See that? That’s my empty potato bag. It’s empty despite my having gone to town Saturday specifically, in part, to buy potatoes.
I had eight bucks in my pocket. That’s easily enough to buy a small sack of potatoes and just barely enough to buy a tiny tube of Lock-tite. Couldn’t do both.
Buy the potatoes and I can eat potatoes, which is a major staple food for me. That’s a good thing. But buy the Lock-tite and I can play with sight in my new scope and finally have some confidence in my carbine.
I never even paused. ‘Cause I’m a guy.
Two things:
1) I was reading this thinking “Well, yeah, why is it even necessary to explain?” Obviously, I’m also a guy. It’s good to know you’re normal-ish.
2) Loctite tastes TERRIBLE. Do not eat it. Or run out of hands to hold parts while applying it. Feel free to test this for yourself and we might get another blog post out of it.
3) You have forest fires. We have multiple tornadoes. Repeatedly. Trade ya. 🙂
4) Yeah, I said two things. I’m a guy.
Hey Joel, I have the solution for you…at least in the future: Buy some Karo syrup. A smidge of that works just like lock-tite, in a low heat application.
Plus you can eat it.
I’m a guy too, hehe.
Joel,
Joel,Reading this post,I was thinking,I wish I’d known you needed Lock-tite,I’ve got more than a life supply of the stuff left over from a job I worked.But,too late now I guess.
But it made me wonder,I’ve probably got a lot of things you could use,maybe,if I knew what you need,or might gonna need.
You should do a post on the things a hermit runs out of in non-emergencies,and occaisionally you might get some care packages.I would be proud to know I helped.
So buy as many loose potatoes as you can by the pound AND the locktite. Take the loose potatoes home and put them in your bag. Either/or not necessary. I want it all. ‘Cause I’m a girl.
They don’t sell loose potatoes???? Talk them into starting a new marketing trend by opening one bag of potatoes and selling you part of it. Tell them they will sell more potatoes doing that. Potatoes are a wonderful impulse item.
Billf – great idea!!! Wow. I have lots of stuff left over from a lifetime of projects that I strongly hope I will never do again. Tools too. Paintbrushes. Nails. Bolts. Screws. Fasteners of all kinds. HInges, latches. Hooks, all sizes and kinds. If you don’t use them you can always barter or trade with them. How about a roll of Tyvek so you can wrap the Lair before winter??? You’ll be warmer in winter and cooler in summer. But you need a hammer tacker to install it. I still use mine or I’d donate it. So Joel, do a post on things hermits have a use/need for. Soon. Winter is coming.
You made the right choice, but is lock-tite strictly necessary?
I’ve never used it on a scope once, from my rimfire rifles to my big magnums, and I’ve never had anything come loose.
I’ve never prospered by omitting Lock-tite on a rifle scope I’m taking into the field – which by definition, these days, is any rifle scope.
Yup, I’m with imagirl here – I would figure out a way to have it ALL…. Everything I tell ya! *cackles*
Ever thought of raising spuds, Joel?
Wouldn’t help in the immediate sense – but it might just be ‘the thing’ that puts you one step ahead in the long run. ‘Course then you’ll have to work out how to store all those potatoes!
There’s some systems folks use that just builds up one growing layer at a time – stacking up old tires (yeech) or other framing. I’ve been meaning to try it for some years now. If you search it out online you’ll find lots of info on the idea. Some people do this just fine without even buying seed potato – just use a couple old ones from the bag.
Btw – a hillbilly trick for your area – in lieu of loktite – would probably be juniper sap. That or the blood of your enemies!
🙂
Plug Nickel Outfit – most potatoes these days are treated with a chemical to prevent them from sprouting during storage. I remember when they weren’t and people did plant leftover sprouted potatoes in the spring. If yours aren’t, you are lucky. It’s one less chemical in your food supply. Potatoes do grow in tires, piles of straw or hay, barrels, rusted out trash cans, stock waterers as you described, building up layers of whatever they are growing in as the plants get larger. And Joel sure has access to hay. Tires are difficult because they build up heat really quickly which potatoes don’t like. I’ve used everything but tires and potatoes grow fine. They don’t have to be planted in dirt and hilled with dirt. You can also grow sweet potatoes in containers but so far I’ve used dirt for them. I wonder about the heat where he lives, but if he got them in early he might get a crop although they would probably be small. There’s a wood container you can build with stacked boards that allows you to remove some bottom boards to get the new potatoes from the bottom and let the rest grow on. If you use piles of hay or straw you can also reach in the bottom for some new potatoes without disturbing the rest of them.