MANTIQUES!!!

First of all, let's start out by letting everyone know that this is Matt writing this blog post. My beautiful wife Stephanie(who has all the writing skill), has made it perfectly clear that I must let it be known to the masses that she is not writing this post, so as not to damage her reputation for literary talent.
Now that the legal jargon is out of the way...let's get started. This post is about Mantiques. That is to say... antiques for men, for those of you who can't understand my cunning use of word coalescence.
After all of the wonderful things that have been written in this blog, I came to realize that is seemed to be wandering onto the feminine side of things, so I thought that I would bring it back down to the level of the normal man. Dirty tools, TV, blood, sweat, and tears, and all of the things that make men...well....men.

First on the list....TOOLS!  To most manly men, saying this word, can make a man swivel is head like a dog looking for a squirrel. Me personally, holding these old tools, especially the antique wood planer, take me back to watching my dearly missed grandfather work in his barns for hours on anything that he thought "just needed fixin'".

 This old tobacco basket signifies the true grit of manhood. Working in the fields sixteen hours a day carrying this monster thing around filled with hundreds of pounds of tobacco leaves that still had to be wrapped and hung to dry. Fortunately for us, modern times has made things like this easier, but my hats off to those of you who endured this form of back breaking labor.

Ahhhh....cars. No matter what type of man you are, there is not one out there that doesn't get goose bumps up his spine when he hears the engine roar of a classic. If we could only hear the stories that this old car horn could tell. The excitement the owner of the car felt when he picked up his prize, fired up the engine, and blasted the horn to let everyone know that all of his hard work in the tobacco fields had finally paid off!

And last but certainly not least...the TV. The piece de resistance. Truly a man's blessing from the heavens! Whether it be football (which it usually is), history channel, discovery channel, or pretty much any of the other 4 billion channels there are, the television is absolutely a comfort to a man's psyche. The remote control is his sword, and the recliner his trusty steed.







 If you're a man longing for a new toy, stop by and visit us, or if you're a woman longing for your man to have a new toy so he will leave you alone....stop by and visit us. We would love to have you!