[TheForge] Werk smart, not hard

[Terry L. Ridder]

hello;

not trusting my left arm and not wanting to
damage my one remain good arm, i have developed
many a helper tool to help me lift, turn, lug, etc
heavy and/or large objects.

many are just manual simple machine type tools.

my best "friend" is an 18 hp garden tractor and
steel wagon.

when hammering i barely grip the hammer when i
hit the anvil. it is difficult to describe in words
how i hammer.

i really mull over a project in my mind before
i charge into it. i attempt to visualize the
pitfalls and gotchas just waiting to hurt me
and eliminate them.

my son, 20 yr old, thinking he is immortal, grabbed
on to something he should not have. he blew out a
couple disks in his back and his right knee. he was
trying to show how "macho" he is. 

On Fri, 18 Jul 2003, Best, Dianne wrote:

dianne> Hope ya'll fergive me if'n I ramble off on a little story...
<snip>
dianne> 
dianne> I come back with a lift truck 'n' a chain 'n'
dianne> slung that motor off as easy
dianne> as ya please; swung the new one up, positioned
dianne> it, 'n' set 'er down without
dianne> breakin a sweat.
dianne> 
dianne> Next day, when I come on shift, 3 of the
dianne> fellers from day shift come to talk
dianne> to me - they wanted to join my crew.
dianne> I asked 'em why. They said, "We figger
dianne> we been doin things the hard way for
dianne> too long...." Gave me a smile, that
dianne> did. Had meself one he!! of a crew.....
dianne> 
dianne> Calamity Jane
dianne> 

-- 
Terry L. Ridder ><>