When we were kids my father used to treat our wooden cross country skis with tar. He used the torch make the tar boil and penetrate the wood. The tar caught fire and maybe even the wood developed a thin layer of char.
A lot of extra work of course. Probably less work sawing a new set of 2"9s when you’re 90 
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I have a few cedar fence posts on my property that were soaked in Coal Tar creosote that have been in the ground since 1950. Not saying you could still stretch barbed wire around them but they are still standing. Still have a railroad bed in my swamp that was run built in 1910 and some of the ties are still intact, at least enough that I couldn’t pull the rail spikes out of them 20 years ago.
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Hot, hot day today.
Just back from my first boating solo trip using my own car:
Would the FWD Camry be able to pull back up from the boat ramp??
I’d practiced, and prepared to strap down my “Movable battery weight” up front onto the radiator core support. Not needed for my home lake ramp. Hurrah! All is good.
This was my reward for split up the last two days morning of rust penetrate/time and brass hammering off on the 1994 Ford pickup wheels and brake drums to replace out the pistons sticking front brake calipers; change out one leaking rear brake cylinder; and gravity drain out and exchange the system brake fluid.
And STILL now the power brake booster hangs the pedal down (remember to toe lift SteveU each and every time); the left turn signal has gone weird; the wipers now only work on high speed . . .
Sigh. The less you drive a rig the more problems it will develop. I no longer trust it for regular road work.
This Ford is now my bee-mobile. Nests under each door edges and under both fuel door flaps.
I just do not want any more arthritis sting treatments!
S.U.
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A few days every other year or so, even northern Scandinavia gets Mediterranian temps. Reindeer need cooling off too. On today’s news:
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I have made my final decision. Shoveling snow at 10 degree F and then coming in to stand in front of the wood stove is way better than 90 F with a 75 dew point and coming in and standing in front of a fan.
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Can we make this a ‘sticky’ post? I have a feeling in oh about 6 months and 30" of snow, this position changes. 
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When the rain stopped this evening wife and I took the woodburner a few miles uphill into the woods. In less than an hour we filled our baskets with chantarelles. Time for berries also. Busy times.
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For one week every summer the little town of Rättvik, just 40 miles north of me, gets invaded by V8s. This summer was no exception…and Trumph says we don’t buy American cars
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Took a trip to a nearby mining museum today, snapped some pic’s, to share some here.
3d model of whats underneath, the biggest buildings are like sugar-cubes on top, hard to see in the pic.
A drilling rig for kids to climb in to (and me
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This motorcycle was used for personal transportation down the mine, converted with a Acme diesel.
Pretty cool pneumatic/air powered lamp.
And a “quiz” who is the first to recognize this vehicle, converted to ambulance?
in use in the mine from late 1960s-up to year 2000 some.
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I’ve been wrong more than once, but it looks like a typical Beetle to me
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Quite a happening JO. Not much original cars or very original rebuilds 
. A lot of low riders! How do they go home? On a trailer? And how do they get them on a trailer? Thanks JO
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Most people drive their vehicles there. Some may use trailers but most trashy lowriders are probably from nearby areas.
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It is called the crash and dash. It was custom built by Guy Feiri to go extremely fast between diners and drive ins, and when you inevitably crashed it (or the food got ya), you are already strapped in and ready for the dash to the hospital. There is one other one that comes with a top so you can camp in it. They simply call it the passed out edition.
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That was a treat JO. Even better the the show you posted last year. I can’t believe how many cars were there that would even be very rare and huge bucks even in the states. I’ve never been a fan of the “patina” look with the clear coat over rust but most of those restorations were flawless. I just can’t figure out how they all got there. Must be a lot of rich Swedes. 
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Something about this says Citroen 2CV to me.
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Nice cars. I’ve never seen tail draggers like that in the States. Is that a Swedish thing? 
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Martin, I’m not sure. I’m not really into it. In the 70s and 80s most had street race/drag race high stance sterns. Lowriders and “rustics” popped up in recent decades - I think. Called something like pilsner rides
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My friend’s excavator stopped in the middle of work, the exhaust pipe burst and the hot gases overheated the engine compartment, it’s amazing how a “small” mistake can cause a lot of damage. First, it was necessary to weld the exhaust pipe (this is a dangerous thing to do, where there is a lot of oil that leaked from the overheated joints where the rubber seals seal), well, I did that, and then I replaced the overheated oil seals…
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Dreamteam . Fergie and Jenbacher!
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