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Introducing “Blue Marine Supply”
We would like to take this opportunity to introduce to you Blue Marine Supply. This website will focus on your boating equipment and marine supply needs. We hope that this site will better serve you with outstanding customer service, prompt flat rate shipping at only $7.99, and competetive pricing. Come check us out at http://www.bluemarinesupply.com a division of Blue Lake Tackle.com. Read More →
Quality Pistol Safes are Hard to “Crack”
A safe can be compromised in mere seconds with a good ear, steady hands or by using a sophisticated set of explosives. While cracking a safe isn’t as easy it may appear, expert safecrackers can “crack” a safe with the right tools, skills, and some patience. That is why it’s important to have a quality safe. While safes are designed to be “safe” they do have a shortcoming, they must be accessible to a locksmith or others in case of a lock-out or malfunction. That is why we need safecrackers, and consequently thieves do take advantage of this vulnerability. Methods of Safecracking: Take it and Go If a thief can steal something, they will find a way to do it. A popular method of cracking a safe is to simply steal the safe and move it to a place where the safecracker has time to take the safe apart and remove the contents. But there are other ways that a safe can be cracked without physically removing it. Sight, Sound, and Touch The lock of a safe can be compromised to obtain the combination without damaging the safe. Sounds and/or feel may be used to determine the combination on some simple rotary locks. Combination Hunting Many manufactured... [Read more of this post]
Early Spring Hiking Tips
TRAVEL RESPONSIBLY Travel responsibly on designated roads, trails or areas. Stay on the trail even if it is rough and muddy. Walking on the track edge and cutting switchbacks increase damage, causing erosion and visual scarring. Walk single file to avoid widening the trail. Spread out in open country where there are no trails. Spreading out, rather than following each other’s footsteps, disperses impact and avoids creating a new trail. Flagging and marking trails is unsightly. If flagging is necessary, remove it as you leave. Consider using a Global Positioning System (GPS) instead of flagging. Comply with all signs and respect barriers. Buddy up with two or three hikers, reducing vulnerability if you have an accident. Avoid unfavorable conditions such as wet trails that could cause slips or falls. Make sure someone at home knows your location, arrival time and estimated departure time at the trail. Make sure you have a cell phone that is charged and is GPS enabled if you dont have a GPS unit. RESPECT THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS Respect the rights of others, including private property owners, all recreational trail users, campers and others so they can enjoy their... [Read more of this post]
Growning up in Indiana - Part VII - Making Christmas Cookies
Making Christmas cookies seems to have always been a part of my family’s Christmas traditions. My earliest memory of us making cookies would have to be when I was about 7 years old. For some reason my Mom must have made every cookie recipe that Betty Crocker had published! She would roll out the dough, then my sisters and I would cut them out. There were other cookies that she didnt let us help her with. Some that you dipped in chocolate, then nuts. She also would make fudge, cracked candy, and divinity. She would start baking weeks ahead of time, freeze the cookies, then pack them into tins for gifts later. That particular year, I remember that she had to rebake a few batches because my sisters and I would get into the freezer for an after school snack. Imagine my moms face on Christmas Eve when she opened the containers to find them half empty! I think that year we really worried if Santa would be paying us a visit later that night…but he did just the same. As an adult I can honestly say that my children and I didnt always make cookies. When we did, I would use the same recipe that my mother used when I was a kid. I would smile, it reminded me... [Read more of this post]
Grandma’s Apple Dumplings Recipe
Don’t be afraid to try your own homemade apple dumplings. Our Grandmothers made them weekly sometimes. We can surely master the tricks and at least serve them to our families during the holidays to preserve the heritage they passed down to us. I was raised in a family of incredible cooks. On both sides of my family, my grandmothers came from very large families that were raised on farms. They learned to cook with what they raised and harvested. I learned to cook that way, I can honestly say that I have cooked from scratch most of my life. Pie crust can be tricky to make. One of the best hints my grandmother taught me about making pastry was this. You can do anything to the mixture until you add the water. Once the water is added and worked into the dough, handle it as little as possible. Use a fork to bring it all together then let it rest. The second hint was to use ice water and to keep the shortening or lard cold. She always used a pastry blender to mix the flour, salt, and fat together. A fork was used after the water was being added….sometimes drops at a time. You will learn over time when your dough is too dry or too wet. It takes some... [Read more of this post]
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