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This is a small multi tool that I won in a Christmas cracker once upon a time - without a doubt the most useful thing that ever came out of a cracker. For Macro Mondays 'Tool' theme.
Does loads of stuff. Finger nipping useful.
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Getting ready to hunt, gather food to survive, but before that.. it's neccessary to polish those tools so they don't break.
Taken at Sunny Photo Studio - "Devil Inside" pose
An old hand or "eggbeater" drill. Still use in occasionally for fun and as a reminder of how everything took so much longer back then.
Surprisingly they are still available...
I bought most of these tools over 50 years ago, and many were already well used when I bought them, so they've definitely earned their rust.
HTT
Hello Valeria, what are you doing?
Uhmm, tooling?
You know what this wheel is for?
Yes, of course, it's for... thingy. You know?
Copying sewing patterns.
That's what I said!
So you're copying your boyfriend?
I... uhmm... he needs new clothes. Yes, totally new clothes, with being nekkid and so.
Yes I see. Can't be running around like that, this being a safe group.
Exactly! Glad you understand!
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No sewing pattern copy thingies were harmed in the making of this picture.
Toy Project Day 3028
Macro: Tool
This Pentax bellows set was purchased in Thailand while I was stationed there in 1972 (USAF). At some point in the early 80’s a friend milled out the Pentax screw threads and machined a Nikon bayonet mount into what was left. He used an indexing rotary table on a Bridgeport vertical mill (a really talented guy).
I have been using it on occasion for over 50 years. The Spotmatic II that I bought it for lasted about 7 or 8 years.
Macro Mondays 'hand tool' theme.
This part of the bottle opener measures 2 inches
Smile on Saturday Kitchtoolia theme: an archive image this week, I spent some time last night taking photos for the theme but didn't get anything I was happy with.
Looks better on B l a c k M a g i c
Todays challenge for the daily shoot was, What tools do you use and appreciate on a daily basis? Make an interesting photo of one such tool today.
Well I considered taking a shot of some of the tools out of my toolbox I keep in my office, but then thought about it, there really for decoration as I do not do hands on tech work any more so when I thought about it I had to get a shot of these, Not sure I appreciate the blackberry, but I am addicted to it and would be lost without my android Nexus one cellphone
Of course beingme I slipped in a little bit of reflection
Update on Dr's visit, it went well, not likely i will need surgery, it sees the problem is something I have had all my life, basically my knees are deformed and my knee cap doesnt sit where it should, so I start on Physical therapy on Monday twice a week for 6 weeks which hopefully will alleviate or ease the issues I have had
This was taken yesterday during my photo shoot of John Ellsworth, the Lewes Blacksmith of the Preservation Forge.
There is quite a difference in winter versus the warm months in observing the eating habits of pheasants. In the summer time unless you are out very early in the mornings or happen to catch them searching for bits of gravel to serve as grit to help their digestion, pheasants often are more hidden as they seek things to eat. They normally have a menu with more entries on it than they do during the winter.
The phrase “scratching out a living” goes all the way back to the 14th-15th centuries when in the older farming communities the farmers “scratched” the land using more primitive tools.
By the 18th-19th centuries, the use of the phrase gained uses beyond that of farming to include anyone who was barely making ends meet in their day to day struggle.
Jump ahead until today and the phrase applies to a broad spectrum of normally physically hard, low paying jobs or an unstable work life.
I grew up in an era when there were only a few government help agencies and can well remember my folks talking about people around them during the Depression and beyond who spent many years on community “poor farms”.
Poor farms were quite prevalent at one time in the US and folks who were unable to work due to age, disability or other factors were housed and fed in exchange for helping to produce food and maintain a farm. Local governments ran the farms as they were considered a cost-effective way to care for the needy rather than simply doling out monies to individuals.
It carried negative connotations for participants, particularly because they were labeled “inmates.”
Poor farms gradually petered out by the middle of last century with many in Minnesota closing in the 1930s due to government programs starting up such as Social Security in 1935 and the growing prevalence of nursing homes.
(Photographed near Cambridge, MN)