Farmers are a pretty independent group of people. They take care of their own problems. I’m not saying that they don’t ask for help…..I think that they’re willing to do that if they get a chance. But….because of geography or … Continue reading
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It’s pouring here….and the kids have the flu. That’s rough. I’m not sick….but Jenny feels like she’s getting sick….so….I better not get sick. Jenny’s better at taking care of everybody than I am. I can rise to the challenge if … Continue reading
This is pretty nuts….totally automated. We have a small circular blade sawmill up the road from us where I buy rough sawn wood ocasionally….but it is nothing like this. This is an outfit out in Washington state. Here’s another video … Continue reading
The brakes went out on the Mail Jeep yesterday. Pretty much completely. It wasn’t just a “bad pads are scratching and grooving my rotors” kind of issue….it was a “why am I pumping and pushing the pedal to the floor … Continue reading
Here’s some crazy footage….lumberjacks doing it “old school”. Before all the heavy equipment and power tools we have now, it really must have been a different world to do this kind of work. You’d have to eat a couple of … Continue reading
Man. It’s bad enough when the stuff trickles in. You’d have to have a way to sell all this weird stuff. Surely, you couldn’t buy a pallet of this crap and then just store it in the backroom. That would … Continue reading
We have a couple of these knives in the kitchen….and I wondered about these for a “bushcraft blade”. What do I know about bushcraft blades? That’s why I was wondering about them. I know zip. These knives are pretty inexpensive…but … Continue reading
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