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Post by clarencebunsen on Jul 6, 2020 10:03:16 GMT -5
It might be a good day to put your feet up and drink iced tea.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2020 10:31:32 GMT -5
Clipper said: When this project is done I really need to assess projects before I start and decide if I am physically capable of accomplishing the tasks anymore. It is becoming very frustrating for a person that loves that kind of work and likes to stay busy. I guess there comes a time when we have to admit we are no longer physically capable of difficult and strenuous tasks.
Clipper how so very true. Time to start taking it easy I think. And follow CB's advice!
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Post by Ralph on Jul 6, 2020 12:49:54 GMT -5
Sounds like you over did a bit there Clipper. Knock that stuff off! lol!
I had a few things planned for this "weekend", but I will put them aside as the heatwave begins today. Going to be a long hot week I'm afraid.
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Post by BHU on Jul 6, 2020 19:13:37 GMT -5
The weekend project took it's toll. Walking around on the blacktop driveway and wheeling wheelbarrow loads of concrete was too much for my old feet I guess. I woke up yesterday with plantar fasciitis in my left foot and could hardly walk. I seem to be prone to the fasciitis. I had it before and had to have painful steroid shots in the arch of my foot and wear a boot splint for a month or so. It seems to be better this morning so I will just stay off my feet as much as I can and hope it passes. I have to go to cardiac rehab today. We will see if I can still do the 40 minutes on the recumbent elliptical thing or if I will have to do something different to accomplish the necessary cardiac workout. I sure as hell wouldn't be able to walk on a treadmill. Come Friday we start the concrete project all over again. This time I am buying the mix in 50 lb bags and will have to make two trips to Lowes for about 2400lbs total. I can take back whatever we don't use. The 80lb bags were quite cumbersome and hard to handle and dump in the wheelbarrow. I wore an old pair of shoes that I didn't care about if they got ruined. I will wear a pair of rubber boots that I wear to work in the garden this time around. A bit harder to walk in, but have good arch support. I have dirt to move also, but there is no way I can step on a shovel to dig into the pile with the sore foot, nor would I be able to stand on the one sore foot while I stepped on the shovel with the good foot. I am getting too old for this crap. When this project is done I really need to assess projects before I start and decide if I am physically capable of accomplishing the tasks anymore. It is becoming very frustrating for a person that loves that kind of work and likes to stay busy. I guess there comes a time when we have to admit we are no longer physically capable of difficult and strenuous tasks. Clipper, I know how you feel. At 64 I can't go at it like I used to. But this heat is enough to get the best of anyone, especially with the project you're doing. I hereby prescribe a couple days off spent at a nearby trout stream, some snacks & a cooler filled with your favorite cold beverage. Remember, tomorrow is another day. Stay cool. |
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Post by Clipper on Jul 7, 2020 21:24:32 GMT -5
I guess I am fortunate to be still be able to go at it at all but I sure am not as able as I was just a few short years ago. I was up an in the garden at 6:45 this morning in order to cultivate with the small tiller but it started acting up and would not stay running so I was at my small engine guy's house at 7:30 when he opened his shop. The fuel line had a hole in it that caused the carb to suck air so it would start but would only run for a few seconds and would shut back down.
$20 later I was back in business but by nine it was too hot to work and I had rehab at 1pm so I didn't want to be exhausted when I arrived to do my 40 minutes of exercise.
I hope the bumblers are gone by morning. When I left for bowling at 6 o'clock they were still swarming around the post where the birdhouse used to hang.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2020 8:05:23 GMT -5
Get bug spray and spray that whole area. Bee's are a nuisance.
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Post by BHU on Jul 8, 2020 8:31:41 GMT -5
I guess I am fortunate to be still be able to go at it at all but I sure am not as able as I was just a few short years ago. I was up an in the garden at 6:45 this morning in order to cultivate with the small tiller but it started acting up and would not stay running so I was at my small engine guy's house at 7:30 when he opened his shop. The fuel line had a hole in it that caused the carb to suck air so it would start but would only run for a few seconds and would shut back down. $20 later I was back in business but by nine it was too hot to work and I had rehab at 1pm so I didn't want to be exhausted when I arrived to do my 40 minutes of exercise. I hope the bumblers are gone by morning. When I left for bowling at 6 o'clock they were still swarming around the post where the birdhouse used to hang. I'm having the same problem with my leaf blower. Damn thing starts then quits after a few seconds. I found a hole in the primer bulb, replaced it but it's still acting up. Think I'll put a new carb on it. Ebay has them for like $20., & made in the good ole USA. I use my leaf blower to dry my truck off after washing it. No water spots & I don't have to use the wife's kitchen towels & hear about it afterwords. Lol |
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Post by Clipper on Jul 8, 2020 8:32:57 GMT -5
Get bug spray and spray that whole area. Bee's are a nuisance. The bees are still swarming and active this morning around where the birdhouse hung and in the carport. I will have to do something. I still haven't been stung but this morning I was getting out the tiller and parked a wheelbarrow over near there and they were dive bombing me and circling my head. I fought them off with my cap until I could get out of the area. I hate to kill them. Bees that pollinate are a valuable asset rather than a nuisance, and for a gardener it would be very hard for me to kill them. In recent years I have seen more bumble bees and carpenter bees pollinating our garden and fewer honey bees. |
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Post by BHU on Jul 8, 2020 16:53:25 GMT -5
I've seen very few bees this year, bumblebee or honey. And when I do see them I won't kill them & I use no pesticides in my garden. Wasps are a diferent story, their a nuisance, their ornery & there ain't nothing worse then a wasp sting.
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Post by clarencebunsen on Jul 9, 2020 10:24:18 GMT -5
We had one in our house a few days ago. It was in the kitchen so I opened the door to the garage and we sheltered in the den hoping it would find its way out. Instead it found a way to join us. I had to use the fly swatter.
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Post by Clipper on Jul 9, 2020 10:55:42 GMT -5
We had one in our house a few days ago. It was in the kitchen so I opened the door to the garage and we sheltered in the den hoping it would find its way out. Instead it found a way to join us. I had to use the fly swatter. Hahaha! Kathy would be in a total panic until I could kill it. I guess we have to remember that a bee doesn't come in your house to attack you. Most of the time they are there by accident and are lost and wanting nothing more than to get back outside. I was in the garden this morning running the little tiller between rows and there was a couple of bumble bees flitting about doing their pollinating thing with my cucumber blossoms. They didn't bother me any. I simply was not comfortable with the agitated bees in the carport and I am glad that they are finally gone. I finally got the cultivating finished for now. By the time I got the little tiller home the other day after having the gas lines replaced it was too hot to go out there. I finished before nine this morning and it was already approaching 80 degrees. I watered all the plants before the sun came around to beat on them and spent a few minutes carefully pecking away at the remaining portion of the hard clay in the trench across the driveway with a pick in order to get it down to about 4 inches or more in preparation for concrete. I was hoping to be able to complete the concrete this weekend but they are forecasting rain, possibly heavy at times, for Saturday and Sunday. It is hard to accomplish much when I have to attend the cardiac rehab sessions every day but Friday, Saturday and Sunday. I don't want to show up at rehab already exhausted and then push myself during another 40 or so minutes of intensive cardio exercises. I am lame enough when I come home from there as it is, haha. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2020 11:03:34 GMT -5
Come to think of it I haven't seen any bees this summer either. Interesting. I will have to pay closer attention while I am out strolling in the park this afternoon.
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Post by Clipper on Jul 9, 2020 17:22:32 GMT -5
I try to support the bee population. I had to over seed some of the back lawn last spring so I did it with clover. I have drought related dead spots again now and when I get round to seeding them again I will have them mix in some clover. I buy the seed at a feed and farm store and they will mix the varieties of grass in any percentages you desire. I normally buy a mix of red fescue and clover.
If you are going to look for bees in the park I suppose you would only find them where some flowers or clover has been planted. Otherwise all you will probably see is wasps and yellow jackets around the trash cans, haha.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2020 21:00:22 GMT -5
Would it have been to expensive to put the septic tank in the back of the house rather than the front. I remember my Uncle and Aunt's house on Lorraine Ave also had it in the front lawn.
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Post by Clipper on Jul 10, 2020 20:56:53 GMT -5
Well the saga continues. I just returned from Lowe's a little while ago with 24 more 50# bags of concrete mix, set up the mixer and covered it with a tarp. The 80lb bags I bought last time were very cumbersome and heavy to handle. Ready to go in the morning whenever my sister and her husband arrive to help. We will pour what we can, hopefully finish the job and then we will enjoy a nice spaghetti dinner. Kathy made her meat balls and sauce today.
My sis and brother in-law don't mind helping me. When we first moved down here I completed many fairly large remodeling and repairs at their house. Me and my sister Donna have always been close. My brother lives no too far from here in Kingsport but he is in the middle of building an addition onto his own house. He also had a heart attack about a year ago so I would be leery of having him working out in the heat that we are experiencing. As for myself, I am pacing myself, taking plenty of breaks and staying hydrated. The only thing that sets the pace to a certain extent is the fact that once you start pouring concrete you have to keep moving so it doesn't set before you get it screeded off smooth. If not for the sweltering heat wave this is the sort of project that I enjoy doing.
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