Dizzys Diggin Thread - 2014

[425jesse]

Awesome day it was. We lost power as we started to cook Christmas dinner, took the city a number of hours to get power back, so we did the meat on the grill instead! This is the fuse that was burning on the top of the power pole.

 

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[DizzyDigger]

P70: Well, sorta. It's actually close to 40 years of
Camels that are the issue..it ain't the first one that
gets you, but the last one ya had.

Kush's don't help the nausea much, and tend make me sleepy..

Kevin: Been a med user since '07. It was a miserable year of vertigo, and
I was getting hit with 3-4 attacks a week, averaging about 8 hrs. That's
8 hrs. of vomiting on a Biblical scale. Was about at the end of my
rope when another fellow [in Europe] with the same disease suggested
I give cannabis a try. The results were miraculous, and after a couple days
use the attacks were down to 1 or so a week.

In Jan. of '09 I had to have a surgery called a "Labrynthectomy", where
they go into the brain and sever the vestibular nerve to my right ear.
That same nerve also carries the info from the balance center in the
inner ear to the brain, so I pretty much had to learn how to walk again.
The surgery killed the ear completely, and now it's just a non-functioning
decoration hanging on my head.

The surgery does not cure the disease, but it does stop the inner
ear from causing vertigo attacks.

Things went great till late 2010, and the my remaining ear was diagnosed
with the same disease that took the right one.

Other than a few new stores popping up, legalization pretty much went
off without a hitch here...not sure if anyone really noticed. Most important
to me is keeping it out of the hands of those under 21, 'cause in this case,
age does matter.

Ducky: Sound wisdom on the slimjim! One fellow there had one, but
none of us knew how to use the thing. I slid it down in
the window and poked around a bit, but it didn't open anything.
I've now got a spare key taped into an accessible wire loom on the
truck, so this will never happen again..course, it never happened
before til now!

Jeff, hope they get it fixed soon!

Reminds me of when I was 16, and we were doing a bunch of remodeling
to our house. We had 2 acres of land, and there was a D9 cat doing some
serious dirt moving so we could build an arena. Guy made the mistake of
parking the thing on top of the old septic drain field, crushing about 60%
of the available space. There was a 6" access pipe for the main tank,
it sat just outside my bedroom window...and the lid would no longer fit,
meaning all those wonderful aromas just drifted right in my bedroom
windows, especially on those hot summer nights...

Jesse, sorry to hear that ya lost power, but that just adds more
excitement to the day! My brother lives in Brier, and I think they
lose power every Thanksgiving, which means his wife's Broccoli
Souffle never gets too cook..(good thing IMO!)

Still gotta finish the 2nd half of the story...it was far from
over.....

 

[DizzyDigger]

..........................So..even with all the cumulative redneck wisdom
I was still standing there in the cold an hour and a half later. A few
of the guys were loggers, and they also searched through what they
had...one fellow even brought over a steel strand from an old logging
cable (the coathanger was too flexible). We put a hook in one end
of that steel strand, and I was finally able to actually get the tip of
the wire on the button. There were finger grooves in the button, and
the hope was that the tip of the wire would hang up there and we could
pop the button up...

Well, we could sure get the tip on the button, but it wasn't budging.

The digital clock/thermometer on the store sign was now showing
it was a cool 24ºF, I've got icicles hanging off both ends of my now
frosty mustache, the truck is still running, and I'm not getting
any closer to getting the door unlocked.

Didya ever notice the most intelligent questions people ask when
they see you trying to get a door unlocked with a wire?

"Lock your keys in the truck?"

Me: "Naaaa, I just like pretend I did so people will ask me
stupid questions."

One of the GOB's that had been helping lived on my street, and
offered to give me a ride home.

Thought about it for a minute, and figured I'd have something in
my garage shop that would let me get the damn thing open, and then
I could come back in my wife's car.

"Good enough" I said...let's go.

So, we drove off with the truck still sitting there... running. I had just
put about 5 gal. in, so it would sit there running all night if I didn't get
the damn door open.

Thought even crossed my mind that someone might try to swipe it
while I was gone. Naaaa...no way to get in!

Got dropped off at home (about 5 miles from store), and started
pokin' around my shop, looking for some miracle item to pop out
at me as THE tool to open the door.

Didn't find much, really, but took some stiff wire, a 3' piece of
thin, copper wire, couple types of pliers (don't know what they
could do, but I took 'em anyway). Tossed those in the front
seat of the wife's Hyundai and headed right back.

Got back to the truck, and realized, other than being warmer,
that I was no better off than before I went home...

Started thinking of "alternate entrances" that might be
accessible, and although I knew the sliding rear window was
locked tight, I unloaded my gear (shovels, Gold Cube in a
big tub, pans, etc.) and crawled up to the front of the bed.
Tried to get a knife blade in so I could pop that snap-lock open,
and all that I was able to do was bend the aluminum frame.
Apparently they designed it just so people couldn't do what
I was attempting.

Drug my ass back out, and then must have stood there for
the next 20 minutes scratching my head and freezing my nuggets
off. The "Good 'Ol Boys" had all disappeared, the store was getting
ready to close, and I wasn't getting anywhere.

Went and re-checked the wing windows for about the 5th time, and
saw there was no chance of getting one open.

Started seriously thinking about the cost of replacing one of the
wing windows, but it would no doubt be at least a hundred bucks,
and I really didn't have it to spend.

I'm at the end of my now frozen rope, and realize it's going to be
and eternity before I can get the thing open....

'Bout this time I look up and see the store owner poking his head
around the back of the truck. He's always been a hellofa nice fellow,
and we had chatted many times in the store.

"Need some help?"

"Howdy Richard...You Betchya I could use some help. I'm at my
wits end here."

He pulls out his cellphone and calls his son, who just happens
to be a full-time fireman with a larger city about 40 miles away.
Fortunately, the son was home (in Concrete) and 5 min. later he
shows up ......with his own Slim Jim.

He slides it down beside the passenger side window, pokes and
prods a bit..a push here and a shove there..and 5 min. later the
door is OPEN!

Now, my wife works at home as a customer service specialist, so she
is on the phone nearly 100% of the time, and I don't disturb her. Her
shift was just ending as I walked back in the house...

"Hi XXXXXX" (some nicknames aren't to be shared..lol)

and goes on to ask...

"What took you so long to get home from the store. Didn't you leave
like two and a half hours ago?"

 

[Jeff95531]

Too much Mike. It makes you wonder WTF did I do I was even thinking about how to kill the motor so then MAYBE the fob would let you in. No way, hood release is inside. Good thing we're prospectors cuz as theives, we'd starve.

 

[DizzyDigger]

Yeah Jeff...you got that right!

I finally realized that kid was talking about....me

 

[KevinInColorado]

Glad to hear the pot helped. You've had quite some challenges, I'm impressed at how you persevere!

 

[Sideways Sherry]

How's it going Dizzy?

 

[425jesse]

Dizz, are you going to the gold show tomorrow in Monroe? Miss you buddy.

 

[DizzyDigger]

Dizz, are you going to the gold show tomorrow in Monroe?
Miss you buddy.

Hey Jesse!

That Gold Show is a good time, and I've gone quite
a few times over the years. Gonna pass on it this year,
as with all the talking going on inside those show areas
I can't hear a damn thing but a whole lotta noise. Frustrating
(to say the least) when you are trying to have a conversation
with someone...

Great place to take the whole family though, plus ya get to
see the latest and greatest new gear.

 

[gold tramp]

Hey mike !!!!!!!!!!!! i hear you on the not being able to hear in the crowds ever since my world went half a bubble off plumb last year, my hearing on the left side is bad that way, cant make heads or tales just lips movin weird, oh well hope you are able to get out.
Herb..................

 

[425jesse]

Hey Mike! I'm gonna go out to the coast in the next month or two to run some black sand. Are you still running that miller table? Want some beach sands to fiddle with? I could bring a little back for you to work if you want? Cheers to you buddy!

 

[Sideways Sherry]

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