So if you didn't do anything airgun related what did you do today?

[bReTt]

Thank you fellas!  I appreciate it all.  Today it’s been the most sore (expected) but still very manageable with ibuprofen.  I gave my arm a good workout yesterday by driving a manual transmission around yesterday, running around playing frisbee (left handed).  I shot my HW77K some using mostly my left hand but still used my right hand to pull the trigger. I’m trying to use it as much as I can stretching, gripping and twisting. I ice it and elevate as much as I can.  The blood is pooling just above the wrap under my arm and that area is sore and bruised too.  They say I can’t hurt anything by using it so that’s what I’m trying to do.  Full recovery is supposed to be about 6 weeks.  I’m going back to work this coming Tuesday. 

Enough of that.  So far I’ve stayed cozy with Mrs. P, gotten dressed, icing my arm and waiting for breakfast and coffee again like yesterday morning.  I could get used to this routine! 

[Lt. Dan]

After the store run this morning I just felt like I needed something completely new and different in my life so I set out on a mission. When I returned home I was several ounces lighter and 10 - 12 inches of hair was left on the barber's floor. 1st hair cut in 15 years or better. Miss Elvyra shampooed, cut, trimmed and blow dried until I had just enough left to drag a small pocket comb through. Then she went after the facial hair, ear hairs and eyebrows. Funny thing is that I never even knew that layering a mustache and beard was a thing.
I was afraid Rambo would bite me when I got home so I carried the bag of dog food in out of the truck to distract him from my stranger in the house look... that worked.
I reckon it'll be 15 years before I need another one.

You know they say "Pics or it didn't happen" 

I am trimmed pretty close right now myself.

Careful what ya wish for Dan.

You kinda look normal now, well maybe... no, never mind

[Blowpipe Sam]

I'm praying for Robert's cancer, Brett's arm, and Bill's hair.

But mostly for Bill's hair.  It looks like it needs our prayers the most.

Well I'm running the waterfront today. Dodging thunder showers and manatee.

[Sqrl Klr]

Bill I have to cut my long hair after every winter as it's just too hot for all that hair. She did a good job don't listen to Sam.

Dan I like your shirt.

Brett did something repetitive at work cause that? Hoping you know how to avoid any more of it ever developing. Good you got a big family to help when you need it.

[bReTt]

Bill, you look dapper!  I hope that you left a generous tip for the lady that brought you back to the civilized world. 👊🏼

[airgunaut]

Well it looks like chemo is in my future.😡

Best wishes for eradicating the cancer, and a quick recovery!

[airgunaut]

Thank you fellas!  I appreciate it all.  Today it’s been the most sore (expected) but still very manageable with ibuprofen.  I gave my arm a good workout yesterday by driving a manual transmission around yesterday, running around playing frisbee (left handed).  I shot my HW77K some using mostly my left hand but still used my right hand to pull the trigger. I’m trying to use it as much as I can stretching, gripping and twisting. I ice it and elevate as much as I can.  The blood is pooling just above the wrap under my arm and that area is sore and bruised too.  They say I can’t hurt anything by using it so that’s what I’m trying to do.  Full recovery is supposed to be about 6 weeks.  I’m going back to work this coming Tuesday. 

Enough of that.  So far I’ve stayed cozy with Mrs. P, gotten dressed, icing my arm and waiting for breakfast and coffee again like yesterday morning.  I could get used to this routine!

Six weeks and counting down. Be careful getting back to action, and best wishes to you!

[bReTt]

Brett did something repetitive at work cause that? Hoping you know how to avoid any more of it ever developing. Good you got a big family to help when you need it.

I have arthritis in my elbow and had a cyst in there.  Those are two of the causes for pressure on the ulnar nerve running through the elbow.  I had a slow down going through the wrist so they opened that up too.  I am right hand dominant and I do a lot of repetition at my job and I’ve been at it for 25 years so I’m guessing that could be a real reason how this could be.  I can’t really say what the true cause was.

[avator]

That grey haired lady had me in that chair for 2 and a half hours. She actually cut my hair 3 times. She said if I didn't like it when she was done that I didn't have to pay. She is a local born and raised southern lady and she spoke old school southern and alot. Time she was done I knew her whole life story.
She made an appointment to have her old dog put down the next day but the dog, Chloe, didn't make it through the night.. that was the day before yesterday and she was still very upset.
She only took cash or check but I didn't have cash on me (I should have asked before she started). She told me just to drop the check in the mail box on my next trip to town. That's when I remembered I had a check book in the truck. I asked her what I owed and she said $15. I wrote her a check for $25. She didn't want to take it so I kinda lied and told her that was my last check in the book.
The picture don't really show the job she did very good.. I have just woke up and dragged a comb through it. Looks much better after a shower.
I'm still getting used to it.. I've had long hair since elementary school.

[Novagun]

Compliments on the new look Avator. I hope you like it.

[Sqrl Klr]

Brett did something repetitive at work cause that? Hoping you know how to avoid any more of it ever developing. Good you got a big family to help when you need it.

I have arthritis in my elbow and had a cyst in there.  Those are two of the causes for pressure on the ulnar nerve running through the elbow.  I had a slow down going through the wrist so they opened that up too.  I am right hand dominant and I do a lot of repetition at my job and I’ve been at it for 25 years so I’m guessing that could be a real reason how this could be.  I can’t really say what the true cause was.

Man that sure sounds painful. I pray you have a speedy recovery.

[Madd Hatter]

After the store run this morning I just felt like I needed something completely new and different in my life so I set out on a mission. When I returned home I was several ounces lighter and 10 - 12 inches of hair was left on the barber's floor. 1st hair cut in 15 years or better. Miss Elvyra shampooed, cut, trimmed and blow dried until I had just enough left to drag a small pocket comb through. Then she went after the facial hair, ear hairs and eyebrows. Funny thing is that I never even knew that layering a mustache and beard was a thing.
I was afraid Rambo would bite me when I got home so I carried the bag of dog food in out of the truck to distract him from my stranger in the house look... that worked.
I reckon it'll be 15 years before I need another one.

You know they say "Pics or it didn't happen" 

I am trimmed pretty close right now myself.

Careful what ya wish for Dan.

Wow, isn't that the kinda picture you show a kid and say if you don't do your homework he'll be given a call??? 😉😁

[bReTt]

Thank you fellas!  I appreciate it all.  Today it’s been the most sore (expected) but still very manageable with ibuprofen.  I gave my arm a good workout yesterday by driving a manual transmission around yesterday, running around playing frisbee (left handed).  I shot my HW77K some using mostly my left hand but still used my right hand to pull the trigger. I’m trying to use it as much as I can stretching, gripping and twisting. I ice it and elevate as much as I can.  The blood is pooling just above the wrap under my arm and that area is sore and bruised too.  They say I can’t hurt anything by using it so that’s what I’m trying to do.  Full recovery is supposed to be about 6 weeks.  I’m going back to work this coming Tuesday. 

Enough of that.  So far I’ve stayed cozy with Mrs. P, gotten dressed, icing my arm and waiting for breakfast and coffee again like yesterday morning.  I could get used to this routine!

Six weeks and counting down. Be careful getting back to action, and best wishes to you!

Thank you Pat!  🙏🏼👊🏼

[Rabbit\Squirrel Killer]

After the store run this morning I just felt like I needed something completely new and different in my life so I set out on a mission. When I returned home I was several ounces lighter and 10 - 12 inches of hair was left on the barber's floor. 1st hair cut in 15 years or better. Miss Elvyra shampooed, cut, trimmed and blow dried until I had just enough left to drag a small pocket comb through. Then she went after the facial hair, ear hairs and eyebrows. Funny thing is that I never even knew that layering a mustache and beard was a thing.
I was afraid Rambo would bite me when I got home so I carried the bag of dog food in out of the truck to distract him from my stranger in the house look... that worked.
I reckon it'll be 15 years before I need another one.

You know they say "Pics or it didn't happen" 

I am trimmed pretty close right now myself.

Careful what ya wish for Dan.

Nah! your looking good Bill! It looks like you could dress to fit in about anywhere groomed like that! 
 If you are like me it doesn't really matter what others think about how I look though as long as I am comfortable with the look. That said I won't go to town looking like a complete dirty slob if I can help it. I have been known to go to Auto parts stores pretty grimy because I am not going to get all cleaned up in the middle of a job. 

[Rabbit\Squirrel Killer]

I was just reading and writing some of my thoughts out for a few hours and then I went to the restroom. When after I soaped my hands the faucet was dry, NO WATER came out. OH Oh! I grabbed a nearby jug of water and finish washing my hands and then I did all the checks on the well that I know/remembered to do and gave up and called out the well company. They were here fairly fast, located the problem (ants in the pressure switch points) and fixed it. I had forgotten to check for that, we had that problem before. Oh well it was a quick simple fix and as cheap as any fix would be. They will bill us later and I'll find out how much it cost for me to forget to check for ants/bugs in the points.
 I am just thankful to have water flowing again so quickly though!

While I was waiting for the well company to show up I poured about 10 gallons of water in the evaporative cooler to keep that going.
 I am glad we keep all the water jugs on hand for occasions like these.

 All my expected packages were delivered while I was out by the well with the well workers. 

[Back_Roads]

I was just reading and writing some of my thoughts out for a few hours and then I went to the restroom. When after I soaped my hands the faucet was dry, NO WATER came out. OH Oh! I grabbed a nearby jug of water and finish washing my hands and then I did all the checks on the well that I know/remembered to do and gave up and called out the well company. They were here fairly fast, located the problem (ants in the pressure switch points) and fixed it. I had forgotten to check for that, we had that problem before. Oh well it was a quick simple fix and as cheap as any fix would be. They will bill us later and I'll find out how much it cost for me to forget to check for ants/bugs in the points.
 I am just thankful to have water flowing again so quickly though!

While I was waiting for the well company to show up I poured about 10 gallons of water in the evaporative cooler to keep that going.
 I am glad we keep all the water jugs on hand for occasions like these.

 All my expected packages were delivered while I was out by the well with the well workers. 

Bug in the pressure switch is a very common issue, I had to clean mine yearly in the pump house I had at the Wildflower nursery I had.

[Rabbit\Squirrel Killer]

I was just reading and writing some of my thoughts out for a few hours and then I went to the restroom. When after I soaped my hands the faucet was dry, NO WATER came out. OH Oh! I grabbed a nearby jug of water and finish washing my hands and then I did all the checks on the well that I know/remembered to do and gave up and called out the well company. They were here fairly fast, located the problem (ants in the pressure switch points) and fixed it. I had forgotten to check for that, we had that problem before. Oh well it was a quick simple fix and as cheap as any fix would be. They will bill us later and I'll find out how much it cost for me to forget to check for ants/bugs in the points.
 I am just thankful to have water flowing again so quickly though!

While I was waiting for the well company to show up I poured about 10 gallons of water in the evaporative cooler to keep that going.
 I am glad we keep all the water jugs on hand for occasions like these.

 All my expected packages were delivered while I was out by the well with the well workers. 

Bug in the pressure switch is a very common issue, I had to clean mine yearly in the pump house I had at the Wildflower nursery I had.

 WE haven't had to have any well repairs since 2017 and then it was a control box that went bad. Before that the pressure tank had failed in 2014 and our pump was eight years old then. I got those dates from their records while I was on the phone with the well company yesterday.
 
 SO, our pump is 18 years old now and the last time a bug in the points was a problem was a couple of years before the pump replacement, about 20-22^? years ago, I had forgotten about it.

 I know the well workers say they see it a lot though. I tried calling my brother in law that installed and repaired wells for 29 years but his phone went straight to voicemail so I just called them out. I suspected the pump because of its age and want to get on it right away to get the water back on soon ASAP. My brother in law had worked for that well company I called for about 15 years and the guy on the phone asked me how he's doing. They are the ones that drilled our well and the only ones we have had work on it since.

 I will try to keep an eye out for bugs around it now that it has been brought back to memory.

[Rabbit\Squirrel Killer]

I just went out and checked, it is 110°F in the sun 17% humidity and 7.33 mph winds. I'll stay inside for the afternoon. 
 
It is 82°F with 53% humidity in the house right now, the evaporative cooler is doing well!

[bReTt]

Replaced the storm door strut and the handle.

[Blowpipe Sam]

Work til you puke day!

Cut down, bucked up, and hauled off about a half dozen major trees at work.  I had help of course.  John is my age and Scott is a couple of years younger.  The three oldest guys on staff topping trees,  using the lift, the bulldozer, and the dump truck!

It’s kind of flattering that John considers us his “first team” but some of these younger guys need the experience.

The memsahib and number one daughter have both been very sick with either a bad cold or Covid.  I woke up feeling mighty rough this a.m.  By noon I knew I was sick too.  I stuck it out til I hurled about 1500.  After the technicolor yawn the boss took pity on me and sent me home.