2022/10/08

Saturday, October 8, 2022 (#281)

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The Bikes -- from front to back: Harena's from 200x, Mystery Bike, Ben's Emergency Bike we got from Target for HCA Bike Day when H's bike (which he had been using) was out of commission, and my bike which I got used from Don Mullen at Duke in 1991

The Shed after a bit of clearing; wish I had taken a "before" shot...

Done

Got out the electric chainsaw to try to finally slice up the giant pine tree that fell in the side yard a decade or so ago, blocking access for mowing (which in this context is more about clearing out wisteria and other invasive stuff than it is about lawn/grass) -- but we seem to be out of chainsaw lube. The chainsaw has none in it (probably ran it dry last time I used it, which was probably several years ago at least).

That required clearing out the attached storage shed, because all the intertwangled bicycles in there made it absolutely impossible to access the back end where the chainsaw is kept. So, having pulled out all four bikes (four? When did we get four? Three of them I knew about, and I remember where/why we got them, but that last one I don't even really recognize. I have a vague memory of someone saying "want a free bike?" and we snagged it, but I don't remember quite when or why.)

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  The fabric looks like it's falling apart, but actually the disintegrated bits are just fill-in of some sort; I sat on it and nothing snapped. In any case, the aluminum frame is still solid.

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  Supposedly the straps are replaceable, but I don't know if anyone still makes them for this model. Maybe something can be improvised.

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  The Dreaded Log

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  after about half an hour of chainsawing

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  another angle, to show the pathetic depth thus far achieved

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  broke for lunch, then cut for another 50 minutes or so

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  Pile o' Sawdust™, get yours today

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  (taken from the other side) The left log settled down maybe 1-2 cm when I finally got all the way through.