How'd it go today?

[pantheraba]

Heimlich Maneuver....excellent. I have practiced it but never seen it done for real. Good work.

 

[treebilly]

Hit a full dose of pediolite this morning and a lot of Gatorade along with water today. Lunch was two cans of tuna and drinking the juice plus the normal frozen fruit and trail mix. This seems to happen every year once a year. Probably because I start paying better attention after the fact. Cool vest will be ordered once I get back from vacation. I’ll be off for over a week now. Hoping to catch PC for a quick visit as I’m passing through his area.

 

[pantheraba]

Cool to visit with PC...tell him, "HI" from me!

 

[Mick!]

Great work on the Heimlich Manœuvre Mellow.

Any details on the incident?

 

[FireFighterZero]

Nice work Mellow.


Very scary Rich. Glad you are feeling better.

 

[Steve Mack]

Bad luck about your trees Dave, that looks like really dangerous road. And Happy Birthday.



Nice going Mellow.

A doctor I used to go to choked at a dinner for doctors and died there. Still can't believe that.

 

[Stumpshot]

Did my annual summer breakdown yesterday... Dehydration must build through out the week and I didn't really get a break at all for the past one.

Yikes! We've been having good success with Ultima. It's stevia sweetened, but if you want it more Gatorade-like, just add a packet or two of sugar and a pinch of sea salt. I think the overall concept of re-hydration is mis-placed. That shows that you are already in a deficient state and need to get back up to normal levels. Best to stay ahead of the game, keeping yourself properly hydrated in advance and ongoing.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Pre-loading

On bad days I would drink a liter of generic Pedialyte before I even leave the house.

 

[Ryan]

Our first aid instructor taught us "abdominal thrusts" instead of the Heimlich. Exactly the same thing but no one with the name Heimlich gets offended....

 

[SeanKroll]

On bad days I would drink a liter of generic Pedialyte before I even leave the house.

That seems like the thing to do everyday.

A good idea is at least to fill your coffee cup with water before a fill/ refill, IMO.

 

[MasterBlaster]

If you wait until you feel bad then you're too late.

 

[Steve Mack]

Still in Sydney. Did all the good jobs and spent today dead wooding Melaleuca's, if you've never done that your lucky. Every time you turn around there's more you missed.

Was headed home Sunday but got a couple more jobs come in so looks like I'll stay another week, and that place I'm dumping at turned out pretty good.

 

[MasterBlaster]

In more ways then one!

Nothing like a good dump, for sure!!!

 

[Steve Mack]

Don't be vulgar.



Actually it's not a bad spot, wish I'd known about it before. It backs onto the river and they sell some good stuff. Met the owner today and he seems a pretty good bloke, been doing it for thirty years.

 

[MasterBlaster]

If I woulda had my own personal dump I would have started a treeco decades ago.

 

[Steve Mack]

Thirty years ago I was paying $5 a ton, now it's $238. This place is classed industrial, on the other side of the river an old crap house goes for a million $ or more. Half a mile west on that side up for big money. He's doing ok I think.

 

[MasterBlaster]

The two most successful treecos here have their own dumps on their personal properties, TONS of space. One has a giant hole dug that he fills up and then burns all of it. Hella bonfire!!!

 

[Raj]

Same around my area, having your own dump makes a big difference. I dump my firewood on my front lawn......

 

[squisher]

Sounds like an environmental disaster!

 

[MasterBlaster]

Believe it or not, I've seen piles three times higher and maybe ten times longer. Once a year the fellow would burn it. It was right next to the Red River... one year it flooded and took ALL that stuff downriver... pretty wild. I'm sure there would be a fine in there somewhere if it could ever be proved. A lock and dam system is a few miles downstream. YUGE logs and stumps and shit...

 

[squisher]

My pile is/was quite small. I took most of the stuff to the dump, unless we were working in my hood. So I believe anyone who's rolling and taking it all to one spot would have much larger piles. Still always enjoyed my bonfires!

 

[MasterBlaster]

I couldn't believe how huge that pile would get. He let a lot of treecos dump there.

 

[Stumpshot]

Our dump spot on our wood lot/shop was starting to crowd up with 6-8 loads (30 cubic yards apiece). Then our savior came last Friday -- a farmer with his semi and tractor w/loader. He scooped up almost every chip we had (maybe a pickup load's worth left). He even neatened the pile up for us. We're going to have to start bringing home more to keep the home fans happy!

 

[DMc]

GP, what is the farmer using the chips for?

 

[FireFighterZero]

Frog snacks.