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Women and Power Tools

Women and Power Tools

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** My daughter and I use power tools………….a lot….. It’s necessary….. We’ve learned how….. I realized in typing the categorization of “power” with “tool”…that it…also categorizes my age….. …..(I’m old)….. Years ago…they were just “tools”…not “power tools”….. The word “power” is a fairly recent addition….. The word “tool” was just a noun…all by itself…(I’ve known a few)….. I remember (and still have & can use) my Grandfather’s…and my Father’s wood drills…and saws…and levels….. …..manual…old…

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*****Gatsby Was Gone*****

*****Gatsby Was Gone*****

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* CLICK HERE***Maybe This Link Will Get You To My Tick Tock Channel*** Not a good thing….. Not good at all….. Remember the repair guys…..?….. They are STILL installing the front windows….. …..yes…..they are….. …..how many days has that been…..?….. …..we’re not counting…. …..apparently……they work on a mañana and/or domani schedule….. …..yesterday they showed up at 5:45pm…..(at twilight)…..(?)….. …..to continue their abandoned repair work on our windows….. But…..unbeknownst to me….. …..they dragged their handy-dandy…

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Yard Work…….

Yard Work…….

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  It’s Hurricane Season…………………….again…..(sigh)…     Yes it is……..   There’s no denying it.     We have a big “yard” to keep up with.     A couple days ago, I tried to crank up “Ole Sparky” (I do every month)………. …..and “Ole Sparky” just spluttered and spit… The usual suspects were ruled out… The battery was still good/chargeable/and holding a charge… The starter was okay. The fuel was just fine and not gooey   The chickens do like…

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Irma’s Clean-Up———On & On & On

Irma’s Clean-Up———On & On & On

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Everyone is tired.  There’s still more to do…………..there’s always more to do.  Everything would be so much easier if this was all happening in November’s cooler/dryer weather.  But the temperature is in the 90’s and the humidity level has got to be 246%+.  If it weren’t for all of the suspended, microbial algae in the air—–this could probably qualify for an expensive spa/steam-room treatment…………..but you can’t charge for this soggy treat.  My lungs are an agar-filled, petri dish for the…

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New Horizons/New Skills

New Horizons/New Skills

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There are a lot of skills that I don’t have.  There are a lot of things that I don’t know how to do.  I have found that the acquisition of power-tools does not necessarily mean that you know how to use them.  I have also discovered that a number of “skilled” workmen have the same tools that I do and don’t know how to use them either………………………(tools & corresponding skills are not gender-appointed).              …

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Bush Hogs & Designer Handbags

Bush Hogs & Designer Handbags

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I’m so excited.  We’re getting a bush hog!  We’re getting a bush hog! We’re getting a bush hog!  Some get excited about Louis Vuitton or Hermes clutches.  Prada or Chanel heels aren’t that great, plus they slip in stirrup irons.  But a bush hog……………now that’s a thing of real beauty.  It truly is. We don’t really have a lawn.  We don’t really have a pasture.  We have a bog with bog reeds and two-story-tall night shade and things that grow…

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New Septic~~~Days #5, #6, #7, #8

New Septic~~~Days #5, #6, #7, #8

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Surprise, it’s raining.  It’s been raining, and raining, and raining……….It’s summer in Florida, of course it’s raining. We have been lucky so far this “season”.  There have been two Tropical Storms already, and they have gone elsewhere.  But with our luck that means others have had bad luck.  You end up feeling thankful and guilty at the same time.  And it’s still June.  It’s Kismet and Mother Nature doing a waltz.  I’m just tapping my foot and snapping my fingers…

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Weekend Permitting in the Boonies

Weekend Permitting in the Boonies

Fond (?) memories have been rushing back to me of the variety of stop-gap attempts that we have made over the years to have the aforementioned defunct septic last longer. More than ten years ago we had a series of Tropical Storms and a weak, down-grading Hurricane  who came directly over us.  Lots and lots of wind and rain.  Rain———-the horizontal type.  It eventually found its way to the ground where it saturated everything and elevated the water level to…

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Sea Level vs. the New Septic—–Day #1

Sea Level vs. the New Septic—–Day #1

Day #1———Gravity.  It’s a genuine force.  It’s reliable.  Lord knows I know that from horseback riding and how much the ground beckons me.  And how it comes up to greet me so rapidly.  Gravity plays a role in our everyday lives.  It’s there when we want it.  It’s there when we don’t.  It’s there when we don’t even think about it.  It makes things roll down hill. We bought this house as a fixer-upper almost 25 years ago.  I’m sad…

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