Winger Ed.
01-13-2023, 07:29 PM
Last Aug. Mrs. Winger fell and scrambled up her knee and wrist
while trying to harvest one of those red velvet ant/wasp bugs we have here.
She's making much progress with the recovery.
Today, she got up out of a chair and walked across the room without any assistance at all.
For distances over about 30 feet, she still has to have one of those canes with four feet on it.
At the therapy re-hab place they had her using a three pound ankle weight to get motion back into the knee.
They said it'd be a good idea to get one and use at home too.
But she didn't want to spend money on something she's use a little, then be out of it.
So I fired up the bad boy commercial sewing machine and made one from blue jean material.
As a kid, I remember them being made with Lead cylinders in pouches going around them.
The new ones now have sand.
I don't really have any clean sand,,,, so I figured I'd just use some of the 1/2 pound ingots from my old Lee mold.
OH no,,,,, she ain't having Lead in them. This was not open to discussion or facts.
So I used rocks from the flower bed. That worked until it didn't.
They had lumps and bumps that hurt.
So, I looked for something else that wasn't sand, rocks, or had exposed Lead-
even if it was wrapped in tape, and would fit inside the cloth pouches.
Then a light came on!
Years ago, Mr. Bartlett had pulled down LC match .30-06 cases and match FMJ bullets pretty cheap.
Out of the thousand or so I got back then, I still had a bunch left after the M1 Garand went to another happy home.
Well, I asked her if a leg weight with Copper and Brass--- just like our water pipes was OK.
Yep, exactly three pounds of loaded match .30-06 FMJ ammo fit the bill perfectly.
Now she's on the road to recovery with a genuine red neck ankle weight.:bigsmyl2:
while trying to harvest one of those red velvet ant/wasp bugs we have here.
She's making much progress with the recovery.
Today, she got up out of a chair and walked across the room without any assistance at all.
For distances over about 30 feet, she still has to have one of those canes with four feet on it.
At the therapy re-hab place they had her using a three pound ankle weight to get motion back into the knee.
They said it'd be a good idea to get one and use at home too.
But she didn't want to spend money on something she's use a little, then be out of it.
So I fired up the bad boy commercial sewing machine and made one from blue jean material.
As a kid, I remember them being made with Lead cylinders in pouches going around them.
The new ones now have sand.
I don't really have any clean sand,,,, so I figured I'd just use some of the 1/2 pound ingots from my old Lee mold.
OH no,,,,, she ain't having Lead in them. This was not open to discussion or facts.
So I used rocks from the flower bed. That worked until it didn't.
They had lumps and bumps that hurt.
So, I looked for something else that wasn't sand, rocks, or had exposed Lead-
even if it was wrapped in tape, and would fit inside the cloth pouches.
Then a light came on!
Years ago, Mr. Bartlett had pulled down LC match .30-06 cases and match FMJ bullets pretty cheap.
Out of the thousand or so I got back then, I still had a bunch left after the M1 Garand went to another happy home.
Well, I asked her if a leg weight with Copper and Brass--- just like our water pipes was OK.
Yep, exactly three pounds of loaded match .30-06 FMJ ammo fit the bill perfectly.
Now she's on the road to recovery with a genuine red neck ankle weight.:bigsmyl2: