#PhotoOfTheDay is a before-and-after of my current post vise. I bought it when it was “farm fresh” and then restored it to good working condition, including fabricating a new spring for it. This is my 2nd post vise and 2nd restoration.
As with my first post vise, this one is likely a hundred or more years old. They are really wonderful, important tools for blacksmithing.
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Does anyone know where the love of God goes when Scott finally moves to Newfoundland?
@Geojoek @scott 😆 😂 😆 😂 😆 😂 😆 😂 😆 😂 😆 😂 😆 😂 😆 😂 😆 😂 😆 😂 😆 😂 😆 😂
@[email protected] @[email protected] Look what arrived today (used) - it’s over 600 pages, and it’s a genuine, scholarly dictionary that apparently took 20 years to research and compile (I quickly skimmed the preface; I do need to read it in more detail, but it’s a legit university/linguistics grade dictionary)
@[email protected] @[email protected] Interesting! Just last night I learned about Canadian Gaelic for the first time… Shows how much I don’t know!
@[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] Similarly, I recently learned about Muskrat French, which is something I’d never known about despite living in SE MIchigan my entire life!
@[email protected] @[email protected] Oh yes, that’s definitely a thing but vanishingly rare now. I knew two people who spoke it, years ago.
@[email protected] @[email protected] They said there was a revival underway in Scotland, but I imagine it would be tougher to keep going with fewer speakers in Canada.
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IDK if she speaks Canadian Gaelic, but my friend and singer-songwriter Kyle Carey speaks fluent Gaelic, and is part of a revival of Gaelic in general: https://kyleannecarey.com/splash/
(Yes I will always shamelessly plug my musician friends).
@Geojoek @croyle Canadian Gaelic is interoperable, from what I was told.
@scott @Geojoek And my understanding was that Scots Gaelic and Irish Gaelic are similar but different.