Category: farm

  • Blaming Nonexistent Tools…

    Small jobs that I don’t have the correct tools for are the worst, because I know I could do the damn job in 5 minutes with the right doohickey. However when I turn up at the hardware store asking for a doohickey they just laugh at me. I’m two weeks behind on building a bathroom…

  • Cutting a Rug…

    I’m not entirely sure it wasn’t far more difficult than just doing it the old fashioned way. Scratch that, I am absolutely sure that cutting through a roll of musty old carpet with a reciprocating saw is much harder than just getting a couple of fresh blades in the utility knife. But it’s of those…

  • Yesterdays, Todays, and most of Tomorrows…

    If the question was how many “spoons” does 5 trailer loads of rubbish cost? The answer is definitely about half a weeks worth. Especially if it’s slightly damp rubbish, and has quite a few reptiles sleeping under it, mainly lizards luckily as the snakes don’t seem to like how quickly it has gotten cold round…