2.) This one goes really, really northeast. A northeast overdose.

Ouch!

Thank you Murphy! I'll be sure to use popple if I am in Maine to remain incognito.

Thank you Peter. We see yeoman (farmer) a lot. Also cordwainer (shoe maker), but blacksmith was still a blacksmith back then.

Ha ha. That is way too complicated for me. Why not just subtract?

That's a good one. I had to look it up.

I had to look up putting the horse before the cart, and I assume it means doing things wrong or in the wrong order However, that is not the case. Peop...

When it matters, I recommend setting marks for the excavator, setting marks in the excavation for a footing , and setting marks on the footing for a f...

Before I stomp the shoes of the tripod legs into the ground, I take the instument off and put it in the box. Then, after the tripod is firmly set, I p...

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It's a great story.

Thank you to everyone. I must say, it is not fun to measure the walls inside of a building, especially when the rooms are not rectangles. It was fun u...