[AT] Tire chains

[Mattias Kessén]

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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