The Ultimate Answer to Kings

Night before last we got a hard frost… Then last night we got a hard freeze. But that’s because the clouds cleared out overnight. Gloomy as hell yesterday, almost half an inch of rain. It’s...

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From a 2017 newspaper article: “Today marks the 35th anniversary of the death of Sir Douglas Bader and I couldn’t let it pass without this story about the RAF hero. He was giving a talk at an...

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It was supposed to be raining this morning… …and despite there not being a cloud in the sky I rushed around getting our chores done because with the blasting wind and plummeting temperature I...

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Went into S&L’s place to feed their cat. There was something in her bowl. Looked more closely, and… …she had deposited this well-chewed mouse in her bowl, presumably so it would be impossib...

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Tobie is a happy boy. In two weeks’ time he’ll be a spoiled boy, because… S&L are off on an extended road trip. For personal reasons they’ve been tied to the house for years, and now they...

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First pallet of fuel for D&L’s extremely hungry pellet stove. Used to be there were three of us to do this. Used to be we were all ten years younger. L is thinking about replacing their main st...

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So the tankless water heater in Ian’s Cave went operational in late 2020 or early 2021, can’t remember which. Neighbor D, who’s been running one for a long time, said “You have to flush t...

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Neighbor L wants to use her tractor, which hasn’t been touched since D’s accident almost a full year ago. Wait, that’s not true: She got rid of the horses in early December so it hasn’t b...

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Last month I bitched about having to patch yet another pair of everyday pants. Shortly afterward I got an email from a regular reader, bragging that his wife had an uncanny ability to find like-n...

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…and the only remaining question I had about the new chainsaw, involving battery charge duration, has been answered… …it lasts longer than I do. We got this much wood into the yard this mor...

http://joelsgulch.com/tobie-i-went-out-and-cut-wood-today/