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 Posted: Thu Oct 28th, 2010 04:41 pm
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Little old lady comes over and asks if I can:

Drive to two locations

Load up a house full of furniture

Load up a storage unit full of things

Take them back to my house

And hold a garage sale for her Saturday

Then store her things that don't sell in my garage.

And my wonderfull wife tears out of there in her Jeep (laughing) leaving me with this poor old lady.

Never a dull moment at the Ryan Casa.



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 Posted: Thu Oct 28th, 2010 04:47 pm
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Ryan, treat this woman as your grandmother.  She may have no one to rely on to take on such a task, and she needs help. 



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So when is the garage sale???

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 Posted: Thu Oct 28th, 2010 04:50 pm
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She is a sweetheart of a lady. She comes everyday to bring her husband dinner.



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Texie wrote: Ryan, treat this woman as your grandmother.  She may have no one to rely on to take on such a task, and she needs help. 
+1     you must at least look reliable   :smile:

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 Posted: Thu Oct 28th, 2010 07:08 pm
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Is this old lady wandering out of the nursing home? Do they know about it?

For better or worse, a nursing home is not a prison, so there is always the possibility a resident can wander out. They try to keep watch, but you know how it is.

A well-designed building has the hallways in circles. No dead ends. So the elderly who wander (and I encourage walking), will tend to walk the halls in circles.

No dead end alleys, or the poor old-timers end up like that marching band in "Animal House".

I'm just saying that because, all too often, that old person who wanders off, is found dead in the woods somewhere, a few weeks later.

I had a great-grandmother who lived to be 99, just shy of a century. She always wandered off. Like clockwork, she ended up at the front door of a house a couple miles away. She lived in that house, some time in the 1930's. Great-grandmother didn't speak English. Fortunately, neither did the current resident of that house. The family would escort her back, speaking the same language, fortunately.

Sometimes I'd be part of the rescue crew.

So she'd walk up to me, look up at me, and say in her native tongue....."who is this (meaning me)?"

"Maria's boy"

"Oh, so big........"

Five minutes later, back up, looking at me who's this, Maria's boy, so big........She was good for about three of those.

Like the old joke about Alzheimer's. You get to meet new people every day.

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This is a nursing/assisted living/therapy type place.

She comes daily to visit her husband.

They had a really neat outdoor charity event last week. They were raising money for TV's, games, etc.

I offered to smoke some briskets and "sell" (i.e. take donations) the food at the next one.



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thought this was gonna be a thread on client development and product sales

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Well Ryan if you need help with that, Arlington is not far from Carrollton



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 Posted: Thu Oct 28th, 2010 08:06 pm
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jle wrote: Well Ryan if you need help with that, Arlington is not far from Carrollton

This is in Athens.

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SpaceCowboy wrote: thought this was gonna be a thread on client development and product sales

:smile:

I like your thinking!



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Ryan wrote: jle wrote: Well Ryan if you need help with that, Arlington is not far from Carrollton

This is in Athens.

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My grandmother lived at one of the newer assisted living places in Athens...can't remember the name (uh oh).  She also lived at West Place in Athens.



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Ryan wrote:
jle wrote: Well Ryan if you need help with that, Arlington is not far from Carrollton

This is in Athens.

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Drive is a bit longer, but much prettier



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Seems to be a lot of assisted living places out that way.



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Ryan wrote: Seems to be a lot of assisted living places out that way.That why you moved out that way?:huh:



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churchlady wrote: Ryan wrote: Seems to be a lot of assisted living places out that way.That why you moved out that way?:huh:

It seems to follow me. They put up a really nice one next to my Carrollton office. The place looks really nice.



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And my wonderfull wife tears out of there in her Jeep (laughing) leaving me with this poor old lady.

 

 

:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:



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Orphie wrote: Ryan wrote:  
And my wonderfull wife tears out of there in her Jeep (laughing) leaving me with this poor old lady.

 

 

:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:

Take her to Orphie.



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Zephyr wrote: Orphie wrote: Ryan wrote:  
And my wonderfull wife tears out of there in her Jeep (laughing) leaving me with this poor old lady.

 

 

:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:

Take her to Orphie.

I can be mean......but not that mean.



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Ryan wrote: Zephyr wrote: Orphie wrote: Ryan wrote:  
And my wonderfull wife tears out of there in her Jeep (laughing) leaving me with this poor old lady.

 

 

:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:

Take her to Orphie.

I can be mean......but not that mean.

Hey watch it!!! People are still advised to wear a hazmat suit around me.. Don't be asking for trouble!

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