Do not have time for this

[dallanta]

A few years ago I went to Afganistan as a contractor. 2 years later I woke up from a coma in Houston with not too much of an idea of what happened. A month later they gave me a pacemaker/defibulator. I healed up pretty well and retired. We just moved a little farther west here in Texas. I was trying to put up fence earlier. I guess I over did it. My defibulator knocked me on the ground. Felt like I had tied into a live 220v wire. Feeling ok, but now need to figure out how to do fencing and some things. Old age is not for sissys. Honestly, I keep thinking of when the Lord is going to call me home. Just needed to spout a little. If I tell the wife or kids they will make me go to the hospital.

[papaof2]

Don't have the defib device but have had a spell of afib and now keep up the twice daily meds and I've grudgingly accepted that I can no longer cut the grass, use the blade edger, follow up with the string trimmer and then don the backpack blower to clean things up all in one day in the muggy, sunny South (being 70+ might also have a bearing on that). I block the work out in segments of 30-45 minutes and take a cooling + electrolyte beverage break (dehydration can trigger afib) for 20-30 minutes between work segments. I don't get as much done as I once did - but I am still doing.

There are "fence placing machines". There's one that drives posts (pile driver mounted on an articulated arm) and strings barbed wire (holds tension and can be adjusted up/down to match the terrain) and does it in a minute or two per post. It needs a human to guide the machine, position the posts, adjust the wire height and use the pneumatic stapler.

"If I tell the wife or kids they will make me go to the hospital."

And they would be correct. Once your heart is no longer perfect, seemingly "minor" damage can be a major event. You're not wearing tights with a big "S" on your chest so go see the doctor - you have stories to finish so we'll be on your case to help you survive long enough to finish them ;-)

fencing machine video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qYn_qYfLT0

There are other machines and videos but this one is only 4 minutes.

[9idrr]

Go see the doc and get it over with. You'll make the family feel good and help the doc pay off his boat.
We're just glad you survived and found your way here in the first place.