Good morning!!!!

[Bird]

I'm afraid I haven't been keeping up with the posts on Tractorbynet lately. Txdon, I guess I was a little surprised to see you are trying to learn Spanish. Way back in the dark ages when I was 15 years old in school in Marlow, OK, we had a quite elderly white haired lady who taught both English AND Spanish and I think she was quite good at it. Anyway I tried to get some of my buddies to take Spanish with me and they all refused. So it was just me and 6 girls in the class. I still remember my text book was "El Camino Real". It was a quite enjoyable class. However, that summer we moved from Marlow, OK to Marrietta, OK and the school in Marrietta did not teach Spanish. You had to take 2 years for 2 credits so I got the first year, no credit, and never got the second year; something I've always regretted.

I mentioned above that I have not been keeping up with the posts on TBN. I guess, as a city boy now, I haven't kept up with farm stuff . . . AND . . . my Alzheimer's continues to gradually get worse.

I'm sure I've mentioned before that my Dad, who smoked most of his life, died of Alzheimer's at the age of 80, just as his Dad, who never smoked, died of Alzheimer's at the age of 80 also. I really don't think it has anything to do with it all, but I quit smoking about 19 years ago, and I'll be 83 years old tomorrow. No other male member of my family ever made it to 81.

Now I'm not planning to die anytime soon, but I think I've had more fun than most, and a good wife the last 57 years, so hope you can all say the same some day.

 

[kenmbz]

Bird - Happy birthday. Glad you made it around today and hope you get to have many more years with good clarity.

 

[Alan46]

I'm afraid I haven't been keeping up with the posts on Tractorbynet lately. Txdon, I guess I was a little surprised to see you are trying to learn Spanish. Way back in the dark ages when I was 15 years old in school in Marlow, OK, we had a quite elderly white haired lady who taught both English AND Spanish and I think she was quite good at it. Anyway I tried to get some of my buddies to take Spanish with me and they all refused. So it was just me and 6 girls in the class. I still remember my text book was "El Camino Real". It was a quite enjoyable class. However, that summer we moved from Marlow, OK to Marrietta, OK and the school in Marrietta did not teach Spanish. You had to take 2 years for 2 credits so I got the first year, no credit, and never got the second year; something I've always regretted.

I mentioned above that I have not been keeping up with the posts on TBN. I guess, as a city boy now, I haven't kept up with farm stuff . . . AND . . . my Alzheimer's continues to gradually get worse.

I'm sure I've mentioned before that my Dad, who smoked most of his life, died of Alzheimer's at the age of 80, just as his Dad, who never smoked, died of Alzheimer's at the age of 80 also. I really don't think it has anything to do with it all, but I quit smoking about 19 years ago, and I'll be 83 years old tomorrow. No other male member of my family ever made it to 81.

Now I'm not planning to die anytime soon, but I think I've had more fun than most, and a good wife the last 57 years, so hope you can all say the same some day.

Happy birthday bro! Here’s too many more!!!

 

[m7040]

I'm afraid I haven't been keeping up with the posts on Tractorbynet lately. Txdon, I guess I was a little surprised to see you are trying to learn Spanish. Way back in the dark ages when I was 15 years old in school in Marlow, OK, we had a quite elderly white haired lady who taught both English AND Spanish and I think she was quite good at it. Anyway I tried to get some of my buddies to take Spanish with me and they all refused. So it was just me and 6 girls in the class. I still remember my text book was "El Camino Real". It was a quite enjoyable class. However, that summer we moved from Marlow, OK to Marrietta, OK and the school in Marrietta did not teach Spanish. You had to take 2 years for 2 credits so I got the first year, no credit, and never got the second year; something I've always regretted.

I mentioned above that I have not been keeping up with the posts on TBN. I guess, as a city boy now, I haven't kept up with farm stuff . . . AND . . . my Alzheimer's continues to gradually get worse.

I'm sure I've mentioned before that my Dad, who smoked most of his life, died of Alzheimer's at the age of 80, just as his Dad, who never smoked, died of Alzheimer's at the age of 80 also. I really don't think it has anything to do with it all, but I quit smoking about 19 years ago, and I'll be 83 years old tomorrow. No other male member of my family ever made it to 81.

Now I'm not planning to die anytime soon, but I think I've had more fun than most, and a good wife the last 57 years, so hope you can all say the same some day.

Happy birthday, you got me beat. I am 80 and we have been married 57 years also. Hope you will have a great birthday tomorrow

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Hi there, just my thoughts on your patch. Being a forty year painting Contractor, I would suggest you seal that patch very well for the same sheen as the rest of the ceiling, unless you are using a flat paint!

It will get primed and painted. It is flat ceiling paint.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Happy birthday Bird. Good to hear from you.

I got oil changed on Subaru. Had trouble getting drain plug out. Was in a hurry and used 12 pT instead of 6 and messed it up some.

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Saturday) morning. Overnight Low of 16C and it's presently 28.6C, heading towards lower 30'sC so it'll probably be a 'bravely hide in the house' day. It's fairly calm and hazy.

Everything accomplished yesterday, especially in anticipation of today's 'hot' (for me) weather.

That's about it, take care all.

 

[riptides]

Happy birthday Bird. Positive vibes for continurd mental and physical health your way.

 

[newbury]

Happy birthday Bird. Good to hear from you.

I got oil changed on Subaru. Had trouble getting drain plug out. Was in a hurry and used 12 pT instead of 6 and messed it up some.

You should have posted here, we could use another drain plug thread

 

[newbury]

<snip> I'll be 83 years old tomorrow. No other male member of my family ever made it to 81.

Now I'm not planning to die anytime soon, but I think I've had more fun than most, and a good wife the last 57 years, so hope you can all say the same some day.

My MIL is 98, hang in there.
Try thinking of it in tortoise years. Your probably about 40.

The longest living tortoise was Adwaita, an Aldabra giant tortoise that died in 2006 in the Alipore Zoological Gardens of Kolkata India, is believed for the tortoise to have lived to the age of 255 years but this has not been confirmed.

So happy 41st Birthday!