[AT] Tire chains & tires

Dave Rotigel rotigel at me.com
Thu Jan 15 17:55:44 PST 2015


On Jan 15, 2015, at 10:57 AM, Cecil R Bearden wrote:

Is not OK an open carry state?
	Dave


>    With all the crazies out now, it is not good to be on the 
> side of the road either. 
> 
> Cecil in OKla
> 
> 
> 
> On 1/15/2015 2:51 AM, Mattias Kessén wrote:
>> Farmer,
>> Wow, I feel for you. I also know that you're strong enough to rise again.
>> 
>> Herb,
>> I wouldn't expect much mud, I think they we're mostly used in the forest
>> during winter (before I was born). It would be mighty cool to have a setup
>> like that though.
>> 
>> Mattias
>> 
>> www.rodjagard.n.nu
>> 
>> 2015-01-15 3:53 GMT+01:00 Mike <meulenms at gmx.com>:
>> 
>>> Farmer, despite all the setbacks you've had, it's still nice to see you
>>> back on the list, you were missed.
>>> 
>>> Mike M
>>> 
>>> On 1/14/2015 3:31 PM, Indiana Robinson wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 6:52 AM, Cecil R Bearden <crbearden at copper.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Farmer:
>>>>> I remember when your tractor had the gearbox frozen with water when we
>>>>> tried to load a generator onto the fire truck that I was driving from
>>>>> Mt. Holly NJ to Oklahoma.  I still have the truck, and have not been
>>>>> able to get it equipped like I wanted.  Round tuits, health problems,
>>>>> family deaths, and just plain no time has really hampered me getting
>>>>> anything done.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Cecil in OKla
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>> This is kind of a mindless ramble. I'm good at mindless rambles these
>>>> days...
>>>> I'm a member in good standing of the round-tuit / health problems /
>>> family
>>>> deaths club... Toss in a father, mother, maternal grandfather and 3 aunts
>>>> who rode the Alzheimer bus all the way to the end of the line. Actually
>>> my
>>>> father was the lucky one of the bunch. His heart gave out before he got
>>> as
>>>> bad as my mother. Still he managed to get several years in sabotaging me
>>>> regularly before his doctor ordered him to stay in the house. Mostly
>>> little
>>>> stuff like stealing lynch pins, valve caps, gas caps or turning on
>>> ignition
>>>> switches or headlights. He actually mellowed a little before he died and
>>>> did always know me. My mother on the other hand rode that bus all the way
>>>> to the edge of the planet and dropped off of the edge (over a 10 year
>>> run).
>>>> I finally had to quit farming because I could not keep her safe and still
>>>> farm. Her care became a full time job and then some. Diana's mom was a
>>>> great lady and sharp as a tack. But she lived with us for 3 years at the
>>>> same time my mom was really bad at home. She was nearly totally blind,
>>>> nearly totally deaf and could only get around with a walker. Then after
>>> we
>>>> finally had to put my mom in a home for 24 hour care Diana's mom had a
>>>> fight with cancer. Diana's siblings saw how it all was dragging her down
>>>> and approached me saying that they believed it was time for their mom to
>>> go
>>>> to a nursing home.
>>>> The home mom was in said that she needed to go to a psychiatric center
>>> for
>>>> a 3 week evaluation. We were driving  from the Richmond IN hospital where
>>>> Diana's mom was having cancer surgery to the Greenfield IN hospital to
>>>> arrange for my mom's evaluation when my cell phone rang and it was the
>>>> Shelbyville IN hospital. The home had sent my mother there by ambulance
>>>> because she was out of control. They told me to skip the Greenfield
>>>> hospital, that they would set it up by phone. They needed me at the
>>>> Shelbyville hospital because they could not handle her. I had to drive
>>> her
>>>> to the Greenfield center because the ambulance people said that they
>>>> couldn't handle her... When I got there the staff said they would handle
>>>> things. Instead they finally came to the waiting room and said that they
>>>> couldn't manage her. I had to go up and physically place her in her room
>>>> with her yelling and screaming. I really wish I could forget that day...
>>> I
>>>> think she just sat around sedated for most of the 3 weeks but it probably
>>>> billed nice. I wasn't supposed to visit her often so we went once a week.
>>>> She did always know Diana and I except for the last weeks of her life but
>>>> nobody else. When she died a year or so later she remembered nothing.
>>>> You can see why I am getting older nervously... So far so good but my
>>> only
>>>> sibling, a sister who is  3 years older, is now bad enough that her
>>>> immediate family cannot leave her alone...
>>>> Diana and I are both doing fairly well now but we came out of those years
>>>> with very strong symptoms of PTSD. I blame many of our health problems of
>>>> more recent years on the stress of those years. Severe stress just isn't
>>>> good for you.
>>>> Many of my current "complaints" stem from drug side effects, mostly the
>>>> Lipitor. Pesky stuff at maximum dosage. I'm still pretty good at the
>>>> keyboard where I can go back and edit but if we were sitting and talking
>>>> you would notice that I stumble a lot and sometimes struggle for some
>>> word
>>>> I know that I know but can't make it float to the surface.  [?]
>>>> They told me ahead that recovery from my "chop-open" bypass would take
>>>> about 6 months but afterwards they started stretching it out. I think
>>> they
>>>> don't want to scare people out. [?]  Still, I keep slowly getting better
>>> and
>>>> my mind is getting slowly clearer. I can now work a couple of hours a day
>>>> most days and the problem solving part of my brain keeps poking up and
>>>> looking around.  [?]
>>>> I'm quite hopeful for a good spring.
>>>> .
>>>> Still checking the grounds...
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
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