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Friday, July 31, 2026

Limping along .and. good-faith proposal in the event of a failed-harvest

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Imagine my surprise! I got in two hours time-on-task today. It wasn't pulling weeds, though. It was lugging water (38 minutes) with the ...
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...a cup of ambition...

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My anatomy is dragging this morning. Pulling weeds is hard work and uses muscles that I don't normally exercise. The weather-guessers ar...
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Thursday, July 30, 2026

Can do, will do

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One of my brothers was grousing about his in-laws. They were staunch union members and their conversations were as predictable as the tunes ...
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Crack, weeds and lottery tickets

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If you look closely at the fourth thread from the end, you will see a crack. When under pressure the crack opened up and the spray flew 6...
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Contractors A-A-R, work-tickets and Farmer's Carry

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The contractors came-and-went yesterday. One of the members of the crew lives north of Sparta, Michigan and commutes every working day to th...
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Wednesday, July 29, 2026

A little bit of older music

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Whether you liked the music or not, there were certain songs and movies that were iconic and captured some of the zaniness of the age. Contr...
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Tuesday, July 28, 2026

Chainsaws, UPS, lost knives and arcane hardware (pop-quiz)

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Somebody wanted to borrow my chainsaw I asked "Why?"  They replied "My friend had a couple of trees come down in his yard dur...
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