tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11656361.post7849008500534312761..comments2023-11-02T04:52:24.035-07:00Comments on daviditron: Perfect Canmore Weekendand then the_doctorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12648947724821535410noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11656361.post-59926438169996515062010-02-09T00:06:57.929-08:002010-02-09T00:06:57.929-08:00What a wonderful sense of community! Even communin...What a wonderful sense of community! Even communing with tools!<br /><br />I truly think one is actually better off buying used tools. These mongrel tools of uncertain breeding and heritage were borne of a time before planned obsolescence and mass production of lowest bidder feedstocks that would guarantee a shorter and disappointing life. The mixed genetic heritage of these tools confers upon them a sense of loyalty to their master and beholder that results in greater trust and improved creative output. They bear with them the trials and successes of their previous owners, craftsmen in individual endeavours of livelihood, passion and failure in the creative and constructive arts. These tools have so much more respect when placed in the uncalloused hands of the new disciple. And thereby conveying in them a greater sense of purpose and determination in the new owner and a responsibility to do them justice. <br /><br />Such tools demand so much more respect than the shiny new tool in the display case. These tools are as green as the new practioner and fit the hand as uncomfortably as a new suit fits one's figure.<br /><br />Thoughts of basement fridges, wooden canoes and comfortably warn hammers, saws and drills come to mind still in yeoman service of their owners!Kevin Aschimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14590864995945435184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11656361.post-31053464006789517452010-02-08T08:43:59.761-08:002010-02-08T08:43:59.761-08:00Ah, sled dogs & skis... elegant modes of trans...Ah, sled dogs & skis... elegant modes of transportation for a more civilized age.<br /><br />It looks like a perfect weekend, and it quacks like a perfect weekend...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13565407115264823339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11656361.post-49795897120348277992010-02-08T07:37:07.848-08:002010-02-08T07:37:07.848-08:00Mind-blowing! It's great to see you involved i...Mind-blowing! It's great to see you involved in such powerful community AND world events. Our main streets are lined with snow here, too. But, we still insist on driving on them. Sled dogs would be a great improvement.captainorangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533409447527050625noreply@blogger.com