I got a new mattress and my back is recovering from yesterdays volunteerism building trail at Caldwell Lake better than I thought it would. But my right hip flexor is very sore and I'm sitting out today from the work week trying to recover. A volunteer told me to take some Advil, but I don't normaly pop pills for pain. My last bottle of pain relief, over the counter medicine expired in my cabinent. When I had my spleen taken out in the Army, the medical personnel said that I hardly used my morphine. And I told them it was because it wasnt doing anything for me, so I just sucked it up. But with how my back has been feeling, how distracting it is and how that was interrupting my day, I do have an OTC in the cabinent now (but have yet to take any).
Showing posts with label back problems. Show all posts
Showing posts with label back problems. Show all posts
2018/10/15
2018/09/01
USB Keyboard, Mobile Hotspot, Motorhome Needs, Weed Whacker Retrofit, Maintenance Day at the Ring Mill
I found the USB fob for my wireless keyboard and touchpad. Normally, I wrap cling wrap around it and use this for automotive reasons when my hands get dirty. But if all goes right, this should work with my tablet when I get a tether cable for it? I'm really glad that I found it. This should save some money? I can't order that until I get my PO box changed to my local post office. Tomorrow being Sunday, Monday is Labor Day, so, changing it will have to wait until Tuesday.
A few days ago, I got a warning that my 15GB allotment for mobile hotspot (using my cellular devices for an Internet connection to my laptop) was down to 10% and wont recycle for another 5 days from now. I figured that I could stop listening to YouTube videos on my laptop when I'm doing computer work. Instead, I can listen to them and do most of my communications on the tablet, which has an unlimited connection.
I don't have a coffee shop anywhere within 30 miles of where I live. And I needed to do some GPS mapping work on Google Earth, which needs an Internet connection to be fully functional. So, I went to my local McDonald's, but there's something odd on their server that was kicking out an erroneous certificate. Turns out that I just had to use that 10% of hotspot that I had left.
I might as well spend Tuesday in the Marietta area. I need about 3 bags of gravel to help stabilize my motorhome here in my oil & gas campsite. The ground underneath it needs gravel and has sunk my rear wheels stabilizing blocks into the mud. I have two of my automotive ramps here, but the mud is just going to sink those, too. It would take a heavy steel plate under those, which could be pricey? The right side needs to come up a lot. So, I'm just going to run the right side duallies right up on the bags and see what that does?
My back problems are muscle related. And my doctors have been wanting me to strengthen it with a back machine at a gym for years. Considering how maintenance has gone so far, I'm going to take them up on it. Since I'm pretty much settled in Woodsfield, I joined the local Midtown Gym, which is in walking distance from where I live, but so is any place in Woodsfield :-)).
I retrofitted my personally owned professional weed whacker. Many weed whackers on the Buckeye
Trail are property of the BTA, so I make sure that I state this clearly so some people don't get any funny ideas. It has bicycle handles on it for greater swinging ability. But I added a residential handle to it to improve my stability when walking down trail steeply. I believe that my other hand could be used for stability because there's some places where the Whipple and Road Fork Section's off-road could get treacherous for someone carrying a weed whacker?
I purchased a new outlet for the motorhome's bedroom. I wanted to replace the one next to the sink, but the RV store didn't have another one in stock. But I might get lucky like I did the last time where if I replace one, the other two will come on.
At the hardware store, I purchased 28 snap fasteners for the overhead bunk curtains that I'm making out of the surplus felt, which I used to make my trail promotion backdrop. I really need 48 for this project, but I'll have to make due for now. Two of the overhead bunk windows are oddly shaped.
The remaining two are at an angle. My walls were replaced with pitted hard plastic, so stick on Velcro is out of consideration. The male end of the snap fasteners will screw in.
The maintenance event at the Ring Mill failed as nobody showed up. But if there's lessons to be learned, one might be to get in contact with the land owner on the north east side of OH-26 and Jericho Low Gap Road (I believe that it's in Benton Township of Monroe County). The weeds were so tall on that corner that it was blocking Jericho Low Gap's sign. Many people in Monroe County are unfamiliar with where the trail is in it's south.
There's a ford on Jericho Low Gap that could get too flooded for cars with a lower suspension. Honestly, having the event at the Lamping Homestead Recreation Area would have been better had the highway between there and OH-26 not been shut down for so long. There just wasn't a good alternate way for most people from most of Monroe County to get there and Lamping just wasn't an option. But for a hike, it is now.
A few days ago, I got a warning that my 15GB allotment for mobile hotspot (using my cellular devices for an Internet connection to my laptop) was down to 10% and wont recycle for another 5 days from now. I figured that I could stop listening to YouTube videos on my laptop when I'm doing computer work. Instead, I can listen to them and do most of my communications on the tablet, which has an unlimited connection.
I don't have a coffee shop anywhere within 30 miles of where I live. And I needed to do some GPS mapping work on Google Earth, which needs an Internet connection to be fully functional. So, I went to my local McDonald's, but there's something odd on their server that was kicking out an erroneous certificate. Turns out that I just had to use that 10% of hotspot that I had left.
I might as well spend Tuesday in the Marietta area. I need about 3 bags of gravel to help stabilize my motorhome here in my oil & gas campsite. The ground underneath it needs gravel and has sunk my rear wheels stabilizing blocks into the mud. I have two of my automotive ramps here, but the mud is just going to sink those, too. It would take a heavy steel plate under those, which could be pricey? The right side needs to come up a lot. So, I'm just going to run the right side duallies right up on the bags and see what that does?
My back problems are muscle related. And my doctors have been wanting me to strengthen it with a back machine at a gym for years. Considering how maintenance has gone so far, I'm going to take them up on it. Since I'm pretty much settled in Woodsfield, I joined the local Midtown Gym, which is in walking distance from where I live, but so is any place in Woodsfield :-)).
I retrofitted my personally owned professional weed whacker. Many weed whackers on the Buckeye
Trail are property of the BTA, so I make sure that I state this clearly so some people don't get any funny ideas. It has bicycle handles on it for greater swinging ability. But I added a residential handle to it to improve my stability when walking down trail steeply. I believe that my other hand could be used for stability because there's some places where the Whipple and Road Fork Section's off-road could get treacherous for someone carrying a weed whacker?
I purchased a new outlet for the motorhome's bedroom. I wanted to replace the one next to the sink, but the RV store didn't have another one in stock. But I might get lucky like I did the last time where if I replace one, the other two will come on.
At the hardware store, I purchased 28 snap fasteners for the overhead bunk curtains that I'm making out of the surplus felt, which I used to make my trail promotion backdrop. I really need 48 for this project, but I'll have to make due for now. Two of the overhead bunk windows are oddly shaped.
The remaining two are at an angle. My walls were replaced with pitted hard plastic, so stick on Velcro is out of consideration. The male end of the snap fasteners will screw in.
The maintenance event at the Ring Mill failed as nobody showed up. But if there's lessons to be learned, one might be to get in contact with the land owner on the north east side of OH-26 and Jericho Low Gap Road (I believe that it's in Benton Township of Monroe County). The weeds were so tall on that corner that it was blocking Jericho Low Gap's sign. Many people in Monroe County are unfamiliar with where the trail is in it's south.
There's a ford on Jericho Low Gap that could get too flooded for cars with a lower suspension. Honestly, having the event at the Lamping Homestead Recreation Area would have been better had the highway between there and OH-26 not been shut down for so long. There just wasn't a good alternate way for most people from most of Monroe County to get there and Lamping just wasn't an option. But for a hike, it is now.
2018/08/28
Washington County Loop
I completed posting fliers on Adventurer's Project's Washington County Loop. But I better not sleep on my back tonight because its giving me hell for walking around a little bit in the Village of Beverly.
2018/08/23
Back Problems 08/23/2018
My back is still giving me problems. This time, I didn't wake up with the pain. I went grocery shopping yesterday and forgot to get some Tylenol. Now, that's going to have to wait about a week. I have to get into a stretching routine twice daily because my issues are muscle related going back to the Night From Hell
The problem from back then was I had no choice but to push myself way beyond my design parameters that day. I wouldn't have ordinarily done this without sufficient testing of my abilities. By way of testing back then, I was only rated for an absolute maximum of 32 miles in one day on flat terrain.
The first test was on a loop using a portion of the Pemberville Section - Buckeye Trail. That was 31 miles in 10 hours, 04 minutes and 28 seconds. I then had to notch it up to 32 when I was on the International Appalachian Trail - Newfoundland and Labrador when I had to make a regional bus stop on time. Normally, I hiked in the ball park of 20 mile days.
On the Night From Hell, I prepositioned my bicycle and scheduled a 24 mile day hiking. The bike ride back was supposed to be about 12 miles. I started late and my hike took me past dusk. Road Fork Section - Buckeye Trail (North Country concurrent, during that time) wasn't maintained well and I didn't trust it. I've had plenty of off-road night hiking experience. And at night, it's slower. There's also optical illusions out there. Even the most powerful flashlights can't display certain depths right (like inside of a rut).
I executed two contingencies that evening that added mileage on foot. For me, it works out to be 1:2 or 3 in hilly terrain and 1:4 on flat terrain. The rear rim on the bike was so out of true that I couldn't ride it much more, so I had to walk it on-foot for about 6 miles. The bike has a drivetrain that spreads out the load on a person's stamina. In total, it turned out to be a 54 mile day, 44 of those were on-foot.
The problem from back then was I had no choice but to push myself way beyond my design parameters that day. I wouldn't have ordinarily done this without sufficient testing of my abilities. By way of testing back then, I was only rated for an absolute maximum of 32 miles in one day on flat terrain.
The first test was on a loop using a portion of the Pemberville Section - Buckeye Trail. That was 31 miles in 10 hours, 04 minutes and 28 seconds. I then had to notch it up to 32 when I was on the International Appalachian Trail - Newfoundland and Labrador when I had to make a regional bus stop on time. Normally, I hiked in the ball park of 20 mile days.
On the Night From Hell, I prepositioned my bicycle and scheduled a 24 mile day hiking. The bike ride back was supposed to be about 12 miles. I started late and my hike took me past dusk. Road Fork Section - Buckeye Trail (North Country concurrent, during that time) wasn't maintained well and I didn't trust it. I've had plenty of off-road night hiking experience. And at night, it's slower. There's also optical illusions out there. Even the most powerful flashlights can't display certain depths right (like inside of a rut).
I executed two contingencies that evening that added mileage on foot. For me, it works out to be 1:2 or 3 in hilly terrain and 1:4 on flat terrain. The rear rim on the bike was so out of true that I couldn't ride it much more, so I had to walk it on-foot for about 6 miles. The bike has a drivetrain that spreads out the load on a person's stamina. In total, it turned out to be a 54 mile day, 44 of those were on-foot.
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