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Skriven 2006-09-07 00:51:20 av Ed Hulett (1:123/789.0)
  Kommentar till text 22341 av MIMI GALLANDT (1:275/311)
Ärende: Back home
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On Wed, 6 Sep 2006 07:39:00 -0400
"MIMI GALLANDT -> ED HULETT" <1:275/311> wrote:


 EH>>>>>>>>>> It turned out that he had turned away just enough that
 EH>>>>>>>>>> the tree didn't hit him square on. If he had been a bit
 EH>>>>>>>>>> closer he'd have lost his head. Literally. My dad said
 EH>>>>>>>>>> that was as close as he wanted to get to seeing someone
 EH>>>>>>>>>> getting killed by a widow-maker.

 VH>>>>>>>>> Next ice storm, I'll remember that story.

 EH>>>>>>>> A healthy respect for the tree is a good thing.

 VH>>>>>>> You bet -- a chain saw is an awesome thing.  Use only when
 VH>>>>>>> thinking straight.

 EH>>>>>> Exactly. A good friend of mine was trimming the trees in
 EH>>>>>> his yard with his chainsaw. He was on a ladder and cutting
 EH>>>>>> a limb above him. His saw caught and came off the limb and
 EH>>>>>> he hit his leg just above the knee. Fortunately, all it
 EH>>>>>> did was rip his pant leg. He now wears a pair of kevlar
 EH>>>>>> chaps just in case that happens again.

 MG>>>>> Wouldn't it be safer just to hire a professional to do it?

 EH>>>> Now he does, but back then he wanted to save money.


 MG>>> Well, you know what they say; you get what you pay for.
 MG>>> Seriously I'm glad he's alright.

 EH>> Oh yeah, he's doing fine. He's teaching over in China at the
 EH>> moment.

 MG> Glad to hear it. China? cool.

Yes, he teaches at the University of Qing Dao (pronounced Ching Dow).
He teaches business English and Botany.

 MG> I just finished listening to this book called The Chinese in America.
 MG> It's really good, I knew most of the
 MG> stuff about the Chinese in CA, but was really surprised about them in
 MG> the rest of the country. For example in the south during the Jim Crow
 MG> days the only repercussions they had were self imposed. By that I mean
 MG> that one guy's diary talked about how he was surprised and confused by
 MG> "Whites only" drinking fountains and restaurants, because he wasn't
 MG> sure if he was White or not.

My friend has some interesting stories about China. The city he lives
and teaches in is a "small" city of almost 8 million.

 MG> BTW up there I said "listening to a
 MG> book", ever since I had the stroke reading the printed page is
 MG> difficult because I'm easily distracted and end up reading the same
 MG> thing over and over again, but for some reason (related to the short
 MG> term memory damage) I can listen to audio books and stay with them
 MG> with no problem. Fortunately San Diego's public library has tons of
 MG> them and the Chula Vista library is affiliated with "net library
 MG> where I can down load them for free and legally I think I "read" more
 MG> now than I did before the stroke and I read a lot then. :)

Audio books are one thing that they use for occupational therapy for
stroke victims.

My friend that teaches in China listens to audio books all the time. He
started back before "retiring." He would travel on a regular basis and
he found that audio books were a good way to keep him alert while
driving.

Ed

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