Thanks Jerrian... after so much time, I sincerely wish I had kept them all.. I enjoy making people laugh... :-)* On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 10:50 PM, Jerrian <jerrian.barsness@gmail.com>wrote: > Oh, Doug, you are so funny! You really do have a way with words. I hope > your > emails are all part of a journal you keep them in. What a legacy for your > decendants! jerrian > > -----Original Message----- > From: memory-lane-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:memory-lane-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Doug Crim > Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 4:34 PM > To: an-internet-family > Subject: [ML] A quiet day at the ranch... > > It's been cloudy most of the day but still quiet warm.. as planned, I drove > the the ranch quite early this morning... had packed my truck with a bunch > of tools and "stuff" to unload into the shop and then planned to spend the > day with my tractor... OY! Did I spend the day with my tractor..weekend > before last, I noticed the left front tire was a tad low so I drug out my > compressor and checked the air in all four tires.. feeling quite proud of > myself, I came home a happy camper.... Imagine my surprise this morning > when > I discovered a flat tire on my tractor.. no, not the one that was low... > Grrrr > Now, I gotta tell ya, this old fat man is in no condition to be changing > tractor tires but unfortunately, there was no one else around to do it for > me... I had driven it enough to have broken the seal around the rim. The > tires had a bunch of goop inside to keep them from going flat... obviously > the goop didn't work... not only did it not work but made a Holy mess.. > slick, slimy black goop covered everything ... by the time I got the tire > off and loaded in my truck, I was also covered in the *&&^%))_# mess.... > To make a long story short, I took the tire to town and had it fixed... by > the time I got back home and got the tire back on, I was tired as all get > out...wore plumb out! I popped a couple of naproxen sodium ( generic > Alieve) and drove into Lometa for lunch... Luckily, Lometa is a small > (tiny) > town where they are accustomed to seeing hard working men sit down in the > cafe for lunch. I looked like hell and felt even worse. By the time I had > lunch and got back to the ranch, the pain meds had kicked in and I did get > to spend some quality time on the tractor but somehow, the thrill was > gone... > At the moment, I am back home and after I take two more pain meds, I'm > taking a shower and sit ... probably for the rest of the day. > That's my story and I'm sticking to it. lol > > The Dougster :-)* > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >