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Well; i been trying an old an true technique, for my knees. granted im only 66 or so, i been going up the stairs 1 step at a time, leading with the weak knee. slowly with each step. an i do the same going down. gets hard to remember one step at a time., but does show some promise for me.. slow is the key.. worked many years ago, riding race horses. repetition, did also.. was many years ago. i were 34 or less. still, i stand behind planter's peanut oil. another matter.

Wonder.. sorry you had to go through that and happy you were willing to help. Pretty bad for everyone that had to go through this.

Hello eveyone reading this. My name is Travis, I'm 16 and I love all things with engines. I have a few toys to mess around on and a lot of projects when I run outta gas. I love helping others and hope you guys can help me with a few things. I have a 1986 fourttrax 250, 1980s 185 atc 3wheeler motor(no frame), and a Big Red. here are some pictures The Big Red is MINT. Was bought from a dealership brand new when they came out. Was used out on my farm since it was bought. It's been sitting for a while. Not supposed to mess with it yet 😞 The foretrax was pulled from a shed at my grandpas by my stepbrother and I about 3 or 4 years ago and the atc 185 motor came out of the barn at my farm while we were doing an estate sale. I bought the motor for $25 and a box a parts for it. I should have gotten all the parts for it but I had no clue it was in there and someone bought the other box of parts and the front forks. heres some pictures.

Terrible watching your sister's baby choke. It would be a helpless feeling. I first became aware of Peabody's coal in John Prine's song called "Paradise", which included Peabody's trains, Muhlenberg County, etc. When I was a child my family would travel Down to Western Kentucky where my parents were born And there's a backwards old town that's often remembered So many times that my memories are worn. And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County Down by the Green River where Paradise lay Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away Well, sometimes we'd travel right down the Green River To the abandoned old prison down by Airdrie Hill Where the air smelled like snakes and we'd shoot with our pistols But empty pop bottles was all we would kill. And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County Down by the Green River where Paradise lay Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away Then the coal company came with the world's largest shovel And they tortured the timber and stripped all the land Well, they dug for their coal till the land was forsaken Then they wrote it all down as the progress of man. And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County Down by the Green River where Paradise lay Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away When I die let my ashes float down the Green River Let my soul roll on up to the Rochester dam I'll be halfway to Heaven with Paradise waitin' Just five miles away from wherever I am. And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County Down by the Green River where Paradise lay Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away

Yeah, I remember taking my kids on a walk and we went through the old cemetery in our town. Lots and lots of babies and kids died young back then. Spanish flu and a host of other illnesses.

Just want too say to all; Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night.

i watched my sisters baby, choke to death, before i was 20. it takes a long time to get over that, for some. my grandma, lost two kids out of 11. it musta been harder for her. if your ever in Butler co., ky. go to a grave yard. so many kids died. [neer Peabody's coal mine, wk parkway}, KY. was the early 1900's. ain't quite fond of [Peabody, an the company store]. coal.. keep ya poor, an dependent.. still the way..

Was able to get things cleaned up, city frowns on residents pushing snow into the street and will find us, so have to push it into our yard and on the sides of driveway.

He does a awesome job.... Thank you sir!!!

We got 65 degree F this morning and it is still dark 30 , they say we got a chance to break the record high with a 82 F high today

I don't think there is any amount of training that could prepare you to witness what Wonder and those involved in the rescue and recovery did. I honestly don't know if I could handle a situation like this but certainly glad there are those who step up to the plate. This is especially true if you are in a similar life threatening situation.....

That's awful WM. Glad you were there to help, but no one should have to see a child taken. Makes me sick thinking about it. I'm sorry you had to go through that. Can't imagine what the mother is going through.

Sorry to read it was not a good ending. Breaks my heart to think of the last moments of that poor child. 😢 Its mind boggling how much damage there was.... stay safe you ones affected.

copy that Wonder...hard hard thing to experience. but you're a good man to have stepped up to help. long time friends live in Paducah...bout 9 miles from Mayfield...I had prepped my home to receive them here when he pinged me last evening to tell me the power was restored for them...they'd been huddling through the 28 degrees since Saturday and limited comms...but he is grateful to have not had direct impact from the twister. he said it was a mess, but seeing your pictures really brings it to reality.

Ditto on the above. We've decided our kids are getting dontations to the American Red Cross for Christmas this year. There are hundreds of not thousands of folks that aren't even getting a warm dry bed for the holidays. I can't go there to help but I can give a donation to those that can.

the storm keeps hitting closer to home than i thought. my brother HAD a tarp with 6 poles over his tractor an bushhog, plus his zero turn. bent all 6 poles, and i dont know about the tarp part on top. nevermind, just flipped it over, did bend some poles.. My friend david, had a 3000.oo hunting camper, at rough river, storage, he thinks its toast. no insurance. Pontoons and high dollar boats were all strung out all over the place.. was a rough one, the tornado..

its already being blamed its because of global warming, and that more people had died as a result. well; there are just more people now. 2 million, round about, have been added since the last presidential election. in calafornia, they build over a fault line. in ky, they allow people to build in a flood plain. its money, big money an politics, that kill the most.. you could hear the warning sirens a few years ago of an approaching tornado, that stopped because of thieves stealing copper an such. they stole the wire going to the warning speakers. the state, or the feds wont replace it. so much for warnings!! if my brother hadn't brought his girls down in the basement, i wouldn't have known there was tornado warnings. my bro-in-law, next door said he heard the tornado. aint that wild? i heard the path might be as long as 250 miles also, maybe more than 5 states..

well,, most are taught what to think, instead of how the think. by the TV shows they grow up with, some by teaching of a narrative. indoctrination at pre-school levels. tiss terrible. i think kindergarten is overrated..

some don't have the ability to.... which has become a big problem in this world.

sorry, just getting to understand an OS. mint. the mind, like muscles waste, if not used. very few do, it takes work. @WonderMonkey, after i got out of the service, 77, i had knee pain, that lasted for a while, left knee.. i guess it still does in a way. not so bad though. just standing, caused pain then. massage with planters peanut oil, helped though. there is a certain way to do this though. away from the heart, and depending on which limb. the arms can be included it this also.. i'll just give ya an example, of the left leg.. outside ya go cc., the inside ya go cw.,.. kinda like a clock. counter clock wise/clock wise. reversed on the right side.. my arms show the pattern.. on the left side, the hair of arms, points left, on the right, the hair points right.. i know this sounds a bit crazy, but is so.. when i was training to ride, i'd do 250 or so squats, skip rope 45 min., run a 1.5/8 of a mile. i never did break the wall running. did some other stuff. cant remember anymore. with a horse, their hair points to the way to rub. anyway now my left knee has a reflex,, that when you are trying to sleep, some signal, causes it to jerk., just when you are getting to sleep. happens on the left side,..most.. just when ya get into dream world, a bolt from the clouds strikes. [kinda seems elliptic]. i have to learn more about the squats. mine wernt regular squats, squats neither. i use two in. wrap for the wrist, three in. for the elbow,?, never used four. its disappointing that two inch, aint as long as it used to be. ya can work that stuff at the right length. 7 ft or more..

As many in our area know, there was a tornado that the went through several states, with parts of Western KY being hit hardest. Late Friday evening myself and others from my organization went down to help. On Saturday I was part of the K9 team (a "not good" result was found) and on Sunday I went with the chainsaw crew to help make roads passable. While there I took some photos. These photos don't even come close to showing the devastation that happened to the area. All photos were from the area where we were searching for a missing female child, which was found (deceased). Below is the path of the tornado, followed by my photos. What looks like piles of "whatever" were once houses. A photo looking across a bit of water on a hill that looks kindof clear is an area that was just picked clean by the winds and thrown elsewhere. Several vehicles blown out of garages and rolled down hills. Boats turned over in the water.

It was thought that the trailer was blown through the house and that's why she was under it. I can only hope that the initial impact relieved her from any following pain.

It's brutally cold up here in the frozen north! Got down to minus 40C last night - that's the same as -40F btw. At 10 am it's now up to -32, gawd I can't wait for this to end!!