J. Syme

my relatives doing mission work in Libya use the used bias ply tire sandals. a takes a lot of labor to make the sole out of tire tread & bands from the sidewalls, but it provides a durable tread for many years. i picked up a pair while in south Baja Mexico a quite a few years back.  i don't wear sandals much anymore, my old feet like the squish of a rubber sneaker. I must be getting soft.

When my Phone is not with me,  i breath a sigh of relief, and enjoy the peace and quiet... so to find it, is not a panic for me. my phone is in my pocket, on its charger or on desk next to my computer... others in my house have smart phones with ability to track last known position. They seem to use this function every other week.

find something that you hear other's complaining about doing, (hard labor) digging ditches, (Mind numbing) doing taxes, (icky stinky) unclogging drain pipes, (high risk) cleaning gutters, trimming trees. anyhow look for things others would gladly pay someone else to do... frankly i would pay someone to fillet fish for me, of butcher hogs/deer, yes currently i do process my own meat, but i would pay for this service if i could find someone with good skills & attention to detail. find out what chores the locals hate doing... there's you niche

test email worked, apparently I'm slow to check emails

I just got these in the mail. Thank you for all those involved, I will be sharing them with pride. I'm not really sure how to get a picture to show nicely, hope this uploads clearly

Preparing for my Long weekend, I raise a cool glass hibiscus/mint iced tea, towards "all, ya-all's."  Please Have a safe & relaxing weekend, and do please share with us your favorite summertime beverage. I use equal amounts (about 2 handfuls) of dried hibiscus & mint leaves crushed and put in cheese cloth then set in 5 gallon glass jug of water in the sunshine until right shade of brown. daughter like to add stevia to hers, cause she's so sweet.

Jay Wright wrote:I saw a clump of really attractive tall grass growing on a bank at the local tip. I dug out a chunk and planted it at home next to one of my fish ponds. It grew incredibly well. Turned out to be Johnson Grass- took me three years to eradicate it. I recently watched a video of a young American feller slashing Johnson grass- it had taken over most of the best low lying country on his farm. Good luck mate I thought to meself:)

caution on Johnson grass is when it wilts from drought or frost often it forms poisonous nitrates or prussic acids . don't let your livestock graze on the Johnson grass during frost of draught conditions.

If question is about things that use electricity that would be my well pump, because manual pumping is not much fun, close second would be the refrigerator.

hmm guess it would be my garage radio, i enjoy music and play a better radio, than the piano.

Ask your local cemetery grave digger, they will probably have access to a ground penetrating radar device used to locate unmarked graves.