EKM - Bird hunting/camping trip in October. Does a 12 guage meet with your approval?

Other than that the time and money has been going into a kitchen & bath renovation. Started writing checks in November and haven't stopped yet! The granite template is being made as I type this. So I've been haunting the home improvement sites more than anything else these days. Saving a pretty penny by doing a lot of the work myself, but there are still costs which precluded anything more elaborate last year.

I've been lucky, most people on those forums participate because they enjoy sharing their knowledge and don't get worked up if someone A) asked the same question for the hundreth time or B) chooses not to take their advice.

Of course most folks here fall into that category as well, its just that they get drowned out sometimes.