Cdog
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It's been windy here in NW Ga. for a while, quite common for March. Friday I ripped and cut four wooden stakes to reinstall a granddaughter's Senior 2022 yard sign that had already broken two of the standard metal push in H frame stake mounts. Due to the stakes covering too much I ended up using only two. I centered and sandwiched the sign between the stakes that I drove in the ground with a heavy shop hammer. I then used three screws to secure the sign to the stakes. As of this typing it's still standing!
Yesterday, the 26th I was out working on a short stretch of 4 strand barbed wire fence that separates my land from a neighbors pasture.
They keep a few horses and the old wood fence post are in many places being held up by the wire alone.
My wife and I love the look of the old weather worn post and want to keep them in place as long as possible. I was driving 6" T post behind the old post, seating them below the tops of the old post, then tying the new to old with fence wire. Where possible I used wire clips too. When the old wood finally goes it'll be easy enough to attach to the T post alone.
The North wind was so strong it had my strapped straw hat off my head several times, and strong enough that it took my $600+ featherweight glasses off my face without me noticing until well after the fact. As I was walking back toward my tractor for a couple more post I noticed my inability to see clearly. I was thinking, "so much for the savings on the sale price I got on the post."
Strange I didn't notice added brightness as these are auto-tint sunglasses too. I had no idea which gust had taken them. This proves just how hyper-focused I can become on a task. Great at times, but also bad when you become so unaware of your environment.
I went inside for help, my wife of course and a pair of old glasses that don't work well, but sure beats nothing. My wife was simply proud to see me uninjured.
We gently walked along both sides of the fence and near the tractor for a good half hour discussing this being the second pair of expensive ultralite glasses lost since moving here Summer of 2019. My wife had hers fall off the top of her head while helping me erect a deer feeder we moved using the tractor.
To bring my long story to an end, I did locate my glasses intact.
They were a good distance over on my neighbors side, South of where I had been when one of the gust had me struggling to keep my hat on. So it took my glasses instead.
What a relief!
I gave my found glasses to my bride and finished the day with the old pair.
"In Like A Lion And Out The Same Way"
Yesterday, the 26th I was out working on a short stretch of 4 strand barbed wire fence that separates my land from a neighbors pasture.
They keep a few horses and the old wood fence post are in many places being held up by the wire alone.
My wife and I love the look of the old weather worn post and want to keep them in place as long as possible. I was driving 6" T post behind the old post, seating them below the tops of the old post, then tying the new to old with fence wire. Where possible I used wire clips too. When the old wood finally goes it'll be easy enough to attach to the T post alone.
The North wind was so strong it had my strapped straw hat off my head several times, and strong enough that it took my $600+ featherweight glasses off my face without me noticing until well after the fact. As I was walking back toward my tractor for a couple more post I noticed my inability to see clearly. I was thinking, "so much for the savings on the sale price I got on the post."
Strange I didn't notice added brightness as these are auto-tint sunglasses too. I had no idea which gust had taken them. This proves just how hyper-focused I can become on a task. Great at times, but also bad when you become so unaware of your environment.
I went inside for help, my wife of course and a pair of old glasses that don't work well, but sure beats nothing. My wife was simply proud to see me uninjured.
We gently walked along both sides of the fence and near the tractor for a good half hour discussing this being the second pair of expensive ultralite glasses lost since moving here Summer of 2019. My wife had hers fall off the top of her head while helping me erect a deer feeder we moved using the tractor.
To bring my long story to an end, I did locate my glasses intact.
They were a good distance over on my neighbors side, South of where I had been when one of the gust had me struggling to keep my hat on. So it took my glasses instead.
What a relief!
I gave my found glasses to my bride and finished the day with the old pair.
"In Like A Lion And Out The Same Way"
