Freetown Fred-Back on the Hill
- Keepaeyeonit
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- Location: Northeast Ohio.( Grand river wine country )
- Baseburners & Antiques: Glenwood #8
- Coal Size/Type: Nut & stove
- Other Heating: 49 year old oil furnace, and finally a new heat pump
Welcome back Fred, I'm glad your getting better I would hate to get the ball rolling on doing what I said in your PM!!! . Keepaeyeonit
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- Location: Central Maine
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: DS Machine 1300 with hopper
- Coal Size/Type: Blaschak Anthracite Nut
- Other Heating: Oil hot water radiators (fuel oil); propane
Just an illusion. But I expect it is plenty frustrating while you are illuding.freetown fred wrote:I feel like I'm getting old some days.
Illuding? There. I made up a word just for you.
I hope you soon will be up and around and good as new.
- Scottscoaled
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Welcome back Fred! Keep at it, you will be back to your old self in no time. Here is a chance to milk it Freetown style
- wsherrick
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Rest and don't worry. Everything will be there for you when you get around to it.
- buffalo bob
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glad ur back we missed ya eat plenty of chicken soup (jewish pennicillan) and take ur time...
- NWBuilder
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Damn Sam, I've been off sick for two weeks and almost missed FF return!!! So glad you are back buddy. Lots of folks care about you on here so don't be concerned about asking for help if you need it. Take it slow and make it count. See you around soon. NWB
- LsFarm
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I spoke with FFred this afternoon, he sounds much better, but still a faint image of his former self.
I asked him if he'd been on the forum much, reading 'his' threads. He said he'd only been on twice since he got home 3 days ago, said it was too exhausting to get over to the computer, get set up, get the internet online, get logged onto the forum. By then he is tired, and then just a little bit of reading does him in.
So, for awhile, Fred will be online only a few times a week. He told me he had to sit down to rest after bending over to pick up the Dog food dishes. Then had to be careful setting them down, they were heavy to him, and he'd get dizzy.
Sounds like he needs to kick over the bag of dog chow, and slice a cut in the side of the bag with a machete. Let the dogs have a buffet for a few days..
Fred also told me he was told that for every week he was on his back in the hospital, it will take a month to recover what strength and stamina he had lost.. So he's looking at late fall I think before he's chasing the sheep around the pasture again !!
OK, I'm back to the shop, we have beautiful weather today, so I'm enjoying having the shop doors open and not wearing a jacket !!
Greg L
I asked him if he'd been on the forum much, reading 'his' threads. He said he'd only been on twice since he got home 3 days ago, said it was too exhausting to get over to the computer, get set up, get the internet online, get logged onto the forum. By then he is tired, and then just a little bit of reading does him in.
So, for awhile, Fred will be online only a few times a week. He told me he had to sit down to rest after bending over to pick up the Dog food dishes. Then had to be careful setting them down, they were heavy to him, and he'd get dizzy.
Sounds like he needs to kick over the bag of dog chow, and slice a cut in the side of the bag with a machete. Let the dogs have a buffet for a few days..
Fred also told me he was told that for every week he was on his back in the hospital, it will take a month to recover what strength and stamina he had lost.. So he's looking at late fall I think before he's chasing the sheep around the pasture again !!
OK, I'm back to the shop, we have beautiful weather today, so I'm enjoying having the shop doors open and not wearing a jacket !!
Greg L
- whistlenut
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- Hot Air Coal Stoker Furnace: Alaska, EFM, Keystoker, Yellow Flame
- Hot Air Coal Stoker Stove: Alaska, Keystoker-2,Leisure Line
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Alaska, Gibraltar, Keystone,Vc Vigilant 2
- Hand Fed Coal Furnace: Ford, Jensen, NYer, Van Wert,
- Baseburners & Antiques: Glenwoods
- Coal Size/Type: Barley, Buck, Rice ,Nut, Stove
- Other Heating: Oil HWBB
I'm sure Fred is enjoying seeing a brilliant blue sky and warmer temps, but like an 'Arnie' movie.....if there wasn't total destruction, that dim glow will soon become a robust blase.......just needs some time to heal.
- I'm On Fire
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Welcome back Freetown!! You were missed.
- Hambden Bob
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- Coal Size/Type: Rice-A-Roni ! / Nut
- Other Heating: Pro-Pain Forced Air
Happy Birffday,You 'Ol Bushwhacker ! I'd never let it slip that you hit 70 on Mother's Day!