.firearmspolicy.org/fpc-files-...un-control

My eyes suck and for the past dozen years have been getting VA issued glasses 

Went out looking at shooting/driving glasses yesterday and learned Magpul makes frames, had no idea….

The shop we went to specializes in Coke bottles glasses & does not accept insurance 


Was just over $1K for a pair of glasses cash up front. However, using VSP they would be around $450…….

Sigh………

I posted this on another forum and just copied and pasted it here.
I showed a friend my opinel pocket knife (I sharpen it like a kitchen knife, I don't mind resharpening it frequently, the carbon steel doesn't take long.) and he asked me to sharpen some of his knives. Two Gerber's, one sog and a beautiful little 70s era 3" case fixed blade later he asks me to sharpen his kitchen shears. I've never done that before. A little YouTube and I discovered there's no voodoo involved, it looks easier than sharpening a knife.
The shears are a touch loose so I tried to tighten them but the nut backs off a tic when you open and close them. Rather than scratch them, I ordered a spanner type screwdriver to fit it from good old Jeff Bezos mercantile. I'm thinking a drop of loctite is in order. Nice shears by the way, very old wustoffs.
He has a landscaping business and tells me I should start a sharpening business since he spends a lot on sharpening and there's always a waiting list here. He showed me a few of his mower blades and wants them sharpened. Dang, there's nothing quicker than sharpening and balancing those.
Honestly, I don't think I'm that good, but I suppose I'd improve with practice.