If you say pretty please maybe they will just scoot over into rows for you RobertMy trees do not grow in nice orderly rows like yours do.
I need to have a talk with them.
Sorry, didn't read past messages....I'll check it out.Hey Dale, don't know if you even saw it, but post #8702 (couple pages back) pictures were just for you.
It was 92 °F (33 °C) here today, so after voting in the state primary, I did more pruning in "the orchard," but, besides hurting my shoulder again, it was just too damn hot and humid for me to pick up another four or six trailer loads of limbs. Evening thunderstorms and high winds cooled things considerably, so maybe I can get it all picked up tomorrow.
Lookin good, Rich. Although it looks like the grass and trees have gotten the best of you.....I didn't mow today, although at 90 °F (32 °C if you're in Canada, England, Australia or some other metric country) that would have been easier on my old tired broken body. I cut lots of limbs and carted them off to the brush pile - the same brush pile that can be seen from space. I'm saving all those limbs for future kindling. Probably have 100 years worth by now. Anyway, between reaching too high to cut dead limbs (remember the bad left rotator cuff shit) and dancing around picking up and filling the trailer, then emptying it and going back for more (remember the broken back BS) four times today after all that cutting (see pics below), I am absolutely beat tonight.
OK, here's the pix because some silly part of me says maybe Dale needs to see the trailer attachment before he gets his EC container totally filled. This obviously is a street-legal trailer (bed is 4'x8') and uses a standard hitch, but I pull it with my lawn tractor by inserting this neat little hitch gizmo in between.
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Here's a close-up, Dale:
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These gizmos are intended to allow you to move/position a trailer by hand in your driveway, but I adapted mine (larger tires for muddy areas - they came off an old riding mower) and attached an old tie-down strap so I can use the hook on one end to slip into that little towing hole at the back of the riding mower. This way the mower pulls the trailer, but you do need to reach around behind you with one hand and hold the handle up a couple inches so the parking foot doesn't dig a gouge in your lawn. I don't know what the current price might be (about $50 maybe?) because I've had this thing for ages.
And here's the empty trailer in the trees, ready for another load. I cut four trailer loads today. Probably have another 20 to go to properly prune these trees and pick up all the storm damage.
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Once I get all the limbs out of here that have been whacking me in the face, I can mow this again.
You get any rain yet, Jimi?Evening Rich, I don't blame you for giving `er up on the branches I had a mild heat stroke working in the garden a few days ago, it was 97 and dead calm, didn't think I was going to get in the house before passing out.
Due to bodily injuries, I have not kept up with this place like I need to, but I am developing my stubborn streak once again, so I plan to do my damnedest to ignore my pains and catch up this summer and never let it get away from me again.Lookin good, Rich. Although it looks like the grass and trees have gotten the best of you.....
No we had that one rain then not a drop since, the guessers keep saying it's going to but never happens, just thankful for what we did get a while backYou get any rain yet, Jimi?
That's the spirit RichDue to bodily injuries, I have not kept up with this place like I need to, but I am developing my stubborn streak once again, so I plan to do my damnedest to ignore my pains and catch up this summer and never let it get away from me again.
Doing well. worked on the Blazer some, got about 1/2 of my lawn mowed and made a trip into town.Evening Robert how you doing my friend
Was only kidding....I understand there are not enough hrs in a day.Due to bodily injuries, I have not kept up with this place like I need to, but I am developing my stubborn streak once again, so I plan to do my damnedest to ignore my pains and catch up this summer and never let it get away from me again.
More likely they will throw limbs at me or just laugh tree laugh at me.If you say pretty please maybe they will just scoot over into rows for you Robert
Yeah, the temp, humidity and the fact that it was one of those very rare days -- dead calm -- that stopped me from finishing today. The thunderstorms tonight, however, brought high enough winds to bend the flag pole, so I had to take the flag down before the pole broke. If we had that wind earlier, it would have countered the humidity, so even with the recurrence of the shoulder pain, maybe I would have gotten it done. Tomorrow is a new day and I plan to "get 'er done" then.Evening Rich, I don't blame you for giving `er up on the branches I had a mild heat stroke working in the garden a few days ago, it was 97 and dead calm, didn't think I was going to get in the house before passing out.
Lucy may be packing vape stuff.Where are our lovely gals tonight?
I thought angry trees threw apples at ya. Oh, wait, you're not in Oz. Never mind...More likely they will throw limbs at me or just laugh tree laugh at me.
Oh Ok I hope she has a safe and fun trip, hope i get to tell her thatLucy may be packing vape stuff.
She heads out for HI tomorrow night.
I thought you had to drink Angry Orchard to get them to do that.I thought angry trees threw apples at ya. Oh, wait, you're not in Oz. Never mind...
Oh Ok I hope she has a safe and fun trip, hope i get to tell her that
My lovely gal is right beside meWhere are our lovely gals tonight?
I thought she said yesterday that she made a bid on a house through a bank and got it already.they are house hunting...
Whoa, Phil. Don't let Sarah know about that!My lovely gal is right beside me
How you doing tonight PhilMy lovely gal is right beside me
Whoa, Phil. Don't let Sarah know about that!
Tired been working on my truck port still got some work to do on it before I can put the roof on.
How you doing tonight Phil
Too late.Whoa, Phil. Don't let Sarah know about that!
Yeah that really does suckIt's tuff having to work on your vacation
Yeah When you get to the Old Phart status you really feel that kind of work, hell you feel all kinds of work
What's a ... .... v a c a t i o n ?It's tuff having to work on your vacation
Really I don't knowWhat's a ... .... v a c a t i o n ?
Yeah the hunting may be over and now the aggravating part with all the paperwork and such.I thought she said yesterday that she made a bid on a house through a bank and got it already.
Yeah the hunting may be over and now the aggravating part with all the paperwork and such.
Yes that part really sucksYeah the hunting may be over and now the aggravating part with all the paperwork and such.
I thought she said yesterday that she made a bid on a house through a bank and got it already.
Oh Ok I hope she has a safe and fun trip, hope i get to tell her that
But the worst part is the play hurts too.Yeah When you get to the Old Phart status you really feel that kind of work, hell you feel all kinds of work
I hurt all overBut the worst part is the play hurts too.
Any bank owned property is usually a nightmare, but if you get it, may be a great investment.Mr Juicy is in Hilo, I'm fixing to head there at 1 a.m. Thursday morning
My offer was conditionally accepted - now its waiting to see if the title company will actually insure it and I had to sign with a realtor to negotiate the weird excise tax (legally only seller is supposed to pay, but they want me to pay it on top of accepted offer price) etc etc
Its directly owned by a foreign bank and I'm in over my head on this one
It is still a work in progress and can still fall through anytime
Thanks Jimi
Try not to stress out.It is still a work in progress and can still fall through anytime
Once upon a time in a land far far away... long before I reached Old Phart status, I used to do something called a "road trip." I would get in my Trans Am (or whatever I was driving that year) and drive through 10 states, staying at motels and eating in restaurants (or, in the case of the Blazer days, pulling a travel trailer)... visiting every national park on the map, taking 30 rolls of 35mm film (now you know how long ago that was), all in the two weeks my company called a "vacation." Haven't been able to do that in so many years I can barely remember what it was like... Even if we didn't have all these animals to take care of, I no longer have the money to do it. One day at a time...Really I don't know
HiYa Lucy how have you been my friendMr Juicy is in Hilo, I'm fixing to head there at 1 a.m. Thursday morning
My offer was conditionally accepted - now its waiting to see if the title company will actually insure it and I had to sign with a realtor to negotiate the weird excise tax (legally only seller is supposed to pay, but they want me to pay it on top of accepted offer price) etc etc
Its directly owned by a foreign bank and I'm in over my head on this one
It is still a work in progress and can still fall through anytime
Thanks Jimi
Right behind youNite all I iz tired.
You've sure got that right RobertBut the worst part is the play hurts too.
G'night Robert see you tomorrow my friendNite all I iz tired.