{"id":3891,"date":"2018-08-17T14:54:11","date_gmt":"2018-08-17T19:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.halmoran.com\/?p=3891"},"modified":"2018-08-17T14:54:11","modified_gmt":"2018-08-17T19:54:11","slug":"tools-of-the-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.halmoran.com\/?p=3891","title":{"rendered":"Tools of the trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My paternal grandfather was a blacksmith until he 85 years old. At 5&#8242; 6&#8243; weighing about a buck thirty-five, he was tougher than a pine knot, as my dad would say. 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