That seems like a good girlfriend screening tool.I did have this one parked in my living room in 1975-76. I brought a girlfriend in there and her comment was "Uh, that's a unique centerpiece you have there..."
That seems like a good girlfriend screening tool.I did have this one parked in my living room in 1975-76. I brought a girlfriend in there and her comment was "Uh, that's a unique centerpiece you have there..."
...Today I had a repair guy over to look at my 22 year old Kenmore washing machine. It no longer pumps out the rinse water, nor goes into spin cycle. He declared it a lost cause and suggested I go to Lowe's and select a new one. I will pay for the delivery and setup of the new machine, including removal of the old beast. We ain't 20 anymore.
Participated in Day 1 of a golf tournament which is raising money for something close to me. Lots of fun, except that I (a) lost 3 balls; (b) broke my brand new driver, on my best tee shot of the day! The head just flew off after a normal tee shot. I had not had any luck using it all day. Something just felt wrong. I took it back to where I bought it, and discovered that this is the third driver of its type that has been returned following normal use. It's going back to the shop and I am expecting a new one. Meanwhile I have a loaner. I hope to be less of a liability to my team tomorrow!
Which brings me to a beef I have. Why do so many new items have quality problems? I've recently bought some new furniture items, and they have all had some kind of defect, e.g. the desk (made in USA) taken out of the box with a big scratch along the edge; the office chair (made in China) with the arm that falls off; the golf driver (made in China) that falls apart after three weeks of normal use.
My 16 year old Honda looks better every day.....
Went for my normal 5K run this morning. Here in the SE part of Arizona August 16th and the temperature at 6:30 was 62 degrees. Unbelievable.
Where is global warming?
Spent nearly five hours using a jackhammer yesterday. First time I've ever played with one, and sincerely hope it will be the last. Impressively efficient tool, though!
Spent nearly five hours using a jackhammer yesterday. First time I've ever played with one, and sincerely hope it will be the last. Impressively efficient tool, though!
I sure hope you have a hydraulic wood splitter.I will have to split wood every day for the next two weeks or so, but I should end up with enough to heat our house all winter.
Have you "discovered" any sewage drains or sprinkler pipes with it yet?Spent nearly five hours using a jackhammer yesterday. First time I've ever played with one, and sincerely hope it will be the last. Impressively efficient tool, though!
Depending on how much dead-lifting and dragging you care to do from one spot to another, the 70-90 pound models actually seem a bit easier to operate.The jackhammer was relatively small (the rental place called it the "35 pound model"). They wanted to give me the 70 pound model, but that looked like a lot for someone my size to manhandle around. The 35 pounder wasn't hard to handle, but yeah, I was sore afterward. The good news is that I forced myself to go out for a run this morning, and by the time I finished all the soreness was gone.
Nords said:But the "Cool!" factor wears off pretty quickly, and the next-best thing about renting a jackhammer is returning it....
Another truckload of wood split (1 hour about .25 cord).
No hydraulic splitter, just this splitting maul and wedges and a sledge hammer. Most pieces I can split in two with the wedge, then use the maul to finish it up. For a big round, I can move around the periphery, biting off pieces.
The round shown by the arrow here:
Looks like this when halfway done:
and like this when completely split:
It's great exercise -- high intensity with about 300 1 second "sprints."
Then Lena dragged me out on a bike ride with a picnic lunch in impossibly good weather:
Then during the bike ride, unbelievably, Lena and I got separated. It goes to show that it can happen under any circumstances. She said let's go here, I said let's go there, and she was looking down at her bike when I started off. We both searched. She'd forgotten her phone, so I didn't see her again until I got home.
Free To Canoe said:You have mighty big "rounds" in those parts. What kind of wood is it?
Neat technique for splitting them.
Nice pics!