Pluggers by Rick McKee for October 17, 2020

TLAR method! That Looks About Right.

Looks like a “W…A….G….” :-)

Taking the woods home, eh, bear?

Aaakcherly, some of that lumber looks like 2×6 or even 2×8!Additionally, pluggers do not make W.A.G.s. They learned along time ago to measure twice, cut once.

All the “Pluggers” I know can count.

Grandad always added 6 extra and we always wound up needing them; the tree house/fort/deer hunt tree stand was made out of end cuts from the 3 sided wrap around veranda on the farm house.

Nailed it!

With the price of lumber now (since the pandemic started) a WAG can be EXPENSIVE! (Or LLE.)

Always throw in a couple of extras.. pluggers sometimes go the wrong way with that “measure twice cut once thing”

The hard hats would indicate pros. Pros know enough to measure and calculate exactly how much lumber they need. In fact, the architect is usually the one to give them the figures.

Should have said “Bored Meeting!”

Not unless the truck bed is down on the overloads.

You can never have enough 2×4′s

Our local lumber yard (sadly long gone) used to have piles of scrap lumber that it gave away if you came and got it. Odd sizes, warped, huge knots, places where knots fell out, etc. My mom would come to buy good lumber for the frames of rabbit hutches and take all scraps she could carry to fill in the rest of the rabbit hutches. We were raising rabbits for food. In our township, rabbits are pets, not livestock, so no restrictions as long as you cared for them properly. Neighbors tried to complain and we were investigated by the humane society a few times, but the rabbits were healthy, warm, well fed, good water and well protected from the elements. The breeding stock (rescues from the animal shelter and never eaten) were pets, the offspring were the food. Pets got names, food did not. Mom also kept records of whom was bred to whom and also did not overbreed. She bred the mothers about 1/2 as often as they could be bred. We kids loved playing with the moms and dads. I know a lot of people thought we were heartless, but when every penny counts, you can’t do better than raising rabbits. For the amount of food it costs to raise a rabbit to eating size, there are very few things that even come close.

There’s a tried and true method on determining if you have enough. Count’em.