TOAK, The Thread of All Knowledge Part XIII
06-26-2019 | 07:02 PM
Big Kahuna HDF Member
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Wellll, Woods....mark today's date. Today is the day that this hardheaded ole Italian threw up the white flag of surrender. Don't ever recall doing that. I started out this morning prepping the 5 x 20' area for my sidewalk. Pick and shovel work, real manual labor. I haven't been able to operate a shovel in 20 yrs because of my lower back but what the hell. Had to remove anywhere from 2 " to 8" of rocky packed dirt. So I went at it. Lower back started screaming immediately, but kept going. A 2' x 4' area later, I was hurting, sweating and panting like a dog in heat. It finally hit me...I'm not 40 any more. The picture came to me of my wife coming out and finding me dead of a heart attack. This project would never get finished. Put the shovels ,pick and rake away, Took out my phone and texted my SIL. " Call me, I'm hiring you to do this sidewalk and concrete"......I surrendered ...
06-26-2019 | 07:14 PM
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06-26-2019 | 07:53 PM
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Hey, Lou...I'll be right in there with them just not doing the heart attack and back crippling stuff...the heart attack stuff scares me. Would ruin my plans on living forever..