ExtremeDullard

@ ExtremeDullard @piefed.social

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3w ago

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ExtremeDullard @piefed.social 3w ago

"90% of politicians give the other 10% a bad reputation" - Henry Kissinger

3w ago

I chopped some wood today

Just heating - and as a supplemental source of heat too: the main heating system is geothermal. But this is an old house with a fiendishly efficient stove. So I burn a few logs in there every day and it keeps the entire house nice and warm without the heat pump doing much.

3w ago

I chopped some wood today

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ExtremeDullard @piefed.social 3w ago

Dude... If you think lost toes are interesting, you should visit the diabetes wing in any hospital: it's so depressingly common the Dull Men's Club should have a dedicated section just for that 🙂

3w ago

I chopped some wood today

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ExtremeDullard @piefed.social 3w ago

Everybody's circumstances are different.

I think that particular piece of medical wisdom comes from the fact that most people who lose toes - big or small - get there because of diabetes, meaning they're sedentary, often overweight, and have diminished feeling in their feet.

I didn't have that problem: my feet were - mechanically anyway - fully functional, and I'm quite active. so I had little trouble adapting to no toes. After two month, life was mostly back to normal.

I do have a few balance issues - mostly leaning forward in certain situations: if I'm not careful, I will plant my face. And the weirdest side effect for me is that my feet are less stable left to right: it feels like walking on a log lengthwise all the time. That was totally unexpected.

3w ago

I chopped some wood today

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ExtremeDullard @piefed.social 3w ago

I'm not doing any of that. I have enough dry wood to last me 2 years, so even if I do nothing, this lot will be dry by the time I need to use it.

3w ago

I chopped some wood today

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ExtremeDullard @piefed.social 3w ago

I lost them to a congenital disease. It's very boring. My only claim to fame is that, unlike most people who get their feet shortened, it wasn't diabetes 🙂

3w ago

I chopped some wood today

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ExtremeDullard @piefed.social 3w ago

Not kidding 🙂

3w ago

I chopped some wood today

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ExtremeDullard @piefed.social 3w ago

So was it to create a private skating rink? 🙂

3w ago

I chopped some wood today

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ExtremeDullard @piefed.social 3w ago

Yeah, the bounce is scary. Def. a steel toed boots kind of job.

Way ahead of you here: I have no toes 🙂

Actually I would wear steel toed boots if I could, but I can't because the edge of the steel cup quickly starts digging into my funny bits: the front of all my full-size shoes very quickly collapses when I start wearing them and the crease it creates - or the steel thing in safety shoes - becomes unpleasant, if not painful.

So I wear plain old boots. But I do have a large axe gash in front of one of them, and I'm sure glad there was nothing underneath to go spend hours at the ER for.

3w ago

I chopped some wood today

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ExtremeDullard @piefed.social 3w ago

No termites. And in fact, I have 1.5 cords in a wooden shed behind the cottage, and maybe half a cord in the wooden garage 🙂

3w ago

I chopped some wood today

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ExtremeDullard @piefed.social 3w ago

What good does that do? The water would refreeze instantly, and then all the driveway would be good for is running a Zamboni on it, as it would become slippery to death.

3w ago

I chopped some wood today

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ExtremeDullard @piefed.social 3w ago

There was about 3 cords on the ground (7 trees) and I'm not half-way done. So maybe one. Probably less 🙂

3w ago

I chopped some wood today

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ExtremeDullard @piefed.social 3w ago

Ooh that's a good idea, that. I'll do that for the next batch. Thanks!

3w ago

I chopped some wood today

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ExtremeDullard @piefed.social 3w ago

Neither actually 🙂

I have no idea what kind of axe I have, but it's very old, quite heavy, and the blade is straight and 2 inches max. It's not easy to deal blows accurately with such a small head, and when it bounces off knotty wood, it tends to be seriously scary. But there's nothing better to split whole trunk logs.

The axe was in the house when I bought it. I always thought I should get a lighter one with a larger curved blade and a little less lively, but laziness got the better of me, and now I'm used to that one. It's just a matter of concentrating when I'm using it.

3w ago

I chopped some wood today

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ExtremeDullard @piefed.social 3w ago

Nothing like chopping wood to clear your head. Well, maybe shifting snow with a snow shovel...

3w ago

I chopped some wood today

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ExtremeDullard @piefed.social 3w ago

More wood to chop tomorrow...

3w ago

Bitcoin drops, driving $2 trillion slide in crypto market value

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ExtremeDullard @piefed.social 3w ago

Crypto is losing value because it never had true value. Now that serious world-changing fascist shit is hitting the fan, get-rich-quick crypto enthusiasts are dumping their dangerous play money for something that has a chance to keep its value in turbulent times.

Also, everything Trump touches becomes toxic. If I was doing crypto, seeing this madman and his idiot sons go all in on crypto would scare the shit out of me. Remember: he bankrupted 4 to 6 casinos depending on how you count. Who the hell bankrupts a casino?? It's a virtual money printer! If Trump can make a guaranteed successful business like a casino go tits up, imagine what he and his dumb scammy family and friends can do to crypto...

3w ago

Trump Wrecked In Devastating Poll As Most Americans Say He’s ‘Worse Than Biden’ — With Whopping 18 Point Swing

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ExtremeDullard @piefed.social 3w ago

Oh that's nice: for once a young person is pissing on the boomers without lumping us gen-Xers with them.

Cuz more and more now, I'm being told that I'm a scumbag, the scourge of society and that we all had it easy-peasy in the 80s. Because of course we did: obviously we're the cause of everything that's wrong in the world today, and our evil boomer parents even more so!

Oh well, inter-generational hate will always exist. You will know it too when you get older my young friend...

3w ago

Bitcoin drops, driving $2 trillion slide in crypto market value

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ExtremeDullard @piefed.social 3w ago

Make Bitcoin Zero Again

Trump is so damn dumb his policies are driving down the value of his own crypto scams.

3w ago

Trump Wrecked In Devastating Poll As Most Americans Say He’s ‘Worse Than Biden’ — With Whopping 18 Point Swing

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ExtremeDullard @piefed.social 3w ago

Next elections would still be

What next elections?

Haven't you heard? The Orange Utan and his fat tramp friend Bannon have already announced that they'll deploy ~~the SS~~ ICE at polling stations. As if nobody saw that one coming even before Trump inexplicably won the vote in 2024...