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madamesilverspurs

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3. Oh, yeah. It was another one of Dad's tools.

Reply to True Dough (Original post)

Sat Nov 22, 2025, 09:56 PM

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But unlike the others, it wasn't kept in his workshop.

Ironically, he did manage to cut off two fingers; not with the knife, but with the circular saw he'd used for decades. Not that his friends didn't harass him about that for years . . .

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Oh, yeah. It was another one of Dad's tools. madamesilverspurs Saturday #3

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