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I think I have, but not sure. I generally look at the post whenever I get an alert for a new post, but I often don't check in for a week or three.

My guess is that it is a slight misinterpretation/misunderstanding. It seems to me that the OP's concern was that he had to be on-site to facilitate change-over from utility to on-site power. Yes, "un-interrupted" power for anything more than a few hundred to a thousand watts or so is going to...

There's even a "law" about that. It's called "the Pareto principle".

We used to say "Looks good from my house".

Cut with an axe, whittle to fit, putty to fill and paint to match.

Sears? The only Mail Order place near us when I was growing up was Monkey Wards. Only had to drive about 10 miles and you could get almost anything you wanted!

If that were true, tire companies wouldn't spend millions producing new moulds, they would simply use different rubber in their summer or all-season patterns.

The darkest jokes are generally funny.

Ummm, yeah. Sorta like that.

Sorry, both on wrong accounts. Did you ever see how they built the original Panama Canal? Hardly more than guys with shovels. As far as doing a small job with a big tractor, I sure can think of many that are totally unsuitable for a Caterpillar 6090 FS. Most residential driveways would cave...

Right, but I was reminded of sayings that could have been misunderstood due to regional dialects or the "telephone game" syndrome. Unlikely someone would get from "box of rocks" to "bag of hammers" though almost anything is possible with enough mind altering substance(s)...

My parents always said "Don't let the bedbugs bite"... Reminds me of these two versions: Dumb as a box of rocks. Dumb as a box of frogs.

My Mom had one in our kitchen growing up. Not sure what happened to it. Probably yard saled or "recycled".

When I was maybe 8 years old my Dad borrowed a friends 1950s F100 to go to a local sawmill for sawdust for our chicken coop. Not sure why.- maybe my 6 year old brother was in the passenger seat, but I rode in the bed. This would have been early 70s and so the truck was "very old" to my young...

Slower than molasses in January. Going up hill. My Mom used that one frequently.

That only works so far. * When you have 6-10' of snow in a year the snowbanks get so high that what is plowed just falls back down behind the plow. * Even with more moderate snowfall, say 4-6', the snow from parking areas/turn-arounds etc has to be pushed somewhere. Unless you have LOTS of...

Masochists only need observe...

This year my son was over helping out with getting ready for winter, so he was here when I put the chains on. The second set of hand definitely made the process much more streamlined in the above mentioned regard, but the method is still very valid for a lone operator.

Put my OFA studded chains on today, using the method shown in post 1 (which is what the included instructions call for). Makes it quite easy for a one-man operation, and even easier (as today) with two people.

My Mom had a small wooden plaque with that on it in our kitchen all the time I was growing up. Wonder what happened to it. Probably got converted to what it came from.

Yeah, my Father spake it in German all the time. My sister transliterated it to "can you drink it with a stick?" and still does... :D

I would guess that was the origin of the saying.

"What the farmer doesn't know, he doesn't eat." Another one from my Dad that I've never heard elsewhere. This was always in relation to us kids not wanting to try something we never had before. But I know that one came from his home country of Germany because he always said it in German.

"Too much of the burnt horse meat?" My Dad used to say when someone wasn't feeling well. I have no idea where it came from* and never heard anyone else say it.

When my youngest brother was being born I was staying with my grandparents. My uncle Steve was from "Family, Part 2" and only 6 years older than my 5. We were in the back shed and he was splitting pieces of wood with a largish knife. He offered/encouraged me to do the same. I didn't end up in...

They make electric actuators with literally thousands of pounds capacity. Here's one with 330# capacity for $40...

Perspective is everything...

Apparently, avocados have about 10 seconds when they are perfect to eat.

I thought he was going to say "... only to find that the ladder was installed upside down!".

Can we just close this thread? There IS NO BEST TIRE. There MAY be the best tire for YOUR APPLICATION. It's no different anywhere else. What's the best handgun or rifle? What's the best car? Where's the best place to live? What's the best airline? What's the best hardwood supplier? THERE ISN'T...

If it hasn't been said on this thread, it's certainly been said elsewhere on this site: there is no one answer-to-everything for any question. And even if you narrow the category down, you are unlikely to get a clear winner. If you could, that would mean that the opposition would soon be out of...

That will happen from time to time, Dear....

In two years yours will be too. :D

May have (hopefully!) already been posted: Not the brightest bulb in the pack. Not the sharpest pencil in the box One brick shy of a load Not pulling a full wagon A few fries short of a Happy Meal etc.

One man's trash is another's treasure... This fits in the quotes page too...

There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called Yesterday and the other is called Tomorrow. TODAY is the only day when anything can be done.

According to some sources, chicken is just barely behind pork as the most consumed meat in the world. So, pretty good chance (about 35%) that it IS chicken. By the time you add alligator, iguana, scorpions, etc you probably do have a winner - more protein tastes like chicken than anything else...

YES!!! It's supposed to. But our current societal indulgences do not make it so!

Sad, but true.

Not a ball peen, but we often use a 6 oz claw hammer for putting frames together with the Hoffmann Dovetail joining system. Especially for those W0s...

You call that "large"? Let me introduce you to my cousin Paul; Paul Bunyan. BTW, I do have a 5# (approx 2.27 kg but it appears you don't need that info) sledge with a "one hand" handle... No idea the maker but it may well be on there as it's got to be 40+ years old. I will have to take a look...

Water seeks its own level.

The US standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. That's an exceedingly odd number. Why was that gauge used? Well, because that's the way they built them in England, and English engineers designed the first US railroads. Why did the English build them like that...

It's elementary. A woodchuck would chuck as much wood as a woodchuck could chuck, IF a woodchuck could chuck wood.

Ah, pup. Do I need to tell you about alliterations, metaphors and exaggerations?

Love the Internationals - Scouts and Pickups. Great Find!

Well, frankly, when you look at history, and how "successful" various governments have been (if you can measure that in dollars), and how successful private enterprise CAN be, it's not terribly surprising, I suppose. The human being (I include myself) tends to be fairly selfish, and puts their...

...you've gotta ask yourself one question: "Do I feel lucky?" Well, do ya, punk? -Clint Eastwood as Harry Callahan

May you live as long as you wish, and wish as long as you live.