Guest guest Posted September 20, 2000 Report Share Posted September 20, 2000 Carl came by the shop yesterday, He was able to get away from Ellie, for a while, the nurse was with her. When you hit eighty, sometimes you need a little help. Carl takes care of Ellie most of the time now so it's hard for him to get away. He comes down to the shop every two weeks or so, to look through the pocket knife box, a bunch of rusty old clunkers, to look for a "good'un". The last time he was in, he told me he had the cancer, but he wasn't scared. "Somethin's gonna git us all sooner or later" he said. This time he had the "shining eyes" they all get before the end, It won't be long now. I had to tell him there was nothing new in the box since the last time, and you could read his disappointment. You see, he's never said, but I know why he wants that pocket knife. Everyone knows if you hold just the right one, you're 10 years old again and jumping stumps down by the creek, whiling away the day, whittling on a stick in the sweet shade of an old cottonwood. Today I'm gonna order a knife to put in that box, so's he can find it, and snooker me out of it in a trade. I just hope he makes it in one more time. Mace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 20, 2000 Report Share Posted September 20, 2000 Beautiful Mace. I cried like a baby. Victor ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Carl came by the shop yesterday, He was able to get away from Ellie, for a while, the nurse was with her. When you hit eighty, sometimes you need a little help. Carl takes care of Ellie most of the time now so it's hard for him to get away. He comes down to the shop every two weeks or so, to look through the pocket knife box, a bunch of rusty old clunkers, to look for a "good'un". The last time he was in, he told me he had the cancer, but he wasn't scared. "Somethin's gonna git us all sooner or later" he said. This time he had the "shining eyes" they all get before the end, It won't be long now. I had to tell him there was nothing new in the box since the last time, and you could read his disappointment. You see, he's never said, but I know why he wants that pocket knife. Everyone knows if you hold just the right one, you're 10 years old again and jumping stumps down by the creek, whiling away the day, whittling on a stick in the sweet shade of an old cottonwood. Today I'm gonna order a knife to put in that box, so's he can find it, and snooker me out of it in a trade. I just hope he makes it in one more time. Mace ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 20, 2000 Report Share Posted September 20, 2000 Victor Torrico wrote: > Beautiful Mace. I cried like a baby. > > Victor I was able to track down a two blade boker made back before they started using stainless, with just one spot of rust, enough to give a fella a reason to polish it. Now if he'll just make it back one more time. mace > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > Carl came by the shop yesterday, > He was able to get away from Ellie, > for a while, the nurse was with her. > When you hit eighty, > sometimes you need a little help. > Carl takes care of Ellie most of > the time now so it's hard for him to > get away. > > He comes down to the shop > every two weeks or so, > to look through the pocket knife box, > a bunch of rusty old clunkers, > to look for a "good'un". > > The last time he was in, > he told me he had the cancer, > but he wasn't scared. > "Somethin's gonna git us all > sooner or later" he said. > > This time he had the "shining eyes" > they all get before the end, > It won't be long now. > I had to tell him there was nothing > new in the box since the last time, > and you could read his disappointment. > > You see, he's never said, but I know > why he wants that pocket knife. > Everyone knows if you hold just the > right one, you're 10 years old again > and jumping stumps down by the creek, > whiling away the day, whittling on a stick > in the sweet shade of an old cottonwood. > > Today I'm gonna order a knife to > put in that box, so's he can find it, > and snooker me out of it in a trade. > I just hope he makes it in > one more time. > > Mace > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > // > > All paths go somewhere. No path goes nowhere. Paths, places, sights, perceptions, and indeed all experiences arise from and exist in and subside back into the Space of Awareness. Like waves rising are not different than the ocean, all things arising from Awareness are of the nature of Awareness. Awareness does not come and go but is always Present. It is Home. Home is where the Heart Is. Jnanis know the Heart to be the Finality of Eternal Being. A true devotee relishes in the Truth of Self-Knowledge, spontaneously arising from within into It Self. Welcome all to a. > > To from this list, go to the ONElist web site, at > www., and select the User Center link from the menu bar > on the left. This menu will also let you change your subscription > between digest and normal mode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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