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I have a love-hate relationship with FB. Like Paul and Jim, I hate it for being a time sink, and filled with a$$ho1es. But like Gene, I find a lot of good stuff, too. Historical groups are fascinating, how to groups, and I’ve gotten rid of a lot of junk quick and easy on FB marketplace. And I have ...

We get Svengoolie (on ME TV) and watch it sometimes. And we have exactly the TV antenna that you need! It brings in about 70 or 80 channels (some of which are identical, just from different cities), including some in High Def.

Our antenna is mounted atop a 65 foot tall mast that is attached to the ...

Sad news, I am afraid. She had been planning a trip to Holland to her in-laws for quite awhile. Finally all arrangements settled, and she flew there in mid July, planning to stay for 3 weeks. She got a call on day 5 that her younger brother had passed away, so she just flew back home for the wake ...

I’m still alive, and wish there was more traffic. I’m afraid us old guys are just dying off one by one, and we’re too dull to attract young blood.

I’ve been making hay; cleaning up fallen trees after a bad storm; re-pointing bricks on our 100 year old chimney on the smoke house; cutting and ...

Believe it or not, the password reset was a year ago! She emailed me afterwards and said “I really really have to pay more attention to
The Home Board… Gonna try and do my best as I would hate it if it got closed.”

I haven’t talked to her since, and I can’t imagine it has been that long. She was ...

I was recently reminded of what I consider one of the worst movies of all times— critically acclaimed, winner of many awards, but in my opinion the worst movie ever. Unless you’re looking for a time suck that leaves you wishing you hadn’t wasted any minutes of your precious life watching it ...

Grew up with cows - beef critters - and all the associated chores. Left home @18 and glad of it.

50-odd years later, I'm out on one of my random motorcycle rides (say...that road looks interesting...) and passed a big (for Maine) dairy farm and the smells of cow shit and fresh silage jerked me ...

Wow, that is great!

You just crushed all of my self-esteem built up over a few welding repair projects I've done in the last few months.

Seriously this is cool, thanks for posting.

We just re-watched the TV series "Justified." It is filled with good characters and quotes, but one quote hits me as both funny and true...a good way to judge yourself. At one point, the main character Raylan Givens says:

“If you run into an asshole in the morning, you ran into an asshole. But if ...

Gene,

no, I was never stationed at Fort Lost-in-the-Woods, and it is actually one of relatively few Army posts that I've never at least visited. I have lived places that had near constant hot ranges, and I do miss the sound of artillery firing.

But maybe you'll think this is funny-- I grew up a ...