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Eddy,
Nice looking truck!

What a coincidence! I just traded in my '03 Ford 4X4 Supercrew...the last year of the old body style. It just had 100,000 miles on it, and I bought it new. Goofy thing is I paid $22,500 new in December of '02. I checked Ford pricing on '24 models, and that...

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Once again, I definitely respect your thoughts! The issue is that this shot ISN'T a vaccine. A vaccine will keep you from getting Polio, Small Pox, measles, etc. This is simply a shot...you can still get and pass COVID to others.

My choice came from the fact that I have a history of...

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Eddy,
I am very socially conservative, but when it comes to wearing a mask vs. not wearing a mask, or getting the jab or not getting the jab, I am Libertarian. If your own personal health dictates those measures, and your doctor recommends it, please do so, and I will not question it a bit! My...

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Yep, definitely a personal decision.

Thanks for that!

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Don't feel bad, I never stop carving Christmas stuff!...

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I have 3 employees here at the small bank I manage, and they get a carving as one of their Christmas gifts each year. Last year, they received my version of Mike Shipley's 'Snowman in a Top Hat'. My assistant piped up at our party last year and said that her snowman was lonely and needed a wife and...

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I handled a Beavercraft knife at Engler Designs in Branson, MO within the last two weeks. They feel OK and look sharp, but they are made in Ukraine, I believe. While you may think a cheaper knife would be the way to go, please don't succumb to that way of thinking. While it may be sacrilege to criticize...

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I bought this model a couple of years ago when Grizzly had it on sale...was in Springfield and picked it up at their store. Haven't used it yet, but I have turned it on and it is pretty powerful! I think I will like it when I get my Foredom into service!...

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I have done quite a bit of cabinet and furniture building with my now deceased father-in-law. We were commissioned to build our parish priest a large desk with a return. We supplied the labor, and one of the other parishioners supplied all of the black oak for the project. All of the wood had been air...

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No, not real well, HOWEVER, I have availed myself of two things that are helping. One is a book entitled, Figure it Out by Christopher Hart I got at a Michael's store. Great information on how to draw a basic figure...I have actually done some drawings that were passable enough to work on for future...

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I started out in 1997 thinking I wanted to carve birds...I stumbled into a carving store in Estes Park, Colorado and bought a book on carving small caricatures by Jack Price. I found my 'niche' in that book...coupled with a class given by Mike Shipley, I have melded my style into a cross between Jack's...

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Here are pics of the finished product(s)...I didn't get the door put in on the one I wanted as I was pressed for time and didn't get to it...that is for another day!

The checking pretty much stopped after Day 2...like I said, my boss loves them!...

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Update on the cracking...the 'shrooms have almost dried out, and it seems the checking has stopped...my boss is just over the top happy with them!

The bark has really hardened, and they have really turned out as I had hoped!