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TOUGHING IT OUT
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TOUGHING IT OUT TOUGHING IT OUT About ten days ago I received a package from Amazon (my favorite WEB shopping site at this time). It was a Dump Cart that can haul 600 pounds, and easily dump a load of 300 pounds. After putting the cart together, I was anxious to try it out on our five acres, where there are still a few holes left from a torrential rain storm we had way back in August of 2012. (There are pictures of the cart at the bottom of this post). I've always used a wheelbarrow for moving sand from one place to another, but I wanted to try something that didn't put a lot of strain on my back... My loaded wheelbarrow is a pretty heavy load to lift and wheel around. Sand is heavy stuff! Our compound is situated so that the house sits on the top part of a rectangular piece of property. The property slopes at a slight angle of about 2 degrees down to our chainlink fence 600 feet to the East. The next day after putting the dump cart together, I tested the cart out. The first thing I did was to load the cart with about 300 pounds of sand that I dug out of places where the wind had blown a pretty large accumulation of sand. When the cart was loaded with sand, I pulled the cart up the slight hill for about 100 yards and dumped the load at our front chainlink gate. The wind and weather had started to leave a pretty large gap between the bottom of the gate and the dirt driveway. I smoothed out the loads of sand dumped there with a flat bladed shovel, and was happy at the results and how well and easily the dumpcart worked. I did four loads of sand that day, and four loads of sand the next day. The following day I woke to very sore arms and shoulders. The dumpcart works exactly as it was built to work, and is much easier to use than a wheelbarrow...but...!! The BUT, is, that even though I'm in good shape, my body and muscles weren't accustomed to PULLING a heavy cart up hill. When I complained to M. She brought me Aleve, Aspirin, and Tylanol along with a glass of cold water... "See, David," She scolded me, I told you not to overdo that work!" Marisol was doing some painting on an outside porch, and went back to her painting... She shouted to me "Take your pick of one of those.. I would recommend the Aleve because it works better on muscle pain than the other two.." I didn't take any of the pain relievers, preferring to tough it out. Later that night when the two of us were snuggled together in our loftbed, and the dogs were settled down outside, my upper arms and shoulders were aching so much that I got back up out of bed and sat at my desk. I had started reading CLOUD ATLAS by David Mitchell, and turned on the desk's reading light, sank back into my comfortable desk chair, and began reading where I'd left off a few days before. Marisol's sleepy voice drifted down to me from the loft..."You stubborn man, you didn't take anything for that ache did you?" After all our years together, Marisol knew me so well. She knew my need to tough most of the aches and pains in life out. After reading about a hundred pages of CLOUD ATLAS, and trying to figure out where the novel was going I got so sleepy that I forgot the pain in my upper arms and shoulders and crawled up into the loft quietly so as not to wake M, and fell almost immediately asleep... How about you guys? Do you like to tough things out, or are you a person who uses a lot of pain medications? Tuesday morning, May 3, 2016... by david stardust...[     |
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Thanks for giving me the encouragement to wade through the second half of CA, sweet Chocolate! I was about to junk the book even though I realize the writing is brilliant... I buy my books here in a store called The Dollar General, where they have a lot of new books marked down to great values. I'll look for LOST IN TRANSLATION the next time I go there... Thanks too, for greeting me back on the site.. The nine years I've been on this site have flown by (as has the forty years we've owned this place....And...in fact, the now going on 80 years of my joy filled life!) Love up Cholate, david
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I unlike the rest of you do take whatever ,for pain.........
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The book is 509 pages and I'm on page 249... It's a difficult book to read because of the time jumps and the difficult made up language in many places. I may give up on the book and go to a couple of other Bestsellers I have waiting in the wings (so to speak--or write), I prefer books with a strong plot and not so much shifting of characters from one place to another. I finished THE ORPHAN MASTER'S SON, by Adam Johnson a few weeks ago. It's an intense, beautiful love story set in North Korea, and I highly recommend that book. Thank you for writing a comment, Sweet Chocolate! Love, david
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less sand, more trips. A light work out moving the sand will loosen those muscles a little. I've found a hot soak, some mental lubricant and some thought directed internally mostly works. Mostly, the trick is in knowing when to back off. The wind only picks up one grain at a time. Granted, sometimes there's a lot of wind. Oddly enough, dancing also seem to work. I have good results from disco......."Ah, Ah, Ah, Ah,.....Stayin' alive..... I'm glad you seem to be in a good mood this year, Wizard! Being happy and optimistic about our lives is always a plus. Affectionately, dave
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I could use on of those around my place. hugsssssss V I hope that huge fire burning in the Alberta area is not anyplace around your home, Sweet V.. XOXO, david
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A tooth that gets infected can lead to very painful problems, and in extreme cases, even to death. So I can understand your use of something in those cases... I too find pain to be a centering experience. On the other hand, I've never experienced really serious pain. Thanks for your comment... david
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I could use on of those around my place. hugsssssss V Become a blog watcher sweet_vm
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I unlike the rest of you do take whatever ,for pain......... silky... 
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I also take Turmeric and Tart Cherry. That's a great supplement .. Being overweight seems to be the newest problem for most people in our country..A few years ago I was up to 232 pounds and knew I had to cut back on the things that were adding fat to my 6 foot 3 frame.. I'm now down to 180 pounds, and was able to shed the extra fat by being sensible in what I put in my mouth. A big help for shedding weight for me was the addition of a liquid supplement that I buy from Swanson Health Products. The supplement contains among other things, 72 trace minerals that our food no longer contains because of depleted soil. I'm no longer as hungry for the foods that used to add weight. Thanks for your neat comment HC.. affectionately, david. 
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You and I are a lot alike then! Both M. and I are very interested in keeping ourselves as healthy as possible, and we use health supplements. But..M. will take over the counter pain medications when she has an ache, but I normally won't. Thanks for checking out my blog! david...
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Im not a guy but i hardly ever take pain relievers sdoe anything
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