[AT] Catching up, Bo Hinch and Hurricane Laura and the antique tractor community in general

Fri Aug 28 08:39:03 PDT 2020

 Yes I went to Motor craft batteries. Reasonable price at local auto parts.  Last about 6 years.

    On Friday, August 28, 2020, 8:47:10 AM CDT, Cecil Bearden <crbearden at copper.net> wrote:  

Bo:  Glad to hear you are OK.  I had a 95 Suburban that would have a dead battery every 2 years.  It did this on me 3 times before I got another brand.  It had a Wal Mart Neverstart battery in it when I bought it and we were in a WM parking lot and it just died.  I went back in and got a battery and installed it.  2 years later at a restaurant at 10pm it would not start and I had rolled the window down when we got in and it did not have enough power to raise the window.   I had to walk a 1/2 mile through traffic at night to get a battery.  Then called a friend to help carry the battery back to the parking lot and install.  2 years later it failed at home and I replaced it with one from a local battery company.  I have used this company since and their batteries work fine and last about 6 years usually if I don't let them run down.   Stay safe.  Good luck on getting back home.   
 Cecil

 On 8/27/2020 3:08 PM, Bo Hinch wrote:

And the icing on the cake was  . I got in my car to go get something to eat and the battery was deader than a doorknob  . 230 miles away from home and stuck with no tools or anything  so I called the local O Reilly's and the brought me a new battery and put it in for NO extra charge  . That's why I use them  as they are the same anywhere you go  . 
  On Thu, Aug 27, 2020, 2:37 PM Mike M <meulenms at gmx.com> wrote:

  Hi Bo, 
 Sounds like you came through it as well as can be expected. Hope all is OK when you return home. 

 Regards,
 Mike M

 On 8/27/2020 9:29 AM, Bo Hinch wrote:

 Just a quick update on Sulphur Louisiana from Slidell Louisiana which is 230 miles away  . My brother said my house and shop is still intact with minimum damage as for the best that he can see  . There is so much debris that  he cannot walk around in the yard  . Light poles and wires and limbs makes it impossible to walk anywhere  . It seems like I am doing better than most within miles of where I live  . I will post more when possible  .I LOVE THE ANTIQUE TRACTOR GUYS and what they mean to me . 
  On Wed, Aug 26, 2020, 9:36 PM <szabelski at wildblue.net> wrote:

Charlie,

 To minimize the eye strain from your monitor, try looking away every 15 - 20 minutes and stare at something 20 - 25 feet away, like something in the next room, for about 5 minutes. Even watching TV for a minute or two helps due to the movement on the screen. I used to get up a take a walk and BS with the other engineers every now and then, also helped with thinking about what I was working on. Another thing to try is to sit farther away from the monitor. You can also try adjusting the brightness and contrast, darker is supposed to be better.

 Some of the disciplinary aides (secretaries) I used to work with would use a screen filter to cut down the glare from the monitor. Some people say that wearing a good pair of polarized lenses helps.

 The reason you don’t have as big an issue with you phone is because of the screen size and the lower amount of emitted light.

 Carl

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 Thanks Mattias.  Yes I just saw that message.  
 It’s good to hear from all of you but looking at this computer screen gives
 me terrible headaches so I don’t.  I can do stuff on my smart phone pretty well
 but the computer hurts.

 Charlie

 From: Mattias Kessén 
 Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2020 5:32 PM
 To: Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group 
 Subject: Re: [AT] Catching up, Bo Hinch and Hurricane Laura and the antique tractor community in general

 Hi! 

 Good to hear from you Charlie.
 No earlier said that they were evacuating, so I believe they're safe but worried over their property and belongings.

 Den ons 26 aug. 2020 23:29charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com> skrev:

   Hi gang.

   I hope everyone is well.  I’m doing fine but looking at computer screens bothers my eyes enough
   that it’s no fun to be online.  I can drive and function ok.  There are just some things that bother
   me enough to discourage doing them.  E-mail is one of those.

   I’m worried about Bo Hinch.  Has anyone heard from him?  Some of you probably know
   he lives very near Lake Charles  (Sulphur), LA which, under some forecast models is possibly ground
   zero for hurricane Laura.  I think the elevation of his whole town is about 16’ above sea level
   and it’s only a few miles inland from a bay that empties into the gulf.
   I haven’t been able to get up with him.  I hope he and anyone else in this family who is in the
   path of this storm has their antique tractors put away and is headed for high ground.

   If I don’t see your reply John Hall and Al Jones know how to reach me.

   Charlie

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