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["Lynn Wigglesworth" <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>]

I don't really have many skills. I have determination and a need to get 
stuff fixed. I don't have anyone to do any of it for me, except tractor and 
truck repair. I just have to muddle through. I inherited all my father's 
woodworking tools (band saw, table saw, table sander, lathe, etc) when he 
died. He was a carpenter, but never taught my sister and I how to use the 
tools (he didn't think girls were capable of using any tool beyond a mixer 
or an oven). I've figured out how to use them and haven't lost any fingers 
(yet).

Lynn Wigglesworth
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "bobf" <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 5:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Stock-up list


> Not all of us are as smart as you, Lynn  :-).  Do you do the stuff in your 
> workshop or do you have a neighbor do that sort of stuff.  Every time you 
> mention a different skill, you add an extra notch of repect from me.  I 
> still think having a few boxes of different size hose clamps is not a bad 
> idea.  Everyone has screws, bolts, nails, etc.  Even me.  I probably have 
> a few hose clamps, but I have no idea where...................
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> --- On Sun, 1/11/09, Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> > A well-stocked workshop would have them, and lots of other
> > stuff....I'm sure
> > I could dig up a few radiator clamps.  I think that's
> > the difference between
> > a 'prep list' and a functional homestead. When you
> > do this and deal with
> > this life everyday, you tend to know what you might need
> > and are prepared
> > for anything. It's not 'survival' or 'prep
> > list', but 'life'.  You can't run
> > into town everytime you need a washer or a nail, so you
> > keep plenty on hand.
> > And save everything you take off a reused board...hinges,
> > bolts, nuts,
> > washers...I've got a workshop full of them. I might
> > spend all day looking
> > for it, but whatever I need, I have...somewhere.
> >
> > Lynn Wigglesworth
>
>
>
>
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