The journey into the abyss of no return

[Weldman]

The Amish finally came out and picked up their piglets, it was like a rummage sale. They didn't buy 13 piglets, they took all 21 of them and two of my sows. Perfect! Now I just got six barrows to put in the freezer and one poor sow that is doing poor on weight and such. That will leave me one pregnant sow and my boar.
Restructuring is going faster than anticipated.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

They didn't buy 13 piglets, they took all 21 of them and two of my sows.

Nice! That will definitely lighten the load for you!

 

[SageHill]

For once things going in the right direction and going faster than planned!

 

[Weldman]

For once things going in the right direction and going faster than planned!

Soon as I complete this next step of outfitting my truck to be a full blow service truck, crane and all paid off, fence is going to be next. Going to hold steady till spring to spring for fencing materials. Hoping the wife finds a niche in the middle of it all when things are fenced in as you just can't drive tee posts in this ground at her size, plus it will be 3 inch pipe by 7 feet tall.
Parts for the service bed come in, in the next week, I just got done painting the service bed itself. Needs a second color to break up the monotone.

 

[Baymule]

That’s great on selling the pigs! Now on to other things!

 

[Weldman]

Looks like wrench turning has finally ran it's course on its own for now. Got some kid in there that finally has some brain matter for the most part just lacking experience. Was in there and he was bolting back in a transmission when he came out from underneath looking for a torque wrench. Found it and started pushing buttons on his phone, looked up at me and asked does 80 to 100 lbs of torque on bellhousing bolts sound right, I said I have no clue, I just know by touch.
I was just there looking for my last check.

 

[Weldman]

The VA: Giving veterans a second chance to die for their country.

Be the first time I go back in for check up in 2 almost 3 years.

 

[fuzzi]

The VA: Giving veterans a second chance to die for their country.

Be the first time I go back in for check up in 2 almost 3 years.

As far as I am concerned, the VA mistreated my father until he was terminally ill. There were a couple compassionate staff members there, but the rest of the chair-warmers need to clean toilets instead, to teach them humility.

 

[Baymule]

My brother went to the VA hospital in Houston regularly for “something “ never got a diagnosis. He fell out one night, ambulance took him to a civilian hospital (nearest one) where he finally got a diagnosis.
Shy-Dragen Disease, now called something else. Slowly losing muscle control, takes 7 years to die, being a high achiever he died in 5 years from first onset of symptoms. Once diagnosed, he didn’t last long after that. He lost all muscle control until he could only wiggle his eyebrows, then even that was gone. Our government treats our soldiers like garbage, expendable and just get some more from the population pool. The survivors come back in pieces.

 

[Weldman]

Clean bill of health they are saying, wife brought up concern of low heart rate, I tried telling her it's my athleticism, but y'all know how that goes. My heart rate drops down to 40 and hovers in the 50's, even after driving 3.5 hrs and through Billings MT my heart rate checked in at 45 BPM this morning.
They asked if I wanted EKG and I agreed for the wife to show her, so before I could finish talking with her about it they were in there hooking me up. Printed it out and they said text book perfect EKG if they ever seen one.

I think your disability rating has a lot to do with the service one gets from the VA combined with ones record. I'm 100% service connected, permanent and total disabled (basically a functioning lunatic). They know no matter what medical they do or I need it is covered, even dental. Speaking of which, I broke a tooth off about 2 years ago, I think I need to fix that.