Yearly Archives: 2018
This guy seems like a good fellow. It’s good to have a mailman like this….and good to work with a mailman like this. Of course, I don’t work with a mailman like this. There’s nobody that old working at my … Continue reading
When I was working at the camp….taking backpacking trips with kids…I would have been a real hit if I’d packed my Viking Woodsman kit. That would have been novel. Everybody has a way of getting the job done. Even Vikings. … Continue reading
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKnnL4VYpfA Here’s a guy who said that he doesn’t raise pigs to make money….he has the farm to make money. He raises pigs to have meat that he knows where it came from…how it was raised. That’s such a side … Continue reading
You have a million or so kind and decent people working for the Post Office….but the ones they get on video are the jerks who throw packages. OK….a “million or so” can’t be right. Surely there aren’t that many people … Continue reading
This is a common sound when you work at a rural post office. I’m always glad when the folks come and pick them up quickly, though. A bunch of chicks in a shipping container are noisy. What a treat it … Continue reading
Here’s a fellow getting a year’s worth of firewood together….in Sweden. It doesn’t matter that it’s in Sweden….just makes it a little more exotic. Putting wood up is the same all over the world, though….you cut, you split, you dry, … Continue reading
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsAOjC5DYgw Another great video from the “Northmen” YouTube channel. This time, it’s a young guy who lives for a time without modern conveniences….like the video says: 240 days in 10th Century conditions. It’s subtitled….and…there’s a goat killing segment…so…if you’re squeamish … Continue reading
If you haven’t checked out either the “Northmen” channel on YouTube or visited their website ( http://www.northmen.com ) …well….you should. It’s some good stuff. “Northmen” is a collection of artists….builders….knife makers. Good stuff. Good stuff. Did I say that already? Check … Continue reading
Here’s another knife making video…this time using fairly common hand tools. It’s not the tools, though….it’s the person using them. Like a guitarist with talent can make any guitar sound good….a person with skills can make something good if they knows what they’re … Continue reading