Happy Festivus!! Today post your "Feats of Strength" from year 2009

[LynneSin]

Me:

Shoveling all that *#$ *#$@ snow. :grr:

[HopeHoops]

1. Does surviving falling down half a flight of stairs backwards count?

I suffer from random bouts of vertigo and one hit on the way up the stairs - straight down backwards and I clucked my head on a shelving unit at the bottom. Blood everywhere. My wife thinks I had a concussion. She called 911 and I apparently gave the ambulance crew and police a bit of a time when they showed up! I didn't want to go to the hospital and my vitals were okay by then so they let me be. It sounds like they might have been glad that I didn't want to go. That was almost 3 months ago and my back is still in pain.

[LynneSin]

6. Ouch - I did that the day after the elections when I fell down the steps

Ambien

:grr:

[HopeHoops]

9. My wife is a saint. She puts that muscle rub stuff on whenever I ask for it.

I have to be careful though. It can give you a false sense of security by numbing the pain and that can lead to doing things I probably wouldn't otherwise. Ibuprofen at night helps a lot.

[Arugula Latte]

2. I think Festivus is officially on December 23rd this year.

However, my Feat of Strength is enduring reading my wacky militant fundy cousin's annual Christmas letter.

[BOSSHOG]

3. Cutting down two dead Pine Trees

chopping em up and hauling them to the landfill. That was one cussword filled day.

[sakabatou]

4. Lifting 50lb dumbells in each hand

[TheMightyFavog]

5. Power Attack

Cleave
Great Cleave

[taterguy]

7. About 20 thousand ounce curls

But not in one sitting

ps: Why shovel snow? It melts eventually

pps: Kidding about that and sick of slipping neighbor's sidewalks who are too damn lazy

[guitar man]

8. replaced the water pump

in a '01 Dodge Van...a lot of knuckle busting and bolt wrestling :(

[Redstone]

10. Surviving it.

Redstone

[seemunkee]

11. NYC Century bike ride

it was the only long ride I managed this last year. Something always came up for all of the others I tried to schedule

[bluedigger]

12. Keeping my mouth shut numerous times at work.

Couple of close calls, but still employed...

[denbot]

13. Running my fat 51 y.o. ass down a mountain trail when Alley broke her ankle.

I haven't run that far since bootcamp thirty years ago.