Tuesday, June 28, 2016
Wednesday, June 22, 2016
Saturday, June 18, 2016
What is the best gift a father could get and not offend anyone?
First of all you must eliminate the name father because that
is sexist.
Parent does not work, because what if the child was adopted,
fertilized in a Petri dish, or kidnapped?
Wikipedia defines parent a caretaker of the offspring in
their own species. They go on to add
more adjectives but did not come up with a single generic definition.
That brings up the
point of the child called an offspring, Offspring implies genetics. What about
the Tarzan who was raised by apes or the boy who was raised by wolves? Were
they not the primary caretakers in each case? What about an adult who lives on
its own? Are its parents no longer
parents?
The best gift a guardian can get is for the recipient of the
guardian’s efforts to become a model citizen of the species it resides in.
Tuesday, June 14, 2016
Son of a Carpenter
My Father
left high school to join the army during World War II. He built our first house
on a dirt road in Rock Wood Michigan. He constructed the basement with cement
blocks, carrying every block down to the floor, and building the walls by himself.
The same is true for the rest of the house. I remember when he bought a router
to build the kitchen cabinets. It was a very exciting day for him. My Dad built
this house in his spare time after work and on weekends. I remember my brother
and I shining the hardwood floors in the living room by sliding a bath towels.
I was 4 years old.
He built our
second house on a dirt road in Flat Rock Michigan. Again it was after work and
on weekends. My Father was a construction carpenter for a company that no
longer exists. For extra money he would dig graves with a pick and shovel. I
went with him once or twice and could not help but notice one shovel that had a
square blade. It was to keep the sides straight and square. Back then the
houses were made of solid wood. Each board secured to the other with a hammer and
nail. No nail guns, no plywood.
My Father
retired from the factory job after twenty years and received a small pension.
The day of my high school graduation party, he, my mother, and younger brother
moved to Mancelona Michigan to a 100 year old farm house on a dirt road. He gutted the house and rebuilt it in his
spare time and on weekends while commuting from Flat Rock. I stayed behind to
go to school in Detroit. After six months of school, I joined the Army and went
to Vietnam as a helicopter pilot.
My Father
built his fourth house at the base of the hill from the farm house. He built it
like the others in his spare time, on weekends, after his bridge construction job.
That was the
last house that he built, but he did move two more times. Once to a house with
a large vegetable garden that he and my Mom tended to after work and on
weekends. They sold produce for extra income and canned vegetables for
themselves.
His current
house is in a wooded community near a lake.
Yes, I am
the son of a carpenter and the only time I walked on water is when we went ice
fishing.
Friday, June 10, 2016
Friday, June 3, 2016
Thursday, June 2, 2016
Mike's June Sale!
- 10% Off FastCap Tools & Accessories
- 30% Off Olson Band Saw Blades
- 30% Off CMT Saw Blades
- 30% Off CMT Router Bits
- 35% Off Two Cherries Chisels
- 40% Off Robert Larson Lathe Chisels
- 25% Off Fein Multi Master Sand Paper & Blades
- 25% Off DeWalt Power Ship Auger Bits
20% Shipping Discount Ends 06/11/2016
Free Ground Shipping in Continental USA on Delta Unisaws.
Free Ground Shipping in Continental USA on Fast Cap Best Fence Miter Saw Fences.
Trade Old Tools for New
Mike's June Sale!
- 10% Off FastCap Tools & Accessories
- 30% Off Olson Band Saw Blades
- 30% Off CMT Saw Blades
- 30% Off CMT Router Bits
- 35% Off Two Cherries Chisels
- 40% Off Robert Larson Lathe Chisels
- 25% Off Fein Multi Master Sand Paper & Blades
- 25% Off DeWalt Power Ship Auger Bits
20% Shipping Discount Ends 06/11/2016
Free Ground Shipping in Continental USA on Delta Unisaws.
Free Ground Shipping in Continental USA on Fast Cap Best Fence Miter Saw Fences.
Trade Old Tools for New
Wednesday, June 1, 2016
Hi folks, my name is Mike Schneider. I am the owner of
MikesTools.com
I sell new factory parts for Delta, Jet, Powermatic, Porter
Cable, DeWalt, and Sherline tools.
I also have free downloadable parts list and owner’s
manuals.
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