Senile Texas Aggie - comic relief for the rest of you

[CntryBoy777]

Every single person out here has some issues or another....and I was unaware of your situation.........but I didn't mean anything with "ill feelings" or confrontational....just trying to "point it out" to you....if what I posted upset ya....I sure am sorry and didn't mean it in a harsh fashion....

 

[farmerjan]

I also don't think that you were rude. Maybe a bit direct, but I tend to be that way also. And if it is in part due to wondering about where people lived, I took it as being concerned as to the actual proximity of their place to the upcoming hurricane as far as distance, etc. I also, have wondered "how close" this one or that was to a certain area or place. I am glad that you were able to understand what the person said and not take it as a condemnation of you just wanting to know some information. Everyone has their ways, as @CntryBoy777 said, and I know that I have been a little direct sometimes, and so has he, with his "different style" of writing.... and I like him.... so, You're good with me. Ask away in a PM if you want ...I can always refuse to answer or tell you to go jump off a cliff.....

 

[Baymule]

This is a family. And like a family, it is made up of many individuals. Some get along well with everybody, some get along with almost everybody and some get along with almost nobody. But we are a family, the tie that binds is the desire to have a life made better by the land on which we live, the animals we have or gardens or just associating with each other. Sometimes we squabble (guilty) but we get over it and move on.

I have never known you to be anything but deeply caring about each and every one of us. The fact that you have AS just presents a facet of your personality. A diamond has many facets that make up the beauty of the whole diamond. You, sir, are a diamond.

 

[Senile_Texas_Aggie]

Thanks, everyone, for your kind words. It means a lot to me. I have never ever meant any hurtful things, and when I ask what someone would take as too personal, it is not because I am trying to be noisy, it is because I care about them. For example, when you, Mr. @Mike CHS, posted recently on your journal about having gone through a dark time in your life similar to your neighbor, I thought "Well, if I had posted something like that on my journal, and no one had asked about it, I would have wondered if they either thought it too personal to ask, or worse, didn't give a damn." Well, I certainly do give a damn, and considered my not asking as the greater of the two evils of asking or not. But it seems that is wrong. I hope you will forgive me, Mike. I meant no harm, and it was because I care for you.

My problem so often arises when I try to apply the Golden Rule. Unfortunately, how I would like to be treated often is not how others would like to be treated. For this I am truly sorry. I mean no harm.

Thanks to all, again, for your comments and words of encouragement.

Senile Texas Aggie

 

[AmberLops]

Like I said on my journal...don't change for others. Stay true to who you are and if it bothers people, then it bothers them. But there's nothing worse than changing for other people, only to realize that it's still not what they wanted.
You have to be you...there's only one @Senile_Texas_Aggie

 

[RollingAcres]

Sorry was behind in reading posts on BYH.
STA, I don't know what was posted and what not. But if something is asked of me and I think it's too personal or to protect my own privacy, I just wouldn't answer. I may politely reply and say "thanks but no thanks".

 

[Mike CHS]

Thanks, everyone, for your kind words. It means a lot to me. I have never ever meant any hurtful things, and when I ask what someone would take as too personal, it is not because I am trying to be noisy, it is because I care about them. For example, when you, Mr. @Mike CHS, posted recently on your journal about having gone through a dark time in your life similar to your neighbor, I thought "Well, if I had posted something like that on my journal, and no one had asked about it, I would have wondered if they either thought it too personal to ask, or worse, didn't give a damn." Well, I certainly do give a damn, and considered my not asking as the greater of the two evils of asking or not. But it seems that is wrong. I hope you will forgive me, Mike. I meant no harm, and it was because I care for you.

My problem so often arises when I try to apply the Golden Rule. Unfortunately, how I would like to be treated often is not how others would like to be treated. For this I am truly sorry. I mean no harm.

Thanks to all, again, for your comments and words of encouragement.

Senile Texas Aggie

I do hope that you will quit beating yourself up for something that doesn't deserve it. I'm not beating a dead horse but you have had a post or two in other threads that shows you are bothered by this and you shouldn't be. I think most of us have said that if you ask something too personal, they would say so or just not answer and we all like having you around too much to have you continue to be bothered by it.

I'm posting the answer to your question to me in your thread so hopefully you will know there is no issue. The post I made about me almost taking my life was not something I had given any thought about when I posted it. In my case, it's a long story and not a dark period but it mostly involved a back injury that had me almost in a wheel chair and went on for over a year. Many meds had me mostly unaware of my surroundings and fortunately for me, I had a lucid moment when my drug scrambled brain was trying to figure out a way to increase my reach so I could reach the trigger on the shotgun that I was trying to use. That scared me enough that from that point on there was no more meds and I called my congressman that same day to get him involved to force the Navy to get off top dead center and get me into the hospital. Congressman Hutto evidently had some pull since I saw him on a Wednesday and I got a call from Naval Hospital Pensacola ordering me to check in on the following Monday morning by a spinal specialist.

 

[Senile_Texas_Aggie]

Thank you, Mr. @Mike CHS, for again reaching out to be and reassuring me that I did not offend you in my asking.

Thank you even more so for sharing your story. I very much appreciate that. It feels like you have become more human and relatable to me. I am certainly thankful that you were able to come to your senses before you went through with your plan, even though I can understand why you would consider it. You and I are both better off for your not going through with your plans. Thank you, sir!

Senile Texas Aggie

Edited to delete some text that may have been taken as a dig at someone that I did not mean to take that way. See, I'm trying to be nice!

 

[Senile_Texas_Aggie]

Hi, all!

Well, I feel like a little boy who broke his favorite toy several days ago and finally his daddy fixed the toy again! I am so happy now! What toy am I talking about? My tractor, what else! A couple of weeks ago, I tried getting a 2" or so cedar stump up out of the ground with my grapple. I didn't succeed in getting the stump up. I only succeeded in damaging the internal seals of the curl pistons of the front end loader, so that they would not longer hold the grapple up in place. They steadily leaked down. And I have only myself to blame, as I had already watched a YouTube video at Messick's cautioning about how fragile FEL pistions are in their fully extended position (see

if you want to watch it for yourself). So I had been pouting since my tractor has been gone since Thursday, but today I got it back home. So like the little boy, I am happy! Tomorrow, I have a LOT of mowing to do before my nieces and grandniece visit on their trip to Fayetteville (University of Arkansas), where my grandniece is considering attending college once she graduates from high school next year.

Senile Texas Aggie

 

[RollingAcres]

Hope you enjoy your time with your family!