Saturday, even though my knee wasn't feeling much better, I wandered out into the garage. One of the many things I wanted to do out there, was move several 5 gallon buckets of scrap lead (each only half full or less) to other locations. I had hoped to smelt this first them move to new location, but I gave up on that idea, in fact, I almost sold 'em, I offered it to several, but no one close by had the cash...which is probably a good thing, as I should just save it, cuz...you never know, right?
So there I was moving one bucket at a time (6 buckets). A fat old man using one crutch and trying to maneuver a two wheel cart with a bucket with about 60lbs of pure lead in it, on a narrow sidewalk about 80 feet long, for all the neighbors to see. I filled a 20 gallon metal trash can with the pure lead scrap, it's now in a permanent location that I'm much happier about.
I was feeling pretty good, cuz exercise always makes a guy feel better, right?
So I decide to move the other 13 buckets, which had raw COWW. I should have just left them for another day...cuz I think I did my back in. I moved them the same way, except in another direction, and crossing a section of softish lawn. A couple of the buckets were more than half full, lifting those two did me in, I pulled a muscle in my lower back, left side...to match my left knee pain, I guess? Now I can hardly move around the house. I won't be going to the range in the next few days, as I hoped to. Just gonna stay home and rest. I also wanted to get the boat out of storage soon too
>>>Dang, if only I sold all the excess Lead
