Treat yourself do a hoist, Randy. You've earned it. On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 11:27 AM Randy Bennell via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Good for you Gerry. I am not so old as you but I am having a harder > time motivating myself to do things than I used to. > It sounds to me like you need a garage with a hoist so that you can walk > around under the car and not have to get up and down to crawl under it. > Either that, or you need a pretty young assistant who can fetch wrenches > etc. > > Randy > > > > On 22/11/2019 10:18 AM, archer75--- via Mercedes wrote: > > On Thu, 21 Nov 2019 20:23:59 -0700 > > Craig via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > >> On Fri, 22 Nov 2019 02:59:47 +0000 Rick Knoble via Mercedes > >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> > >>> Gerry says: > >>> > >>>> The statisticians said I should have gone to my reward 12 years ago. > >>> Well, if a broken hip, and laying on the shop floor for three days > >>> didn't lead you to your demise, I'd say the statisticians would call > >>> you an "outlier". > >> I seem to have missed something! > >> > >> Gerry, when did that happen? What happened? > > G: I fell behind the shop and broke a hip; crawled around and into the > front of the shop, and then passed out or something a few feet from the > phone. SIL and daughter found me 24 hours later. That was five to seven > years ago. A couple of years ago I fell in a restaurant rest room and > cracked the pelvis. Had very good rehab, and now the pelvis is good as new. > > Since getting up and down and working under the Mercedes is getting > pretty difficult, I may have to get somebody to replace the rubber bits and > center driveline bearing on the '83 240D, but still hope to do it myself > eventually. > > > >> How old are you now? > > G: 90 > >> > >> Craig > >> > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
