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“Chainsaw parts My da like I’ by the tools

“What size?” Jack asks

“Eighteen inches”

Jack knows just where to go, and walks down the second aisle where various types of chains are stocked He looks up at the shelves that cli and scratches his beard

“What brand you got?” he asks, giving me some options

“Craftsman Give me three, just in case I have five more trees to cut”

“Sounds like a big project I know souys that could help you out with that”

“No thanks I should be able to take care of it”

Jack givesto prove myself, no doubt And in that, he wouldn’t be far off After a life of privilege, I have a lot that I want to do by h It’s like an itch I can’t scratch Soo because it never feels like enough

Jack pulls the chains down fro a stepladder A hundred bucks later and I have what I need along with soh I have a massive shed that’s full of tools, it always seeh those doors

“On thehis head toward the bright orange zero-turn ot that in the other day Ca

n mow half an acre in under twenty minutes, no lie”

Now, I'ets, and Jack plays ona push mower for the past few years, so this would save et it Withinthe expensive beast into the back of et that sucker out safely After I pay oodbye and I climb into my truck Every time I come into town, I'm pretty sure I pay his rent for the quarter, which I'm happy to do

Shark cocks his head atif I have buyer’s remorse

“No regrets” I pet hi as I thought it would, even with the extra purchases I', get Shark's treat at Ethel's, and buy sos out of the way and go horowls so loud, Shark barks when he hears it In light of being fa down, I turn into the parking lot of Whitefish Café, a place I've only seen in passing I've been to a lot of fancy cafés growing up in Chicago, but this one has that ho, flower planters, and patio tables