tallyho8
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They must be half baked a little to start with !
Some of us rather be half baked than freeze dried.
Hot temps, don't know how southerners do it
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Some of us rather be half baked than freeze dried.
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Say I got quite a kick out of this .Some of us rather be half baked than freeze dried.
Should I vote it as the reply of the day?
OP
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I'll second that. You guys made me laugh out loud.
Off topic Dudley, but what kind of a log are you leaning on in your profile? It's a monster?
tallyho8
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That's one of my pecan trees that Katrina took down. Pecan trees grow extremely fast and large in this area.
kevindsingleton
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I moved from Dallas to Pittsburgh, at age 40. It's an adjustment, going from the long hot summers of Texas to the long cold winters of Pennsylvania. You have to admire people who can function in the cold and snow, and not get depressed about how long the winter lasts, or how short the summers are.
As soon as the snow finally melts, these folks are out on motorcycles, and gardening, and making the most of the pleasant weather of springtime. Once summer comes, and the temps soar into the 80s, I get to laugh at the yankees sweltering in the "heat", and wishing for fall.
I'll never get used to the winters, up here, but, boy, we could use some real summer heat!
As soon as the snow finally melts, these folks are out on motorcycles, and gardening, and making the most of the pleasant weather of springtime. Once summer comes, and the temps soar into the 80s, I get to laugh at the yankees sweltering in the "heat", and wishing for fall.
I'll never get used to the winters, up here, but, boy, we could use some real summer heat!
dmccarty
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The last two Saturday's I have been splitting firewood. I am three months behind on chores due to our 2/13 car accident. The firewood would have been split and stacked in Feb/Mar instead of during the heat of the summer. The last two weekends its been 91-95ish and fairly high humidity.
I run the splitter off the JD4700 hydraulics. I built a bench to hold the splitter and provides a work surface to hold the rounds of wood as I split. It makes it soooo much easier to split wood....
Even with the bench and splitter it still is hard work. The first weekend I managed 8 big wheel barrow loads of wood which is about 2/3's of a cord. My back, neck and right arm gave out so I had to stop. The heat was not helping either. Last weekend I split 10 loads or about 3/4 of a cord. Takes about 30 minutes to split and stack a load. I quit after 5 hours splitting for a total of 6 ish hours working. I drank around 4 liters of water and a bit of the "sports" drink mix that a Dr. had published on TBN years ago.
Surely was nice to get inside to a cold shower and AC!
Later,
Dan
The last two weekends its been 91-95ish and fairly high humidity. I run the splitter off the JD4700 hydraulics. I built a bench to hold the splitter and provides a work surface to hold the rounds of wood as I split. It makes it soooo much easier to split wood....
Even with the bench and splitter it still is hard work. The first weekend I managed 8 big wheel barrow loads of wood which is about 2/3's of a cord. My back, neck and right arm gave out so I had to stop. The heat was not helping either. Last weekend I split 10 loads or about 3/4 of a cord. Takes about 30 minutes to split and stack a load. I quit after 5 hours splitting for a total of 6 ish hours working. I drank around 4 liters of water and a bit of the "sports" drink mix that a Dr. had published on TBN years ago.
Surely was nice to get inside to a cold shower and AC!
Later,
Dan
SLOBuds
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An honest day's work, followed by a shower and cool drink, sure is good. That's the time of day when I like to take in what was accomplished and feel pretty good about life altogether. Sleep comes easy on these days.
However, there is also a fine line between this enjoyment and going OVER that line with over-exertion. I have on several occasions been rushed to get so much work done that I've hammered the body too much and the end-of-day ritual has only been one of totally sore muscles and bones. Sleep only comes with aspirin or such. Next day feels totally hung over.
Heat of day is one of the things that easily pushes me over from the 'great time in country' to 'day from h***'. One of the things I've learned with my country life expreiences, is how to tell the difference and how to watch out for the bad days. In my case, there is absolutely no reason to push anything so hard. So my answer is always to simply slow down.
However, there is also a fine line between this enjoyment and going OVER that line with over-exertion. I have on several occasions been rushed to get so much work done that I've hammered the body too much and the end-of-day ritual has only been one of totally sore muscles and bones. Sleep only comes with aspirin or such. Next day feels totally hung over.
Heat of day is one of the things that easily pushes me over from the 'great time in country' to 'day from h***'. One of the things I've learned with my country life expreiences, is how to tell the difference and how to watch out for the bad days. In my case, there is absolutely no reason to push anything so hard. So my answer is always to simply slow down.
EddieWalker
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By 10:30 this morning it was 96 degrees out, I was soaked in sweat, digging footings and hauling load after load of dirt with my wheelbarrow. My goal was to get the footings dug, concrete poured and framing done before calling it a day. At 6:30 PM, I was done for the day and ready for an easy day tomorrow.
What makes this interesting is that we broke the record high for the day at 104 degrees.
I think that's a personal record for me too. I can't remember spending the day outside working in temps that warm before.
Eddie
What makes this interesting is that we broke the record high for the day at 104 degrees.
I think that's a personal record for me too. I can't remember spending the day outside working in temps that warm before.
Eddie
Egon
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Temperatures high? Look at what we got!
CBC.ca - Weather - Conditions
And that is the way it has been for most of the spring!
CBC.ca - Weather - Conditions
And that is the way it has been for most of the spring!
Bird
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I just finished mowing, edging, and trimming the yard and already I'm soaked. It's only 80 degrees (forecast to go to 101 and probably will since it hit 100 yesterday), but out in that sun it's already hot.