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Text 22355, 100 rader
Skriven 2006-09-08 02:53:04 av Ed Hulett (1:123/789.0)
  Kommentar till text 22351 av MIMI GALLANDT (1:275/311)
Ärende: Back home
=================
On Thu, 7 Sep 2006 08:10:00 -0400
"MIMI GALLANDT -> ED HULETT" <1:275/311> wrote:

 MG> Ed Hulett wrote:

 EH>> On Wed, 6 Sep 2006 07:39:00 -0400
 EH>> "MIMI GALLANDT -> ED HULETT" <1:275/311> wrote:


 EH>>>>>>>>>>>> It turned out that he had turned away just enough
 EH>>>>>>>>>>>> that the tree didn't hit him square on. If he had
 EH>>>>>>>>>>>> been a bit closer he'd have lost his head.
 EH>>>>>>>>>>>> Literally. My dad said that was as close as he
 EH>>>>>>>>>>>> wanted to get to seeing someone getting killed by a
 EH>>>>>>>>>>>> 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
 VH>>>>>>>>> when 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
 EH>>>>>>>> cutting a limb above him. His saw caught and came off
 EH>>>>>>>> the limb and he hit his leg just above the knee.
 EH>>>>>>>> Fortunately, all it did was rip his pant leg. He now
 EH>>>>>>>> wears a pair of kevlar chaps just in case that happens
 EH>>>>>>>> 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.

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

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

 EH>> My friend has some interesting stories about China. The city he
 EH>> 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
 MG>>> same thing over and over again, but for some reason (related
 MG>>> to the short term memory damage) I can listen to audio books
 MG>>> and stay with them with no problem. Fortunately San Diego's
 MG>>> public library has tons of them and the Chula Vista library is
 MG>>> affiliated with "net library where I can down load them for
 MG>>> free and legally I think I "read" more now than I did before
 MG>>> the stroke and I read a lot then. :)

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

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

 MG> Yes, that's very true. Radio can become mellow books generally keeps
 MG> one more alert because it isn't the same thing all the time. A good
 MG> narrator modulates his / her voice and speeds up or slows down
 MG> depending on what's happening in the story line.

Exactly. If you have a long trip ahead the best thing to do is put on
an audio book CD/tape and you will not only be more alert during the
trip, you will also be less exhausted when you arrive at your
destination.

Ed

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