Dawn 'Til Dusk on Worthy

[Michael37]

Some of you have not long woken up and greeted the Lord and the new day.

"This is the day the Lord has made, I will rejoice and be glad in it," features in my rise and shine regime.

Rise and shine is the call our mother of six made to get us up and ready for school.

It's actually 11pm right now as I post this thread, and I'm about done with Worthy for the day.

Usually there are not many members online about this hour.

It's 7AM in Florida, so the internet tells me. 

It's been a good day for me. Between dawn and dusk, as well as stints on Worthy I've cleaned and serviced my overgrip chainsaw which I use for light treework, replaced its chain with a previously sharpened one, and cleaned and sharpened the used one as well as the used chain off my bigger saw. I have a power sharpening machine in my workshop, which is also useful for wirebrushing the chains to clean them. They come up almost like new.

Oh yes, I still had some go in me after that so I cleaned an algae-covered plastic stepping-stool that lives by our swimming pool. By then it was nearly 4.30PM and my wife had arrived home from her cards club, so we had our cups of tea and coffee together.

Back on Worthy tomorrow with the dawn of a new day. 

The Lord be with you.

[Neighbor]

Sharp tools are safe(r) tools!

I do think the Floridians on the board are up and at 'em long before sunrise. Near as I can tell, for the most part, we do  not sleep.

Thanks for volunteering with WCF.

p.s. I do not even sleep much when at the North Carolina, USA,  mountains; as it seems someone is forever buzzing at trees there with a chainsaw.

 

[Ray12614]

Sharp chains for your saw are better than dull ones, and they are easier on the operator and for the saw.

I have seen my son cutting with a dull chain on his saw, and it is painful to watch . . . I feel sorry for the saw laboring to pull that dull chain though the logs.

Christians who  don't keep up to date an their understanding of the scriptures are like dull chains on their spiritual saws . . . they make a lot of noise, laboring hard to accomplish little results,  and do very little good in accomplishing their tasks at hand (living overcoming lives).

Christians who have alot of scriptures (sharp chains), but don't know how to use them properly are like the man who has alot of sharp chains, but, can end up cutting things he didn't want to cut, or even hurt himself.

The real skill is in the hands of the workman who has sharp chains and knows how to use his saw.

Hope some of this makes a little sense . . . 

Grace ad Peact . . . 

 

[Neighbor]

52 minutes ago, Ray12614 said:

The real skill is in the hands of the workman who has sharp chains and knows how to use his saw.

Well, maayyybe.

I do tend to think credit goes to the Holy Spirit for use of the word of God at the right time by the right person in serving the will of God the Father. That way I think there is a building up,  a crafting that is holy, rather than simply a cutting down.

At any rate, it is good that Michael has at the end of the day's effort a sharp chainsaw blade in a finely tuned saw for taking down trees or at least smaller limbs. I have a little issue with a large hickory tree myself; a hole at the tree trunk base of a nearly 125+ foot tall tree.

Having calculated the prevailing winds in storms along with the odds it will miss my house when  it falls, I have decided to bite the financial bullet and have it removed. I need permits, I need to block the trail roadway, and I need have a crew do it,  for I am not about to take chainsaw to the base of a tree that size.

On the upside I am also thinking to find a person with a chainsaw cutting mill to  cut the fallen tree into lengths of slabs for fireplace mantels. They retail at prices I just cannot fathom today, many hundreds of dollars each.  I might even  come out with a profit at the end of the process. Least I can hope that is so.

Hate to have to consider removing such a fine old tree! 

Perhaps the thud will be heard on the other side of earth? Nah, likely not.

See what "we" think about while Michael sleeps soundly on the other side?

[FJK]

3 hours ago, Neighbor said:

On the upside I am also thinking to find a person with a chainsaw cutting mill to  cut the fallen tree into lengths of slabs for fireplace mantels. They retail at prices I just cannot fathom today, many hundreds of dollars each.  I might even  come out with a profit at the end of the process. Least I can hope that is so.

I've seen some fine walking staffs and canes made from hickory branches, don't overlook that since they fetch a good price.

[Neighbor]

9 hours ago, FJK said:

I've seen some fine walking staffs and canes made from hickory branches, don't overlook that since they fetch a good price.

Yes! I have and use two, one a long fighting length staff, and one walking cane length.  Mostly I use the longer one, especially when amongst the snakes in the wood.

[Ray12614]

9 hours ago, Neighbor said:

Yes! I have and use two, one a long fighting length staff, and one walking cane length.  Mostly I use the longer one, especially when amongst the snakes in the wood.

I was wondering at your comment about Michael being on the other side, so I looked at both your profiles, and discovered that he is in New Zealand and you are somewhere in the USA.

Interestingly enough, your profile has a green truck?  What is it? When I was young (just a few short years ago LOL) my family had a Chevy 2 ton farm truck that we used for bags of fertilizer and seed corn when planting. When I was 8 years old my dad had me drive it out in the field in 'granny gear' because I could not push the clutch in, so he had me start the truck in gear and steer it over to where dad was planting.

It didn't look nice like yours does. It was faded and beat up from use. I wish I had that truck today, I would have fixed it up and repainted it, and it probably would have looked something like yours does.

Ray . . . 

[Neighbor]

2 hours ago, Ray12614 said:

and you are somewhere in the USA.

Interestingly enough, your profile has a green truck?  What is it?

Hi Ray,

Yes I am somewhere in the USA usually Florida's Suncoast but in recent years also  inland North Carolina. That truck is special to me not so much  for the mere metal but for the manner in which I acquired it after my wife of 46 years had died after a very nasty illness.

 We had been searching out vintage vehicles and had not yet found  "the one"  for us that we had hoped to  use at The Villages Florida, when our lives were turned upside down with her illness.

Anyway it is a 1942 Chevrolet 3100 original with 56,000 original miles on it. It has a power take off on the "nose" of it and was indeed a one owner farm vehicle, but one that was kept in quite pristine condition.. I am presently holding it for my grandson till he is old enough to take it over, to do what ever he may wish with it.

I treasure the memory of the manner in which it became available to me more than the vehicle itself. For though interesting and kinda cool being a 1942 built just before the production line was switched  from civilian production to military vehicles, it  is just metal.

[Ray12614]

20 hours ago, Neighbor said:

Hi Ray,

Yes I am somewhere in the USA usually Florida's Suncoast but in recent years also  inland North Carolina. That truck is special to me not so much  for the mere metal but for the manner in which I acquired it after my wife of 46 years had died after a very nasty illness.

 We had been searching out vintage vehicles and had not yet found  "the one"  for us that we had hoped to  use at The Villages Florida, when our lives were turned upside down with her illness.

Anyway it is a 1942 Chevrolet 3100 original with 56,000 original miles on it. It has a power take off on the "nose" of it and was indeed a one owner farm vehicle, but one that was kept in quite pristine condition.. I am presently holding it for my grandson till he is old enough to take it over, to do what ever he may wish with it.

I treasure the memory of the manner in which it became available to me more than the vehicle itself. For though interesting and kinda cool being a 1942 built just before the production line was switched  from civilian production to military vehicles, it  is just metal.

Understand completely, more than you know. It is a fulfilled promise ./ mission that you and your wife were engaged in. I highly respect you for doing that.

My memories of my father revolves around old tractors. I have an 1954 Ford Ferguson TO35 which is a utility light duty tractor used for pulling wagons around the farm and I use it for mowing grass with a 6ft mower deck hanging of of 3 point hitch. Not much to look at and needs repainting, but, every time I am using it . . . I am a kid again out in the fields with my father in memories that will stay with me as long as I live.

Being the youngest of 3 boys, my brothers were all grown and moved out into their own careers and jobs. So when work had to happen on the farm . . . well . . . I was the last man standing when the music stopped . . . . so to speak (maybe that phrase rings a bell with you since you are from my generation). That also means that when other kids were doing fun things I was doing the work of an farm hand. I remember saying that I could not wait until I graduated from school so I could move away from the farm. NOW, I would give anything to go back and do some (not all LOL) of the work I used to hate. 

It did, however, give me a strong work ethic which has served me well over the years in my early jobs, and later in my IT career. Instead of avoiding work, I have always attacked it until it is finished, which many other men from my generation seem to have never been taught. That paid off in being well paid for IT database work that I learned by returning to college at age 35.

So what am I doing now? I am retired, but, learning 3D modeling and printing. As I am writing this I have an printer next to my desk that I am printing an lithopone model and stand of pictures for some friends at church. I do need to get a PT job soon while my technical skills are still in demand, but, enjoying retirement otherwise.

Yes . . . I have rambled on about things that mostly mean nothing to others . . . but seldom do I get to share with strangers about my life.

Thanks for indulging me . . . 

Grace and Peace in Christ . . . Ray . . . 

[Neighbor]

31 minutes ago, Ray12614 said:

Understand completely, more than you know. It is a fulfilled promise ./ mission that you and your wife were engaged in. I highly respect you for doing that.

My memories of my father revolves around old tractors. I have an 1954 Ford Ferguson TO35 which is a utility light duty tractor used for pulling wagons around the farm and I use it for mowing grass with a 6ft mower deck hanging of of 3 point hitch. Not much to look at and needs repainting, but, every time I am using it . . . I am a kid again out in the fields with my father in memories that will stay with me as long as I live.

Being the youngest of 3 boys, my brothers were all grown and moved out into their own careers and jobs. So when work had to happen on the farm . . . well . . . I was the last man standing when the music stopped . . . . so to speak (maybe that phrase rings a bell with you since you are from my generation). That also means that when other kids were doing fun things I was doing the work of an farm hand. I remember saying that I could not wait until I graduated from school so I could move away from the farm. NOW, I would give anything to go back and do some (not all LOL) of the work I used to hate. 

It did, however, give me a strong work ethic which has served me well over the years in my early jobs, and later in my IT career. Instead of avoiding work, I have always attacked it until it is finished, which many other men from my generation seem to have never been taught. That paid off in being well paid for IT database work that I learned by returning to college at age 35.

So what am I doing now? I am retired, but, learning 3D modeling and printing. As I am writing this I have an printer next to my desk that I am printing an lithopone model and stand of pictures for some friends at church. I do need to get a PT job soon while my technical skills are still in demand, but, enjoying retirement otherwise.

Yes . . . I have rambled on about things that mostly mean nothing to others . . . but seldom do I get to share with strangers about my life.

Thanks for indulging me . . . 

Grace and Peace in Christ . . . Ray . . . 

There is joy in the sharing, especially in the "hearing".

3 D modeling wow odd you should mention that. Oops just got a phone call  got to go help someone with a small issue. More later. 3D very interesting -to me anyway.