One if by land

 I noticed today that the Old North Church has gone modern, replacing the old lanterns with LED lights.  Some things should never change, so if you hanker for the old lantern that Paul Revere used in the Old North Church (“one if by land, two if by sea”) to warn the colonists that the British [...]

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Buck saw in action

 Here I am with my new buck saw from Lehman’s. We have several trees down in the very back of our lot, and we’re trying to clear all this out before spring. A chain saw would make quick work of this. However, as you can tell from my technique in the photo, it might also [...]

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That was a close shave

My new Merkur razor, blade safe, and blades. Simple things are best. That maxim applies to razors, too, I discovered. I have been increasingly annoyed at the increasingly expensive Mach 3 Turbo razor blades I’ve been buying lately. Then I ran across a post on Cool Tools touting the superior shave of a German-made double-edge [...]

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