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[pertnear09]

Good morning, and thanks for the coffee. Met our daughter's new pug puppy yesterday - what a sweetheart.

If I recall, pugs are your favorite, right? Or is that Room on the broom?

 

[pennyJo1960]

Good morning Cafe ! it is very wet here.

 

[Nomadicus]

It's a pinched nerve at L5 possibly due to a bulging disc. I had traction today and will do that 2x per week.

No more lifting the 50# feed bags by myself and I have to do 1/2 loads of wood to get that in the house. I will require C to help move the saws around with me so I can finish the bathroom remodel. My table saw weighs 53#. The chop saw isn't too bad at just under 27#.

I too have to find a way to not lift 50 lb bags. I don't know how we will get them out of the van and into the 25 gallon metal cans we have at each coop. Besides lifting them out ofthe van I have to pick them up off of the top of the John Deere garden tractor to get them in the can. I have two herniated discs in my lower back that have been treated for years. I'm ready for another epidural on them now. At the moment 5 lb bags are to much. A friend checked all the cans and unloaded the last 3 bags what we feeds all the flocks and the cans are full so my wife can fill feeders. I totally understand the movement of the table saw and chop saw. We need both moved into position to use to get set of new brooders built in 7 days. By Thursday I think I can at least watch help and explain what and how to get it done.

Wishing you well with your PT Tonya. We both just finished PT a couple of weeks ago.

 

[bobbi-j]

I too have to find a way to not lift 50 lb bags. I don't know how we will get them out of the van and into the 25 gallon metal cans we have at each coop. Besides lifting them out ofthe van I have to pick them up off of the top of the John Deere garden tractor to get them in the can. I have two herniated discs in my lower back that have been treated for years. I'm ready for another epidural on them now. At the moment 5 lb bags are to much. A friend checked all the cans and unloaded the last 3 bags what we feeds all the flocks and the cans are full so my wife can fill feeders. I totally understand the movement of the table saw and chop saw. We need both moved into position to use to get set of new brooders built in 7 days. By Thursday I think I can at least watch help and explain what and how to get it done.

Wishing you well with your PT Tonya. We both just finished PT a couple of weeks ago.

So… how did you break your ribs? How many?

 

[aart]

No more lifting the 50# feed bags by myself

I too have to find a way to not lift 50 lb bags. I don't know how we will get them out of the van and into the 25 gallon metal cans we have at each coop. Besides lifting them out ofthe van I have to pick them up off of the top of the John Deere garden tractor to get them in the can

I learned to use leverage long ago to move stuff, having had back problems most my life.
Even if I could lift/carry it, yep takes a bit more time maybe, but why risk it?
Saved me many a day of excruciating pain.

Have a pneumatic wheeled hand truck, that can be used both vertically and horizontally, to move lots of stuff.

I can slide the feed bag off the the van floor onto truck then have a piece of wood for a ramp to wheel it up the 3 steps into coop. Then I open it and use feed scoop to transfer into feed storage can bags.

 

[sourland]

If I recall, pugs are your favorite, right? Or is that Room on the broom?

@room onthebroom loves pugs - me not so much. My daughter's first two could be despicable. They did learn to be housebroken when visiting here.

 

[Sally PB]

I have to share this picture of a painting a friend did for me.

This is a painting by Diane Heater.
https://www.facebook.com/mdianaheaterart/
She is an old college friend of hubby's. She has terminal cancer (breast cancer, moved into bones), so any time he visits her might be the last. This is the first time I've been able to come along, and she made this for me. It will be a treasure, foreven.

He doesn't have a name, yet. I'm open to suggestions.

Her pencil drawings of faces are... phenomonal. Somehow, she gets the eyes... right. So very right.

 

[pertnear09]

@room onthebroom loves pugs - me not so much. My daughter's first two could be despicable. They did learn to be housebroken when visiting here.

I miss roomie's posts. Maybe I'm not looking in the right threads.

 

[pertnear09]

I have to share this picture of a painting a friend did for me.
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This is a painting by Diane Heater.
https://www.facebook.com/mdianaheaterart/
She is an old college friend of hubby's. She has terminal cancer (breast cancer, moved into bones), so any time he visits her might be the last. This is the first time I've been able to come along, and she made this for me. It will be a treasure, foreven.

He doesn't have a name, yet. I'm open to suggestions.

Her pencil drawings of faces are... phenomonal. Somehow, she gets the eyes... right. So very right.

Tremendous talent

 

[sourland]

I miss roomie's posts. Maybe I'm not looking in the right threads.

I miss her too. She's okay - just not spending a lot of time on BYC.