Thread: Paint

Originally Posted by Homestar

Nice work - should work well I think. Hope your wrist heals quickly - I've always said exercise is no good for anyone....

**** happens I broke my foot just walking down the front steps of the house years ago. I get a lot out of martial arts.... especially in seeing the change in students. You can see the change in self confidence in people... especially kids that stick at it for more than 6months.



this is one of my girls here, amazingly my two girls have stuck it out for probably 5years now.... the change in my eldest in particular in self confidence is mind blowing.... truly incredible. she is a different person now.

forget the exercise and watch the change in the people.... its one of the most rewarding things you will ever do

Originally Posted by DoubleChevron

**** happens I broke my foot just walking down the front steps of the house years ago. I get a lot out of martial arts.... especially in seeing the change in students. You can see the change in self confidence in people... especially kids that stick at it for more than 6months.



this is one of my girls here, amazingly my two girls have stuck it out for probably 5years now.... the change in my eldest in particular in self confidence is mind blowing.... truly incredible. she is a different person now.

forget the exercise and watch the change in the people.... its one of the most rewarding things you will ever do

Ah - right - I get it. Both my kids did Teakwondo for 4 years - yes, they both got heaps out of it. I tried myself but my knees are stuffed - old Squash injuries, so I just walk the dogs when I can and impersonate the Fat Controller from Thomas the tank engine now...

soooooo frustrating .... I went out there today and swept the shed a couple if times.... then mopped the floor.







With the fan and heater on .... there is a remarkable amount of airflow.... its bloody simmering in there in minutes if you have the heater running. Wow those little jetfires pump some heat out!

Hopefully by next week I'll be able to use my hand again ... rather than just sitting around frustrated.

seeya
Shane L.

only need one hand to rub down, one to spray. Toughen up sunshine , if its your the hand you normally use, use the other one. I am keen to see the finished product.
cheers
blaze

Originally Posted by bblaze

only need one hand to rub down, one to spray. Toughen up sunshine , if its your the hand you normally use, use the other one. I am keen to see the finished product.
cheers
blaze

Yeah, don't think I didn't try that too... I looked at the paint tin on the benchtop ... couldn't lift it off, couldn't hold it to pry the lid off .... Hmmm.... Well if I sit on the ground and hold it with my legs, I can get the lid off .... How to pick it up and pour it though ? Then I spotted the reducer and hardener with safety screw on lids and realised there was no way of getting them undone with one hand. I'm left handed, and its the left wrist I hurt. It gotten slightly better each day .... maybe 1 week ... we'll see. Sure it'll still be no good in a week, but possibly usable for light loads if I'm careful I won't be lifting engine blocks around with it though.

I'm going crazy ... there is only one car I can really drive.



And the damn thing has leaked away two litres of hydraulic fluid in the last week alone... So I managed to dodge the trees in the yard and get the cdar onto the ramps I dragged outside.... Just a couple of return lines split where they push over barbs.... Talk about struggling to replace.. as I needed to hold one side while I pushed the line on. But it gave me an idea .....

I headed in and grabbed the metal soup ladle from the kitchen... I'll mix up some paint by measuring it out with a soup ladle and spraying with the other hand That went really well... I wiped everything down ... cleaned the gun again ... and got to the point where I was ready to paint... Of all the stupid things .... I couldn't connect the spray gun to the air line ..... I couldn't hold the hose against 60psi while I connected the gun ...

























Oh well getting better everyday. I can now type properly and hold a cup of coffee. and my left hand no longer looks yellow next to the right one... Maybe next weekend!



pretty impressive bruise though ....

seeya
Shane L.

Harden up lad reminds me of a time I’m sitting in a bar in Bangkok girl wanders over has a feel of my chest and says “ ah implants” it was like well those thousands of push ups were a waste of timeyou’ll get better anyone that does knuckle push ups is ok by me!

Originally Posted by DoubleChevron

I fell awkwardly last night at training ,,,,, landing heavily on my arm/wrist..... I actually felt and heard my wrist "pop". I pretty sure the only thing that has saved the wrist from shattering is the tens of thousands of pushups I've done on my knuckles over the last 12years....

So now I sit here typing one handed...

That is terrible, rotten bad luck Shane. I believe that we don't really appreciate our hands until one is out of action.

Still.....it may have been much worse. A few years back I had a simple fall in the back yard on the concrete path. I did think that it hurt more than it should have.....then I looked at my hand and my thumb was waving in the breeze because it was now only attached to me by a sliver of skin. I stuck it back on, wrapped it all up in an old tea towel and drove to the Docs.

You're a skilled, hands on type guy so this must be very frustrating for you. Wishing you a speedy recovery.

Cheers.