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In the Netherlands, we have to stay at home as much as possible because of the corona-crisis. All shooting ranges are closed
I improvised a mini shooting range at home in the hallway to shoot with my 46 years old Diana air rifle. From the livingroom to the target in the hallway is about nine meters so now I can keep practicing a little bit anyway.

Many years ago I was divorced. I stayed single for 17 years until I met my present Wife, and learned to enjoy my solitary life very much. One thing I did was build a shooting range in my den. I had a cardboard box stuffed with old magazines and newspapers with a target drawn on it. I purchased some of those plastic bullets that only required a primer to fire. No powder. Lots of indoor fun.
So this young man who was a friend of mine wanted to learn to shoot. I taught him all the proper rules and stances and then let him shoot six rounds. HE MISSED THE DAMN BOX ALTOGETHER! I ended up with bullet holes through the glass of my french doors to the court yard. Oh well, I had a Nazi flag I just hung over the door. Looked OK.
Then my late Mother flew in for a visit. She took one look at the flag and ordered it taken down. Then she saw the bullet holes. Well, you guessed it, I was fixing windows for a while. Course then she got upset about the fridge only containing beer and black powder, and the dish washer not working. She also dusted off my bar top and I lost all my phone numbers I had written there.

Two weeks later everything was fixed or replaced and she flew back home.

And that's why I stayed single 17 years.

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Went through the basement storage and decluttered, A LOT!
Painted the basement.
Putting up crown molding in the basement (ongoing).
Figured out what was wrong with my wife's desktop computer. Video card quit. Have another card on order.
Take a shower every once in a while. Same with shaving.
Spend more time here.

Not too affected here as most of my outside activities are generally a long distance from others.

I am however staying away from stores unless absolutely necessary.

Plenty to do around the home with yard work season here and also keep on top of things down at the range property.
Then other projects that come to mind keep the mind busy.

Mowing the yard today, doing laundry, just working out side on spring projects, and of course, spending some time at the "bench".
I'm single, also, so I do pretty much as I please, LOL.

Mistered wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 29, 2020 1:42 pm

Not too affected here as most of my outside activities are generally a long distance from others.

I am however staying away from stores unless absolutely necessary.

But, won't your chaser of Lyme Disease miss that shot of Covid-19?

Just kidding. I hope you avoid both, which are each every serious medical issues.

Mistered wrote:I'll take my Coronavirus with a little Lime disease!
http://henryrifleforums.com/viewtopic.p ... 49#p126713

Not a fan of Corona - the beer OR the virus!

Business as usual here; chores, did some riding, picked up wife's breakfast from local drive-thru. Might reload later...we never did get many visitors anyway, so not much different. Stocked up on dry goods and groceries. All good.

Puzzles! Getting xxxx faced. Watching the cat play. More puzzles. Little Girl helping isn’t much help when it comes to puzzles. I’m thinking of shooting the BB gun if it ever stops raining.

Doing a lot more fishing, cleaned all my guns, even though they did not need it. Driving my wife insane.

I tried a puzzle once. With 2 cats there were puzzle pieces all over the house. Threw it away.

jkrijt wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 29, 2020 10:30 am

In the Netherlands, we have to stay at home as much as possible because of the corona-crisis. All shooting ranges are closed
I improvised a mini shooting range at home in the hallway to shoot with my 46 years old Diana air rifle. From the livingroom to the target in the hallway is about nine meters so now I can keep practicing a little bit anyway.

I like the target and backstop. It's a good idea and a great way to pass the time indoors. Nice target too!

I ended up with bullet holes through the glass of my french doors to the court yard.

The Speer plastic bullets are not to be taken lightly!

With a magnum primer out of a rifle they will pierce one of the old style 'coffee cans' clean through at about 15 yards - and the hole is clean and not 'ragged'.

being retired, with the exception of visiting friends and family, our schedule hasn't hasn't changed very much .... since returning home from Texas, have mowed once, put new tires on our pickup, picked up a winter's worth of limbs, began working on a few minor repairs on our camper, smoked 20 lbs of sausage, started learning how to use our new grill, and keep our soon to be 4 year old Grandson ....

Our ranges and gun stores are all closed so I did some plinking from the hobby room window. The air guns are okay but the BB gun is really hit or miss. You can see the bb in some light conditions and it’s like shooting indirect fire.

Spent the afternoon with these.

Right in the backyard.
Staying at home ain't bad if ya ask me.

RP

Id probably need food delivered in as I wouldnt want to leave. Of course unless it was on the scooter

Ernie wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 29, 2020 4:42 pm

I tried a puzzle once. With 2 cats there were puzzle pieces all over the house. Threw it away.

I hear that, with a kitten and a young cat I have small items missing that I haven't seen for months. One of them got a hold of a small bottle of prescription eye drops a month ago, my home isn't that big but I spent over an hour looking and couldn't find it. It still hasn't shown up.

I bought a new (for me) motorcycle, a BMW R1200GS. With the lockdown we have in the Netherlands, almost everything is closed but when the weather is nice, I go for a ride. Fortunately, there are some nice roads in the area where I live.

I made a YouTube video of my new BMW:
https://youtu.be/AnWzJ1dIUnQ
It is in Dutch with English subtitles

Fortunately, this week the shooting range will open again after a long time being closed. There are only be a limited number of shooters allowed but we organised time slots so every clubmember has a chance to shoot.