[AT] Cecil...

[Mike Sloane]

I corresponded with Lucile, Cecil's wife, not too long ago, and she told 
me that Cecil's ATIS ID is still active, and she still reads all the 
ATIS messages that come through. She is very busy with her real estate 
business, so she doesn't want to get involved in various tractor related 
discussions. But I know she appreciates your kind remarks and misses 
Cecil terribly. (It was pretty spooky to see a message come through with 
Cecil's ID! :-) )

Mike

Francis Robinson wrote:
> 	I don't remember how we got on the subject a few years ago but I had posted
> fairly thorough instructions on how I replace a hammer handle. Cecil had
> indicated earlier that he had tried before but had never successfully been
> able to replace one. That was sometime before the Portland show. At the
> Portland campground that year I had button-holed my old 24' travel trailer
> back into a spot that looked too tight for a VW Beetle (Diana wanted that
> spot) with directions from maybe 75 guys   ;-)    and was getting settled in
> when Cecil arrived. He backed his rig in next to mine and got out of his
> truck with a hammer in his hand that was sporting a new handle... He brought
> it to show me that he had been able to do it. He was as proud of that hammer
> as he might have been of personally making a successful lunar landing...
> ;-)
> 	Damn I miss Cecil... Always a gentleman, always a good example and always
> ready to be somebody's friend...
> 

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Mike Sloane
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It's hard to argue against cynics - they always sound smarter
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