The Russian Mosin Nagant Forum

Nope. I have regular ac. Swamp coolers are fine except during monsoon. Higher humidity makes them less effective at cooling.

My ac unit is running fine. Getting to it is a pain, as it’s located up on the roof. Time to service it is the spring, as having it go out is a literal death sentence around here. Maricopa County finds dead every year where their ac units have failed-mostly poor elderly people.

She’s a very fine dog. Her previous owner was very sad to have to give her up. Fortunately I own my place and State Farm doesn’t care what kind of dog you own if it’s well behaved.

She’s a great exercise partner too. Weekdays we walk twice a day roughly 30 minutes each. Weekends we walk twice a day, maybe an hour in the morning and half an hour in the afternoon. My pedometer shows a significant increase in the number of steps each day since she arrived.

Things have been busy for our family. Mom and Dad finally got around to getting a dog. They’ve been thinking about that for sometime and finally made the decision. They’re getting a Goldendoodle from a breeder in Minnesota. The dog is three years old. They will fly up this week to get him. Their pla...

Very nice work there!

I finally heard back from the insurance adjuster this past week. Progressive and USAA went to binding arbitration and the arbitrator found the other two drivers to both be 50 percent at fault. So now we’re finally getting to the point of getting the truck to the shop and figuring out if it is repair...

Just got this watch back from the watchmaker today. I’ll be wearing it to Easter services tomorrow. https://i.imgur.com/DGvRJMP.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/BdiDnnw.jpeg This is a Hamilton Grade 937 made in 1898 for Mr. H. V. Taylor of Waterloo, Iowa. It was a railroad approved watch at the time and Mr....

They did some very nice work on these timepieces, attention paid to even the parts not often seen. A mechanical watch of this quality today would be what? Ten grand? :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :vcool: That’s probably not far off the mark. Vortic Watch Company is converting old pocket watches to wrist wa...

Just a few more additions to the railroad watch collection: https://i.imgur.com/Mm6svjX.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/wmT5ECR.jpeg Hamilton Grade 936 private label watch made for the Fleming Brothers of Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Fleming Brothers were watch inspectors for the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis a...

Some more items: https://i.imgur.com/fjXXRBv.jpeg Two private label Hamilton railroad watches and a dial for a Hamilton railroad watch. The watch on the left is a hunting case Grade 937 made for H. V. Taylor of Waterloo, Iowa. Mr. Taylor was watch inspector for the Illinois Central Railroad. The sec...

I’ve been buying spare dials for my railroad pocket watch collection. I try to buy only mint condition dials, unless I come across an example that is rare. These dials are stored so that in the event I acquire a watch that has a dial in poor condition or missing the dial, I can restore the watch. ht...

Insurance companies are still in subrogation. Per instructions from the attorney, I’ve also filed a claim against the other drivers insurance policy. So now I have a claim with USAA and Progressive. It may be a few months before this gets resolved. The company that ends up paying the claim will be p...

I’ve thought about getting one too. Anything to help the Ukrainians to stick it to Putin. One of my coworkers at work was complaining about us funding the Ukrainian war versus putting America first, even if it costs us an ally. One-you don’t abandon an ally, especially in their time of greatest need...

Apparently the Russian army is hurting so bad for tanks that they are reactivating some real Cold War relics. Germany is delivering the first of the Leopard tanks promised to Ukraine with other munitions and the weapons promised by the other European countries should be following shortly. I think th...

That doesn't look good. I've been fortunate that I've never had an issue with my psychiatrist or other docs not renewing my prescriptions in time. Only time I've ever had a prescription crisis was years ago when I somehow forgot to pack my meds on a trip. Called the doctor's office and they had the ...

I know. So now I get to wait to see who gets stuck with the claim before the process of fixing or replacing my truck starts. Of course, any communication between me and the insurance company will also be run by the attorney before I agree to anything. As I’ve had to rent a vehicle since the accident...

Well, I got my attorney involved and USAA has told them that my claim is in subrogation between them and Progressive. Driver 1 (USAA) says he didn't hit me and shouldn't have to pay my claim. Driver 2 (Progressive) says that while he hit me, Driver 1 caused the whole accident and Driver 1 should pay...

We'll see how it works out with USAA. If nothing else, I can always get a consultation with an attorney about suing them as a last resort.

Update-Progressive (my insurance) reviewed my claim and determined that the driver that hit me (also insured by Progressive) is not at fault. They told me that as far as they are concerned, the third driver (insured by USAA) is 100% at fault. Since I didn’t have collision coverage, there’s nothing m...