How 'bout a Slice of Humble Pie...

[RiverRat2]

bifocal safety glasses, now that is funny!!

Dont laugh I have several pairs!!!! LOLOL!!!!!

pwesoaNLLY!!! i just use a red magic marker. readily visible, and marks nearly anything.....

I use a yellow paint stick pencil works great stays on good easy to see!!!!!!

 

[stipes]

Lol!!!

Pretty cool post Gary....Here I am goin on 47 years old comin Oct...I tell ya,,,the young folks on here better appreciate their youth.....
My eyes been gettin worst...Had glasses made last year cause of my eyes,,but I'm the only one outta my family that dont wear glasses I refused to wear them,,but it's just a matter of time,,and then,,,gonna have to wear contacts or glasses all the time...Gettin old is a f**king bit*ch....I tell myself I aint gonna get old,,but my body tells me diffrent...I can still keep up with alot of the younger people,,but I pay for it the next few days...Guess I wont except gettin old till I'm finally crippled up and just cant go anymore....

 

[GASoline71]

When I was doin' the clearin' job on Sunday... we were able to keep all the Alder we wanted. So we hauled a few truckloads of it out of there. Some of those Alders were big. 25" to 30" at the stump... that's big for Alders...

Anyways... we had a Kuboda front loader there... if it were not for that tractor we would have had to quarter most of the rounds we put in the truck. I remember thinkin' while we were loadin' the trucks... that when I was 25... I would have horsed those into the back of the truck no matter what. I would have busted a nut before I would have used the tractor.

Now the ol' "Work smarter not harder" comes to mind more often. Glad that little front loader was there. Half the probs I have with my back are because of bullheaded stoopidness during my younger days.

Gary

 

[windthrown]

You covered in red juice from cutting that alder?

 

[GASoline71]

Yep... front of my hickory and my riggin's are stained... Like always after cuttin' that crap...

My bar and front of my saw have that crap on it too...

It's the one thing I hate about cuttin' alder. The other is how brittle they are on the stump... and they are always leaners.

Gary

 

[Blazin]

"Work smarter not harder" You got the manual for that? I really need to read it! I'm right with ya on this one...It's hard to grip it sometimes. Must be why the "I ain't as good as I once was" tune hits home now.

 

[mimilkman1]

On chains that have a DL count divisible by 4 there will be no obvious "joint" in the chain.

I have been in the practice for many years of marking a tie strap or raker with a file to give me an obvious start/stop point. I tried the paint and marker technique but if a chain is a little oily or if the saw is still dirty the mark does not always come around clearly visible.

Lately I have even resorted to the lighted scope Stihl #1 gave me to have a close look at a sharpened cutter or two just to make sure. My work glasses are a step behind in the prescription and it does make a big difference for fine detail work. I have to bring the regular street glasses along if I know I will be looking at a micrometer.

I can still read the dial indicator with the old glasses but that only works on the simple stuff.

Mark

I think from now on I will make sure I have an odd number of DLs in each loop I have made so I can see the joint in case I want to sharpen in the woods and don't have a marker.

Kyle

 

[ropensaddle]

When I was doin' the clearin' job on Sunday... we were able to keep all the Alder we wanted. So we hauled a few truckloads of it out of there. Some of those Alders were big. 25" to 30" at the stump... that's big for Alders...

Anyways... we had a Kuboda front loader there... if it were not for that tractor we would have had to quarter most of the rounds we put in the truck. I remember thinkin' while we were loadin' the trucks... that when I was 25... I would have horsed those into the back of the truck no matter what. I would have busted a nut before I would have used the tractor.

Now the ol' "Work smarter not harder" comes to mind more often. Glad that little front loader was there. Half the probs I have with my back are because of bullheaded stoopidness during my younger days.

Gary

Yup amen to that a hard head will break a man down I remember oldtimers say bet ya can't lift that and put it over there and me sweating my lil booty off straining but accomplishing the feat. I made many of them smile but I use equipment now for anything I can.

 

[oldsaw]

I've done it for years, just made everything easier. That said, bifocals are not far away. Getting bad, now I have to peer over my glasses to see anything close up.

Mark

 

[GASoline71]

Well... I'm jumpin' on a plane in a few hours headed for Las Vegas. This "oldtimer" needs a vacation. Actually my sis is gettin' married...

So you heathens stay safe while I'm gone. ...and someone make sure to keep the oil threads at bay for me!

See you guys and gals in a week!

Gary

 

[stihl sawing]

Have fun and don't spend all your money on those slots.

 

[Deadwood Kid]

I said it then in some of the posts last year and the year before about using magic markers sharpening chains... y'all are gonna get old some day and eat crow. Sooner or later, everyone succumbs to Presleyopia (that is the inability to see Elvis up close).

My advice: when you get into your 40s, get several pairs of reading glasses. They sell them in 3 packs at Costco. Keep them all over. In tgeh truck, in the shop, in the garage, next to the computer. I also have several pairs in different ranges. Some higher power ones are for reading, some are for intermediate distance stuff like working on chainsaw on the bench, and some are for internet reading and typing like I have on now. You get a different range of focus with different glasses.

Now Gary, its time for a margurita

you sound like my dad, he has reading glasses all over the place, and he still can never find them. seriously gotta be nearing 30 paris now :S

 

[2dogs]

Well... I'm jumpin' on a plane in a few hours headed for Las Vegas. This "oldtimer" needs a vacation. Actually my sis is gettin' married...

So you heathens stay safe while I'm gone. ...and someone make sure to keep the oil threads at bay for me!

See you guys and gals in a week!

Gary

Don't forget to demand the senior discount!

 

[RiverRat2]

Don't forget to demand the senior discount!

Aw man that was cold!!!!!! Funny,,,,, but cold!!! LOLOL

 

[ropensaddle]

Aww shucks... all you'se guys is makin' me all happy and stuff...

Lotsa old farts around here huh? ...and a few young punks.

Gary

Ya know the funny part is usually an old fart can still knock a young punk on his behind once lol.

 

[mtfallsmikey]

Have fun in Vegas, Gary...I'll be 55 when you return.

 

[ropensaddle]

Have fun in Vegas, Gary...I'll be 55 when you return.

Wow you're ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooold lol

 

[turnkey4099]

Wow you're ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooold lol

Naw, from my seat he is just a young whippersnapper.

Harry K

 

[Gologit]

Naw, from my seat he is just a young whippersnapper.

Harry K

Yup.

 

[ropensaddle]

Golly I must be a spring chicken funny but it don't feel that way at 46!