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RE: [RC] setting records - Rae CallawayI was doing good getting 100 bales every 5-6 weeks or so, picking it out of the field, and restacking in the loft. You know what killed me? Having to get a new hay guy. This guy not only delivers, but he unloads, so I had nothing to do. Then, a new merger at work suddenly gave me enough money to get a barn guy to come out twice a week to pick stalls. I've gotten lazy and lost conditioning. I don't think I could even stack 10 bales of hay now. :o( Gotta get back on a program!! Rae Tall C Arabians - Central -----Original Message----- From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tom Sites Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 9:57 PM To: rides2far@xxxxxxxx Cc: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [RC] setting records Angie i can't get any help either and sick of asking. When i was young i worked the hay fields w/ my grandfather for 50 cents a half day and by the end of the summer i had saved enough money to 'buy Murphys out'. That was the late 50's early 60's and 50 cents could buy 2 gallons of gas and today thats 6 bucks and kids today spend that much on a couple big macs and large order of fries and a super size coke and wonder why America has an obesity problem. Hard work builds character my daughter Teresa said i always said. My back and neck went out when my F-350 truck was rammed at my door and sent we airborne into a guard rail and the frame to the truck got bent w/ relatively minor body damage, tho working landscape work and all that lifting and tugging probably had some to do with the herniated discs. I saw the crash as i was looking to the left and usually i would have cursed but quickly thought Oh No. I even curse in thought so i remember the thought vividly. Today according to my massage therapist who has been trying to pull me back together, my right leg is 3"'s shorter than my left leg. I have a dent in my chest where the seat belt bent me. I now ride 'crooked' and centered riding is more like centered balance which means dressage is over unless I'm like Zingaro and ride w/ a skirt and you can't see the off balance. When will you know? Not til after you've done the damage. From my perspective the real pain never happened at the time of the injury except when it went way out and until you felt that pain even the knife sounds good to relieve it. I always use my knees before my back as much as possible when bending and lifting. I now know my capabilities of what i can and can't do and stop before i get too wore out. Time changes everything and everyone and just as we came into this world alone from the darkness and warmth we will head out the same way...alone. So we all gotta take care of ourselves. When i throw a hay bale up now i throw it into the air and direct it as much as i can w/ my knee rather than my back. This works til your knees go out, and then you get less horses, pay more for hay and hopefully figure out that more is less and less is more and you have more fun and less work. There is a giant of a difference between being in your 40's and being in your 50's and i don't know about the beyond but i'm getting ready to discover that. I remember my Granddaddy working on the farm and up at 4 and in the fields at 5 and quitting at 10:30 and eating a big lunch at 11:30 or so and reading the paper til naptime came and back into the fields when the heat of the day was gone. I like naps in the middle of the day and i don't feel bad about them at all....these days. Time changes everything. ts =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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