[AT] Our little secret

[Charlie V]

Good thought provoking post, Charlie.  Here is the thought it provoked
in my head:

Anyone have a son, daughter, grandson, grand daughter, a trainee at
work working with you?  Anyone talk to their wife, co-workers,
neighbors?  Anyone share knowledge on a tractor list, write books? It
occurs that all of the above and many, many more are part of backing
up the human hard drive process.  What makes this easy to overlook is
that the backup happens at the speed of speech and comprehension,
rather than at the speed of light.  I am guessing that Mr. Willer may
have created many "back ups" of his hard drive.

Thanks again for the post.  It is a reminder to me that I should be
far more social in my personal life.

Charlie V.

On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 11:32 AM, charlie hill
<charliehill at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> Nice story Ivan but I think you've spilled the beans!
> George and I were not close.  I never met him and we didn't "talk" off list
> much if any
> but his talent, skill and character were apparent and I always respected him
> highly.
> All of us must go one day.  There is no way to beat death and frankly I
> think it would be
> a sad state of affairs if it were possible.  I don't think life would be
> much worth living
> if not for the certainty of death.  With that said, it would be nice if a
> human brain were
> like a computer hard drive so that the data could be backed up, saved and
> shared long
> after the machine is gone.  We surely lost a lot of great data with the
> passing of George
> and I doubt if the is much if anything on his "hard drive" that he'd be
> embarrassed or
> ashamed for us to see.  He was to the best of my knowledge a stand up fellow
> in all
> that he did.
>
> Charlie Hill
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ivan
> Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2012 10:49 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: [AT] Our little secret
>
> I never got to know him real well, but he helped us when we moved into
> our new house twenty some years ago . I need help getting the new
> refrigerator inside . It wasnt too long after that he took sick and was
> diagnosed with  Lou Gherings Disease  . I never got to help him out
> before that but when he got that he couldnt take care of stuff I took it
> upon myself to plow snow and kept their mower running .
>    One day I got a call , the tractor wouldnt start so I went over to
> check it out .She would always start it and pull it outside then shut it
> off and add gas and oil . But it wouldnt start this time and was still
> in the garage .  It turned over real easy ,no obvious problems .  Looked
> in the tank , uh huh ,bone dry . Took the can in the corner and filled
> it up , checked oil to be safe . It started right up . SO his wife came
> out and asked , she blushed when I told her ." Can this be our little
> secret she asked ? "
>  He has since passed away but it still remains "our secret"
> Ivan
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