My stepson works at a care facility. Day before yesterday an old boy rang for help and seemed almost hysterical. The old dude has Parkinson's and at 5:00 am decided he needed to shave his balls....I think I need not say more.

Am I going to heck for thinking this is hilarious?

It is funny! Its just something that I have noticed in my time.

How to make quality oxy-fuel welds. I said “quality” not seagull chit & globs!

Leftlane, Vinke....I hand measure every roof and install. As Savell would say, no Mescins here.







Even get the boy working now and then.

How is it supposed to be?

What about the racing stripe?

Fine by me!

[quote/]Originally Posted by marty weatherup
Originally Posted by Big Sam
Using a scythe, I did in my younger days. Did OK, but never mastered it.

Or peen sharpening them.


I used a scythe to cut weeds under miles of a neighbor’s electric fence when I was in high school. Carried a long whet stone tapered on both ends to refresh the edge every little while. Never heard of peen sharpening. I assume from the name it involves some light hammer work and making a scalloped or somewhat serrated edge?
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I put up about a ton of hay every year with one. Scythe, homemade rake, and a fork. Have been for the last eighteen years. When you peen you are drawing the edge out and thinning it. Not trying to scallop it. You want it as straight as possible. If you are good enough you can get the edge so thin that when you run your thumbnail on the underside it will lift and set back down. Only want it that way for good grass. It makes for a keener edge, and you can get more honing on it.

Housewives, not many left.

One art that died a very quick death was Hunter Bidens artistic painting career. Coincidently at the same time as his fathers political career.

I feel better now after knowing so many folks that can adjust knotters on a square baler so it will tie ! I have always FAILED

deerfly, Looks like you have a nice setup AND clean up operation going for you.

You're not alone. I struggle with this even after having been shown how a thousand times!

Flintknapping-Its so easy a caveman can do it!


I'm glad to see a resurgence of folks getting back into gardening/food preservation since Covid.

Being married to the same woman for 39 years. 5/22/1987

Working at your job using both hands. Instead of just one hand and your cell phone in the other

Beelining to locate and cut a bee tree.

I know how to dye yarn with mushrooms, experimented and found quite a few new pigment-bearing species, there are plenty of different bright and colorfast pigments. If you add woad or indigo you can achieve any color combination. It's a pretty useless skill though, I rarely do it anymore.