Brad, good video, very accurate. Crazy is one of those things things that increases exponentially with looks/desirability/wealth and at the same time at the descending end of the scale. The smoking hot rich girl is used to getting everything she wants and never expects disappointment. The one at the opposite end of the spectrum has nothing, never has had anything and has nothing to loose. Both act about the same with the edge going to the rich girl who never expects to get arrested. Weird, eh? Took about 3 months on the job to figure this out. Age only masks crazy. It's there at 14, 40 and 84. That film should be mandatory viewing for all males at least once per year regardless of age or marital status.
Fiver, thanks for the idea on the pawn shop but we don't have any. I'll watch Craigs List.
Beautiful day here yesterday. Still frost in the ground so it wasn't all mud, bright sunshine, high 30's/low 40's, mild breeze. After 6 months of winter it's a relief. Saw a Killdeer bird, so spring is on it's way. Robins, the traditional harbinger of spring? Well they lie- a lot. They show up in February around Ground Hog Say sometimes. Nope, for me it's Killdeer as a sure sign of the end of The White Hell. It was a fairly mild winter too, judging by the number of deer in the fields at least. One acquaintance stopped by and said they counted over 30 in a 60 acre meadow I graze in summer. Not sure where they were in deer season, but they made it through winter. Got the basic ideas on materials for the machine shed repair job. Gotta admit, the old boys that built this thing didn't go in for exotic materials and hard to get lumber. 2x6's everywhere and not one over maybe 14', mostly 8's, 10's, 12's. One of the things I've found in the older construction around here is really odd lumber sizes. Yes, you expect rough cut to be at least a full 1" thick, if not 5 or even 6/4. 2" stock tends to run a little closer to 2". But the percentage of odd duck really long single pieces or really wide stuff is higher than you'd think. 30' stuff is not at all unusual and sheathing 18-24" isn't uncommon, with some stuff up to and exceeding 30" being stumbled on occasionally. Different times for sure. I hope to get the majority of the ripping and tearing finished today.
My wife never had the horrible pregnancy issues, but we did go through a colicy baby thing for several months. Actually we didn't, she did. I was off fighting indians. Her left shoulder still gives her problems 30 years later. I'm rather glad I'm not a female. They may outlive us by a good stretch, but getting there seems a lot rougher road than for us.