Another weather rant - It's brutal here and it is interfering with my riding.
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Quote by JH:
"I built my house in the woods, very shaded and no grass."
How's the moss?
I need to put my lawn in hay and bale it when make the hay...twice or three times a year. With all the rain last summer the mowing was cutting into my riding.
"I built my house in the woods, very shaded and no grass."
How's the moss?
I need to put my lawn in hay and bale it when make the hay...twice or three times a year. With all the rain last summer the mowing was cutting into my riding.
Grrrr! May your paint peel and your deck need pressure washing and staining!
I've been fighting steady 20-25 MPH winds during the weekend rides and whining about them! I guess I should be glad I was sweating in the warmth. Oh yeah...gusts of up to 45 MPH today...great!
I've been fighting steady 20-25 MPH winds during the weekend rides and whining about them! I guess I should be glad I was sweating in the warmth. Oh yeah...gusts of up to 45 MPH today...great!
My last ride was on Thursday and the wind was formidable and also on Friday. Saturday appeared to be a nice day but I painted the high party of my house this weekend and now need to see a doctor about getting my butt cheeks unclenched. I am no good at height anymore.
It has been great here - nice to ride in shorts and a jersey instead of full arctic gear. 78 yesterday, 18 Wed morning. That's Michigan.
Quote by JH:
"but I painted the high party of my house this weekend and now need to see a doctor about getting my butt cheeks unclenched. I am no good at height anymore."
So...Miley Cyrus came over with a bag of goodies?
I hear you about the high places of your house...and to think I used to do technical rock climbing...
Here's the best advice I can give to middle age OLD white dudes that have to paint, repair roof, re-install gutters, replace windows, etc.
Rent a damned man lift!!! I don't know what your terrain around the house is like, but an arm lift (as opposed to a scissor lift) can get you anywhere. With a lift the job is safer and goes MUCH faster. You'll do a better job and come down feeling much less worn out. You calves will thank you. And don't skimp on the fall protection harness!
If you simply must use that ladder, tie the thing off. I keep nylon web tie-off straps on all my ladders with steel carabiners for quick attach/disconnect.
Better yet, hire some illegals and make sure you pick up a 90-day Inland Marine Policy to cover your no habla Ingles buddies.
FTA:
It's 31° with freezing horizontal rain right now. There are ice spicules in the mix...or hail...or whatever the hell ain't quite snow... Just lovely!
"but I painted the high party of my house this weekend and now need to see a doctor about getting my butt cheeks unclenched. I am no good at height anymore."
So...Miley Cyrus came over with a bag of goodies?
I hear you about the high places of your house...and to think I used to do technical rock climbing...
Here's the best advice I can give to middle age OLD white dudes that have to paint, repair roof, re-install gutters, replace windows, etc.
Rent a damned man lift!!! I don't know what your terrain around the house is like, but an arm lift (as opposed to a scissor lift) can get you anywhere. With a lift the job is safer and goes MUCH faster. You'll do a better job and come down feeling much less worn out. You calves will thank you. And don't skimp on the fall protection harness!
If you simply must use that ladder, tie the thing off. I keep nylon web tie-off straps on all my ladders with steel carabiners for quick attach/disconnect.
Better yet, hire some illegals and make sure you pick up a 90-day Inland Marine Policy to cover your no habla Ingles buddies.
FTA:
It's 31° with freezing horizontal rain right now. There are ice spicules in the mix...or hail...or whatever the hell ain't quite snow... Just lovely!
We got about 3 inches of snow - beat the record for snowfall in Detroit since they started keeping track back in 1870.
JH...nice! Yeah, doing that gable face without a man lift would be nuts. 40' to the peak? I don't mint the sway/bounce, but I do drop before re-positioning. Stained cedar siding? Your deck looks good.
Get the rum ready...I'll be down there in a couple of years. Plans are now leaning towards keeping the farm and second house up here while renting a house down there...and somewhere else warm. Ohio is a great 3-season state, but after this winter there is no way I'll spend my free time here in January!
MBB...we only received about an inch...maybe. Most of it melted as fast as it came down since the ground is finally thawed and a bit warmish. It did stick to the trees and in the woods. Possibly 1/2" to 1" build up there. It will be sunny and dry today with a high near 47°. The roads are dry and I'll get out for a quick ride this afternoon.
Anyone want to stop by and give me a hand R&R'ing the hydrostatic transaxle on one of the garden this afternoon?
Get the rum ready...I'll be down there in a couple of years. Plans are now leaning towards keeping the farm and second house up here while renting a house down there...and somewhere else warm. Ohio is a great 3-season state, but after this winter there is no way I'll spend my free time here in January!
MBB...we only received about an inch...maybe. Most of it melted as fast as it came down since the ground is finally thawed and a bit warmish. It did stick to the trees and in the woods. Possibly 1/2" to 1" build up there. It will be sunny and dry today with a high near 47°. The roads are dry and I'll get out for a quick ride this afternoon.
Anyone want to stop by and give me a hand R&R'ing the hydrostatic transaxle on one of the garden this afternoon?
It's about 35+ off the deck but too high for me. Such things never bothered me when I was bullet proof. It snowed a bit here at my work elevation and is cold this morning. A shame to be so cold since firefighter are trying to extinguish a condo fire on the next ridge. I post a photo.
Well...High Angle Rescue is basically anything and everything in your 'hood.
Newer construction. I hope they can save it.
The two departments that showed up to my barn fire had GPS in their trucks and both responding departments GOT LOST and had a ***** of a time finding my location.
A deputy was onsite less than 2 minutes after we called out the fire fighters, then the Sheriff, himself, pulled up. Before we heard the sirens I told them I would get a deck of cards and have time for two hands of Euchre before we saw a red truck...
When the two departments finally showed they ARGUED about whether to fight it or let it burn. Two more local squads were on standby and one other was ordered back to the station as the first department onsite easily called it a total loss...nothing salvageable at that point.
The fire was in the afternoon and at 2 AM I noticed it was mighty light outside...rekindled and out they came...again. I'll see if I can dig up a pic or two.
Newer construction. I hope they can save it.
The two departments that showed up to my barn fire had GPS in their trucks and both responding departments GOT LOST and had a ***** of a time finding my location.
A deputy was onsite less than 2 minutes after we called out the fire fighters, then the Sheriff, himself, pulled up. Before we heard the sirens I told them I would get a deck of cards and have time for two hands of Euchre before we saw a red truck...
When the two departments finally showed they ARGUED about whether to fight it or let it burn. Two more local squads were on standby and one other was ordered back to the station as the first department onsite easily called it a total loss...nothing salvageable at that point.
The fire was in the afternoon and at 2 AM I noticed it was mighty light outside...rekindled and out they came...again. I'll see if I can dig up a pic or two.
This is what we saved...
Action shot!
That ain't gonna buff out! Check out the sickle bar mower at the far left of the pic. 3/4" tool steel melted into the shape of a 'U'. Yeah...it was a very hot fire!
Now you know why I built TWO barns on this site!
Action shot!
That ain't gonna buff out! Check out the sickle bar mower at the far left of the pic. 3/4" tool steel melted into the shape of a 'U'. Yeah...it was a very hot fire!
Now you know why I built TWO barns on this site!
The sheep farmer is a couple miles up the road...some good looking...er...nice sheep there. Not That I would know.
Them thar's the foothills of the Allegheny's in the background. Yeah, a lot flatter that your locale. You climb what? 1000' in one climb. I do the same 100'-200 a few times every mile...over and over and over...
IIRC the highest climb I can recall doing in Ohio was the 400' or so out of the Ohio River Valley at Hannibal, Ohio. Not to worry...that climb was followed by re-climbing 300' of the same ridge. During a road race that finished on the top of another ridge.
We have your steepness, just not the length. I like to hear the guys from the Rockies come over to the Allegheny Mountains to ride...they are shocked by the steepness of some of our climbs. Then, I point them to the back roads...
Them thar's the foothills of the Allegheny's in the background. Yeah, a lot flatter that your locale. You climb what? 1000' in one climb. I do the same 100'-200 a few times every mile...over and over and over...
IIRC the highest climb I can recall doing in Ohio was the 400' or so out of the Ohio River Valley at Hannibal, Ohio. Not to worry...that climb was followed by re-climbing 300' of the same ridge. During a road race that finished on the top of another ridge.
We have your steepness, just not the length. I like to hear the guys from the Rockies come over to the Allegheny Mountains to ride...they are shocked by the steepness of some of our climbs. Then, I point them to the back roads...
