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glatt · 05-06-2016, 08:12 AM

convenient how there always seems to be a heavy plank on the trail.

limey · 05-06-2016, 08:14 AM

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Originally Posted by glatt

convenient how there always seems to be a heavy plank on the trail.

I wouldn't want to even carry the damned plank up that hill!

limey · 05-06-2016, 08:45 AM

If you're going to carp that Big Davy's got help, the other guy in this pic is the photographer and I'm pretty sure the anvil weighs more than him!
This pic taken from a drone by a guy with type 1 diabetes.
(Oh, and there's no need to give me credit for your donations

thank YOU

)

lumberjim · 05-06-2016, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by limey

(Oh, and there's no need to give me credit for your donations

thank YOU

)

You deserve a little credit, since they can't give you a commission for your promoting it.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-06-2016, 02:47 PM

They are all family on Arran.

limey · 05-06-2016, 03:08 PM

It was lovely to bump into Big Davy at the Club this evening when we went for our fish and chips. He's a neighbour in the village. He told me he's thrilled at the donations from the States (so thanks, guys!) and all over the world. He does, indeed, slide the anvil up using the plank which he wets with water: greasing the plank makes the anvil slide off and it's a bu&&er when that happens. I saw the barks on his shins where the anvil has just caught him with a bump. He wears steel-toe-capped boots to keep his toesies safe.
He's going to take the weekend off. He gets so dehydrated and drinks so much water that he hasn't room to eat, so he's noticed that he's getting weaker. He'll eat loads over the weekend to make up for that.
He reckons it'll take about another ten days to get to the summit.

Sent by thought transference

xoxoxoBruce · 05-06-2016, 03:19 PM

I think heavy jeans or Carharts(canvas) would be safer for the flesh, but it wouldn't protect the bones.
Did he bring the anvil back down for the weekend?

lumberjim · 05-06-2016, 03:19 PM

I'd rather punch myself in the face until I knocked myself out. God bless him.

limey · 05-06-2016, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

I think heavy jeans or Carharts(canvas) would be safer for the flesh, but it wouldn't protect the bones.

Did he bring the anvil back down for the weekend?

He leaves the anvil on the hill every day. I don't think anyone's going to run away with it

To me that's yet another awesome thing: each day he strides back up the hill to start again where he left off.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-06-2016, 04:29 PM

Oh, this would be a dirty trick, half a dozen guys go up on the weekend and take the anvil to the top and leave it there.

But never, ever, ever, admit to it. Trouble is, sooner or later somebody would shoot there mouth off and each one would face the wrath of Davy.

Talk about risky business.

limey · 05-06-2016, 04:44 PM

Very risky. Davy is Big.

Sent by thought transference

classicman · 05-06-2016, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

I'd rather punch myself in the face until I knocked myself out. God bless him.

This ...

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Oh, this would be a dirty trick, half a dozen guys go up on the weekend and take the anvil to the top and leave it there.

...and this, while I watch.

lumberjim · 05-06-2016, 05:00 PM

Or they could slather it in axle grease....

Or move it back 100 feet every night

Or replace it with a styrofoam replica and film him falling over backwards when he goes to lift it the next morning.

monster · 05-06-2016, 05:26 PM

the anvil needs googly eyes

DanaC · 05-06-2016, 05:30 PM

Wow, what a Herculean task.

can't donate anythng I'm afraid, but please pass along my admiration.

05-06-2016, 08:45 AM	#18
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	If you're going to carp that Big Davy's got help, the other guy in this pic is the photographer and I'm pretty sure the anvil weighs more than him! This pic taken from a drone by a guy with type 1 diabetes. (Oh, and there's no need to give me credit for your donations thank YOU ) Attached Images __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

05-06-2016, 02:47 PM	#20
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	They are all family on Arran. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-06-2016, 03:08 PM	#21
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	It was lovely to bump into Big Davy at the Club this evening when we went for our fish and chips. He's a neighbour in the village. He told me he's thrilled at the donations from the States (so thanks, guys!) and all over the world. He does, indeed, slide the anvil up using the plank which he wets with water: greasing the plank makes the anvil slide off and it's a bu&&er when that happens. I saw the barks on his shins where the anvil has just caught him with a bump. He wears steel-toe-capped boots to keep his toesies safe. He's going to take the weekend off. He gets so dehydrated and drinks so much water that he hasn't room to eat, so he's noticed that he's getting weaker. He'll eat loads over the weekend to make up for that. He reckons it'll take about another ten days to get to the summit. Sent by thought transference __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

05-06-2016, 03:19 PM	#22
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I think heavy jeans or Carharts(canvas) would be safer for the flesh, but it wouldn't protect the bones. Did he bring the anvil back down for the weekend? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-06-2016, 03:19 PM	#23
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	I'd rather punch myself in the face until I knocked myself out. God bless him. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

05-06-2016, 08:12 AM	#16
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	convenient how there always seems to be a heavy plank on the trail.

05-06-2016, 04:29 PM	#25
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Oh, this would be a dirty trick, half a dozen guys go up on the weekend and take the anvil to the top and leave it there. But never, ever, ever, admit to it. Trouble is, sooner or later somebody would shoot there mouth off and each one would face the wrath of Davy. Talk about risky business. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-06-2016, 04:44 PM	#26
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Very risky. Davy is Big. Sent by thought transference __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

05-06-2016, 05:00 PM	#28
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	Or they could slather it in axle grease.... Or move it back 100 feet every night Or replace it with a styrofoam replica and film him falling over backwards when he goes to lift it the next morning. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

05-06-2016, 05:26 PM	#29
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	the anvil needs googly eyes __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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