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

Stephen Offiler soffiler at gmail.com
Mon Jun 10 05:13:30 PDT 2019


Looking GREAT, farmer & Diana!

SO


On Sun, Jun 9, 2019 at 10:48 PM Indiana Robinson <robinson46176 at gmail.com>
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> 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> 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)
>>
>>
>> On June 7, 2019 at 5:35 PM 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 wrote:
>>
>> From: Dennis Johnson <moscowengnr at outlook.com>
>> To: Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
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>> 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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