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Sawmill

2014-10-22 02:42:49.146942+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

A little video (and transcript) about an 84 year old man running his sawmilll:

PIP COURTNEY: Despite saying he'd quit the mill when he turned 80, Ralph can't quite manage to pull the pin.

RALPH AFFLECK: I'm not to the stage of playing lawn bowls or something like that. I'm still making things - like I've just made a new clutch for this thing up here. I enjoy the challenge of making something that's going to work and having the pleasure of using it and saying, 'Yeah, well, Ralph, you could have done better, but you didn't make a bad job of it.'

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