Everything posted by easilyconfused
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Or fart. Too many close packed people.
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Something tells me, that after the pipe, she might be running around with a towel for a cape
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Especially if they are scratching to get rid of a louse
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Just as long as there isn't a mime in it.
- Thomas Powers Applied Anvil Acquisition Technique (TPAAAT)
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Would this limo be going to Lima perhaps?
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I think everyone went to visit the nurse
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Forging in cold weather
I only have to worry about the cold the first day I'm back from the city. My forge is right behind the hot air outlet of the large wood stove in the machine shop so heat isn't a big issue after the fire's going. In fact, I usually only wear my winter coat and coveralls to the shop and take them off once inside. The woodstove cleans up the yard and, once full, takes about the time between meals to burn to embers that I can pull out into a 55 gallon drum and smother out, start another fire with the few embers left, go in and eat, and when I'm ready to go back out, the fire's roaring and the smoke from the barrel has pretty much cleared out. Each burn is about 1/3 of the barrel so by night I have a full barrel and by morning it's usually cooled right off to be dumped in the charcoal bin/barrels, in the -30 deg. C weather we have. I usually only have to really worry about preheating the anvil the first day. After that the shed usually stays warm through the night since it's insulated well.
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survival knife - all out design
Since I have a seemingly inexhaustible supply of misc metal on the farm, what with machinery repairs, I have learned to quickly adapt to the steel at hand. Between all the chisels and punches I've made as well as random quick repairs on gates and such, I've been lucky enough to never work one type of metal long enough to really develop instinctual habits for either type. New metal or scrap both have pros and cons, primarily one is cheaper and one is more consistent. If you want to pay to learn on something you won't have to think about whether it was the metal that caused the crack, or if it was technique, then buy new. I personally like scrap because it is cheap which is important for a university student. If I keep running into the same problem with different scraps, I assume it's my technique and go from there. It takes longer, but I find I learn more by looking at all aspects but that may just be me and my learning style. I need more than just the bare minimum to memorize. I need to know some background and reason things out. My biggest problem is going to a demo and working with coal after working with charcoal, not to mention smaller metal and then getting distracted by spectators.....
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I think that would be wise
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Can anyone play taps?
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At first I thought this game would be a farce
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Everyone's mind goes to the obvious next word..........................duck........what were you thinking?
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was the hole dug by a vole?
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Well I think we had too people typing the same thought.
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But what a tale it would be to tell!
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For how many? Do you have a hunch?
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I have a rabbit back in the hutch if it doesn't hatch.
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Did this said lady get paid?
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I hate the slop the shop serves, I wish they would stop
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Would that pond have a bench?
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A guest is always welcome
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When you think about it though, what are most bellows made of. Wood and leather and they hold up fairly well if the fire goes back up. It don't have to be pretty if it works.
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Not to change the subject, but does anyone have a good piece of burl
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Better be careful, if she grabs it too much, it might get worn