Surgery Postponed Until Wednesday

Joint decision between the surgeon and medicine doctor: do the surgery tomorrow NOT TODAY.

We do not know when tomorrow.

Dad's Situation

I'm with Dad this morning in the hospital. The surgeon was here earlier and tells they do the surgery on his hip later today... 4-5 PM. The surgeon said they will have Dad walking some and sitting in a chair tomorrow. That's good news!

(They surgeon explained that he broke the ball off the hip joint. And that the surgery will be like a hip replacement. It will take about an hour.)

He's a little uncomfortable but not in pain. He talking a lot and would like to check his email, work on his blog, check his tomato plants, and feed the birds. That will come later.

Some Interesting Things

A Couple of Links
You might want to check out the following links. I enjoyed each of them.

1. A Dramatic Surprise
   
2. Andie’s Isle

A Week With Dad

My sister is taking a little trip this week. She’s enjoying sunny Florida with a girl friend. While she is gone Beverly and I are help my Dad. He’s quite a guy at the age 98 years with a mind as sharp as a tack. We’ve having good and enjoyable days with him. He keeps us on our toes.

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Tennessee Granddaddy Says:
I saw a bumper sticker that said,
“Honk if you love peace & quiet.”
Huh?

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Quote of the Day
Always be a little kinder than necessary.
— James M. Barrie

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Joke of the Day

Three men were talkin' about a new scheme, and one of them was an engraver. He said, "I can make a batch of money, and we'll pass it out and get rich."

He showed up with the money—all eighteen-dollar bills.

The other guys said, "You must be nuts! Nobody'll take an eighteen-dollar bill." He said, "Don't get excited. I know where we can get rid of 'em—down in Tennessee." They said, "Well, come on, let's go get rid of 'em fast."

They drove down to the mountains of Tennessee and they pulled up to a filling station in front of a little country grocery store. The owner came out and said, "Y'all wanna get something?" They said, "Yeah, fill it up with Hi-Test, boy."

The guy filled it up and said, "Anything else?"

One of them got out an eighteen-dollar bill and popped it a few times and said, "You got change for that?" The country boy looked it over a few times, popped it a couple of times, and said, "Oh yes. Whaddya want, three sixes or two nines?"

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Dad

Dad's in the hospital. Early today he fell and broke his hip. Surgery is likely this afternoon.

I'll make a post on his blog tomorrow to give a status report.

I will tell you he is in good spirits and taking things with patience.

Class Reunion

55 Years
I graduated from high school in 1957. We had a high school reunion just recently. It as nice to see these friends from the past. I think this was the best reunion we have ever had. Everybody’s old and just glad to be alive.

We have lost to death 30 of our class mates. As I remember our class was somewhere around 100 seniors. So it seems that 30% have died. That’s a sobering thought. Remember, life is precious.

Aging
Some people don’t seem to age. I noticed at our reunion that several looked like they did when we graduated. But many didn’t.

Here’s an example of aging that I saw recently on the internet. The 2 pictures below are of a famous movie star when she was young and famous, and now more recent. Would you ever of guessed that Brigitte Bardot would have aged like this?

Youth and beauty are temporary.

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Tennessee Granddaddy Says:
I like what Mark Twain once said, “There are two times in a man's life when he should not speculate: when he can't afford it, and when he can.”

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Quote of the Day
Honesty is the best policy,
but insanity is a better defense.
— Steve Landesberg

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Joke of the Day

An older man and his friend were having a conversation one night, and the topic drifted to memory, or lack of it. The first man mentions to his friend:

"My wife and I have been having a hard time remembering very simple things lately, and a friend recommended that we see this memory specialist doctor."

"Oh, well how is it working out for you?" asked the friend. "Has it helped either one of your memory's?"

"Very much so!" replied the man. "The results are incredible!!"

"What's the name of this doctor?" asked his friend.

"Hmm, its a really long last name I know," he replied. "Well, help me out for a second. What's the name of the one kind of flower, with the thorns, and that grows on a bush?"

"A rose?" said his friend.

"Yes, Yes! A rose!" says the man. "Rose dear, what's the name of that memory doctor we've been seeing?"

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A Good Story of Life

Hot Chocolate and Life
The following was sent to me as a PowerPoint presentation with pictures of children and background music. I can’t share that with you on this blog, but I can share the words which have a good message:

A group of graduates, well established in their careers, were talking at a reunion and decided to go visit their old university professor, now retired. During their visit, the conversation turned to complaints about stress in their work and lives. Offering his guests hot chocolate, the professor went into the kitchen and returned with a large pot of hot chocolate and an assortment of cups - porcelain, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite - telling them to help themselves to the hot chocolate.

When they all had a cup of hot chocolate in hand, the professor said: "Notice that all the nice looking, expensive cups were taken, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress. The cup that you're drinking from adds nothing to the quality of the hot chocolate. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink. What all of you really wanted was hot chocolate, not the cup; but you consciously went for the best cups... And then you began eyeing each other's cups.

Now consider this: Life is the hot chocolate; your job, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain life. The cup you have does not define, nor change the quality of life you have. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the hot chocolate God has provided us. God makes the hot chocolate, man chooses the cups. The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything that they have.

• Live simply.
• Love generously.
• Care deeply.
• Speak kindly.
• And enjoy your hot chocolate.

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Tennessee Granddaddy Says:
We’re enjoying watching the birds on the feeders this year. Here’s a couple of pictures.

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Quote of the Day

The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything that they have.
~From Above Story

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Joke of the Day

Not Really a joke, but a good story!

A 50-something year old Muslim man arrived at his seat on a crowded flight and immediately didn't want the seat. The seat was next to an elderly white woman reading her Bible.

Disgusted, the Muslim man immediately summoned the flight attendant and demanded a new seat. The man said "I cannot sit here next to this infidel." The flight attendant said "Let me see if I can find another
seat."

After checking, the flight attendant returned and stated "There are no more seats in economy, but I will check with the captain and see if there is something in first class."

About 10 minutes went by and the flight attendant returned and stated "The captain has confirmed that there are no more seats in economy, but there is one
in first class. It is our company policy to never move a person from economy to first class, but being that it would be some sort of scandal to force a person to sit next to an UNPLEASANT person, the captain
agreed to make the switch to first class."

Before the irate Muslim man could say anything, the attendant gestured to the elderly woman and said, "Therefore ma'am, if you would so kindly
retrieve your personal items, we would like to move you to the comfort of first class as the captain doesn't want you to sit next to an unpleasant person."

Passengers in the seats nearby began to applaud while some gave a standing ovation.

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Ever Owned VW?

Yep!
We owned one of those bugs. It was red with a sunroof. It was a great little car. It was so ugly it was pretty! Now they make some beautiful automobiles. In fact, I would not mind owning one of them.

A good friend send me this video about a VW factory in Germany. I was impressed, and I think you will enjoy it.

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Tennessee Granddaddy Says:
Here’s nice “Thank You’ from Japan for all the assistance provided after the massive earthquake and tsunami last year. It’s good…

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Quote of the Day
A child can ask questions
that a wise man cannot answer.
~Author Unknown

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Joke of the Day

You are probably not very interested in any used farm equipment but I thought you might like to see this ad taken from Craig's List.

Fifty year old manure spreader - $1 (Washington, DC)

Fifty-year old manure spreader. Not sure of brand. Said to have been produced in Kenya .

Used for a few years in Indonesia before being smuggled into the US via Hawaii . Of questionable pedigree. Does not appear to have ever been worked very hard. Apparently it was pampered by various owners over the years. It doesn't work very often, but when it does it can really spread the manure and sling it for amazing distances. I am hoping to retire this manure spreader next November. But I really don't want it hanging around getting in the way afterwards. I would prefer a foreign buyer that is willing to relocate this manure spreader out of the country. I would be willing to trade this manure spreader for a nicely framed copy of the United States Constitution.

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