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Bought an entrenching tool at a garage sale.
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Bought an entrenching tool at a garage sale.
I have so many E-Tool tales to tell
The 1st E-tools looked like children's garden shovels; this encouraged GI's to stand and step onto the shovel when digging, with poor results!
The WW2 shovel came out in about 1943 (?), a literal life saver in that it could be used in 3 (yes 3!) positions; it was very sturdy and served well for 30 plus years but then came a call for a more modern shovel!
The Tri-Fold was born!
I was issued one, they took my WW2 shovel away!
All the weight is evenly distributed and it has a 'spade handle'. Indeed, every useless bit of discarded technology from the previous 3000 years was combined into a single piece of 'architecture' never before seen by man.
If only we could have given it to the Russians!
My wife and I sold our home, cashed out while the market is still good. We paid off all of our debt and bought another place, somewhat removed from the old place. Downsized, if you will. The new place is completely paid for so we are now debt free, aside from basic living expenses.
My last post, several months ago, on this particular topic was to say that I wouldn't be posting any more information about what I have in preparation for whatever catastophe may happen. And I haven't, until now. I just can't help but crow just a little....
My wife and I sold our home, cashed out while the market is still good. We paid off all of our debt and bought another place, somewhat removed from the old place. Downsized, if you will. The new place is completely paid for so we are now debt free, aside from basic living expenses.
I celebrated by purchasing a new Springfield XD, full size in 9MM, for $400 and am taking advantage of a super deal from SA in the form of 3 free magazines and one double magazine carrier. SWEET.
At least for now, it is good to be me.