[AT] List quiet!! Everyone OK, or just waterlogged???

Cecil Bearden crbearden at copper.net
Mon Jun 10 04:57:14 PDT 2019


Farmer:
I am so sorry to hear of the loss of your dog.  At our age our pets 
become our furry children.  My attorney swears they are better than 
children.  She has both and prefers shelter dogs.
Cecil

On 6/9/2019 9:47 PM, Indiana Robinson wrote:
> Just rambling...
> I think this area is now about 95% planted but it is currently raining 
> cats and dogs and we have had maybe 2" this evening. I was over by the 
> Ohio line at Richmond IN today and it looks pretty well planted (lots 
> of hills and valleys that drain well)  but about 40 miles north of us 
> there are big flat areas that tend to pool badly and stand big shallow 
> 5 acre lakes for weeks. Some of those areas take a drain line about 3 
> or 4 miles long to drain them, no close creeks. I suspect that there 
> is a lot of water standing up around Portland.
> .
> I had to put our family dog down this week... We have had her about 15 
> years.. Somebody had dumped her out and we usually just call the 
> shelter but she was obviously quite smart so we kept her. She did very 
> well until about last year. She was mostly Chow but got bad in the 
> back and hips like a German Shepherd. This year she went almost 
> completely deaf but had learned hand signals quickly but then her 
> vision was slipping. Finally she was becoming a little unstable and we 
> were beginning to worry about her biting someone. The last couple of 
> days we have been trying to adjust to her not being a huge part of our 
> everyday lives. For many years now when we buried a family pet we 
> plant a tree at their grave and the tree then is given the pets name 
> since the pet becomes part of the tree. When I buried her and put the 
> sod back down I left a piece out of the center and planted several 
> sunflowers there. I have a small tulip poplar that I will move to her 
> grave.
> .
> Today was Diana and my 56th anniversary, I guess it is going to 
> last...  :-)  Anybody that can live with me for 56 years is special.
> .
> One of our grandsons got married yesterday. They should be in London 
> by now and Paris in a day or two.
> .
> While I was typing this son Scott texted me an ad he had ran across 
> for a Farmall Super MTA diesel with fast hitch said to be in good 
> shape, needing paint. The kicker was that the seller was asking 
> $9,200... YIKES!!!  :-)
> .
> The pic of us was taken at the wedding yesterday. I couldn't find a 
> tractor to stand in front of.  :-)
>
>
> .
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> On Sat, Jun 8, 2019 at 3:07 PM Spencer Yost <spencer at rdfarms.com 
> <mailto:spencer at rdfarms.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hey Phil, don’t worry about it. Lots of coolers and RV
>     refrigerators at Portland. We can keep everything cold for you...
>       (-;
>
>     Seriously though, I know Duke energy here in North Carolina has
>     some program for replacement though I think acts of God are
>     excluded. Only negligence/equipment malfunction will be valid
>     claims with Duke Energy I think.
>
>     Having said that I do know several local folks that have had the
>     food in burnt-out deep freezers replaced/compensated without
>     issue.  I also knew of other friends and family members with other
>     energy companies that have had similar compensation. Thankfully
>     I’ve never had this happen to me so I have no personal knowledge
>     or experience.
>
>     I would definitely look into it with your utility commission. I’m
>     certain the energy company itself would not be very helpful in
>     trying to find out what’s possible so go through the state
>     commission.
>
>     I hope you can still make Portland.
>
>     Spencer Yost
>
>     On Jun 8, 2019, at 12:15 PM, HERBERT METZ <metz-h.b at comcast.net
>     <mailto:metz-h.b at comcast.net>> wrote:
>
>>     Phil,
>>
>>     Sorry to hear of your misfortune and your having to cancel
>>     participating at Portland August show.
>>
>>     Phil and I had an enjoyable visit when he stopped in approx a
>>     year ago during his visiting his son living nearby.
>>
>>     Herb(GA)
>>
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>>>     On June 7, 2019 at 5:35 PM pga2 at BasicISP.net
>>>     <mailto:pga2 at BasicISP.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>     No worries here. Nice day yesterday and today. Earlier in the
>>>     week I lost power for most of the day.
>>>     Power went off and came back on three times in less than a
>>>     minute, then went off and stayed off.
>>>     When power came back on, everything seemed fine. The next day I
>>>     opened the freezer to get some
>>>     ice and was greeted with water in the ice trays. The power
>>>     outage killed my fridge. That is going to
>>>     put the kibosh on my plans to come to Portland this year. That
>>>     fun money is now going to a new fridge.
>>>
>>>     Phil in TX
>>>
>>>     --- moscowengnr at outlook.com <mailto:moscowengnr at outlook.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>     From: Dennis Johnson <moscowengnr at outlook.com
>>>     <mailto:moscowengnr at outlook.com>>
>>>     To: Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group
>>>     <at at lists.antique-tractor.com
>>>     <mailto:at at lists.antique-tractor.com>>
>>>     Subject: Re: [AT] List quiet!! Everyone OK, or just waterlogged???
>>>     Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2019 19:05:36 +0000
>>>
>>>     Exciting weather here last night (SW Houston suburb).We were out
>>>     and just got some rain, and missed
>>>     a small tornado nearby that took out power to thousands in area
>>>     for a while. Tops broke off of some
>>>     power poles, farm sheds with roofs scattered about, and some
>>>     tree and fence damage. Fortunately
>>>     our house kept power. Early morning reports were about 2200
>>>     without power, 4050 without power later
>>>     morning, and now down to about 1500 without power. My toy shed
>>>     and surrounding neighborhood about
>>>     a mile from our house had been without power for 20 hours.
>>>
>>>     Dennis
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