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What My Father Taught Me: Mike Rowe
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Posted on 06/03/2013 5:52:40 PM PDT by virgil283

"The Eagle Scout and Dirty Jobs star on learning to fell trees and prepare firewood. ......When I was 14, I woke up one Saturday morning to see my father standing at the foot of my bed, sharpening a double-sided ax. "It's time," he said. "Let's go." My father has a tendency to start conversations in the middle. He's also suspicious of anything too modern. Like nouns.

"Time for what?" I said. Knowing the futility of the question before I even asked, I rolled out of bed, pulled on my jeans and work boots, and tried again. "Is it cold out?"

"Invigorating," he replied. "Your mother made oatmeal. Eat it fast."

Outside, the Massey Ferguson tractor idled impatiently as we loaded up the wood cart.......I can't even remember how many times my dad and I drove the old tractor down the stone road, through the lower pasture, and deep into the woods to do battle with the Pine, the Maple, the Oak, and the mighty Locust—his personal favorite. ("The hard wood puts up a tough fight, but it burns the best!") The fact that we heated most of the old farmhouse with nothing but a wood stove was a source of great pride for my father, and the inspiration for endless witticisms. ("Chop your own wood—it'll warm you twice!")"....more ....

(Excerpt) Read more at popularmechanics.com ...


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To: brwnsuga

Mike has a good looking girlfriend for being gay. (Danielle Burgio most recent)


41 posted on 06/03/2013 7:50:04 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: mylife

Portuguese?


43 posted on 06/03/2013 7:53:39 PM PDT by Benito Cereno
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To: mylife

True, but I gotta admit that hydraulic splitter was awesome to work whenever I came back to visit. Cut down the workload in a big way.


44 posted on 06/03/2013 7:57:38 PM PDT by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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To: TADSLOS
It's a workout.

You haven't encountered a workout until you've faced splitting a couple of cords of black spruce. When and if you finish, you'll have had the workout of a lifetime.

45 posted on 06/03/2013 7:58:12 PM PDT by Alaska Wolf (I)
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To: Benito Cereno
Naw, but there was lots of Eyetalians in the neighborhood ☺

Dunno where Pops got his great love for fried baloney

I would like to see Portugal and Brazil

46 posted on 06/03/2013 7:58:29 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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To: TADSLOS

Works like a hose.


47 posted on 06/03/2013 7:59:11 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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To: mylife
"What ever happened to Field and Stream? Patrick F, McManus was a hoot!

Now there's a guy who's writings I could never get enough of. I'm going to have to go digging around for my worn copy of "They Shoot Canoes, Don't They?".
48 posted on 06/03/2013 8:01:13 PM PDT by ThomasSawyer (Democratic Underground: Proof that anyone can figure out how to use a computer.)
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To: ThomasSawyer

OMG!It is like reading my own life!
Except my Father was there.
McManus is a riot!


49 posted on 06/03/2013 8:04:49 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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To: ThomasSawyer

I never tire of his wit and wisdom.

There is one about him and Eddie Muldoon building a submarine.

OMG! LOL
I swear I did that ****!

We had a bicycle pump and ran the hose to an old stone crock to make a “Diving Helmet” LOL


50 posted on 06/03/2013 8:08:47 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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To: virgil283

His parents do commercials for paper towels, they’re a hoot :).


51 posted on 06/03/2013 8:11:56 PM PDT by deputytess (Men of the West .....stand and FIGHT!)
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To: ThomasSawyer

Odd thing is, Retch Sweeny and Rancid Crabtree still come around.

We hee haw and have a holler.

Friends is friends for life.


52 posted on 06/03/2013 8:17:14 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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To: ThomasSawyer

Djoo have a Mountain Car?


53 posted on 06/03/2013 8:19:51 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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To: mylife
Scrambled McManus That video is so hilarious, thank you.....
54 posted on 06/03/2013 8:21:05 PM PDT by virgil283 ( ... """"A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore."''''''' ....)
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To: virgil283

My personal favorite, “They Shoot Canoes, Don’t They?” Utterly hilarious!


55 posted on 06/03/2013 8:33:21 PM PDT by hoagy62 ("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered..."-Thomas Paine. 1776)
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To: F15Eagle

Think one of them may go by the name ‘Gates’. May be
a computer geek. Lives around Seattle, maybe.


56 posted on 06/03/2013 8:42:24 PM PDT by Sivad (NorCal red turf)
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To: virgil283

Glad you liked it,There are funnier pieces out there by him. The vids are hard to find.


57 posted on 06/03/2013 9:49:42 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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To: virgil283
Poor Again Dagnabbit
58 posted on 06/03/2013 10:07:32 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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To: Imnidiot

belly laugh....


59 posted on 06/03/2013 10:52:52 PM PDT by goat granny
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To: Alaska Wolf

You betcha.


60 posted on 06/04/2013 2:09:58 AM PDT by Sherman Logan
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