Recent content by treesmith

Time to retire!

Knotting

I bit the bullet and bought a Monkey Beaver 2.0 last year, after 38 years of Weaver saddles. It has been good in every way a saddle can be. That said, it's the first rope bridge saddle I've ever owned. The bridge is showing some wear, and I'm contemplating a replacement. I have quite a bit of...

Line clearance has taken a nose-dive in the last 30 years, at least in my area. Back when I was with Asplundh, when we got done, it looked like you could land a small plane in the ROW, if not for the poles and lines. Now, they get what they can reach with the Jaraff and let the rest go until ice...

One need not read far into the comments these mad dogs have posted regarding Charlie Kirk before seeing just how unstable and unhinged these whackos are.

Sad. America lost a good one.

With four hungry grandsons, we slew the ratio a bit…🤣

So did the last two hours of climbing after it happened!🤣

Breakfast!

I have no doubt that you’re right about open flame cooking, but with the rings, it is so much simpler to regulate and maintain temps with coals.

That is the fastest way known to man to roll up a water hose! In other news…make sure you take enough wraps…

Somewhat, I suppose. It has three legs like a Dutch oven, but they’re way too long for cooking like a Dutch oven, and the lid isn’t flanged for coals. I just happened to find one at a yard sale and grabbed it. Later I bought one a size smaller. They’re great since I got the rings to heap coals...

This evening I’m cooking chili in the potjie (POY-key). African-style pot. The legs are a bit long, so a friend hooked me up with some steel pipe cutoffs to use for a coal bed. Works like a charm. Build a big fire in the fire pit, then shovel coals as needed to cook.

Not necessarily “bad”, I suppose, but some say they don’t really do much to “build” the abs. They’re mainly a core-strength builder. But I have heard some say that they are good for building abs. When I was 20-21, I went through a phase of doing sit-ups. I built up to 300 a night (one set). One...