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PostPosted: Sun Oct 31, 2021 4:47 pm    Post subject: unplug Reply with quote

i spent the weekend at "the farm" cutting & splitting firewood and upgrading the bunkhouse kitchen floor with ceramic tile.

"the farm" is a place with no interwebs & very, very little cell signal. because of this one of the guys helping me brought with him something called a "cellular signal repeater". "this", he said, "will increase the "Gs" zooming around in the air to a degree that we can get a better phone signal here at "the farm."

"get out! get out right now & take your witchcraft with you!", says me.

my knees hurt. my back is sore. i am refreshed.
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 31, 2021 7:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You'll sleep well tonight.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 01, 2021 5:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

You are very blessed to have such a place.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 01, 2021 2:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I just took a deep breath.
Thanks for the vicarious calm.
😊
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 01, 2021 6:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

when you spend much of your week staring at a screen --- it's nice to look over your shoulder and say --- "i did that."


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PostPosted: Mon Nov 01, 2021 7:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I like it a lot
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 02, 2021 4:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

todd ellis wrote:
when you spend much of your week staring at a screen --- it's nice to look over your shoulder and say --- "i did that."]


Did you split them by hand or did you use a machine?

Swinging an ax is good exercise, especially if it’s a Fiskars (Finnish) ax Smile
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 02, 2021 5:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

from the time i was about eleven i rolled, split & stacked by hand. now, i have a hydraulic splitter on the tractor that does that chore for me.

fiskars makes good stuff! i have had an 8# maul & a half axe ... forever.
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 02, 2021 6:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

todd ellis wrote:
now, i have a hydraulic splitter on the tractor that does that chore for me.


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PostPosted: Tue Nov 02, 2021 6:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Splitting wood is one the *the* most satisfying chores on the planet.

I love hearing about these farm days.
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 02, 2021 7:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote



this one is older than me and doesn't have any, what one might call ... safety features, but it is brutal on a log.
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 02, 2021 8:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

FinMac wrote:
Swinging an ax is good exercise Smile

Backwoods.
Spotty communication with the outside world.
An axe being swung through the air.

Do you know how many horror movies start like this?
All it needs is a group of horny teenagers camping nearby.
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 02, 2021 8:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

does that make me the crusty old groundskeeper who you THINK is the killer until the end when he saves the last scantily clad camper from the REAL killer?
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 02, 2021 8:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bish, your comment reminded me of this classic spot:

https://www.ispot.tv/ad/7NGP/geico-horror-movie-its-what-you-do

(The eyeroll is my favorite! Laugh )
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 02, 2021 9:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wise and sane decisions do not a horror movie make!



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