Guest guest Posted September 6, 2004 Report Share Posted September 6, 2004 Hi Stan, Got any neighbors that can help you unload your car? Worse comes to worse, higher a handy man for a few days. They're not to expensive here in the US. He can help you with the heavy stuff then you can always call him as needed. Capeesh? Di-in-us > Hi, fellow hippies > > I've postponed for a couple of years finishing a small stone wall > that I started. The big sacks of cement that I had bought earlier > had hardened from neglect and non-use. > > I want to continue with the wall, so last week I decided to buy some > fresh cement. > > Cement in the large economy-size sack is heavy, far heavier than > hippies three months out from under the knife should carry. > > So last week I looked in the French hypermarché,Carrefour, the > world's 2nd largest retailer after the U.S.'s Wal-Mart, which is > numero uno, for smaller containers of cement. > > There were small containers of mortar that merely require adding > water and using. > > They are expensive per kilo. I bought three of them, which cost not > much less than a normal sack of cement. > > Of course cement should be mixed with gravel and sand, which > increases costs. However, I have lots of those in sacks on my > property that I did need from a previous concrete job I did. So if I > bought large sacks of cement, I would not have to buy sand and > gravel. > > I was amazed at what a short distance the small containers of mortar > went. I could only install about two stones with each container. It > would take many, many containers to finish the job, which would > probably would have been cheaper had I had hired someone to do it! > > However, I enjoy doing do-it-myself projects myself by myself. > > Why do I bring this topic up? To illustrate to you--my fellow and > fellowette hippies some of the new challenges we as post-hip-op > hippies face. > > I had trouble carrying the cement sacks when I was so-called normal. > I sure as hell can't carry them now. > > Yet I don't want to over-pay for the cement. > > I have one of the wheeley deals that I used to use for toting > baggage when traveling. I don't know if it can hold a heavy sack of > cement, but I may give it a try. The problem is that I have lots of > stairs to go down after I bring it home. I remember breaking one of > the devices on stairs some time ago. > > And another challenge: How do I get lift a heavy sack of cement out > of my car alone. > > Ah, the joys of being a post-hip-op hippie. > > Are any of you part-time maçons? > > Ciao, amigos, > > Staninfr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 6, 2004 Report Share Posted September 6, 2004 Ok Stan () Suit yourself. Be a manly man. I don't see anything wrong with getting a little help until you're better. sheesh. DIU > > Hi Stan, > > Got any neighbors that can help you unload your car? Worse comes > to > > worse, higher a handy man for a few days. They're not to expensive > > here in the US. He can help you with the heavy stuff then you can > > always call him as needed. Capeesh? > > > > Di-in-us > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 7, 2004 Report Share Posted September 7, 2004 DIU I agree with you. I also feel that people have the right to do it their way if it works for them. Sheesh yourself. Have you never done anything to salve your own ego? If not, you are dead, my friend. I'm no macho. I stayed a total of three weeks in a clinic and convalescent home so that I would be able to do more on my own when I arrived home. Sheeshingly yours, SIF > > > Hi Stan, > > > Got any neighbors that can help you unload your car? Worse > comes > > to > > > worse, higher a handy man for a few days. They're not to > expensive > > > here in the US. He can help you with the heavy stuff then you can > > > always call him as needed. Capeesh? > > > > > > Di-in-us > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 7, 2004 Report Share Posted September 7, 2004 Not dead dear, just rehabing. HA HA HA!!!If I can get my figure back relatively soon, that would salvage my ego quite well. Kind of hard to exercise when you have both hips grinding bone on bone. Today I worked out on the cross bow and then the physical therapist, my favorite people, (JUST KIDDING SCOTTY Lighten up!) came and worked on me. He was very good. I walk around the house without my cane now and he was working with me on my balance. He said I'm pretty ready to go to out patient therapy soon. Sheesh. Not so dead yours, DIU > > > > Hi Stan, > > > > Got any neighbors that can help you unload your car? Worse > > comes > > > to > > > > worse, higher a handy man for a few days. They're not to > > expensive > > > > here in the US. He can help you with the heavy stuff then you > can > > > > always call him as needed. Capeesh? > > > > > > > > Di-in-us > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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