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Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: General Discussion => Topic started by: obsidianom on September 07, 2013, 01:17:18 PM

Title: "Old to New''
Post by: obsidianom on September 07, 2013, 01:17:18 PM
I had an interesting thought today while finishing bringing in the last of my 5.5 cords of firewood for the long winter ahead. We heat 100% with wood . I cut down the trees myself with a chainsaw and the rest is done with no power equipment. I haul the wood in by wheelbarrow , move it by hand and split it with a 16 pound maul. Very "old fashioned " like in the very old days.
In our living room stands the wood stove that burns the wood I load by hand. Across the room about 10 feet away stands the ultra high tech NXstage dialysis machine with its own water purification pack that takes our well water and makes ultra pure dialysate. Amazing dichotomy between the 2 things in the room. We live both old and new . 
We grow our own fruit (with help from the used dialystae for fertilizer) and live in the woods. Yet we are hooked up on line and can communicate with the world.
Just musing here about how strange life can be , especially with dialysis and the technology behind it.

Title: Re: "Old to New''
Post by: Rerun on September 07, 2013, 08:07:42 PM
Your wife must be very nice!

         :flower;

There is no way in hell I'd live like that.  Been there done that!  Bonners Ferry, ID  1985-1996

It is amazing how many times firewood can warm you.  From the tree to the stick you put in the stove.  Oh and then shoveling out the ashes and cleaning the chimney.  LOL
Title: Re: "Old to New''
Post by: obsidianom on September 08, 2013, 07:13:51 AM
Your wife must be very nice!

         :flower;

There is no way in hell I'd live like that.  Been there done that!  Bonners Ferry, ID  1985-1996

It is amazing how many times firewood can warm you.  From the tree to the stick you put in the stove.  Oh and then shoveling out the ashes and cleaning the chimney.  LOL
WHO CLEANS CHIMNEYS??? We just let Santa Claus come down yearly at Christmas and his girth and suit clean it. And we get presents too!!! :welcomesign;
Title: Re: "Old to New''
Post by: obsidianom on September 08, 2013, 07:14:25 AM
Your wife must be very nice!

         :flower;

There is no way in hell I'd live like that.  Been there done that!  Bonners Ferry, ID  1985-1996

It is amazing how many times firewood can warm you.  From the tree to the stick you put in the stove.  Oh and then shoveling out the ashes and cleaning the chimney.  LOL
WHO CLEANS CHIMNEYS??? We just let Santa Claus come down yearly at Christmas and his girth and suit clean it. And we get presents too!!! :welcomesign;