tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183651835847025449.post4770194111107315326..comments2024-03-28T13:52:22.380-05:00Comments on Knuckledraggin My Life Away : Sunday Video 7wirecutterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12525620516837946733noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183651835847025449.post-64009911040456208242021-04-19T11:43:54.142-05:002021-04-19T11:43:54.142-05:00You tell the lady, "Hey, make me a sammich wh...You tell the lady, "Hey, make me a sammich while you're in the kitchen." She'll get your rocks off. And not in a good way.SgtBobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10028149066384197545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183651835847025449.post-80058133974264002132021-04-18T21:07:31.630-05:002021-04-18T21:07:31.630-05:00I spent my life in a foundry. I was weighing up a...I spent my life in a foundry. I was weighing up a heat for melting, and had to add weight to the scale. I was picking up slugs from a tub and dropping them into a different tub on the scale. The last one I picked up and dumped into the tub was just over 300 pounds. After that, I got a V belt, and a washer, and used that with a hoist to wrap around the slugs, and pick them up with the hoist. <br />And like you, no wonder our bodies are fucked up now. But the federal government wants us to work until we are older to collect full social security. Hell, I am 60, and my body is worn completely out. It would be different for those who work behind a desk, or supervising those who do the actual work. I would rather they would have just put the money plus my employers match, into good mutual funds, and let me retire when I figured I had enough. I have no doubt that I would have been able to retire at around 50-55, with the money that I paid in, from the time I turned 16.<br />Or, I wish that someone had told me that working as hard as I did for a living would cause my body to wear out so badly, and told me to go to college. I had the chance, like most of us did, I just didn't have any idea of why I wanted to go other than to play football, which is not a good enough reason to go to college.Pigpen51https://www.blogger.com/profile/01683463718454987063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183651835847025449.post-4862471863846929382021-04-18T20:05:18.660-05:002021-04-18T20:05:18.660-05:00Tim-
Packing a saw around for a career will do th...Tim- <br />Packing a saw around for a career will do that to you. <br />Thank you for your service.Elmonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183651835847025449.post-70988803236034128042021-04-18T19:20:12.225-05:002021-04-18T19:20:12.225-05:00Roger that, Rob.
Looking at X-rays of my back are ...Roger that, Rob.<br />Looking at X-rays of my back are enough to make a normal person weep.<br />When I was younger, I hadn't a clue how to lift properly, and also never dreamed of the consequences that awaited me later in life.<br /><br />Tim in AKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183651835847025449.post-20289672770266660302021-04-18T18:54:28.946-05:002021-04-18T18:54:28.946-05:00I kiddingly referred to the family cattle ranch as...I kiddingly referred to the family cattle ranch as "El Rancho de Lifting Heavy Objects".<br />I was kidding but my back and knees took me seriously. They're all 3 shot.Elmonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183651835847025449.post-61277564387589946112021-04-18T18:17:41.864-05:002021-04-18T18:17:41.864-05:00But the question all of us really want to know is,...But the question all of us really want to know is, can she make sammiches? I’m sure she can fetch a can of beer, you know like a half keg!! Cavguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14578929898899824716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183651835847025449.post-11988422970774252382021-04-18T16:07:47.063-05:002021-04-18T16:07:47.063-05:00That's a great story. Old ways work best in my...That's a great story. Old ways work best in my experience, and you prove it.<br /><br />Sounds like the driver was just being an asshole. Sorry you had fall back on your wits like that. Wish there were more of us. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183651835847025449.post-25297472556470602912021-04-18T14:36:10.593-05:002021-04-18T14:36:10.593-05:00Thought she was going to bust a nutThought she was going to bust a nutMatthew Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15779512563348051103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183651835847025449.post-84520998877104500512021-04-18T14:35:56.469-05:002021-04-18T14:35:56.469-05:00I remember an old cowboy telling me once, "Qu...I remember an old cowboy telling me once, "Quickest way I know to get old is to lift stuff."<br /><br />Yup.robnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183651835847025449.post-58085647295962588782021-04-18T14:17:15.476-05:002021-04-18T14:17:15.476-05:00I just hear Andrew Dice Clay saying "Her uter...I just hear Andrew Dice Clay saying "Her uterus fell out. OH!"David in Flagstaffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15465357988441036677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183651835847025449.post-11373394828281581712021-04-18T13:44:20.486-05:002021-04-18T13:44:20.486-05:00Impressive even with straps used to lift them, the...Impressive even with straps used to lift them, the Dinnie stones are close to 750 lbs combined. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183651835847025449.post-71108435110378913232021-04-18T13:32:03.251-05:002021-04-18T13:32:03.251-05:00chiropractors everywhere thank .....
Jerry chiropractors everywhere thank .....<br />Jerry Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183651835847025449.post-34989133329320643852021-04-18T13:24:29.392-05:002021-04-18T13:24:29.392-05:00Girl is going to suffer a prolapse doing that.Girl is going to suffer a prolapse doing that.greggBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07470813497160549422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183651835847025449.post-52743698482549950842021-04-18T13:21:57.027-05:002021-04-18T13:21:57.027-05:00I could use her to move some landscape rocks in th...I could use her to move some landscape rocks in the back yard.Grandpa Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183651835847025449.post-26592280266614041422021-04-18T13:17:34.023-05:002021-04-18T13:17:34.023-05:00Not that I would or could use that technique, I di...Not that I would or could use that technique, I did utilize another from one of the Highland(?) games. They have to pick up a large stone, mount to their shoulders and repeat as many times as able or maybe carry it to a end point, can't quite remember.<br />Anyhow, they roll it to their knee, tip it up and then roll again to their shoulder. <br />When I was working at a alfalfa sprout farm, a driver dropped off a 50+ lb sack of seed. Trouble is he dropped it off in the grass and I could not get the hand truck to it. Recalled that technique and was able to get it to my shoulder to carry in the greenhouse.PoppaGaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13031672904807946630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183651835847025449.post-80717734599193038012021-04-18T12:40:49.012-05:002021-04-18T12:40:49.012-05:00Well, she got her rocks off.Well, she got her rocks off.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com