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Posted by sn001 on December 23, 2003 at 18:55:10 from (209.165.47.14):
In Reply to: Cheap therapy posted by gauger on December 23, 2003 at 10:29:08:
Several months ago an old friend gave me his f12. It had been sitting for about 15 to 20 yrs. It was stuck but complete. It could not have come at a better time. My Dad is in the final stages of a terminal illness, my Grandad had just passed, my Mom was having heart issues, and my wife and I were having our problems. I went out to the shop every chance I could. Sometimes just for a couple minutes sometimes several hours. When I finally got it running it was like somehow I knew everything would be ok. I could not have paid for better therapy. I think the Lord sent that old f12 at just the right time! I have worked on many things and have several collector cars and an antique boat, but while I still enjoy them they did not help me as much as beating on an old piece of rusty iron, something about a man his tractor, that tractor has history and now I am part of it.
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