Get well soon Jeff, my bother had a strangulated intestine ... no fun to deal with! Best of luck with it.
Rare selfie. Woke up at 3 this morning with a mean tummy ache. Got the wife to take me to er. Turns out I had an internal hernia, strangulating my intestine. Right into surgery for a nice gash right up the middle of my middle. Chicks dig scars right? Anyway, 4-5 days here then about 8 weeks at home not lifting more than 20 lbs. So you guys scrounge and post pics for me to slobber over.
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Congrats on the grandbaby!Well, my older Daughter decided to be about 2 weeks early ... and had a baby Boy today! Grandchild #5!!!
Both are doing well. She lives up in NH. This is her first, and she is 43!
Hope you get better soon, glad you're getting the care you needed.Rare selfie. Woke up at 3 this morning with a mean tummy ache. Got the wife to take me to er. Turns out I had an internal hernia, strangulating my intestine. Right into surgery for a nice gash right up the middle of my middle. Chicks dig scars right? Anyway, 4-5 days here then about 8 weeks at home not lifting more than 20 lbs. So you guys scrounge and post pics for me to slobber over.
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That sucks Jeff. Get well quick. I won't be able to keep up with @Cowboy254 on scrounging pics but I'll give it a shot.Rare selfie. Woke up at 3 this morning with a mean tummy ache. Got the wife to take me to er. Turns out I had an internal hernia, strangulating my intestine. Right into surgery for a nice gash right up the middle of my middle. Chicks dig scars right? Anyway, 4-5 days here then about 8 weeks at home not lifting more than 20 lbs. So you guys scrounge and post pics for me to slobber over.
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I'll get a WB load later today from THE rope swing tree. For now I'll post a JustJeff picture tour to help pass the time in the hospital.Now all we need is for @H-Ranch to get the wheelbarrow loaded up and you'll be set.
Hernias suck! Glad you caught it before it turned into something worse. Get well soon!Rare selfie. Woke up at 3 this morning with a mean tummy ache. Got the wife to take me to er. Turns out I had an internal hernia, strangulating my intestine. Right into surgery for a nice gash right up the middle of my middle. Chicks dig scars right? Anyway, 4-5 days here then about 8 weeks at home not lifting more than 20 lbs. So you guys scrounge and post pics for me to slobber over.
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Congrats on the new grandbaby!Well, my older Daughter decided to be about 2 weeks early ... and had a baby Boy today! Grandchild #5!!!
Both are doing well. She lives up in NH. This is her first, and she is 43!
Keep the awesome pics/posts coming. I've learned two Australian words this week, knackered and moggy.That's no good, Jeff, sending you my best. I think I preferred your other selfies where you are holding up a fish. I hope someone sends you a trailer load of wood. Get well soon, scrounger!
Here are some @LondonNeil - style state of the woodshed pics. I used Cowgirl's phone so the pics will be better.
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Burning the middle bay currently. At the front of that bay there is a couple of half rows of big blue gum chunks, they're for burning on colder clear nights. Right bay has about 10 cubes of super-heavy grey and yellow box. That has been drying for 3 years now and that will be night burning wood starting next winter. Left bay is 2 year old hardwood, mostly local peppermint and manna gum with a couple of cubes of English oak in the front.
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In front of that it last week's minor peppermint scrounge from Will's place, I'll be adding to this later on today hopefully.
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To the right is a cube and a bit of peppermint drying out on a pallet and behind that is maybe a couple of cubes of blue gum and peppermint splits that are waiting to be taken to my brother in Melbourne.
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Around the side I have a couple of cubes of nice peppermint drying out. The kids stacked it, I'm surprised it is stihl standing but so far, so good.
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Behind the night burning blue gum in the middle bay is the regular burning peppermint and candlebark medium density hardwood .
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Jeff, I pledge to scrounge hard and often to help you get through this. Now all we need is for @H-Ranch to get the wheelbarrow loaded up and you'll be set.
I'm about to try your technique for hauling firewood. I have a hophornbeam/ironwood branch to cut up.I'll get a WB load later today from THE rope swing tree. For now I'll post a JustJeff picture tour to help pass the time in the hospital.
Box elder and maple that needs to be processed:
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A few pieces of left over cherry:
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Future project wood (or firewood):
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Yard oak tree completely defoliated by gypsy moths within a week:
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Miscellaneous black locust:
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4' tall catalpa tree to transplant:
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Dead yard cherry to take down as soon as @chipper1 teaches me his secret double helix back cut method:
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Gypsy moths are BAD this year:
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More pics later for your viewing pleasure...
The guy I sold my latest zero turn to said the moths ate his whole 30 acres of woods, they can see right thru it to the back of the property . I sure hope it(and yours come back. Yesterday I went to do a pruning job and the woman's brand new arborvitae' were eaten up by deer, the landscaper told her that they were deer resistant , what a load of crap, all one has to do is look at them in the area and it's clear to see they aren't.I'll get a WB load later today from THE rope swing tree. For now I'll post a JustJeff picture tour to help pass the time in the hospital.
Box elder and maple that needs to be processed:
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A few pieces of left over cherry:
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Future project wood (or firewood):
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Yard oak tree completely defoliated by gypsy moths within a week:
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Oops, how did this get in here? Sorry, wrong folder!
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Miscellaneous black locust:
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4' tall catalpa tree to transplant:
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Dead yard cherry to take down as soon as @chipper1 teaches me his secret double helix back cut method:
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Gypsy moths are BAD this year:
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More pics later for your viewing pleasure...
Prolly a Michigan thing. I'll bet it don't even come close to a good farmer notch.What is this double helix back cut you speak of? Ive never heard of such sorcery!
Just can't beat a good farmer notch!Prolly a Michigan thing. I'll bet it don't even come close to a good farmer notch.
The cherry was a project I thought my dad and I might do when he was here last weekend, but we ended up working on the fairing on his motorhome. The tree is not urgent yet, but the longer it is dead near the barn the more important it will become. My other project has priority right now, but rain is not helping. No need for the double helix training quite yet.Do I need to stop by and show you the double helix back cut. We'll be running thru there real soon, I'll even let you run the wheelbarrow
Most times a little tuning of the chain goes a long way.Been so busy working I haven't had a chance to touch a saw. Wife and I both worked this weekend so we dropped the kids off at her mom's place last night. Right before we left her grandma calls and said a limb dropped across the lane,(her.mother recently moved in with grandma to keep after her) but since we were coming she would let us (me) deal with it lol. So I tossed the little dewalt saw and two batteries in the back of the Honda and off we went. We got down pretty late so I didn't take any pictures of the limb, nothing huge, about 8" beech. The little dewalt needs a better chain, but it made quick work of it.
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Gonna see if my stihl bar will fit off the 192tc. If so this chain is gonna hit the trash can. Chain is good and sharp, the darn thing just cuts slow.
If I would have had the truck would have tossed the beech and brought it home. But with time against me (45min drive one way) and having to get up at 4am for work today I wasn't about to spend anymore time cutting it small enough to fit in the back of the Honda. I just may grab it today when we run down to pick the kids up.
The double helix is a name I made up after looking at some of the cuts on downed trees from one of my new best friends a year or two ago. Still can't figure out what they were trying to do. But I did get free firewood out of the deal and didn't have to be there for the carnage of cutting the trees down. LOLWhat is this double helix back cut you speak of? Ive never heard of such sorcery!
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