Did some work down at the cabin today. I am building a nice looking but somewhat seriously fortified gated entry to my place.
So today I dig 5 post holes for 4x4 fence posts and I am freaking smoked. Arms feels like spaghetti noodles, chest is sore, and the webbing between my thumbs and index fingers are on fire.

A couple weeks back a buddy and I dug 2 post holes for 6x6 posts that the gate will mount to. I dug 1 he dug the other. It did not seem too bad just time consuming as I forgot my rock bar and had to use a 4lb sledge and crow bar to break up the rock.

Come to think of it I am guessing using the rock bar may be the reason I am so sore as it sends some pretty good force back at you upon impact. The ground was fairly soft so impact was not too bad with the clamshell digger.

If I am this sore now I am not looking forward to the morning. But good news is I am all done with my post just need to let them set in the concrete a bit then I will run my planks.

Yup, concrete is overkill and likely are the 6x6s but I figure if you are going to tear my stuff up you are going to have to tear your vehicle up in the process. I put the posts 5 feet apart, the gate will open out and rest against the 6x6s so one would have to drive thru the gate in turn folding it in the center which do a number on the vehicle.

Fortunately the only folks so far have been using the property as a little lovers lane so it is not likely they will bother damaging their vehicle.

I have good neighbors that keep an eye on the place and have no issues cronfronting anyone on the property.

It gets worse.

Digging and breaking rocks is like that, like you tired to beat up a parking lot.

Looking back, I now know why my dad was grumpy all the time. Everything hurts.

The Jehovah's Witnesses will get in. They always find a way. There's just no hiding from their bible messages. The are insidious, unfathomable, undefinable, uncontainable, and undeniable.

Well, it could be worse, the cabin could be in Canada. For all the love of what's good and holy, don't expose your children to Canada!

Also, how old are you? What physical shape are you in? We need some numbers to gauge your 'freaking wussieness'.

H&K-Guy

Wait 'til you get old!

No matter how fit you are, how good a shape, using muscles in novel, unaccustomed ways can hurt ya.

At the peak of my triathlon years, my family and I were invited to go with another family for 4th of July, picnic, volleyball, good fun. Hoo boy! After most of a day of volleyball, I couldn't walk right for a week, sore all over! I was in my early 40's then.

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Originally posted by H&K-Guy:
The Jehovah's Witnesses will get in. They always find a way. There's just no hiding from their bible messages. The are insidious, unfathomable, undefinable, uncontainable, and undeniable.

Well, it could be worse, the cabin could be in Canada. For all the love of what's good and holy, don't expose your children to Canada!

Also, how old are you? What physical shape are you in? We need some numbers to gauge your 'freaking wussieness'.

H&K-Guy

34, moderately fit, not nearly as fit as I was since having the 1st kiddo 4 years ago and now 3 total.
5 days a week at the gym are long gone.

Hmm either out of shape or getting old... Pick one

Well, you'll definitely be a REALLY Sore freaking wuss tomorrow!

Black, when you get older and wiser you'll visit the equipment rental store (or Craigslist ad) instead of getting out the clamshell digger and rock bar. No pain, no pain is a much better expression than no pain, no gain.

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Originally posted by H&K-Guy:
The Jehovah's Witnesses will get in. They always find a way. There's just no hiding from their bible messages. The are insidious, unfathomable, undefinable, uncontainable, and undeniable.

JWs keep very detailed records of their home visits, and you can use this to your advantage. If you strip down to your boxers prior to answering the door, they deem you no longer worthy of salvation, they exfil from your property in great haste, and they document your address as one to avoid. Ask me how I know?

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Originally posted by Black92LX:

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Originally posted by H&K-Guy:
The Jehovah's Witnesses will get in. They always find a way. There's just no hiding from their bible messages. The are insidious, unfathomable, undefinable, uncontainable, and undeniable.

Well, it could be worse, the cabin could be in Canada. For all the love of what's good and holy, don't expose your children to Canada!

Also, how old are you? What physical shape are you in? We need some numbers to gauge your 'freaking wussieness'.

H&K-Guy

34, moderately fit, not nearly as fit as I was since having the 1st kiddo 4 years ago and now 3 total.
5 days a week at the gym are long gone.

34??? With three kids to keep you running around? Dude, you're just a KID! When you get to 50, then you can come on here and gripe about getting worn out easy.

H&K-Guy

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Originally posted by tatortodd:
Black, when you get older and wiser you'll visit the equipment rental store (or Craigslist ad) instead of getting out the clamshell digger and rock bar. No pain, no pain is a much better expression than no pain, no gain.

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Originally posted by H&K-Guy:
The Jehovah's Witnesses will get in. They always find a way. There's just no hiding from their bible messages. The are insidious, unfathomable, undefinable, uncontainable, and undeniable.

JWs keep very detailed records of their home visits, and you can use this to your advantage. If you strip down to your boxers prior to answering the door, they deem you no longer worthy of salvation, they exfil from your property in great haste, and they document your address as one to avoid. Ask me how I know?

OK, this could be entertaining. How do you know?

HA! Worked construction for years... stuff I used to do all day long and not even think about now is often a struggle. Not only am I out of shape but I have lost considerable strength and that bothers me the most. Two bad shoulders don't help either! I find I have to actively pace myself, and I'm only 62. I blame it on the fairly cushy job I had the last decade or so before retiring.

Ibuprofen is your friend. Take it both before planned hard work, and after, helps tremendously I have found, both with your performance during, and for minimizing the after effects.

I really should be working out...

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Originally posted by tatortodd:
Black, when you get older and wiser you'll visit the equipment rental store (or Craigslist ad) instead of getting out the clamshell digger and rock bar. No pain, no pain is a much better expression than no pain, no gain.

I wish it were that easy. My place is likely an hour and a half to the closest rental place so I'd be hauling whatever equipment and getting anybody to do any sort of work around the area is nearly impossible. Only help I get is my buddies just ask MattW he used to help but he up and moved away!

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Originally posted by tatortodd:
If you strip down to your boxers prior to answering the door,

Wait... What? You don't have to lose the boxers too? NOW you tell me!

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Originally posted by H&K-Guy:

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Originally posted by tatortodd:
Black, when you get older and wiser you'll visit the equipment rental store (or Craigslist ad) instead of getting out the clamshell digger and rock bar. No pain, no pain is a much better expression than no pain, no gain.

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Originally posted by H&K-Guy:
The Jehovah's Witnesses will get in. They always find a way. There's just no hiding from their bible messages. The are insidious, unfathomable, undefinable, uncontainable, and undeniable.

JWs keep very detailed records of their home visits, and you can use this to your advantage. If you strip down to your boxers prior to answering the door, they deem you no longer worthy of salvation, they exfil from your property in great haste, and they document your address as one to avoid. Ask me how I know?

OK, this could be entertaining. How do you know?

In my first stint living in Houston, I was watching football on a Saturday afternoon. During a commercial, I looked out the front window where I spotted two female JWs going door to door, and I knew that I had to put an end that nonsense that day or they'd hound me the rest of my days. I remembered that I was wearing paisley colored boxers and at first glance I look naked in them. So I stripped off my t-shirt, shorts, and socks and opened the door just as they were reaching for the doorbell. My front door was up a flight of stairs, and by my internal clock they set the house record on descending that flight of stairs. I lived there 4 more years and never had another JW visit.

I can't remember who recommended it (sounds like a Sigforumite), but they suggested in the future that I add the following sentence to my near naked JW door greeting, [lick lips]"Are you from the agency?[/lick lips]

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Originally posted by darthfuster:
It gets worse.

Sure does!

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34??? With three kids to keep you running around? Dude, you're just a KID! When you get to 50, then you can come on here and gripe about getting worn out easy.

H&K-Guy

Cool, I've got four months to go then I can bitch, plus I'll be eligible for Bealls Tuesday Senior Discount Day. It's a win-win.

Black, my kids are 7, 9, and 11 and much more self sufficient now. That part gets easier. Get in shape now and maintain it. That part doesn't get easier.

Turmeric Curcumin will help quite a bit. Yesterday I loaded/unloaded a pickup full of pavers, then half a load of cement, sand and dirt. I'm only a little sore today. And I'm nearly twice your age.

Actual work is vastly different from pushing weight around in a gym. back in HS, I can remember being able to out work a lot of my buddies that played football (I was a band geek). But I grew up on a working farm/ranch. I was used to working and being out in the heat/cold/rain/etc...
These days? I have no wind, no stamina, and too much gut.