Jon; I sometimes take "Buster, the Bodacous Barkless Beer-swilling Border
Collie" ...
... to the NY State Veterans Home 25 miles N. of me, on occasion -though with
my life this year it's been a while...
thanks for the mental ' 'shove' there Jon. I'll go again soon...
And Happy Holidays to ya
cheers, "Dirt Track Doug" in exile in So. New York,
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> From: jon@infodestruction.com
> Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 09:12:11 -0500
> To: ifixmgs@cox.net
> CC: land-speed@autox.team.net; Saltracer54@aol.com
> Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Thanksgiving
>
> On Nov 23, 2007, at 8:23 AM, <ifixmgs@cox.net> wrote:
>
> If you have the opportunity next Thanksgiving (or anytime during the
> year)
> Mark C
>
>
>
>
> I've told this story before, but among all these notes -- it's worth
> repeating, so that maybe one or two of you will give it a try. A few
> years ago I went to our local home for veterans -- one of two in
> Michigan, run by the Michigan Dept of Military Affairs -- and offered
> to volunteer. They need lots of folks -- to do everything from sit
> with the oldsters to take 'em (and help 'em) to bingo, and on and
> on. I go to the day room Monday and Thursday mornings and read to
> whomever is there. Usually there are 5-10 fellows, most in
> wheelchairs, most nodding out -- but there's just enough awareness
> among the group that I get a smile once in a while in the funny
> parts, a question about what book I'm reading (usually old westerns),
> and so on. The enjoy it, and I get a few "real" benefits -- free flu
> shot every year, and a nice certificate saying I'm a good guy for
> volunteering.
>
> I say thanks all year long. Maybe there's a way that you could do
> something like this, too.
>
> Jon Wennerberg
> Seldom Seen Slim Land Speed Racing
> Marquette, Michigan
> (that's 'way up north)
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