Thanks! Yeah, Norwegian Forest cats are more territorial than Maine Coons. I think there's at least one video out there of a Forest Cat driving off a grizzly bear, which is just crazy to think about.
Don't really need another knife at the moment. But it looks like Ontario Knife Company is no more. So I decided to get me a RAT-3 while the gettin's good. Probably one or two other things here soon too. https://buffalonews.com/ontario-kni...cle_0acfb399-df36-5217-a441-39af7408904c.html
1947 edition of Audels Carpenters and Builders Guide Vol. 1-4. The 1949 edition is the last one that has all of the good old house material. After that more modern revisions dropped out all the good old house stuff and added in some newer stuff that wasn't nearly as good. The 1949 and earlier editions going back to the 1924 first edition are the best, and contain virtually all the information one would need to build a timber framed house. Anyone who owns a 100+ year old house or uses old hand tools ought to own these, if only as a reference. I've had these books in my eBay searches for a while, and finally found a relatively clean set for a bargain price.
In the early 1900's the term "mechanic," referred to any skilled tradesman or laborer. In this particular case, it covers any trade not mentioned specifically, but that still worked with wood, like shipwrights, cabinet makers, organ and piano makers, wheelwrights, barrel makers and carriage builders (what today would be body shop guys). The term didn't really devolve into just auto mechanics until the late 60's. It's why magazines like "Popular Mechanics," covered such a wide variety of topics.
