Horsefeathers! You knew it was a bad idea and now you're just making excuses about it.

Dismissing the rumors as "horsefeathers", he advised everybody to disregard them.

The most notorious of these was Templeton Rye: Said to be from Iowa, it was purportedly distilled using a Prohibition-era recipe that was a favorite of none other than Al Capone who, according to legend, called it "the good stuff." The story turned out to be such a load of horsefeathers that Templeton was found guilty of deceptive marketing, and forced by a judge to issue partial refunds to its customers.

The exterior of the court is entirely of sheathing and wood shingles applied over "horsefeathers."

In summary, the record establishes that to produce horsefeathers one starts by sawing a log (longitudinally) into boards or planks, which are then likewise center resawn (longitudinally); that the original boards, as well as the center resawn boards, have at least two approximately parallel longitudinal sawed surfaces; that the resawn boards are simply resawn again longitudinally at an angle or bevel to produce horsefeathers; and that the only other sawing required is the crosscutting of the boards to length.

Feathering strips, called horsefeathers, can be used to level cedar-shingle roof before reroofing with asphalt shingles

To install shakes or shingles over beveled siding, fill in the low points of the existing wall with lumber or plywood strips (called horse feathers).

Horsefeathers

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