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Lose weight now!
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Excellent! Can't wait to tell Mrs. Grymster that my new diet will require 3 lbs. of filets a day! Oh yeah.... think it'd be OK to wash them down with half a bottle of 1995 Marguax Marguax?... only the dinnertime ones!
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Preventing rust
Here's another tidbit from the past. The comment about perspiration is notable and I had a friend who deblued his Ruger MK I because of his "acid" hands.
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No soap, ask Norm Abrams for help...
Yankee Workshop can give you all you want; yours for the asking.
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Al Bundy is losing his job
Because TFL is going to teach you how to make your own shoes good enough for a black tie event. Imagine a model strolling down the runway with a pair of these puppies adorning her feet.
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And to go with those shoes...
TFL brings you hoisery, well, sorta.
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Horse Trading
Like buying a car, don't get taken. Take your time, shop & compare.
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Gary,
The sawdust washing agent works but it has to be from hardwood - use wet. |
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Fighting Irish, they fight!
Thanks FL-Flinter, but a few years back Cost-Plus had a sale on soap. Ten cents a bar. Still got some. I'll defer on the sawdust for now.
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The Docktor is in...
and shares the secret of curing a sore throat. Kids, don't try this at home.
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Let me clarify that sawdust post....
It works when used as the abrasive, when combined with soap it works better. It's less irritating than pumice but does the same function for getting the ground-in crud off your hands. When combined with dish detergent lather, the saw dust does a better job of cleaning off engine/diesel dirt than most of the expensive hand cleaners. First reply made it sound like that's all I used... nope, there's soap added and I don't strain my dust either, it's a one-time use thing. |
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Eight Cents
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Robbing the grave
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Gawd should have struck down that place over a century ago.
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Armor piercing bullets. Well, back in the days of iron claded knights, breastplates were proofed by firing a lead ball at it. That it only dented and not penetrate was the proof to the buyer that it was indeed safe from bullets. The race against armor and guns continued until armor was seen as obsolete. It was briefly resurrected early in the Civil War and that probably inspired a new bullet. Armor was quickly discarded by the soldiers as cumbersome and useless (most were easily penetrated by the common minie rifle). There's an example of it at Pamplin Historic Park (near Petersburg, VA). The best example of armor plate being used may be found in George W. Peck's book, How George W. Peck Put Down the Rebellion. Read it here at: George Peck Saved by armor link
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Safe handling of firearms. Then and now, know where your bullet is going. Be sure of the backstop.
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Our soldiers and marines in Iraq have caught several insurgents who were disguised as women. Here's an example from the South.
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It would be interesting if a corroborating account could be found in the antebellum anecdote.
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Ban the side saddle.
Now we have medical testimony to ban the side saddle.
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If you haven't been to Frederick, Maryland, then you've missed the Museum of Civil War Medicine. It's worth a visit and they've got a t-shirt that advertises embalming services. Anyhow, while perusing the papers, I found this.
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Meade, the "old fool" at Gettysburg
July 3, Gettsyburg. George Meade was the commanding officer of the Union's Army of the Potomac. They were engaged in a desperate battle against Robert E. Lee's seemingly invincible Army of Northern Virginia. Battery H was on Cemetery Hill when Meade happened to visit. Private Parmelee recalled it.
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I've no fondness for Dugout Doug who fired on the Bonus Marchers in Washington. However, I do give him credit where due.
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Interesting observation
from a regular army officer who was sent to Missouri early in the Civil War.
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I was a bit shocked to learn that it was used. I knew about buck 'n gag, barrel shirts, riding the horse, being tied to the wheel, standing on the platform, standing on the chimes, being tied up by the thumbs, carrying the rail, sweat box, being shaved and drummed out of camp (Rogue's March), hanging, firing squad, but lashing? Here's what I found on page 126 of Fighting Rebels and Redskins:
"Two men of the Volunteers had been tried by Court Martial for robbing a house, and were sentenced to a certain number of lashes on the bare back in the presence of the whole command. We were drawn up in a hollow square, the criminals were brought to the centre, and the sentence of the Court read to them. Then they were tied up to the spare wheel of a caisson and the lashes vigorously administered by the drummers, the military surgeon standing by."
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