Yes, I remember when I was living in Germany how friends from the Continental US used to call me in the wee hours of the morning, lol. (And vice versa, )

Thanks guys

My back's feeling somewhat better today; doesn't hurt as much, and I'm able to move easier, so it looks like my guess is accurate. Still being really careful though. Really don't want to make this worse

I´m not a Lopov doctor but I´d say regular walks can improve on blood flow through the body which in turn can help prevent muscle pain.


In any case I´d say regular walks is generally good for you

I take an hour or so walk every day, and I walk at a pretty fast speed. Unfortunately I couldn't yesterday due to high winds(which I figure are bad to walk in with a bad back), and today I was running scans on my laptop and defragging it, so I was basically babysitting it all day

Yeah, I thought you did that. I also take a walk every day, or at least I´m thinking about doing it


I use the power of the mind to fool my body that it gets exercise

I'm not sure the idea of mind over body is supposed to be applied in quite that way

Oh, bugger.


And I thought the idea of "fake it till you make it" was such a good one

I believe there are plenty of criminals that can attest to it being a bad idea

Oh, well. At the very least I get some exercise when working in da woods

Ugh, wouldn't go walking through the woods near where I live. Might not come back

You got a gang of Dovahbears there or what?

Don't know, and wouldn't care to find out

We have wild boar and lynx around and I would prefer to meet neither. Especially the boars because even with a heavy caliber gun they can be very hard to kill, and I don´t think the massive output of adrenaline helps in that situation

If you go down to the woods today...

That kids song is now officially ruined

I wouldn´t know


I do know though that I had to remove a pin in the .22 mag I just bought so it can actually contain the eight rounds I was promised. Well, I´m only gonna put seven in all the mags due to a slight case of crapness when Remington designed it

When you sleep, sleep on your side with a pillow under your arm that is over your body; and a pillow between your knees. That makes your spine stay straight while you sleep, so nothing is pulling against it. It eases back pain by keeping you from putting stress on it till it is healed.

Also, when you get up from sleeping; roll so your feet go off the bed first, then sit up; rise out of bed from a sitting position facing out - less strain on your back that way too.

I was in a car accident decades ago that really hurt my spine, had to do these things till it healed. Now I've got no issues and can get up and down as I please, but every now and then if I lift something wrong, have to do it again for a while.







My dogs that I raise are called "Hog Dogs" because they are trained to hunt wild boar and corner them until their master gets there to shoot the hog. They have to wear vests so the hogs don't gore them.

"Five milk bones each to let me go."

-Oh wait, this isn't the 'Caption This' thread...

Unfortunately, you are right = these dogs will do absolutely ANYTHING for a milkbone, lol.

It does take a well-trained dog to corner a boar. At least I think so; I wouldn´t wanna do it myself

I'll have to dig out some pillows and give that a try. Thanks.