How’s Eddie?

[jjp8182]

Re: How痴 Eddie?

Oh I think a strong, positive leader with a message of TRUE unity, could take this country to places of grandeur.

I can agree with that .... but the real question is: if such a person existed what incentive would they have to run for office?

Their life is likely to be shredded, every decision and statement they make will be dissected and spun to suite whatever agenda the reporting organization has, and play ground politics (complete with name calling) seems to be the order of the day .... and based on what entertainment is popularly viewed it'd seem what many desire.

Toss in how many people seem to want a leader to solve all of their problems and it'd seem like an impossible task in toxic work conditions ...and I don't see that changing any time soon as too many are too focused on screaming, name calling and just fighting each other in general rather than taking responsibility for their own actions. Change and the acceptance of it always start at the individual, and it must be appropriate for the (local/immediate) situation otherwise it's pretty pointless and futile. Perhaps others have seen it, but I can't recall seeing a case where anyone has happily accepted changes that were forced upon them (especially if the reasons for the change were never explained).

...but then that might just be my perception which admittedly may not be worth the :2cents: :confused3:

 

[Hay Dude]

Re: How痴 Eddie?

I can agree with that .... but the real question is: if such a person existed what incentive would they have to run for office?

Their life is likely to be shredded, every decision and statement they make will be dissected and spun to suite whatever agenda the reporting organization has, and play ground politics (complete with name calling) seems to be the order of the day .... and based on what entertainment is popularly viewed it'd seem what many desire.

Toss in how many people seem to want a leader to solve all of their problems and it'd seem like an impossible task in toxic work conditions ...and I don't see that changing any time soon as too many are too focused on screaming, name calling and just fighting each other in general rather than taking responsibility for their own actions. Change and the acceptance of it always start at the individual, and it must be appropriate for the (local/immediate) situation otherwise it's pretty pointless and futile. Perhaps others have seen it, but I can't recall seeing a case where anyone has happily accepted changes that were forced upon them (especially if the reasons for the change were never explained).

...but then that might just be my perception which admittedly may not be worth the :2cents: :confused3:

You are correct. We did have a guy who laughed at all of that and just kept on going, but he is gone now.
Moving forward, youd think that getting rid of calling anyone who disagrees with you all these awful descriptors (fascist, racist, etc) would be a nice first step at getting back to normal.
Dont see that happening based on current social media and leadership language.
We need an adult in the room.

We are off topic. Back to Eddie.

 

[MossRoad]

Re: How痴 Eddie?

... It's a mystery why he has pneumonia? Are the tests wrong?

I had pneumonia a year ago October. Sometimes it just happens. :confused3:

 

[MossRoad]

Also happy you and your wife are felling better. :thumbsup:

 

[farmeratheart]

Yes please do not politicize this thread. There are plenty of other places for legitimate opinions.

Can we leave this thread for checking up on one another?

Thanks

 

[jjp8182]

Yes please do not politicize this thread. There are plenty of other places for legitimate opinions.

Can we leave this thread for checking up on one another?

Thanks

:thumbsup: now that's a great idea

 

[Hay Dude]

Re: How痴 Eddie?

I had pneumonia a year ago October. Sometimes it just happens. :confused3:

A friend of mine has pneumonia right now. Actually kind of similar to my Covid symptoms.
Body aches, cough, dizziness, tired.

 

[the old grind]

Re: How痴 Eddie?

Neighbors said they took turns in Feb with something that fit Covid symptoms and laid each one out for several days, suggested they'd had it.

I'd spent plenty of time with them and didn't catch what they had.

What scares me is that Gary would surely pass on a vaccine. 50 yrs old, afraid of needles, and always gets his way.

 

[dmccarty]

Re: How痴 Eddie?

...
Last week my dad, who is 84 and he's had cancer twice, started to have symptoms for Covid. He is very tired, dizzy, and he's having breathing issues. He did the nasal test and came back negative. They had the results in one day, while my results took 3 days. He has gotten a lot worse, so he went into the ER and they said that he has mild pneumonia and that he was dehydrated. They also did another nasal test because he seems to have Covid, but that test also came back negative. It's a mystery why he has pneumonia? Are the tests wrong?

My dad had a very bad fever over Christmas. 105F degrees and it knocked him for a loop as one would expect. Very tired and dizzy BUT no breathing issues. :thumbsup: He was in rough shape and the long story short is he spent five days in the hospital. MULTIPLE tests for The Virus and all negative. His lungs where clear too, thankfully, so no pneumonia. :thumbsup: They have no idea what he had, other than an infection, so they pumped him full of antibiotics and fluids until he recovered. He is fine now. Thank goodness for antibiotics. I think he would have died without them.

His personal doctor, nor the doctors in the hospital, have a clue as to what he had, other than some infection. Nobody else in the family was sick. Not a sniffle, sneeze or cough. Go figure.

Hope your dad gets well soon.

Later,
Dan

 

[Wakey]

Its probably pneumonia (still very serious). With Covid dominating all news and other illnesses, I think some of the traditional winter illnesses have all but been forgotten.

Agreed..

Eddie, glad you and your wife are getting better.

Do you know if they tested your father for the flu?

 

[cqaigy2]

Good to hear you both are doing better. :thumbsup:

 

[ronjhall]

Good to here you and Karen are getting better. Special prayers for your dad.

 

[Hay Dude]

I’m about same age as Eddie, my wife younger. We both got over it. Never really had a day where I couldn’t work. My wife was over it in maybe a week. My symptoms were no worse, but lingered longer. Probably about a month before the chest completely cleared. Never felt like I needed to even go to doctor, but the body aches were freakishly strong for a few days. And the body aches moved around from lower back to upper back and shoulders.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Its probably pneumonia (still very serious). With Covid dominating all news and other illnesses, I think some of the traditional winter illnesses have all but been forgotten.

I had pneumonia twice in a month in 2019, the 2nd time is when I came down with GBS and spent 2 months in the hospital and 3 more before I could function at 90%. I’m still about 90% and don’t look like it will get better.

Saw a report that normal flu is almost non existent, because of masks and people washing more.

Glad you are improving Eddie, and hope your dad gets well soon.

 

[ultrarunner]

Re: How痴 Eddie?

I don't know if non existent but we have not had a flu case this year...

Somethings really work and our Grandmothers knew this... at least mine both were fastidious for cleanliness and hygiene...

To this day I don't know another person that weekly removed the refrigerator condensate tray to clean and disinfect!

She also basically steamed all the white goods... bedding, etc...

I'm sure having lived through the 1918 Pandemic made a lifetime impression on both of them...

My immediate neighbor also lived through the 1918 Pandemic.. she was a child and her family avoided going to town for more than a year... sadly she is on hospice this week... in her own home still very much with it at age 107...

Last week she asked for me and Mom to visit... she was so happy to see us and asked if we had brought and figs... which sadly are out of season... I looked into flying some in from overseas but figs don't keep well...

Something to be said going out on your own terms starting out life in a small ranch in rural Northern Nevada 107 years ago... we all got together for a birthday lunch at Trader Vics last year on Leap Day... if only we had an idea of how much life would change after that February last year.

She has outlived her child, grandchild, great grandchild... only descendant is great great grand daughter...

 

[Molalla1]

Wow Ultra . . . :thumbsup: for them.

 

[ultrarunner]

With a little luck only hope to have longevity and health of my 100 year old plus neighbors...

Something to be said for rural pioneer farm stock...

Hope Eddie and family firmly in road to recovery...

 

[jjp8182]

Something to be said for rural pioneer farm stock...

Yep, they're too darn stubborn to die (& that's meant in all the best ways) ...which I suppose shouldn't be too surprising since so much of their life was spent working just to survive.

I firmly believe the only reason my maternal grandfather died at 87 was because he chose to -- he had ended up in the hospital (for reasons I now forget) and decided to stopped eating. As a result the staff would put him on an IV and every time they did he'd pull it out.

Guess he'd decided he'd lived a good & long life and that it was time to go as all his 12 children had grown, all had already gotten married, most having had children, and with more than a few of the grandchildren having already started having children as well. So with family rarely coming to visit (though my brothers and I being there relatively frequently as we couldn't get to our parent's place without passing our grandparents), and with most of his friends having passed away years prior......

He was a stoic & tough old man (made Clint Eastwood's character in Gran Torino seem an emotional motormouth in a lot of ways), but still quite loving & caring in his own way. So yeah those rural farmers from older generations were definitely made from some tough stuff. :thumbsup:

 

[stuckmotor]

Good to here you and Karen are getting better. Special prayers for your dad.

Prayers for your dad from me too, Eddie. I think about our dad's method for finding which end of the string to pull nearly every time I open a sack of feed.

 

[Jstpssng]

Prayers for your dad from me too, Eddie. I think about our dad's method for finding which end of the string to pull nearly every time I open a sack of feed.

It took me a while to figure out that string... I'd try one end and if that didn't work then I'd go to the other. It wasn't until somebody posted a question here that I realized there was a right end to start on. Not long after that I noticed a grain bag with a note telling which end to start on. I"ve only been opening grain and seed bags for about... 50 years.
Now would somebody please tell me how to get rid of them, other than using them for trash? They're pretty rugged bags and it seems wasteful to use them once and toss.

Getting back to the original topic; I hope that your father recovers quickly Eddie.