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What on earth did we do before cordless power tools? In my lifetime I must have run miles of electric cords all over creation. I used a hammer and sharp punch to pound holes in sheetmetal then used a screw driver to twist and twist and twist sheetmetal screws into those holes. My hands hurt...

Glad to hear the good news. My thoughts and prayers are with him and all of the family.

Oh! You're going to love those tools. Don't let the small size fool you, they're great. For many years I used a big 18 volt DeWalt drill. It worked very well for most of my jobs. After about ten years I decided to purchase a small Rigid 12 volt drill for my smaller jobs and to keep in the...

7th May 1945 : Germany signs unconditional surrender at Rheims in France bringing to an end six years of war in Europe. 7th May 1915 SS Lusitania sunk by German submarine; 1198 lives lost. 7th May 1941 Glenn Miller records "Chattanooga Choo Choo" for RCA.

We made those when my son was in the Boy Scouts. Some worked well and some not so good. The boys seemed to like charring the cloth more than making the fire pistons.

Wow! Lots of replies - I don't know where to start. First of all, I just realized that in my first post I didn't even get to the real reason for the topic. Duh! "Dormant Oil Spray Discovery". When I went out to one of the barns to get the bottle of oil spray I found that the little booklet...

I've been having trouble with my apple trees here at PlayStation. In 2012 I helped my mom and dad with their apple harvest and we collected three bushels of beautiful apples from only 5 semi dwarf Macintosh trees. Dad used to take very good care (meticulous) of all the fruits and veggies here...

Hey, a few posts above there was talk about the LED rope lights. I have found them to be the best dang trouble lights ever. I have a white 50-light string that I use all the time for light while working in dark places. Under the hood of the cars, trucks, tractors and implements, under the...

About three years ago my wife and I started experimenting with canning meats, meat dishes, soups, and other things that we had not done in the past. Maybe we just didn't see a need to do it. But we are semi-preppers nowadays and we have much, much more "preserved" foods and supplies than ever...

I must be the odd one here. I believe that when the sun goes down it's supposed to be DARK. I love to be outdoors in total darkness - well, moonlight is OK. But we can't seem to disable all the stupid clock lights on appliances around here. I think there must be one in every room. When I go...

We hoped it would. Chin up girl.

I think this is one of those "need" vs "want" questions. We could possibly go for two months without a trip to the store. But will we? My new root cellar/storage room/wine cellar has enough essentials down there to last easily 60 days and maybe much more if we had to shift into survival mode...

Happy Birthday @Smart Red ! We all love you.

That's the stuff memories are made of.

Oh! I got a good laugh about the frugal-to-the-max BIL. Many years ago my dad had a hunting buddy that would sit with his wife every Sunday evening and open the tiny packs of sugar, salt, and pepper they "collected" from restaurants during the week. They would top off their S&P shakers and...

White potatoes, red potatoes, and yellow potatoes. That's all I know. Lot's of names and types just confuse me and I stay away. Nowadays it's only white and red for us. We don't care too much for the yellow varieties. Just yesterday DW said we have two full nail kegs of potatoes left for...

I guess it's time for some of my favorites to start falling by the wayside. So sad. But like George Harrison knew so well . . . All Things Must Pass. See ya later Glenn ♥ ♥ ♥. DW and I lived in San Diego in the '60s and '70s and The Beatles, The Eagles, Chicago, Three Dog Night, Santana...

Steve, is your oolong spiked with something? I can't seem to make out your post. Your first line sounds a little bit like "Rained so hard the night I left, the weather it was dry. Sun so hot I froze to death, Susannah don't you cry". Is that the message you intended? Sorry if I'm all out of...

Yeah - what chu talkin 'bout Willis?

Thanks for all the well wishes everyone. This is just a little bump in the road of life. I'll be fine. @so lucky - I started feeling an achy thing with a slight cough Sunday morning and by Monday morning I was flat on my back practically unable to get up. This thing hit like a ton of bricks...