Did something dumb today.

[Machinebuilder]

All I can add is that Tractor Supply has some really good first aid supplys.

[Nebraska]

@kantuckid  Well actually it probably is more the other way around, at least for pharmaceutical types of things.  There's some animal specific NSAID types of things. (Ibuprofen for us, Carprofen for Dogs) The Amoxicillin on my shelf is the same as you would get at the pharmacy.  

[Southside]

Be forewarned,  LA 200 is effective, but stings enough that putting up with the alternative, puss filled, infection actually becomes a viable alternative.  :D

[doc henderson]

our vet often has us get antibiotics for our dogs, at my wife's pharmacy.

[firefighter ontheside]

My son gets a turn doesn't he?  He went into the soccer game to replace the guy who got kicked in the face and was bleeding from his lip and nose.  My son was in there about 5 minutes before he headed a ball and then the opponent who had tried to head the ball then headed his face.  He apparently bled a pretty good amount on the field before they walked him to the sideline.  Now he gets to go to the ENT tomorrow to see if his nose is broken.  He has a small laceration on the bridge of his nose that keeps bleeding.  No doubt he is gonna have 2 black eyes.  Hopefully the damage is not too bad and he will get to play this weekend.

 

[Old Greenhorn]

Sorry man, tell him I said to walk it off. ;D :D He does look a bit like his septum is deviated, but geez, half of us have that. Now he can go into boxing, martial arts, or rugby with no worries. ;D
 Hope is is feeling ok, he's a handsome boy and looks pretty strong there.

[firefighter ontheside]

I asked him if his face hurt...because its killing me.  Everyone knows that one right?
I will tell him what you said.  I don't think its gonna be as bad as we originally thought.  He said he bled enough to cover a dinner plate on the field.  We were on the stands assuming he had been hit in the face and had broken teeth, with mangled braces.  I walked most of the way to the other side of the field when the coach waved me off and said he was gonna be fine.  There was a trainer with him.

[Crossroads]

This is a beautiful white oak and it would make several saw logs!

Is it still standing? 

[SawyerTed]

Yes for the time being. :D  It is on a ridge full of oaks and hickory trees.  I believe I'd rather get hit with acorns than hickory nuts!  The hickory nuts are bigger than the acorns.  

[Southside]

Walnuts. Those hit the kiln and sound like a rifle shot. 

[Don P]

I've been watching a chestnut, that burr would get your attention  :D

[kantuckid]

We have a large Buckeye tree that I built an outside deck around. When we went to a metal roof last year it now sounds like "incoming" when they drop. It was originally a good distance downhill from the original house, now it has an octagon bench built around it that has a hole full of tree and in need of some relief space. 

[SawyerTed]

The acorns hitting the tin roof on one of my sheds sounds like a 10/22 with a banana clip.  

[thecfarm]

Of all the years walking, riding, working in the works I have never been hit with an acorn. And I have A LOT of red oak trees.
Well, I can't say that anymore. A few weeks ago, one hit me on the shoulder. It got my attention and made me think, I have never had that happen. 
When I came in the house, I even told the wife about it.

[doc henderson]

We are not flush with oaks, but we have Geese.  I remember standing in a group of leaders and scouts on a campout and looking up at a flock of geese flying overhead.  i said to myself, "self, it is odd that people never get pooped on standing under a flock of geese flying over!"  then it hit me.  It did not dawn on me, it hit me in the L chest.  a big wad of goose poop.  So be careful what you are thinking.   8) :D

[rusticretreater]

I got shelled the other day when a strong gust came by and de-acornified an oak tree.  I discovered I probably need to run more because I didn't do well getting out of my own way.

[btulloh]

I'd welcome some falling acorns right now.  This seems to be a big year for black walnuts and they're falling in multiples right now.  Getting hit by walnuts makes acorn strikes seem like no big deal. 

Not getting any action from hickory nuts yet. Seems like every one of my metal roofs has a hickory tree above it and most years it sounds like a war zone during hickory nut season. 

Everyone stay safe and keep your head down!

[doc henderson]

i have one oak in the yard.  30+ feet tall now, was a sapling 17 years ago.  the acorns are the size of a nickel and the squirrels eat them right from the tree.

[beenthere]

 :D :D 

 then it hit me.  It did not dawn on me, it hit me in the L chest.

Reminds me of being a shy freshman in college, and our house was involved in an exchange with a women's dorm. Paired up, we walked along a path beside a lake with blazing colors of fall abound. Then it hit me!!  Dropped along side the head and dripped off my right ear. Missed her, but we didn't hit it off after that, for some reason and it might have been me.  

[aigheadish]

This is the season for what I think are starlings flying over and landing in our trees, by the thousands. They are really neat to watch flock over and make a heck of a noise when they are hanging out in the trees, then a whoooosh, and off they go. Usually, it's ok but sometimes you'll hear them fly over and it sounds like it's raining. I haven't been hit yet, but it's bound to happen. I did get more cautious when looking up at them and at least shut my mouth.

[doc henderson]

yes they teach that in rock climbing.  do not look up if you hear something falling,  and for sure do not be in "ahh" with your mouth open.

[samandothers]

Walnuts. Those hit the kiln and sound like a rifle shot.

Yep!
Our camper was under an aluminum cover near a walnut tree on our land in Va.  When we'd visit in the fall the walnuts would fall and hit the cover and we'd always jump as the sound was sudden and load.

[kantuckid]

Walnuts. Those hit the kiln and sound like a rifle shot.

Yep!
Our camper was under an aluminum cover near a walnut tree on our land in Va.  When we'd visit in the fall the walnuts would fall and hit the cover and we'd always jump as the sound was sudden and load.

In the 1960's I briefly worked for the SanteFe RR as a laborer, having quit over pay issues at a grocery store. Our main spot for work was an open, aluminum roofed, concrete dock area beside a car siding. A year or so before my time there a hail storm had penetrated that metal roof such that it had drippy spots and light coming through all over the place. I think they quit selling that roofing. 
Yesterday it wasn't acorns "falling", it was my load of build logs "falling". I had some log ceiling joists that had weather so long I DA sanded them and doped with log oil before loading. I tried to cinch them down for transport on my hay wagon but they were slicker than snot and as I was 1/2 way up a very steep grade-off go two of my logs under the 3" cargo ratchet straps! They hit the slope and dig in. I walk back to fetch a come-along, log chain and a rope and proceed to spend several hours pulling them back on while trying to keep the rest tied down from taking the same dive, all in a spot where it's a challenge to stand up, let alone work. I finally get them to the build site and it's past 3pm and I unload trying to keep them from sliding sideways off the forks. Some days ya can't win? Acorns lying all around me, maybe I'm gonna be OK. 
I see walnuts overhanging highways around me and wonder how many windshields they've taken out? State boys should remove them!

[Nebraska]

Chest goose hit beats sure beats in  the mouth......

[Old Greenhorn]

Well, I don't really think it should be my turn quite so soon, but here I am ..... again.

 Yesterday turned out to be a longer day than I planed and I got back after dark and the wife gave up waiting and ate dinner without me. >:( I don't blame her. Having trouble adjusting to shorter days. Anyway, lots of stuff on the list for this morning and with no time to get a jump on it last night I managed to oversleep this morning (I needed it anyway, the last few nights ain't been good). My son and his boys were supposed to be over at 9am to help stack wood (ha ha) and help me load the trailer after unloading it so I could deliver the TS I sold before 12pm. Well, I only had 2 cups of coffee and went out to hitch the trailer at 9:30 alone. No big deal, but I had this full sized truck bed ladder rack on it that added some weight and I was having a bit of a struggle to lift the tongue and get it slipped over the ball. I got it on, twice, but it would not fall 'home'. I assumed the cam latch was hung up or jammed as sometimes happens, so I lifted, wiggled and re-dropped it on, but it still would not fall on. I finally lifted the tongue and held it up with one arm while a reached under the coupling to make sure the locking cam was free and in the right place. That was about the time I felt a startling and interesting 'tingle' shoot up my back right about the time my ears rang a little. I dropped the coupling back on the ball and it didn't drop on. Did I mention I only had 2 cups of coffee?
 So I was contemplating this tingle in my back, which had now transformed into something akin to 'clear pain' and of course my head was hanging. I looked at the hitch and realized I would have a very tough time getting a 2" coupling to settle down on a 2-5/8" ball. I'm an idiot.
 I changed out the ball, it went together fine, but was tougher with my new set of sensations. My son finally showed up at 10:30. We got the rack off the trailer, and the saw on, and I delivered it 30 minutes away. I came back, they were gone and I was left to continue firewood, but after 30 minutes of filling the trailer with split wood, my back was again screaming and I quit. I did some wire brushing on the ladder rack getting ready for touch up paint, but the pain was making work somewhat unpleasant. 
 I am currently treating the back issue with Ibuprofen and alcohol (both applied internally). One of the stupidest things I have done in a while. (but I may have said that before.)