When I graduated from the University of North Dakota in 1986 I couldn't get a job at McDonalds. The oil patch was dead, the coal mine in Gascoyne was shut down and ag was in dire straights (does anyone remember Gordan Kahl and Possie?) . A quick inventory of the family assets and the number of brothers and cousins I had that were not going anywhere indicated to me my future was someplace else. I had relatives in San Francisco and Boston that said I could come live with them. I took my final, final test and outside of Gamble Hall I flipped a coin, California won. I drove west and have no regrets, but I missed SW North Dakota and visited every chance I had. Meanwhile the career went well and in my spare time I bought and fixed up wrecked houses around the bay area. Bought the first farm in Adams County ND 5 years ago and second last year. Now I am rebuilding one of those 100 +year old farm houses with falling down plaster. Working in San Francisco I meet people from everwhere (honestly everywhere), and it is always the North Dakotans that are most fond of where they came from. The plains are constantly changing, always have. Where I hunt ducks one year I may hunt pheasants the next. ND is changing and getting better all the time. The oppertunities for young people are far better than when I was a young person. I also have to queation if it gets any colder anywhere in ND than in say International Falls MN or Haver MT.
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Today's Featured Article - The Nuts and Bolts of Fasteners - Part 2 - by Curtis Von Fange. In our previous article we discussed capscrews, bolts, and nuts along with their relative hardness and thread sizes. In this segment we will finish up on our fasteners and then work with ways to keep them from loosening up in the field. Capscrews, bolts and nuts are not the only means of holding two parts together. When dealing with thinner metals like sheet tin, a long bolt and
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