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Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Mr. and Mrs. Fix-It

Know what can happen if you separate a doe in heat and a buck in rut with an old rigged up not-livestock gate?

This:
(Notice the hinges on the left)


So how does this Mrs. Fix-It repair that???
Like this:
(Notice the ingenious recycling of the baling twine)


 And how long do you think that repair job lasted with a stud like my guy?
(Notice the stature and muscle structure)

 It worked great for about 15 minutes! So I replaced the baling twine with zip ties...which held up fine....but then Moose decided to make his own opening between the bar that holds the wire and the gate side. Yikes. I finally pushed a trash can full of concrete blocks in front of the hole to block his homemade entrance. That dissuaded him for all of a day. After he managed to foil that attempt, I. Gave. Up.

Luckily, the next day Mr. Fix-It came home and did this:
(Notice the rebuilt gate and the hinges back where they go but pay no attention to the trash can full of concrete blocks!)