V good work there cowboy! And 261? The seed is there, let's just water it..... Think about a lively but light saw, almost a light sabre, to slice through limbs and carry all day without being weary..... When will that Holden need tyres?
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Well the fishing tournament in NC went great. There were more Kings in than any year since I've been going. We placed 4th, the tournament pays 3 places. We got bumped out of 3rd by 1 ounce and out of second by 2 pounds. Brought home 2 five foot coolers full and a Tuna bag with 4 more. I'll be smoking Kings today. I was putting away all of my stuff, down stairs. I was carrying a smaller empty cooler down , with my hands full I didn't switch on the lights. Thought I was on the last step, took a long step out into mid air, I was still 2 steps up. Hit the floor hard on my replaced knee, heard a loud pop. I laid there for a few minutes, till my son got there. Managed to get up and tried some weight on that leg, wasn't too bad. Got upstairs and sat down in a chair. While sitting there I noticed my leg was bent back farther than I can usually bend it. It's been stuck at about 90* since the operation and the rehab people said that was about as good as it would get. Now I can bend it to at least 110*, maybe 120*. I think the loud pop might have been tearing the scar tissue that was keeping it from bending. My hunting buddy said if he knew that's all it would take to get it to bend better, he would have pushed me down the stairs a year ago. It's swollen now and quite stiff, but I'm trying to keep working on bending it so I don't loose that regained motion.
Back to the tournament. One day I grabbed the rod that turned out to be the big fish of the day. I was concentrating on the rod and fish. I heard my room mate start going off, and out of the corner of my eye I saw him pushing at something in the water, with the gaff, about 2-3 feet behind my fish, then I saw the mouth on a big Hammerhead shark open up. It was about to bight my fish in half. He kept pushing at it and it rolled over and started to take off. When it rolled over it rolled right into the hook on the gaffed and almost pulled my room mate off the boat. Then he started yelling for someone to get the old gaff. The shark took his new 8' gaff with it. Lucky we had the old 6' gaff as back up, we got the fish on board. We caught 9 one day, that was a record for us. Every boat caught Kings, even the new guys. Weather was in the mid to upper 80's every day. Only down side was every boat has to take one day off. On our off day we were going to run offshore for Wahoo, and the wind picked way up and we decided we were all getting too old to go out in 15' swells and get beat up all day. The good part of not running offshore is we saved about $400 in fuel, I can live with that, Joe
Back to the tournament. One day I grabbed the rod that turned out to be the big fish of the day. I was concentrating on the rod and fish. I heard my room mate start going off, and out of the corner of my eye I saw him pushing at something in the water, with the gaff, about 2-3 feet behind my fish, then I saw the mouth on a big Hammerhead shark open up. It was about to bight my fish in half. He kept pushing at it and it rolled over and started to take off. When it rolled over it rolled right into the hook on the gaffed and almost pulled my room mate off the boat. Then he started yelling for someone to get the old gaff. The shark took his new 8' gaff with it. Lucky we had the old 6' gaff as back up, we got the fish on board. We caught 9 one day, that was a record for us. Every boat caught Kings, even the new guys. Weather was in the mid to upper 80's every day. Only down side was every boat has to take one day off. On our off day we were going to run offshore for Wahoo, and the wind picked way up and we decided we were all getting too old to go out in 15' swells and get beat up all day. The good part of not running offshore is we saved about $400 in fuel, I can live with that, Joe
nice trip! the fishing one that is, the steps one sounds nasty, take good care of that knee
Man oh man do I know all to well those hard bumps on my metal knee. I have pretty good bend with mine, I can almost hit my butt with my foot. Extension is what I cant get. At first I couldnt hardly get any bend. Everytime I would make a sudden step going down stairs, I would get a hard (hurting) pull and gain a little more bend. Scar tissue pulling loose. A few months ago I was clearing out a trail where I plan on putting a new drive way. Took the wife with me just in case I stumbled and fell or got cut with the saw. After taking her home and going back to load my tractor, I was walking out the trail and tripped on a old barbwire fence. Knee hit the ground hard. I couldnt get up and thought I had really hurt myself. I wanted to call 911 but couldnt find my phone. I carry my cell phone in my shirt pocket and of course I lost it when I fell. I was rolling around trying to find it when my BIL came riding up on his 4wheeler. He helped me to my feet and after staggering around for a little bit, I was finally able to walk to my truck. I made my mind up right then and there that I wouldnt do any more saw work alone. I get around a lot better now than I did then, but I stretched that knee again last week getting out of my boat. Hurt for a minute, but I got over it pretty fast.
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Wow quite the conversation on night splitting. It was informative and there are some great ideas. I do have a few battery powered lanterns that are very bright which I will set up.
Nope, buloke is a casuarina, this is a eucalypt. That much I know. What sort of eucalypt it is...well I've had four different opinions. This one is out of my normal scrounging domain and I don't know all the species. It is in a predominately red gum forest but it isn't red gum (though I wouldn't have minded if it was
)I like how your looking after the welfare of those splits by putting a seat belt on them
Safety first! Of course the other reason is that the car beeps at me if it thinks someone is sitting in the seat without a seatbelt. I had my doubts over the ironbark diagnosis also based on the bark. The ironbarks I'm familiar with have thicker but also harder bark but I don't profess to be an expert. It has been a nice tree to cut all the same and I'm sure it'll burn
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Pretty soon, the way I've been fanging it! Can't quite bring myself to buy a smaller saw yet. I tend to scrounge bigger wood where I can because a) more heartwood = less ash and b) most others with their small saws can't hack it. I have the luxury of space at my place and enough time to chip away at completing the processing once I've got the big stuff home.
As AS's resident physiotherapist I can confirm that you are likely correct, you probably busted some adhesions in the joint. If surgeons are not happy with a patient's progress after TKR they'll sometimes knock you out and bend it on your behalf - a manipulation under anaesthetic. Looks like you did the manipulation without anaesthetic. Not the first time I've seen it. You'll get an inflammatory response for a short while but then be ok. If you had loosened the prosthesis you'd probably know by now. If you keep moving it through full range you should keep your increased movement and ice is your friend in the meantime. [insert disclaimer about general advice here
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KiwiBro
Mill 'em, nails be damned.
I can send you my MMWS261 for a week or two if you'd like to try a wee saw.
KiwiBro
Mill 'em, nails be damned.
Re: scar tissue. Some time after my ACL was done, I was on my stationary bike during rehab and rose out of the saddle to attack a 'hill'. Big crack from knee. I mean loud enough it was heard over the TV in the lounge at the other end of the house. First thought was phuckNoNotAgainDearGodGiveMeABreak and I burst into tears at the thought of going through it all again but it calmed down after a few hours and next morning it was better than it had been at any other stage to that point in the rehab.
Ran a saw today for the first time in about two months.
My wife's cousin PM'd me to see if I had any interest in a Homelite 150. I said I wasn't interested in buying it but if he was going to throw it away I'd definitely take it. He says it's yours, come get it and says he got it for free from a buddy and hoped to use it to cut a big silver maple limb that had fallen in his yard. I told him I'd be happy to take care of the limb for the gift of the saw. Limb was about 8" diameter and 25 feet long and narrowly missed his gazebo. So he has plenty of firepit wood and I now have a parts saw for my 150. Saw has compression but the recoil is all gooped up so it may be a runner.
My wife's cousin PM'd me to see if I had any interest in a Homelite 150. I said I wasn't interested in buying it but if he was going to throw it away I'd definitely take it. He says it's yours, come get it and says he got it for free from a buddy and hoped to use it to cut a big silver maple limb that had fallen in his yard. I told him I'd be happy to take care of the limb for the gift of the saw. Limb was about 8" diameter and 25 feet long and narrowly missed his gazebo. So he has plenty of firepit wood and I now have a parts saw for my 150. Saw has compression but the recoil is all gooped up so it may be a runner.
Well , polly 3 years since my last surgery and start from scratch all over again , I know the difference in my abilities , stamina and endurance from Zero to last October compared to this October , I'm still gaining but there have been some trying moments lol
Good beer , pain meds and great forum threads sure have helped a lot
BTW , 2C/36F out there , I can here my scrounged spruce snap , crackle and poppin to keep the house just right
Good beer , pain meds and great forum threads sure have helped a lot
BTW , 2C/36F out there , I can here my scrounged spruce snap , crackle and poppin to keep the house just right
I peeked in the chicken coop tonight and it’s a mess. So I have an immediate use for noodles. Pulled out a saw and started noodling some of that fir I cut last week. My daughter comes over and offers to take pics and video. Lol. I might have a saw problem and arboristsite addiction. So I forwent the pics this time.
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I burnt last night. Went down to 39(F) but I wont burn the rest of the week probably. Supposed to be a really nice week here in central OhioBTW , 2C/36F out there , I can here my scrounged spruce snap , crackle and poppin to keep the house just right
Calls for sun and mid 60's here for the next 7 days starting tomorrow
I'm only burning splitter trash and uglies tonight .
I'm only burning splitter trash and uglies tonight .
Neighbor lost the canopy of a a breadford pear tree two days ago in a short wind burst. Helped him limb the rest of the canopy and drop the trunk. Here is my reward for 2 hours of work.
Second picture is an ash scrounge I found over the weekend
Trunk work done with an echo cs590 and limbing was left to the cs390
Second picture is an ash scrounge I found over the weekend
Trunk work done with an echo cs590 and limbing was left to the cs390
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What's oak ?
Pmt for wood a labor , I don't think that it's too much .
As for a fishing story derail
http://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens...allowing-fish-he-was-trying-to-kiss-1.4358312
As for a fishing story derail
http://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens...allowing-fish-he-was-trying-to-kiss-1.4358312
