Old time skills....

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frawin

#50
October 07, 2008, 02:24:38 PM
Yes, I remember Pete Frost, his daughter's name was Jessie.  She is a little younger than I. 
Myrna

pam

#51
October 07, 2008, 03:00:08 PM
Yeah Frank, I didn't know if anybody remembered him or not. My grandad and him were friends. he was an old cowboy just like grandad.

Thanks for the link Tobina!
Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy.
William Butler Yeats

pam

#52
October 07, 2008, 03:05:11 PM
 
QuoteI thought there is a guy somewhere around here who does horsehair braiding?

I don't know, think there used to be a guy up around Cassoday but don't remember for sure.

Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy.
William Butler Yeats

pam

#53
October 08, 2008, 09:35:27 AM
Talkin about this in the coffee thread....a skill worth havin is makin campfire coffee, there ain't nothin better lol
Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy.
William Butler Yeats

Catwoman

#54
October 10, 2008, 07:52:23 PM
Oh yes, there is...roasting marshmallows over the fire, too! :laugh:

srkruzich

#55
October 16, 2008, 03:45:25 PM
Yall ever built a post and beam building using mortise and tenon joints and other types of joints and only wooden pegs to hold it all together?  :) Built a couple sheds and barns that way.

Make your own milkpaint, all kinds of preservation of things.
:)
Curb your politician.  We have leash laws you know.

pam

#56
October 16, 2008, 04:43:45 PM
Quote from: srkruzich on October 16, 2008, 03:45:25 PM
Yall ever built a post and beam building using mortise and tenon joints and other types of joints and only wooden pegs to hold it all together?  :) Built a couple sheds and barns that way.

Make your own milkpaint, all kinds of preservation of things.
:)


Nope, Srk, I've watched it bein done but never done it myself. Milkpaint was makin a comeback a few years ago but haven't heard much about it lately. Bet you got lots of stuff stored up there in your head you could teach people  :)
Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy.
William Butler Yeats

srkruzich

#57
October 16, 2008, 09:09:17 PM
Quote from: pam on October 16, 2008, 04:43:45 PM
Quote from: srkruzich on October 16, 2008, 03:45:25 PM
Yall ever built a post and beam building using mortise and tenon joints and other types of joints and only wooden pegs to hold it all together?  :) Built a couple sheds and barns that way.

Make your own milkpaint, all kinds of preservation of things.
:)


Nope, Srk, I've watched it bein done but never done it myself. Milkpaint was makin a comeback a few years ago but haven't heard much about it lately. Bet you got lots of stuff stored up there in your head you could teach people  :)
Oh a few things but i also have dvd full of books from the 1800's that show how it was done back then. 
Heck i can even make my own fireworks with the recipes that are in there. :)

Curb your politician.  We have leash laws you know.

pam

#58
October 16, 2008, 09:23:44 PM
Cool, I bet you read countryside/small stock journal huh? I have checked out some of the books they list...lot of stuff you can use!
Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy.
William Butler Yeats

srkruzich

#59
October 16, 2008, 09:25:40 PM
Quote from: pam on October 16, 2008, 09:23:44 PM
Cool, I bet you read countryside/small stock journal huh? I have checked out some of the books they list...lot of stuff you can use!
Hmm haven't read them.  I get a lot of my information from the mennonite librum in bluemont Virginia.  :)
Curb your politician.  We have leash laws you know.
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