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What are you doing today, II
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NorthernRedneck
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I totally get it as I've been struggling with the same thing but for different reasons. I worked my butt off full time since high school until my accident in '15. Since then I have been on permanent disability due to chronic pain and a head injury which affects my short-term memory recollection and oral verbal expression. So, as you can imagine, the days get long sometimes especially when I'm sitting in pain unable to stand for long yet my f'n back burns so much putting pressure on it when I sit or lay down. Like now for example. It's 3am and I'm wide awake in pain. It's quite a lifestyle change going from working to being on the sidelines watching everyone else my age get in the morning and head to work while I sit in pain at home. Only difference is I've been doing it for 10 years now and still have another 15 years before my wife can join me and I'm actually retired.
This coming August long weekend, we're going to my high school reunion covering yrs 75-96. So I've been doing a bit of reminiscing myself looking through old photos and yearbooks getting ready for the event.
.....try to get more zzzzzz.....later!
Same message for you, although I’m sure if you could go back in time and avoid you accident you would. But that said you didn’t die, I read your posts and you have a good life with a great family, and as far as I can see still having fun 99% of the time, don’t focus on the 1%, as that’s my wife’s job.
Productive work is how we prove our worth. Spent my childhoods having that hammered into my being. Spent 70 years earning my right to live and prosper. Suddenly I don't need to do it anymore?????
People tell me I have earned the right to rest.
That takes a bit of mental adjustment for any and all of us who spent their life being worthwhile.
People tell me I have earned the right to rest.
That takes a bit of mental adjustment for any and all of us who spent their life being worthwhile.
I'm worthwhile. No job. Retired. Doing my own thing. Yesterday and today buffed the boat's hull sides. Saved some money. Got some exercise. Back hurts; Makita isn't exactly light. Tomorrow I go topsides but with a small buffer. People tell me to slow down. Not quite yet.
I don't feel non productive.
But come summer I'll be non productive - boats to drive, convertibles to drive, open air restaurants to visit, maybe another trip to Florida. Yep, not much work but certainly adding to the economy.
I don't feel non productive.
But come summer I'll be non productive - boats to drive, convertibles to drive, open air restaurants to visit, maybe another trip to Florida. Yep, not much work but certainly adding to the economy.
I was almost always in management. Had my own business for 35 years. Hours were always long. Up at 5:30 home a 8:00 and that's when I only worked at one job. Work came home with me. In essence I hardly ever stopped working.
Only on vacations could I isolate my mind from the job.
I truly miss the pressure.
It is part of my DNA.
I enjoyed it.
Lived for it.
Yes, I will adjust. I'm just venting to my friends here.
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OKAY! Back to work.
Saturday morning promises to be warm. Well Sorta.
Went to Lowes
I got two rolls of fresh sod, some garden soil, & five tomato plants.
I will be potting the tomatoes in 50% commercial soil and 50% compost.
Planting a 10 foot row of red potatoes.
Setting the sod where a brick path ends but the new grass didn't grow last summer.
I have a two year old compost pile 5' X5'X 2' to break up and spread for my flower gardens. They get turned under and
prepared for annuals.
That should take care of Saturday.
Sunday I will shop for the annuals and begin to set them.
I need to find my trimming wound spray so that I can cut the dead branch out of the Pin Oak. This time of year is not a good time because of a spore spread disease. But the wound spray will prevent infection.
And all the tenders go outside!
The branch is about 20 feet up the truck . I do have a ladder that will reach but, it may still be a tedious job. Crumpy will stand by with her phone to call the ambulance.
Not true. She will actually be handling the control ropes. We successfully did six dead Ash trees last summer together. None landed on the house or other structures. Engineered falls. She is quite handy.
Saturday morning promises to be warm. Well Sorta.
Went to Lowes
I got two rolls of fresh sod, some garden soil, & five tomato plants.
I will be potting the tomatoes in 50% commercial soil and 50% compost.
Planting a 10 foot row of red potatoes.
Setting the sod where a brick path ends but the new grass didn't grow last summer.
I have a two year old compost pile 5' X5'X 2' to break up and spread for my flower gardens. They get turned under and
prepared for annuals.
That should take care of Saturday.
Sunday I will shop for the annuals and begin to set them.
I need to find my trimming wound spray so that I can cut the dead branch out of the Pin Oak. This time of year is not a good time because of a spore spread disease. But the wound spray will prevent infection.
And all the tenders go outside!
The branch is about 20 feet up the truck . I do have a ladder that will reach but, it may still be a tedious job. Crumpy will stand by with her phone to call the ambulance.
Not true. She will actually be handling the control ropes. We successfully did six dead Ash trees last summer together. None landed on the house or other structures. Engineered falls. She is quite handy.
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Kevlar
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Funny how so many people i know are excited to retire, then a year after they do they get some kind of job, I'm guessing to help pass the time, but I think most people need to have a purpose in life. I'm 47, I think this spring will be my 35th year seeding a crop. After high-school I worked in construction running heavy equipment, there was about 8 years working lots of 20 hour days, I don't really miss that but I did love it at the time. I'm in the Freedom 85 retirement plan, lol
Kevlar
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Picked up a newer truck for the farm today, first one we've had with an automatic transmission, interested to see how it performs. First day cab, have always had a sleeper trucks because there's more to pick from but came across this one with low mileage and decent hours and in my price range, prices have come down, doesn't sound like there's much selling lately.
I was never excited about retirement. I had plans to run my business everyday until I had to attend m funeral. COVID stepped alover it.
We couldn't get supplies
We couldn't get labor
We couldn't meet contracts.
So, it folded.
Assets were worth 10cents on the dollar if I could find a buyer. We spent a year piecing it out and then cleaning the building to accept a new tenant.
Then,,,,; nothing.
Under Biden, no one was interested in manufacturing. Our markets were promotional and sampling. Dead.
Somy plans died and I didn't.
So,,, ,what's next
NorthernRedneck
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I get it. I watched dad work his butt off for 40 yrs. He had 3 logging trucks hauling wood to a pulp mill for Kimberly Clark. Was all set to start handing over the reins to my brother who was partners with him and slowly work towards early retirement. About 5 years from reaching his goal, the mill shut down and changed ownership. The new owners basically screwed over all the truckers hauling wood into the mill to where they weren't being paid for months so they ended up pulling the trucks and converting them to highway trucks putting sleepers on them only to discover that if they had a flat tire that month, they were in the hole and as an owner operator on the highway, they were working 6 days a week gone from home sleeping in their trucks for what equalled out to be about $5 per hour take home after paying the bills. They pulled the trucks and sold them eventually but lost big $. Dad tried the early retirement thing for a few years but eventually got bored in the winter and went back to work to keep himself busy. That's when he was killed while reconnecting the air lines on a low bed trailer after offloading a piece of equipment. He forgot a simple step. Something that he did for the past 40 years. He forgot to set the truck brakes. As soon as he charged the trailer with air, the truck and trailer rolled backwards downhill as he was parked on a slope sucking him under the tires. So he worked all his life then came to a stop and didn't know what to do with himself so he went back to work and it killed him. Literally
Yesterday, had my son take the backpack leaf blower and clean the leaves out of a large rock garden. I was using the ZTR to grind up the leaves as he blew them in the lawn.
When done, the ZTR was covered with leaf fragments so he took the blower and (using too much air), cleaned off the ZTR.
When he was done, it wouldn't start. I checked everything and then thought it was a coincidence and figured the aux starter solenoid went bad (again) so I ordered a new one.
T-storms heading our way and I didn't want to leave the ZTR outside so I went to hook up jumper cables to bypass the solenoid. On really close inspection, BAM, there it was. He blew a control wire off the main solenoid. I reconnected it and all was well.
Yea! What I thought was going to be a hour or 2 project ended up taking 5 minutes.
When done, the ZTR was covered with leaf fragments so he took the blower and (using too much air), cleaned off the ZTR.
When he was done, it wouldn't start. I checked everything and then thought it was a coincidence and figured the aux starter solenoid went bad (again) so I ordered a new one.
T-storms heading our way and I didn't want to leave the ZTR outside so I went to hook up jumper cables to bypass the solenoid. On really close inspection, BAM, there it was. He blew a control wire off the main solenoid. I reconnected it and all was well.
Yea! What I thought was going to be a hour or 2 project ended up taking 5 minutes.
Nice sewing machine!
Mrs. Zoom inherited a nice Husqvarna Viking sewing machine from my aunt. A couple weeks ago, she found an identical machine on Facebook marketplace (from a seller cleaning out her deceased mother's estate). The seller didn't know what she had. My wife got it for something like $80.
Gotta love machines that have no problem going through things like canvas.
She has a portable Husky Viking walking foot. It's her third one. Great machines but take a beating sewing through a couple layers of sunbrella and 0.040 vinyl. She broke 2 so far.Nice sewing machine!
Mrs. Zoom inherited a nice Husqvarna Viking sewing machine from my aunt. A couple weeks ago, she found an identical machine on Facebook marketplace (from a seller cleaning out her deceased mother's estate). The seller didn't know what she had. My wife got it for something like $80.
Gotta love machines that have no problem going through things like canvas.
A few years ago we bought an old industrial waking foot, but kept losing timing.
Then we were going to buy a sailrite machine, but even through they advertise as a heavy duty machine, it's not much better mechanically than the old Husky.
So we drove to Chicago and bought this new Juki DNU-1541S, the stand, the servo motor, and an accessory kit for less than$1,500 from a sewing place on Milwaukee Avenue. It was on sale. This was maybe 4 years ago.
The thing is a beast. Very large and heavy duty. And it flies. Something like 2500 stitches a minute.
A pic for scale:
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Not sure what Husky Viking the Mrs has but it doesn't look like yours. I know from doing a tune up on it that it had several (like 10) different stitch patterns like yours does.
All I know is that I saw her easily whip through multiple layers of jeans with ease (her test material when she got it).
All I know is that I saw her easily whip through multiple layers of jeans with ease (her test material when she got it).
Husky is a great machine. A lot of work for a portable machine. She did all the canvas and clear vinyl, all the flybridge seats, the padding around the cockpit, and all the interior curtains, cushions, and some throw rug edging, and the sunpad and cover on top of the cabin. Broke two vikings. It was a lot of sewing. 40 foot boat. We bought the machines used. I'm not sure if they even make the portable walking foot machines anymore.
Impressed with the Husky, but really impressed with this Juki. What a machine!
Impressed with the Husky, but really impressed with this Juki. What a machine!
As per post #4,060 outside yard projects.
I resemble that.
Stacked a bunch of firewood.
Pulled out and got running the 25-gallon, tow behind sprayer (going to need this for weeds).
Other things.
The list of chores just doesn't stop.
The list never ends. When it does, the boss says, "turn the paper over and read the backside of the page!"
My observation seeing people retire out of the plants where I do work, those that sit down after retirement and rest, end up going down for good earlier than those that stay active.
Really sucks when your the one that made the list
All the propane trucks and fire trucks in the last 20 years I've driven were automatics with no problems.
the only suggestion I have if you get stuck call for help don't try and rock it out like it's Chevy turbo 350.
. Only disappointing thing was i never bought a gun but got some coins and magazines.
I worked a 6p-10p shift last night.
It was good.
Taught me a lesson never to sign on for shifts before 6pm, like I did last Wednesday.
It's a whole different ballgame on days.
I'm strictly a night shift nurse.
Haven't done much today except for my walking and grocery shopping.
It was good.
Taught me a lesson never to sign on for shifts before 6pm, like I did last Wednesday.
It's a whole different ballgame on days.
I'm strictly a night shift nurse.
Haven't done much today except for my walking and grocery shopping.
Everything on my list was done accept the Oak Tree trimming. I can't find the wound spry or the courage.
We have a green Ash that hasn't come out yet. Green Ash borers took all the others. If it is dead, I'll have it done by pros. It over hangs my neighbor's house so, no way I'm doing it. If so, they can do the oak then.
We have a green Ash that hasn't come out yet. Green Ash borers took all the others. If it is dead, I'll have it done by pros. It over hangs my neighbor's house so, no way I'm doing it. If so, they can do the oak then.