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And thank you so much for it!

Thank you! <3

Thank you!

AMEN! 😎

Glad you enjoyed it! She sure had fun making it :-)

Thank you, my friend. Those words mean a great deal. As much as I love doing these videos (and I think I'm improving), I have a hesitance to wearing my heart on my sleeve, so to speak. But this one Karen really wanted to do... as a way of processing the whole crazy mess. I just want to be there and do anything and everything I can to give her everything she wants.

@@ScottatPorchPulse As you should. That is love. As far as wearing your heart on your sleeve....where else would you wear it? I admire that. Screw the masses. I enjoy these videos too, but not sure how many more I'll do. Just not catching on, but it connected us, and that has value....

Wonderful! Maybe I can come help with it 🙂

Thanks Randy! Glad you liked it!

Thanks Wendy. Karen really wanted me to create/post this one.

Thank you, Wen... a lot of springs from the good old days of growing up in Greenfield, the bonfires and summer fun 🙂

Hey Vic! Thanks... cool to see ya

Mrs. Hardwick read us those same two books as well! Probably standard fare for that age group at that time-- but having a teacher read to us; life changing! Do they still do that? Or is there no time allotted in their lesson plan protocols dictated by administrators? Education sure has changed. I'm so glad I went to school when, and where, I did!

Thanks! Hope you check out more of my... errhhhh.... I'll say eclectic (albeit, brief!)... array of videos 🤪 And hope you get to see more of them as my channel progresses, Evelyn!

Thanks! Those were awesome times, my friend! This one was a lot of work; getting that voice-over track to line up with video, and not "talk over" the talking at the end of the vid (first voice-over vid). The thing that sticks out in my mind the most about that trip in Lyndeborough is being so cold that I kept hallucinating-- I kept hearing a Jeep approaching, and even saw "headlights" through the tent wall. That stupid "space blanket!" 🤣🤣🤣

I wish the audio were better though. And I just noticed last time I watched this, the "uh-uhh!" at the beginning of the Dirty Harry bit was inadvertently cut in the editing! It just starts out, "I know what you're thinking..." Glad you still enjoy it, though!

Believe me, I want to-- it's driving me nuts! But Karen likes it long, so long it shall stay :-)

Thank you, Julie... Peace and Blessings, dear friend.

Stirs up all kinds of cool feelings, doesn't it?! Thanks for commenting and adding your story!

Many thanks. Peace and Blessings to you, my friend...

Thanks, Kevin. You as well, my Brother...

Thanks so much, T. Appreciate your constant support, love, and prayers.

Thanks... glad you were blessed by it.

Thanks, Becky! I'm STILL on an emotional high from the whole adventure!

Thanks Chris! This was shot before I got some decent equipment-- wild distortions-- I mean DeNiro looks like he's 400 lbs! Terrible audio, poor resolution, etc. They're getting better now-- but this one was fun enough I thought I'd post it. Hey, make sure you subscribe, because coming up soon I'm going to start giving away some cool gifts periodically to randomly selected subscribers (and tell your bride not to worry, it's NOT a Pend-a-Flex filing system!)

Believe it or not, that was a LOT of work! Finding clothes to match the Dirty Harry scene... stuff like that, pretty labor intensive. But it was fun, and Jim's a great guy!

Hi, thanks Karen! Sorry for any misunderstanding-- I didn't work in the defense industry (and hope I didn't leave that impression). I worked in the criminal justice field, both law enforcement and the other side, "criminal defense." It was all CJ related :-)

Thank you for watching, and thanks for the input! Feel free to share the link to my channel!

"Charlotte's Web," "Trumpet of the Swan"... she had an AMAZING voice for reading. And still does. Except for gray hair, she hasn't changed a bit!

Thanks, Joe! And yeah, often when a repair of this nature is made, because of the catastrophic aspects of the cross-grain fracturing, one repair is about all you get. If it breaks again... well, I've never been asked to do a second repair, but I'm assuming it would have marginal chances of success, at best. But if I ever get a chance to do a secondary head stock repair, I'll take it and give it a shot, just for you! See if I can come up with a creative solution!

@@ScottatPorchPulse I've got a 12 string with that break. Not worth fixing, though. It's a Seagull, didn't sound that great to begin with! I keep it because my son and his wife painted the top (making the sound quality even worse!) But it's purty.

I just looked up Seagull guitars. This would have been worth saving once upon a time. Damn.

@@kaisersrock I could probably do the repair for around $100, B. We can work a deal if (when!) I end up doing that parlor guitar restoration for you. Peace...

Yes... same stuff as for sanding poles! I find it helpful in reducing clogging when sanding between layers of lacquer that haven't quite cured fully (I like to give a full week at least, preferably two, to cure). I can do a high grit (320 or above) sanding of a surface DRIED but not yet cured, but occasionally it gobs up if the sanding generates too much heat. Wet sanding solves that, but sometimes I use the mesh-- the "ventilation" provided alleviates heat build up, but because it's more rigid, I can use it on areas where, as layers are added, it starts to "pool," causing high spots. It takes down the high spots nicely, without having to use a block and sand a bigger area. And yes, the hair is getting long enough that to do any work, I need to tie it back!

Thank you! That's the plan. I'd ultimately like to get to a point where I can tell a story WHILE I'm building or constructing something. But there's something nice about a campfire chat-- I hope to do a lot of those. Similar to the first episode (Hope vs. False Hope) where I do some work and show some progress on my property/cabin, and then sit down and have a "porch chat!"

Years later, when I was a cop, I developed a technique to practice the same thing-- I found that as cars come toward me at night, there's a split second (depending on speed) where the car is close enough to you that you're not staring into the headlights, but it's still close enough to catch the briefest of glimpses of the number plate. Probably in large part due to Mr. Aldrich, I rather easily got to a point where I could read the entire front number plate of a car at night, passing me in the opposite direction! I still do it once in a while, just for fun!

We were so privileged to grow up in that town, and have THAT school, when we did. Mrs. Gagnon, Mrs. Hardwick, Mrs., Mrs. Winslow...

Thanks! The head stock is repaired, and I'm letting it cure-- both the glue and the lacquer-- for a good 2-3 weeks before I start putting it back together. Watch for "Part 2" coming soon!

Thanks, Teri! Always appreciate input, suggestions, insights, thoughts, critique!