TRACTOR SUPPLY "GUY" CALLED AND HE WILL GET SOME FENCE DELIVERED TO IPSWICH-- WHEN THIS 100 DEGREDE HEAT BREAKS, WE CAN GET AT IT AGAIN... IN THE MEANTIME I CAN RIDE AROUN D IN THE A/C TRACTOR AND TRY AND PLAN WHERE TO POUND POSTS... I.E. WHERE SOMEONE ELSE CAN POUND POSTS...
WE GET ALOT OF TEENS NEEDING COMMUNITY SERVICE-- THERE ARE SEVERAL TYPES...
APPARENTLY NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY REQUIRES SOME.... SOME SCHOOLS REQUIRE 20 HOURS FOR GRADUATION... AND THEN THERE IS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE WITH KIDS WHO HAVE DONE MINOR THINGS... LIKE BEING IN A CAR IN THE PRESENCE OF ALCOHOL -- NOT THE PERSON DRIVING...-- I FEEL IT IS MY DUTY NOT TO GIVE THEM PATTING PUPPIES FOR PUNISHMENT... BUT THERE ARE THESE FENCE POSTS THEY CAN SWEAT OVER... AND SAVE TEH PUPPY PATTING FOR HONOR SOCIETY KIDS..
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DOG FEST ENTERTAINMENT--- WE HAVE SOME THINGS THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED "NORMAL"- BUT I AM WONDERING IF WE ASKED THE "TREE GUY" TO COME AND TRIM TREES ON SATURDAY. I CONSIDER WATCHING HIM A SPECTATOR SPORT-- IF HE DID THE TREES ON PUPPY HILL, IT WOUDL BE VISABLE FROM ALL OVER...
JUST TO WATCH HIM THROW A ROPE OVER A LIMB 80 FEET UP SOME TREE IS --- TO ME--- FASCINATING...
DEad limbs-- and total dead trees- interest me in general... tell me why...... the number of dead limbs hanging perilously over the electric wires is not of interest to anyone further out on the line.... THERE IS A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LOOSING ONE'S ELECTRICITY BECAUSE OF FAILURE OF TH POWER GRID-- OR A DEAD LIMB AT THE END OF YOUR DRIVEWAY--- ESPECIALLY IF IT IS A BIG STORM WHICH TRIMS TREES ALL OVER TOWN SO YOUR DRIVEWAY IS 5 DAYS DOWN TEH LIST OF REPAIRINGS.
BOXFORD--- NEXT TOWN-- SUPPOSED TO HAVE ONE OF THE HIGHEST "IQ" IN THE STATE - HAS MAYBE THE DUMBEST TREE TRIMMING PROJECT-- ONE OF OUR VOLUNTEERS JUST SPENT $20K ON A BIG GENERATOR -BECAUSE THEY HAD NO ELECTRICITY FOR 5 DAYS IN JAN DUE TO ONE TREE LIMB-- WHICH HAD BEEN AN OBVIOUS THREAT FOR YEARS.
LIKE THE GUY WHO JUMPS OFF A 70 STORY BUILDING "I'M OK SO FAR"
LESSON OF THE DAY ... "LOOK UP AND THINK LIKE A BIG WIND STORM"
BACK TO MIKE ROWE......WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH KIDS IN HIGH SCHOOL WHO ARE TAKING COURSES IN ROPE THROWING AND TREE CLIMBING... CONSEQUENTLY WE LOOSE POWER..
I WAS ENCOURAGED TO HEAR THAT NEW YORK CITY HAS A BEE WRANGLER-- WHEN THOUSANDS OF BEES SWARMED IN CENTRAL PARK, HE CAME ALONG WITH HIS TYVEK SUIT AND BEE VACUUM.... THEY SAID HE TOOK THEM ALL OUT TO LONG ISLAND... HMMM
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I AM HARD PRESSED FOR CUT AND PASTE-- SO HERE IS PAUL'S THAT I ASKED FOR IN PREP FOR THE 2019 CALENDAR..... -
Good afternoon Carlene,
I am a 24-year veteran of the Air Force as a Medical Laboratory Manager. I was diagnosed with stage 4 Melanoma (cancer) in 2013. I have been very successful with some treatments, but there was one of the issues I was not able to get around. I started having substantial balance problems I could only think that I was going to be in a confined to a wheelchair or housebound. Every time that I wanted to go out and run an errand, go for a walk, whatever, my family was very concerned that they were going to get a call that I fell down and broke something or was somehow injured, although I did fall down more than a couple times. Two of my docs suggested that a service dog might be helpful with my problem. It seemed that it would need to be something fairly large and sturdy to keep me upright and a great dane seemed like a great fit.
When I got an email invitation to come out to Service Dog Project and that they may have a match for me I was absolutely thrilled. I love great danes, who doesn't, but I was thinking about going to the mall, going for a walk, taking the kids to the zoo, so many possibilities but I knew nothing about how the match works. On the scheduled day that I arrived at SDP I was introduced to Charlotte. Trainer Steve was very patient with me to learn how to work with her walking, turning and working with her. Charlotte had spent over a year training as a service dog so she knew the ropes, I needed the training. By the time we left as a match I knew it was going to improve my quality of life as well as that of my family. Charlotte has helped me find a second wind. She has helped me find such a desire to help others. We volunteer frequently at my kids' schools and I have been asked to speak at a couple of local events. If I can do something, anything, that could help someone else find the happiness I have then I'm 150% in for it.
Lt Col Paul R Eden, USAF (ret.)
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