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MFannin Tiro Offline "Send lawyers, guns, and money" W. Zevon Posts: 16 Colorado Springs, Colorado Gender:	Hi from Florida Jun 11^th, 2023 at 6:21pm New here but have been building and using homemade slingshots for a few years now. I'm looking forward to learning, making, and becoming somewhat proficient with a sling. All the best to you all. Mark in Florida, USA
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Rat Man Slinging.org Administrator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 14167 New Jersey, USA Gender:	Re: Hi from Florida Reply #1 - Jun 11^th, 2023 at 6:34pm Hello Mark. Welcome from New Jersey.
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StaffSlinger Senior Member Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 479 Florida	Re: Hi from Florida Reply #2 - Jun 11^th, 2023 at 10:53pm Hi Mark! I'm down in Fort Myers. Nice to see another Zevon fan too. My favorite is Don't Let Us Get Sick -- sorta tht anthem of us over-60s!!
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joe_meadmaker Slinging.org Administrator Offline Slinging Ice is Cool! Posts: 3805 PA, USA	Re: Hi from Florida Reply #3 - Jun 11^th, 2023 at 11:46pm Welcome from Pennsylvania!
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MFannin Tiro Offline "Send lawyers, guns, and money" W. Zevon Posts: 16 Colorado Springs, Colorado Gender:	Re: Hi from Florida Reply #4 - Jun 12^th, 2023 at 10:50am WZ will always be on my playlist. Werewolf in London is another great I recall from 1978 - yeah, I'm old. If you have any pro tips please feel free to pass them along. Many thanks. Mark
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MFannin Tiro Offline "Send lawyers, guns, and money" W. Zevon Posts: 16 Colorado Springs, Colorado Gender:	Re: Hi from Florida Reply #5 - Jun 12^th, 2023 at 10:52am My wife is from PA from the Pottsville area. She tuned me on to Yuengling beer and it's been my favorite ever since Cheers
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Re: Hi from Florida
Reply #6 - Jun 12^th, 2023 at 10:54am

Had relatives in Lakewood, NJ (passed on now). Seems like I have something in common with everyone in the group so far

If you have any pro tips for a begginer newbie like me, please pass them on. I'm building my first sling now with plans I downloaded from here. And I have a place where I can make mistakes without taking out any windows

Thanks again.

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MFannin Tiro Offline "Send lawyers, guns, and money" W. Zevon Posts: 16 Colorado Springs, Colorado Gender:	Re: Hi from Florida Reply #7 - Jun 12^th, 2023 at 10:57am Just noticed "mead maker" in your name. I make small batches of beer (just two gallons at a time as I am limited on space and money). I just bought a book called 'the compleat meadmaker' by Ken Schramm. I also just bought some local honey. If you have any mead tips please pass them along. Cheers, Mark
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Re: Hi from Florida
Reply #8 - Jun 12^th, 2023 at 6:48pm

Ha! Yep, I've drank quite a few Yuenglings over the years. Don't drink it too often anymore. I'm one of the folks who is always going after new and different beers to try.

Regarding mead making, if you're a brewer, you'll already have a great start on what you need to know. One of the big differences (and the first piece of advice) is give it time. The flavors of fermented honey take a while to develop. While a beer can be ready to go after month or so, mead might not start coming into its prime flavor until it's 8 - 12 months old. A lot of the mead I make I don't even both touching until it's got a couple years on it. Just give it time, and take a small taste every so often to see how it's doing.

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MFannin Tiro Offline "Send lawyers, guns, and money" W. Zevon Posts: 16 Colorado Springs, Colorado Gender:	Re: Hi from Florida Reply #9 - Jun 12^th, 2023 at 10:53pm Thanks for the reply. Your advice is well founded. I need to get the pipeline going and let it all age out for good results. Cheers
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Re: Hi from Florida
Reply #10 - Jun 13^th, 2023 at 4:14pm

MFannin wrote on Jun 12^th, 2023 at 10:54am:

Had relatives in Lakewood, NJ (passed on now). Seems like I have something in common with everyone in the group so far

Thanks again.

Yuengling is good beer. It was my late wife's favorite. Probably the best slinging tip I have is don't sling at full power if you're going for accuracy. If you're slinging as hard as you can your muscles will be tight causing you to miss the mark. If you sling at 85% of your full strength the loss in hitting power and range will be negligible while your accuracy will increase greatly.

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MFannin Tiro Offline "Send lawyers, guns, and money" W. Zevon Posts: 16 Colorado Springs, Colorado Gender:	Re: Hi from Florida Reply #11 - Jun 13^th, 2023 at 4:23pm Thanks for the advice. Makes a lot of sense and I am sometimes lacking in that area I'm working on my first sling and have an area picked out for practice. Never did this before but always wanted to. Thanks again, Mark
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