Heh, a lot of it has it’s own stories.
The 2x12, I bought to stretch between two ladders for wiring up lights at a feedyard’s scale house. 2017-ish
The small allthread was bought when we put up the brick fence. 2008-ish
The larger allthread was used in an attempt for a top sign when I escorted oversize. 2014. That was my last attempt to keep working through my pains, but it definitely wasn’t the job for me. Very very frightening, but fun, heh. Did it up to my certifications expired in 2017. Man, the trails I walked on, and lakes I stayed at. It was awesome. My favorite so far was Wedell Springs in Illinois, with Lake Murray in Oklahoma and Pershing State Park in Missouri a close second (Adiantum pedatum and a lot of Polystichum acrostichoides at Pershing), Third Copper Breaks in Texas (lots of Pellaea atropururea grow wild there) and Bobwhite State Park in Iowa (Botrichium and Asplenium platyneuron).
The angle grinder was when I tried to go back to doing electrical in 2015. The company I worked for was nowhere prepared for the job, so I bought that and a sawzall and had coworkers using them to get the job site going. Unfortunately, pain was too much, plus I left on bad terms with that company, heh, but man, that story is a doozy, HAH!
The log I have in the vice, is mulberry, and I got it from a gal who has been helping me feed the stray cats, and taking care of them when we can. I’d say we’ve saved dozens of babies and given a lot of them a safe place. Again, that story is quite extensive in its own right.
The large flat piece of wood on the tablesaw sled, that’s one of two boards I used to resin the top of my son’s desk I made for his birthday. Here’s the post I made about it.
And I wouldn’t be surprised there’s things I’m forgetting, heh. Lots of stories, though.