I've never brake checked anyone. It's the most asinine thing that anyone can do on the highway.

There's a guy here who drives a mini. He came out of the Food Lion parking lot right in front of me, in the Ranger, and I had the cruise control set at 3-over. The guy drove slow then brake-checked me. Against my better judgement I did him the courtesy of touching my brakes- otherwise he would have been shot forward into oncoming traffic.

Since then I've seen him twice more, once brake-checking a truck on the same two lane road. That asshole has a death wish.

Was meant for the OP, but since you're able to lift, I could always use the muscle!:D

I was diagnosed by an ortho and my primary with having tendonitis in my shoulders (inflammation of the tendons) and arthritis in my wrists. I had a cortisone shot in my right shoulder and right wrist, which were huge improvements. My left wrist and shoulder never got quite as bad, so I suffered through the left side without any shots.

After a month or so I also had achy legs (not sharp pain as above) and some pain in my feet. The blood test in the beginning showed inflammation markers.

After a bunch of reading, I concluded that I had systemic inflammation, but my doc poo-pooed that idea. They either don't want to deal with that, or don't know what to do about it. Most of medicine is about addressing symptoms with drugs or surgery, no digging to find and correct the actual cause.

My right wrist and shoulder extreme pain came on literally overnight, left side a week or so later. It got worse but started to stabilize within about 3-4 months, started to get better, and gradually disappeared within around 8 months (all this is why I abandoned my business and retired in 2021).

Who ever heard of osteoarthritis coming on suddenly, and then disappearing within a year? But my doc stuck to that diagnosis.

Early on I went to PT, and they really helped with my shoulders, but not wrists. I still do those (stretching and strengthening) exercises at home, along with a few others that I picked up online.

So far, so good.

Sorry Yaddy :( for derailing . . .


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The car reminded me of you, not the action. If you cut someone off you would speed up and get out of the way. You're not an impeder. Not your style.
Food Lion. LOL. May as well call it Glutton's. When I was in SC in '21 we went there and I was blown away by the name, but also by the prices. Food was literally 50% the cost as it was in CA. One reason the friends I was visiting had moved to Pawley's Island from Sacramento, CA!
Years ago there was a liquor store called 'The Liquor Trough'. Same deal. Hilarious.

Here we have Lowes Foods for the Floridiots and Linvillians. Prices are at least 50% more than Food Lizard. And the bathroom at Food Lion is a lot cleaner. :seasix:

But on Thursdays, Lowes has 1/2 price draft beers. Get there early to get a seat...

Don’t forget Harris Twatter. Even worse than Lowes on $$$. Food Lizard (like the new name) is decent except for meat, chicken good red meat bad from there. Cheaper grades…..

It is impossible to sear red meat from the Food Kitty; they pump it full of water.
Waldo World is worse though... they use "solution" to add weight but not value.

I did two renovation jobs for Lowes Inc. in the Winston-Salem area several years ago, including the new facade at their Clemmons store. This was when they started with the "local" theme. It was evident that they wanted to be the next Wegmans, which is up in the NE.

We're trying to cut down on beef since the start of the FBJ era. When I do by beef at Food Lizard, I tend to buy the Spring Crossing Cattle Company brand. It's a little pricey, but nicely trimmed in smaller packages.

I've decided on the Echo 2511pn, rear handle. Home Depot won't oder one over the phone or online using my store credit, dumb bastages. So I'll try to buy from a local dealer.

2511t is a badass saw. You have to consider, echo uses extremely hard rings and cylinder coatings, it will take a few tanks for it to "wake up"...and really Gallup. I pull the carb limiters and drill a 5/16 hole in the muffler outlet, retune them and go with the 16" bar, hell of a pocket rocket

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

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Rear handle for the win. :dance:

Used many different kinds of chainsaws over the years. All have been rear handle.-:D

Yaddy, here's my Echo, model CS-5000. Don't remember what size bar it has:


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I've never heard of the "top handle" or WTF he's talking about. :confused:

Can cut wood with one hand and fap with the other.

So they re-invented the wheel?

Great.

Rent free, Himey. :Jeff '79:

All the Pro tree guys used top handle saws or "tree saws" as they were known back then in the early, middle 70's. I don't think Echo even existed back then. They were smaller and lighter and easier to use for trimming and transporting and storing. Think climbing a tree and carrying it or roping it up. Try handling both, easy to see the diff. And since they did the majority of the cutting, they were also less expensive to replace. Larger rear handled saws did the grunt work of cutting logs and felling trees.

My buddy collects and rehabs old Homelight and Stihl saws. Here he is a few years ago at work. Attachment 98733