Can you, Should you, Will you, Did you FIX IT!

[Willie]

Emergency road side repair today.
Hauling freight and a passenger, I lost some linkage on my John Deere wagon.
It was 10:00 a.m. and I was still a mile from home. The Sun was rising fast and we are hitting a hundred F today.
There was about a hundred pounds in that wagon and I knew I had a wicked Steep Hill to climb before I made it back to the pavement. As I get older I tend to say "ah f*** it " less often. I value the things I have, and I knew I would yank the front axle off of that thing if I traveled any further.
Reaching into my pockets to take inventory ; I was hoping to use a keychain ring to lash the connection back together.
Nothing.
Nada
Empty.
I got a child, a child's pacifier, a shovel and about 70 lb of Fuller's earth.
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Those bags of money are heavy eh?

 

[Jewels]

I'm on the Prairie with no water, and I got to get this kid home.

I'm looking down, and of course I got slip-on shoes. No laces. Couldn't help but notice the knees were blown out of my jeans, and I set to work.


Hey pig, nothing can stop me now

Ride Sally
Ride


Made port
Park that s*** on the grass
Made a mess


Made some nice soil




And as exciting as it was,,, that is a shovel handle, photobombing, on the right?

 

[Jewels]

bags of money are heavy eh?

I love a proper suffix, you nailed it , twice , @Willie.

I'm standing in Peavy Mart yesterday, looking at the bags of $27 floor dry and the little light goes off in my head.
I know where the lazy Parks Department dumps all of the trail shale, after maintenance.
I figured they put it there for me, eh ?

 

[Amarok]

I love DIY and self-repair. Anything that allows me to be more independent, if needed, is a plus.
Give me an internet connection and some time and there aren't too many problems I won't tackle.

In the last week or two I've hung a door, insulated a shed, fixed a garage door opener, trapped a feral cat, and leveled my deck.

My grow lights are DIY, I build ice-fishing shelters and gear racks and whatever else I figure I want/need/wish to try.

The rough edges and imperfections are worth it for the gain in knowledge and experience. : )

 

[Jewels]

Long ago, my dad had a customer in his shop who was quite irate. They were both under the hood, looking at a previous repair; done at another business. My dad explained what they had done, how it was wrong, and how he was going to put it back to stock. I remember the customer exclaiming,
" that's what a dirt farmer does to get from the middle of the field, back to the edge of the field! "

I was gently pulling on that tongue, crawling home.
Laughing to myself.
Just imagining when that denim knot would pop.
I'm now the dirt farmer- only hoping to make it back to the edge of the field