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What are you doing today, II
- Thread starter NorthernRedneck
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Headed to the city first thing for a chiropractor appointment then came home and did another 3 hours of plowing. I've also been plowing the neighbors down the street as he does his with a small kubota backhoe which takes him 5+ hours. I can do his place in about 40 minutes with the plow truck.
I know it snows deep up there in Canada. But so deep one needs a backhoe to dig out?
Kinda scary.
He's got a mini backhoe with a mower attachment and smaller bucket. We've got about 2ft of snow now.
J.J. McDaniels
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Just finished up work for the week. I’m going to go home, chill and throw a few burgers on the grill.
Here in St. Louis we get one of these every two or three years or so. Usually in March. Mother nature's way of saying "it ain't yet spring."
Most people have removed their snow tires and put away the snowblower.
Add to that the inevitable disasters because nobody in St. Louis knows how to drive in even a 1/2" snowfall. I was once struck three times in the same car, by the same foolish driver at the same incident. With over 20" of snow on the highway, she decided to pass me going up hill. First, she lost control and took out my driver side door. Then she passed me and did a doughnut sliding into my front grill. I bounced to the left as she came sliding down the hill into my passenger door.
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J.J. McDaniels
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I'm off today but I'm up early again out of habit. Sucks when you can't even really sleep in because of a built-in alarm clock that wakes you at the same time or earlier every single day whether working or not.
I understand. My built in alarm goes off at 5:30 every morning. Lol. By supper time I'm beat.
Not much on the agenda today as it's a balmy -26 Celsius but it's supposed to warm up this afternoon. Half the kids have the day off school as it's the start of exams. It's my oldest son's birthday today. He's officially an adult now. This getting old thing sucks.
We're supposed to be getting my wife's vehicle back from the body shop today. So I'll have to return the rental at some point. We didn't really need it this week with having three other vehicles to choose from but it was included in the insurance coverage. So why not? Lol. A fully loaded dodge Durango rt was a nice comparison to our Ford Expedition. The Durango sits lower and has a more car-like feel to it but same size and seating as ours. Towing capacity is only 500lbs less than the Expedition. But what a gas guzzler that hemi is.
Not much on the agenda today as it's a balmy -26 Celsius but it's supposed to warm up this afternoon. Half the kids have the day off school as it's the start of exams. It's my oldest son's birthday today. He's officially an adult now. This getting old thing sucks.
We're supposed to be getting my wife's vehicle back from the body shop today. So I'll have to return the rental at some point. We didn't really need it this week with having three other vehicles to choose from but it was included in the insurance coverage. So why not? Lol. A fully loaded dodge Durango rt was a nice comparison to our Ford Expedition. The Durango sits lower and has a more car-like feel to it but same size and seating as ours. Towing capacity is only 500lbs less than the Expedition. But what a gas guzzler that hemi is.
J.J. McDaniels
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Mine went off at 3, 4 and finally 5 before I rolled out of bed. At that point I thought, 'What the hell' and got up anyway and put on a pot of slow cooker chili for today. It's currently 26 outside and it's not going to improve much.
We must be related. I've had a built-in wake-up call at 5:30 since my teens.
However, working two and three jobs at the same time, I had learned to go to sleep anytime I had the chance. So, I can usually go back to bed and sleep another few hours. Nice on Saturdays.
I wish I could go back to sleep. Lol. My back is usually what wakes me up at that time. Then it's a case of taking my morning meds waiting for them to kick in to get some relief which takes about 2 hours.
When I was a fulltime firefighter/paramedic, we used to do three things.
Eat, sleep, and stay up all night meeting people on the worst day of their lives. You get use to putting pain, physical and mental, out of your mind or you get no sleep at all.
Eat, sleep, and stay up all night meeting people on the worst day of their lives. You get use to putting pain, physical and mental, out of your mind or you get no sleep at all.
I do that throughout every day. Otherwise I'd go crazy. I figure if I'm able to stand more than a couple minutes without collapsing in pain then I can work through everything else and just plug away at stuff. Some days that could mean cutting and splitting a cord of wood. Other days that could mean struggling to shovel 10 ft of sidewalk. And the bad days are struggling to make it to the bathroom from the living room without using a walker. Every day is different for me and a bad flare can take me out for a week or more.
J.J. McDaniels
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Taking in a few shots of whiskey. I’ll try not to over indulge as I remember what happened the last time I did. Three separate trips to the bathroom on my hands and knees at the toilet. Good times but a hell of a hangover the next day.
Been there. Done that. Lmao. I took a liking to fireball lately.
J.J. McDaniels
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I’ve had that one. I had half of a big bottle by myself. That’s where the trouble started. I had Skrewball PB flavored tonight. Not bad. I took about four shots of that and about two shots of Vodka. Had a nice nap. Lolz, I'll sleep well after dinner.
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Ironman
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Helped a guy load a heavy machine onto his trailer last week. He brought me a fifth of MONKEY whisky. Never had it.
Gonna try it tonight, so my torn rotator won't keep me awake.
Fallen down tipsy? I gave that up 53 years ago.
Gonna try it tonight, so my torn rotator won't keep me awake.
Fallen down tipsy? I gave that up 53 years ago.
Nothing much on the agenda today other than clearing up some snow around the fire pit. Depending on the temperature, I may take out the snowmobiles for a short afternoon ride. We'll see. As much as I want to go sledding, I've been nursing a bad back for a week now and don't want to overdo it.
Got up early today made coffee and sat on the back porch watching Blue Birds on the feeders. Must be 6 of them and a flock of black-eyed Juncos on the ground. The Juncos go back to Alaska for summer, but the Blue Birds might stay. I've set five houses up for them.
Blah!
Lol
Lol
Well I was just sitting here reading the rants of the latest spamming, shit stirring freak to grace our forum.
The End.
The End.
J.J. McDaniels
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Same here. I just kept scrolling.
I saw that too. Just kept scrolling.
I was rather busy today. Finally stopped long enough to catch my breath. I headed out at first light to pull the battery from my son's car to head to the city to pick up a new one. While there, I picked up some wood for a bookshelf for our bedroom. Then came home and lit a fire in the garage and got to work. I had to stop as I had to head back to pick up our youngest son to bring him to get a few more teeth pulled. He had 4 done last week and 2 this week (all due to crowding). He gets braces on Friday.
Here's the progress so far on the bookshelf. I still have to cut and install the backing board and stain it.
I was rather busy today. Finally stopped long enough to catch my breath. I headed out at first light to pull the battery from my son's car to head to the city to pick up a new one. While there, I picked up some wood for a bookshelf for our bedroom. Then came home and lit a fire in the garage and got to work. I had to stop as I had to head back to pick up our youngest son to bring him to get a few more teeth pulled. He had 4 done last week and 2 this week (all due to crowding). He gets braces on Friday.
Here's the progress so far on the bookshelf. I still have to cut and install the backing board and stain it.
On call again from 6 am to 6 pm, so can't go anywhere, but did get in some garage time, cleaned the house, did some laundry, for some reason I am still not sure about bought a Total Gym on TSC, and between that all, took calls and images, wrote reports, and now see time has flown past quickly.
4 more hours, and I will be done being on call, so take the dog for a long walk.
4 more hours, and I will be done being on call, so take the dog for a long walk.
It was another frigid day outside so I lit a fire in the garage then headed to the city to pick up some dog food then came home to finish the bookcase. Somewhere in there I did a dump run which sucked with -25 temperatures and a windchill of -40.
We brought the bookcase in and loaded it mostly with my dad's Clive Cussler collection.
The second picture is one I took at the dump. I must have counted over 40 bald eagles.
J.J. McDaniels
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Halfway through my workday. It’s cold with a light breeze but it’s gorgeous out today.