[AT] Old tractors and old men

[Charlie V]

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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