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What Did You Do Today?
Pappy:
Man Pat you are a tough old bird,yes you are very blessed, as they say , just wasn’t your time , The Good Lord still has plans for you. I know some don’t believe that but I truly do. It is tough when we see our friends and love ones suffering, glad you came through with hopefully just another scar to show off. What about the dizziness??? Pappy
Pat B:
Still a little dizziness when I first get up or turn my head one way while laying down but getting better each day. I had a good sleep last night so that's an improvement.
All of my thoughts are with you and Miss Joanie now. Be strong my dear friend and give Miss Joanie a kiss for me when she wakes up. All of my thoughts are with you both.
JW_Halverson:
--- Quote from: Pat B on September 26, 2025, 11:57:29 pm --- John, at least it didn't mess up this beautiful face. Small blessings. ;D
--- End quote ---
Indeed, a blessing. Even moreso that it didn't harm a lovely hair on your chinny-chin-chin!
Pat B:
I walked back to the scene of the crime this morning. My first venture out beyond the yard. I was incredibly lucky!
this had to be the culprit. It was laying on top of what I was cutting. My ear muffs were laying not far away. must have been knocked off my head. The cut oak log to the left is about 12" in diameter. The piece that hit me is about 8" at its butt.
the old rotted pine top that hit me is 10' to 12' long. The trunk, still standing was 20 feet away so I hadn't even considered it and have no idea why it fell except it was its time. Boy, was I lucky!
Eric Krewson:
I have had so many close calls like that, I have a huge cherry tree in the front yard that sheds limbs in the violent storms that pass through, the limbs break but stay connected to the trunk by a thread of sapwood and bark. They may hang that way for years until they finally break off and hit the ground. The tree is so big that I can't reach the broken limbs to cut them loose with anything I have.
I was weedeating under the tree last year, a limb had broken off a day or so earlier but was still attached. All of the sudden the limb turned loose, the limb swung a little as it came down and I was only hit by the very end of the leafy top and not hurt. If the limb had fallen stright down I would have had 15 ft spear 8" in diameter hit me in the head or neck.
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