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jeff_mn 03-07-2011 7:53 AM

My 94 year old neighbor is out snowblowing his driveway..
 
Excellence..

Old scandanavian guy.. He built the house they live in in 1946.. He's 94 and still mows his yard, seal coats his driveway and snowblows.. We've had something like 85" of snow in Minneapolis and this dude has been out there EVERY time it snows moving the snow around..

Something to strive for

fly135 03-07-2011 8:15 AM

That's great. My mom is 88 and we visited her for Thanksgiving. It was cold out and she's like... let go wash your truck (it was dirty). I pretty much had no choice as she was whipping out the hose, soap, and buckets.

barry 03-07-2011 9:33 AM

As cool as that is, may I suggest doing it for him.. or at least helping? :)

migs 03-07-2011 9:36 AM

They dont build them like they used too.

psudy 03-07-2011 9:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by barry (Post 1664312)
As cool as that is, may I suggest doing it for him.. or at least helping? :)

This.

jeff_mn 03-07-2011 10:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by barry (Post 1664312)
As cool as that is, may I suggest doing it for him.. or at least helping? :)

Tried that.. No go.. He said as soon as he quit's doing, he'll start dying... Who am I to argue? I help him when we get HUGE amounts of snow but typically he loves doing it..


Good old Hank

psudy 03-07-2011 10:18 AM

Then you should suggest he does yours too. Tell him it will make him younger!

deltagrubber 03-08-2011 2:42 PM

That, my friend is....WINNING..........

diamonddad 03-08-2011 3:26 PM

Shoot he is 20 years older than my mom would be and she died 10 years ago from smoking.

barry 03-08-2011 4:06 PM

Quote:

Tried that.. No go.. He said as soon as he quit's doing, he'll start dying... Who am I to argue? I help him when we get HUGE amounts of snow but typically he loves doing it..
Good old Hank
Hard to argue with that. He's 94 so he's doing something right.

jon4pres 03-12-2011 8:36 PM

Awesome.

My Grandpa is 82 and just bought a new tractor to make it a little easier to take care of his 500 acre farm where he runs 75 cows.

He puts in a full day of work almost every day.

I just hope I can do what he does now when I am 60.


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