so waht ya doin today?

I'm just pulling his (good) leg. Over six months on the knee with multiple major ligament problems and still can hardly walk and living with ice packs, man, I'd be losing my marbles.,

I've not had a major overhaul of a joint , but I did have an O scope on one knee . It had sheaded ligaments all around the inside , no damage to tendons . Where I had about 140° I was reduced to about 110° . I did all the stretching , starting 10 days after and an hour off the crutches . 6 weeks after I was water skiing , cutting wake etc . I couldn't ride the knee board because I couldn't get far enough down to balance the board . The cutting was the first week in May , the Wednesday afternoon before hunting season opened I was down inside the center blocking in a rail car , about 30" wide and a 6' up and over to get out , retrieving a dropped hammer . You know of course I had to be down on my knees and stretched some weird way . When I pulled back to get up there was a very audible pop . it felt someone had slingshot popped me with a rubber band off a bunch of broccoli and for the first time in 40 moths I was sitting on my ankles . I was also pretty sure the knee was completely gone and somebody was going for have to replace a bunch of blocking to get me out .

Appearently when the procedure was done I got a ligament over the top of another and at that particular moment it snapped over whatever had it snagged and it went where it was supposed to be . Instant full motion .

I was 32 then , hard as nails and flexible . I'd probably have a heart attack now ......

I'm off on a mission tomorrow, in search of 50-70 brass (and primers and powder too of course). Packed a load of potential trade bait: unneeded ammo, surplus dies and moulds, and various firearms. Right now I have 4 cases for the rifle (an 1868 trapdoor), cut-down 50-90s I scrounged from my scrap brass bucket.

More likely, I'll come home with another toy I have to figure how to feed, or another 30-06. That seems to be all I find lately.

Ian said:

I'm just pulling his (good) leg. Over six months on the knee with multiple major ligament problems and still can hardly walk and living with ice packs, man, I'd be losing my marbles.,

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All the time you and your poor family spent worrying about your lumpy then leaky neck would have had me losing my marbles.

Reading of the trials and tribulations of people you come to care about makes a feller feel almost guilty about having minimal health and age related issues. Just watching my friends try to get in and out of my boat during early season fishing when the authorities have deemed it too early to put the boat docks out yet is instructive. One guy I've taken twice reminds me of a bear falling over the side of a dumpster. It would be funny if he hadn't fell on his side the first time and smacked his knee on the gunnel the second time.

All I can say is beyond getting lucky in the gene pool lottery is don't become sedentary. Move, work, lift, walk, even when the recliner looks so seductive. I have another buddy who gets winded walking up the hill to the back door of my house, and he has waited too long to do anything about it. He is missing out on a few good years of living as a result.

I finished polishing my turd of a trailer yesterday. It was under a cord of firewood that I bought a while back so it was kinda free.
My daughter asked to use it, to make a dump run so I figured now is the time to fix the hand crank, flat and bald tires, some of the rotted wood, Very loose wheel bearings, and the nonexistent wirering.
Had to use a ratchet strap to get the 14 ply mobile home tires bead to seat. That was scary
I would like Ian to know that no romex was used And it didn't cost me a dime.

But....the jeeps tow wireing needs replacing, the orbital sander needs a new cord, and I'm down one short extension cord.
I was going to tell her if it breaks down, just leave it on the side of the road.
Not now.

L Ross said:

I got so sick of hand spraying the driveways and my gravel road I bought a tank sprayer to mount on the rear rack of my ATV. Worked wonderfully.

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I did the same. However, I still hand spray to keep weeds in check in the sparse areas.

Don't know exactly what CW had done to his knee but maybe its time to look for a new Orthopedic surgeon. I had both knees replace, four months apart. Rehab was for two months, after surgery, per knee. I dove myself to every rehab session. First surgery went so well that I elected to have the other one done and get it out of the way. Turned out to be a good decision. Averaged 14 pain pills per knee...............those were just to help me sleep. The new knees are not OEM, but for the most part, generally pain fee. They balk at weather changes, especially cold temps and dampness. Left one, gets a little stiff, late in the evening. Fine in the AM. It's been said the older you get, the more tolerant of pain you become.

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Don't know exactly what CW had done to his knee but maybe its time to look for a new Orthopedic surgeon. I had both knees replace, four months apart. Rehab was for two months, after surgery, per knee. I dove myself to every rehab session. First surgery went so well that I elected to have the other one done and get it out of the way. Turned out to be a good decision. Averaged 14 pain pills per knee...............those were just to help me sleep. The new knees are not OEM, but for the most part, generally pain fee. They balk at weather changes, especially cold temps and dampness. Left one, gets a little stiff, late in the evening. Fine in the AM. It's been said the older you get, the more tolerant of pain you become.

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Yeah, 'cuz' you get used to EVERYTHING hurting ALL the time! SWMBO and I were discussing this just last night. We've decided that we both tend to mention whatever it is that hurts MOST at that moment. The laundry list of everything that hurts would be many times longer than the list of what doesn't hurt!

Soggy here. Can't seem to lure the cat into the trap. Grey days depress me.

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Soggy here. Can't seem to lure the cat into the trap. Grey days depress me.

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My too. I was born to sit in the sunshine!
Raining like a cow peeing on a flat rock here! A real frog strangler!
Drinking coffee and bored because I can't go outside.

Hawk, you can come over and clean my gutters if you want. Something to do. The little finger on my right hand still works so I'm good to go. Doc told me last time if my leg doesn't straighten out he'll cut it off. Good luck with that, doc. Pushed this week's appt. out another 6 mo., no change in the leg since last appt.
Definitions. Garage - place to put stuff she doesn't want anymore. Mossy Oak - stuff I clean from the gutter every spring. Too late Hawk, just got the ladder out and did it.

Popper,
My license to clean gutters expired and I never did get it renewed.
Besides, my wife says I'll melt in the rain. (She must think I'm made of sugar!)

Yeah, sugar.....

Mine says she doesn't want me to float off. How sweet.

Well, I stayed in the shop and disected a Karcher pressure washer pump. Everything that moves seems to do so nicely. I've cleaned things up, but there may be magic parts deep inside it that I can't fathom, much less repair without the sacrifice of some livestock, or at least a virgin. 3 good sized pistons pumping water. Seems pretty simple. Have to get the Subaru Robin (???) engine running now.

Been working on a project that started out as a 7-1/2” diameter x 6-1/2” long low carbon steel round. About 75 lbs. One of the things I need to do is put a 2-3/4” hole in the middle. Finally a job for the new radial arm drill! I have a spade drill holder and some 1-5/32” diameter spade bits. We tried using it on the Haas lathe w/no success. Too much thrust needed. We put it in the drill press and at 84 rpm and .006” feedrate it only took 12.5 minutes to drill 6-1-2” through the piece. No lead drills needed, no drilling in steps, just a hole and a lot of chips. And this was far below the drill’s capacity, I couldn’t hear any rpm change when it engaged the workpiece.
I’ll post pictures and a narrative later if anyone would be interested.
What a nice way to end a work week.

waco said:

Staring at hours worth of work it will take to kill the weeds growing in all of my gravel areas and willing it to take care of itself. It's not working...

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We were fortunate enough to have found a property with 10,000+ sq. ft. of concrete driveway surrounding the house. Has a few cracks with weeds growing through, but those only take about 20 minutes of work every year or two. One of these days I'll fill those with patch.

We love this place more every day.

You were lucky to find that house, perfect for you in many ways. The walk out basement with the huge shop, the oak wood work throughout is impressive.

Winelover said:

Don't know exactly what CW had done to his knee but maybe its time to look for a new Orthopedic surgeon. I had both knees replace, four months apart. Rehab was for two months, after surgery, per knee. I dove myself to every rehab session. First surgery went so well that I elected to have the other one done and get it out of the way. Turned out to be a good decision. Averaged 14 pain pills per knee...............those were just to help me sleep. The new knees are not OEM, but for the most part, generally pain fee. They balk at weather changes, especially cold temps and dampness. Left one, gets a little stiff, late in the evening. Fine in the AM. It's been said the older you get, the more tolerant of pain you become.

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I wish I could elaborate more but I cannot.
Suffice it to say right now its not my call.
CW

No 50-70 brass to be had. Resisted the temptation to try to swap a friend out of his new 35 Whelan on a Springfield action (not hard, I really like my Mauser 9.3x62). Picked up a partial box of 6.5 gaschecks, passed on a bunch of 25 gas checks. Not a bad way to waste an afternoon.

Rick said:

You were lucky to find that house, perfect for you in many ways. The walk out basement with the huge shop, the oak wood work throughout is impressive.

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This house ranks as one of the luckiest finds in my lifetime. Not even close to renting a room to a polite and thoughtful old fashioned Japanese girl and marrying her 2 years later, but still pretty lucky.
waco mentioned 23 years for he and his bride this July; 24 for Mrs. smokeywolf and I in July.