Holy Fark It's Cold!!!

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simonfrewler said:
Just so you know, I never take anything too seriously....so don't worry about offending my masculinity....I'm not that type.

I just didn't know about that strain, so was ignorant. So I apologize.

I also wasn't trying to come off as a tough guy, so I apologize for that too.

I do things a certain way, and usually without all the doo dads most use.... because I'm poor, hard headed, and have generations of good steel hand tools that I live to use.....gets out my marital frustration. ?

I really do appreciate the knowledge, and info.

Your talking to someone who still hand sharpens most things with a bastard file.

I have stones and pucks, an electric chain sharpener....barely used. Give me some files and I'm good. ???
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No worries and no apologies necessary brouhgam! I don't take small talk seriously or offensively and most here do not either so no sweat.

Letting someone else sharpen the chainsaw blades is my one country living luxury I allow myself but I'm thinking that will need to change if I wind up living further out in the rhubarb one day. My wife sharpens knives better than I do but she grew up further in the woods than me. :LOL:
 
VonBonfire said:
No worries and no apologies necessary brouhgam! I don't take small talk seriously or offensively and most here do not either so no sweat.

Letting someone else sharpen the chainsaw blades is my one country living luxury I allow myself but I'm thinking that will need to change if I wind up living further out in the rhubarb one day. My wife sharpens knives better than I do but she grew up further in the woods than me. :LOL:
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Good to know!?

Sharpening is my meditation. And sometimes, physical therapy.

My family hates it when I sharpen the kitchen knives, because they are dangerous when I'm done. Hahaha. But I do it at least twice a year.

I still sharpen my mower blades with a file and stone.....once a month....yep one of those guys.?
 
It just dumped snow on us for the first time in a decade. When it snows near the gulf down south everything stops. People down here have no idea how to drive in that stuff. Can’t even see the house down my driveway ?
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simonfrewler said:
Good to know!?

Sharpening is my meditation. And sometimes, physical therapy.

My family hates it when I sharpen the kitchen knives, because they are dangerous when I'm done. Hahaha. But I do it at least twice a year.

I still sharpen my mower blades with a file and stone.....once a month....yep one of those guys.?
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Sharpening knives and cleaning guns is my meditation. Well shooting them moreso, but I like to spend time out in the shop building and cleaning and modding and what not.

I also sharpen my own lawnmower blades with a file and a stone. I don't fuck with chainsaws.
 
Floyd Eye said:
Sharpening knives and cleaning guns is my meditation. Well shooting them moreso, but I like to spend time out in the shop building and cleaning and modding and what not.

I also sharpen my own lawnmower blades with a file and a stone. I don't fuck with chainsaws.
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I inherited all my saws, so I guess I kind of fell into it.

When my dad passed, his saws had seen better days, and he never really taught me the INS and outs of them....so I made it a point to learn ....so I could use them and not feel foolish.

The old Husqvarna He used still has such high compression that I cannot get it to start very easy. But he was A very strong dude, and liked to make things difficult ...so he could laugh at my attempts and failures. It was his favorite pastime.?

So when I fired it up on one pull last fall ...I was very proud.

Chainsaws are kind of necessary where I live....it's like the one thing you need. Along with 4 wheel drive.
 
simonfrewler said:
I inherited all my saws, so I guess I kind of fell into it.

When my dad passed, his saws had seen better days, and he never really taught me the INS and outs of them....so I made it a point to learn ....so I could use them and not feel foolish.

The old Husqvarna He used still has such high compression that I cannot get it to start very easy. But he was A very strong dude, and liked to make things difficult ...so he could laugh at my attempts and failures. It was his favorite pastime.?

So when I fired it up on one pull last fall ...I was very proud.

Chainsaws are kind of necessary where I live....it's like the one thing you need. Along with 4 wheel drive.
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Oh we need both those things down here too, I just don't mess with saws much. My brother in law across the road has a brace of Stihls and he likes that shit. I spent the first 16 years of my life cutting wood and splitting it with a maul every fall/winter. I have no stove and no use for firewood and no use for cutting or splitting it anymore.
 
Floyd Eye said:
Oh we need both those things down here too, I just don't mess with saws much. My brother in law across the road has a brace of Stihls and he likes that shit. I spent the first 16 years of my life cutting wood and splitting it with a maul every fall/winter. I have no stove and no use for firewood and no use for cutting or splitting it anymore.
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Same.

Stoves in the barn.

I just cut downed stuff in the road.... around my property. Mostly for campfire wood.

But when I was younger....every frickin day. It was my chore, one of many. Now I do it for fun. Yep. I am pretty boring. Hahaha.
 
simonfrewler said:
Same.

Stoves in the barn.

I just cut downed stuff in the road.... around my property. Mostly for campfire wood.

But when I was younger....every frickin day. It was my chore, one of many. Now I do it for fun. Yep. I am pretty boring. Hahaha.
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I let my brother in law deal with the tree offal. He enjoys it. I had my fill.
 
Floyd Eye said:
I let my brother in law deal with the tree offal. He enjoys it. I had my fill.
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I've had my fill too but when the TX grid goes down nothing beats a woodstove in your living room so the work and the mess are worth it IMO. Has saved me from freezing all night more times than I could count to the point that I don't ever wanna live on land without trees to cut and a woodstove in my house. Pretty sure that's why they've tried to regulate them out of existence cause then I don't need their shit anyways. :LOL:
 
VonBonfire said:
I've had my fill too but when the TX grid goes down nothing beats a woodstove in your living room so the work and the mess are worth it IMO. Has saved me from freezing all night more times than I could count to the point that I don't ever wanna live on land without trees to cut and a woodstove in my house. Pretty sure that's why they've tried to regulate them out of existence cause then I don't need their shit anyways. :LOL:
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I'm fixing to buy a pair of wall mounted propane heaters so my generators can service my well and fridge if the power goes out. I have about 6 100lb tanks I keep full. Only propane I use is the gas stove. We go through one tank in about 18 months. So I should always have some on hand. I may let the bastards set a 200lb pig out back, I don't know.
 
67mike said:
Got a feeling that might change, After they fail miserably.
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One of the districts outside Rochester has just under 200 busses.

But semi sales here are getting punished also.
In order to sell diesel powered trucks, they have to sell a determined amount of electric powered and from what the news outlet stated, they need to sell those electrics before they can sell the diesels?
It may be 1 electric for 4 diesel? Cant remember exactly.
Regional/International and Mack were being interviewed, trucks were selling like hotcakes during Covid, now new regulations...

I thought driving an automatic was goofy, now electric? :loco:

Having a hard time seeing these pulling a sick whore off a piss pot!
 
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