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[Rick in Oregon]

wow - what work did you do to need all those surgeries?

Logging equipment repair welder in the BC woods, Vietnam, plane crash, three Harley crashes, two car crashes, .45 cal hole in my abdomen/guts, and the finale....two serious falls on the blasted ICE!

 

[Shooter13]

Just came in from running the snow blower, cleaning up the 1st snow of the season. Not much in the driveway, about 3 in., but with fused lumbar and needing knee replacements shoveling is out of the question.
Thing is I'm almost 71, retired and have to go nowhere, wife and daughter both have to go to work, but watch me out the window (no help).
What is wrong with this picture?

LOL you and I are the same age, Just had both knees replaced the last 8 weeks (partial on left FULL on right!), good luck with the "help"!!

 

[hoz53]

Logging equipment repair welder in the BC woods, Vietnam, plane crash, three Harley crashes, two car crashes, .45 cal hole in my abdomen/guts, and the finale....two serious falls on the blasted ICE!

wow again— thats quite a life- i havent done much compared to you

 

[wildcatter]

Boy, can I ever relate to this.
I'm just past the 76 yr old mark, two replacement hips, rebuilt crushed ankle, one rebuilt knee, three compression fractures of thoracic and lumbar vertebra, and after 30 surgeries, not really interested in shoveling the 4" in the driveway right now, but it's gotta get done. Guess who's going out there in a few minutes to do it, like it or not?

I told my wife that if we buy a snow blower it wouldn't snow for five years. Well, there's no blower in the garage.......

I guess I'm lucky, but I got 8 years to catch you, with fused pinned and plated neck after 3 busted vertebrae, 15 years ago, along with 3 in my upper back, then about 10 years later 5 busted in my lower back fused. Last year I was scheduled to have the left knee replaced, bone on bone on both, but before that had to have a new anchored in the right arm after tearring the 4 muscles left in that rotator cuff from the bone, one was torn years ago, probably when I broke my freakin neck, and just ignored,,, so now it's dead.

Five days after the surgery, still in the sling with the pillow and strapped to my body, had to go blow 8" out the drive and the sidewalks. Sad thing is one son just lives 2 blocks away,,, I refuse to beg, if he wanted to help he knew I just had surgery. Took a while but the blower was easy, the cleanup after blowing the walks was a different story, running a shovel with one hand and kicken it clear with a boot, on a leg with these knees.

Now the 27th 2 days after Christmas were going for that left knee a second time, if it goes as planned, I'll be ready for wading in the largest tributary to all the great lakes at ice out in March for them Lake Erie river run Walleyes,,,, for the 47th year! then we'll enjoy a couple months on the Harley before going in mid July for a new right knee! If that all goes as planned, I'll be back shooting in Oct for the finallies at the clubs I shoot at, and ready to hunt next year?

Hopen I can tolerate the ankles that have been busted on one and was told several years later after tearing everything up in the other, I would have been better off to break it? They told me once that the one needs more than the ankle and would require some reconstruction and replacement parts in the foot, requiring 6 months in cast's,,,, that will happen when I can't walk anymore, and they quit distilling bourbon!

But I already am bracing myself to learn how to run the blower on a cane,, or walker if need be, Kids today just don't have the respect for their parents we did years ago!

Oh Man, You keep talkin like that, Your gonna push Me over the top and I”ll place an order !

Don't get sucked in,,, I tried that about 15 years ago, and the first winter it got more use than the 15 since! But,,, if you're using nothing but a shovel now,,, treat yourself,, you'll thank yourself later!

 

[wildcatter]

I worked over 44 years in the snow and none in Florida here now

I'll shovel till I'm a hundred, or die try'n, before I deprive myself and live or move to Florida!!

 

[skeeljc]

I bought a townhome in a nice community where they cut the grass and remove the snow. Save your back for the things that are fun.

 

[wildcatter]

Not a thing! Keep moving or you die. You just got your cardio for the day.

A few years after I retired, our brick chimney needed the top 5 feet replaced. I worked with my favorite Amish mason to fix it. I could barely keep up with him. The guy went up and down the scaffolding like a monkey while I was out of breath. At lunch one day, I asked him how old he was. “75”, he says. I asked what his secret was and he looked me square in the eyes. “ Don’t sit around much”

Best advice on the thread! Nothing could be truer!

 

[Murray Brook]

How would you like to shovel snow like this.

 

[Andy Work]

I told my wife that if we buy a snow blower it wouldn't snow for five years. Well, there's no blower in the garage.......

I've got a six year old Ariens that looks brand new. Every so often I think about selling it, but it will probably start snowing again if I do.

 

[Scott-ak]

Most areas here got 2' last night and that's after another big dump a few days ago. Takes about 20 hours and 120 miles to get our stuff plowed out.

 

[bobm]

 

[DHuffman]

Preparing for battle LOL

 

[JSH]

Have not had any heavy snows around here for a number of years, last week one I recall seems like was 83-84 or 84-85. I try to forget, was in the dairy business at the time, milking 85-90.
I can remember in the 70’s snow piled up on north facing slopes and buildings there was snow till mid April.

 

[Liven The Dream]

Kids Eating while Snow Removal !

 

[Dgd6mm]

You older fella's definitely win the Tough Man award. I say this most respectively.

 

[rjtfroggy]

LOL you and I are the same age, Just had both knees replaced the last 8 weeks (partial on left FULL on right!), good luck with the "help"!!

I need both knees done full replacements, and my hip isn't the best. After the cancer surgery 1 1/2 years ago I am hesitant, my fused back (lumbar, almost all of it) hasn't felt right, and now it feels like a disc has moved under a fusion, but I keep on going.
Somebody mentioned 30 surgeries and I bet with all the bladder, knee, back, hands and both elbows I bet I am at that number or more. Think Bionic Man.
All I know for sure is the colder it gets and the older I get Florida is starting to sound better every year.

 

[DHuffman]

More prep, just got this old warhorse running, calling for freezing drizzle, wind and 12-18" by me d Thursday

 

[DHuffman]

And another, we run 2 loaders with these two blades. We also have subcontractors with 3-4 more blades and 3-4 more loaders.

We keep oil well locations open, about 400 of them across a 30x30 mile area.

 

[rjtfroggy]

And another, we run 2 loaders with these two blades. We also have subcontractors with 3-4 more blades and 3-4 more loaders.

We keep oil well locations open, about 400 of them across a 30x30 mile area.

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Do you run during the snow or after it stops?

 

[10XSHOOTER]

Blizzard warnings on Eastern Plains of Colorado today. expecting 4-12 inches. 60 mph winds. Drifts will be 4-5 feet deep. 5310 John Deere, with Cab, heater and V-Plow, will make short work of the 3/4 mile drive way, Chase Coyotes tomorrow,