[AT] Old tractors and old men

[Cecil Bearden]

I gotta try that it sounds good.

Cecil in OKla


On 2/5/2017 7:38 PM, Charlie V wrote:
> That is my story, Dave.  I put food on the table for myself and my wife,
> and food in the dishes for 17 cats.  Never thought that in my old age I
> would be a cook or a cat man.  I will say I made some super good chicken
> soup this weekend.  Then there is what I call my Italian scrambled eggs.
> They contain some finely chopped pepperoni and Italian bread crumbs
>    Gives a new life to blaa old scrambled eggs.
>
> Charlie V
>
>
>
> On Feb 5, 2017 4:56 PM, "Dave" <rotigel at me.com> wrote:
>
> About 40 years ago my wife and I were moving to a new location about 35
> miles away from where we lived. Not wanting to pay a realtors 6%
> commission, I simply got out a 4X8 sheet of plywood and spray painted HOUSE
> FOR SALE on it and put it in the front yard. Several days later there was a
> knock at the front door and an “elderly gentleman” (probably about my age
> now) was there when I answered it. In a gentle voice he asked “Is your
> horse for sale” Trying not to laugh I answered “No sir, the sign says HOUSE
> for sale.” he smiled and said, Yes, I know what the sign says, but I
> thought you might be selling that horse out back as well. I used to ride
> and thought it would be good to have another horse.” With some surprise I
> asked him “Your not going to start riding again, are you?” He smiled and
> softly said, “Oh no, I’m getting too old for that, but my wife died last
> spring, and a man needs something to feed.”
>          Dave
>
>> On Feb 5, 2017, at 7:16 AM, Stephen Offiler <soffiler at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, Feb 4, 2017 at 10:10 PM, Herb Metz <metz-h.b at comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>> When I was 15 or 16, I remember Dad telling a carpenter cousin that
> doctors
>>> were now telling retiring farmers (many farmers in KS at that time) to
>>> "stay
>>> busy"; their prior advice had been "they had worked hard all of their
> life,
>>> so sit down and enjoy retirement and take it easy"; unfortunately many of
>>> those farmers were being buried a few years later.
>>>
>> Herb, the advice still offered by my 95 year old stepfather, taken from
> his
>> 96 year old father, when people ask his secret to longevity, is "just keep
>> moving".
>>
>> SO
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