After reading this post, not a D@MN thing! LOL! Ok, I was always interested in farming. I helped put up hay, off 'n' on, through my teenage years. After highschool, I started off at Milwaukee Power Tool on the punch press for Sawzall blades. I knew, from that point on, that I ain't factory material. I took four other factory jobs before I said (something nasty!) & quit the last factory job to become a roofer. I did that for three years & ruptured the two lower discs in my back. No, I was not smart enough to injure it on the job. I didn't know what to do after that. About two (painful) years (& approval for disability) later, I figured it out. I'm going to take Grandpa's tractor & do something productive with it or die trying! Yep, I was a bit depressed at the time, to say the least. I got over it. Come to find out all this work is good therapy all around. If I stay active, my back won't hurt so much. If I sit around for a day or two, it'll get bad in no time flat. I've also found out the hard way that I should listen to the doctor's weight restrictions. They're not there just to keep me out of gainful employment, huh? This past week was a reminder. I upgraded from a Stihl O11-AV to the Farm Boss. I used it for about an hour & was just fine. I went cutting the next day, for five hours, & had to do nothing again for four days. Today, I was able to climb back on the tractor to get some horse apples hauled. Now, I'm sitting here having a Chesterfield & a Schlitz & yacking at y'all. Hope the boss don't catch me being lazy. AHHHHHH!
*Urp*
Mike
P.S. I had started to quit drinking before the injury. I quit cold turkey after the injury. I was bone dry for four years. Now, after I can trust myself, I'll have a beer 'bout four or five times a year. It's a beautiful thing! One beer is GOLD when you bust your donkey all day & it's hot out. Never believed in moderation 'till then. Now, I embrace it.
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