What did you do today?

[Sparky-(Admin) 23,892]

Dropped a big-un today (if 60+ feet is big?)… cut up, hauled outa the woods and already picked up and hauled away. Also cut up a tree that came down 6 weeks ago in a wind storm. 

 

 

 

 

[nylyon-(Admin) 8,436]

Bet you wished you kept that splitter now huh? 🫤

[Sparky-(Admin) 23,892]

1 hour ago, nylyon said:

Bet you wished you kept that splitter now huh? 🫤

LOL! Nope, I give it all away so the end user can do the splitting 

[adsm08 3,704]

Today I remembered that I hate ladders.

[ebinmaine 74,896]

3 minutes ago, adsm08 said:

Today I remembered that I hate ladders.

 

Yep

[8ntruck 8,238]

Ran another tank and a half of gas through the leaf blower blowing the rest of the leaves off of the lake front property.  Too windy to burn today.  Tomorrow is supposed to be calmer.

 

Got a pile of leaves about 4' tall and 40' long.  My inner 8, 9, 10 year old says that would be great fun to jump into.  The current almost 70 year old inner me replied 'DON'T YOU DARE DO THAT'!

[adsm08 3,704]

36 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

 

Yep

 

I am not afraid of heights. I am not a fan of ladders.

 

This is making hanging shop lights 14 ft off the ground a little challenging.

[cleat 7,750]

7 minutes ago, adsm08 said:

 

I am not afraid of heights. I am not a fan of ladders.

 

This is making hanging shop lights 14 ft off the ground a little challenging.

I do not necessarily hate ladders but I do realize that they are very dangerous even when used correctly.  Many jobsites actually ban them for liability. 

 

I have and use several ranging from a 6' step ladder to a 40' extension ladder but I do all I can to either limit the use or try and use other means.

 

[ebinmaine 74,896]

12 minutes ago, adsm08 said:

 

I am not afraid of heights. I am not a fan of ladders.

 

This is making hanging shop lights 14 ft off the ground a little challenging.

 

Just now, cleat said:

I do not necessarily hate ladders but I do realize that they are very dangerous even when used correctly.  Many jobsites actually ban them for liability. 

 

I have and use several ranging from a 6' step ladder to a 40' extension ladder but I do all I can to either limit the use or try and use other means.

 

 

 

 

Same here.  

 

I don't really mind being on a good steady ladder except when looking UP... like ceiling work. 

 

[adsm08 3,704]

41 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

 

 

 

 

Same here.  

 

I don't really mind being on a good steady ladder except when looking UP... like ceiling work. 

 

 

43 minutes ago, cleat said:

I do not necessarily hate ladders but I do realize that they are very dangerous even when used correctly.  Many jobsites actually ban them for liability. 

 

I have and use several ranging from a 6' step ladder to a 40' extension ladder but I do all I can to either limit the use or try and use other means.

 

 

 

No, I hate them. I haven't been above about 7' on one in many years. I used to have to go up about 15ish feet to service a projector regularly, but I had an A-frame ladder to use for that. The one I have now only goes about 10' in A-frame configuration.

 

 

I was hoping to have a few lights up before the floor got poured. That is not going to happen now. On the up side a guy I work with has a scissor lift that I may be able to borrow after the floor is in.

[Handy Don 14,841]

1 hour ago, 8ntruck said:

My inner 8, 9, 10 year old says that would be great fun to jump into.  The current almost 70 year old inner me replied--MAKE A TUNNEL INSTEAD!

 

[ebinmaine 74,896]

18 minutes ago, adsm08 said:

scissor lift

 

This is the way

[Razorback 1,179]

I picked up an 8' pickup bed full of 16"-20" Oak rounds that were FREE from a local neighbor. I need to go back and get 3 or 4 more to clean up what they had. 

Sure made my 1995 F250 ride nice coming home!

Edited November 17 by Razorback

[cleat 7,750]

2 hours ago, adsm08 said:

I was hoping to have a few lights up before the floor got poured. That is not going to happen now. On the up side a guy I work with has a scissor lift that I may be able to borrow after the floor is in.

 

Yep, man lift, scissor lift etc are all better choices than ladders.

 

Hell, even good solid scaffolding is better.

 

[Beap52 1,690]

I've taken a few spills off of ladders over the years.  First one was in 1970 at trade school when my step ladder sank into the soft dirt and ended up knocking the teacher off of his ladder as well. The last time I fell of a ladder was about three years ago, shortly before I decided to retire after fifty years.  I was shooting  nails into a 2x4 plate on the ceiling of a room I was dividing for a customer.  Working by myself,  I shot a 16d nail and sometimes a nail gun will shoot two nails and making a bigger recoil.  I was stretched a little to far and fell backwards landing with my tenderloin hitting a corner of a cement block on the floor.  (A couple of inches over and I would have landed on my backbone.)  I completed the jobs I had agreed to do for folks and unloaded the tools out of my work truck.

 

Last week, cleaning fence rows at the farm, the last tree was a cedar that had grown into the woven wire fence.  It leaned towards the neighbor's farm so I boarded the grapple on the front of the tractor then my brother lifted me as  high as it would go and I hooked a chain onto the tree and the grapple so he could keep a pull upon it and prevent it from mashing the fence or falling the wrong way.   It was all my 16" bar on chainsaw would do to reach through the tree.  I notched it, and cut from the backside above the fence.  As it started to drop I began my exit and the tree rolled with a limb knocking me to the ground.  It snatched my stocking cap off of my head but left ear muffs on.   I crawled out from under the tree with only a few scratches on my left shoulder and a sore knee.  I didn't tell my wife until I got home a couple of days later--she wasn't happy I waited so long but I was over most of the soreness and that resulted in not being grilled so much whereas she could see me walking.  I told her that most folks would have considered themselves being knocked down by a falling tree.  Not me. I'd like to think the tree bounced off of me. 

 

Below is the pond dam once we cleared it of brush and overhanging limbs.  Now we can drive across it without brushing the woody growth along the fence. 

[953 nut 62,536]

On 11/16/2025 at 5:49 PM, adsm08 said:

I remembered that I hate ladders.

[cleat 7,750]

36 minutes ago, 953 nut said:

 

Yes, standing on staircase handrails is much safer.............

[Razorback 1,179]

I've been hitting the jackpot lately with FREE oak for the wood pile! Most recently, yesterday I saw a CL ad for a BIG oak that was cut down and listed as free wood. It was maybe 2 miles from my house. I contacted the guy, then went and filled the bed of the truck with manageable pieces and took it home. This tree was at least 30" in diameter, and the bulk of the trunk is still available, already cut in rounds, and will be split soon by the guy to make it more manageable. There's a really good chance I'll get the majority of that wood! There's no tellin' how many loads it'll make in my truck. All I can say is, "Thank you, Lord!", and I'm glad I followed my dad's advice about getting a 3/4-ton pickup! This one has the extra springs that actually makes it a 1-ton....... so I'm happy for that...... It's not riding on the rear axle when it has a good load on it. 

My wife is away taking care of a parent for a few days..... after I got the truck unloaded, I thought, "I'm gonna make a fire, then sit and enjoy doing absolutely nothing for awhile." Then, I thought of my good friend, Andy..... his wife is at Mayo clinic with her daughter for some testing, so Andy is on his own this week, too. I showed him the pic of the fire and said, "You need to get Cooper and a beer and come help me watch this fire." (Cooper is his awesome dog, and I knew BOTH of them would like being here...... Cooper is not used to having a 1-acre fenced back yard to roam in, and Andy is just like me in a lot of ways, so we enjoy the friendship. It was a perfect evening to sit around a fire...too cool to be sitting outside without the fire..... clear as a bell. I think it was 11pm when he left.... Cooper had a good time and also enjoyed the yard and the fire. We might have to do it again this evening!

 

Edited Wednesday at 04:41 PM by Razorback

[adsm08 3,704]

7 hours ago, cleat said:

 

Yes, standing on staircase handrails is much safer.............

 

That staircase, and it's handrails, are not going anywhere. I'm not worried about falling OFF the ladder, I'm worried about falling WITH the ladder.

[Wayne0 1,384]

15 hours ago, adsm08 said:

 

 I'm worried about falling WITH the ladder.

Been there, done that. Working on the house, about 15' up the base of the ladder kicked out and I rode it down. No more ladders!

[8ntruck 8,238]

I finished up winterizing the travel trailer today.  A couple years ago, I installed a T fitting and a couple of shutoff valves that make flushing the water pipes with antifreeze very easy.  Took about 20 minutes to get this done today.  A lot of that time was spent moving stuff around so I could open the access hatch to work the water heater bypass.

 

I also installed a new pair of retractable steps to replace the single step that came stock with the trailer.  Three much shorter steps to climb into the trailer are so much nicer than the two tall steps that the stock step required.  -  Is this a sign that we are getting old(er)?

[adsm08 3,704]

This morning was rabbit hunting with my dad and son. We only got one between us, but I think we set a record for rabbits seen in one day.

[Razorback 1,179]

Mr. Domestic today:

Vacuumed the whole house thoroughly using our awesome Kirby.

Got four 1-gallon glass jugs (originally had apple juice in them) ready for a milk run I'll make Monday evening.

(SUPER happy that a local dairy farmer decided to stop shipping their milk to the local processing plant. They are transitioning to provide raw milk, cream, butter, and cheese to the local community!)

Baked two loaves of bread in cast iron loaf pans.

Cleaned the kitchen, top to bottom.

Got the pedestal wood stove ready to use.

Cleaned up the dehumidifier we use in the house, stored it away for the winter.

Got the console-style humidifier ready to use.

 

I think that's enough for one day.......

[ebinmaine 74,896]

15 hours ago, 8ntruck said:

I also installed a new pair of retractable steps to replace the single step that came stock with the trailer.  Three much shorter steps to climb into the trailer are so much nicer than the two tall steps that the stock step required.  -  Is this a sign that we are getting old(er)?

 

IMHO and experience.. no. 

It's a sign that we unknowingly haven't treated our bodies the way we should have. 

 

More and more modern science is showing us that our muscle structures are literally  - use it or lose it. 

 

I've read that if you do a deep squat just twice per day, one morning and evening, statistics indicate you'll never lose the ability to do it. You'll also greatly lengthen your health span and independence. 

 

Information I wish we all had several decades ago...