Letting everone know what happening

Myself the biggest reson I not building engines is my health only Short projects. Have CO2 engines , hot air and steam. In pass I did model. Diesel engines up to D8 cat , gasoline farm tractors and other gasoline engines.
I sleep about 11 hours a day spending must of my time on internet today.

I order a small rotary hope in week table because it is lighter .

So still working in shop on warm days. I have not stop.

Basically I had to must chemotherapy I had 106 chemotherapy.
The good news I am still here. If look UK medical site the longest. They found longest was 15 years and one month. I have past that length. But has taken a toll. So changing things around. What I am building today and keeping project shorter simpler .



If want I did I post on American Cancer site my deit if you know someone what to know

https://csn.cancer.org/discussion/327889/what-to-eat-to-live-longer.

Have fun building
Dave

I sympathize with you Dave; while it’s been a pain (literally at times) having my left arm in a sling since September 25th, and now that I’ve had the surgery the sling will be with me another 6 - 8 weeks plus not allowed to do any “heavy” lifting for 3 - 4 months (I need to get clarification on that one), for me there is a light at the end of the tunnel.

I can’t imagine what you are going through, and can only admire your strength.


Best regards, Charlie

ChazzC said:

I sympathize with you Dave; while it’s been a pain (literally at times) having my left arm in a sling since September 25th, and now that I’ve had the surgery the sling will be with me another 6 - 8 weeks plus not allowed to do any “heavy” lifting for 3 - 4 months (I need to get clarification on that one), for me there is a light at the end of the tunnel.

I can’t imagine what you are going through, and can only admire your strength.


Best regards, Charlie

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Having your arm in a sling and surgery too . Bad month or too maybe longer. Yhsy is bad.

It is different I can still doing something have very little energy. I am glad to be here

Dave

Evem my oncologist jokes about being 70.
A year ago I want to the diet others use live a long time. Think was going to a plate green fluffy and a great green shake whit fantastic tast of dirt .

That when my oncologist said no one makes pass 10 years. I later ask 3 more doctors said samething and American Cancer the stop hearing after 9 years.
How do you take that news. Look on internet only to the samething a fed family members would write book. Only find out they diagnosed with stage 3 first then only live 9½ years with stage 4 .
Only UK medical site wear had found one. Theyook in UK , America and Canada this person and family did not write a book.
I was diagnosed in 2009

How would you take news like that ,?

Sounds like you're ahead of the curve.

A week before I had the fall that resulted in the shoulder replacement, my Primary Care Physician told me I was the healthiest 72 year old in his practice; not sure he would say the same thing today.

ChazzC said:

Sounds like you're ahead of the curve.

A week before I had the fall that resulted in the shoulder replacement, my Primary Care Physician told me I was the healthiest 72 year old in his practice; not sure he would say the same thing today.

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That great news .


Dave

I see my Primary Care Physician every few years.

SmithDoor said:

That great news .


Dave

I see my Primary Care Physician every few years.

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I always take advantage of my Medicare benefits (while we still have them)

ChazzC said:

I always take advantage of my Medicare benefits (while we still have them)

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I am in California so if something happens to Medicare benefits the state has a replacement or go back to my old employer witch have medical too.
I was self employed till 2009 I had two choices disably or back to work. So when back work.

My doctor did make it clear I could had less than 10 years left and most do not make 5 years. I only found last year a big surprise for me.

Dave

Congrats.
Glad to hear you are making it.
One day at a time, as they say.
.

Hi Dave.
Did you mean you actually built a model of a D8 Cat engine?
I struggle with small engines from castings.
BTW, I’ll be 77 inna couple of months so my expiration date looms large on the horizon as well.
Your description of the healthy green shake tasting like dirt gave me a good laugh.
Keep breathing in & out and let us know how you like that small rotary table.

It is better than I expect my name is in OB
My brother did not know I was till 1993 {FYI we where parts from 1973 to 1992}so my brother still has a hard time that information. There is things to but big list.

The good news He improving.

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Helen Nina Smith
1925 - 2024

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Helen Nina (Wills) Smith

December 28, 1925 - September 1, 2024

Livermore, California - Helen passed on September 1, 2024 at the age of 98. She was born at 7:00 on December 28, 1925 in a tank house on a farm near Kerman, California.

Raised on a rural farm, moving hay bales, milking cows, and all the other chores that young farm girls were required to do.

She nonetheless did very well in school and attended college.

She married Joseph Smith and they had four children Joseph, Rodney, David, and Pamela. Rodney and Pamela predeceased her leaving David in Clovis, CA and Joseph in Livermore, CA.

Her adult life was also filled with adventures, starting with helping her husband in business. Helping him led to her becoming a commercial and instrument rated pilot flying Joseph and occasionally other people on charter flights. She also flew Civil Air Patrol missions searching for airplanes missing in the Sierra Nevada mountains.

She enjoyed embroidery and reupholstered furniture to save money. She was also a seamstress, making clothes for her family when money was tight. She owned and managed a do-it-yourself jewelry store for several years. Her later years saw a lot of watercolor and China painting.

On top of that she did lots of volunteer work in a variety of fields.

She moved to Livermore in 2006 after surgery and spent several years in the Heritage Estates Senior Living facility and the Vineyards Healthcare Center. Her family offers thanks to both the Heritage and the Vineyards staff for helping her above and beyond the call of duty.

She is now at rest in the St. Michael Cemetery in Livermore, California.
To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.
Published by Fresno Bee from Dec. 11 to Dec. 15, 2024.
Memories and Condolencen

Sorry to hear of your loss.
My mother died a year ago... at nearly 102.
She survived a poor diet during the 1930s depression and flu epidemics as a child. - Spoke of coming home from school to her main meal = 1 boiled onion and half a slice of bread.
She wore her brother's worn-out boots - the nails coming through leather gave her blisters while walking to and fro school. - Kids today don't know the half of it!
She survived WW2 bombing while working through the Blitz in Hospital in Bristol, and then her home was damaged by bombing. - She and her mother were in a shelter inside the house when the bombs damaged windows, roof, doors etc. and destroyed houses across the road. Ended up deaf as a result.
She raised 4 kids - through the end of rationing - and a long happy life.
We all love our Mums - Whether still with us or passed.

Please can you add a photo of your Mother's memorial at:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/277274226/helen-nina-smith
Thankyou.
She will be remembered.

Now we should get back to engines...
Look after yourself and keep on machining. It focusses the mind.
K2

Steamchick said:

Sorry to hear of your loss.
My mother died a year ago... at nearly 102.
She survived a poor diet during the 1930s depression and flu epidemics as a child. - Spoke of coming home from school to her main meal = 1 boiled onion and half a slice of bread.
She wore her brother's worn-out boots - the nails coming through leather gave her blisters while walking to and fro school. - Kids today don't know the half of it!
She survived WW2 bombing while working through the Blitz in Hospital in Bristol, and then her home was damaged by bombing. - She and her mother were in a shelter inside the house when the bombs damaged windows, roof, doors etc. and destroyed houses across the road. Ended up deaf as a result.
She raised 4 kids - through the end of rationing - and a long happy life.
We all love our Mums - Whether still with us or passed.

Please can you add a photo of your Mother's memorial at:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/277274226/helen-nina-smith
Thankyou.
She will be remembered.

Now we should get back to engines...
Look after yourself and keep on machining. It focusses the mind.
K2

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Helen Smith Obituary
Helen Nina (Wills) Smith

December 28, 1925 - September 1, 2024

Livermore, California - Helen passed on September 1, 2024 at the age of 98. She was born at 7:00 on December 28, 1925 in a tank house on a farm near Kerman, California.

Raised on a rural farm, moving hay bales, milking cows, and all the other chores that young farm girls were required to do.

She nonetheless did very well in school and attended college.

She married Joseph Smith and they had four children Joseph, Rodney, David, and Pamela. Rodney and Pamela predeceased her leaving David in Clovis, CA and Joseph in Livermore, CA.

Her adult life was also filled with adventures, starting with helping her husband in business. Helping him led to her becoming a commercial and instrument rated pilot flying Joseph and occasionally other people on charter flights. She also flew Civil Air Patrol missions searching for airplanes missing in the Sierra Nevada mountains.

She enjoyed embroidery and reupholstered furniture to save money. She was also a seamstress, making clothes for her family when money was tight. She owned and managed a do-it-yourself jewelry store for several years. Her later years saw a lot of watercolor and China painting.

On top of that she did lots of volunteer work in a variety of fields.

She moved to Livermore in 2006 after surgery and spent several years in the Heritage Estates Senior Living facility and the Vineyards Healthcare Center. Her family offers thanks to both the Heritage and the Vineyards staff for helping her above and beyond the call of duty.

She is now at rest in the St. Michael Cemetery in Livermore, California.
To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.
Published by Fresno Bee from Dec. 11 to Dec. 15, 2024.
Memories and Condolencen[/QUOTE]

Steamchick said:

Sorry to hear of your loss.
My mother died a year ago... at nearly 102.
She survived a poor diet during the 1930s depression and flu epidemics as a child. - Spoke of coming home from school to her main meal = 1 boiled onion and half a slice of bread.
She wore her brother's worn-out boots - the nails coming through leather gave her blisters while walking to and fro school. - Kids today don't know the half of it!
She survived WW2 bombing while working through the Blitz in Hospital in Bristol, and then her home was damaged by bombing. - She and her mother were in a shelter inside the house when the bombs damaged windows, roof, doors etc. and destroyed houses across the road. Ended up deaf as a result.
She raised 4 kids - through the end of rationing - and a long happy life.
We all love our Mums - Whether still with us or passed.

Please can you add a photo of your Mother's memorial at:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/277274226/helen-nina-smith
Thankyou.
She will be remembered.

Now we should get back to engines...
Look after yourself and keep on machining. It focusses the mind.
K2

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Thank you.

I never stopped
I working on a Sundial / Astrolabe
Gathering information on a Solar hot air engine with generator this will take years. Using solar energy not Photovoltaic cell is 10 times per square meter power of Photovoltaic

Photovoltaic is about 75 watts per square meter.
For 1,000 square feet is 925 watts about .65 Hp

Solar heat is 750 watts per square meter
For 1,000 square feet is 9250 watts 6.5 Hp