Sure is quiet in here....do I need to start a fight?

[pioneerguy600]

I just started a new chapter of life fer me not long ago . Trying to do things a little better as I go along . But health is long gone now , just a slow slide down the hill from here till ? Never to late for most things , but things happen , you just have to do the best ya can to keep it going .
Trying to make things a little better than I had it starting out in several ways for my grandson . Plus do all I can for my girls till I can't no more . That is most important for me now i believe .

Every day is a struggle, one just has to soldier on and make the best of the situation. I know I can`t get as much done as when I was in my 20`s but I like to think I am more organized now and find easier ways to get stuff done. Lot less grab it and move it now, less bulling it into place just some forethought and use some of the gear I already own.

 

[pioneerguy600]

Yep health and family should not be under rated nor taken for granted.........we are only here for a short while and as an old downeast minister I used to work with would say when things didn't go well...."Aaahh...rough like life.....lucky to make it out of it alive".....

Yep,..I know a big stone mason, worked the hardest I ever known a man to work. When I was still in high school he told me its mind over matter, if you think positive you can do it. I often wonder how he survived all those years of hard labor, all the stuff he did was heavy work. 14 years ago I was involved on a big roof project that had a huge stone chimney that needed tear down and rebuild from the roofline. I called him up but wasn`t sure he would want to do this job at his age, he said he would drop by and check it out. Well he dropped by and I was near the peak of a 20' face 10-12 pitch section, he climbed up the ladder like a 20 year old and then walked up the slope right to the ridge without hesitation or thought.!! That year he was 71 years old!!

 

[Cantdog]

Yep,..I know a big stone mason, worked the hardest I ever known a man to work. When I was still in high school he told me its mind over matter, if you think positive you can do it. I often wonder how he survived all those years of hard labor, all the stuff he did was heavy work. 14 years ago I was involved on a big roof project that had a huge stone chimney that needed tear down and rebuild from the roofline. I called him up but wasn`t sure he would want to do this job at his age, he said he would drop by and check it out. Well he dropped by and I was near the peak of a 20' face 10-12 pitch section, he climbed up the ladder like a 20 year old and then walked up the slope right to the ridge without hesitation or thought.!! That year he was 71 years old!!

So true......years ago when I did a lot of high work on pipe staging in the city.....you get guys that were scared of heights but would try to do the work because they needed the job....I could pick 'em out in a heart beat.....some could/would overcome it...most could not....I'd say "Get down.....if are uncomfortable you'll get hurt, or hurt some else....at the very least we don't need any one handed carpenters...can't be hanging on all the time" But by the same token there were the few that were reckless...not thinking about what they were doing or where they were.......they had to get down too....always looking for the men that were cautions and thoughtful about the work but not scared.....mind over matter.....hope I can walk a 10 pitch when I'm 71 but hope the hell I don't still have to!!....ain't that far off timewise.....LOL...

 

[pioneerguy600]

Ivan was the best stone mason I ever seen, he came from a long line of European stone masons and knew not only fit n finish but balance of estetics, his work made all the rest look like amateurs. He did take on that job of rebuilding that chimney, it was a 8' X 4'6" X 12' sucker with lots of nicely shaped stone. I asked him if he needed pictures before we tore it down, should have known better, he sorta scowled and replied, I know how to put it back together...LOL
We took it down and cleaned all the stones real nice n clean and when Ivan came back he put that chimney back together his way, used every stone and not one more or less, I couldn`t do that no matter how I would work it but he worked it out perfectly. The home owner was ecstatic and couldn`t get over what precision fit and beautiful job he had done.

 

[pioneerguy600]

So true......years ago when I did a lot of high work on pipe staging in the city.....you get guys that were scared of heights but would try to do the work because they needed the job....I could pick 'em out in a heart beat.....some could/would overcome it...most could not....I'd say "Get down.....if are uncomfortable you'll get hurt, or hurt some else....at the very least we don't need any one handed carpenters...can't be hanging on all the time" But by the same token there were the few that were reckless...not thinking about what they were doing or where they were.......they had to get down too....always looking for the men that were cautions and thoughtful about the work but not scared.....mind over matter.....hope I can walk a 10 pitch when I'm 71 but hope the hell I don't still have to!!....ain't that far off timewise.....LOL...

The rest of my crew were amazed, not one of them would even try to walk a 10-12 for even a few feet, I could walk it up but not down, Ivan could and did several times during his rebuild. He wasn`t reckless nor stupid, he was in his element! He continued to work until he was 81, he still does small stone and brick jobs if he feels like it.

 

[Cantdog]

The rest of my crew were amazed, not one of them would even try to walk a 10-12 for even a few feet, I could walk it up but not down, Ivan could and did several times during his rebuild. He wasn`t reckless nor stupid, he was in his element! He continued to work until he was 81, he still does small stone and brick jobs if he feels like it.

Yeah just got off a 9 pitch...that's always been about the end of comfortable walking.....I know exactly what you mean about being able to go up but not down!! Gotten stuck up there a couple times....I use fiberglass ladders....great ladders but slippery as the devil on the eves......always a bit scary stepping off a steep roof onto them.......these days I use a stand off like for painting.....put the rubber feet up on the roof deck with the ladder rails against the shingles.....gives you something to hold onto while stepping onto the ladder plus makes it very stable......

 

[pioneerguy600]

I don`t mind stepping off the roof onto the ladder either coming or going yet but walking down a 10-12 is a real test of balance and leg strength, very difficult not to get going too fast going down. We usually lay a ladder flat on the roof deck for getting up and down the slope. Even harder to walk a steep slope with a load of tools or materials on board....LOL

 

[tbone75]

Ivan was the best stone mason I ever seen, he came from a long line of European stone masons and knew not only fit n finish but balance of estetics, his work made all the rest look like amateurs. He did take on that job of rebuilding that chimney, it was a 8' X 4'6" X 12' sucker with lots of nicely shaped stone. I asked him if he needed pictures before we tore it down, should have known better, he sorta scowled and replied, I know how to put it back together...LOL
We took it down and cleaned all the stones real nice n clean and when Ivan came back he put that chimney back together his way, used every stone and not one more or less, I couldn`t do that no matter how I would work it but he worked it out perfectly. The home owner was ecstatic and couldn`t get over what precision fit and beautiful job he had done.

 

[tbone75]

No idea what that was , couldn't do anything till I posted it , no writing allowed either ? Real strange !!

Guess Jon1212 I think he goes by ? Must be mad at me cause of pig poop ? Never said a word to him or about him during that ugly stuff ? Maybe its cause I stuck up fer a friend . if it is I don't need to talk to him anyway . Just lots of stupid childish crap . But no more of that !!!!!!!

 

[Cantdog]

Started working on my truck yesterday.....got the rear body off and Unc's load leveler and straps making a the job a whole lot easier!!!

 

[dancan]

Slackerzzzz

 

[dancan]

This the zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzhuskovite channel ???

Shazzam !!!!!

Mighty Mouse saves the day

 

[pioneerguy600]

This the zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzhuskovite channel ???

Shazzam !!!!!

Mighty Mouse saves the day

Mighty loud Mighty Mouse...LOL
Also a mighty thirsty one.

 

[dancan]

Yup , a loud and thirsty little sob LOL

 

[pioneerguy600]

Yup , a loud and thirsty little sob LOL

But fast!

 

[pioneerguy600]

Well Mighty Mouse cut up even more wood today and I split a good bit also. The sun was out but the wind made it feel a tad cool back in the pit.

 

[dancan]

Been moving and building new woodracks to stack all the Stihl cut wood , about half of what I drug home Saturday is split , last weeks haul and a couple of bucket loads from yesterday's stuff has been relocated , I'll be all cleaned up for more this week
I did run the Kita on some of this today .

Looks like we'll be burning for another week .

 

[pioneerguy600]

I seen that on my way by.

 

[dancan]

You should have stopped in , I'd have gone up and got more , I'll just make more racks , less mowing

 

[pioneerguy600]

Seen you were busy splitting and moving wood so I just kept going, was quite nice there when the wind dropped down.