Random Thought Of The Day

[Bill G]

I am a bit partial to my bark box

 

[Woodslasher]

I heard a bark box today for the first time. I could not imagine running one all day on a job. Not only for the operator’s sake but anyone within an eighth mile radius of it. A full wail siren is less noise pollution than this thing.

I got and Egan? version on a 500i, with earplugs it isn't bad to run but when I was working in a closed, insulated shop and someone started it 500' away down a hill I thought they fired an 056 up right outside the door. It makes it's presence known, it'll echo through the canyons for miles!

 

[Bill G]

I have never heard a 500 with a Bark Box but I will tell ya I have some saws here that will rattle your teeth. This is a video from 16-17 years ago at a show. I am running one of my Homelite 770GS saws. They are a unique saw with a 2 speed gearbox. They are very loud.

NOTE: I know the first cut in low gear was embarrassing as I cut out. I was trying to save as much wood as possible.

 

[59billy]

One great thing about getting older is that it's easier to decline the extended warranty.

 

[Bill G]

One great thing about getting older is that it's easier to decline the extended warranty.

Everytime I go to the all the different docs I have to see I ask for a extended warranty.....

They will not give me one....just another bill without a warranty.

 

[stretch5881]

I have never heard a 500 with a Bark Box but I will tell ya I have some saws here that will rattle your teeth. This is a video from 16-17 years ago at a show. I am running one of my Homelite 770GS saws. They are a unique saw with a 2 speed gearbox. They are very loud.

NOTE: I know the first cut in low gear was embarrassing as I cut out. I was trying to save as much wood as possible.

My Dad had one. It made quite a pile of sawdust and made your ears bleed. It still ran when he passed away 5 years ago. He bought it new in 1964 I think. It replaced a 2 man hand saw.

 

[Bill G]

My Dad had one. It made quite a pile of sawdust and made your ears bleed. It still ran when he passed away 5 years ago. He bought it new in 1964 I think. It replaced a 2 man hand saw.

A 770GS?

 

[stretch5881]

A 770GS?

Yup

 

[Bill G]

Yup

So what happened to it?

 

[stretch5881]

Auctioned off. My folks had a lot of stuff. I brought 1 load home of stuff that I could use and took 5 loads to their place of stuff that I didn't use anymore.

 

[59billy]

Everytime I go to the all the different docs I have to see I ask for a extended warranty.....

They will not give me one....just another bill without a warranty.

Before my hip replacement, I asked the surgeon how long the prosthetic would last. He said about 40 years. Since I was about to turn 60, I figured the odds were okay.

 

[Bill G]

Before my hip replacement, I asked the surgeon how long the prosthetic would last. He said about 40 years. Since I was about to turn 60, I figured the odds were okay.

My mother-in law had her first hip replacement at age about age 50.
It kept popping out......many times.
They popped it in and charged here=.
She got pissed and said "put a new one in that will stay in place, this damn thing is faulty"
They did another replacement.................still charged her.

 

[59billy]

My mother-in law had her first hip replacement at age about age 50.
It kept popping out......many times.
They popped it in and charged here=.
She got pissed and said "put a new one in that will stay in place, this damn thing is faulty"
They did another replacement.................still charged her.

A hip replacement revision is horrible for everyone involved.

 

[pbillyi69]

i need one and will likely need the other eventually

 

[59billy]

i need one and will likely need the other eventually

Best of luck. Do the physical therapy, as boring as it is. Think of it as training for a sport.

 

[Sloughfoot]

A hip replacement revision is horrible for everyone involved.

Sister in law had a revision. First go round the parts store convinced the mechanic they had replacement parts that were better than the ones he wanted to use.
Didn't work out so well.

 

[Sloughfoot]

One great thing about getting older is that it's easier to decline the extended warranty.

"Everything I buy has a lifetime warranty" - My 85 year old neighbor Lanny

 

[59billy]

Sister in law had a revision. First go round the parts store convinced the mechanic they had replacement parts that were better than the ones he wanted to use.
Didn't work out so well.

Probably some HMO accountant buying Farmtec joints off of ebay.

 

[Bill G]

All this talk of hip replacements brings back some memories. Luckily I have not had to endure the pain and turmoil of a full replacement but I have had some issues.

Let me tell you folks these things are painful.............been there...done that

 

[Bill G]

Lesson is wear your seatbelt because going out a side window and having your car land on you will really damper your day.......