marketing.......a huge problem around here is defined by the fact that .....
i bought a set of drill bits for my electric drill-- which for one reason or another i use abotu daily--- and i broke teh 1/4 inch dirll bit -- tehn used teh 3/8 inch til it wore out-- then used teh 3/16th slightly sideways til i broke that... now my set which cost $20 was minus the 3 i uswe most often,,, i could buy teh individual sizes that i broke...those are $6.99 each and fill out my nice set--- however it makes sense if i buy teh whole set again for $20 -- except i wll break those same sizes again-- but will have a growing collection of brand new bits for which i have little use.--now think of how this has been happening for years-- and you will understand why i have a tool shed crammed with very useable stuff... if i should need it or just find it.
i have long believed if i pay a worker to do a project around here-- i am paying for teh education of how he/she does it... it then becomes economical to buy the necessary equipment and do teh next one myself--- even if i hardly ever need to do it againl.-- to hire a contractor, you are only hiring a person with a phone who calls people who then arrive with the proper equipment,. that is a vey expemnsve way to go.
for teh donkey cafe... i called teh peopel who sell concrete in those big trucks-- and asked them who they used for the forms...-- 2 days later teh concrete was down and hardening;... if i had called a contractor, we would still be waiting for him to measure and fit it in his schedule./--- it is possible to call one of those concrete companies and say you would like 3.7 yards of concrete-- and they will say "we can deliver that between 2 and 3 today." and they do. you do want to be careful with teh math to order the correct amt-- because you are going to get teh whole trucckfull wheaterh you want it or not.
dave barry ( humor writer around miami) tells of his experience with concrete trucks and why he has a free form concrete glob in his front yard.
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mo stepped on my foot--- well a glancing blow becasue if she stepped down with all 1800 pounds, i would have no foot... -- she is not as much fun to play with as pockets- because she is learning she can walk into me with
her shoulder... that may graduate her to janine's wedding display of retired draft mules just downteh road.
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here is the official monkey fist definition from a seaworthy type--
In nautical use , the monkey fist ( tennis size ball made of rope approx 1/4 inch in dia ) fastened to a coil of again approx 1/4 " line. When docking a deck hand would cast the monkey fist to a dock side person who would in turn haul in the hawser to which the smaller line was attached. Not sure, but believe the core of the monkey fist was a steel ball probably golf ball size. I never made nor used one.
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