Thursday, 3 August 2017

sweating like a pig

sweating like pig, and loving it!

a few days ago i had a giant tree cut down.  i loved that tree but it was getting too dangerous. when we first moved here, i took a look at the tree and thought; "if it falls and kills me, it's a good way to go".  but then i got to thinking, what if the son of a bitch falls down on a car load of syrian refugees? i'd be bankrupt!

this is only a small part of the wood!  i put a free firewood sign in front of it and so far a few rounds have been picked up. i've spent a fair bit of time in the hot sun trying to split some to give away to friends and it is really hard to split this stuff when it's just been cut.  i've been using a wedge and sledge hammer that work pretty good but it's really, really hard work in the sun.  like i said, i've been sweating like a pig.

the first day i spent about 90 minutes splitting it before calling it a day. as soon as i finished, i noticed that my ears were ringing, bummer eh? this morning i started again but put moist kleenex in my ears. once again i really got into sweating like a pig and quite enjoyed it until my ears started ringing again, double bummer eh? so i called sonny and he's giving me some industrial ear plugs that he uses in mine sites etc.  in a few minutes i'll be hopping on the scooter to pick them up.

this afternoon i went out to clean things up and when i came back to the house i noticed that the sole on one of my loafers was encased in sap. that sap shit is hard to get off, triple bummer eh?

i'm gonna be busy for the next few weeks. i might head to the hardware store and pick up another wedge, some of those big sons of bitches are really hard to split.

billy loves you sons of bitches.
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12 comments:

  1. silly rabbit3 August 2017 at 19:51

    Looks like a work load alright. Here falling trees have been a trouble for folks. Better to be safe. As for heat, it's 106 and the air quality sucks from wild fires in BC. Weather is becoming extreme by habit. I'm curious what this winter will bring. But I won't complain. We have a filtered cool air system and filtered water. As long as we eat right, we're golden. Remember to drink lots of water.

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    1. E. Rosewater4 August 2017 at 07:38

      about 90 degrees here and the sun doesn't burn through the smoke until the afternoon.

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  2. Gorilla Bananas4 August 2017 at 02:20

    I wonder what works best for cleaning sap. There's got to be something that makes it dissolve. I wish you could get someone to turn that tree into your own personal note paper. That would be showing it the respect it deserves!

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    1. E. Rosewater4 August 2017 at 07:39

      there's one big round that i might keep as a base for building and demolishing stuff.

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  3. BBC4 August 2017 at 03:45

    I left my wood splitter in Washington, it would make short work of it.

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    1. E. Rosewater4 August 2017 at 07:41

      a splitter would be nice but i'm in no rush to get through this stuff and last night someone started chopping and carting the stuff away.

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  4. Mr. Shife4 August 2017 at 19:19

    Nice work, Mr. Rosewater. Keep it up and best of luck.

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    1. billy pilgrim6 August 2017 at 08:03

      so far i'm ahead, but the wood has come close to striking back with my errant chops.

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  5. Anonymous5 August 2017 at 03:46

    I wonder what works best for cleaning sap. There's got to be something that makes it dissolve.


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    1. billy pilgrim6 August 2017 at 08:04

      i think i'll just keep them sappy and wear them into stores i don't like.

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  6. PipeTobacco7 August 2017 at 12:09

    One of this WOULD make a nice table or workbench area. If you are so inclined, perhaps you could even chop out or chain saw out (if you have one) a knee hole area so you could sit at it for a work bench. It could be a show piece, I suspect, and a momento.

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