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It’s Code, Not Cliché

Chuck, the owner of the local Ace Hardware, has made a practice of tapping a great, knowledgeable but inexpensive workforce -- retired old guys.

One day after I had spent about forty minutes getting one of the old guys to cut me 50 feet of 1/16" cable, Chuck approached me in the aisle as I headed toward the checkout. He wanted to know if the service I got from the old guy was OK.

"You know, Ed's 88." he said, "I like the idea of these guys having something to do besides… Continue

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Got my new Red Bear in yesterday's mail.

It's got a wonderful feel and though I don't feel the "grips", it's better having them where they are than up as high as they used to be. The roundness of this "F" shape seems to make a smoother sound than the "C" I've been playing with lately. The "C" may be slightly… Continue

Evinrude the boat from shore, Halleluiah
Evinrude the boat from shore, Halleluiah

Wind it up and pull the rope, Halleluiah
Putt-putt, pull again and hope, Halleluiah

Hold the choke when it's chilly and cold, Halleluiah
Back the throttle when the spark takes hold, Halleluiah

Grab… Continue

First time I saw it was through the window of Jim’s shop. I was up in Goshen for one of the first of what has now become 5 years of old-timey jams held in the farmer’s market of Goshen.

The guitar hung on a rack between several others – most of those others being repairs that Jim w… Continue