[TheForge] D-rings

[Saint Phlip]

On 7/12/07, Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer <artgawk at thegrid.net> wrote:
> Life with the Temporally Challenged is tough, just ask my wife...pf

Believe me, I understand- I resemble that remark ;-) But, I'm getting
very tired of running around like a maniac at the last minute,
throwing everything into a vehicle, and driving off in a cloud of
dust, only to discover I forgot my (whatever) that I REALLY wanted to
take to Pennsic, but brought along a box of trash that was _supposed_
to go in the dumpster.

My plot and plan this year has been to do a little bit of everything
every day, and fix up some of the things I've been putting off, so
everything is ready and packed by Wednesday evening. Then, I can spend
Thursday resting and picking up the odd items I invariably forget, so
when I get in the Jeep for my overnight drive, I'm not dead tired, and
having no room to stretch out for a nap, drive through the 10 hours
anyway. And, once I'm there, I _should_ be a couple hours early for
gate opening, which means I can run into town, pick up some groceries
and beer, and at Noon Friday, Troll in, park on the battlefield, and
drink beer and maybe eat a couple sandwiches, greet friends, and
generally relax until 9 AM Sat morning when we deal with Land Grab,
then set up camp without being so tired I try to put the tent stakes
in upside down. Should even hqave time, and an empty truck, to run
over to the storage locker and grab some Pennsic only necessities, and
then I'll have Sunday to set up my forge just right, and spend Land
Week nesting and thumping on steel.

But, DAMNED if I want to handstitch 40 yards of seams, figuring it
takes me about an hour a yard, between now and then, not to mention
make 50 D-rings, as well as everything else I need to do.

-- 
Saint Phlip

Heat it up
Hit it hard
Repent as necessary.

Priorities:

It's the smith who makes the tools, not the tools which make the smith.

Blessed be the self-righteous, for they shall inherit themselves.