Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Tuesday 3/5

Monday was cold at first but eventually turned into a nice sunny day.
While at Lexington the other day, I found a tooth setter at the antique mall and tried it out today. It slightly bends the teeth on large saws so that they cut a wider groove and don't bind up.
It works on the buck saw but seems to be made for the thicker two man style of blade.
I took both saws over across the creek and cut a wheelbarrow load of mimosa.
Cloudy today and they keep saying it will rain but the clouds are high so I got in the truck to go cut a load of wood only to find the battery was dead. So I put the battery on the charger and loaded up the logging wheelbarrow and went up on the hill at the cemetery to work on this tangled mess where a limb fell.
There are grave stones laying all around and at one point I thought that I smelled tobacco burning and turned around but saw nobody not even a ghost. I guess it was the cherry tree sawdust on the hot saw.
The calves and Dusty amused themselves by watching me work. I finally got the limb pulled to the ground and cut up. I am in town to pick up Carrie and take her to an orthodontist checkup. Supposed to be 3 inches of snow tomorrow and all the kids have ruled out any chance of going to school.

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  1. that is cool and spooky about smelling the smoke. i hope the kids all get a snow day. the same storm is headed here too!

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    1. They only got 2 hour delay, there was a lot of disappointment except from me, I don't need any snow right now.

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  2. Still waiting to hear on school - will they up the 2 hour delay to full closure? They'd better decide soon!

    Hmmmm. Or maybe it was a ghost?

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    1. I wish it was a ghost, I would enjoy talking to one.

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  3. oh, i like to think it was a ghost :D we ended up with about 3, cancelled school...today is a 1 hour delay. i hate delays!

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    1. We just got a dusting, cold and windy yesterday but better today.

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  4. I love that old saw set. Some of the old guys used to use a hammer and just tap the teeth over by eye. But I think your set would have been a much better tool for the job.

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    1. I tried using a hammer but didn't know what I was doing, this pushes the tooth over just the right distance.

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  5. A cemetery is on your property? Spooky!

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    1. Yes but you would not know it was there unless you looked hard for the stones.

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