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And since it's Monday… For a smile:

Having a farm means fixing stuff. Thought it was pretty funny... and true!

TOOLS EXPLAINED

DRILL PRESS:
A tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching flat metal bar stock out of your hands so that it smacks you in the chest and flings your beer across the room, denting the freshly-painted project which you had carefully set in the corner where nothing could get to it.

WIRE WHEEL:
Cleans paint off bolts and then throws them somewhere under the workbench with the speed of light. Also removes fingerprints and hard-earned calluses from fingers in about the time it takes you to say, 'Oh sh##'

SKIL SAW: A portable cutting tool used to make studs too short.

PLIERS: Used to round off bolt heads. Sometimes used in the creation of blood-blisters

BELT SANDER: An electric sanding tool commonly used to convert minor touch-up jobs into major refinishing jobs.

HACKSAW: One of a family of cutting tools built on the Ouija board principle... It transforms human energy into a crooked, unpredictable motion, and the more you attempt to influence its course, the more dismal your future becomes.

VISE-GRIPS: Generally used after pliers to completely round off bolt heads.
If nothing else is available, they can also be used to transfer intense welding heat to the palm of your hand.

OXYACETYLENE TORCH: Used almost entirely for lighting various flammable objects in your shop on fire. Also handy for igniting the grease inside the wheel hub out of which you want to remove a bearing race. It's best use is for igniting new seat covers.

TABLE SAW: A large stationary power tool commonly used to launch wood projectiles for testing wall integrity.

HYDRAULIC FLOOR JACK: Used for lowering an automobile to the ground after you have installed your new brake shoes, trapping the jack handle firmly under the bumper.

BAND SAW: A large stationary power saw primarily used by most shops to cut good aluminum sheet into smaller pieces that more easily fit into the trash can after you cut on the inside of the line instead of the outside edge.

TWO-TON ENGINE HOIST: A tool for testing the maximum tensile strength of everything you forgot to disconnect.

PHILLIPS SCREWDRIVER: Normally used to stab the vacuum seals under lids or for opening old-style paper-and-tin oil cans and plashing oil on your shirt; but can also be used, as the name implies, to strip out Phillips screw heads.

STRAIGHT SCREWDRIVER: A tool for opening paint cans. Sometimes used to convert common slotted screws into non-removable screws and butchering your palms.

PRY BAR: A tool used to crumple the metal surrounding that clip or bracket you needed to remove in order to replace a 50 cent part.

HOSE CUTTER:
A tool used to make hoses too short.

HAMMER:
Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent to the object we are trying to hit.

UTILITY KNIFE: Used to open and slice through the contents of cardboard cartons delivered to your front door; works particularly well on contents such as seats, vinyl records, liquids in plastic bottles, collector magazines, refund checks, and rubber or plastic parts. Especially useful for slicing work clothes, but only while in use.
 
Mountain Peeps said:
Hey everyone! If I could ask for your prayers once again, that would be great. We received word this morning that yet another friend of ours has died. He had a heart attack and that was it. He's a husband, father and grandfather. My mom was very close to him and his family, so if you could be praying for comfort, peace and rest for the family as well as for us, that would be nice. We are so tired of death. This year alone, we have lost four friends and one family member. :hit :hit
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I'm so sorry! :hugs and :fl and prayers for everyone :hugs
 
NotAFarm said:
This came Saturday....just getting here to post it. :oops: [COLOR=222222]Hello everyone![/COLOR] [COLOR=222222]I realized today that I kind of left things as "Kyle seems better," so I wanted to write a quick update. The rest of the week has gone smoothly. We went to the hospital on Tuesday , then on Wednesday Kyle had a good day. He had a small set back for like an hour around dinner. He laid down again and complained about his belly and acted sickly. Then it was like a switch flipped and he was great again. It was extremely strange and confusing. The rest of the week has been uneventful. Kyle seems happy and has moments of extreme happy and jovial. There are times of the other extreme. The extreme lows are hard to distinguish if medicine is making him extreme, or if he is just being 3. Either way, it would be much easier if he could verbalize what he is experiencing. On Wednesday , I asked him what was wrong and he said, "I just can't know what's wrong." It broke my heart. He has such a hard time telling us what is going on. Then on good days, he gets sick of me asking how he is feeling. [/COLOR] [COLOR=222222]We are back to the more "normal" day to day. Kyle seems happy and is taking time to nap/sleep. He still gets tired after playing a bit, but he knows to sit down. He is getting better about taking his medicine, and that is helpful for us. [/COLOR] [COLOR=222222]We are still looking forward to a week of no chemo, and then physical therapy on Wednesday . We send wishes for a wonderful, relaxing weekend.[/COLOR]
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Poor little man, I am glad he is getting better at taking his medicine. He is such a trooper :hugs for him and all of the family, it is so heart wrenching waiting :fl :hugs I hope he has an amazing relaxing chemo-free week :celebrate
 
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