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AlecBGreen

(3,874 posts)

20. it certainly is

Reply to FailureToCommunicate (Reply #16)

Wed Sep 24, 2014, 03:20 PM

Sep 2014

Its tragic but I like to think that he went out doing something he loved and enjoyed.

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UPDATE | Jim Traficant in 'very critical' condition after accident at farm [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2014 OP

How is his hair? msanthrope Sep 2014 #1

Its safe....he wasnt weating "it"... VanillaRhapsody Sep 2014 #11

it's made of space age polymers Doctor_J Sep 2014 #27

How awful!!! Rhiannon12866 Sep 2014 #2

SHIT. Farming is a helluva dangerous occupation/profession/activity. bullwinkle428 Sep 2014 #3

the most dangerous. mopinko Sep 2014 #14

Yep. A good friend of my brother was widowed at a very young age when her husband was killed in a kath Sep 2014 #17

Wishing him a recovery, or condolences to the family if he does not. eom uppityperson Sep 2014 #4

He looks like a lost Smother Brother. closeupready Sep 2014 #5

This happened a few years ago to my dentist Samantha Sep 2014 #6

amazing what can be done with backs today MFM008 Sep 2014 #31

Wow, that is great! Jamastiene Sep 2014 #36

Ouchie shenmue Sep 2014 #7

Oh, hell. I wouldn't wish a tractor turning turtle on anyone. politicat Sep 2014 #8

If he doesn't make it, KamaAina Sep 2014 #9

My dad was once crushed by a tractor, but survived. sinkingfeeling Sep 2014 #10

Almost happened to me once. PeoViejo Sep 2014 #12

I learned how to drive on a John Deere 50 Kaleva Sep 2014 #18

That's the critter PeoViejo Sep 2014 #23

With a hand clutch, shifting on the fly was a skill Kaleva Sep 2014 #40

My first ride was a 1947 Farmall Cub kwassa Sep 2014 #34

This was the hay mower at my grandfather's Kaleva Sep 2014 #39

I haven't seen a mower like that in years. Skidmore Sep 2014 #41

We used ours mostly to mow along our quarter-mile long driveway. I learned to do it at kwassa Sep 2014 #42

Tractors are known to tip backward and land on their riders. My uncle was very young when the jwirr Sep 2014 #13

Oh NO! MADem Sep 2014 #15

LOL, but feel sorry for him and hiw wife. I lost a dear friend to a farm accident. freshwest Sep 2014 #19

I feel for his family, too. Like I said, he could be a bit of something, but he was always MADem Sep 2014 #24

I always like what he said when people said that pre Roe vs Wade Abortions did not happen,. happyslug Sep 2014 #25

I understand what you are saying. He was, indeed, a mixed bag as a congressman. MADem Sep 2014 #29

That is how we lost Merle Watson... FailureToCommunicate Sep 2014 #16

it certainly is AlecBGreen Sep 2014 #20

true that Doctor_J Sep 2014 #28

Tractors are genuinely dangerous implements. Paladin Sep 2014 #21

Was he wearing his red vest or his dark brown pants? ProudToBeBlueInRhody Sep 2014 #22

Horrible Aerows Sep 2014 #26

I wouldn't either. n/t Jamastiene Sep 2014 #37

I hope he will be okay. NaturalHigh Sep 2014 #30

I generally feel that the term "bad guy" applies... brooklynite Sep 2014 #32

You're probably right... NaturalHigh Sep 2014 #33

National Farm Safety and Health Week Sept. 21-27 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2014 #35

Years ago, I worked on a boat; one day, we were floating on the current closeupready Sep 2014 #38