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    Nathan seems to be progressing rather well considering the circumstances. the familly has actually set up a Blog http://prayingfornathand.blogspot.com to keep friends and familly up to date. The employees and the company we work for have also organized a fund raiser breakfast. The details of which can found on the Blog or the attachment below.
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    Nathan is a young Mechanic I work with who is currantly in hospital in serious condition. Last month he lost one leg and had extensive surgery to other parts of his body as a result of necrotizing fascitis ( flesh eating disease ) an extremely fast acting bacteria that attacks (eats) the tissue and muscle. See previous VR thread http://venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=54213 Pancake Breakfast with Santa Fundraiser for Nathan Date: Saturday December 4, 2010 Time: 8am to 11am Place: Port Nelson Unit Church - 3132 Sourth Drive, Burlington (click for Mapquest) Cost: $10 per adult; $5 per child ($12 and under) There will be two breakfast seating times for the event, the first from 8am to 9:30am and the second from 9:30am to 11am. You will be asked to indicate which time you would like to attend when you purchase your ticket. Breakfast includes pancakes, bacon, sausages, coffee, tea, and juice. There will also be door prizes and an activity area for the children, as well as Santa of course If you are unable to attend but would still like to purchase tickets please just let the ticket seller know that you will not actually attend so that they have an idea of how many people to expect. You can also just make a donation and not purchase a ticket. Donations of food towards the breakfast and/or door prizes are greatly apprecated, a sign will be posted at the event with your logo and location thanking all sponsors. Tickets are only available until Friday, November 26. Please reserve and pay for your ticket before this time. Tickets can be purchased by e-mailing me at robnstephfamily@gmail.com ... of course if you live close by you can call or drop by. My brother Cameron is also selling tickets, so if you live in his area (Campden) you can contact him at cdiek80@gmail.com . You can also contact Sheehan's Truck Centre at (905) 632-0300 for tickets or to make a contribution. Also attachement below.
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    So what your saying is you moved up from a body shaker to a freight shaker:rotfl: :rotfl:
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    It all makes perfect sense to me. After you spend 5 plus billion of tax payers hard earned money on a gun registry, for legit gun owners, all possible criminal activity is wiped out. So naturaly you can afford to lay policemen off. Far wiser than using the money to try and improve and strengthen the police force against crime.:bang head::bang head:
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    Thats good Bob, however I found that iodized table salt though maybe a little more costly is more effective At cleaning up an infected wound. Between personal injury's the kids and the horses I have used it alot and wether it is well founded or not, I tend to swear by it. True enough Swifty but like many of us at least you felt it. Poor Bob didn't even know it was there, giving the infection a head start. For myself I think I am glad i was always able to feel it so it could be tended to right away. Good luck Bob
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    I HATE THIS THREAD IT BRINGS OUT THE WILD TEENAGER IN ME FROM DAYS GONE BY. AND IF MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECTLY I AM PROBABLY LUCKY TO BE ALIVE. AND THERE IS ALL THAT MONEY SPENT :mo money:ON TICKETS :mo money:TICKETS :mo money:AND MORE TICKETS.:bang head::bang head: SO HOW ABOUT SOME DETAILED INFO ON PART NUMBERS AND OPERATIONS INVOLVED FOR THE MKII
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    Pay Pal sent Gary and thanks
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    if due to space you need to use it straight in line with the torgue wrench there is a math formula you need to use to calculate for the difference in length. Here are some links that explains it and it actually includes an online conversion calculator so you don't have to do the math your self http://www.freeinfostuff.com/TorqueExtension/TorqueExtension.htm this second one has a downloadable zip file that you can put on your pc and it performs the caculations instantly as you change the numbers in the boxes http://www.belknaptools.com/extcalc.asp Using an inline extension and some calculating you can use your torque wrench to tighten bolts that are outside of your torque wrenches normal capacity.
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    A young ventriloquist is touring the clubs and one night he's doing a show in a small town in Tasmania. With his dummy on his knee, he starts going through his usual dumb blonde jokes when a blonde woman in the 4th row stands on her chair and starts shouting: 'I've heard enough of your stupid blonde jokes. What makes you think you can stereotype women that way? What does the colour of a person's hair have to do with her worth as a human being? Its men like you who keep women like me from being respected at work and in the community, and from reaching our full potential as people. Because you and your kind continue to perpetuate discrimination against not only blondes, but women in general... and all in the name of humour!' The embarrassed ventriloquist begins to apologize, and the blonde yells, 'You stay out of this mate! I'm talking to that little **** on your lap!'
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    Prayers sent Bob Hope you recoup quickly. May I also suggest while your sittng around watching TV you soak that foot in a small tub of warm salt water as much as you can. Growing up with a contractor for a father I stepped on lots of nails and sometimes they even got infected. Soaking in salt water always cured them.
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    Monday the doctors removed the breathing tube from my father, to see how well he can breath on his own. Tues morning I knew my Mother would be at the hospital, and so I called the ICU unit who patched me through to my Mother in My Fathers room. While talking to her she held the phone for my Father and we actually had a clear conversation. Dad is far from being out of the woods yet, but being able to actually converse with him sure goes a long way to boosting your hopes and beliefs that he will pull through this.
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    Best way I found for keeping gloves dry, is not to wear them. this method has worked for me for 50 years.
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    Count me in for one
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    Don't you have to get them to run first
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    I would still use the relay with separate power source, and just use the wire from the existing horn to trip the relay. By running the whole thing off the horn wire you are increasing the load carried by the switch. The greater the load on the switch the more arching you get across the contacts in the switch. Over time this will shorten the life of the switch.
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    A lady goes to her priest one day and tells him, 'Father, I have a problem. I have two female parrots, But they only know to say one thing.' 'What do they say?' the priest asked. They say, 'Hi, we're hookers! Do you want to have some fun?' 'That's obscene!' the priest exclaimed, Then he thought for a moment..... 'You know,' he said, 'I may have a solution to your problem. I have two male talking parrots, which I have taught to pray and read the Bible... Bring your two parrots over to my house, and we'll put them in the cage with Francis and Peter. My parrots can teach your parrots to pray and worship, And your parrots are sure to stop saying... That phrase... In no time.' 'Thank you,' the woman responded, 'this may very well be the solution.' The next day, She brought her female parrots to the priest's house.... As he ushered her in, She saw that his two male parrots were inside their cage holding rosary beads and praying.. Impressed, She walked over and placed her parrots in with them... After a few minutes, The female parrots cried out in unison: Hi, we're hookers! Do you want to have some fun?' There was stunned silence... Shocked, One male parrot looked over at the other male parrot and says, 'Put the beads away, Frank, Our prayers have been answered!
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    Before getting too carried away try cleaning the surface with brake clean first then sticking the velcro to it. also not all velcro is of the same quality. I get mine from the volvo truck dealer where I work. it is so strong that it is used to hold interior panels. faileng that you cold also use two sided trim tape. comes in a roll and availble at almost any automotive store.
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    People who have to constantly and continuesly make a field day or major issue over someone else's mistake, as though they themselves are perfect. People who can never say anything good about anyone, but constantly put down everyone around them, again, as though they themselves are perfect.
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    I suggest a pair of 24" trumpets and a 2hp compressor
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    Thur nov 11 Rememberance day and an old soldiar is again fighting for his life. For some reason tues night he was moved back into the ward and on top of that they failed to hook him up to his antibiotic IV until nine hours later. When my brother questioned the nurse the why they were not hooking him up, she kind of swore under her breath and then told him they had to wait for the doctors reassement in the morning. Then when he approached the head nurse the next day the head nurse showed my brother the log which stated he was on the IV all along. At this point my brother informed her that he was there and that there was not even a pole in the room until past noon the following day. Late wed afternoon Dad stopped breathing again and was Rushed back into ICU were is again stable. Through all this he is still fighting a bad infection and pnuemonia. to say the least its being a real roller coaster ride, and with me also having a touch of pnuemonia I have not seen him in almost a week which makes things real hard. Fri nov 12 they had to put a breathing tube in him again because he is too weak to breath on his own. His white blood cell count is coming down again, this is a good thing it means the antibiotics are helping. Mentally ( when he is not sedated ) he is doing a little bit better. They have to sedate him because if they do not, he will not sleep and then he gets restless and tries to pull out his tubes. I still have pneumonia so I am not allowed in the hospital, but I talk to my Mon and Brothers everyday. It is very hard not being allowed to see him and hope to get better as soon as possible so I can again start visiting him.
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    This morning (Friday) they sedated Nate so they could change his dressings and then do his dialysis. Both things Nate tolerated well This evening (Friday) at approx 6:00 p.m. they removed Nates breathing tube. He could finally talk. I was able to hear my husbands voice once again. Nathan has at this point 'accepted' what has happened and remembers me telling him. (I'm sure there will be many more frustrating and difficult days ahead - but we are thankful for the positive day we were blessed with) Nates biggest concern was food, and how we could sneak food into him. As you may have guessed he still has many sedatives still in his blood stream and was making some funny comments due to them. He is eager to see his too children Taryn and Aiden tomorrow morning (Sat morning) This may be a bit scary for them.
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    Pads do differ and maybe the front pads he offered were ceramic were the rear pads were organic
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    No the power from the acc. terminal only serves to turn the relay off and on. Think of the relay as a switch controlling the heavier wires, which supply power to the lights. think of the smaller ground and acc. wires as the fingers flipping that switch.
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