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Post by Whiskers on Jun 26, 2006 20:46:34 GMT -6
Well I think I will be going to bass pro tomorrow.I'm getting up about 4 am and going to Springfield to see my Uncle in the hospital.His truck ran over him while he was opening/closing a gate while he was checking cattle.Broke his foot and messed up his back.Don't know all the details yet.
I figure I will go pick up some hooks and sinkers while I'm up that way.
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Post by Wolfman on Jun 26, 2006 21:13:24 GMT -6
Well if you was'nt going so d@mn early id meet you up there. I need to go back but i can't get away from here before about 1pm.
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Post by Whiskers on Jun 26, 2006 22:29:41 GMT -6
it'll prolly be afternoon before I go over there but I'll have to leave outta Springfield shortly after 2 so I can be back in Lebanon at 3:45 to pick up the ole lady.I'll pm you my cell # in case you happen to be up that way...
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Post by Wolfman on Jun 27, 2006 21:17:49 GMT -6
I got done with dad around 1 then had to go get dogfood for mom. On top of that i had a roaring headache all night and most of the day. Did'nt feel like doing much of anything.
Id of just spent money if id of went to bass pro anyway...lol
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Post by Whiskers on Jun 28, 2006 15:31:52 GMT -6
The trip up there about done me in.I got up and left out of here by 5am or a little before and left my cane in my Explorer and took the ole lady's car.After walking around in bass pro and then going to the hospital to see my uncle and walking about 3 miles around St.Johns I was just about to the point of having to crawl when I got home.I went straight to bed when I got home.I can barely get around today still. My uncle was doing pretty fair considering all that he went through.He is 70 years old,he had been checking cattle and got to a gate and got out to open it.His truck jumped out of park and started rolling down the hill.He ran and caught it but as he started to jump in the door knocked him down and I guess he hung on long as he could.It drug him a ways and scraped him up pretty bad dragging him across some rocks then I guess he let go and got run over by the front wheel as it was rolling backward.It broke his ankle and run up over his hip and crushed his spine I guess.He lives alone and was able to crawl down the hill to the truck and pull himself up in it somehow then drove himself to the house and crawled inside and called my folks.It could have been much worse I reckon.. .He's pretty spry for his age,to look at him you would guess him to be about 50,has all his hair and none of it is gray,and he could run,jog or do things I'm not capable of anymore. it's not a good picture but this is him sitting down talking to my mom(who also looks younger than me) he isn't facing the camera but you can tell he doesn't look 70,more like 45.this was taken in April this year.  |
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Post by Whiskers on Jun 28, 2006 20:05:34 GMT -6
Id of just spent money if id of went to bass pro anyway...lol Luckily I had a gift card that I won(buttons won) at her company Christmas party.I had been there a time or two since Christmas but never remembered to take the card.I remembered this time and brought Buttons card home with about $7 left on it.... ;D |
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Post by Wolfman on Jun 28, 2006 21:54:59 GMT -6
It's ALL good when your spending someone elses money...lol
I got about 500 bucks worth of stuff i need and need to pare it down to about 200 before i go back up. Decisions decisions...lol
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Post by Whiskers on Jun 28, 2006 22:02:35 GMT -6
It would be easy to spend $500 there if a person had it to spare.I would like to buy one of the new boats on closeout but that would go over like a lead balloon with the ole lady.lol!
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Post by slabmaster on Jun 28, 2006 22:16:13 GMT -6
i'm glad your uncles accidnet wasn't worse. is he going to be able to walk again? he is in my prayers . could you tell me his first name? oh yea by the way when i go to bass pro i already know what im after and only take enough money for the trip.
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Post by Whiskers on Jun 28, 2006 22:24:29 GMT -6
Jack is his name.Yea he should be OK in a couple months maybe.They are going to put him through rehabilitation and he might not even have to have surgery.They wanted to operate on his back but he wants to wait and see if he can get by without it.
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Post by Wolfman on Jun 29, 2006 0:25:12 GMT -6
Id settle for the panfish stick steer for now. They have revamped it and i like it better then the old one. Now if they just made it in an 18 or 20 foot model.
The new tracker pro all aluminum would'nt be bad either(one of the red ones, 17 or 18 foot)
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Post by showmebob on Jun 30, 2006 17:07:52 GMT -6
If you need anything in the fishing dept. Go to see Carl. He has taken real good care of me a couple of times when I had problems. I even wrote the president of Bass Pro about his service. The President even took the time to write me back. I'm impressed!
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Post by Whiskers on Jun 30, 2006 21:29:53 GMT -6
That is pretty nice,most times the president of a big company like that can't even be reached,let alone take the time to answer back.I've always had good luck with BP I've been going there since they first opened.Johnny Morris had the customers best intrest in mind when he started much like Sam Walton did when he started Wal-Mart.Too bad Sam's kids weren't more like Dad....
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