What did you do today?

[adsm08 3,565]

7 hours ago, Ed Kennell said:

I'll be attending another old friend's funeral on Friday.

 

One of the curses of old age.

 

I remember visiting my grandfather at home before we moved him out and he really started loosing his mind. His biggest complaint about having reached 87 in fairly good health was that he had outlived almost everyone he ever knew.

[953 nut 61,945]

I always enjoyed time with my Grandparents and learned a lot from them. As I have gotten older I think back about the wisdom they shared with my generation of the family.

When my grandfather was 94 his doctor retired. I took him for his first appointment with the new young whippersnapper that took over the practice, he wanted to put Grandpa on a low fat no salt diet. Grandpa calmly explained to the young doctor that he had outlived all of his friends, his wife and and one of his children and was not about to give up the foods he loved. I was sitting there sort-of snickering because of Grandpas direct forceful attitude. The doctor looked at me and said I should take Grandpa out to lunch and buy him a hot dog and french-fries with lots of salt. It has worked for him all these years, why change it.

[SylvanLakeWH 29,250]

 

My Dad had the same experience with doctors... I loved going to his appointments during Covid and listening to him lecture the doctors on his opinion of masks, social distancing and working from home... he had Covid twice in his 90's, once while in the hospital for a broken hip... his response? "Sniffles" and a shoulder shrug.

 

He died just shy of his 96th birthday... Miss him and his wisdom...

[ebinmaine 74,403]

2 hours ago, 953 nut said:

Grandpa on a low fat no salt diet

 

 

Your grandfather was correct. Modern science is learning more and more every year and we now know that type of diet is doing no one any favors.  

 

🙄

[MainelyWheelhorse 2,062]

19 hours ago, adsm08 said:

 

One of the curses of old age.

 

I remember visiting my grandfather at home before we moved him out and he really started loosing his mind. His biggest complaint about having reached 87 in fairly good health was that he had outlived almost everyone he ever knew.

My grandfather before he passed at 93 said something similar. Adding to that that he had grown up in the area. He lived in the same spot since the end of WWII so he was also losing people he’d known his entire life and he knew everybody.

[adsm08 3,565]

3 hours ago, MainelyWheelhorse said:

he knew everybody.

 

There were times like it seemed mine knew the entire city of Erie.

[Beap52 1,605]

As grandpa (papa), I spend a fair amount of time with my three grandchildren.  Camping, skipping rocks, fishing, I've posted pictures of granddaughter as I teach her how to mow the yard.  We work on projects in the wood shop (small buildings and barns for the kids toys and action figures.)  Twice a week I take the youngest to his therapy and have to kill an hour so we usually visit the assisted living facility at breakfast time where mom lives.  If I show up without Gibby, the folks there want to know "where's your sidekick?"    I just got home grandbaby sitting for three hours.  The last hour was entertaining ourselves with karaoke--no TV, video games we were just having fun.  I'm thinking stilts need to be our next project.

 

Many of us have reminisced about grandparents.  Many of us are grandparents and it's our time to make memories with the young ones. 

[ClassicTractorProfessor 5,434]

Spent most of the day working, or should I say sitting on my butt drawing a paycheck  it was a DEAD day at the shop today. After work I was planning on going out to the gun range to shoot the new Ruger 10/22 I bought, but the wind decided to blow, so I went out to the farm and piddled around the shop for a few hours. Got the new manifold for the 1940 Farmall A painted, after it dries good I’m going to take it to a friend that has a big oven for powder coating and have him heat cure the paint, then I can get it installed on the tractor. Then proceeded to disassemble the water pump of the 41 M so I can take all the pieces with me to work in the morning and give them a good bath in the parts washer

[adsm08 3,565]

We went to Farmer's Fair today. Started out down at the tavern for the local historical re-enactment camp. This one is 1700s era. My son always runs straight to the guy who does the wood cutting demonstration, and he and I got to talking while he was finishing his setup. We talked about wood, saws, youngsters, how it encourages him to see young people raised to be excited about things like old fashioned two-man saws, and of course, Wheel Horses. Found out he has a 310-8 that's still a worker, but the deck is rotting out, so I gave him Brian's @76c12091520h info and told him he should check out the RS forum.

 

My son and I were there talking to him for almost an hour, because apparently young kids don't get excited about sawing wood these days. At the end of it he ended up giving Bruce a 6-foot saw. Said he needed to cull his wood-working inventory some, since he has about 14 of them and only a 10x10 workshop to keep them in, and that he'd rather see a young person excited about old-school stuff have and use it than it just sit in his shop.

 

It's conversations like that that let me know even though my kids are really weird I'm probably raising them right.

Edited October 18 by adsm08

[76c12091520h 3,967]

Assembled some new old stock accessories : 

[ebinmaine 74,403]

Went for a 2 plus mile walk up the hill. Then some gym workout. 

Push-ups. Dead bugs. Arm work. Body weight squats. 

 

To help the frogs in the pond Trina's been collecting rain water from the shed. 

Tonight she used a water pump and hoses to transfer that water.  

 

 

 

 

[Lee1977 7,368]

Fixed my Echo trimer and trimmed some bushes. The nylon piece where gas line attach one broke off last year. Someone had bent the metal cap plate down on them. 

I got it free a few years back. Tried to fine just that piece, but found I could buy a new original carb. for a few dollars more.. I think it's a Democrat Trimer ran good going to the left, and die going to the right.

I could have got a Chinese carb for less the then a third of what I payed.  Found the tank vent was not working when I went to the right, Loosen the cap and I ran great. Gas was leaking out but I got finished.

[Ed Kennell 42,949]

Took a walk around the farm on this Bluebird fall day.

 

 

 

[peter lena 9,427]

@Ed Kennell  been doing  a lot more of my  backward walking , on / in my walks . helps stability , enhances  faster calorie  burn , and really enhances body ache , get a lot more out of my  movement , lots of related info on line , the leg related function is the deal  , was stiff from spine / hip work , now its a regular thing  to add stretching  angular  moves on my walks . another beneficial  part of it is a  knock out  nap,  overwhelming  comfortable tired , always add an elevated  stone stretch , like a body  release . very good  walking  area near the house , walk it  daily .  feeling  much more comfortable , pete  

[Beap52 1,605]

I didn't complete this job today but this past week. I was asked to lead a team building a wheelchair ramp for a lady.  Her husband is in a nursing home, she fell in June and broke a wrist and couple of bones in her neck.  She wore a half body brace until a few weeks ago and now is wearing a neck brace--probably until mid November.  She completely depends upon other to drive her until doctors release her to drive herself.  

 

Our church paid for material and I and a helper provided labor. It can be rather rocky here in the Ozarks so some posts are a foot in the ground and other up to 4".  We drilled holes into the rock slabs and pinned them so we could pin the posts in place. 

 

[Handy Don 14,583]

14 hours ago, Beap52 said:

It can be rather rocky here in the Ozarks

You did good work there, especially making sure to drill/pin were needed. I’ve seen contractors who would’ve just set the post on the ledge rock and said “well, that ain’t goin’ nowhere” while they piled up some dirt around the base of the post. 

We in the Northeast are quite familiar with rocks of all sizes generously contributed by Canada via glacier. That was just a few years before I was born, though.   

Edited Monday at 01:16 PM by Handy Don

[Bar Nuthin 1,412]

Tonight, I tried to convince my wife that this bat that attached itself to her Halloween decorations added authenticity! She was having none of it and ordered it removed! 

 

It was pretty lethargic as temps here are dipping close to freezing. I relocated it to some shrubs near one of the bat houses, but I doubt it will survive the night.

 

  

Edited Monday at 01:58 AM by Bar Nuthin

[ebinmaine 74,403]

6 hours ago, Bar Nuthin said:

Tonight, I tried to convince my wife that this bat that attached itself to her Halloween decorations added authenticity! She was having none of it and ordered it removed! 

 

Ask her if she prefers mosquitoes and their carried diseases to the mere vision of the bat.....

 

 

6 hours ago, Bar Nuthin said:

It was pretty lethargic as temps here are dipping close to freezing. I relocated it to some shrubs near one of the bat houses, but I doubt it will survive the night.

 

It might....

Keep us posted. 

 

Bats are not doing so well up here. 

Very interesting and very important part of our ecosystem.  

[Bar Nuthin 1,412]

3 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

Keep us posted. 

It's not where I left it, but I don't know if that's a good thing for the bat or a good thing for one of the local carnivores.

[953 nut 61,945]

13 hours ago, Beap52 said:

building a wheelchair ramp for a lady.

The greatest satisfaction I have ever received is watching a homeowner be able to safely and securely leave their home on a ramp I helped build while I was a volunteer for Habitat for Humanities.

[c-series don 10,505]

@Beap52 I have been fortunate enough to help build a few of those ramps. When sick or retired members of my fire department can no longer walk we have a small group of guys go to the house and build a ramp. The materials are paid for by the members of the department. The last one we built was not for a fire department member but a woman who has done a lot for the community. So we decided to surprise her one Saturday morning with all the materials and some genuine carpenters. When she answered the door and we told her of our plans she burst into tears. It didn’t take long and many of these tough old men were holding back tears themselves. I’m not good at holding back, so I gave her a hug to try to hide my tears. It didn’t work. The funny part is that this woman is known for being a tough old bird, in fact her nickname is “Sarge”! But a dozen guys showing up out of the blue to help her softened her right up.

 We recently purchased some long, wide aluminum ramps that we can install and then remove when no longer necessary to be used again for the next person in need. So yes, the feeling of being able to help someone in need is almost indescribable. Camaraderie, compassion and karma is another thing being built during these projects. ❤️