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A retired boatbuilder in Newport gave me a tip about dovetails that I still use.
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uma_baker882mo agoTop Commenter
Oh man, that's the best kind of advice. Those old-timers have forgotten more tricks than most of us will ever learn. It's so cool that a simple tip from someone like that just stuck with you for good. You can't buy that kind of knowledge in a book or a video. It really makes you value the people who spent a lifetime doing the work. That's a great story.
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julia_jones722mo ago
My grandpa gave me a fishing tip that was just wrong for the lake near me. Sometimes the old ways don't fit the new problems.
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morgan51210d ago
Right because my grandpa's advice about using spark plugs to catch catfish was definitely going to work in a suburban pond that's been stocked with trout for the last 20 years. I guess the old ways are great if you're trying to catch a fish that went extinct in 1985.
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