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The offense some people have taken is over simply one word: drama Not many people seemed bothered when I used the word politics This makes my point. People getting upset over simple words, looking at the how it is said rather than what is said. peace out

I have an old Arkansas stone, the type that has a rough and smooth side, that I inherited. This stone has been in continuous use for 30+ years by me, and I don't know how long before I got it. Somewhere along the line I got the notion that the best oil to use on this stone is olive oil. I...

I had to mull that one over a minute.... Now I get it

Yeah, you're right. On both counts ;) Seriously, though, I just think that men tend to use online social stuff like forums, facebook and such less than women. I have seen a few mostly male forums, but they are pretty subject specific and those subjects are very male dominated fields...

I thought on it a bit while I bloodied my knuckles winter trimming a couple vines..... Why do I watch too much TV? Well as counter-intuitive as it may sound it is the only time DW and I get to sit and enjoy one another's company. Our schedules do not allow a whole lot else, as I am currently...

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hmmmmmm, as usual a lot to digest with many good points..... I do know you're right about at least one thing: I for one spend too much time watching tv. If by "offensive" you mean making one think outside their comfort zone, then by all means be as offensive as you please. Let me work on my...

Wrong word used - should have been "girl-world" drama Biggest reason why there are less men here is the same as why women are so much more active on facebook or what not. Women use the internet more for "online chatting", while men use it more to "surf the 'net".

Yeaaaahhhhh, I know what you are saying on a lot of that..... In real life, I have noticed a lot more women interested in SS stuff than men. Funny when you think that so much of SS is more traditionally man stuff, like building stuff. What did the man say? "If they don't find you handsome, at...

I joined this forum a few months back, and other than you and I there are a few other guys that drift in and out. Most of them bailed fairly recently when some things went on. I never knew or wanted to know the details of what all went on, it seemed to be a lot of "she said" type of stuff. The...

We got a TV. We got satellite TV, for that matter. Millions of channels. We got channels for hockey, baseball, tennis, golf, style, DIY, football, nascar, movies, all that. Got a few "kids" channels that seem specifically designed to tap into that potty humor lowest common denominator to...

Yes, as a matter of fact, we are I have always had guns around, and can name several incidents where they did in fact add to my security. According to the police, once word got around that I had a gun and was willing and able to use it, nobody was willing to take a chance around my home and...

took rust off a lot of machetes steel wool + wd40 + elbow grease = clean machete

I once ruined a tomohawk beating on it with a mallet trying to split some firewood. Beating an axe with a hammer deforms the eye, making it impossibel to keep a good handle in it. Aren't all the fiskars stuff molded in plastic handles or some such? My personal preference, I prefer a wood...

I've spent quite a few hours with shovels, sort of an old friend to me.... I just had to look in my shed. I have two good shovels out there right now, having recently got rid of several. They are both a brand called "hardware house". I bought them at the local hardware store that went out of...

Welll....... Both in line with the original post as well as directions it has drifted...... I'm a newbie here, although this ain't my first rodeo. Before I joined this forum I spent a lot of time lurking. I read posts looking for something that I found value in and wanted to participate in...

When I was into ultralight backpacking we used to make a mix of capn crunch + m&ms + peanuts. Not exactly something you want to live off of, but a nice energy boost and a pick-me-up for when your energy and motivation start lagging. King Vitamin - same as a cereal called Kix - only people that...

Peak oil - that is a sound theory by Marion King Hubbert that states there will be a point at which oil supplies will be at a maximum. After that point, we aren't out of oil per se, just the supplies will dwindle from that point onwards. Dr Hubbert predicted US oil would peak around 1970 - he...

This is a good thing. Cow wastes, this and manure, are one of the best answers to our problem of running out of oil. We got cows. So long as we like our burgers, we will have cows, and they will produce methane. It is also effective to produce, the net energy yield (energy produced - energy...

I shouldn't post, as I swore off it.... Especially since my views on this always get flamed - with knee jerk emotional stuff rather than logic or common sense but consider this: Put a bunch of rabbits in an enclosure, free from foxes with plenty of food for them - what happens? You all know the...