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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT gmail.com>]

 jack hammers are not easy to handle.
I think you will find that traveling is much easier than 
homesteading...lol...
Glad to hear that you are getting healthier, too.

On 9/10/2010 10:46 PM, Don Bowen wrote:
>  You could come to my place and wrestle with a 47# electric jack 
> hammer.   Yesterday's rains washed out my driveway so today I had to 
> pull some gravel back into place.  Then I took the electric jack 
> hammer and broke up part of the dam that was making a big pool in my 
> driveway.  After a half an hour my back started sending obscene 
> messages over using that infernal machine.  Then I tripped and fell on 
> the rocks so decided that it was time to put things away.  All O got 
> out of the fall was some scrapes.  Tomorrow morning I will b e out 
> there again cutting the notch deeper in the hopes to completely drain 
> the pool.  Then we want to bring in some road base to build up the 
> road a little.
>
> Since I started this move in mid May I have lost 25# myself and toned 
> up a lot.  Since moving to the Ozarks my blood pressure is down with 
> the weight, the knee does not hurt as much, and my heel is improving.

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determination, stubbornness, perseverance, hardiness, stamina, go, do,
nerve, spunk, pluck, and grit.  It's like "Just Do It!"&  "Go for It!")