Top 10 Things to do on a Rain Day
- Thread starter cory
- Start date
- Location
- Central US
1. Assure yourself all saws are sharp
2. Clean out/up vehicles
3. Catch up on paper work
4. Straighten up office
5. Take a break and go shopping for yourself!!!!
2. Clean out/up vehicles
3. Catch up on paper work
4. Straighten up office
5. Take a break and go shopping for yourself!!!!
Splice rope..........on rainy days.
Go ice fishing...........on cold days! -23C here today but the ice is too thin to drive on (in most places) and I am to lazy to walk on. I guess I will have to wait a couple more weeks to pull up a couple of big daddies through the hard water. /forum/images/graemlins/cool.gif
Go ice fishing...........on cold days! -23C here today but the ice is too thin to drive on (in most places) and I am to lazy to walk on. I guess I will have to wait a couple more weeks to pull up a couple of big daddies through the hard water. /forum/images/graemlins/cool.gif
Mangoes
Participating member
- Location
- Greater Toronto Area
Ever been to the ice fishing Capital?
- Location
- Bloomington, Indiana
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4. Remember what a pain appointments in the rain are.
What else,Buzzheads ?
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Postpone appointments because its raining.
Play Ultimate.
Mahk
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4. Remember what a pain appointments in the rain are.
What else,Buzzheads ?
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Postpone appointments because its raining.
Play Ultimate.
Mahk
skew
New member
- Location
- scenic Skew Gardens
Ever heard the expression "rainy day woman"?
- Location
- Home of the New Jersey Devils
What's Ultimate?
skew
New member
- Location
- scenic Skew Gardens
Rain @ 6500' means snow above 7000' this time of the year - so grab them tele boards and get on up the hill!
Mangoes
Participating member
- Location
- Greater Toronto Area
I grew up on Lake Simcoe, self professed ice fishing Capital I think they claimed of the world. I dunno I don't fish!
Usually do the things you all say:
sleep an hour later
sharpen saws
change oil in trucks and equipment
make phone calls
pay bills
estimates
read tree buzz
But worked a long day today in the rain.
Doing about a 2.5 acre clearing in Baltimore for a factory.
That's what is so nice in having a landclearing job in the schedule. Rain doesn't matter, (except in getting wet). You don't have any turf or sensitive stuff to worry about and my equipment I use can run on some really soft ground where getting stuck isn't usually a concern.
Most of the time in clearing, I have to look out for rocks. This time it was metal obstacles mainly; hidden sections of chain link fence, lots of re-bar, washing machine, TV, steel pallet, LOTS of concrete chunks, copper wire, Telephone pole, bicycle, steel poles, and did I say LOTS OF RE-BAR. All hidden by a thick carpet of honeysuckle, grape vine and wisteria. Still nothing seems to hurt the incredible FECON!
I hate the city. Trash, junk and more trash.
I'll have to do a post on this piece of equipment(kind of skid-steer loader) that I use on larger jobs. The business owner in me doesn't like to give out my best secrets, but...... it won't hurt much, if anything. My ground guys call it "Our Best Groundman".
Gotta go make calls, got in late.
sleep an hour later
sharpen saws
change oil in trucks and equipment
make phone calls
pay bills
estimates
read tree buzz
But worked a long day today in the rain.
Doing about a 2.5 acre clearing in Baltimore for a factory.
That's what is so nice in having a landclearing job in the schedule. Rain doesn't matter, (except in getting wet). You don't have any turf or sensitive stuff to worry about and my equipment I use can run on some really soft ground where getting stuck isn't usually a concern.
Most of the time in clearing, I have to look out for rocks. This time it was metal obstacles mainly; hidden sections of chain link fence, lots of re-bar, washing machine, TV, steel pallet, LOTS of concrete chunks, copper wire, Telephone pole, bicycle, steel poles, and did I say LOTS OF RE-BAR. All hidden by a thick carpet of honeysuckle, grape vine and wisteria. Still nothing seems to hurt the incredible FECON!
I hate the city. Trash, junk and more trash.
I'll have to do a post on this piece of equipment(kind of skid-steer loader) that I use on larger jobs. The business owner in me doesn't like to give out my best secrets, but...... it won't hurt much, if anything. My ground guys call it "Our Best Groundman".
Gotta go make calls, got in late.
NickfromWI
Participating member
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA
Ultimate? I call Ultimate frisbee "ultimate." This isn't what you're talking about, is it?
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nick
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nick
- Location
- Bloomington, Indiana
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Ultimate? I call Ultimate frisbee "ultimate." This isn't what you're talking about, is it?
love
nick
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That's it Nick. But, when most peoiple think of frisbee they think of a dog chasing a flying saucer type thing at the beach. Ultimate is as far from that as our work is from what Joe homeowner does to his trees on a weekend.
If you love hockey (and I do--I grew up playing hockey outside of Boston when the Big Bad Bruins ruled the NHL) you'll love Ultimate. Good Ultimate requires a great deal of skill, stamina, and athleticism. Like all sports, pickup games and city leagues attract all levels of players and can sometimes seem rather slow. But at the competitive club level it is awesome to play and watch. I haven't followed it as closely as I used to (see below), but during the late 90's Boston's DoG (Death or Glory) dominated the men's league. Lately I think that the Condors (from California, though I can't remember which city) and Vancouver's Furious George have vied for the championship. On the women's side Lady Godiva from Boston was always in the top tier of teams.
One neat thing about Ultimate is that there are no refs. Players are supposed to abide by the 'Spirit of the Game" (SOG), and respect both the rules and most importantly other players. Fouls, out-of-bounds, goals are all called by the players themselves. In the most competitive games at the elite level there are 'observers' who make active line calls, but only decide on rule infractions if the players themselves can't come to an agreement.
Can't end without adding that when my wife was a graduate student she started the women's team (Calamity Jane) at Indiana University (1993?) and helped them go to College Nationals four years in a row. When we moved to Atlanta she joined the Atlanta club team. Appropriately named 'Ozone' they were perennials at Club Nationals and in 2002 finished 2nd at Worlds.
Frisbee is the brand name for a product manufactured by Whamo. The official 'flying disc' of the Ultimate Players Association (UPA) is manufactured by DisCraft, weighs 175 grams and is generally refered to as a disc.
aaaahhhh, Ultimate--for the adrenaline junkie in you.
Mahk
Ultimate? I call Ultimate frisbee "ultimate." This isn't what you're talking about, is it?
love
nick
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That's it Nick. But, when most peoiple think of frisbee they think of a dog chasing a flying saucer type thing at the beach. Ultimate is as far from that as our work is from what Joe homeowner does to his trees on a weekend.
If you love hockey (and I do--I grew up playing hockey outside of Boston when the Big Bad Bruins ruled the NHL) you'll love Ultimate. Good Ultimate requires a great deal of skill, stamina, and athleticism. Like all sports, pickup games and city leagues attract all levels of players and can sometimes seem rather slow. But at the competitive club level it is awesome to play and watch. I haven't followed it as closely as I used to (see below), but during the late 90's Boston's DoG (Death or Glory) dominated the men's league. Lately I think that the Condors (from California, though I can't remember which city) and Vancouver's Furious George have vied for the championship. On the women's side Lady Godiva from Boston was always in the top tier of teams.
One neat thing about Ultimate is that there are no refs. Players are supposed to abide by the 'Spirit of the Game" (SOG), and respect both the rules and most importantly other players. Fouls, out-of-bounds, goals are all called by the players themselves. In the most competitive games at the elite level there are 'observers' who make active line calls, but only decide on rule infractions if the players themselves can't come to an agreement.
Can't end without adding that when my wife was a graduate student she started the women's team (Calamity Jane) at Indiana University (1993?) and helped them go to College Nationals four years in a row. When we moved to Atlanta she joined the Atlanta club team. Appropriately named 'Ozone' they were perennials at Club Nationals and in 2002 finished 2nd at Worlds.
Frisbee is the brand name for a product manufactured by Whamo. The official 'flying disc' of the Ultimate Players Association (UPA) is manufactured by DisCraft, weighs 175 grams and is generally refered to as a disc.
aaaahhhh, Ultimate--for the adrenaline junkie in you.
Mahk
- Location
- Seattle WA
rain day...what's that? don't you guys work in the rain??! geez. what a luxury. round here if you don't work in the rain you're taking 6 months off a year. things to do on rainy days? wear synthetic materials, bring extra clothes and gloves, bring a thermos preferably w/caffeine, don't even think about safety glasses if you want to see what you're doing, take a 15 min lunch so you don't freeze to death. ahhh... tree work in the pacific northwest. gotta love it. not. i especially love when i'm hanging for 2 hours peeling old-growth english ivy (6" diameter, no sh!t) off a 100 ft doug fir and every time you reach up muddy water runs down your arm into your armpit. love that. and the way my distel squeejees the muddy water out of my line as i descend, funneling it right into the pit again.
see how deprived you guys are, sitting in a nice warm movie theatre on rainy days, or lounging in bed? c'mon out here, we'll show you big fun!!
yah.
spring will come some day. (today was sunny and 50 though...
k.
see how deprived you guys are, sitting in a nice warm movie theatre on rainy days, or lounging in bed? c'mon out here, we'll show you big fun!!
yah.
spring will come some day. (today was sunny and 50 though...
k.
- Location
- Grand Rapids, MI
I sure hope you don't handle the advertising when your company is hiring. You make it all sound so fun. /forum/images/graemlins/wink.gif
- Location
- Home of the New Jersey Devils
You are hard core Kathy! /forum/images/graemlins/cool.gif
- Location
- Seattle WA
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You are hard core Kathy! /forum/images/graemlins/cool.gif
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hey mark. well, maybe, but no more so than the rest of the monkeys workin the trees around here..
stay warm all.
k.
You are hard core Kathy! /forum/images/graemlins/cool.gif
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hey mark. well, maybe, but no more so than the rest of the monkeys workin the trees around here..
stay warm all.
k.
- Location
- Home of the New Jersey Devils
I hear ya. We work in rain when it's not pouring or 40*. That's a bit much. I remember working in Portalnd when it started to rain. The guys never said a thing. Just went to their trucks and put on the rain gear. I thought about how my crews would be asking "are we gonna stay out?" Panzies!
- Location
- United Kingdom
Its raining hard today and I know I've got to go out! I've worked for poeple who won't let you even mention the rain, you just have to get on with it. Rule of thumb is when it runs down the crack of your a&*se then its time to go home!
