What Manly Things Did You Do Today?

I went for a bike ride, stopped at the farmer market for a nice pastry, then had tea by the river. Not overly manly, but a very nice start to the day.

 

I assembled a little bamboo shelf unit, driving all of the screws with my right hand. (I'm a lefty, with a fractured left elbow.)

 

Did you have to buy a right-handed adapter for your left-handed screwdriver?

 

With all respect, sir, like hell it's not. Unlike most of the world's population, you are free to go wherever you wish without passports, paper, or permission, for any reason or no reason at all. You are a true historical aberration: a free man. Only problem with it is, we've taken it for granted for way too long.

Sorry, I'm in a slight mood tonight.

 

I'm betting on yes because how else could she "adapt" to the change???

 

Nope. I did it without the adapter. That’s what made it so manly.

 

I did something manly today. I cut my philtrum pretty badly while shaving with a shavette, and bled like a stuck pig.
...but this time I DIDN'T CRY!

- Bax

 

Re-strung a wind chimes ..... I get some pics tomorrow.

 

I ordered a 1/2" hammer drill to run off my portable propane-powered generator. Battery powered drills are too weak and lame for the job. My ordinary drill burned up the first time I tried to use it. I was drilling through thick creosote-soaked telephone poles. Because when I build a fence, I use sections of telephone poles as fence posts, instead of puny little sissy toothpicks from the local big-box or lumberyard. Fence-building takes a 22" chainsaw, a PTO-powered auger on the tractor, and a hammer drill. Paul Bunyan would be proud!

- Manly Bax

 

I patched up an injured crossbow shooter.

 

Okay Sara, that one is begging for details. Did he shoot himself in the foot?

- Bax

 

No, he didn’t load the crossbow correctly. Part of the loading mechanism snapped back and hit his nose & eye. I cleaned his face & bandaged his nose. Not much I could do for his eye- the lid was swollen. He went home to ice it. I hope there is no internal damage to the eye.

Having some other issues that increase my risk for a detached retina, I discussed the warning signs with him, making it clear that such signs need urgent attention.

 

Yikes!

 

I had to wrestle a woman, and arrest her, after she tried to stab her father, with a 9 inch carving knife. And that was the easy part of the day. There is a lot more to this, that is more interesting, but I cannot go into detail.

 

Well I suppose there's something to be said for her having used the right knife.

You lead an interesting life.

 

You have no idea.

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I fired a crossbow & hit what I was aiming at. (A target)

 

Thanks for clarifying that.

 

It occurred to me that I might need to.

 

Not around here. We would never take something in the wrong way.