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Toby
@smithlabs
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Husband, Father, Christian, Inventor, Electrical Engineer, Prepper, Homesteader, Solar Nut, gemstone collector, and Ham Radio operator
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2017-12-02 19:17
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blog
2024-09-15 18:20
My first grade grandson loves Algebra.
I got my grandson a dry erase board for Christmas. He was running out of chalkboard space for his equations. My Daughter asked him about his dog Lincoln whining (he wanted food); and this is the result.
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charities
2024-02-27 05:05
Sunday the homeless meal went very well!
The last Sunday of every month we feed the homeless here in Tulsa. This time we fed 102 meals, and it ran smoothly! The volunteers are experienced, and can run the whole thing without direction. We got
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smithlabs
blog
2024-02-22 10:59
An unexpected foot falls today in NYC, investors begin leaving; to avoid similar fines in real estate transactions!
I didn't see this one coming! It makes sense that real estate investors would be concerned, because everything they do is now subject to the same possible fines! Here, a major speculator is not building
smithlabs
informationwars
2024-02-20 12:29
Truck drivers boycott (effectively mooning) NY state; as is their Constitutional right!
You can only push so far, and the other shoe will fall! Now we get see if the man sitting in the oval office (or his handlers), will try to be as big a Tyrant as the Worm to our north.... Truckers are
smithlabs
Outdoors and more
2024-02-10 06:40
The worst vegetable to stack in your prepping supplies.
When prepping, the first step most people is to buy canned food for storage. Nothing wrong with starting here, I did myself. There is one commercially canned vegetable that does not store well on the shelf
smithlabs
prepping
2024-01-24 08:26
Some common mistakes preppers make, and how we fix it!
I have noticed several mistakes that seem to keep recurring in the prepper community. So I decided to post on these problems; and offer an explanation of why they are a mistake, IMHO! First a little background
smithlabs
prepping
2024-01-22 06:56
Sometimes things just fall into place....
Some things just need to happen to get moved out to the homestead permanently. I need to be able to mill some trees into lumber, so I can use them in some of the homestead construction. I lost a 3 foot
smithlabs
hive-epping
2023-12-25 09:01
How will you open your can stored food after SHTF?
A question that begins simply, and move to complex areas quickly. Most preppers begin with a kitchen can opener, usually in pairs; with a P-38 on their keychain for backup. This will get you in trouble,
smithlabs
prepping
2023-12-20 08:07
So it begins, converting a building to a net zero house!
Most people start at the Solar panels, batteries, and wind generators; to move fully off grid. I started that way myself, until I realized that it is backwards. You can throw 5 time as much energy at a
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Worldmappin
2023-12-14 20:05
smithlabs reblogged
Church of Santo Domingo de Guzmán 📷 Malaga - Spain
Church of Santo Domingo de Guzmán 📷 Malaga - Spain
One of the churches that has caught my attention, especially at first sight, is the Church of Santo Domingo de Guzmán, a temple from the 15th century. Its exterior façade has always impressed me whenever
galenkp
Weekend Experiences
2023-12-15 06:25
smithlabs reblogged
Weekend-Engagement topics: WEEK 184
Pretension is a poor joke that you play on yourself. Snap out of it. Recognise your strengths, work on your weaknesses. Real achievement is liking what you see in the mirror every morning. - Virat Kohli
smithlabs
diy
2023-12-15 03:37
There was a limb down on my Son's house...so we removed it!
My Son bought a house to rent, about 90 miles away from here; because he could pay cash for it! He intends to rent it, but with all of low cost properties, it needs a lot of repair. We got a call from
owasco
Weekend Experiences
2023-12-04 19:17
smithlabs reblogged
Rising To The Occasions, a Weekend for the Books
If I were ever to write a biography, this past weekend would be in it.
smithlabs
natural-medicine
2023-12-05 06:02
How to use herbals for bandages, after you have them in hand.
I recently gave a bottle of comfrey tincture to a Lady to help her heal. I called days later, and she hadn't used it because she didn't know how. It seems to be a common problem, so it made sense to do
galenkp
Outdoors and more
2023-11-22 00:06
smithlabs reblogged
Maintaining the perishable
It's not fun to get out of bed early in the morning. When the alarm goes off, it doesn't sing you a song: it hits you in the head with a baseball bat. So how do you respond to that? Do you crawl underneath
smithlabs
diy
2023-11-15 07:23
A few secrets for working on cars, that a lot of people don't know!
I've done heavy car work since I was 8 years old (clutch), and I've picked up a few tricks since then. Some people will know some of these, but some may get some value out of others! First, let me say
smithlabs
diy
2023-11-09 03:52
Sometimes it becomes necessary to kill a tree, here's how to do it!
This tree was growing between two houses, and we hired it removed. But they left a 14 foot tall stump, trying to get extra cash for removing that too! It is still 3 foot diameter, and began growing out
smithlabs
blog
2023-11-01 06:34
Truth about EV cars...or the good, the bad, and the ugly!
There is a Lot of 'information' circulating these days about electric vehicles. Some are accurate, while some are lies, and some are pie in the sky! Here is a comprehensive analysis of one of the most
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MCGI Cares Hive
2023-10-31 04:36
smithlabs reblogged
THIS MAKES YOU A POWERLESS CHRISTIAN: BUT WHY?
THIS MAKES YOU A POWERLESS CHRISTIAN I've often wondered why people can spend hours in front of their TV screens, absorbed in shows and movies, yet struggle to spare just 5 minutes for prayer. Honestly,
smithlabs
diy
2023-10-29 22:55
Stain and polyurethane can breathe new life into a floor!
When his renter moved out, my Son decided to make the hardwood floors in his rental an asset. His house is an older home, that has two living areas. He rents out the upstairs, and lives in the basement
