There's an even older story (from the 1840's) about another of my greats - an uncle this time. Daniel Elijah (spelling?) was married to a woman whom many considered a battleaxe supreme. Her name was Elizabeth. One day after plowing the fields in May, he came in for supper. His wife refused to give him anything until he chopped wood.
After the first few logs, he said the equivilant of screw this, slammed the axe into the chopping block and took off. He spent the next 12 years of working as a sailer, and travelling the world. One day, he found himself on the shore near the old farm (this was in Nova Scotia). He walked up to farm and there was the axe, still stuck in the chopping block. Daniel, for whatever weird reason, decided to finish chopping the wood. When he was done, he walked into the house, sat down at the table and said to Elizabeth that he finished chopping wood. She turned around walked to the oven and returned with the plate, saying to him "Well here's your supper". It still had that 10 year old dinner on it. And people wonder where I get my stubborness from. larry On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 17:20:15 -0600, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > excuse me, the patient is conscious but appears confused. (great story btw) > > Dana > > On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 17:53:36 -0500, Larry C. Lyons > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Catatonia? Boredom? Damned stubborn old bat. > > > > There's a family story that my great, great grandmother didn't speak > > for about 10 years. No reason except that she was supremely pissed at > > her husband. > > > > larry > > > > > > On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 05:39:03 -0600, jerry johnson > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Was she in this exact same state with no improvement for 7 years? > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:43 PM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: hypothetical > > > > > > An 87-year-old woman is brought to the hospital from a nursing home, > > > which has a do not resussitate order in her chart. She is conscious > > > but unresponsive. She is accompanied not by family members but by the > > > wife of her lawyer, who was bringing her a gift of food and became > > > alarmed at her condition and in particular at her inability to eat. > > > > > > Discuss. > > > > > > -- > > > .....they did not stop to think they died instead > > > then shall the voice of liberty be mute?" > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:151671 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
