James Miller
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My grandfather had a hip done at 82 and was doing steps by himself a week after. Hope if you have to go that rout it's a quick recovery for you as well.
Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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Neil, sorry to hear about your Dad. Thoughts and prayers sent for you and your family.
OH, come on! It's just another saw. Next year there will be another one out, that's even better, and it will only cost twice as much!
James Miller
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I was always told speed cost money, how fast do you want to spend. Also believe if you want to go fast add lightness. With the new sports cars I could prolly get a second in the 1/4 just gutting all the unnecessary crap out.
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Aging sux. Dad tripped over a cat, stumbled in the door, fell hitting the back of his head on a kitchen counter. The corner cut a 8cm or so J shape into his scalp. Blood puddling on the floor. To weak to get up. I didn't want to try alone so called for an ambulance. Then we sat in er for 4 hours to get it stapled. Did a CT scan found he also chipped a vertebrae but not an issue appearently. Peter Pan had the right idea!
Hoping for a full & fast recovery. It world be the last day the cat was allowed in the house here!
My don't say no plan of scrounging has been working so far. Ended up with a 30 ton All Terrain Dump Truck box of oak trunks, delivered, because other guy didn't want to make a mess out of his yard. Then on his way home came across another box full of ash. I'm going to have to do some rearranging to get all this under a roof.
turnkey - sorry to hear about your mobility issues. listen: my cousin had degenerative issues with L hip's cartilage and bone/socket. then got bone to bone, he said. 'ouch'... went on with the pain and suffering for couple years. had a pronounced limp at 64. finally, the issue got to be unacceptable and he decided to have a complete hip replacement. said bit scary at first... all the vids, tech n pix... kinda reminded him of deer hunting! lol... get this -
had it done on a Thursday morning. and went home Sunday morning. totally painless. was up and about walking in hospital recovery ward later that evening. never had any pain, granted he said he did like the morphine first administered... lol... used the home meds once or twice. and now 8 months later walks perfectly. he said, no pain. he doesn't jog any more but does like to ride his bike... I asked him if he had any regrets about it all?...
he said only one. that he did not do it sooner.
I could not believe the transformation. and am quite happy for him. he is much happier, these days...
your friend, Backyard Lumberjack...
a fellow Washingtonian
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pix if u can manage any. thanks...
OH, come on! It's just another saw. Next year there will be another one out, that's even better, and it will only cost twice as much!
thanks for the help! clarification... hmm, no doubt I don't need another saw! lol
good pix! sunny, all set up to go, going, up in the pines, brisk and cool... Christmas season's snow on the trees... I can hear the snow crackling from here...
the stuff post cards are made of...
scrounge in the making... or should be. saw this other day... oak I think, but not sure... the scrounge seems bit over due ~
KiwiBro
Mill 'em, nails be damned.
It might be 'one of those' scrounges where countless scroungers have knocked on the owners door and received the same "I'm saving it for my own needs" reply. And every year nothing happens until it's a rotten pile covered in assorted growth and rubbish and the owner wants someone to take it for the firewood.
right on! my thots, too. plenty of said offers over in CL - Free! lol
Sorry to hear/see. Will keep him in our prayers for a speedy recovery.Aging sux. Dad tripped over a cat, stumbled in the door, fell hitting the back of his head on a kitchen counter. The corner cut a 8cm or so J shape into his scalp. Blood puddling on the floor. To weak to get up. I didn't want to try alone so called for an ambulance. Then we sat in er for 4 hours to get it stapled. Did a CT scan found he also chipped a vertebrae but not an issue appearently. Peter Pan had the right idea!
I stepped on our cat (now age 17) the other day so I totally understand how that can happen.
I drive by one of those twice a day. I stopped and asked, i'm sure I wasn't the first, and he said that he also burned wood. Been there for at least 5 years.
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That looks like a perfect vacation. “You serious Clark?”
Both hips done back about 2000. I, too, was up and about the next day and the cane disappeared in a week...although I did use it later when out scouting scrounges. Doc tells me "slow down!". Nope, lack of physical activity at my age results in unrecoverable losses and it is only a few steps from the easy chair to the grave.
I just came in from manually splitting roudns of willow - I have about 5 cords to do. It was going too fast using the hydraulic splitter. I found that the Fiskar's Isocore splitting maul is a very effective splitting tool but it sure do wear a guy out in a hurry - not fun swinging a 10lb maul.
Had to take a run over to one of the lots I cleared this summer to start hauling some of the wood .
Then
Now
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Brought one load to the pit
There's at least a cord of logs left in that pile to get sawed up into boards and 2x's .
Be back there again tomorrow , another pile of logs behind the house
Then
Now
Then
Now
Brought one load to the pit
There's at least a cord of logs left in that pile to get sawed up into boards and 2x's .
Be back there again tomorrow , another pile of logs behind the house
