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[dixon_green]

I was planning on repeating my archery shoot from WW last year. I don't think it is going to happen because I cannot make the targets.

I've been retaining all my plastic bottles of varying size, and I've got a goodly number. But, they still need to be stuffed with shredded paper, and I just can't do it. Last year I ended up with a nasty tendinitis flare in my right hand and thumb that took forever to subside, and my grip is still somewhat compromised.

This year I've almost crippled my right arm out in the garden. Maybe a bit extreme in my description, but this past weekend of ripping, trimming and digging my yard and garden into shape has left my right forearm and elbow in a LOT of pain. Can barely pick up my cup of coffee pain. There is NO WAY I am going to be able to stuff the necessary paper into all those plastic bottles.

Yeah, I think another trip to the sports doctor is in order.

Comments

[eithni.livejournal.com]

Can you get a minion to do it? Or get assistance at your weekly meeting? I've had good luck either bribing college students with pin money, food, or beer or just doing something suspicious where folks were likely to come over to see what I was up to.

[dixon-green.livejournal.com]

Well, I've been rather lax in the care and maintenance of my minions, and I really don't have any right now. I miss most meetings, too; by the time I get home from the gym, and then out to the site, it's almost time to go.

On a minor logistics point, I also burned out my shredder last year and haven't replaced it, and my files are actually up to date, because I shredded them all last year.

Which isn't to say I can't make this work, just that I haven't dealt with all the logistics.

[sal-e-peters.livejournal.com]

Let me know if I can help with the arm. :-)

[elliesam.livejournal.com]

Oh that stinks. One of these days I should go to the Shoulder Doctor and see if I can't do something about the shoulder pain that's kept me from shooting for a couple of years. I hope yours can get you back into it.

[spookyevilone.livejournal.com]

Suggestion: Bring the supplies to WW and teach a "How to make a cheap and easy archery target" class ;) Or just put it in the press that the supplies are here and if archers want to shoot, archers should come stuff. They could use an un-tipped arrow shaft to do the stuffing.

[dixon-green.livejournal.com]

That's a kinda sorta maybe. Bringing the bottles and gravel is easy enough, but to bring enough shredded paper would mean not bringing anything else. Bringing a shredder is a possibility, but then I would be spending most of my time at the shredder.

To give you an idea, I went through at least four large boxes of shredded paper, large being three foot high, two feet wide, and a foot deep. I was raiding the weekly freebie papers to get enough for my targets.