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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Feb 23, 2010, at 3:10 PM, Clansgian AT wmconnect.com wrote:

> I've used a manual powered wringer before and believe me if you are washing 
> jeans, you are going to break into a sweat wringing them even with pedal 
> power.

I am comforted to find that James has accepted, if not embraced, the 
relevance of at least partial machine-powered homesteading.

Our grain mill has a big power wheel that is connected via belt to an old 
dryer motor. It has a threaded hole in the side of that big wheel where I can 
screw in a handle. One time, repeat, one time, I checked out what that would 
cost me in case the electricity was down and I just could not live without a 
fresh-ground pizza skin. Well, I can straight-forward say that I now know I 
can do it, but it will not happen again unless I cannot figure out another 
menu that will make me happy.

Gene