[AT] Now - old bodies

[Paul Waugh]

Yeah, I do have a lot "right' with my life, just takes longer to do it :)). 
Like you say, I am grateful what I can do it, I may be in a wheel chair some 
day and won't be able to do 'quite' as much as I do today. Life will go on.

Paul in IN
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Indiana Robinson" <robinson at svs.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 9:54 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Now - old bodies


> Paul Waugh wrote:
>> Count me in. It took 3 hours to take a wheel off the 420.  I had 2 good 
>> days
>> in a row, low humidity, now today is high and I am at a stop .. I hate
>> it,but learning to accept.  Poor legs and hips, yuck!!
>>
>> Paul in IN
>>
>
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>
>
> Hey Paul, maybe we should have some list bumper stickers printed up
> for us older guys like one I saw... "Golden years my ass!!!"   ;-)
>
> To take a fair look from the other side I have pasted a copy of a recent
> column I wrote below:
>
> Sunday, July 20, 2008
>
> What is right with your life?
>
> I have been struggling with a back problem for a couple of weeks. You
> know the kind; hurts all the time then occasionally feels like someone
> just pushed a red-hot poker completely through your right kidney...
>
> Yeah, like that.
>
> Saturday night I was whining about it to an old classmate in the grocery
> store. It was Dee Bonner, you know, that Dee Bonner dot com guy. The guy
> that draws those cartoons that keep me laughing and those guys that like
> to think they matter (but don't) groaning about them.
>
> I was explaining to him about how I had triggered the back problem while
> baling hay. Dee kind of brought me back to reality by mentioning that I
> was fairly lucky to be able to bale hay. He was quite right. As I look
> through my old Shelbyville IN 1960 high school yearbook (the Squib) it
> troubles me to see so many classmate pictures where I have written in a
> "D" next to a name to help keep track of those who are no longer with
> us. Even then I'm sure I'm not up to date on who is gone. Others are
> still among us but have been less fortunate than others and I and are
> unable to get about well or do heavy work. Thankfully we do still have
> them with us.
>
> I have been particularly fortunate in most health matters. I do have a
> blockage problem but that is just my stomach blocking the view of my
> feet. When my back is behaving I, at 66 can still stack 50-pound bales
> of hay 4 high on a hay wagon while standing on the ground. My big
> problem is that baling hay requires looking back a lot and I don't do
> looking back very well. My body still twists around fairly well but it
> makes a lot of funny noises when I do and then eventually this back
> thing kicks up.
>
> I have been lucky in many other ways too. My wife and I celebrated our
> 45th anniversary this year and we have 4 grown children, a dozen grand
> children and 6 great grandchildren.
>
> We operated stores for about 25 years, on a couple of occasions two at
> once. We were in various locations in Shelbyville over the years and
> also had a location in Hope IN at one time and in Connersville IN on
> another. We retired from that about 1996 and I retired from grain
> farming a few years ago. I was sort of born farming. I still grow and
> sell some hay but that will stop after this year. It just takes too much
> time away from other things I want to do. I have been fortunate there as
> well. I have a very good farm shop where I can do fairly complex metal
> work and mechanical work of all kind. Well, OK, it would be if I would
> get it cleaned up and organized again. I have a collection of antique
> tractors that I putter with. I have a large complete woodworking shop
> where I intend to spend a good bit of time this winter too. I am
> currently working on several horse stalls and I plan to spend a lot more
> time with horses over the coming years. I am also planning to replace my
> old motorcycle this summer with one more suitable for longer road trips
> carrying two people. I spend a lot of time doing genealogy research and
> playing with computers. We have enough income to live on without having
> to work... Yeah life is pretty good when I start looking.
>
> Sometimes you just need to stop and look at the things that are right
> with life... The news guys will do enough whining about what is wrong for
> all of us.
>
> What is "right" with your life?
>
> ====================================================
>
> I hope this all comes through OK. My email program (Thunderbird) said
> something about odd characters. I don't see any so it must have meant
> me... It was written with MS Word.
>
>
>
> -- 
>
>
> "farmer"
>
>
> I wouldn't mind being absent minded so bad if forgetfulness
> could just be a little more selective. Just last week I
> was saying so to "whats-her-name..."
>
>
>
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>
> Francis Robinson
> Central Indiana, USA
> robinson at svs.net
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