60+ year old thread.

hope the added PT helps Chuck. In my prayers and thoughts for some relief.

Going great Thanks. Miss the Grand puppies though. We had 2 now we have 4...Grand daughter is on deployment so son and dil are babysitting her 2. They are all good dogs even though Rusty is a little rowdy but still a puppy.
Rusty Angus O'Malley
Oakley Joe Arya. All good pups. How is the a-fib doing. No more episode I hope.

To darn cold to be out walking Jim...I would wait until spring

Take care all.

 

Thanks Ken

Nice looking Puppies! !!!

 

Thanks Chuck. They are the kind I like. We visit, they visit, they go home . No walking them in the rain, snow and cold. When my Grand Daughter gets home we will be down 2 pups nearby as she lives in Cherry Point and will take 2 back with her.

 

When we lived in New Hampshire power outages, while not common, were a fact of life. I installed a generator for our house; it was relatively low powered, enough to run everything but the dryer, dishwasher, range, and air conditioning, all things we were able to live without. The worst was in December of 2008 when we had a major ice storm which took down a few dozen line segments between us and the main trunk; we ran on generator for eight and a half days.

Funny thing, when we put the generator in shortly after we bought the house our neighbors kind of chuckled at us, and continued to do so for the next six years before that ice storm (during which time I think we ran less than 24 hours on generator); when the storm hit us we were the only house in the neighborhood with lights and heat and indoor refrigeration (the coyotes were fat that year with all of the food set out on porches to keep cool), then one by one, houses were lit up at night, and by the end of the outage, every house had a generator.

 

Thanks for your family’s service and support

 

This is Liz a Rott /Chow mix i had many years ago . She was a very friendly and very playful and loved going for rides in my Camaro

 

I've never seen a dog that didn't like going for rides. That's one of the best things about dogs.

 

Evening Porch Pals and Sue. DAY 2, LOTS OF PAIN, AND WE HAD TO CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO GET ME OFF THE TOILET. GOING TO SLEEP IN TH4 BED TONIGHT, NOT THE CHAIR!

 

Not so good news with calling the FD Kurt, but good news you are home. Take it easy and don't do anything i wouldn't do . Hope you get a good night's sleep.

 

About 1972 I went with others from my employer (the now long gone Hyster Construction Equipment Division) to witness some anti-lock highway truck brake tests being done by Uniroyal and DOT people. They were using a closed airport taxiway in a small town in Illinois, with a painted centerline that the tractor was driven down with half the wheels on wet down "slick'em" and the other on dry blacktop. To avoid a total control loss they were using "anti-jacknife" chains - a pair of somewhat slack attachments to the tail of the tractor - that would not allow the tractor to get too far out of line and snap to 90º+ like you might expect on ice. Took some skill for the drivers to reverse direction for the return and a bit of see-saw - if they didn't just dismount and unsnap the chains..... But the chains were totally effective in allowing the drivers to regain control of the tractor and trailer in some really horrible situations - where we were all sure they would end up in the cornfield. I asked the DOT guy if the chains were being considered for real highway use - and the answer was no. I have long thought that it would be possible to fit a nylon strap device, like a pair of giant inertia reel seat belts on trucks running in poor conditions. Something that would allow a slow sharp turn - but refuse a quick snap. I watched some truck wreck footage on-line today, that the drivers could have avoided with just a little help.

 

Well. Poop. Erna can't come home with us tomorrow. She got some kind of cough, and missed her spay appointment. The pisser is they just told, us NOW. WTAF???!!! Wife bummed. OH well, next week.

 

Can’t like that! Hope you feel better.

 

Cute pups. 105 days since last episode... hope to make it at least another 105 days.

Giz wants her walks, so no being lazy for me. Cold or not, she doesn't care.

Hope you feel better soon.

evening gang

 

Morning everyone a little snow this morning with a warm up 32* for a day or so. Then I guess it’s supposed to get cold for everyone, be safe and enjoy the day

 

You know you're old when your kids start having some of your same afflictions. Off
to a local hospital this am. Wife getting a sonagram, checking for a lower leg blood clot. No fun getting old but could be worse. At least we can get it done local, and the weather for today looks ok for the drive. Could be way worse, this time of year.

We've been having daily fireplace fires, last few weeks of ice-cold weather. We use packaged fire logs, no mess, burn great, very little ash, predictable burn time. We'll pick up a few more boxes on the way to her appointment today. Will be a nice end to a busy day, with the love of my life.

 

I have nieces that are talking about retirement

 

Kurt hope you feel better soon !!!

 

Good Morning

Up way to early , couldn't sleep !!!!

 

Sorry to hear this Kurt , hopefully you feel better soon