les, your block and tackle is the solution for my bed travel. i sheet metal screwed an eyelet bracket to the ceiling in line w/ eyelet on head end of the bed. lars created the pulley system from his knowledge learned thru emt training. the mechanical advantage is like a 22X30 gear. i can tail w/ my right hand. i am now able to go back to living in my van.
living situation: i have paid for 4 weeks of living in a twin bed w/ no view. i really only sleep there. i have not made an effort to understand the house owner. i live in my van. i am not allowed on site parking, i walk 15 mins at least each way to get to where i park my van. i could seek out closer parking solution. the walk is good. i will stay there for the balance knowing that i able to take care of myself.
more recovery time is needed proportional to my walking.
yesterday i pushed the pain away in pursuit of no pain med. i made it until i crawled into bed last night as the pain level increased. i worked seeking peace to no avail. i reached to floor beside the bed to shake out relief in percocet. i awoke over 4 hours later, pain waking me up. i took another relief. i didn’t sleep well after the second, perhaps because i was going to join john and his wife for bfast at 7 that meant i needed to be up and at it at 6:30 and the alarm clock is in the van. i also could have set my wrist computer but the alarm is not loud enough to wake me from sleep. i turned to at 6:23. bowel still bound up. my kicking of the opiate med was to wake up the muscles. i walked down to the restaurant arriving just b4 7. no john. i sat outside reading the AZ Republic paper. phone rings. it is the house owner telling me she did not take house key or garage opener w/ her when we both left the front door this AM. she asked for me to bring my key to her house. i said that i would walk back and she agreed to drive me back. worked as planned but no john. i ate by myself. another break thru for expelling intestinal waste. still exhibiting signs of opiate effect. severe constipation can be serious causing concern on my body’s part to itself. there’s a joke about the body parts deciding which was important. eyes stated their case followed by whatever. the asshole threw his name in the hat. it was laughed at. the asshole just puckered up tight. pretty soon the eyes didn’t see so well, the legs got wobbly. body parts agreed that the asshole was the most impt. shows you don’t need to have a brain to be the boss, just an asshole. the conscious brain eats a stool softener and laxative weakening the assholes grip, the brain is the most critical body part and this proofs it. my cleared brain knows how it happened. from now on
today i completed the rereading of “breaking blue”. times today are still the same as they were back in1935 when the murder of a cop by a cop and subsequently covered up by the spokane police. why do citizens fear authority?
next book is “missoula…… by eagan, its about rape @ the state university. hasn’t arrived.
last night i watched the 2 final episodes of “justified”. good i can put that to rest. i watched all 6 seasons.
I’m coming clean. I gave Baghwan the block & tackle idea years ago. Glad you found someone to execute.
Huh? What you talkin’ ’bout Willis (TOM)?
Glad the block and tackle works for you. I still have the original hanging in my garage from when we tried it in your van when you were parked in our driveway with your last shoulder surgery.
Sounds tough kicking the opiates, Gloria was on them for the pinched nerve in her neck for a few weeks. She did the same, get up and try not to take them until the pain was intolerable. Started at about a half hour and finally made it all day.