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    Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

    :old I am in my retirement years. Building stuff out of pallet wood is my current hobby. Other than some time and effort, my pallet wood projects don't cost me much. And, if I really screw up, the wood can be reused for something else - no tears. I rarely get something right the first time. But...
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    Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

    :thumbsup I personally love the look of wood furniture. It's hard to look at those pictures and think the wood came from pallets. You really have some talent making furniture like that. I have been building up my tools and supplies to get to the point where I could do some kind of panel glue-up...
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    ...to shut down the printer if you don't buy their ink. :caf How expensive is ink compared to something like $3.00 per gallon for gasoline? *********************** Inkjet printer ink can cost between $1,500 and $9,600 per gallon—making it hundreds of times more expensive than gasoline at...
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    Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

    :hit I still feel bad about having to junk my old Ford Explorer after the brakes went out. That was my primary pallet pickup vehicle for the past few years. I have really slowed down on picking up pallets since losing that vehicle, but life goes on. I had to run an errand in town yesterday, so...
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    Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

    ⚠️ Update on Cooking Old Layers Well, not much to do about pallets, but Dear Wife cooked up those two old layers I butcher last weekend. She used some of the chicken in a soup, letting it simmer for hours, and that came out pretty good. The chicken was a little chewy, but not bad at all...
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    Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

    I live in northern Minnesota. We typically have steep roofs to keep the snow off. I don't have any roof over my chicken run because it would just cost too much to build a cover that would support the snow load. Well, not a problem for me because I converted my entire chicken run into a...
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    Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

    :clap That is just fantastic! Sometimes, I wish I lived closer to town where it might make sense to develop those relationships to pick up waste food from restaurants. But I live outside of town and for my ~10 chickens, I cannot afford to drive into town every day to pick up "free" food...
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    My brother had to get a new stove, and he got one of those induction cook tops. He really likes it. If we ever have to replace our stove, I think that is what we would choose. Having said that, I hope we don't have to buy another stove in our lifetime.
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    Yes. I will cut some of those papers (blank on one side) into about 6 squares which fits into my desktop holder for a notepad paper. IIRC, it used to have a pad of note paper with a sticky edge on the top. That pad is long gone, but I just refill the holder with my homemade (non-sticky) scratch...
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    :old Many years ago when I was starting out as a dishwasher in a restaurant, I worked with a chef who would only use cast iron pans. In fact, I suspect he owned those pans because nobody touched them except him. Those were his crown jewels. I don't have cast iron pans, but I have watched some...
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    ⚠️ Resurrected my old inkjet printer! A few days ago, I mentioned that I cleaned up my Samsung laser printer's rubber uptake roller with a bit of belt conditioner spray on a Q-tip. That is working great. Fixing the laser printer encouraged me to try to fix my old Brother MFC-J430W all-in-one...
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    Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

    :clap Fantastic job! Love it! What do you do for the roof? Can't really see how that was put on.
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    Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

    :yesss: I had to run into town today, so I drove past the Bobcat dealership to checkout any new pallets in the back. I found three long pallets with good wood that looked interesting. If it's not raining tomorrow, I think I'll take the utility trailer into town and picture them up. I love...
  14. gtaus

    Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

    :clap Your pictures look great! I'd love to hear more about your projects and the equipment you use to build your stuff. It's all about learning from others if I can. I mostly make pallet wood raised beds, compost bins, tool holders, and such. But I really like hearing from others what they can...
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    True. Well, I am a Registered Nurse as well as other things. They kind of make you into a germaphobe on purpose. We are constantly washing our hands to rid ourselves of germs. But that was not common practice until the mid-1800's. People can spread a lot of germs to other people. I had to deal...
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    ⚠️ Simple Printer Maintenance - Fix Paper Uptake Problems I just finished printing out a lot of tax related documents and towards the end of the project, my printer started to fail to uptake the paper. Yes, my old Samsung ML-2510 laser printer is almost 20 years old, but it still prints great...
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    Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

    Well, our cooking class instructors said that if/when your crock pot(s) die, then upgrade to an Instant Pot because it can slow cook and so much more. Dear Wife is from the Philippines so one of the first cooking appliances we bought was a rice cooker. They are also good for steaming...
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    Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

    Thanks. I'll find out probably this weekend if Dear Wife can make something good to eat out of those old laying hens. I have my expectations set low, so as not to be too disappointed if the meat is as tough as I expect. :drool Many years ago, I started off with raising 50 meat chickens which we...
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    Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

    I don't have an instant pot. I have some old timer crock pots and that unused pressure cooker in the closet. I know people who have those Instant Pots really like them. :idunno When I was attending the Senior Citizens Cooking Class, we had one demonstration of cooking with Instant Pots. Most of...
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    Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

    I bought Dear Wife a really nice pressure cooker years ago, but she has never used it. It's just sitting in a closet up on a shelf. If the chicken soup does not work out for us, I'll mention the pressure cooker option. :lau BTW, I looked up that Yardbird Chicken Plucker on my laptop, and now...
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