My local, very small town, has a mini-museum filled with local stuff. They have the contents of the old-school local dentist office, which includes a 5 gallon jug full of human teeth.
I was having a big party on July 4th and ordered a bunch of stuff; ketchup, barbecue sauce, mayonnaise, chips, etc. I did this on June 30 an everything was in stock and would be delivered on the 31st or July 1; said right on the page when I clicked buy.
Nothing arrived and on July 3rd they said it was delayed. Ok, annoying, so I cancelled the order and bought it at the store. Then, July 3, I got a message saying that I couldn’t cancel the order because it was too close to the delivery date. It all arrived today, 5 days later, and I can’t return it because it is foodstuffs.
I have the luxury of living on a rural river with no close neighbors. Decent smallmouth fishing.
I made a (fully permitted) canoe launch and fishing spot. Then I needed a chair that could survive an occasional unexpected flood. Assembled this from a hand pump base, 50 pound barbell and a cast iron tractor seat.
It won’t wash away and is heavy enough to discourage theft by the occasional kayaker.
I’ve had debilitating fatigue for 5 years. I was diagnosed as rheumatoid arthritis, which I do have and am being treated. But the treatments never helped the fatigue despite having run through all the RA meds.
Mayo recently said that it wasn’t RA, rather chronic fatigue. They referred me to their “chronic fatigue” practice, which was actually their fibromyalgia practice. I’m aware that chronic fatigue is lumped under fibromyalgia myalgia, but all questionnaires and online workshops are all about fibromyalgia, which I don’t have, and they never mention chronic fatigue in a meaningful way .
Are there any resources for non-fibromyalgia chronic fatigue?
I’ve been selling vintage tools for 35 years. I’m helping a good friend who is an auctioneer liquidating a fairly large estate for a man heading to assisted living.
There are 75 woodworking planes including some scarce ones like Bedrock, Tower & Lyon, Union vertical post, Liberty Bell metal sole, etc. Almost every one has been recklessly wire wheeled; no plating on the lever caps and jappan missing on the heels and toes. Heartbreaking.
I’m telling the auctioneer that they are worth half of what they would be if they were untouched. The owner is saying they are worth twice as much as untouched because he “restored them to mint.”
Since there will be several sales I suggested they put just a few planes on the first sale as a reality check. Nobody was interested and I bought a couple very cheap just for the rosewood. No comment yet from the owner.
The guy obviously knew enough to pick out some quality items, but how could he not know he was ruining them by removing the patina?