tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183651835847025449.post5539893080625695078..comments2024-03-29T00:46:45.108-05:00Comments on Knuckledraggin My Life Away : Keeping watchwirecutterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12525620516837946733noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183651835847025449.post-31049795886486686622012-08-18T18:26:26.050-05:002012-08-18T18:26:26.050-05:00Chills Stinkwilly :-) and yes Wirecutter, I do tha...Chills Stinkwilly :-) and yes Wirecutter, I do that too. And there's just something special about using found lumber vs new lumber, or whatever else, for certain things, I find it has that feeling of "previous life, Vécu" that makes a project so much more interesting.MissKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183651835847025449.post-36066102817458227352012-08-18T18:14:49.882-05:002012-08-18T18:14:49.882-05:00I always imagine who had been there before me. If ...I always imagine who had been there before me. If there's an old tool or piece of machinery I think back to the people that handled it, wondering what their lives were like.wirecutterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12525620516837946733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183651835847025449.post-89007145265431861302012-08-18T16:30:08.767-05:002012-08-18T16:30:08.767-05:00What MissK said. Call me wierd but
I even like the...What MissK said. Call me wierd but<br />I even like the smell of old buildings like those in the picture.<br />Not all old buildings, just the ones out in the country. Seems there is always a breeze blowing through the gaps in the weather beaten siding.......you can almost ...hear...it's past.Stinkwillynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183651835847025449.post-38785512138535146242012-08-18T16:27:32.224-05:002012-08-18T16:27:32.224-05:00We've got a lot of those around the Panhandle....We've got a lot of those around the Panhandle. Poppy calls them "love shacks" or "honeymoon cottages". And Mom aways whacks him on the arm. 50 years and counting....hiswiserangelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13823260651306838495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183651835847025449.post-16318123140258470242012-08-18T10:43:28.623-05:002012-08-18T10:43:28.623-05:00Love old buildings, so fun to explore. The energy ...Love old buildings, so fun to explore. The energy inside and around them is always so gripping.<br /><br />"Le vecu d'autrefois laisse ses traces"MissKnoreply@blogger.com