What Manly Things Did You Do Today?

Deer fences are up and the garden is in

 

May have to eat a few deer.

 

I’m making a moose.

 

Genetic engineering night, is it? Or are you going to do this the old-fashioned way?

 

The old fashioned way; I’m embroidering it.

 

I’ve developed a brand-new (for me) AD- it’s called SMNAD- sewing machine needle acquisition disorder. I am finding myself buying them in bulk, for the exact same reason we buy blades in bulk. They get dull. And yes, I keep a disposal container for them, just as I do with blades, as they could harm someone if just thrown in the trash.

 

Woke up this morning to the women ready form a lynch party and come after me: we had no hot water. I re-lit the hot water heater and about 30 min later it was out again. I knew it was the thermocouple. My hot water heater has an additional pain step because the water meter runs right across the bottom of the unit. When I got the burner assembly out I found out that the old thermocouple was the original and in there tight. I had to use a dremel to get it out and then enlarge the mounting holes for the new one. Spend the last 20 min trying to figure out when the hot water heater would not light. Come to find out I forgot to turn the gas back on! I need a hot shower/shave and a cigar.

 

All I did with my Dremel today was to fix some bent arrow points. @Preacher , you win!

 

I sculpted a dinosaur. He seems to be rather curious, so I named him George.

 

Al woulda worked too since he's Green.

 

had lunch with my son today.. fish and chips.. good times..

 

Not real manly, but feeling good and tired after riding 35 miles (56 km) of gravel today..

 

Put together a new piece of furniture...



Granddaughter on the way!

 

Kind of a strange thing to name your son …

BTW, Benny Hill was my favorite comedian

 

aahh yes , baby jail..

 

I picked up a set of abused shelves for my wife at local thrift store. Not that they were especially rare, but they were solid and somewhat pleasing looking, though looked like someone cut the arch with a saws-all and thickly painted it in mahogany purple. I set to it by redrawing the elliptical arch and used a micro plane to bring it back into shape. I filled all the pin nail holes (except one) and gave a real good sanding. Normally real wood only get stain and urethane or an oil, but this was painted with a shellac primer to cover the ugly purple mahogany paint and gave it two coats of my wife's choice of paint; parchment / linen colored paint. After reattaching the back and hanging it, I filled it with my wife's potions and lotions.

Results ..... happy wife ..... happy life!

 

Or is it, "We don't need no stinkin' mattress"?

 

Your bike looks quite tired too.

 

You would be too if you had to lug around 250lbs for a few hours...