[AT] Our little secret

[Ivan]

  Charlie , no biggie  .  Actually when you said that I looked at the 
orignal post and it could've been real easy to  get confused .
    Ivan

  On 6/3/2012 1:47 PM, charlie hill wrote:
> Oh Ivan I'm sorry!  I sometimes read too hurriedly and totally missed that.
> That's what happens when you get more e-mail than you have time.
> My apologies to you and everyone else.  Regardless who it was you do
> everyone a good turn when you help others out in their time of need.
> If all of us did more of that we wouldn't "need" such a large and intrusive
> government.
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ivan
> Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2012 1:16 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Our little secret
>
> Charlie , just to clarify that I wasnt talking about George .
>     This was my neighbor Doug .
>    George I remember for ice cream .Now I met him the first time at
> Portland years ago ,and once in awhile exchanged e mails . But we were
> at Red Power in Mansfield Oh and I ran into him and Marilyn  . We were
> at an ice cream stand that he had told Charlene and I about . I had
> asked him  about one sundae flavor ,German Chocolate , so he explained .
>    SO now when we go to our favorite ice cream stand here and I'm in the
> mood for a sundae thats what I get .  The one gal behind the counter
> even rememers and asks if thats what i want .    I think of him every
> time too when I get one .  In his passing we lost a great deal of
> information ,some of which he shared with various people .
>      Ivan
>
> On 6/3/2012 11:32 AM, charlie hill 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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