He sold his farm but the Mennonites he sold to (good friends of ours) let him keep some garage workspace. He is working a new project for a friend of his and needed room.

He keeps telling me to USE the dump truck. No way, it is perfect. The Farmall will get the Mona Lisa treatment:)

Laying on the couch, I look at our ceiling and notice the unique shadow design our antique Tiffany lamp cast on the roof.

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Nice! Perfect shutter speed.

My wife was worried about power outages so I put up a Power Wall.

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So, I do business with this Mill all the time...just bought 50 16x6x1 oak fence boards to repair aging fence sections from the Mennonite/Amish.

The place is amazing:

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I went at lunch time and got to watch this guy, who I know and got permission from to post this photo, work this machine like you read about.

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16x6x1 OAK!

Mind if I ask how much that cost?

They know me, so $10 a board...$500 out the door.

I have paid a lot less in hurricane years. I can’t imagine the West Coast price.

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You have a vacuum leak.

That's a good price for that size, Paul. Love the drone's eye view of the lumber yard too....very cool!

This time of year.......a cold one really hits the spot! :)

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Thanks.
I don't even want to think about the price out here.

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Cormorants.... not only do they put a hurting on they baitfish, they make a mess of the docks... explosively craptastic..

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On the way to work a few weeks back, I was stuck for 2.5 hours in between 2 exits on I-10 so I got to watch the sunrise. 2 semi's got in an accident with at least one laying on its side and on fire. Total commute ~3:50 (left home at 4:50 and got to work ~8:40)
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summer sunrise
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Second cave of Natural Caverns near San Antonio.
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There are 2 caves open to the public for tour. One had an exposed opening and had a bat colony. The second was discovered because the family that owned the property performed exploratory drilling in the late 60s. On one of the test holes, they hit a void. The drilled the hole bigger (exploratory drillings were 6") up to 22" where they then used a winch to lower folks down the hole to see what was there. Because the cavern had been essentially "sealed shut" there were/are "soda straw" stalactites up to 6' long. The grandsons loved it.

Small part of an impressive private car collection I went to see recently. That 1955 D-Type Jag is the genuine article, not a tribute or continuation.

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