(If You Want Something Done Right Series) Some 25-30 years ago, I can't remember anymore, I decided to grow a garden. I had the space but I needed some tools. I bought a TroyBuilt Horse Tiller. Fairly big and powerful enough to dig down into the packed soil. I had...
"It just goes to show ya. It's always something. If it's not one thing, it's another." I began to have a problem a few years ago with my yard light. It was winter time and the light started strobing, flashing on and off, making like a '70s disco. The snow and cold...
FourScore discusses end-of-life planning.
Our intrepid geezer frustratedly discovers that there is no longer something called a phonebook, and suffers other indignities of modernity.
Venerable Glibs author Fourscore takes us on a shopping trip with his Missus.
FourScore reminisces about deer hunting.
To Reload or not Reload? The question every person that enjoys shooting faces is it worth reloading my own ammo? What will I save? How much does it cost to get started?
As we get older we find that much of the stuff we have accumulated doesn’t seem to have as much use or enjoyment as it once did.
A long, long time ago, in 1967, a Not So Young Soldier went off to war, believing in the cause as it was explained at the time by our leaders…
When I was a teenager my folks bought 80 acres in north central Minnesoda, heavily wooded with a few acres open. Sandy soil, perfect for growing pine trees, not so good for farming.
Even an old boy never forgets his first gun, his first car or his first girl friend. That .22 has outlasted a number of cars and girl friends and still works as well as the first time I saw it.
Choosing a gun is a lot like choosing a girlfriend or a wife. We want one that we consider to be attractive and we want one that will perform all the functions required, flawlessly. Beauty, of course, is an individual definition and a plain lady can be totally satisfactory when it comes to performance.
A long, long time ago, fifty years to be exact, I was invited to visit Viet Nam for the second time.
FourScore takes us fishing in Canada.
FourScore takes us to his annual honey harvest, the gathering and processing of the honey, a process complicated by the appearance of a honey-poaching bear.
Russ grabs a lemon filled doughnut and a cup of coffee and sits down at the kitchen table, waiting for Floyd to explain the nature of the visit.
Floyd and Russ continue their adventures!
Welcome to the current follies starring Floyd and Russ.
“C’mon in, door’s not locked,” Floyd hollered.
Russ helped himself to a cup of coffee, grabbed a doughnut and pulled up a chair by the stove.
We are lucky to be living in these times.
One thing leads to the next.
Often we hear the words Unintended Consequences, meaning that some things happen in spite of our best planning.
I’ll try to explain how these things have affected my wife and me.
