My Dad served during the Korean war. He has always been a soft spoken man and the one thing that always struck me since I was a small boy is that when he spoke it was like an E. F. Hutton commercial ..... the room would go silent to listen. He worked in the military computers as they were first starting out. They kept him state side throughout the war. It was the cold war and they wanted him to learn Polish and Russian, but unlike computer language; human languages were not his strong suit.
Today I had to fix three areas where the last storm washed out cattle fence. Had some trees down over the cattle fence, too. Ended up using my side by side's winch to pull up some of the longer runs. Got a workout with the axe and sledge hammer today. Forgot to take along my chainsaw. Then I had to fix a washout in the dam to redirect water into the culvert on our perimeter road. Another workout, this time with a shovel. Other than that, I didn't do anything manly today. But next I think I'll have a manly bubble bath and then maybe make myself a manly mug of hot cocoa that I'll drink in my recliner chair with my manly bunny slippers on. Then I'll probably take a manly nap. ;-) - Bax
This time, please don't forget to pay royalties to @Sara-s for the slippers! She gets quite annoyed when you forget.
I installed a wood stove in my pole barn. It has a secondary burn chamber to ensure that all particulates are fully incinerated. It's an EPA thing to ensure a clean burn. Installing it was a new experience. When it was 20° out, my split-air struggled to get the temperature in my pole barn up to 60°. I fired up the wood stove, and in no time at all, the temperature in the pole barn was soon up to 74°. Wow! I shut the split air off entirely, and don't intend to use it again this winter. The split air system cools incredibly well in the summertime, but it leaves much to be desired in the heating department... The wood stove has been a great solution. Guess I'll be getting my exercise over the next few weeks chopping wood and splitting it in order to feed this wood stove. I'm an eco-friendly, renewable resource fella now. - Bax
A pole barn describes a type of construction, usually for farm buildings and tractor sheds. Poles (beams) support a (usually metal) roof, and it may (or may not) have enclosed sides. It's cheap construction for farmers. HOWEVER, lately people have been using the pole barn look to construct houses that have more in common with metal house construction than pole barn construction. They often call these "barndominiums." I'm sure Google has lots of picss of pole barns as well as barndominiums. - Bax
Made a coat rack for my oldest son ..... I like to make things for my family that is useful and he mentioned that he needed more space for guest coats at their home. The wood is 24 inches of a threshold of a home that was built in 1890. The back is still original aged wood, but I milled and planed the top and inset a 1890 and a 2024 penny the hooks are cast iron. The dark stop is from an old nail. I also reshaped a carving knife for him after his wife broke an inch of the tip by using it to pry something.
