Neanderpundit

sleeping with the window open, are a favorite of mine. Waking to the dawn chorus and watching the light from the window grow in intensity.

Of course the wife sleeps through, she can hit snooze on the alarm clock as many times as it takes to fall back to sleep. I feel sorry for people who do not wake to hear this, and I am often amazed when people don’t know what the dawn chorus is.

No, I do not have any idea where the time has gone. I have vivid memories of her coming home from the hospital, six pounds and change. I ordinarily feel old but this is not helping.

Three days into the week and I’m wrecked. I have enough new projects to keep me busy for weeks and more, all stuff that has never existed before and will not exist until i make it. And NOBODY REMEMBERS HOW TO DRIVE. These are the days when you wish for the life of a hermit, I ain’t shitting you.

In other news a couple weeks back I bought a chainsaw at Niemeyers Junk Sale, and figured for $22 I couldn’t go far wrong. I knew it needed a chain and bar, but I got a brand new one on Fleabay for another $20. $4 worth of air and fuel filter and I am in fat city, it runs like a raped ape. it’s a Craftsman arborist’s saw, made by, it turns out, Poulan. Looks like this.. Turns out to be a really nice little saw, a bit heavy, but well balanced internally and starts almost immediately. These were made in the late 80’s early 90’s and it’s made extremely well. For the $46 I have invested in it I think I did OK. It will be a great one-hand saw to do small work and limbing with. Supposedly they came with chain brakes too, so I may try and find one of them. I certainly will not be using it without a pair of good kevlar chainsaw gloves. I’m told the Stihl are the shit, and a Youtube video shows the Stihl gloves stopping the blade of a running saw while a pair of Husky ones just invite the saw in. Anyone have any experience?