Learning something every day..

 

    When some people reach a certain age I think they sort of give up
on trying to learn new things.  I am not one of those people.
Every day I learn something.  Maybe not anything earth shattering
but something.  Most of the time I gain this knowledge without any
effort on my part what so ever.  I'm going through my daily routine
and 'Bam' there it is. Instant information that I didn't have before.
    Let me give you a couple examples.  A few days ago I wrote in
my Blog about the upcoming Deer season in my home state. I have
been hunting most of my adult life and although I realize I don't
know everything about the sport, I think I know enough to have a
safe and successful four day hunt.  Really it's pretty basic.  Pack
clothing (hunter orange of course) weapon and ammo of choice,
food and personal hygiene  supplies, load 4 wheeler on trailer fuel up
and drive to camper.  Done deal.. done it a thousand times.  Nothing
new to learn here.  Wrong !  Since my boat is in winter storage I
store my Quad in the rear of the carport in front of my truck.  Since
the weather has been bad of late I seen no reason to pull the bike out
onto the trailer and let it set out in the snow overnight so I hook up
the trailer and back it halfway into the carport.  Smart 'eh ?  Now I
can load the bike on under roof and it won't be a frozen mess when
I get to the club tomorrow.  Sometime I even amaze myself with my
ideas.  Now here's where the learning curve comes in.  If I would
have taken the time to make a couple calculations with a ruler and a
crayon I would have known that X + Y squared = a distance greater
than the inside perimeters of the cleared area.  Lesson learned .....
When driving an object onto an elevated platform be sure to check
overall height of combined objects before hand to assure they will
fit in the allowable space.  Or in everyday language be careful that
one's head will clear the four inch square steel tubing on the gable end
of the building or one will be peeled off of the bike backwards
suddenly and left with a terrific headache, a large cut on the top of
one's head and any number of dislocated and rearranged vertebrae in
one's neck.   Enough said about that.  That information will make your
head 'smart'  in a twofold manner.
   On a less painful note today I learned that when it's nine degrees
with high winds and a wind chill of like twenty six below zero under
no circumstance should one try to run through snow drifts to their
truck to retrieve something in low cut slippers and no socks.  Don't
ask how I found this out.  Just rest assured that although it is entirely
possible, It is by no means a wise thing to do.
  I almost can't wait till tomorrow to find out what kind of exciting
things I might learn.  I'll be sure to share my newfound knowledge
with you my readers .. that is if I survive.