[AT] Spmebody refresh my failing memory...

[Gunnells, Bradley R]

My condolences Cecil for your loss.

On Aug 6, 2010, at 5:53 AM, Cecil Bearden wrote:

> Farmer:
> I understand well what you mean about doubting the smallest things when 
> caring for a family member.  My ordeal with my Dad came to a close on Sunday 
> afternoon.  We had his funeral on Wednesday.  I feel like I am beginning to 
> slowly get my mind and my life back.  Dad was in bed for a year from a 
> heart/attack/stroke following a stroke from a blood clot due to the 
> amputation he had to undergo from a botched knee replacement surgery.  Now I 
> just have to get the final affairs done and I can maybe get back to work.  I 
> am about 4 weeks behind with my consulting work, and with this heat I will 
> probably catch up about January.
> Cecil in OKla
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Indiana Robinson" <robinson46176 at gmail.com>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 8:52 AM
> Subject: Re: [AT] Spmebody refresh my failing memory...
> 
> 
> On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 8:41 AM, Mike Sloane <mikesloane at verizon.net> wrote:
>> Yes, it should be fine.
>> 
>> Mike
>> 
>> On 8/5/2010 8:20 AM, Indiana Robinson wrote:
>>> I have the generator completely removed from my 4020. If I want to run
>>> it 30 seconds to move it as long as I have the "ARM" and "FIELD" wires
>>> completely removed from the regulator isn't the regulator and wiring
>>> safe?
>>> Dang I miss my mind... :-)
>>> 
>>> 
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> 
> Thanks Mike. I used to just do this stuff and hardly had to think
> about it. I just knew it. These days I find myself double checking
> myself over and over on simple stuff, not just the tough stuff. I
> sometimes believe that my mother's long down-hill train crash with
> Alzheimer's was almost as destructive to my mind as it was to hers.
> That is why I keep advising guys that mention dealing with a parent
> with dementia to never try to go it alone... Sometimes less connected
> strangers can deal with things better. Happily my mind is "slowly"
> coming back. (quit laughing guys...)
> :-)
> At my worst I had to look at a phone number maybe 4 or 5 times to be
> able to dial it. Now I can read off the number and dial it fine. (I
> just don't want to.)
> ;-)
> My problem wasn't dementia but more like PTSD. My father also had bad
> dementia (not looking good for me) before he died but his heart failed
> soon enough to spare him the worst of it. On a tractor note during his
> last years I could not park a tractor or implement near the shop or he
> would take the valve caps off of the tires. At his worst he would
> sabotage stuff like pulling on the ignition on the Farmalls or let the
> air out of a tire. I was buying 3 point lynch pins 2 dozen at a time.
> I still have not found where he was stashing them. His last year was a
> little better since he could not leave the house very much and he kind
> of mellowed a little as well.
> How did I get off on this tangent? :-)
> Thanks again.
> 
> -- 
> 
> 
> Be tolerant of almost everything but intolerance...
> 
> Francis Robinson
> aka "farmer"
> Central Indiana USA
> robinson46176 at gmail.com
> 
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