so I'm on my way home from the DMV last night and only mildy frustrated with the experience of renewing my driver's license... I had a good day because I ran 3 miles for the first time in a few weeks and I trained legs and did a little extra ab work because I was feeling fat.
I drive past some new construction and a brand new sidewalk catchs my eye. Now in my town we have old blue slate sidewalks in front of most of the houses including mine and I have several badly cracked peices. Low and behold there are 8 or so nicely stacked blue stone slabs piled along the curb.
Now for those that don't know what I'm talking about when I say blue slate slabs, these peices of solid rock are 3" to 4" thick and are 3' x 3' and weigh anywhere from 300 - 400lbs. when dirty and wet. I get out of my truck and jostle the peice on top to see it's condition. Dirty but intact. I run home and change my clothes and get back over to the house with my Land Rover and a shovel.
I opened my tailgate and backed my truck up as close as I could and lowered the truck as far as it would go. I was able to lift the top peice and get it over to the truck but there was no way I could get it a grip on the 3' edges to get it inside the truck by myself. I felt like it was a World's Strongest Man event but there were no judges and no prize money so I decided to call a buddy to give me a hand. We got two peices into my truck and back to my house. I'm going to see if they're still there on my way home tonight.
Needless to say I woke up this morning like I was hit by a truck. I knew I would be a little sore from my workout but I'm in pain now! We had called to see how much it would cost to replace a few peices last year and they were going to be $200 each plus delivery and the new slate isn't as thick as what they used in the old days. So I saved myself a good deal of money, I don't mind being sore!!!
I drive past some new construction and a brand new sidewalk catchs my eye. Now in my town we have old blue slate sidewalks in front of most of the houses including mine and I have several badly cracked peices. Low and behold there are 8 or so nicely stacked blue stone slabs piled along the curb.
Now for those that don't know what I'm talking about when I say blue slate slabs, these peices of solid rock are 3" to 4" thick and are 3' x 3' and weigh anywhere from 300 - 400lbs. when dirty and wet. I get out of my truck and jostle the peice on top to see it's condition. Dirty but intact. I run home and change my clothes and get back over to the house with my Land Rover and a shovel.
I opened my tailgate and backed my truck up as close as I could and lowered the truck as far as it would go. I was able to lift the top peice and get it over to the truck but there was no way I could get it a grip on the 3' edges to get it inside the truck by myself. I felt like it was a World's Strongest Man event but there were no judges and no prize money so I decided to call a buddy to give me a hand. We got two peices into my truck and back to my house. I'm going to see if they're still there on my way home tonight.
Needless to say I woke up this morning like I was hit by a truck. I knew I would be a little sore from my workout but I'm in pain now! We had called to see how much it would cost to replace a few peices last year and they were going to be $200 each plus delivery and the new slate isn't as thick as what they used in the old days. So I saved myself a good deal of money, I don't mind being sore!!!