Neanderpundit

A greyhound!!

I managed to combine the parts from two older push mowers to make one that ran well,and have been mowing with it so far this year. Unfortunately it still leaks oil, since i was unable to get the block gasket in time I just hacked it together. So it goes through almost a quart of oil to mow the lawn. I didn’t want to mess with it any more, but I also didn’t want to spend $300 on a new mower. So I looked, and HFT had new engines for $79, and a coupon I had brought it down to $68. It’s a Honda knockoff, “greyhound” brand, and as much as I would have preferred to purchase something made in USA, not only could I not afford it, but just about every mower I saw had a chinese engine to begin with.

I mowed only for a few minutes, though, because my mowing disturbed a momma duck sitting on her nest. She has nine eggs in there, and I wouldn’t want her to have to abandon them, She’s back now, and I’m glad, but I won’t disturb her more than once a day if I can avoid it, tomorrow to plant the garden, and sunday, maybe, to mow the backyard. It may be worth letting the backyard get to be even more jungle-like to give her her peace.

Meanwhile, my arms are still twitching as aftereffects from being electrified. The three inch long needle in the neck really got to me, that was downright creepy- it felt like it was coming out my throat. And when the bugger stuck it in the ball of my thumb, it was all I could do not to coldcock him right there. The guy kept talking to me and bending my arms and such as he was jamming this needle in me, it really freaked me out. My arms are covered with scars from years of labor, and none of that ever bothered me, but needles just skeeve me out. Now I don’t know if the electro stuff is what is causeing these aftereffects or thinking about the skeeviness of the needles.

on my arms and hands, for the carpal tunnel. Hopefully when the bill comes it won’t cause me a grabber.

The news? ‘Oh. Anyone can see that the structure of your hand and wrist, you’re gonna have carpal tunnel. You need surgery. Maybe cortizone injections would help but probably not for long”
So the hand surgeon just sent me to have an expensive test he knew I didn’t need to cover his ass, to make sure he’d get paid without any difficulty

The Medical profession is killing me, I’m telling you. I cannnot wait until it’s just like the BMV!

ETA: The girl who did the zap portion of the test kept saying “does that not hurt? I have it turned halfway up. Usually I’m scraping people off the ceiling by now!” Me:”No, it’s actually kind of nice. Maybe I could just have this machine?” Then it turned into calling the other people into the room “See? I’ve never had the machine all the way to 11 before. His hand makes the shape of abraham lincolns head when I do this!” at one point three women were in the room watching her use the machine to make me dance like captain scarlet.