"Dave The Lawn Guy!"

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I just found out yesterday that good friend, mentor, and fellow black belt who was also a retired Fire Department LT lost his life to COVID. From all I can learn it appears that he had not gotten vaccinated. I've got a couple of my own kids who have not been vaccinated and we're worried sick that eventually...

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Wow! Glad to hear that she's okay. By any chance to she have or have the chance to get the vaccine before she came down with COVID? A lot of news on the TV about people still getting the bug (although less severe) even after being vaccinated.

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There comes a time in every old guys life when he finds that his trusty lawn mower is just sitting in the shed collecting dust, along with his weedwhacker that needs to be re-strung and his blower that needed replacement long ago. Either his get up and go, got up and went, or his balance prevents him...

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Great carving Claude!

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Merle.... According to the Doc the bone is completely healed. However, someone needs to convince the bone of that fact. I've read where it can take years for the body to restructure broken bones and all pain to subside. I guess it's just my luck that I have a lot of ice packs, hot packs, and Tylenol...

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Earlier this summer I broke my right arm just below the shoulder joint and spent over a month in a sling. Then when the pain from the break started to subside and I attempted to go back to carving I was awarded with a painful frozen shoulder. That as anyone that has gone through the experience knows...

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How you gonna get him to hold still?...

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Technology was supposed to make life easier. Instead it just nickels and dimes us to death. Even when you subscribe to a so-called "premium service", they come up with an ultra-premium platform as an upgrade and take away what you paid for in the first place. As for downloading anything, I...

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Pallet wood? You are ambitious!...

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Too bad that the TV series, The Woodwright's Shop, isn't on anymore. You could do a segment....

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I was for the fishin' pole until Sappy recommended a stick of dynamite! In the words of Jerry Clower's character, "Claude", "You goanna sit there and argue or fish?"

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Outstanding Joe!

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Ahhh....Yes! The price we're willing to pay to support our habits!
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Most at my attempts at flat plane end up as round plane!

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Dog down all the hatches and break out your battle rations!

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Love it! A lot more detail then a similar carving that I did with hillbilly sticking his head out of a moonshine barrel! Fortunately, growing up in New England I never had to take a bath in a wooden barrel but when staying with my grandparents up in northern Vermont I have had my share of Saturday night...

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Well, according to the building laws in most states and Federal OSHA guidelines you need to call in a mildew remediation company and have them construct a closed sealed space around where you have it stored and then double bag and seal it and remove it in the prescribed manner. Shouldn't cost you more...

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That's what separates us chip makers from the real artisans in this world.

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I think that you're off to a darn good start considering your lack of resources. Just keep plugging away at it.