Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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As a long time home schooler, I can say it is not for everyone but there are huge benefits if it's possible.
Much closer relationships with the kids.
Can flex schedule as needed if things come up without bug daddy goobermint thugs threatening you with " educational neglect"
Kids not corrupted by heathen, feral students or worse, liberal teachers.
I could go on.....
Honestly, I trapped from my pre-teens til my mid 30's and I was quite successful at it. I've thought about getting back into it now that my daughter's raised and I have a steady work schedule.
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My dad had his trapline well into his 90's...
Anyway, it was "split wood day" today, we would cut a while on this pile,
There's a BIG advantage having the splits falling off the end of the table grate, you can really get going not having to handle them just to get them on the ground or on a pile.
and then split what we had cut, we cut and split a pretty good amount today,
We still have this pile to do,
and these too,
but that's for another day!
SR
Anyway, it was "split wood day" today, we would cut a while on this pile,
There's a BIG advantage having the splits falling off the end of the table grate, you can really get going not having to handle them just to get them on the ground or on a pile.
and then split what we had cut, we cut and split a pretty good amount today,
We still have this pile to do,
and these too,
but that's for another day!
SR
Broke down and bought a new tool . My old one bent doing the ball joints on my 3500 Dodge. This one is a real HD unit pressed out the lower ball joints on my 68 with little effort 
I was inspired by one of the posts on the WTF thread and thought I'd try my hand at smoking a bacon-wrapped venison roast.
My wife will absolutely not eat rare steak/venison/burger so I felt I had to cook it fully through. I went slowly on the Weber & got it to 195° hoping to break down the collagen.
Taste was spot-on/awesome and texture was good (cutting across the grain, natch). But it is kinda dry.
I had wrapped the tinfoil on after the roast got to 150° to try and keep the moisture in but.
My wife will absolutely not eat rare steak/venison/burger so I felt I had to cook it fully through. I went slowly on the Weber & got it to 195° hoping to break down the collagen.
Taste was spot-on/awesome and texture was good (cutting across the grain, natch). But it is kinda dry.
I had wrapped the tinfoil on after the roast got to 150° to try and keep the moisture in but.
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Looks to me if it's sharpened with a round file this profile will be changed to "normal" cutter. Looks like the only way to maintain that profile would be a grinder.
I give lots of credit to those who homeschool their kids. It seems like a lot of sacrifice but from the homeschooled kids I've met to what you describe it seems worthwhile.
We do the next best thing and send our kids to our church's Lutheran grade school and they will be going to the same Lutheran high school we graduated from. Nice to know the teachers are aligned with us and are teaching the kids because they love teaching. Every day starts with chapel and the Pledge of Allegiance and ends with a prayer.
Obviously, there are problems sometimes but overall it's been a great experience.
It’s two different filings of different diameters.Its basically a .325 version of the C83 .
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Yep same here, took vocational ag, which was a natural choice for a farm kid, took shop where I learned to weld, wood working, machinery, and masonry. Farm work involved working with livestock and machinery, repair like welding and even running a Bulldozer and Backhoe, worked in a butcher shop part time when I was in high school. I joined the Military and enlisted with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers where I learned construction, surveying, operating heavy equipment and road building. All of this prepared me for what I would do in life and gave me a good base to pursue many different fields. This is where I think our education system has failed, it doesn't prepare our kids for life, are a base for future jobs. Not everybody goes to collage, a job in the trades can pay as much as one receives with a collage degree.
I’m in manufacturing, and there’s a large shortage of skilled people out there , lots of
to be made if you’re ambitious and want to put in the time and effort.
I'm really hopeful we'll see vocational education/ apprenticeship come back around. I really enjoyed shop, wood shop, and agg classes in school, and did everything I could so I could co-op in my 12th grade year through vo-tech. (Took diesel mechanics) which lead me to a career as a heavy equipment mechanic.
Sadly, there a re a lot of companies that won't even consider someone without some sort of degree for management positions. We just went through that here at work. They were looking for a new manager of maintenance, and some collage idiot with a liberal arts degree got the job over the guy that's worked here 20+ years and knew what's going on and how to manage the guys.
Really doesn't help the schools push the collage agenda ever harder every year.
That’s what happened in manufacturing, the large companies got away with apprenticeships programs for a long period, now there a large void of skilled labor, they figured it was cheaper to have stuff made in third world countries, rather than train people in our own country, see where that got them ,
Try running an automotive service business. For years they'd push the troublemakers and not so smart kids into auto maintenance classes.That’s what happened in manufacturing, the large companies got away with apprenticeships programs for a long period, now there a large void of skilled labor, they figured it was cheaper to have stuff made in third world countries, rather than train people in our own country, see where that got them ,
Around here tool and die apprentices can make $30+ dollars an hour. Can't get kids that wanna work like that though.
I think a big problem is all these kids see the social media types making a crap ton of money basically doing stupid ****. Unfortunately the value of hard work is no longer taught by parents either.
Yup , it’s hard to find motivated young people today, I can’t tell you how many apprentices I have to let go because of it , and lack of basic math skills they should of learned in high school or vocational school,Try running an automotive service business. For years they'd push the troublemakers and not so smart kids into auto maintenance classes.
Around here tool and die apprentices can make $30+ dollars an hour. Can't get kids that wanna work like that though.
I think a big problem is all these kids see the social media types making a crap ton of money basically doing stupid ****. Unfortunately the value of hard work is no longer taught by parents either.
The thing is, the vocational ed helped me along the way. When I got out of the service went to work in the forestry industry. They hired me as a crew member of a timber cruising crew. The reason I got the job is my surveyor experience, wasn't long before I was running the survey and setting up the plots to be evaluated.I’m in manufacturing, and there’s a large shortage of skilled people out there , lots of
I went to school at night for forestry and obtained certification as a Prescribe Burn Manager. I started working as a contract Prescribe Burn Manager where I could handle the survey, setting up the boundary, establish fire lanes, do the environmental impact report, and manage the burn. As a certified Prescribe Burn Manager I could provide burn insurance for my clients.
When I decided to retire from forestry I went back to work as a butcher and then as a Market Manager. On the side I trapped, commercial fished, had a metal prefab shop, I kept the candle burning at both ends. Through all this, it was my back ground obtained in my youth through vocational training and time in the service .
If you factor in the opportunity costs of college (not only the tuition, books, room and board, interest, etc., but also the money not earned while in school) and many college degrees have a negative return on investment. But that’s just the financial stuff… there are lots of other reasons for college beyond a paycheck. That said, I saw first hand while college level teaching that some people have no business in college… and my girlfriend (who has spent her working career as a professor, department chair and dean) would tell you the same thing. Making career decisions at age 16-18 is kind of absurd if you think about it. I used to be fond of saying kids aren’t real people until they hit about age 24 and have had some life experiences…
I agree with that to a point. I've always wanted to be a mechanic, like even when everyone else wanted to be a fireman or cop, I wanted to fix things. Aligned my classes to that end.If you factor in the opportunity costs of college (not only the tuition, books, room and board, interest, etc., but also the money not earned while in school) and many college degrees have a negative return on investment. But that’s just the financial stuff… there are lots of other reasons for college beyond a paycheck. That said, I saw first hand while college level teaching that some people have no business in college… and my girlfriend (who has spent her working career as a professor, department chair and dean) would tell you the same thing. Making career decisions at age 16-18 is kind of absurd if you think about it. I used to be fond of saying kids aren’t real people until they hit about age 24 and have had some life experiences…
I did the same for vocational reasons, knew I wasn't going to collage. With a draft lottery number of "41" I knew I was headed to Vietnam. Got my draft notice 2 weeks after I had enlisted in the corps of engineers. Called the draft board up and said "sorry boys, I enlisted with the USACE".
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